William Jay & Robyn Madara Jay,

speaking about the Listening Room

at the Exchange Gallery,

24 E. Main Street in Bloomsburg,

featuring blues, roots & Americana

performances the last Wednesday of the month

beginning at 7:00 pm.

Donations accepted at the door.

The 8th season begins on July 31, 2024

with a concert featuring Ed Randazzo &

Bret Alexander. (570) 317-2596

www.exchangearts.org/

Marko Marcinko, Artistic Director of the Scranton Jazz Festival and

Leader of the Festival Big Band, speaking about the 19th annual

SJF to be held in downtown Scranton August 2, 3 & 4, 2024.

Friday and Saturday will feature free jazz walks & on Saturday

evening, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform at the Scranton Cultural Center at 7:30 pm. Celebrated jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano will join the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band under

Marcinko's direction at 6:00 pm at the Ritz Theater.

For more information: www.scrantonjazzfestival.org/

Marko Marcinko, Artistic Director of the Scranton Jazz Festival and Leader of the Festival Big Band, speaking about the 19th annual SJF to be held in downtown Scranton August 2, 3 & 4, 2024. Friday and Saturday will feature free jazz walks & on Saturday evening, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will perform at the Scranton Cultural Center at 7:30 pm. Celebrated jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano will join the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band under Marcinko's direction at 6:00 pm at the Ritz Theater.

For more information: www.scrantonjazzfestival.org/

Justin Costello, founder & artistic director of Intrepidus Theatre Lab, and Marcie Herman Riebe, actor/Phaedra, speaking about the production of Costello's original play, "Bulls: The Tragedy of Phaedra of Crete" to be presented July 26, 27 & 28, 2024, at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road in Scranton. Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm; Sunday at 6:00 pm.

For information: Intrepidus Theatre Lab on Facebook.

Amy Carter Casimir, owner of Strictly Ballet & Artistic Director of

"A Lewisburg Victorian Nutcracker, " speaking about "A Lewisburg Victorian Garden Party" on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 7:30 pm on the great lawn outside the GreenSpace Center at 815 Market Street in Lewisburg, PA.

The event is free & open to the public, but it is a fundraiser for the Nutcracker, and donations are welcome. The public is encouraged to attend in Victorian or Fairy costume, and prizes will be awarded. www.strictlyballetarts.com/

Mandy Pennington, Director of Digital Strategy at Wilkes

University in Wilkes-Barre, speaking about her new

one-person play, "Girl Walks Into a Theater," that

will have its first performance as part of a program

titled, "Acting Alone: 2 Solo Plays on One Stage,"

to be presented by Scranton Fringe July 25, 26 & 27,

2024, at Lackawanna College, 501 Vine Street in

Scranton, with shows Thursday & Friday at 7:00 pm,

and Saturday at 2:00 and 7:00 pm.

www.scrantonfringe.org www.mandybpenn.com/

Maureen McGuigan, Director of the Lackawanna

County Department of Arts & Culture, speaking about

her writing life in a conversation in September 2023.

Her one-person theatrical piece, "Remember You Must Die:

A Comedy," will be part of a program titled, "Acting Alone:

Two Solo Plays on One Stage" to be presented by

Scranton Fringe, July 25, 26 & 27, 2024, at 7 pm

with a matinee on July 27 at 2:00, at Peoples

Security Theatre at Lackawanna College in

Scranton. The second playwright/actor is

Mandy Pennington with "Girl Walks Into A

Movie Theater." www.scrantonfringe.org/

Cellist Yosif Feigelson, co-founder & artistic director of Kindred Spirits Arts in Milford, PA, speaking about the Summer 2024 Concert Series continuing on July 20th with Freelance Nun and Weird Uncle at 5:30 pm at the Pool Pavilion at Grey Towers National Historic Site.  The season will run through August and close on September 14th with the Tesla String Quartet. For more information: www.kindredspiritsarts.org/

Cynthia Long, Executive Director of the Endless Mountain

Music Festival, speaking with WVIA's Lisa Mazzarella

about the 2024 Concert Season, running from July 19th

through July 27th, with 17 performances in 17 days

at various venues throughout North Central PA

and Southern NY. www.endlessmountain.net/

Brian Fanelli and Joe Kraus, co-editors of

"Currents in the Electric City: A Scranton Anthology,"

released on July 16, 2024, by Belt Publishing.

There will be a book launch event on Saturday,

July 27th at 3:00 at the Albright Memorial

Library, 500 Vine Street in Scranton.

To register: www.albright.org/

https://beltpublishing.com/