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‘A Christmas Story’ coming to Millbrook Playhouse stage

Mill Hall — According to a press release, Millbrook Playhouse will bring the timeless classic “A Christmas Story” by Philip Grecian to its Ryan Main Stage starting this week. Adapted from the beloved 1983 motion picture and Jean Shepherd’s book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay ...

WMC to perform at Taber Museum

According to a press release, the Williamsport Music Club will perform at 10:00 a.m. Dec.12 at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society, 858 West Fourth St. The holiday-themed musical performance is free and open to the public and will be an introduction to the museum’s holiday exhibit “Spirit of Love: Teddies at the Taber,” featuring a number of teddy bears loaned from community members. The exhibit continues through Jan. 11. The musical interlude will be the last Coffee Hour of 2024. For more information, call 570-326-3326 or visit www.tabermuseum.org.

‘Moana 2’ sails to a record $221 million opening

NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas came early at the box office this year. “Moana 2” brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records with $221 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That, combined with “Wicked” and “Gladiator ...

Delta blues coming to Weis Center in last performance of the fall season

LEWISBURG – According to a press release, the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University will welcome Tab Benoit with Jesse Dayton at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 7. Benoit is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30-plus-year career on the ...

Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra to perform annual holiday concert twice

The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra will present its popular annual “Holiday Jazz Concert” twice, according to a press release. The first performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in the Trachte Music Center at Lycoming College. The second will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts,104 Main Street, Wellsboro. The concert will include big band holiday favorites, including: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra’s “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Gordon Goodwin’s “The Little Drummer Boy,” the Overture from Shorty Roger’s ...

Big band jazz performance coming to Wellsboro

WELLSBORO — If you love to dance, you’re in luck! The Starliters Big Band will hold a performance at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 in the Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., a press release said. “For this performance, we are putting together big band arrangements of swing, Latin and polka dance tunes, as well as popular, classic holiday songs and a few contemporary arrangements,” said Bill Denson, one of the group’s founders. Big bands originated during the early 1910s and dominated jazz in the early 1940s when swing was most popular. This ...