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Classical ballet coming to Weis Center this month

LEWISBURG — According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome classical ballet ensemble Houston Ballet II at 7:30 p.m. March 28 in the Weis Center Concert Hall, 525 Weis Drive. There will be a pre-performance Q&A from 6:45-7:15 p.m. in ...

3 teens earn rank of Eagle Scout

At a ceremony in late January at St. John’s Newberry church three scouts received the rank of Eagle Scout from Troop 14 located at St John’s Newberry church, according to a news release. Lucas Bower, son of Carl and Jessica Bower, of Williamsport became the 139th Eagle Scout from Troop ...

Use small food containers, newspaper for starting seeds indoors

If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, seeds. But have you given thought to what containers you’ll use? You might be planning ...

Missing cat makes it back to family in Woolrich

WOOLRICH — When the Moats’ family cat, Tab, disappeared from their Woolrich home in October, Terrie and Paul assumed the worst. The winter weather was brutal, coyotes were known to roam the area and there was even the possibility that someone had harmed him. Nearly four months later, a ...

Area musicians broadcast live from basement venue

In 2020, when the pandemic was shutting down a lot of entertainment venues, two 30-something musicians decided that they wanted to provide some respite from the day-to-day gloom — at least for an hour each week — with what they called “Quarantine Sessions.” Tyler Crossley and Nate ...

World music ensemble from Ukraine returning to Bucknell’s Weis Center

LEWISBURG — According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome Ukrainian world music ensemble DakhaBrakha at 7:30 p.m. March 20 in the Weis Center Concert Hall, 525 Weis Drive. DakhaBrakha is a world music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha creates a world of unexpected new music. The ensemble was created in 2004 at the Dakh Contemporary Art Center by the avant-garde theatre director Vladyslav Troitskyi and given the name that means ...