Anthony Hannigan & Jillian Hannigan of Hickory Project talk about the 4th Annual Cornstock Folk Festival, taking place Sept. 2-4 in Lazy Brook Park, Route 6, Tunkhannock. More information at cornstockfestival.com or 570-250-7464.

Dassy Ganz, of the Jewish Federation of NEPA, talks about the Jewish Federation's debut Film Festival, in partnership with the University of Scranton's Department of Theology & Religious Studies. It takes place beginning at noon Aug. 28 at the Moskovitz Theater in DeNaples Center at the University of Scranton. The evening lineup begins at 6:30 p.m. Complete details can be found at jewishfilmfestival.eventbrite.com, jewishnepa.org, or at 570-961-2300 x4.

REV Theatre Company Artistic Directors Rudy Caporaso & Rosey Hay talk about "The Lil' Red Show," to be presented in collaboration with United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA at 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Oppenheim Center for the Arts , 1004 Jackson St., Scranton. It's free. More information at uncnepa.org.

WVIA's Fiona Powell speaks with Billtown Brass music director Rick Coulter about "Brasstastic!", the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra's Billtown Brass Band concerts at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 in Central Oak Heights Pavilion, West Milton, and at 7 p.m. Aug. 21 in Brandon Park, Williamsport. They're free. Info at williamsportsymphony.org

Daniel Amenda of Treasure House Theater, Co-Creator and Director of "WHITMAN BY FIRE" to be presented at the Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road in Dingman's Ferry, PA, on Saturday, August 20 in the outdoor amphitheater at 8:30 p.m. Admission is free.

There will be a farm-to-table dinner at 6:00. Resrvations required at 570-828-2319. And an optional nature hike to the amphitheater leading up to the performance.

www.whitmanbyfire.org

Brother Johannes Zinzendorf talks about the folk song, "Hab Lumbedruwwel," and composer Paul Hindemith before the annual open house at the Christiansbrunn Hermitage from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 14. Brother Johannes will provide a guided tour at 2:30 p.m. The hermitage is located at 75 Grove Road, Pitman. More information at atthehermitage.org

Artist Janet Gaglione, tour director of the 14th Annual Wayne County Arts Alliance Artists' Studio Tour, taking place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 19-21. The tour headquarters is the Dorflinger Factory Museum and Arts Center, 8 Elizabeth St. at Route 6, White Mills. More information at waynecountyartsalliance.org

Writer Grete DeAngelo, a teacher at MMI Preparatory School in Freeland, talks about her recently released women's fiction novel, titled, "Giving Myself Away," issued by Panoptic Books, an imprint of Assent Publishing. More information at gretedeangelo.com

Olapeju Simoyan, Associate Professor of Family Medicine & Epidemiology in the Department of Family, Community and Rural Health at the Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, talks about her photographic collection, "Scranton: A Place to Call Home - The Electric City at 150." More at TCMC.edu

Cellist Deborah Reeder of the Philadelphia Trio talks about the annual concert of the Music in the Mountains Star Alumni, taking place at 4 p.m. Aug. 14 at the David DeWire Center in Eagles Mere, located at Laporte and Allegheny Avenues. It's hosted by the Eagles Mere Friends of the Arts. Tickets will be available at the door. More information at 570-525-3176 or emfoa.org.