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BTE bringing ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ to stage

BLOOMSBURG – Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble’s annual holiday food drive and low-price previews will start the run of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Charles M. Schulz this upcoming weekend, a press release said. The food drive and low-price previews offer audiences a sneak peek of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” before the production’s official premiere at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The show’s cast and crew use these previews to gauge and tweak the show based on the audiences’ reactions, according to the press release. Based on the television special by Bill Melendez and Lee ...

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SVC to continue tradition with annual Candlelight Christmas performance

SUNBURY — One of the region’s most cherished holiday traditions, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale’s Candlelight Christmas, under the direction of William Payn, will take place at 3 p.m. Dec. 14 at Zion Lutheran Church, according to a press release. The SVC ensemble includes over 80 members. The performance will be accompanied by orchestra and organ, as well as a traditional candlelighting to conclude the performance. SVC Limited will perform a piece as part of the program, and three soloists will be featured – Brian Crane, Josh Dearing and Rob Speece. The concert will include ...

UMC to celebrate 25 years at CAC

The Uptown Music Collective will present “The 25th Anniversary Celebration” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 and 22 at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center, a press release said. This “no-repeat” milestone weekend celebrates the nonprofit school of music’s 25th year with more than 80 alumni ...

Jazz saxophonist BIRCKHEAD to perform in Weis Center atrium

LEWISBURG — The Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University will welcome saxophonist BIRCKHEAD at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Weis Center atrium, a press release said. “Brent Birckhead is an award-winning artist, whose aesthetic is an intersectional amalgam of traditional and popular styles,” the press release said. “Unbound by genre, Birckhead’s approach to woodwind artistry is driven by his compulsion for creative risk and deep respect for legacy. “His place in the continuum of a storied lineage begins with his surname, Birckhead, and extends to his ...

Charly Lowry, Eric Ian Farmer to perform at Weis Center

LEWISBURG — According to a press release, Bucknell University’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts will welcome folk/Americana artist Charly Lowry at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13. There will be a pre-show artist talk with Lowry from 6:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m., facilitated by Eric Ian Farmer in the Weis Center atrium. At 7:30 p.m. Eric Ian Farmer will open the engagement, followed by Lowry, both in the concert hall. This engagement is part of the Weis Center’s year-long Trees Series. Lowry, a musical powerhouse from North Carolina, is proud to be an Indigenous woman belonging to the ...