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Women’s theater group to offer director’s workshop

This Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Hamilton-Gibson Women’s Project is holding a free, in-person three-hour Woodpecker Lips Director’s Workshop indoors at the Warehouse Theatre, 3 Central Ave., Wellsboro. “There’s plenty of room so anyone who wants to attend can. Just be at the Warehouse Theatre this Saturday by 9:50 a.m. No registration is required,” said Jessie Thompson, according to a news release. Originally, the workshop was going to be held outdoors in the roofed pavilion at the Nessmuk Recreation Area. “With the weather being unpredictable I ...

Molly’s Boys Jugband to kick off series

Kevin Connelly, executive director, has announced that the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro and the Wellsboro Community Concert Association are hosting a series of free, live outdoor concerts on Fridays in July, August and into September on the Deane Center’s outdoor stage on the Central Avenue side of the building. Each concert will start around 6:15 p.m. Donations are always welcome and appreciated. Kicking off the series at 6:15 p.m., July 2 will be the Molly’s Boys Jugband, a three-member group that plays blues, folk, rock, and original tunes. With ...

Textile show coming to Muncy in July

Muncy once again will be the setting for the Muncy Historical Society’s annual Textile Show on July 9 and 10. Visitors will have the opportunity to view antique, vintage, and contemporary quilts at the Textile Show in the Celebration Centre and Living Water Cafe, at the show’s location, ...

Museum program explains traditional egg-decorating technique

The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host a program at 2 p.m., June 20 featuring Catheal Weiser, an artist and good friend of the museum. According to a news release, Weiser will talk about the time-honoured craft of Pysanky, based on the traditional decorating of Easter eggs by use of a wax-resist method. Weiser will also have some of her pysanky eggs for sale. The program is part of a series of lectures which focus on demonstrations. As the program coincides with the third Sunday of the month, admission to the museum is free. The Third Sunday ...

‘SpongeBob’ director excited about ‘colorful and wildly inventive’ show coming in late July

The SpongeBob Musical, a Summer Stock production directed by Lycoming College Theatre professor Dr. C. Austin Hill, will explode onto the Community Arts Center stage July 29 through July 31 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. performance on July 31. “We are incredibly excited to be planning one of the very first productions of The SpongeBob Musical in this area — one of the first productions of the show anywhere, really,” Hill said, according to a news release. “On the heels of our production of Newsies in 2019, cancelling the Student Summer Stock in 2020 was difficult and sad for ...

‘Blue Miracle’ skillful in employing tried-and-true underdog tropes

There’s a reason studios keep cranking out sports-underdog films loosely based on a true story: It’s because they work. Go ahead and list some titles: “Cinderella Man,” “Invincible,” “Miracle,” “A Perfect Game,” “Glory Days,” “Invictus,” “Cool Runnings,” “A League of Their Own” — all terrific! To this auspicious list you can add the charming “Blue Miracle,” an unheralded little 2021 gem currently streaming on Netflix. The film is set at a Mexican orphanage in coastal Cabo San Lucas. Run by the financially strapped “Papa Omar” and his ...