First Posted: 4/22/2013
POETIC
Dietrich Theater
(60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock: 570.996.1500)
• Breaking Ground Poets Poetry Slam: May 26, 5-8 p.m. $5. Ages 14 and up.
Everhart Museum
(1901 Mulberry St., Scranton, PA, 570.346.7186, www.everhart-museum.org)
• Everhart Reads Book Club: May 16, “The Giaour;” June 20, Vampires in the Lemon Grove. To register call 570.346.7186.
Library Express
(Steamtown Mall, Scranton)
• Open Mic Poetry Night: April 24, May 22, 6:30 p.m.
Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library
• Leggio’s Italian Restaurant Fundraiser: April 24, 5-8 p.m., 64 E. Center Hill Road, Dallas.
Pittston Memorial Library (47 Broad St., 570.654.9565, pitmemlib@comcast.net)
• Spring Fling: April 27, 6-9 p.m., Susquehanna Brewing Company (635 S. Main St., Inkerman). $15 includes tour, food, beverages, entertainment. Proceeds benefit Pittston Area Key Club Scholarships and the Pittston Memorial Library.
• Flow Circus: April 27, 11 a.m.
Plymouth Public Library
(107 W. Main St., Plymouth, 570.779.4775)
• Adult computer lessons: Daily, call to register.
• Story Time: Mon., 11 a.m. or Wed., 10:30 a.m. Toddlers/preschool children.
West Pittston Library
(200 Exeter Ave., www.wplibrary.org, 570.654.9847)
• Book Club: First Tues., 6:45 p.m. Free. Informal discussion of member-selected books.
• Weekly story time for children: Fri., 1 p.m. Free.
VISUAL
AFA Gallery
(514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton: 570.969.1040 or Artistsforart.org)
Gallery hours Thurs.-Sat., 12-5 p.m.
• Keystone College Senior Exhibition: Through April 27.
• Time and Landscape by Kathe Frantz: Through April 27.
ArtWorks Gallery
(502 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. 570.207.1815, artworksnepa.com)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., noon-3 p.m., or by appointment.
• Keystone College Senior Exhibition: April 4-27. Opening reception April 4, 6-9 p.m.
B & B Art Gallery (222 Northern Blvd., S. Abington Township)
• Anna Ostapiw exhibit: Opening reception April 19, 5-8 p.m. Art Talk April 28, 2 p.m.
Camerawork Gallery (Downstairs in the Marquis Gallery, Laundry Building, 515 Center St., Scranton, 570.510.5028. www.cameraworkgallery.org, rross233@aol.com) Gallery hours Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Streetwork, a gallery by Rolfe Ross: Opens May 3.
Converge Gallery
(140 W. Fourth St., Williamsport, 570.435.7080, convergegallery.com)
• “Suspended in Time,” featuring traditional, landscape and cityscape paintings with a twist: Through April 27.
Dietrich Theatre (downtown Tunkhannock, 570.996.1500)
• Civil War Exhibit: June through July
Everhart Museum
(1901 Mulberry St., Scranton, PA, 570.346.7186, www.everhart-museum.org)
Admission $5 adults; $3 students/seniors; $2 children 6-12; members free.
• “The Blood is the Life: Vampires in Art & Nature:” Through July 2.
• “What’s in the cloud? Bats on the Atlantic Coast:” On Display through July 2.
• Vampires at the AFA Gallery, showing of “The Hunger,” May 22, 6-8 p.m. Ages 18 and up.
• Dark Shadows: Silhouette Workshop: May 29-6-8 p.m. $25, museum members; $30, non-members. Pre-registration required.
The Linder Gallery at Keystone College
(570.945.8335, keystone.edu/lindergallery)
• “Kellesimone Waits: Antithesis:” Through April 28.
Marquis Art & Frame (122 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.823.0518)
• “Three Artists: Three Years Later,” featuring the works of Ryan Hnay, Marguerite I. Fuller, and Skip Sensbach. Through April 27.
• “The TV Show:” Through May 1.
Moscow Clayworks
• Northeast Pennsylvania Professors of Ceramic Arts exhibit: Runs through end of June.
New Visions Studio & Gallery
(201 Vine St., Scranton, www.newvisionstudio.com, 570.878.3970)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun., noon-6 p.m. and by appointment.
• “Under the Sea:” Through April 26.
• “Unimpeded Imagination:” Opening reception May 3, 6-10 p.m. Through May 25.
• “Works in Wood:” June 7-30.
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery
(Misericordia University, 570.674.6250, misericordia.edu/art)
Gallery Hours: Mon. closed, Tue.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m.
• “Recent Landscapes,” a Thomas Stapleton exhibit: Through June 7.
• “Pennsylvania From Above,” aerial photography: Through June 2.
Pocono Arts Council (18 N. Seventh St., Stroudsburg. 570.476.4460. www.poconoarts.org)
• ARTventure to the Barnes & Rodin Museums: May 11, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. The bus will depart from the Welcome Center in Delaware Water Gap. $60, members; $70, non-members. To reserve a space, contact Debbie at 570.476.4460 or debbie@poconoarts.org.
Sordoni Art Gallery
(150 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.408.4325)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun., noon-4:30 p.m.
• “Flow,” a gallery that explores the many meanings associated with water through a selection of twenty-nine works drawn from the collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Schulman Gallery
(2nd floor of LCCC Campus Center, 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke, www.luzerne.edu/schulmangallery, 570.740.0727)
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• A Collection of Two Masters, photography by Michael Molnar and Sam Cramer: Through May 2.
• Annual Student Show: May 10-June 6.
• Studio Views, paintings and drawings by the students of Georgiana Cray Bart: June 14-July 11.
• A Vision of Three, featuring the work of Rob Hay, Ryan Ward, and Mark Webber: July 19-Aug. 8
• Phone-tography, featuring art captured by cell phone photos: Aug. 16-Sept. 5.
• Crayons and Care II, artwork by children of the Litewska Hospital in Warsaw, Poland: Sept. 13-Oct. 7.
• Old Masters: Oct. 25-Nov. 28.
• Annual Faculty/Alumni Exhibit: Dec. 6- Jan. 2
Verve Vertu Art Studio
(Misericordia University, 570.674.6250, misericordia.edu/art)
Exhibit: Opening reception May 2, 5-8 p.m. Runs through April 2014.
Weinberg Memorial Library
(University of Scranton)
• “Imagination and Spirituality: Public Sculpture on The University of Scranton Commons:” Through May 10.
Widmann Gallery
(Located in King’s College’s Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center between North Franklin and North Main Streets, Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5900, ext. 5328)
Gallery hours: Mon. through Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun. as arranged. Free and open to the public.
• 25th Annual King’s Student Exhibition: Through May 4.
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