Award-winning violinist Rachel Barton Pine talks about her new CD, "Testament: The Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin of Johann Sebastian Bach", to be released April 1, 2016, by Avie Records. rachelbartonpine.com for more information.

Actor/Playwright Michael Laurence and actor Chris Stack talk about their lives in theater in anticipation of a reading of Laurence's play, "Krapp 39," by Chris Stack at East Stroudsburg University, presented by the Pocono Mountain Theater Company, as part of its inaugural 2016 season. The reading will be given at 7 p.m. March 21 in the Smith-McFarland Theater in the Fine Arts Building on the university campus. There is no admission charge. www.poconomountainstheatercompany.org for more information.

Brian Long, managing director of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and co-founder of the Pocono Mountains Theater Company, a not-for-profit professional theater producer, talks about the inaugural 2016 season's programming. There will be three public readings in partnership with East Stroudsburg University, which are free and open to the public. All readings will be held at the Smith-McFarland Theater in the Fine Arts Building on the university campus. The first reading will be at 7 p.m. March 21; the second is at 7 p.m. March 26; and the last will be at 7 p.m. April 30. More information at poconomountainstheatercompany.org or on their Facebook page.

Writer, publisher and speaker Bathsheba Monk talks about a reading of her original play, "Lois's Wedding," directed by Lynnie Godfrey. The production will be at 7 p.m. March 21 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. More information at bathshebamonk.com

Baritone David Ruhf, member of the board of managers of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, talks about the choir's Spring Concert, to be offered at 4 p.m. March 20 at First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem. The performance will be J.S. Bach's "The Passion According to Saint John," and the choir will be joined by the Bach Festival Orchestra. There will be a pre-concert talk at 3 p.m. by artistic director and conductor Greg Funfgeld in Fellowship Hall. For more information, bach.org.

Artists Nikki Moser & Lori Ryan, co-founders of "STEAM Works," talk about the collective to be presented at the Mall at Steamtown in Scranton. For more information, steamworksscranton.org

Dr. Steven Thomas, Music Director of the Arcadia Chorale, and Chair of the Division of Performing Arts & Director of Choral Activities at Wilkes University, talks about the 31st Annual NEPA Bach Festival, taking place March 19 & 20 in Scranton. The festival opens at 4 p.m. March 19 with an Organ Concert by Timothy Smith at the Elm Park United Methodist Church, Scranton. At 8 p.m. March 19, the Arcadia Festival Orchestra performs at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Scranton. The festival concludes with a Choral Concert at 3 p.m. March 20 at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The concert features the Arcadia Chorale, the Wilkes University Chamber Singers, and the Arcadia Festival Orchestra. More information at arcadiachorale.org

Andrew Appel, harpsichordist and artistic director of the Four Nations ensemble, and Loretta O'Sullivan, cellist, talk about Four Nations' recent release, "Francesco Geminiani: Sonatas for Cello & Continuo, Opus. 5," on the Orchard Classic label. More information at fournations.org

Paula Henry, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's School Programs Director, talks about the BTE's Theatre In the Classroom(TIC) Touring Production of "Finding Our Voices: Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, the Friendship That Fueled the Women's Rights Movement." It's the 38th annual TIC production to be presented to schools across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and beyond. The first public performance will be at noon March 26 at the Bloomsburg Public Library. The TIC Tour runs from March 29-June 3. It's free. More information at bte.org, 570-458-4075 or [email protected]

Author, editor, & literary historian, Ed Moran, and Cy Adler, author of "Wholly Mother Jones," talk about the Mother Jones Brigade marching in the 19th Annual Carbon County St. Patrick's Day Parade in Jim Thorpe, taking place at 1 p.m. March 13. More at carbonstpatricksparade.com