Arts

The Wilkes University English Department and the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series will host a reading by Ann E. Wallace at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, in the Karambelas Media and Communication Center, Room 135.  Ann E. Wallace, PhD, is Poet Laureate of Jersey City, New Jersey. A …

Wilkes University Theatre invites audience members to fall in love with Sweet Charity at 8 p.m. on Feb. 23, 24 and 25, and 2 p.m. on Feb. 25 and 26, at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Sweet Charity, with a book …

The Wilkes University English Department will open the Allan Hamilton Dickson Fund Spring Writers Series with a reading by Zakes Mda at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Kirby Hall Salon.  Mda is a South African and American-African Appalachian writer, painter and music composer. He has published 24 …

February is Black History Month, and Wilkes University is celebrating with a variety of lectures and events. Events are free and open to the public and presented by the Division of Global Cultures: History, Languages and Philosophy, the Center for Global Education & Diversity and the Sordoni Art Gallery. Art …

The Wilkes University-affiliated press will release “American Mother,” based on the true story of murdered journalist James Foley, in Jan. 2024. Etruscan Press, founded in 2001 and affiliated with Wilkes University since 2006, will release the first work of nonfiction of National Book Award winner Colum McCann. Set to be …

A series of musical concerts are scheduled at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center from Dec. 4-11, 2022. CIVIC BAND, Sunday, Dec. 4, 3 p.m. The Civic Band concert, conducted by Philip G. Simon, will perform “Scherzo for Band” by Gioachino Rossini, “Rhosymedre” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Riften Wed” written by …

Wilkes University Theatre invites audience members to join the March sisters for a musical retelling of Little Women at 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, 18, and 19, and 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20 at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Little Women is based on …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University presents “David C. Driskell and Friends: Creativity, Collaboration and Friendship, Works from the David C. Driskell Center,” a Dr. Roy E. Morgan Memorial Exhibition. The exhibition highlights the artistic legacy of David C. Driskell and his relationships with fellow artists, many of which …

Those who are “game” for a fun murder mystery can join the laughs as Wilkes University Theatre presents Clue: On Stage! at 8 p.m. on Oct. 6, 7, and 8, and 2 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 9 at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, 239 S. …

The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University will present “In Search of Meaning: Memory Becomes Us” by Philadelphia-based artist, author, poet and thought leader Patricia Moss-Vreeland, from Aug. 26 through Oct. 9. The show will feature paintings, prints, artist books, poetry and videos focusing on Moss-Vreeland’s ongoing inquiry about the …