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Tioga County to see series of 30-minute plays, performances

Hamilton-Gibson Productions is presenting a different 30-minute play or group of short plays running about 30 minutes each on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. for eight consecutive weekends beginning Feb. 20 and ending on April 11. According to a news release, the series is free. The first staged reading will be at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20, and 2:30 p.m., Feb. 21. It is a new work by playwright Rich Orloff. In a departure from his usual zany humor, Orloff has composed a poetry cycle in five movements called “Blessings from the Pandemic.” “’Blessings’ is about our ...

Workshop offers women chance to write, perform

The goal of the 2021 Hamilton-Gibson Women’s Project titled “Woodpecker Lips” is to provide opportunities for women to write, perform, direct and tell local stories meaningful to community theater audiences. In keeping with that goal, a free workshop is being held for aspiring and experienced writers, a news release said. “Intro to Monologue Writing” will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 27 via Zoom. Through the workshop, each participating writer will develop an original monologue about a living or historical local or Pennsylvania woman. The length of the monologues will ...

Finns create temporary artwork on golf course

HELSINKI (AP) — An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland’s capital of Helsinki. Under the guidance of local resident and amateur artist Janne Pyykko, 11 snowshoe-clad volunteers stamped a series of complex geometric patterns ...

Black clarinetist to discuss work

In a soon-to-be-released episode of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State’s “Meeting the Moment with Michael Mwenso” livestream, the performance artist-historian will talk with clarinetist Anthony McGill, the New York Philharmonic’s first African-American principal player, a news release from the center said. The free online event, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, will be broadcast via the Zoom conference app. Questions will be taken in real time from audience members via the chat function. Visit “Meeting the Moment” at cpa.psu.edu/events/meetingthemoment5 for more ...

Authenticity, strong acting lift ‘The Dig’ up

In 1939, workers on a British estate unearthed a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon burial site. Among many other items, it contained the remains of a wooden ship and a wealth of priceless artifacts: a sword, a scabbard, a helmet and a large, ornate belt buckle made of solid gold. The so-called Sutton Hoo site constitutes one of the most significant archeological finds of the modern age; but despite subsequent squabbling over who could keep the cache, this lesser-known historical episode hardly seems the stuff of spellbinding cinema. Yet Netflix’s brand-new “The Dig” is just ...

Uptown musicians plan Eagles tribute concerts

The Uptown Music Collective will bring this year’s People’s Choice performance, The Long Run: Music of the Eagles, to the stage of the Community Arts Center at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 12 and 13. According to a news release, this socially distant performance will have limited in-person tickets ...