SUNBURY — Dorothy never did get to ride in the Great and Powerful Oz’s balloon, but Valley residents have a chance for a ride this weekend.
NORTHUMBERLAND — A spooky good time is happening again at the Point Drive-In’s Trunk or Treat this Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. along Route 11 between Northumberland and Danville.
SUNBURY — If pandemic worries have curtailed your travel plans, you might appreciate a chance to immerse yourself in another culture right here in the Susquehanna Valley.
At The Exchange gallery in Bloomsburg, there is no age limit on art.
LEWISBURG — Campus Theatre will host a special screening of the 1988 cult horror classic “The Blob” on Sunday as part of a Halloween movie series.
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will screen three movies on nature and the environment this fall as part of its Green Campus Initiative Film series.
BLOOMSBURG — It began small in 1981, but, since then, the Covered Bridge & Arts Festival has grown to four days and it now welcomes more than 300 vendors. The festival has also increased in popularity with many who travel to the event each year saying they come to welcome autumn.
MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS — For people who equate autumn with apples, there’s no better place to go than an event that celebrates the fruit in all its forms, particularly the edible ones.
Jazz vocalist Jeremiah Abiah will perform in the Weis Center Atrium on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m.
The Lewisburg Children’s Museum (LCM) is offering kids a night of learning and fun at Kids Night at the Museum while their caregivers take a little time for themselves.
The Susquehanna Valley Chorale and Susquehanna Valley Youth Chorale will hold auditions for new singers in October.
WATSONTOWN – For four decades, the Warrior Run-Fort Freeland Heritage Society has brought Revolutionary-era history to life for the public at its annual Heritage Days event.
LEWISBURG — A husband and wife clown team joined with a sculptor who uses wind to make fabrics fill, flow and flutter, creating a story of drama and humor.
LEWISBURG – Come for the crafts, but stay for the fun — there’s always lots happening on a farm.
MIFFLINBURG — Raise your stein, shout “Prost!” and drink to the festival that celebrates beer, October and all things German.
Canadian-based Red Sky Performance will present their work “Trace” on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University. Red Sky Performance is a leading company of contemporary indigenous performers in Canada and worldwide.
SELINSGROVE — The popular, long-running Market Street Festival is back this year with entertainment, games, food and more than 120 vendors.
BLOOMSBURG — People plan their vacations around the Bloomsburg Fair for a reason. With an annual attendance of more than 400,000, it’s big enough to draw top-name entertainment while still focusing on the things that matter in any county fair: agriculture, food, rides and families.
SELINSGROVE — This is not your granddaughter’s mermaid story. No fairy tale of singing sea inhabitants, this play means business.
LEWISBURG — From Tennessee’s Grand Ole Opry to Lewisburg’s Country Cupboard, a family singing group shares their love of music and religion.
The Valley Players Community Theater Organization announced its return to the dinner theater stage in November. The comedy “Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain,” by Mark Dunn, will be performed at The Packer House, 24 N. Third St. in Sunbury, on Nov. 5, 6, 12 and 13.
SUNBURY — As the summer winds down, people appreciate one more chance to stroll outside while tasting local wines and beers and listening to live music.
Perhaps the best part of publishing a semi-autobiographical book is reuniting with some of the real-life friends who inspired your fictional characters — and not only remaining friends with them, but hearing them praise your writing.
MCCLURE — The 130th McClure Bean Soup Festival & Fair is happening now and will continue through Saturday. The roots of the event, which has been dubbed a living memorial to all veterans of all wars, began as a public celebration held by the Veterans of the Civil War of McClure, in 1891.…
SELINSGROVE — A concert that was a long time coming, partly due to COVID-19, is being dubbed “As Close as it Gets,” for a reason. Now going ahead as planned, it’s drawing a crowd from across the country.
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The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, in partnership with United in Recovery, part of Columbia Montour United Way, is temporarily hosting an exhibit to help identify warning signs in teenagers’ bedrooms.
