First Posted: 7/8/2013

POETIC

Arts Seen Gallery (21 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre)

• Third Friday Poetry Reading: July 19, 8-9 p.m. Open mic.

The Osterhout Free Library

(71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, www.osterhout.info, 570.821.1959)

• David Parmelee, author of “The Sea is a Thief:” July 11, 6 p.m.

• Socrates Café Discussion Group: July 11, 6:30-8 p.m.

• Knit & Crochet Group: July 13, 27, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

• Book Discussion of “Heat Wave” by Richard Castle: July 18, 6:30 p.m.

• Groundbreaking Trivia: July 23, 6 p.m.

• 5th Annual Raising the Roof Party: Aug. 9, 5-8 p.m., top level of Intermodal Center, Wilkes-Barre. $15, pre-event; $20, door. Must be 21 to attend. Rain or shine.

• Fall Gala: Oct. 4, 6-11 p.m., Westmoreland Club (59 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre).

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.

• Digging Up Your Past: Local History Series

• Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania: July 8, 6 p.m.

• The Greater Pittston Historical Society presentation: July 15, 6 p.m.

Family nights, for children preschool to fifth grade, call to register:

• “How To Eat Fried Worms,” movie: June 27, 5:30 p.m.

• Stuffed Animal Sleepover: July 11, 6 p.m.

• “Gnomeo & Juilet,” movie: July 18, 5:30 p.m.

• Treasure Ball Game: July 25, 4 p.m.

• Cartoonist Bob Heim book reading and illustration for the kids: July 25, 6 p.m.

• Potato Chip Taste Test: Aug. 1, 6 p.m.

• Dirt Party which will include “Make Your Own Dirt Cup Dessert” and balloon creations by JustinCredible: Aug. 5, 5:30 p.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.

• Here We Are in Spain: July 13, 8 p.m. $7; $5, with valid student ID. For more info email email HWAInSpain, or call Pat Martin at 570.604.1874.

Artist for Art (514 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503 570.969.1040)

•25 Years Celebration, August 24

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.

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.

Hazleton Art League (225 E. Broad St., Hazleton, hazletonartleague.org)

• Annual Student Exhibit: Through June 30.

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.

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.

• “Marylou Chibirka: Portraits, Landscapes, and Florals:” Through July 31.

• “Todd Jeffreys: Wheel Thrown Clay Works:” Through July 31.

• “Tim Weaver: Recent Watercolors:” July 31.

Pocono Arts Council (18 N. Seventh St., Stroudsburg. 570.476.4460. www.poconoarts.org)

• Display with works by Sherwood Samet, James Chesnick, David Cook, Jeff Bensley, and Herbert Weigand: Opening reception July 6, 1-4 p.m. Runs through July 27.

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.

• 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.)

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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