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Art and technology take over Wilkes-Barre at SOMA Night Lights

WILKES-BARRE — SOMA Night Lights will be a celebration of art and technology in the South Main Street (SOMA) Arts District of Wilkes-Barre on Friday, April 25, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Wilkes University welcomes writers for Winter Reading Series and residency

WILKES-BARRE — The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing hosts its Winter Reading Series on campus at Wilkes University from Saturday, January 4 through Thursday, January 9.

Wilkes University hosts Writer Daniel Torday on April 10

WILKES-BARRE — The Wilkes University English Department will close its 2024 Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with a reading by guest artist Daniel Torday at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in the Kirby Hall Salon.

Wilkes University hosts plus-size Hijabi model and award-winning author Leah Vernon

WILKES-BARRE — The Wilkes University English Department, as part of its Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series, will host a reading by guest artist Leah Vernon at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, in the Kirby Hall Salon.

Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence on display at Sordoni Art Gallery

WILKES-BARRE — This traveling exhibition of stunning bead-art from South Africa tells a luminous story of independence, migration and memory.

Hoffman’s Music and Comics opens new store in Wilkes-Barre

WILKES-BARRE - Hoffman’s Music and Comics, a client of the Wilkes University Small Business Development Center, celebrated its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the end of November.

Wilkes University Theatre to perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel”

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes University Theatre takes audiences for a spin with a production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Carousel” at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts.

Wyoming man Kevin Schiel creates tabletop game, receives consortium award

WILKES-BARRE — Kevin Schiel’s tabletop card game was created at the intersection of intellect and interest.The 28-year-old Wyoming man fashioned Planets as a culminating...

Awarded author Rivka Galchen to open Wilkes University’s Writers Series

WILKES-BARRE — Rivka Galchen finds inspiration all around her. Her stories are set in motion by both peripheral thoughts and grand concepts, and she...

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