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Al Monelli & Tim Novotney, award-winning filmmakers onthe WVIA Public Media staff, speaking about theirexperience at the NEPA Film Festival and talkingabout the workshops they will offer at the 2025Festival presented by the Waverly Community Housein partnership with WVIA & supported by the F. LammotBelin Arts Foundation. The 9th annual Festival will beheld at the Waverly Community House in Waverly, PAApril 4th, 5th & 6th. There will be an opening nightreception and panel discussion led by WVIA's JulieSidoni & screenings of films of different genreson Saturday & Sunday. Novotney's workshopwill be held at 5 pm April 5th; Monelli's workshopwill take place Sunday, April 6th at 2 pm.WVIA's Ron Andruscavage will present aproduction management workshop on April 5th at 3 pm,& Chris Zellers will offer a workshop about ways todemystify distribution. Sunday will also featureWVIA's Student Film Showcase. For information:nepafilmfestival.com/

Richard Stanislaus, artist, collector and guest curator for the Hope Horn Gallery exhibit; Chester Kulesa, retired Historic SiteAdministrator of the PA Historical & Museum CommissionAnthracite Heritage Museum & Scranton Iron Furnaces &guest essayist for the catalogue of the show, & DarleneMiller-Lanning, Director of the Hope Horn Gallery at theUniversity of Scranton, speaking about the currentexhibition titled, "The Anthracite Coal Industry ofNortheastern Pennsylvania: Selected Paintings,Sculptures, & Works on Paper from Public & PrivateCollections: 1829 - 1959."The show will run at the Hope Horn Galleryfrom October 20 through December 12, 2025,with a talk at 5:00 on October 24 & a receptionfrom 6:00 to 8:00 pm. And another program onNovember 7th at 5:00 with a reception at 6:00.www.scranton.edu/academics/hope-horn-gallery/index.shtml/

A.J. Jump and Neil Prisco of the F.M. Kirby Center, members of the Cavalcade committee, speaking about the 2026 Wilkes-Barre Cavalcadeof Jazz to be held June 5th, 6th & 7th at various venues throughoutdowntown Wilkes-Barre. The event marks the 75th anniversary of theoriginal Cavalcade of Dixieland Jazz that took place on February 23,1951, cited as the first formal jazz festival in the country.This year's headliner is the Bill Frisell Trio, and the group willperform at the F. M. Kirby Center on Public Squareat 6:30 pm. The Opening Ceremony will be held on Friday at 5:00 at the Kirby Centerwith the Indigo Moon Brass Band & a tribute to WVIA's George Grahamas Champion of Jazz. There will be a Jazz Walk on Friday evening,and many other performances throughout the weekend. For more information:www.wilkesbarrecavalcadeofjazz.org/

An Obama-era program, which lets prisoners use Pell grants for college, is wrapping up its first year. So far, there's no indication whether the Trump administration will continue it past expiration.

Thousands of Russian troops are taking part in war games on NATO's border, in an exercise that imagines a conflict with the West. It's the biggest show of Russian military might since the Cold War.

Laura Shapiro has likened her method of biographical research to "standing in line at the supermarket and peering into the other carts." Critic Maureen Corrigan says her resulting book is fascinating.

More and more Americans now live in wildfire-prone landscapes and have no idea of the perils they face. Here's how to find out.

These midterm elections show why it's always important to never assume you know exactly what's going to happen in advance – and to keep an open mind for potential surprises.

Their mission ended Friday with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. SpaceX delivered their replacements to the International Space Station last week.

Chris Pine has done it all, from Star Trek to Wonder Woman to The Princess Diaries. Now, he's written/directed his own movie, Poolman, but can he answer our questions about crisp pine air fresheners?