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From the Executive Director
Before we get to our events listings, I'd like to call your attention to two items:
- We are now taking reservations for our bus trip to the Roberson Museum in Binghamton for Visions of the Susquehanna - 250 Years of Paintings by American Masters. Here's what you need to know:
- Friday, May 30, 2008 Depart at 10:00am
Leisurely dine at J. Michaels Restaurant in the heart of Binghamton
Docent tour of the Roberson Museum
Free time to draw, paint or take photographs
Depart Binghamton at 6:30pm
- ALL THIS for only $50, and if you are (or become) one of the artists on our web site's Directory of Artists, it's only $25!!!
- Click here for the flyer, which will tell you how to make reservations. It's a GREAT deal!
Item number two is strange and wonderful.
Have you ever seen this horse?
 Chances are you have! He's one of the four-footed creatures on the old carousel at Hanson's Amusement Park at Harveys Lake, and he's for sale! And not the horse, the whole carousel! And there's a movement afoot to buy it and bring it back to the region. For the whole story, click here to read the article by Liz Martin in Suburban News. (It's a PDF file that you'll probably have to print out to read.) Read the article, contact Liz at elizmartin@epix.net or 362-2890 and get on the bandwagon - er, merry-go-round - to bring this treaure back to Northeast PA! It will be 100 years old in 2009. Help spread theword by forwarding this to other folks who might like to reach for the brass ring!
ps: If you want to REALLY bring back memories, check out the Hanson's section on Charles Petrillo's excellent web site about all things Harvey's Lake.
Speaking of carousels - the events in the region over the next couple of weeks are enough to make you dizzy! Read on!
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Coming up SOON!
TONIGHT!
At the Kirby Center: The Rape of Europa
Joan Allen narrates this documentary film that chronicles the plight of Europe's greatest artistic treasures during the Nazi reign. As the Third Reich attempted to destroy the continent's culture, art lovers worked to save as many pieces as they could. Not Rated $8.00 for the 7:30 PM Show
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - The Krupa/Pilzer Quintet www.jlqjazz.com (listen!) Featuring Jennifer Krupa, trombonist (U.S. Navy Jazz Commodores) Leigh Pilzer, saxophonist (Diva Jazz Orchestra) 7:30 p.m.
University of Scranton Houlihan McLean Center (Mulberry St. at Jefferson Ave.) Admission: FREE
Painting & Sketches by Anna Ostapew
Opening Reception, Friday the 29th - 5pm to 7pm
Nothing beats an art exhibit opening at Something Special. Friday evening meet well-known Wyoming Valley artist, Anna Ostapiw and view Painting & Sketches. Rhapsodic color and tidbits to die for. SS is at 23 West Walnut St. in Kingston. 288-8386. See you there!
Keystone College presents "Senior Exhibition I"
LIZZA STUDIOS - 155 Bridge Street, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Phone (570) 836-8806
Lizza Studios
The Division of Fine Arts at Keystone College will present "Senior Exhibition I," an art exhibit featuring work by graduating seniors. The event will feature original art in the mediums of sculpture, painting, printmaking, graphic design, photography, and ceramics, and live jazz by local musicians, Jazz Assassins. Refreshments will be served.
MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION: Sunday - March 30th / 2:30 to 5:30 pm - Music, food and refreshments.
SHOW DATES: Sunday, March 30th through April 19th
GALLERY HOURS: Mon-Fri - 9 to 5pm / Saturday 10 to 5pm
Doings at Kings
April 2-4 - Brown Bag Theatre: If Men Played Cards as Women Do by George S. Kaufman. A brilliant satire of a group of men at the bridge table, who speak, behave, and think in the manner in which women are supposed to conduct their game. April 2 and 4 at 12:10 p.m. and April 3 at 12:40 p.m. King's Theatre, Administration Building, free
April 2-4 - Student Showcase Presentations: King's College Theatre students direct, produce, and perform one-act plays. 7:30 p.m., King's Theatre, Administration Building, Admission: $1.
April 3 -Novelist and social critic James Howard Kunstler will provide insight on his vision of a post-oil future during a lecture based on his book "The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century." 3:30 p.m., Burke Auditorium of the William G. McGowan School of Business, North River Street, free
April 7-18 - The 20th All College Exhibition: This show highlights the varied and impressive talents of the King's College community - faculty, staff and students - in a variety of media. Widmann Gallery, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center. Reception: April 16, 2:30-4 p.m. free
April 9 - Campion Society Open Readings: King's students and members of the community can share creative works in a relaxed atmosphere. 7:30 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Fitzgerald Room, Between North Main and North Franklin Streets, free
April 11-12 - Cantores Christi Regis Spring Concert. A program of classical and contemporary, sacred, and secular choral music will be performed by the College choir. 7:30 p.m., J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center, North Franklin Street at Jackson Street, free
April 14 - Paul A. Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia and Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University, is the keynote speaker for the Rev. Donald Grimes, C.S.C., Annual Divine Wisdom Lecture. 3:30 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Fitzgerald Room, Between North Main and North Franklin Streets, free
7th Annual MPWA Regional Poetry Contest
The Mulberry Poets & Writers Association (MPWA) announces its Seventh Annual Regional Poetry Contest. The overall winner of the contest will receive a $150 cash prize. Two other winners will share $150 in cash prizes - $100 for 2nd place and $50 for 3rd place. Several poets will be recognized with an Honorable Mention.
Judges will be Dr. Richard Brook, Jim Warner, Jennifer Diskin, Susan Jaffer, and Jerry Grealish.
All winners will be invited to present their poetry at a public reading on or about Saturday, June 7, 2008, at the AFA Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA. The winning poems will be published in the 2008 edition of The MPWA Journal.
Submissions are due by April 15th - Tax day!
For further information, contact the contest coordinator Richard Aston, of Wilkes-Barre, at 570-829-3163 or by e-mail at astonrj@yahoo.com.
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Not Quite So Soon
The Shulman Gallery at LCCC
Solo exhibition by internationally known Malaysian artist, Chew Fang Chin. His work will be in display at the gallery from April 4-22 and he will be doing a demonstration for LCCC students. There is a reception on Saturday April 5th from 6 - 8pm, free and no reservation required. Visit the web site: Shulman Gallery
NEPA Philharmonic presents Frank Oden's Cowboy JamboreeFriday, April 11th, 2008, Scranton Cultural Center - 8 P.M.
Saturday, April 12th, 2007, F.M. Kirby Center - 8 P.M.The NEPA Philharmonic is going west. Join Frank Oden as he takes you on a journey westward in this lyrical narration featuring scores from your favorite westerns. Music to Include:Arkansas Traveler, The Magnificent Seven, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Buckaroo Holiday, Hoe Down, Saturday Night Waltz and others.
The Complete Beethoven Sonatas with Sophie Till & Ron Stabinsky - only two chances left!
The Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano featuring Sophie Till, violin, and Ron Stabinsky, piano.
Saturday, 12 April 2008 at 3:00 P.M.
Sunday, 13 April 2008 at 2:00 P.M.
In the Marian Chapel of the Swartz Center for Spiritual Life, Loughran Hall, Marywood University
Concerts are free and open to the public.
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The Cultural Council