Dave Reynolds, Theatre Department Chair & Show Director, & Greta Rogan,who has the role of Catherine, speaking about the King's College presentation of the award-winning drama "Proof" by David Auburn, running from March 26 through March29, 2026, at the George P. Maffei II Theatre, 133 N. River Street in Wilkes-Barre.Performances will take place March 26, 27 & 28 at 7:30 pm, & March 28 & 29 at 2 pm.For information: www.kings.edu and for tickets:www.onthestage.tickets/kings-college-theatre570 208-5828

Gerard Stropnicky and JoAnne Henry, co-directors & writers of "The Really Really RealTraveling Medicine Show," to be presented by Susquehanna Valley Mediation on March 27 & 28, 2026 at 7:00 pm, & March 29 at 3:00 pm, at the Albright Center, 450 Chestnut Street in Sunbury. The interactive production is a blend of theater, music, dance, visual art & storytelling, created from stories shared by community members across the Susquehanna Valley. The event is made possible through a Wingspan grant from PA Humanities. For more information: www.svmediation.org/

Jason Smeltzer, musician, writer, performer & artistic director ofThe Olde Stories, talking about a program titled, "The Surreal & Folkloric:The Music & Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca & Others" to be presentedSunday, March 22, 2026, at 5:00 pm, at the Rossetti House, 1005 VineStreet in Scranton; also Sunday, March 29th at 3:00 pm, at the CircleCenter for the Arts, 130 S. Franklin Street Rear in downtown Wilkes-Barre.The performance will feature readings and music by the MarywoodGuitar Ensemble under the direction of Diogo Carvalho.Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Award-winning author Kirsten Kaschock, a Pew Fellow in the Arts& a poet and writer who teaches at the University of Scranton & Marywood,speaking about her recent novel An Impossibility of Crows just issuedby the University of Massachusetts Press. She will present anauthor talk on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 5:00 pm, in theBird Gallery at the Everhart Museum at Nay Aug Park, 1901 MulberryStreet in Scranton. Admission is free but reservations are required.www.everhart-museum.org/ and www.kirstenkaschock.com/

David Parmelee, General Manager of the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, andJordan Lipperini, Stage Director, speaking about "A Chorus Line" to be presentedto mark the 50th anniversary of the opening in 1975. Shows March 20-22, 2026; and March 27-29. Curtain times: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm; Sundays at 3:00,at 537 N. Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. www.ltwb.org/

Julia de la Torre, Head of School at Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, NJ, speaking about her time in the Peace Corps in Moldova, and reading an essay about the celebration of spring in Moldova and the legend of the snowdrop flower that was featured as part of news@haverford in 2004.For information: www.mfriends.org/The interview first aired on ArtScene on March 25, 2022.

Amor Towles, bestselling author, speaking about his writing and the influence of music,in anticipation of his visit to Wilkes University to take part in the annual Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities, on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 2:00 pm at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center on the campus in Wilkes-Barre. Towles will be in conversation with Dr. David Hicks, Director of the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes. The event is free, but all of the seats have been filled, so reservations are closed.For more information: www.amortowles.com/

Derek Jolley, native of Northeastern PA, Musician,Glacier Sea-Kayaking, Helicopter Hiking & Trekking GuideSouthern Alps Guiding & Aoraki Mt Cook Guiding Co. Ltd, Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand.Jolley offered the final installment of his audio diaries from his two year sojourn in New Zealandbefore his return to Pennsylvania to rejoin family andfriends. For more information about Jolley and hismusic: www.cuddledrug.com/

Matthew Rupcich, Music Director and Conductor of theArcadia Chorale, speaking about the 39th annual NEPABach Festival which the ensemble will host March 21 & 22, 2026.There will be a free organ recital on March 21st at 4:00 pmfeaturing guest organist James Wetzel, at Elm Park UnitedMethodist Church, 712 Linden Street in Scranton.That evening (3/21) at 7:30, there will be a Chamber Music Concert withmembers of the Arcadia Festival Orchestra at CovenantPresbyterian Church, 550 Madison Avenue in Scranton.The Arcadia Chorale concert will take place on Sunday, March 22nd,at 3:00 pm, also at Covenant Presbyterian Church.For more information: www.arcadiachorale.org/

Mary Ellen Bernard, writer and performer who is a native of Scranton, speakingabout the original full-scale musical, "Raising Cain," that she has been developingwith Paul Guzzone, her husband and creative partner. The story is set in theAnthracite Coal region leading up to the 1902 Strike, and centers on a family and thetrials and tribulations of the mining life. The show is ready to have a completeproduction before the general public, and for more information and to view the trailer:www.maryellenbernard.com/