Dante Green, The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's inaugural Emerging Artist, speaking about "Park Protectors: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers and the National Park Service," the 2023 Theatre-in-the-Classroom production that Green conceived, wrote & directed. The TIC tour to schools throughout PA begins on March 20 and will run through May 26. Booking dates are available. And for more information, contact Paula Henry, BTE's School Programs Director at

[email protected]/ 570-458-4075 www.bte.org/

Chelsea Smarr, photographer, artists' model, harpist, psychotherapist,

speaking about her life and work in connection with a one-woman show at the Circle Center for the Arts, 130 S. Franklin Street Rear, Wilkes-Barre. "In Pain/In Bloom" will run through April 7, 2023.

www.wyomingvalleyartleague.org

Nancy Sanderson, Executive Director of the NEPA Philharmonic, & Composer Bruce Reiprich, speaking with WVIA's Larry Vojtko about "Discovering Bruce Reiprich," the March 11, 2023 Masterworks Concert by the Northeastern PA Philharmonic, featuring music by Bach, Grieg, Debussy, Jessie Montgomery & Bruce Reiprich under the direction of Melisse Brunet. The performance will take place at 8:00 pm at the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts on the campus of Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, PA. www.nepaphil.org

Violinist John Vaida & Violist Amy Iwazumi, co-founders of the Northeastern PA Chamber Music Society, speaking about a program titled, "...To the Stars," featuring string quartets by Beethoven, Shostakovich & Philip Glass, March 11 2023 at 7 pm at St. Stephen's Church, 35 S. Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre, and March 12 at 3 pm at the White Haven Area Community Library, 121 Towanda Street in White Haven, PA. For tickets: www.nepacms.org/ and for the

library: 570-443-8776

Ann Leary, NY TIMES best-selling author, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about her novel "The Foundling," inspired by historic Laurelton Village in Union County in PA. Ann Leary will talk about her book and her historical research at Bucknell University in Lewisburg on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 7:00 in Bucknell Hall, and at Lycoming College in Williamsport, in the Krapf Gateway Center on March 8 at 7:00 pm. The programs are free and open to the public.

www.bucknell.edu/ www.lycoming.edu/ www.annleary.com

Dr. Darlene Miller-Lanning, Director of the Hope Horn Gallery at the University of Scranton, who coordinated the current exhibition, "Women in Art" at the Everhart Museum in Scranton, speaking about the show and a number of the featured artists and their work, including Violet Oakley & Elizabeth Reynolds. The exhibit will be on view through the summer of 2023, the year that marks the Everhart's 115th anniversary. www.everhart-museum.org/

Dr. Alan Baker, Artistic Director of the Lyric Consort of NEPA, speaking about the ensemble's 30th anniversary season and the return to a tradition from the group's early years--presenting Lenten concerts of Renaissance sacred music. Lyric Consort will perform two meditative concerts for Lent--Friday, March 3, 2023 at 6:30, at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton; Also on Sunday, March 5 at 3:00 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre. Admission is free. www.lyricconsort.com/

Comedian Tom Papa, writer, performer, podcast producer, regular guest on NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," who sometimes hosts the show, speaking about his love for radio and about his comedy before he appears at the Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. Washington Avenue on

March 10 at 7:30 pm. For information: www.SCCMT.org/

570-344-1111

Graham Sharp of The Steep Canyon Rangers, a Grammy-winning Americana band from Asheville, speaking with WVIA's Fiona Powell about the group and its music before a concert at the Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth Street in Williamsport on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:30 pm. www.caclive.com/

David A. Miller, Associate Professor of Theatre & Dance at Bloomsburg University, speaking about his adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author," receiving its world premiere at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street in Bloomsburg from Feb 23 to March 12, 2023, presented by the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble & the Bloomsburg University Players.

Shows are Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 3:00 pm. www.bte.org/