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From the Executive Director
GOOD MORNING LUZERNE COUNTY!
Yes, it's the first day of Spring and 3rd Friday all on the same day! The ice is out, the river is up and we're out and about because there's a LOT going on! In fact there's so much going on, I'm sure I missed a lot. But we present a sampling of highlights for today and the upcoming weeks for your consideration below.
Before I forget, mark your calendars NOW for RiverFest weekend on June 19 - 21. I just attended a planning meeting and it's already clear that the Annual RiverFest extravaganza will be even bigger this year. The long-awaited grand opening of the new River Common will be Friday (Yes, it's a 3rd Friday) late afternoon, and that will be a great way to kick off the weekend. There will be more kayaks than you can count, music to listen to, food and fun galore, and yes, I have it on good authority that there will be fireworks. Stay tuned!
Our fundraiser party at the Stegmaier Mansion, originally scheduled for the week before Christmas, will now be held on April 19th, and you're invited - see the story below.
OK, it's already well into 3rd Friday, and I'm going to bed! See you around town!
Mike Burnside
ps: Don't forget to list your event on the ArtScene Calendar at WVIA. Instructions are on the left, as always.
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3rd Friday ArtWalk
At the King's College Widmann Art Gallery, a member of the Cider Painters of America and a
miniature artist, Sandy Leonard displays a number of original impressionistic paintings, inspired
by memories and photographs, ranging from watercolors to pastel.
Chicory House presents "Slide," a 5 piece traditional Celtic music group direct from Ireland. At 8PM, at the Forty Fort Presbyterian Church Hall, 1224 Wyoming Ave, Forty Fort.
(On Sunday April 5, at 7PM Chicory House will host its first show at the new Arts YOUniverse, at the former First United Methodist Church, 47 North Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. Featured artists will be "Fishtank Ensemble" a Gypsy/Klezmer group.)
 Paper Kite Studio
Photography by Alison Maslow
Exhibit Reception from 6 - 8 p.m.
Stick around for featured Reader Martha Deed followed by a limited Open Mic.
Studio AtA "Abilities thru Art" Artists
on display at Mainstreet Galleries.
An art and pottery exhibit promoting the talent of individuals with intellectual disabilities of Day Development's Studio AtA. This is an annual fundraising event for the artists. All proceeds go to the operation of the studio. Mainstreet Galleries, 370 Pierce Street, Kingston.
Express Yourself, a Third Friday open-house exhibit
of works by artists of the Verve Vertu Studio. Art YOUniverse, 47 North
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Tonight, 5 to 8. 208-5305.
There are also great exhibits at Something Special in Kingston and Marquis Art & Frame in Wilkes-Barre.
Check out our 3rd Friday ArtWalk map! Click 3rd Friday ArtWalk map to see all the locations.
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A few selected upcoming events
The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Avenue, just north of Kingston Corners. The Chorale will present selected international folk songs, while the Madrigal Singers will perform music from their upcoming European concert tour in June. The Orchestra will feature selections from the "Carmen" Suites No. 1 and No. 2; "Broadway Tonight!," a medley of classics from favorite Broadway shows; and selections from "The Wizard of Oz." The Wyoming Seminary percussion ensemble, string ensemble, flute quartet and chamber ensemble also will perform. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 270-2190.
The Wyoming Seminary Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble, led by Lower School music teacher Robert Lugiano, will present a program of big band music on Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. at Wyoming Seminary Lower School's Amato Auditorium, 1560 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort. The Wind Ensemble will feature Lugiano's arrangement of "Malaguena," as well as Fillmore's "American's We" and "O Danny Boy" by Grainger. The Jazz Ensemble will perform favorites such as "Spain" by Corea, "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Arlen. The ensembles also will perform some of these pieces during their appearance at Disney World early in April. The program will feature student soloists and jazz combos and is free and open to the public. For more information call 270-2190.
Jim Sciutto, the Senior Foreign Correspondent for ABC News, has signed on to give the Honors Program, Divine Wisdom Lecture April 1, 2009 at 3:30 P.M. in the Burke Auditorium at King's College. Jim's lecture will focus on his experiences as a foreign correspondent and will draw on his new book Against US: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World.
NEPA Bach Festival
Friday, March 20, 2009; 8:00 pm
The 24th Annual NEPA Bach Festival begins with a free organ recital by
Alain Truche, Organist and Director of Music at Covenant Presbyterian
Church 425 Jefferson Ave, in Scranton.
Saturday, March 21, 2009; 8:00 pm
The 24th Annual NEPA Bach Festival continues with a concert featuring
the chamber music of Handel and Haydn. With Sophie Till, violin, Tom
Heinze, oboe, Ed Wargo, flute, and members of the Bach Festival
Orchestra.
Also at St. Matthew's.
Tuesday, March 24; 7:00 p.m, Award-winning artist Tiffany Holmes uses media technology to address environmental issues. She chairs the Department of Art and Technology Studies, Art Institute of Chicago, and recently completed a real-time visualization of energy loads for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Marywood University, Room 160, Learning Resources Center, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton
F.M. Kirby Center Curtis Montz Film Series
Wednesday, March 25; 1pm and 7:30pm
Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, a neighborhood activist elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 as one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. Harvey Milk was an extrovert with an incisive mind and a ferociously stubborn will, yet a man of fundamental kindness, and a personal virtue that also functioned as a political principle.
On Wednesday, April 1 (same times), Frozen River
Set in upstate New York at the Canadian Border, where the closest thing to a social hub is a bingo parlor on the Mohawk Reservation that straddles the frozen St. Lawrence River, Ray Eddy's husband gambled away the family's savings before deserting them, leaving no word. Ray teams with Lila Littlewolf, a woman who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States from Canada. The state police have a double standard for 'Indians' and 'whites'. What if the Pakistanis she is carrying across the border are terrorists?
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Celebrate with us at the Stegmaier Mansion
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a gathering at the Stegmaier Mansion on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5pm, April 19th, and YOU"RE INVITED!
Organized by Jennifer Morris of Siegel Artist
Management on our behalf, $20 of each ticket price of $60 will be a tax-deductible
contribution to the Cultural Council!
An Afternoon Affair featuring hand-made truffles trifle by Mary Hepner of Ah! Some Chocolates along with music, mingling and more in support the Cultural Council of Luzerne County.
Take a step back in time to the Victorian Era and have your breath taken away at the Frederick Stegmaier Mansion painstakingly brought back to life by owner/proprietor Joseph Mateo. If you haven't seen this jewel of downtown Wilkes-Barre, that alone is a good reason to come.
But if all this isn't enough, perhaps you will join us to greet and thank Shelley Pearce for her many years of volunteer service to the Council. Shelley is turning over the reins as board chair, and we need to express our appreciation for her dedicated leadership. We hope to see you there!
All are welcome, and if you
haven't seen this AMAZING place at 304 South Franklin Street in
Wilkes-Barre, this is your chance! Good company, good comestibles, a
good cause, and a place that is just NOT to be missed. (Click HERE if you don't believe me!) Maybe we can get Joe to play a few riffs of Rachmaninov in the parlor!
We hope you will join us! Openings are limited and if you want to come, you MUST call Jennifer at 824-2266 by FRIDAY, APRIL 10th!
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The Cultural Council
