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Art league to host presentation on ‘plein air’

Beth DeJesus England will give an oil painting from life demonstration from 7 to 8:30 p.m., March 4 at the Taber Museum, 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. According to a news release, the public is invited to attend. In addition, she will show her ‘plein air’ oil and watercolor paintings and discussing the process she follows when creating them. Under state Covid-19 guidelines, masks will be required. England first became interested in plein air painting and painting from life when she attended the Maryland Institue College of Art where she studied under well-known plein air ...

Festival continues to release music videos

On Wednesday, the Endless Mountain Music Festival released another free music video. Featured is the award-winning Celtic band Across The Pond. An EMMF audience favorite, this band performed at the festival in 2016, 2017 and 2018. According to a news release, the band’s video performances can be viewed anytime on the EMMF website at www.endlessmountain.net. Mike Morrison, Chuck Krepley and Dan Diviney formed Across the Pond in late 2010. They are all Pennsylvania natives with diverse musical backgrounds in bluegrass; country; rock; traditional Irish sessions and Scottish fiddle ...

College plans readings, workshops

Despite the pandemic, Lycoming College keeps its 2020-21 theatre season alive with a series of virtual readings and workshops in February and March. Helming the reading series is Nigel Semaj, who earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Lycoming College in 2017, and graduated in 2020 from the New School with an M.F A. in directing. Semaj is a nonbinary New York City-based director, movement director, choreographer and educator, originally from Washington, D.C., who returns to Lycoming College to organize and direct this project. The series is entitled “dismantled,” which is ...

Tioga County to see series of 30-minute plays, performances

Hamilton-Gibson Productions is presenting a different 30-minute play or group of short plays running about 30 minutes each on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. for eight consecutive weekends beginning Feb. 20 and ending on April 11. According to a news release, the series is free. The first staged reading will be at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20, and 2:30 p.m., Feb. 21. It is a new work by playwright Rich Orloff. In a departure from his usual zany humor, Orloff has composed a poetry cycle in five movements called “Blessings from the Pandemic.” “’Blessings’ is about our ...

Workshop offers women chance to write, perform

The goal of the 2021 Hamilton-Gibson Women’s Project titled “Woodpecker Lips” is to provide opportunities for women to write, perform, direct and tell local stories meaningful to community theater audiences. In keeping with that goal, a free workshop is being held for aspiring and experienced writers, a news release said. “Intro to Monologue Writing” will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 27 via Zoom. Through the workshop, each participating writer will develop an original monologue about a living or historical local or Pennsylvania woman. The length of the monologues will ...

Finns create temporary artwork on golf course

HELSINKI (AP) — An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland’s capital of Helsinki. Under the guidance of local resident and amateur artist Janne Pyykko, 11 snowshoe-clad volunteers stamped a series of complex geometric patterns ...