Kat Bolus, WVIA News Community Reporter, with a feature on the

developments at the Earth Conservancy Archives in Ashley, PA.

www.wvia.org/ www.earthconservancy.org/

Bobby Kelchner, Director of Operations at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre, speaking about the special New Year's Eve celebration featuring Cabinet, in a return performance. Mike Miz and the Northeast Extension will open at 8:30 pm on Sunday, December 31, 2023, and Cabinet will pick up about 45 minutes later and continue playing to welcome 2024. www.kirbycenter.org/     The box office: 570-826-1100.

Annie Cohen-Solal, writer and social historian, Distinguished Professor at Bocconi University in Milan.

She spoke at the University of Scranton on March 28, 2023, about her recent study, "Picasso the Foreigner: An

Artist in France, 1900-1973," issued by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

www.fsgbooks.com/ www.anniecohensolal.com/

Gagosian is presenting the exhibition, "A Foreigner Called Picasso," curated by Annie Cohen-Solal and Verane Tasseau at 522 West 21st Street in New York through February 10, 2024.

www.gagosian.com/

Howard Grossman, Vice-Chair of the recently-formed Luzerne County Arts Advisory Board, speaking about the board and its vision as the members prepare for a Concert Event on April 14, 2024 and look ahead to the next quarterly meeting, to which the public is invited. For more information: luzernecounty.org/1393/arts-advisory-board.

Trebbe Johnson, writer, speaker, founder of Radical Joy for Hard Times, talking about her recent book,

"Fierce Consciousness: Surviving the Sorrows of Earth and Self," issued by Calliope Books in January 2023.

For more information: www.trebbejohnson.com/

The conversation was first broadcast on 8/10/23

April Genevieve Tucholke, author of "Merry & Hark,"

and Thomas Speicher, author of "A Day with Waffles

& Alexis," speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about

their recent children's books. For more information:

www.apriltucholke.com/ and www.pct.edu/public-

relations-marketing/staff.

Mark Stavish of northeastern PA, authority on Western spiritual traditions, speaking about winter & welcoming the new year. He is author of 26 books including "The Path of Alchemy," "Kabbalah for Health & Wellness" and "Egregores".

For more information: Facebook.com/mark.stavish.5

The interview was recorded in December 2022.

Diane Grant Czajkowski, award-winning artist, speaking about her work in connection with two current exhibitions: The Cider Painters of America International Show at the Main Street Galleries on Pierce St. in Kingston, PA, through December 28, 2023, and the 90th Anniversary exhibit of the

Miniature Painters Sculptors Gravers Society, Washington D.C. Group, at the Strathmore Mansion in Bethesda, MD, through January 13, 2024.

www.dianeshorses.com/ [email protected]/

www.mpsgs.org/

Christopher Gallo, Artistic Director of the Lyric Consort,

speaking about the ensemble and its annual holiday

concert, "A Lyric Consort Christmas," on Saturday,

December 16, 2023, at 8:00 pm, at St. Luke's Episcopal

Church, Wyoming Avenue, in Scranton.

www.lyricconsort.org/

Al Jacobsen, Executive Director of the Allentown Symphony Association, and Amanda Haag, Program Manager & Choral Director of El Sistema Lehigh Valley,

speaking about ESLV in anticipation of their annual holiday concert, "Songs of Peace, Hope & Cheer" on Thursday,

December 14, 2023, at 6:00 at Roosevelt Elementary School in Allentown.

The Allentown Pops will present a holiday concert at Miller Symphony Hall on Saturday, December 16 at 2:00 and again at 7:00 pm under the direction of Diane Wittry. www.millersymphonyhall.org/