The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra recently announced three free concerts this month: Sunday, Aug. 23 at the Brandon Park Bandshell, Friday Aug. 28 at Williamsport Welcomes the World, and Saturday, Aug. 29 at Central Oak Heights in West Milton. According to a news release, the historic ...
A new season brings fresh leadership for the Williamsport Civic Chorus. “We welcome Michael Welch as the new director of our beloved Chorus in its 83rd year,” a news release from the chorus said. “A native of Kentucky, Michael brings a rich and varied background as a singer, conductor, and composer and currently directs non-traditional students in choirs across Pennsylvania as the founder of Cadence Music and Arts Programs.” “We look forward to presenting two fabulous concerts this season – Harvest Home, which will celebrate the season and Americana compositions in this, ...
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society regrets to announce the postponement of a program featuring Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad during the mid-nineteenth century, according to a news release. The program was scheduled for Sunday, August 30. Arrangements are being made to feature “Harriet Tubman” in September. “Personnel at the Museum regret any inconvenience caused,” the news release said. For further information, please call the Museum at 570-326-3326 or visit the museum’s website at www.tabermuseum.org.
ljameson@lockhaven.com LOCK HAVEN -- One hundred years is a long time. In those 10 decades, technology can go from a bulky record player to having millions of songs from artists large and small in your pocket. Television can go from black and white, to color to even more refined 4KHD; ...
CENTRE HALL -- The number of days on Raelene Decker’s Grange Fair countdown clock was down to single digits. Decker, a retiree from Rebersburg, has never missed a fair throughout her lifetime, and like many faithful fairgoers, has been counting down the days since last year’s fair ...
Local author and independent bookstore owner Kevin Coolidge has announced the release of his highly anticipated middle-grade biography, “The Forest Rebel: The Adventures of George Washington Sears.” According to a news release, the book brings the thrilling, real-life adventures of the ...
