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Memoirist and jazz producer interviewed in next issue of Brilliant Corners

In her memoir “Art: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman,” Laurie Pepper describes a particularly challenging recording session for her late husband, alto-sax legend Art Pepper: “He dragged himself out of the quicksand of that chart, ignoring it, at last, relying just on what he heard inside. It sounded as if he was ripping his own guts out in the studio. He was magnificent, and when he heard the take he knew it.” The Summer 2023 issue of Brilliant Corners features an interview with Laurie Pepper, focusing largely on that memoir as well as Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, ...

Horticulture students compete in national arena

Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students were among 529 entrants from across the country who took part in the National Collegiate Landscape Competition, held recently at Mississippi State University. Sophia G. Wiest, a landscape/plant production technology student from Butler, ...

Local author launches solarpunk novella at Lycoming College

Phoebe Wagner, Ph.D., Lycoming College assistant professor of English, is releasing her debut novella. Titled “When We Hold Each Other Up: A Solarpunk Novella,” the book mixes the sci-fi, fantasy and solarpunk genres. It is being published by Android Press, and comes out on Tuesday, April ...

Jersey Shore Area High School April Students of the Month

Each month, Jersey Shore Area High School selects two seniors to be honored as students of the month. For the month of April, Connor MJ Griffin, Lion’s Club Student of the Month, and Grace Kathryn Lorson, Business and Professional Women’s Student of the Month, have been ...

Curtin Intermediate OM advances to World Finals

Curtin Intermediate School’s Odyssey of the Mind team is headed to the 2023 World Finals after securing a second-place win at the state round on Saturday at Lock Haven University. In addition to Curtin, two other teams from Williamsport Area Middle School represented the district. The ...

LHU Foundation to host 9th All In Day of Giving fundraiser

LOCK HAVEN — The Lock Haven University Foundation will hold its 9th annual All In Day of Giving fundraiser from 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 13, through 10 a.m. Friday, April 14. All In is a 24-hour day of giving — and the university's largest fundraiser of the year — in which donations are made to academic programs, athletic teams, and scholarships that support Lock Haven students. A menu of giving options is accessible at allin.lockhaven.edu. The menu is divided into four sections: Academics, Athletics, Student Retention Fund and Area of Greatest Need. Under the Academics page, ...