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Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra to present 2 holiday concerts

The 18-member Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra is presenting its popular annual Holiday Jazz Concert twice next weekend, on Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m at the Community Theatre League at 100 W. Third St., Williamsport and on Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Deane Center’s Coolidge Theatre, 104 Main St., ...

41st annual Dickens of A Christmas coming

The 41st annual Dickens of A Christmas is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5, 6 and 7 in Wellsboro. According to a news release, an indoor Craft Show with 26 artisans. The Active Living Center will be open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with four ...

Museum to host Williamsport Music Club

The public is invited to a musical performance of the Williamsport Music Club Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society. “The holiday-themed musical performance is free and open to the public and will be an introduction to the museum’s holiday exhibit ‘Echoes of Eden in a Rising Republic, Still Life and the Beauty of Becoming,’ featuring 37 still life paintings of the 19th Century,” a news release said. “The exhibit continues through May 31, 2026. The musical interlude will be the last Coffee Hour of 2025. The entire lecture ...

Annual Sugar Valley tradition gets new support, brings holiday cheer

LOGANTON — After taking the time to recover from a full belly on Thanksgiving, Sugar Valley Rural Charter School and the surrounding community came out on Sunday, Nov. 30 for their 4th annual WinterFest in the center of Loganton to kick off the start of the Christmas season. WinterFest was ...

Your library makes a difference — you can too

Every day, the James V. Brown Library changes lives in ways that are both quiet and profound. Not long ago, a local veteran visited the Library looking for the book A Miracle at Attu: The Rescue of CG 1600. The story recounts a 1982 Coast Guard aircraft crash in remote Alaska. While speaking with Public Service staff member Jill Wollet, he shared something deeply personal. He had known several of the men on that flight. He was meant to be with them that day. Jill helped him find and borrow the book. When he returned a few weeks later, he approached the desk with tears in his eyes. He ...