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First Posted: 7/8/2013 POETIC
Arts Seen Gallery (21 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre)&#8226; Third Friday Poetry Reading: July 19, 8-9 p.m. Open mic.
The Osterhout Free Library(71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, www.osterhout.info, 570.821.1959)&#8226; David Parmelee, author of &#8220;The Sea is a Thief:&#8221; July 11, 6 p.m.
&#8226; Socrates Caf&#233; Discussion Group: July 11, 6:30-8 p.m.
&#8226; Knit & Crochet Group: July 13, 27, 10:30 a.m.-noon.
&#8226; Book Discussion of &#8220;Heat Wave&#8221; by Richard Castle: July 18, 6:30 p.m.
&#8226; Groundbreaking Trivia: July 23, 6 p.m.
&#8226; 5th Annual Raising the Roof Party: Aug. 9, 5-8 p.m., top level of Intermodal Center, Wilkes-Barre. $15, pre-event; $20, door. Must be 21 to attend. Rain or shine.
&#8226; Fall Gala: Oct. 4, 6-11 p.m., Westmoreland Club (59 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre).
Pittston Memorial Library (47 Broad St., 570.654.9565, pitmemlib@comcast.net)
&#8226; &#8220;Beneath the Surface&#8221; Teen Summer Reading Program: June 27, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 8, 15, 2 p.m. Teens entering grades 6-12. Registration necessary and runs June 17-22. Stop by the library or call or email to register.
&#8226; Digging Up Your Past: Local History Series
&#8226; Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania: July 8, 6 p.m.
&#8226; The Greater Pittston Historical Society presentation: July 15, 6 p.m.
Family nights, for children preschool to fifth grade, call to register:
&#8226; &#8220;How To Eat Fried Worms,&#8221; movie: June 27, 5:30 p.m.
&#8226; Stuffed Animal Sleepover: July 11, 6 p.m.
&#8226; &#8220;Gnomeo & Juilet,&#8221; movie: July 18, 5:30 p.m.
&#8226; Treasure Ball Game: July 25, 4 p.m.
&#8226; Cartoonist Bob Heim book reading and illustration for the kids: July 25, 6 p.m.
&#8226; Potato Chip Taste Test: Aug. 1, 6 p.m.
&#8226; Dirt Party which will include &#8220;Make Your Own Dirt Cup Dessert&#8221; and balloon creations by JustinCredible: Aug. 5, 5:30 p.m.
Plymouth Public Library
(107 W. Main St., Plymouth, 570.779.4775)
&#8226; Adult computer lessons: Daily, call to register.
&#8226; Story Time: Mon., 11 a.m. or Wed., 10:30 a.m. Toddlers/preschool children.
West Pittston Library
(200 Exeter Ave., www.wplibrary.org, 570.654.9847)
&#8226; Book Club: First Tues., 6:45 p.m. Free. Informal discussion of member-selected books.
&#8226; Weekly story time for children: Fri., 1 p.m. Free.
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AFA Gallery
(514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton: 570.969.1040 or Artistsforart.org)
Gallery hours Thurs.-Sat., 12-5 p.m.
&#8226; Here We Are in Spain: July 13, 8 p.m. $7; $5, with valid student ID. For more info email email HWAInSpain, or call Pat Martin at 570.604.1874.
Artist for Art (514 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503 570.969.1040)&#8226;25 Years Celebration, August 24
ArtWorks Gallery
(502 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. 570.207.1815, artworksnepa.com)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., noon-3 p.m., or by appointment.
The Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books(204 Church St, Montrose, 570.278.4011, butternutgallery.com). Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 11a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 12 p.m.-4 p.m.&#8226; Duets and a Taste of Nature: Work of Earl Lehman, Carol Oldenburg, and Mark Chuck: June 1-30. Opening reception June 1, 6-8 p.m.
Camerawork Gallery (Downstairs in the Marquis Gallery, Laundry Building, 515 Center St., Scranton, 570.510.5028. www.cameraworkgallery.org, rross233@aol.com) Gallery hours Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.&#8226; &#8220;Auto as Art:&#8221; June 7 through July 31. Meet and greet June 7, 6-8:30 p.m.