The Union County Historical Society, Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy, Bucknell University Humanities Center, the Buffalo Valley Recreation Authority, and the Lewisburg Children’s Museum (LCM) are teaming up to present Nature’s Explorers, a collaborative program series that w…
Cudamani: Gamelan and Dance of Bali is performing at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
SELINSGROVE — Artists sometimes find beauty where others see ordinary sights. Next Saturday, artists will scatter throughout town to capture in oil and ink “the Grove’s” beauty in the open air.
SELINSGROVE — Each month, donations of exceptional interest or especially high quality, are featured in a thrift shop’s Silent auction. This month they have a real rarity.
MILTON — The beloved Milton Harvest Festival is back this year and ready to usher in autumn with a week-long schedule of events for all ages.
MIFFLINBURG – You won’t find these stories in the history books, but fortunately a historian has found them in the pages of local news — back in the time when “dirty laundry” sparked sales of newspapers.
Elysburg All Home Days returns Saturday, Sept. 4 to Monday, Sept. 6, to celebrate the 102 year-old event with a car show, food, music, fireworks, 5K race/walk and much more at the Ralpho Community Park in Elysburg.
MIFFLINBURG — A special event is scheduled for this Sunday to raise funds for 7-year-old Brantley Herman, of Kreamer, who is being treated for a brain tumor. Appropriately, activities will center around one of Brantley’s favorite things: art. The event is being hosted by Kailey Wagner, a fam…
NORTHUMBERLAND — With pandemic restrictions in mind, smaller groups of people are better than large ones — even when it comes to the size of the band.
LEWISBURG – An opportunity to hear a rising star in the music world is reason enough to make room on your calendar. But with a free artist talk thrown in, it creates a hard-to-miss event.
DANVILLE — For seven years, Central Susquehanna Valley communities and organizations have stepped up to fight pediatric cancer in a September initiative called “Going Gold.” As part of that initiative, they have raised awareness and more than $65,000 in funds for the ThinkBIG Pediatric Cancer Fund.
Celebrating its 51st year, New Berlin Day will fill the streets of New Berlin on Saturday, August 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We get a lot of people who used to live in town who come back, so it is very much a reunion. It brings people out and you get to see your neighbors,” said Logan Roush, …
MUNCY — An inaugural Christian music festival, free and open to the public, will be held outdoors this Friday evening in Muncy.
SUNBURY – This Saturday may be your only opportunity to see a drum and bugle corps stage performance this year, and it’s happening right in the central Susquehanna Valley.
SHAMOKIN — Have a hankering for the crispy, savory taste of bacon? Immerse yourself in the event made just for you.
Sometimes smaller is better. Sometimes it’s more intimate. Less complicated. and well, just more friendly.
After shuttering their theatre season last year, the Gaspipe Theatre Company returns to the stage with Shakespeare’s, The Tempest. The RiverStage Community Theater in Lewisburg will host the performance from Aug. 13 — 15. The curtain will rise each night at 7 p.m. and there is no cost to att…
LEWISBURG – You could call it a Music in the Park spinoff because this concert series began when last year’s regular outdoor concerts were canceled due to COVID. That the series has continued is a testament to the quality and appreciation for local talent in our area.
DANVILLE — Why just drink when you can also enjoy good food? Why just listen to music when you can also sing along and dance?
SUNBURY — Now in its 32nd year, the Sunbury River Festival is a beloved community event. After last year’s pandemic cancellation, organizers are excited the event will be held this weekend, and to once again have it centered around the town and the river.
SUNBURY — The variety of submissions for the 2021 Susquehanna Art Society Annual Judged Art Show impresses Society President Marilyn Paul.
The Deuce Coupe band is ready to take the stage on the patio at Selinsgrove Post 6631, Veterans of Foreign Wars, this Saturday at 8 p.m.
The Deuce Coupe band is ready to take the stage on the patio at Selinsgrove Post 6631, Veterans of Foreign Wars, this Saturday at 8 p.m.
