The Community Arts Center announced that its 2019 Student Summer Stock production will be Disney’s “Newsies.” Join Jack, Davey, Katherine, and others as they take a stand against Joseph Pulitzer’s unfair labor practices. Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, ...
The 45th Annual Young Artist Competition sponsored by the Friends of the Williamsport Symphony and organized by the WSO Education Committee was held on Sept. 22 at Lycoming College. The competition featured nine contestants performing one movement of a standard concerto for their instrument. ...
When the Beach Boys played a free show at Lamade Stadium during the Little League World Series last summer, the seven-song set was thrilling for those who were lucky enough to be there but also left many in the area wishing they could spend a little more time listening to the iconic band play ...
Williamsport’s 30th annual Merry Tubachristmas celebration will be performed by over 50 tuba, baritone and euphonium players from across the region performing Merry Tubachristmas Carols at 4 p.m. Dec. 8, at the Community Arts Center. Registration and rehearsal for the event will begin at 1:30 ...
The Williamsport Music Club will hold its annual “Christmas Music by Candlelight” program at 4 p.m. Dec. 2. The program will be held in the sanctuary at Pine Street United Methodist Church. Chaired by Sara Scott, the program will feature festive and reflective musical performances ...
These are familiar words that 9 year old Ralphie Parker hears in his quest for an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle in “A Christmas Story”. As a family holiday treat, the Community Theatre League presents “A Christmas Story: The Musical” with 7:30 p.m. ...
Early ads for “Widows” quoted one review that stressed its “bone-rattling action.” That is not an accurate description of this movie. Though it has some excitement, I’ve heard several viewers complaining that the film was too slow; please don’t go to “Widows” seeking some ...
It seems like the wizarding world still has a little magic left in it. Though this film is getting heavy support from leaning on the crutch of the next film, there is still plenty of charm to be found in “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.” When the all-powerful Grindelwald ...
If you plan to enjoy “Instant Family” — and I certainly recommend that you try — then you’ll have to accept some artificiality and manipulation. Fortunately, the film’s important central issue, together with a solid cast, makes it easy to submit to the usual Hollywood ...
The British are coming! The British are coming! Specifically, the British beat rock band Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone are coming. The band, which became massively popular in the mid-1960s during the height of the cultural phenomenon known as the British Rock Invasion with hits like ...
The music of Leonard Bernstein will be presented at Lycoming College’s Mary L. Welch Honors Hall at 4 p.m. Sunday, as a part of the Close-Up Concert series. Bernstein’s 100th birthday is being celebrated in concert halls, theaters, and opera houses around the world—most ...
The Williamsport Civic Chorus will celebrate its 75th year with its first concert of the season, “Journeys: Within and Beyond,” at 3 p.m. Nov.18 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 142 Market Street. “Journeys: Within and Beyond” explores the paths that we all take throughout our ...
When you combine the genius of Dr. Seuss and animator Chuck Jones with vocalists Boris Karloff and Thurl Ravenscroft, you get 1966’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”—a classic that has stood the test of time as well as any other Christmas staple you can name. So … did the world ...
Part action-war film. Part zombie-thriller. All gory goodness. The blend of the familiar into the not-so-familiar is all packed into the shockingly-entertaining “Overlord.” This prideful B-movie embraces its cheesiness without remorse, making for a fun-time from the opening title, all the ...
STRASBURG—You don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to be thoroughly entertained by a Sight & Sound show. On a busy highway just outside Strasburg in Lancaster County sits the imposing, 2,000-seat Sight & Sound Theater where live productions draw over 800,000 patrons annually. My ...
Local 14-year-old electric bass player Gabriel Severn will debut his DownBeat Award-winning “Song for Fina” tomorrow. Gabriel’s love of Brazilian bossa nova and samba inspired him to write “Song for Fina,” which he dedicated to a close family friend for her birthday. On this ...
For its second show of the season, the Williamsport Community Concert Association is bringing the fiery guitar sounds of Latin world fusion band Incendio to the stage of the Community Arts Center, 220 West Fourth Street, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8. The Billboard-charting instrumental group will be ...
Dr. Daniel J. Hall is now in his second year as conductor of the Williamsport Chamber Choir and Orchestra, which provides opportunities for outstanding area singers, up-and-coming composers, and talented musicians to perform great choral literature in a professional setting. Hall resides in ...
At 6:30 p.m. tomorrow the St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, 326 Washington Blvd, will host its Feast of All Souls Mass featuring a performance of Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem” by members of the St. Boniface and Lycoming College Choirs, area singers and members of the Williamsport Symphony ...
The Bald Eagle Art League will again hold the “Best of BEAL Art Competition” at the Thomas T. Taber Museum, across from Ways Garden, 858 West Fourth Street. An opening reception will be held today from 5 to 8 p.m., and the exhibition will run through Nov. 28. The Bald Eagle Art League has ...