Arts

The Wilkes University English Department will open the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series with guest artist Brionne Janae at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in the Kirby Hall Salon, 202 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Janae will perform a reading of their poems, followed by a question-and-answer session. The …

In a world overcome by environmental collapse, corporate greed and unchecked bureaucracy, will anyone stand up to the powers-that-be and fight for the privilege to pee? That’s the question at the center of Urinetown, the satirical musical that will storm the stage at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the …

The Wilkes University English Department will proudly host its annual Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series. The series features writers and scholars from across all genres and backgrounds, as they come to campus to present readings from their works and participate in question-and-answer sessions with the audience. The series opens …

Helen Zughaib visited the Sordoni Art Gallery in late October to introduce her Migrations exhibit to campus and the community. Now the artist will return for a special micro-residency featuring a panel discussion, cocktail reception and last look at the exhibit from Thursday, Feb. 26, to Saturday, Feb. 28. “I …

Amor Towles, bestselling author, will deliver the annual Wilkes University Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the newly-renovated Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 South River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Towles’s award-winning novels have collectively sold more than …

The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University will host evening readings in a variety of genres, featuring alumni, faculty, and guest artists. These readings are free and open to the public and will take place during the program’s low-residency program in January, from Sunday, January 4, …

This holiday season, Wilkes University’s Division of Performing Arts is excited to present a variety of concerts showcasing vocal, orchestral, band and jazz performances. Free and open to the public, the performances run from Nov. 23 – Dec. 7, 2025, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts …

Channeling creativity is something that has always come naturally to Rocco Pugliese. A lifelong performer, the senior from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, began his Wilkes journey as a sophomore in the Upward Bound program. His passions eventually led him to study music recording technology at Luzerne County Community College before transferring to …

When Wilkes University Theatre stages its production of I Love You Because from Nov. 13-16, the musical will serve as a homecoming celebration of sorts for its director, Sean Patrick Gibbons. Gibbons, visiting assistant professor of theatre, has been a performing arts professional since he was seven years old. After …

The Tony Award-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike runs Oct. 2-5 Wilkes University Theatre opens the 2025-26 season with the conflict and the comedy of family dynamics in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang.  Under the direction of Jon Liebetrau, associate professor of …