Brain/Food: Climate Change and the Ocean
Aug. 1 - Climate Change and the Ocean, lecture by oceanographer, Jack Barth Jack Barth, an oceanographer at Oregon State University and summer visitor to Eagles Mere, will discuss what he knows about climate change's effects on the ocean, including warming, ocean acidification, and decreasing levels of dissolved oxygen. He will share his research using…
3-D Needle Felted Birds with Sara Setzer
Saturday August 3, 10 AM - 2 PM (optional lunch break) Class Limited to 15 Cost $65, materials provided Age 12+ The craft of needle felting is rapidly growing in popularity. Under the guidance of fiber artist/teacher Sara Setzer who returns to Eagles Mere once again, each participant will create a three -imensional bird in…
Play on Philly
Sunday, August 4, 2024 @ 5:00 pm (updated time) Eagles Mere Inn, 29 Mary Avenue, Eagles Mere, PA Young musicians from Philadelphia-based music education organization, Play On Philly will perform a celebratory concert at the Eagles Mere Inn on Sunday, August 4th. Play On Philly (POP) provides transformative music education to students in Philadelphia as…
Embroidery on Paper with Sally Kahler
Tuesday & Thursday, August 6 & 8, 9:00 AM -12 PM Class limited to 10 $40 per person, materials and handouts provided Age 15+ Sally has a long history of studying embroidery and weaving from various cultures. Embroidery on cloth is traditional, but embroidery on paper pushes the boundaries of traditional techniques to create contemporary…
Mike Miz
(Note new venue) Laporte Village Green, Laporte, PA Mike Mizwinski, better known simply as Mike Miz, is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Northeast Pennsylvania. Performing over 200 shows a year, he is known for soulful and energetic live performances. Mike is a perennial favorite with the summer concert crowds. This concert is co-sponsored by the Sullivan County…
Brain/Food: Film, Charm City Kings (2020)
Aug. 8 - Film, Charm City Kings (2020). Mouse, 14-year-old boy, is fascinated by the street bike culture in Baltimore, Maryland. He desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, a group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets. His mother disapproves of his interest in motorbikes as his older brother Stro died in…
Woven Bird Houses with Karen Spring
Saturday, August 10 , 9:00 AM - 11 AM (Lower Level, DeWire) Class limited to 10 $40 per person, bring scissors, other materials included Age 13+ In this class you will weave a small usable birdhouse on a 4" wooden base with a finished height of approximately 11" using round and flat reeds. Please bring…
BSTREET BAND
The BSTREET BAND debuted as "BackStreets" on May 19, 1980 in Asbury Park, NJ for an audience of over 2000 Bruce fans, the first band in the world to do a unique tribute to a live performer. Nearly 6000 performances later, now named the BSTREETBAND-they are still the hardest working tribute band on the circuit…
Brain/Food: Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020)
Aug 13 - Documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2020). Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, Pauli Murray was arrested for doing this very same thing! Murray, who would become a pre-eminent poet, writer, lawyer, civil and women’s rights activist, and Episcopal priest, then began a journey…
Folk Justice Band
For two decades the Lewisburg-based Folk Justice Band has been bringing a Woodstock Experience to the Susquehanna Valley, playing to crowds ranging from 50 to 1000. A typical Folk Justice Band experience will include material from a number of Woodstock-era bands including Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Who, The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful…
My Name is Lucy Barton
Play by Elizabeth Strout Adapted by Rona Munro Broadway Hit Sensation! Saturday, August 17, 2024 @ 8:00 pm DeWire Center 891 Laporte Ave, Eagles Mere, PA Play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prizewinner Elizabeth Strout. Performed by Jessica Bedford. Directed by Harriet Power. Lucy Barton wakes in the hospital to…
Brain/Food: Film, The Quiet Girl (2022)
Aug. 22 – Film, The Quiet Girl (Ireland 2022 PG-13). Set in 1981, a withdrawn nine-year-old girl raised by impoverished parents among many other siblings. She is sent to spend the summer on a farm with a loving married couple, who are distant relatives. The discussion afterwards will also include the 88 page short story,…