A.J. Jump, Director of Programming, & Neil Prisco, Director

of Marketing at the F.M. Kirby Center on Public Square in

downtown Wilkes-Barre, speaking about the first part of the

spring season with music, ballet, movies and more.

For more information: www.kirbycenter.org/

Meghan Davis,. award-winning harpist & vocalist, speaking about her friendship with Esther Davidowitz of Kingston, PA, and their shared love of the harp, in anticipation of a tribute concert for her friend and a harp dedication recital at the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, 97 S. Franklin Street,

on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at 3:00 pm. She will be joined by

cellist Alex Keller. Admission is free and

the public is invited to attend. www.fpc-wb.org/

www.meghankdavis.com/

Dr. Philip Mosley, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English & Comparative Literature at Penn State, speaking about his new study, "Telling of the Anthracite: A Pennsylvania Posthistory" issued by Oxford Southern/Sunbury Press. Dr. Mosley will receive the First Anthracite Heritage Book Award at the annual Msgr. John J. Curran Lecture at King's College in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 7:00 at King's College in Burke Auditorium, 133 N. River Street. There is no admission charge. www.ahfdn.org/ www.sunburypress.com/

Kat Bolus, WVIA News Reporter, with a feature on the 65th anniversary of the Knox Mine Disaster that took place on January 22, 1959, in the Wyoming Valley near Port Griffith. She spoke with Dr. Robert Wolensky of the Anthracite Heritage Foundation; Chris Murley and Mike Borzell of the Underground Miners. For more information: www.wvia.org/ www.ahfdn.org/ www.undergroundminers.com/

Cheryl Boga, Director of Performance Music at the

University of Scranton, speaking about the opening

of the 2024 Spring Concert Season with a performance

by pianist Eric Robert Lewis aka ELEW. The event

will be held on Sunday, January 28 at 7:30 pm at the

Houlihan-McClean Center. Admission is free.

www.scranton.edu/music

Dr. David Heineman, Associate Professor in Communications Studies at Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg, speaking about his recent documentary film, "NEPA Doc," to be screened 1/18/24 at 6:30pm at the Brodhead Creek Heritage Ctr; 1/19 at 6:30 at the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Ctr at King's College in Wilkes-Barre; 1/20 at 2:00 pm at the Sayre Theater in Sayre, PA. www.nepadoc.com/ www.davidheineman.net/

Photographer Michael Mirabito, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communications at Marywood University in Scranton, speaking about his work in connection with the exhibition, "Voices: A Holocaust Remembrance; a Series of Photo-Encaustic Images & Works by Michael Mirabito" at the Widmann Art Gallery at King's College, 133 N. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, running through January 25, 2024. http://info.thetor.com

Taylor Fleming, pianist & composer, and Ryan Flannery,

guitarist, speaking about their new album, "Fleming and

Flannery: Friends of the Valley." The crowd-funded

recording celebrates the music community of Central

Pennsylvania. For more information:

taylorflemingmusic.com/flemingandflanneryfriendsofthevalley/

Taylor Fleming, pianist & composer, and Ryan Flannery, guitarist, speaking about their new album, "Fleming and Flannery: Friends of the Valley." The crowd-funded recording celebrates the music community of Central Pennsylvania. For more info:

taylorflemingmusic.com/flemingandflanneryfriendsofthevalley/

Daria Marmaluk-Hajioannou, singer-songwriter & educator from the Lehigh Valley, speaking about her music for & with children, including "I Have a Dream," a song for Martin Luther King Jr., which has been embraced by Afrobeat artist Ness Mburu of Kenya in a YouTube video.

For more information: www.dariamusic.com/