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9:00 am
Ceramics Demonstration with Ryan Greenheck
Ryan is a studio potter based in Philadelphia and will be demonstrating from the first floor of his row home, which is his studio/showroom. He will be demonstrating how he throws a few different mug designs on the wheel. Ryan will also show pulling, forming and attaching the handles....
Find out more »10:00 am
Tap Dance Lessons with Jill Fitzgerald
Getting 10,000 steps a day by walking or running is boring…especially when you can try your hand at tap dancing! Even if you think you have two left feet, you'll do just fine. While instructor Jill Fitzgerald might not turn you into Ruby Keeler in two sessions, you’ll learn that you have more rhythm than...
Find out more »11:00 am
Studio Tour with Kristen Moger
Kristen Moger loved visual art and crafts, even as a kid. After earning a BFA in Art Education and Painting at The Hartford Art School (University of Hartford), she taught for several years at the middle and high school level. After some time in the classroom, she decided to pursue her professional art career (and...
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JT & The Denicats
Throughout the year, JT Thompson stays busy playing piano bars, special events, and with several popular bands. He also gathers members of these bands to record his own compositions and then to perform them in Central Pennsylvania. Sometimes it’s a trio, other times it’s a 13-piece group, in any arrangement, JT’s music is always captivating....
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Watercolor Demonstration with Artist Sean Huntington
Sean Huntington grew up in Derrick City, Pennsylvania just outside the Allegheny National Forest. Being surrounded by woodlands in an unpopulated area caused an initial lack of social skills but created an intense interest in the natural world. He maintains a studio in western New York where he does his best impression of a big...
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Kristi Jean and Her Ne’er Do Wells
Texas native Kristi Jean brings her acclaimed country-infused twang to bear on a collection of feisty songs that reflect the moment in time when country and rhythm and blues begat rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll. Like her heroes, Kristi was raised on traditional country music played through an AM radio; but her independent spirit drove...
Find out more »7:00 pm
BookFest: Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella Chat with Katie O’Toole
Lisa Scottoline, #1 Bestselling Author of more than 30 novels, returns to the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts as a featured guest during BookFest, which will be held virtually for the first time. Scottoline, who participated in the inaugural BookFest in 2009, will be joined by her daughter, Francesca Serritella, herself an award-winning author...
Find out more »Alasdair Fraser
Alasdair Fraser is a pillar of the Scottish fiddle music tradition. His passionate playing, technical bravura, and understanding of music as something both age-old and new, is an inspiration to musicians and audiences in Europe and America. Born in Clackmannan, Scotland, Alasdair started to take violin lessons at age eight. His father and his brother...
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Velveeta
Velveeta the cheese food is a staple in the dairy case at fine supermarkets across the country. Developed in 1918 by Swiss immigrant Emil Frey of the Monroe Cheese Company in Monroe, New York, Velveeta is a quintessentially American consumer product. Velveeta, the musical phenomenon, has been a staple of the central Pennsylvania nightclub scene...
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