First Posted: 6/3/2013
POETIC
Friends of the Scranton Public Library (520 Vine St., Scranton, 570.348.3000)
• Used Book Sale: June 11-16, Library Express (Mall at Steamtown, Scranton)
The Osterhout Free Library
(71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, www.osterhout.info, 570.821.1959)
• 37th Annual Book Sale: June 15, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; June 17-19, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; June 20, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; June 21, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; June 22, 9:30 a.m.-noon, ‘Bag Day.’
Pittston Memorial Library (47 Broad St., 570.654.9565, pitmemlib@comcast.net)
• “Beneath the Surface” Teen Summer Reading Program: June 27, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 8, 15, 2 p.m. Teens entering grades 6-12. Registration necessary and runs June 17-22. Stop by the library or call or email to register.
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
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.
Barrel 135
(135 W. Third St., Williamsport)
• Joanne Landis art: Opens June 6, 6 p.m. Runs through the month of June.
The Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books
(204 Church St, Montrose, 570.278.4011, butternutgallery.com). Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 11a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 12 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Duets and a Taste of Nature: Work of Earl Lehman, Carol Oldenburg, and Mark Chuck: June 1-30. Opening reception June 1, 6-8 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.
• “Auto as Art:” June 7 through July 31. Meet and greet June 7, 6-8:30 p.m.
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.
Marquis Art and Frame (515 Center St., Scranton, 570.344.3313)
• “Something from Nothing:” June 7 through July 31. Meet and greet June 7, 6-8:30 p.m.
Marquis Art & Frame (122 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.823.0518)
• “For the Senses…:” Through July 6.
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.
• “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.
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.
• Annual Student Show: Through 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
Steamtown National Historic Site
(150 S. Washington Ave., Scranton. 570.340.5200
Gallery hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
• “Glory Road: Posters and Photo Illustrations:” June 3-July 6. Meet the artist, June 9, 2-4 p.m.
T.W. Shoemaker Art Gallery
(312 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming)
• “Wyoming Monument: Through the Years:” Through July 4.
Verve Vertu Art Studio
(Misericordia University, 570.674.6250, misericordia.edu/art)
Exhibit: Through April 2014.
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.
• “A Few of My Favorite Things” photography exhibition: Through Aug. 2. Opening reception June 21, 6-8 p.m.
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