literature

ST. MARYS — Maker’s Warehouse in St. Marys will present a night of comedy with Chad Thornsberry on March 25. The show will be at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will...

The Southern Tier Symphony is ready to “Celebrate Genius” with the works of several popular Classical composers this weekend. The symphony will perfor...

PITTSBURGH — The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA) will host a Regional Writers Event in the metro-area of Pittsburgh, a city also cal...

Heard about the stash of classified documents that turned up in a desk drawer in a hotel room that President Joe Biden once occupied? Of course not. B...

POYER: We heard from acclaimed novelist David Poyer, a Bradford native with nearly 50 books to his name. The 1967 graduate of Bradford Area High Schoo...

Baily’s Beads, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s award-winning literary magazine, will unveil its 2023 issue, which is online, at a reception...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced a new grant for the National Comedy Center’s Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museu...

The Friends of Hanley Library will present its annual “Seasonal Readings” at 9:30 a.m. today on WESB. The program will be part of the radio station’s ...

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the ne...

IT’S ONLY A NUMBER: Age, we can’t stop it. Everyday we grow older. Every year tacks on another chapter of life. Consider the ways in which life has be...

OLEAN, N.Y. — The Tri-County Arts Council has updated and reorganized its Artist Market and it is open to the public Tuesday to Friday noon to 6 p.m. ...

The Penn Brad Oil Museum monthly breakfast meeting of The Fireside Pumpers will be at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, at Togi’s Banquet Room, 412-422 East Main S...

Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center will present The Fisherman and His Wife, performed by The Rev Theatre Company from Auburn, N.Y., at 11 a....

CHUCKLE. GIGGLE. LAUGH. SNORT: Today may not be April Fool’s Day, but it is a day for humor and laughter as July 1 is recognized around the globe as I...

Local teens and tweens have several options to hold summer boredom at bay. At the Bradford Area Public Library, Pitt-Bradford professor, Orin James is...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Historical Society is proud to present the history of Zippo Manufacturing, June 26, at 7 p.m., at Hamlin Library. The pr...

POND: What happened to the ducks at Willow Dale duck pond? We had a customer stop in to ask. We knew that people were asked not to drop off ducks ther...

BRADFORD UNION OFFICER. Brother and sister pair, Donna and William Burtch have written a number one new release in the genre of Civil War Regimental H...

WORLD POETRY DAY: March 21 each year is set aside to celebrate one of humanity’s most cherished forms of linguistic and cultural expression, which all...

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH , but why? William Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar” branded the phrase and date, March 15 with a gloomy and dismal connota...