Stop. Look. Listen.

Geese look for food in the Susquehanna River Monday evening near Wrightsville.

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Calder-to-wear: jewelry by sculptor Alexander Calder is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new Perelman Building. Read more here.

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Just for the record, there weren’t “Too Many Oboes” at Saturday night’s Allegro concert at F&M’s Barshinger Center — when they’re played this well, you can never have enough. The four oboists — section leader Jeffrey O’Donnell, Emery DeWitt, Jill Marchione and Megan Norcross — played in various configurations, exhibiting, to steal a phrase from […]

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Sunny summer Market days mean music in downtown Lancaster. The Dave Wilson Quartet was in the gazebo in Penn Square Friday at noon, part of the Brown Bag Concert Series, while Another Tomorrow played outside Central Market. Another Tomorrow also plays at First Fridays, so watch for them Aug. 1. 
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More weekend music: Allegro’s second summer concert, “Too […]

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Will Pierce’s large, dramatic oil paintings were among the most striking works on view at this spring’s Scholastic Art Awards show, and, for July’s First Friday, more of his works were on display at MasterPlan Design, 44 West King St. Pierce, whose stepfather is in the medical field, takes as his subject close-up views of […]

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Coming up this week: the Xponential Music Festival starts Thursday. Bus transportation is available Saturday and Sunday; check here for details.
Ticket price for the film “To Meet the Stranger,” Friday at Building Character, is $5. (Omitted from Monday’s post.)
New family event at the North Museum: “What’s Up? Wednesdays,” 1-4 p.m., July 9-Aug. 13. Included in admission; call […]

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Missed Racheal Droege’s indie film “To Meet the Stranger” when it premiered in May? Building Character, 342 N. Queen St., Warehouse B, has slated an encore showing Friday, July 11, at 7 p.m. Read more about the film here. 
Paulette B. Maggiolo will appear Sunday, July 13, 1-3 p.m. at Aaron’s Books, 43 S. Broad St., Lititz to discuss […]

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The Parlor Gallery just sent me a reminder that there will be a second reception for the exhibit of Harrisburg artist Tara Chickey’s paintings Friday, July 4, 5-10 p.m. This weekend, gallery hours will be Friday, 12-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. The Parlor Gallery is located at 320 Laurel St.

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Local artists made an impressive showing at the annual Art of the State Exhibit, now on display at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. Mary Stoudt of Reinholds won a first prize in crafts for her quilt, “Rio Marianion.” Dorothy Frey of Willow Street won a second prize in painting for oil-on-canvas “Pivot (shown at right)” […]

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A friend of the Friends of the Barnes: Philadelphia art critic Edward Sozanski makes his case for the existing Barnes Foundation as a unique piece of American culture.
It’s all so much simpler for Marvin, the painting dog: “I sort of encourage him, say he’s a good boy, and I give him treats. That gets the tail going.” (via the New England […]

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