Karen Reid, practicing studio artist from NEPA,

speaking about her significant work made

from kiln-cast optical glass titled, "Creek."

The sculpture is part of the major inaugural

exhibition to celebrate the opening of the

New Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State.

"Made in PA" will run through

December 1, 2024. Admission is

free, with a modest suggested donation.

For information:

www.palmermuseum.psu.edu/

Matthew Schooley, Former President of the Forty Fort

Cemetery Association, speaking about the history

of the cemetery and the Forty Fort Meeting House,

in anticipation of the Forty Forty Cemetery Inaugural

5K/10K/ Run & Walk on Saturday, September 14, 2024,

at 9:00 am. The event will benefit the Forty Fort

Cemetery Association and will feature different

historical tours throughout the cemetery with

the meeting house as one of the offerings.

For more information: www.fortyfortcemetery.org/

Carol Nelson Dembert, President of the Board, and

Carl Witkowski III, Chair of the

Search Committee, speaking with Julie Sidoni,

Director of Journalism at WVIA, about the

retirement of Nancy Sanderson, long-time Executive

Director of the Orchestra and the current

search for a new director.

For more information:

www.nepaphil.org/ 570-270-4444

Members of the Cranberry Quilt Guild of Greater

Hazleton--Debbie Kessell, President; Christine

Gresh, Publicity Chair; Marie Shulenski, Group Leader

of the Hazleton Area Chapter of Quilts of Valor,

speaking about the Guild and its 2024

exhibition September 14 from 10 am to 5 pm and

September 15 from 11 am to 4 pm, at the Weatherly

Area Middle School Complex.

For more information check "Cranberry Quilt Guild"

on Facebook.

Carol McManus, Vice Chair of Pike Artworks & Co-Chair of the

Milford Readers & Writers Festival, speaking about the

2024 event taking place September 13, 14 & 15, in

Milford, PA. There will be a wide range of panels,

speakers and topics, many taking place at the

Milford Theater, 114 E. Catherine Street.

A number of events are free. For more

information: www.milfordreadersandwriters.com/

Carol McManus, Vice Chair of Pike Artworks & Co-Chair of the Milford Readers & Writers Festival, speaking about the 2024 event taking place September 13, 14 & 15, in Milford, PA. There will be a wide range of panels, speakers and topics, many taking place at the Milford Theater, 114 E. Catherine Street. A number of events are free. For more information: www.milfordreadersandwriters.com/

J. Michael Lennon, Professor Emeritus of English at

Wilkes University, co-founder of the Maslow Family

Graduate Program in Creative Writing there and author

of the official biography, "Norman Mailer: A Double Life,"

speaking about "Miami and the Siege of Chicago"

written by Mailer in 1968, and also about the

new documentary film by Jeff Zimbalist, "How

to Come Alive with Norman Mailer."

For more information: www.jmichaellennon.com/

Part 1 of a two-part series.

George Aulisio, Dean of the Weinberg Memorial Library

at the University of Scranton and Director of the Schemel

Forum there, speaking about the Fall 2024 season

of the Forum that features courses, world-affairs luncheon

seminars and more, from September into November.

For more information: www.scranton.edu/schemelforum

570-941-4740

Erica Golaszewski, bassist and longtime COTA volunteer, speaking about the 2024 Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts, taking place on September 7th & 8th, with great jazz on the main stage and at the Deer Head Inn. There will be children's activities, artisans and food vendors on hand, as well.

www.cotajazz.org/

Elaine Mehalakes, Vice President of Curatorial

Affairs at the Allentown Art Museum, speaking

about the exhibition, "Scarlet Poppies and

Ultramarine Butterflies: The Language of Color,"

running now to September 29, 2024, at

the museum, 31 North 5th Street.

There will be public programs on Saturday,

August 31st, and Nature's Palette will take

place in September.

Admission is free.

For more information: www.allentownartmuseum.org/