Noh theatre by torchlight

The Bloomsburg Theatre ensemble will perform the Noh play Atsumori on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3 and 4, at 7 pm by torchlight at Bloomsburg Town Park. The performance is free. Bring your own lawn chair. (In case of rain, the performance will take place at BTE's Alvina Krause Theatre).

Outdoor arts and entertainment Aug. 4

The Bloomsburg ArtFest will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Center Street between Main and Third.

In addition to displays by artists, there will be live music and food. That Saturday will also be free movie night starting at 7 pm at the Courthouse Plaza.

Theatre silliness with the BU alumni players

The BU alumni players will stage some detective silliness this month with a production of Peter Gordon's Murdered to Death." 

Directed by James H. Slusser, the play is set in a country manor house in the 1930s with an eclectic group of characters who need to determine who murdered the owner of the house. Shows are in Carver Hall's Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium on July 27 & 28 and Aug. 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.; Matinee shows on July 29 & Aug. 5 at 3 p.m.

Poster illustration by Sarah Foster.

Plus: Panda's from Space

The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble and BU Players are doing a co-production of David Mamet's The Revenge of the Space Pandas, or Binky Rudich and the Two-Speed Clock. Directed by Richie Cannaday, the show runs July 19 to 29 at Alvina Kraus Theatre, Center Street, Bloomsburg.

Moose show benefits 'It gets better' movement

The Moose Exchange will host a production of How Would You Feel? by playwright Janice McCrostie. The docu-drama takes an inside look at real-life bullying, based on interviews of people from all walks of life about their experiences and where their personal journeys have taken them because of, or in spite of, their difficult pasts. Shows are Wednesday, July 25, through Saturday, July 28, at 7 pm. Tickets at the door are $5 for students, $10 for adults. All proceeds benefit itgetsbetter.org, an organization that brings hope to young people of the gay community. 


There are 75 seats for each show available for free to Bloomsburg University students. To reserve one, go to the Haas Center for The Arts and leave your name and student I.D number.

15 years of the Blues at Briggs Farm

The Briggs Farm Blues Festival celebrates 15 years of bringing the blues to rural Nescopeck this Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7. Ten shows each day. Advance tickets are $23 for one day and $40 for two days. At the gate, tickets are $28 for one day, $50 for both and $85 if you want to camp as well. Details at briggsfarm.com.

Free you mind through verse

The River Poets will have a reading Thursday, July 5, at  7:30 pm at the Bloomsburg Public Library, Market Street. The theme is"4th on the 5th: Celebrating the Independence of Thought." Parts of the Declaration of Independence will be read along with thoughts commentaries on this declaration. There will be an open reading with emcee Mary Lou Wagner.