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Epoxy resins artist to speak to league

The Bald Eagle Art League invites all art lovers to the group’s May meeting. Concetta Owens will be the featured artist. All meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings are held at the Taber Historical Museum, 858 W. Fourth St. The meeting featuring Owens will be at 7 p.m., May 6. “I’ve been exploring epoxy resin as an art medium for several years,” Owens said, according to a news release. “I feel that it encompasses my experiences with stained glass, mosaics, decorative finishing and concrete work. Epoxy is a very versatile medium that allows me such an expansive ...

Susquehanna University to livestream performances

The Susquehanna University Department of Theatre is proud to present this year’s musical production, The Golden Hour: A Musical Revue of 1920s Radio, written and directed by Jeanne Tiehen, as part of its 2020-21 Main Stage Season. Performances will be livestreamed at 7:30 tonight through Saturday, with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee performance, a news release said. The Golden Hour: A Musical Revue of 1920s Radio is a fun Zoom-hybrid production that celebrates the start of radio through a light musical comedy. Full of over the top characters, lots of dancing, and plenty of witty ...

PSU School of Theatre to present drama online

The Penn State School of Theatre presents a modern twist on marriage in “The Last Five Years.” Penned by Jason Robert Brown, This Penn State Centre Stage virtual show is available at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday at www.showtix4you. The two person musical — she’s an actress and he is a novelist— is a memory show, as “this story has them looking back at memories of the last five years.” The twist has the husband remembering their romance telling the tale in chronological order, while the wife remembers their love story in reverse chronological order. Marketing ...

Briggs Farm organizers plan May concert in Nescopeck

Briggs Farm Concerts invites fans back to live music with a free concert at 7 p.m. May 14 at the Nescopeck Township Fire Hall. Featuring headliner Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen, this concert is being presented to thank fans of the long-running Briggs Farm Blues Festival for their continued support over the past year and for their eagerness to return to live music, a news release said. The event will offer indoor and outdoor seating, food sales benefitting the Nescopeck Township Fire Co. and craft beer sales by Berwick Brewing. “It’s going to be a fun, energetic night ...

Concert planned for outdoor stage in Wellsboro

The McKrells featuring singer/songwriter Kevin McKrell, will perform Celtic folk and Celtic bluegrass music at 3 p.m., May 1 on the outdoor stage on the Central Avenue side of the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro. The concert is free and open to the public. Joining McKrell on stage for this concert will be renowned recording artist and percussionist Brian Melick; prominent acoustic musician and singer Frank Orsini on violin, viola and mandolin; banjo player Scott Hopkins who has released an acclaimed banjo recording using his skills as composer, arranger, ...

Telling Hampstead’s story as rom-com an odd choice

According to Wikipedia, Hampstead Heath is a popular public space in London; covering nearly 800 acres, the tract is filled with forests, hills, ponds and meadows — along with a training track, playgrounds and three swimming pools. Its popular history includes one Harry Hallowes, a.k.a. “Harry the Hermit,” who in the 1980s set up a makeshift shack on the land, where he lived quietly for the next 20 years — until developers tried to evict him for a planned set of luxury apartments. This obscure story serves as the genesis of “Hampstead,” an amiable, late-in-life love ...