A choral concert. A look at commune life.

Bloomsburg University’s Fall Choral Concert, featuring the Women’s Choral Ensemble, Husky Singers and Concert Choir, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in First Presbyterian Church, 345 Market St., Bloomsburg. The concert is open to the public free of charge.

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The Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association is presenting its Fall Program this Sunday afternoon, October 20, at 2 p.m. in the Andruss Library Schweiker Room. The guest speaker is Melvyn Stiriss, the author of “Voluntary Peasants: Birth of the Farm Commune.” Stiriss spent the 1970s on a commune in Tennessee, and will relate his experiences on the farm and writing the book, the first in a four-part series. Here is the link to information on the book:www.voluntarypeasants.com/ It should be an interesting presentation, so please be sure to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

River Poets Thursday reading to feature Rob Burnside

Rob Burnside will be the featured reader for the River Poets on Thursday, May 2, at 7:30 pm at the Bloomsburg Public Library, 225 Market Street. The theme of the reading is Old Friends. A native of northeastern Pennsylvania, Burnside's interest in poetry began in childhood, listening to his mother recite from memory. He is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and received a B.A. in Art Education from Wilkes University. In the early 1990s, near the end of a career on the Wilkes-Barre City Fire Department, he began writing poetry and short fiction to fill in long night shift hours at the fire station, and joined the River Poets shortly thereafter. He currently resides in Swoyersville, and has published a chapbook Falling Off the Bone, with the help of Finishing Line Press. His work is substantially influenced by the poetry of Stanley Kunitz, Ruth Stone, William Stafford, Patti Smith, and Walt Whitman. MC is Mike DeMarco.

Poetry: Jim Magill featured reader Thursday

Jim Magill will be the featured reader for the River Poets on Thursday, April 4, at 7:30 pm at the Bloomsburg Public Library, Market Street. Magill's writing has received, and continues to garner, some national attention. A sample of his writing can be accessed at his web site: http://romonxassociatedartists.com/profile/JamesMagill. This will be an interactive event, audience participation requested.

Picture this: A Halloween treat for the library

Have your photo taken and help the Bloomsburg Library. On Friday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 7 pm Wow Factory Photography and Towne Camera will offer photos of those in costume or not. Pay $5 for a 5 by 7 and the proceeds go to the library.