First Posted: 5/21/2013
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.
Library Express
(Steamtown Mall, Scranton)
• Open Mic Poetry Night: May 22, 6:30 p.m.
The Osterhout Free Library
(71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, www.osterhout.info, 570.821.1959)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid party on the lawn: May 23, 6-7:30 p.m. Ages 7-12 are welcome. Call 570.823.0156 ex. 217 to reserve your spot.
• Osterhout North Branch Pasta Dinner: June 1, 4-7 p.m. $8; $4, children 8 and under. Purchase tickets at any of our library locations or call 822-4660.
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.
Story Time and Treasure Hunt on the Trail
with Jeannine M. Luby, author of children’s book “Wartz And All:” May 16, 6 p.m., Lackawanna Heritage Trail, Archbald.
The Vintage Theater (326 Spruce St., Scranton, info@scrantonsvintagetheater.com)
• The Vintage Theater’s monthly improv/comedy show: May 25 with Unorganized Business Ensemble and Here We Are In Spain with special guest group, the Marywood student group Beyond Improv! 8 p.m. $5.
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.
• “Abstract Landscapes” by Brooke Wandall: Through May 25.
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.
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.
Lackawanna College Environmental Institute
• “Three Artists from Elmhurst:” Through June 3.
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.
• “Unimpeded Imagination:” 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.
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.
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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