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The Repasz Band
The Repasz Band
Williamsport area musicians playing a medley of patriotic tunes and Broadway melodies. An Eagles Mere July 4th tradition.
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Brain/Food: My Life as a Dog
Brain/Food: My Life as a Dog
My Life as a Dog, 1985 Swedish drama/comedy. The 12-year-old Ingemar is separated from his beloved dog and brother and sent to live with his uncle in rural Sweden after his mother becomes terminally ill in 1958-59. The town is full of wonderful and eccentric characters. The actor, Anton Glanzelius has been described as a…
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Steal Your Peach Band
Steal Your Peach Band
This band has some of the hardest working musicians in Philadelphia, specializing in a mash-up concept fusing the music of The Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead. True to the original music while also adding improv to the mix.
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Introduction to Drawing with Gerry Mann
Who says you can’t draw? Drawing is a learned, not inherited skill, so everyone is welcome! Participants in this class will use a variety of media as they explore different means of drawing expression.
2 events,
Emily Drinker
Emily Drinker
DUE TO WEATHER, TONIGHTS CONCERT WILL BE HELD AT THE DEWIRE CENTER -Â 6:30 pm Emily Drinker is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Philadelphia. She blends folk, pop and rock with a high-energy and soulful 3-part harmonies through live looping. Emily has a busy tour schedule to include Europe and South America.
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Ben Arnold
Ben Arnold
UPDATE 7/15/23 - CONCERT WILL BE HELD IN THE DEWIRE CENTER DUE TO RAIN FORECAST Ben Arnold is a songwriter, musician, performer & producer who has remained a longtime fixture on the Philadelphia musical landscape over the past 25 years. His most recent releases "Lost Keys" and "Sunday Morning Meltdown" explore the feel, culture and…
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Fiber Week: Stitching Class with Sally Kahler
Today's fashion today follows various whims and trends. Embroidery on jeans and jackets is once again popular, so this will be the focus for this stitching class. In this class you will learn various stitches including French knots, feather stitch, straight, running and satin stitch. After practicing the stitches, you will create a design to embroider on your own jeans, jackets or tops.
Inside Look: A Mini Course in Constructing a Play
Enrich and deepen your theater going experience as you take a front row seat at the rehearsals for The Forever Question by James Christy Jr. and directed by Harriet Power. Interact with our three 2023 Eagles Mere Artists in Residence, director Harriet Power and actors Sophia Barrett and Jake Blouch . As you engage with and observe the director, cast and design staff, you will gain insight into the production process and understand the choices and changes that happen when a play is brought to life.
3 events,
Fiber Week: Botanical Printed Scarves with Sara Setzer
Fiber Week: Botanical Printed Scarves with Sara Setzer
In this class you will make 3 gorgeous scarves, and more if you choose purchase additional blank scarves to dye. Inspired by nature and the world around her, Sara Setzer will guide you through the eco printing process, showing you how to create wearable, functional art with a one-of-a-kind look.
3 events,
Open Mic Night in Eagles Mere
Open Mic Night in Eagles Mere
The Friends of the Arts Invite local musicians to bring your instruments, your inspiration and your talent to an evening under the stars! Questions? Contact us at emfainfo@gmail.com
3 events,
Fiber Week: Needle Felted Paintings with Sara Setzer
Fiber Week: Needle Felted Paintings with Sara Setzer
Needle Felting is a craft that is rapidly growing in popularity. Needle felters use a special felting needle and felting wool to create designs on felt that can framed or used to create decorative objects. Using this easy to learn skill, each participant will create a 10-inch felted painting in a predetermined or freehand design, depending on their individual skill level, using wool and felting needles.
Brain/Food: Page to Stage
Brain/Food: Page to Stage
PAGE to STAGE. How does a play get written and how do actors, director, and designers bring those words to life? Meet THE FOREVER QUESTION playwright Jim Christy, actors Sophia Barrett & Jake Blouch will read a funny scene, and discover the ways director Harriet Power and the team create a production. Then come watch the…
2 events,
Ronstadt Revue Featuring Gesenia
Ronstadt Revue Featuring Gesenia
Gesenia doesn't just sing Linda Ronstadt's tunes; she positively channels and inhabits each song in a way that only Linda has done. Linda Ronstadt's guitarist, John Beland, says, "There are tribute bands and then there is this. Don't miss it!"
2 events,
Watercolor Painting with Linda Berry
We all have gifts and we all have gaps! If you consider yourself a novice, or somewhat experienced artist, this class is an opportunity to strengthen your art and fill in many of your gaps. We will all paint a still life composition of flowers and also have time to work on a watercolor painting of a subject you choose.
3 events,
iPhonography with Julie Stauffer
Discover the power of what's in your BACK pocket!
In this workshop with iPhone photography expert Julie Stauffer, you will learn to use your iPhone as a camera and editing device and will discover the vast technical capabilities of this electronic device. Your photographs taken with your iPhone promise to stand out as creative and personal interpretations of what you "see" before you press the shutter. This workshop is designed to meet you where you are so that those already familiar with some of the introductory information can take off in new directions.
3 events,
Brain/Food: Rules of Civility
Brain/Food: Rules of Civility
Discussion of Amor Towles’ first novel, Rules of Civility (2011). A 25-year-old ambitious woman, Katey Kontent, finds her way through New York City’s high society in 1938. She rises from the Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of society in search of a brighter future. When this book was initially published, it was…
2 events,
The Forever Question
The Forever Question
Eagles Mere Friends of the Arts is producing the East Coast premiere of the playwright James Christy Jr.'s The Forever Question, directed by Harriet Power. Winner of the 2018 New Comedies Festival, this rollicking play asks that eternal question: Why in the world do we have kids? We know it's the end of our independence,…
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Introduction to Acrylic Landscape Painting with Gerry Mann
Participants in this class will work to finish a small landscape painting of a subject/place of their choosing by working from a photograph. Various painting tools will be discussed and modeled. The concept of an underpainting will be demonstrated and the basics of color theory will be taught as individuals build their images and experience the nuances of color expression.
2 events,
Textured Mug Clay Class with Melissa Jenkins
Textured Mug Clay Class with Melissa Jenkins
Learn how to create a custom-made, functional clay mug or stein using slab building techniques in this beginner level class. Use our extensive collection of textures to create your own tapered mug with a personalized handle. We’ll all follow along the same basic steps, but each mug will be uniquely styled. Choose a color from our house-made dip glazes to finish off your design.
2 events,
Runaway Stroller
Runaway Stroller
Runaway Stroller features rhythm guitar/vocals of Johanna Kodlick and lead guitar/vocals of Anthony Latt. Exciting interpretations of Rock, Blues, Pop and Funk from the 60's to today. Runaway Stroller fans, (Stroller Chasers!) love dancing & singing to their energy-packed performances.
2 events,
Music in the Mountains
Music in the Mountains
A superb group of 5 professional musicians and educators, all alumni of the Philadelphia Trio workshops, co-directed by Deborah Reeder and Barbara Sonies. This is an annual reunion for them and a classical music treat for the audience.