Moses Andrade, basso, and Brian Farrell, piano, speaking abouttheir lives in music before a performance on Sunday, October 18, 2026,at 3:00 at the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre, 97 S. FranklinStreet. There will be music from opera, as well as art songs and spirituals.For more information: www.fpc-wb.org/This is a rebroadcast of a conversation from 2025.

Dr. Joshua Harper, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania, speaking about the ensemble's fall concert titled “Sound From Silence: Songs of Resilience.” Centered around Jake Runestad’s “A Silence Haunts Me,” a dramatic setting of the Heiligenstadt Testament letter by Beethoven about the impending loss of his hearing. Also on the program: Beethoven’s “Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118,” and works by Rollo Dilworth, Florence Price and Ysaye M. Barnwell. The concert will include live sign language interpretation by Interpretek.The performance will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 7:00 pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Scranton. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted at the door.A reception will follow, and everyone is invited to attend. www.choralsociety.net/

Jason Smeltzer, musician, storyteller & founder of The OldeStories; and Timothy Holmes, CEO of the Everhart Museumin Scranton, speaking about the exhibition, "The Hubble SpaceTelescope: New Views of the Universe," developed by NASAand the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit Service.The show will run through October 18, 2026, and aspart of the closing events in connection with theexhibition, there will be a special program titled,"The Somnium & The Moon" featuring tales byJohannes Kepler and The Brothers Grimm withmusic-making presented by The Olde StoriesEnsemble on Wednesday, October 14th from 5:00 to7:00 at The Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry Street,Nay Aug Park in Scranton. The event is free withadmission to the Museum. There is no charge forchildren under 12.www.everhart-museum.org/

Stephan Koplowitz, award-winning artist, and HeatherSincavage, Associate Professor, Director of the Sordoni Art Gallery& Curator of the exhibition titled, "Actions & Images of Place &Passage by Stephan Koplowitz," running through October18, 2026, at the Sordoni Gallery on the campus of Wilkes Universityin Wilkes-Barre. There will be a screening of the documentary,"Pina," by Wim Wenders on October 14th at 5:15 in theKarambelas Center, 141 S. Main Street in downtownWilkes-Barre. Seating is limited and reservations arerequested. The campus will be closed from October 15ththrough October 18th for Fall Recess. For moreinformation: www.wilkes.edu/sordoniartgallery/This is the second installment of a two-partconversation.

Chason Goldschmitz, Executive Director of the NEPA Philharmonic,and Rob Wright, UK-based composer, musician and sound artist,speaking about Wright's new score for F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent film"Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror," written for a live string quartetperforming alongside the film.The NEPA Philharmonic will present the US premiere of theoriginal score performed by a string quartet with the moviein a program titled, (CANDLE)LIT NOSFERATU 1922 in Concert.The performance will take place on Thursday, October 15, 2026,at Montage Mountain Resorts in Scranton at 7:00pm.The space will be fully illuminated by 100s of electric candles.Small bites and signature drinks will be served, and costumesare encouraged. For tickets and information: www.nepaphil.org/

Alicia Lynn Grega, writer, educator, journalist and founderof the Common Play Factory, speaking about the premiereof her new audio podcast series, "The Ferment," as partof the 2026 Scranton Fringe Festival at the TrolleyMuseum, 300 Cliff Street in Scranton--October 8that 6:00 pm; October 9th at 9:00 pm; October 10th at2:30 & 7:00 pm.There may be some language or violent soundsthat might be disturbing to some attendees.To hear "The Ferment" as a podcast:www.dramastruction.com/and for more information about thelive performances: www.scrantonfringe.org

Actor Vivian Nesbitt & Musician John Dillon (native of Bloomsburg, PA), speaking about, "Mother Jones In Heaven", a musical by Si Kahn that they will present on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 7:30 pm, at The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street in Bloomsburg. For more information: www.bte.org/www.motherjonesinheaven.comThe interview first aired in September 2021.

Mandy Pennington, Senior Director of Digital & StrategicInitiatives at Wilkes University, and director of a stagedreading of "Finding Matt Damon," an original screenplayby Duane Granston, his capstone project for the WilkesMaslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing.The reading is part of the 2026 Scranton Fringe Festivaland will be presented on Saturday, October 11, at 3:00at the Black Scranton Project Cultural Center, 1902N. Main Avenue in Scranton. A talkback will followthe event. For more information and tickets:www.scrantonfringe.org/

Dr. Rick Hoffenberg, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activitiesat Marywood University, and guest director of the opening concert of the47th season of the Arcadia Chorale. The program is titled, "Perpetual Light:Luminous Voices of Memory & Renewal," to be presented Sunday,October 11, 2026, at 3:00 pm, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 232 WyomingAvenue in Scranton. Tsukasa Waltich is the collaborative pianist.The concert will include works by Morten Lauridsen, Nathaniel Dett,Ola Gjeilo, and others.For more information: www.arcadiachorale.org/

Jahmeel Powers, Assistant Professor of Theatre at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, andBeth Powers, Adjunct Professor at the College, speaking about their original improvisedscenario, "Live...From this Room," to be presented as part of the 2026 Scranton FringeFestival, at the Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff Street. Shows are October 2nd at 7:00 pm,October 3rd at 3:30 & 7:00; and October 4th at 3:30.For more information: www.scrantonfringe.org/