River Poets meeting Thursday

The River Poets are having a planning meeting this Thursday, Jan. 19, at 6:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Bloomsburg Public Library. They will plan activities from March through September.

North Mountain artists exhibiting at Artspace

The North Mountain Art League will hold a 20th anniversary juried exhibit at the Artspace Gallery on Center Street, Bloomsburg. The show runs Thursday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Feb. 26.  An artists' reception will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.

Breakfast and bowling at the Moose

The Moose Exchange is open and running.

A homemade (by artists), and homegrown (by farmers), breakfast will be served at the Exchange, Saturday Jan. 14, from 9 to noon.

The Moose's bowling lanes will be open Monday, Jan. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A fiver (per person) gets you balls, shoes and all the lane time you want. There will be pizza for sale too.

Beware the Ides of March

No togas. But plenty of intrigue.

The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble will stage Julius Caesar Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at Alvina Krause Theatre, Center Street. General admission tickets are $12.
Adapted and directed by Ensemble member James Goode, Shakespeare's play has reset to a 19th-century milieu.

BTE received a prestigious NEA Shakespeare in American Communities grant for this forceful, streamlined, and surprising retelling of the Shakespeare staple. There's lot of additional information about the show at the BTE website, including notes from the director, sketches from the costume designer and a synopsis of the play.

The BTE has been one of Bloomsburg's cultural gems for more than 30 years. There's a number of events coming this semester which help support the company through the year.


   

Is that an umbrella in your hand ...

Artist Michael Donovan will be in the Haas Gallery of Art this weekend assembling his sculptures. His exhibit, "Sustainable," will be on view Jan. 17 through Feb. 10. There will be a reception for Donovan on Thursday, Feb. 2 from noon to 2 p.m. and he will give a talk at 1:15 p.m.

The exhibit schedule for the spring semester is:

• Erik Waterkotte — Feb. 17 to March 19. Reception: Wednesday, March 7, noon to  2 p.m. Artist Lecture at 1:15.
• 2012 Juried Student Art Show  — March 30 to April 23. Reception: TBA
• Senior Exit Show  — May 1 to May 12. Reception: Tuesday, May 1, 11a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Regular gallery hours are: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday: noon to 2 p.m., closed Sunday. Check out Haas Gallery's Facebook page with photos of past exhibits.

Bloomsburg University Players' spring season

Mark your calendars for the Bloomsburg University Players' spring season.

Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
February 22 - 26. Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Alvina Krause Theatre 226 Center St., Bloomsburg
A work about how we memorialize the dead — and how that remembering changes us — it is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her own assumptions about morality, redemption, and the need to connect in a technologically obsessed world.

V-Day 2012
March 2 - 4. Times TBA
The Moose Exchange, 203 W. Main St., Bloomsburg
V-Day is a global movement of grassroots activists dedicated to generating broader attention and funds to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery. (Presented in conjunction with The Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. More about that will be coming later.)

The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
April 18 - 22. Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center St., Bloomsburg.
A startling dissection of cruelty and artistic creation from the author of In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors.

Celebrate the new year in verse

The River Poets will welcome the new year with a holiday party on Thursday, Jan. 5, with featured reader Katelyn Winters of Bloomsburg, presenting work she has compiled into a book. The event will be held at Cloak and Dragon bookstore, East Main Street, Bloomsburg.

Festivities start with an open reading. A silent auction of items contributed by the audience will also be held to fund River Poets' activities throughout the coming year. 


Illustration: Duck origami, EGF.