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Library to tout financial literacy month in April

The James V. Brown Library, 19 E. Fourth St., is celebrating Financial Literacy Month this April with 5 different programs to help community members of all ages learn the fundamentals of financial literacy and take with them strategies to manage their own personal finances. For children in early childhood or elementary school, the Library is offering a Kids Financial Storytime on April 8, as well as two tours of M&T Bank on April 17. These programs will focus on the basics of money and banks. For Tweens and Teens, the Library is offering a “What Would You Choose?” program in ...

Bluegrass band coming to Wellsboro

On Saturdays, April 11 and 25, the Wellsboro Community Concert Association is hosting the last two concerts of its 2025-2026 season. The all-star bluegrass supergroup, the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band will take the Coolidge Theatre stage in Wellsboro at 7:30 p.m. next Saturday. “The ...

Weis Center season will conclude with world music ensemble OIANT

LEWISBURG – According to a press release, the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University will wrap up its 2025-26 season with world music ensemble Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies at 7:30 p.m. on April 17. Hailed as a shamanic orchestra for a ...

Lycoming College to present ‘The Burial at Thebes’

Lycoming College will host free performances of “The Burial at Thebes” at 7:30 p.m. April 15-18 in the Mary L. Welch Theatre on Mulberry Street, a press release said. “The Burial at Thebes,” written by Seamus Heaney, is a retelling of the classic Greek tragedy “Antigone,” by Sophocles. The main protagonist, Antigone, learns her brothers have slain each other in a vicious civil war. By decree of her uncle, the new king Creon, her brother Eteocles is to be buried with full honors, while her brother Polyneices is to remain unburied, marking him as a traitor to Thebes. Anybody ...

Repasz Band to honor Al Nacinovich

The Repasz Band’s April 7 concert in Williamsport will feature a specially commissioned piece written by area native Jeremy Leidhecker—and honoring the band’s long-time conductor, Albert Nacinovich. Slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Center, this year’s free concert has both ...