Suzanne Fisher Staples and Charlotte Ravaioli, co-founders of The Gathering at Keystone College, talk about the annual three-day symposium on creativity and imagination, this year titled, "Finding the Better Angels of Our Nature." It will be offered July 14-16 at Keystone College in La Plume. More information at thegatheringatkeystone.org.

Stuart Forman, executive director and CEO of the Jewish Community Alliance of NEPA talks about the film, "Above & Beyond," the first major feature-length documentary about the foreign airmen in the 1948 war that will have its premiere at 6:30 p.m. May 2 at the JCC, 60 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. The event is free and open to the public. More information at jewishwilkes-barre.org

Playwright, actor, and professor Anna Deavere Smith talks about her visit to Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre to deliver the annual Max Rosenn Lecture in Law & Humanities. The topic is "Snapshots: Portraits of A World in Transition." It'll take place at 7 p.m. Apr. 30 at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center on the campus of Wilkes University. It's free and open to the public. More information at wilkes.edu.

WVIA's Fiona Powell speaks with student artist Eliza Whyman in anticipation of the exhibition, "Design: 2017," which will run through May 12 at the Gallery at Penn College, located in the Madigan Library in Williamsport. There will be an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Apr. 28. More information at gallery.pct.edu

Poet Amanda J. Bradley, assistant professor of English at Keystone College in La Plume speaks about and reads from her new collection, "Queen Kong," in anticipation of the Spring edition Writers' Showcase to be held at 7 p.m. April 29 at the Old Brick Theatre, 126 W. Market St., Scranton. Readings from Amanda J. Bradley, Barbara Taylor, Al Manorek, Heather Harlen, and Robb Fillman will be featured. More information at nyq.org and amandajbradley.com

Cheryl Y. Boga, director of Performance Music at the University of Scranton, talks about the 34th Annual World Premiere Composition Series Concert, taking place at 7:30 p.m. April 29 at the Houlihan McLean Center on the university campus. Renowned woodwind performer, composer, arranger, and educator Erica von Kleist will be featured as the guest composer/conductor. It's free and open to the public. More at scranton.edu/music

Adam Schwamb, conductor and chair of the music department at Clarks Summit University, and CSU students, pianists and singers, Andrew Hartley and Amelia Makus, talk about the upcoming concert featuring Gabriel Faure's "Requiem" and instrumental works, to be presented at 7 p.m. April 28 and 29 at the Murphy Memorial Library at Clarks Summit University, 538 Venard Road, South Abington Twp. More information at ClarksSummitU.edu/events

WVIA's Larry Vojtko talks with Joanne Arduino, Artistic Director of the Ballet Theatre of Scranton, about a production of the original ballet Dracula to be performed at 7:30 p.m. April 29 at the Theater at North, Scranton. www.tututix.com for tickets.

Dr. Char Miller, W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College in California, talks about his recent book, "America's Great National Forests, Wildernesses & Grasslands." More information at rizzoliusa.com and pomona.edu/directory/people/char-miller.

St. Louis artist Lyndon Barrois Jr. and Heather Sincavage, director of the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, talk about his exhibition, "Of Color," running through May 21 at the gallery. The gallery is open 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. More information at wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery.