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CTL aims to make waves with rendition of ‘The Little Mermaid’

For its season finale, the Community Theatre League invites its audiences to dip below the surface of the sea. The family musical “Disney’s The Little Mermaid” has 7:30 p.m. performances on June 17, 18 and 23-25, with 2 p.m. matinees on June 19 and 26 at the Community Theatre League, 100 W. Third St., downtown Williamsport. Based upon Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved tale and Disney’s animated film, “The Little Mermaid” has music by Alan Menken, including “Under The Sea,” an Oscar winner for “Best Original Song.” In CTL’s stage version, Aubyn Johnson makes his ...

Worldly painter to present works at Taber

The Thomas T. Taber Museum will host artist Joanne Landis and some of her colorful, mythology-based works for a meet and greet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5. Landis, who has a studio at the Pajama Factory in Williamsport, is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York City. She worked for ...

UMC wraps up performance season with tribute to Pink Floyd

The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier non-profit school of music, returns to the Community Arts Center in Williamsport on April 29 and 30, to close out the UMC’s 21-22 Performance Season with their presentation of Us and Them: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Beyond. This concert will feature Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon played in its entirety, as well as other hits and deep cuts from the band’s monumental career. Brought to life on stage as only the students of the Collective can, this show is sponsored, in part, through partnerships with ...

Music club to share performances Tuesday

Williamsport Music Club will host its Spring Gala at 7:30 p.m., April 26. The public is invited to this event chaired by Victoria and Jason Hurwitz that will be held at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 142 Market St. The club will celebrate the winner of the 2022 Budd Memorial Scholarship, according to a news release. Violinist Marlowe Jacques will perform his audition piece — the First Movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto. The evening will be filled with instrumental and vocal music. Leatha Kieser will open the program with the organ selection “Joy,” by Alexander ...

Lewisburg museum to offer children’s art workshops

The Lewisburg Children’s Museum, in partnership with two local artists, are bringing art workshops to children in the area. Kids and Clay (May 7 and 28) with local pottery expert Kathy Pyers and Spring into Art (May 12-14) with Brianne Croteau will immerse children into process oriented art exploration, according to a news release from the museum. “As an educator and artist, I appreciate the wonder of art and its power to engage with young children,” Lindsey Walter, museum education director, said, according to the news release. “There’s nothing more freeing than to let ...

Doobie Brothers tribute in Wellsboro

This Friday at 7 p.m., the Doobie Brothers tribute band Takin’ it to the Streets will bring their amazing show to the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. “With powerful vocal harmonies and top-notch musicianship, Takin’ it to the Streets recreates the incredible sound and style of the Doobie Brothers covering a catalog of hits from this famed American rock band’s five decades of music,” a news release said. This tribute band will perform Doobie favorites, such as “Jesus is Just Alright,” “Listen to the Music,” “Long Train Running,” ...