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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 ...

Anti-trafficking group receives grant

Fierce Love 4 Good recently announced that it has received a generous grant from the Century Fund for Human Services Grant Program at the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania. “With the support of partners like FCFP, it will allow us to continue to purchase supplies to meet the ever-growing demand for our Angel packs, and assist us in continuing to spread public awareness of human trafficking,” a news release from Fierce Love 4 Good said. “We are deeply grateful for FCFP’s belief in our mission,” said Susan Evans-Nogler, director and president of Fierce ...

Lottie and Ruby Wood: A mother, a daughter, and a circus

You never know when a story is waiting for you — or where it will lead once you begin to follow it. Sometimes it arrives quietly, disguised as an ordinary afternoon. Sometimes it pulls you somewhere unexpected. It was a brittle February day, the kind when the cold settles deep into the ...