RiverStage, Gaspipe present collection of 8 world-debut plays

February 2, 2023

EWISBURG — Brand new stories and voices will take center stage when RiverStage Community Theatre, in association with Gaspipe Theatre Company, bring the unique Gaspipe One-Act Play Festival back to life after a four-year hiatus. RiverStage received and read over 30 short plays that were submitted last fall from playwrights all across the nation, and worked with local directors and actors to cast and produce eight of those scripts as part of this year’s performance. Gaspipe co-founder Derek Scott will return this year to direct one of the plays. “We were excited again to get so ...

Say ‘freeze’: Annual Heart of Lewisburg Ice Festival, Polar Bear Plunge are almost here

January 26, 2023

You don’t have to wait for the heat of the summer to have a good time outdoors. The annual Heart of Lewisburg Ice Festival is drawing near, with myriad adult- and family-friendly activities to make everyone happy, starting early Friday, Feb. 3, and continuing all day Saturday, Feb. ...

The Uptown Music Collective presents ‘Friends in Low Places: The Music of Garth Brooks & the Women of ’90s Country’

January 12, 2023

The young musicians of Uptown Music Collective are preparing for their next big show on the Community Arts Center stage — “Friends in Low Places: The Music of Garth Brooks & the Women of ’90s Country. The show, slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the CAC, 220 W. Fourth St., will ...

Choral groups, guest speakers to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Wellsboro High School on Monday

January 12, 2023

WELLSBORO — Justice advocate and Rewritten CEO Ashley M. Wilson, a capella group Pine Pitch, the Wellsboro Men’s and Women’s choirs, and more will join hands to celebrate the life and dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. Monday in the Wellsboro Area High School auditorium, 227 ...

Mansfield University choirs to perform at Carnegie Hall

January 12, 2023

MANSFIELD — More than 300 singers from six schools in Pennsylvania will converge in New York City on Sunday to sing at Carnegie Hall, celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. The Mansfield University Concert Choir of 54 members will be given the opportunity of a lifetime to perform on this renowned stage. In addition, the Alumni Choir will feature 56 Mansfield alumni who participated in Concert Choir when they were undergraduate students, and four of the high schools that will perform are directed by Mansfield University alumni. Each group will perform individually for at ...

Mwenso and The Shakes to hold free community events in State College focusing on Black ancestry and music

January 5, 2023

STATE COLLEGE — “Your depth of community has filled our hearts. Your passion for the arts has made us feel at home. And your dedication to the future (while honoring the past) has filled us with hope,” artist-historian Michael Mwenso said. Mwenso and The Shakes, his ensemble of Black ...