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Community Theatre League announces latest season

The Community Theatre League, located in downtown Williamsport, announces its 45th season of entertainment. Affectionately known as “CTL,” the theatre company is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization which aims to educate, enrich, and entertain audiences in the greater Williamsport region, a news release said. For the past 18 months, the Community Theatre League has been operating with limited productions and classes due to the ongoing pandemic. For the 45th Season, the CTL is thrilled to be opening again at full strength with a season that will be sure to delight ...

Activities, mascots, more at Kids First Friday

Coloring, necklace making, bird houses and artifact guessing can all be seen at the Aug. 6 Kids First Friday, in tandem with the ongoing Lycoming Arts First Friday. But the fun won’t stop there, according to Michael Barclay, Kiwanis representative of the Kids First Friday Committee. The ...

Event, organization share anniversary celebration

Celebrating 60 years of Lycoming Arts and 20 years of First Friday, the Aug. 6 First Friday event will be multifaceted with live performances as well as additional events from other local organizations. “It is going to be a big celebration,” said Shanin Dougherty, co-chair of the First Friday Committee for Lycoming Arts. The rain-or-shine event will have Clyde Frog performing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Pine Street. If it does rain, the performance will move to The Genetti Hotel. The music won’t stop there — Suzuki Violin students will also be performing, but at the corner of ...

Foundation gives grant to music school

The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, has received an award in the amount of $26,954 from the First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania. The allocation, which represents a grant from the Williamsport Lycoming Community Fund, is to be used for curriculum recording and streaming equipment, as well as upgrades to computers and software for staff. Specifically, the grant will allow the school’s staff to address four key factors that directly affect the potential to increase capacity, including the ability to find and train local, ...

Millbrook Playhouse to offer ‘Grand Legends’

MILL HALL — Millbrook Playhouse’s staff expects “Grand Legends” to be grand entertainment. Brandon Fillette, who wowed audiences a couple of summers ago as Jerry Lee Lewis in “Miillion Dollar Quartet” is back, playing music from the Grand Ole Opry to the Great White Way. Featuring the “sparkling talents of Brandon Fillette,” “Grand Legends” will be presented from July 30 to Aug. 7 on the upstairs Main Stage. Millbrook’s Producing Artistic Director David Leidholdt notes that “Grand Legends” sweeps the audience on an odyssey of Fillette’s favorite ...

Summer Music Festival arrives Saturday

The Uptown Music Collective is set to present its annual free Summer Music Festival starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Williamsport’s Brandon Park Band Shell. According to a news release, the day’s festivities will include free music performances all day, as well as food vendors, raffles and ...