Dietrich Theatre (downtown Tunkhannock, 570.996.1500)
&#8226; Civil War Exhibit: June through July.
Everhart Museum
(1901 Mulberry St., Scranton, PA, 570.346.7186, www.everhart-museum.org)
Admission $5 adults; $3 students/seniors; $2 children 6-12; members free.
&#8226; &#8220;The Blood is the Life: Vampires in Art & Nature:&#8221; Through July 2.
&#8226; &#8220;What&#8217;s in the cloud? Bats on the Atlantic Coast:&#8221; On Display through July 2.
Hazleton Art League (225 E. Broad St., Hazleton, hazletonartleague.org)
&#8226; Annual Student Exhibit: Through June 30.
Marquis Art and Frame (515 Center St., Scranton, 570.344.3313)&#8226; &#8220;Something from Nothing:&#8221; June 7 through July 31. Meet and greet June 7, 6-8:30 p.m.
Marquis Art & Frame (122 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.823.0518)&#8226; &#8220;For the Senses&#8230;:&#8221; Through July 6.
Moscow Clayworks&#8226; Northeast Pennsylvania Professors of Ceramic Arts exhibit: Runs through end of June.
New Visions Studio & Gallery
(201 Vine St., Scranton, www.newvisionstudio.com, 570.878.3970)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun., noon-6 p.m. and by appointment.
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery
(Misericordia University, 570.674.6250, misericordia.edu/art)
Gallery Hours: Mon. closed, Tue.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m.
&#8226; &#8220;Marylou Chibirka: Portraits, Landscapes, and Florals:&#8221; Through July 31.
&#8226; &#8220;Todd Jeffreys: Wheel Thrown Clay Works:&#8221; Through July 31.
&#8226; &#8220;Tim Weaver: Recent Watercolors:&#8221; July 31.
Pocono Arts Council (18 N. Seventh St., Stroudsburg. 570.476.4460. www.poconoarts.org)
&#8226; Display with works by Sherwood Samet, James Chesnick, David Cook, Jeff Bensley, and Herbert Weigand: Opening reception July 6, 1-4 p.m. Runs through July 27.
Sordoni Art Gallery
 (150 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.408.4325)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun., noon-4:30 p.m.
&#8226; &#8220;Flow,&#8221; a gallery that explores the many meanings associated with water through a selection of twenty-nine works drawn from the collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Schulman Gallery
(2nd floor of LCCC Campus Center, 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke, www.luzerne.edu/schulmangallery, 570.740.0727)
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
&#8226; Studio Views, paintings and drawings by the students of Georgiana Cray Bart: June 14-July 11.
&#8226; A Vision of Three, featuring the work of Rob Hay, Ryan Ward, and Mark Webber: July 19-Aug. 8
&#8226; Phone-tography, featuring art captured by cell phone photos: Aug. 16-Sept. 5.
&#8226; Crayons and Care II, artwork by children of the Litewska Hospital in Warsaw, Poland: Sept. 13-Oct. 7.
&#8226; Old Masters: Oct. 25-Nov. 28.
&#8226; Annual Faculty/Alumni Exhibit: Dec. 6- Jan. 2
Steamtown National Historic Site(150 S. Washington Ave., Scranton. 570.340.5200Gallery hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)T.W. Shoemaker Art Gallery
(312 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming)
&#8226; &#8220;Wyoming Monument: Through the Years:&#8221; Through July 4.
Verve Vertu Art Studio(Misericordia University, 570.674.6250, misericordia.edu/art)
Exhibit: Through April 2014.
Widmann Gallery
(Located in King&#8217;s College&#8217;s Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center between North Franklin and North Main Streets, Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5900, ext. 5328)
Gallery hours: Mon. through Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun. as arranged. Free and open to the public.
&#8226; &#8220;A Few of My Favorite Things&#8221; photography exhibition: Through Aug. 2. Opening reception June 21, 6-8 p.m.
Send your listings to WBWnews@civitasmedia.com, 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 18703, or fax to 570.831.7375. Deadline is Mondays at 2 p.m. Print listings occur up until three weeks from publication date.

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