Event seating is general admission, first-come, first-served. There is a strict limit of four (4) tickets per household. Event is held in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre of the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple. The seating chart reflects the general layout of seating, though specific locations are subject to change.

An awards ceremony wherein the governor presents the Commonwealth’s highest recognition for achievement and service in the arts.

Governor’s Awards for the Arts represent a Pennsylvania tradition begun in 1980 by Governor Dick Thornburgh. Presented annually in Harrisburg at the State Capitol, these awards honored artists in each of the following categories: painting, sculpture, photography, music, literature, dance, theatre, crafts, and media arts. An award was also made for “service to the arts.” The awards, which recognized Pennsylvanians who contributed their creative talents to their communities, were named the Hazlett Memorial Awards for Excellence in the Arts, after the late Theodore L. Hazlett Jr. of Pittsburgh, the first chairman of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. The awards were administered by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. A Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist Award was also established to be chosen by the Governor. [Note: No standard policy was established for this category, but it was generally agreed that the recipient would be a native Pennsylvanian and an artist of world renown.]

Following the 1982 awards, the Hazlett awards were presented in no more than six disciplines, in alternating years, and architecture was added as a category.

The awards were suspended in 1987 in the first year of Governor Robert P. Casey’s administration. In 1988, through his cultural advisor’s office, Governor Casey established “a comprehensive Governor’s awards program” with the Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences “to honor outstanding individual creativity and achievement, to focus attention upon the critical importance of the arts, humanities, and sciences in the life of an enlightened democratic society, and to pay tribute to Pennsylvania’s rich cultural and intellectual traditions.” A single award was presented in each area.

In 1996, oversight and administration of the Governor’s Awards returned to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Four new award categories were established by Governor Tom Ridge to recognize not only the contributions of Pennsylvania’s individual artists and patrons of the arts, but also the outstanding arts organizations which make the Commonwealth a leader in the cultural life of the nation. For the first time, a category was established which recognizes the significant contributions to the arts made by corporations and foundations (the Patron Award).

Please note that the Governor’s Awards for the Arts did not take place in 2015 or 2016. It is customary for a new gubernatorial administration to use the first year in office to consider changes to the event that will reflect the administration’s interests and priorities, including but not limited to award categories. For this reason, the Governor’s Awards for the Arts also did not occur in 1987, 1995, 2003, or 2011.

Currently, the Governor’s Office has developed five award categories:

The Distinguished Arts Award recognizes a Pennsylvania artist of international fame, leadership or renown whose creations or contributions enrich the state.

The Patron Award recognizes an individual, corporation, or foundation patron’s significant contributions to the vitality and availability of the arts in Pennsylvania.

The Arts Leadership & Service/Arts Innovation Award recognizes an organization or individual(s) for outstanding leadership and service or innovation in the arts.

The Artist of the Year Award (The Hazlett Memorial Award) recognizes an individual artist for their creations and contributions to the excellence of the arts in Pennsylvania.

The Schemel Forum in collaboration with Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Music and Medicine: Leonard Bernstein

General Admission, first-come first-served, cabaret-style seating in the Scranton Cultural Center’s Grand Ballroom.

Lecture/Performance will be followed by a Q&A Session and Reception

Due the impending weather this event has been postponed.

A new date will be determined and announced at a later date. Tickets for tonight’s event will be honored for the new date. Please visit http://www.LCLSHome.org for more details and updates.

Tickets are Free to LCLS Library Card Holders

Admission to the Theatre is by Ticket Only

Tickets are available at your Local LCLS Branch Library in person only, Limit 4 per household.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre / General Admission Seating

Doors Open at 6:30pm

Event Begins at 7:00pm

Visit the Lackawanna County Library System Site

The 2018 American Masters Lecture features Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad. 

Tickets are Free to LCLS Library Card Holders

Admission to the Theatre is by Ticket Only

Tickets are available at your Local LCLS Branch Library in person only, Limit 4 per household.

Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre / General Admission Seating

Doors Open at 6:30pm

Event Begins at 7:00pm

Visit the Lackawanna County Library System Site

The 2019 American Masters Lecture features Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad. 

The 2019 Scranton Fringe Festival (Friday, September 27th – Sunday, October 6th) is a celebration of community and the performing arts! For the past four years we have presented hundreds of creative works to over 10,000+ unique audience members!

The Scranton Fringe Festival is dedicated to creating a bold and engaging platform for creative and thought provoking art with minimal risk to artist and audience. Regional as well as touring artists are welcomed to present work with no censorship placed on content or artistic expression while striving to promote Scranton as a viable and creative environment.

The Scranton Fringe Festival is held annually across several consecutive days in multiple venues throughout downtown Scranton. Theatre, music, dance, film, comedy, puppetry and every other sort of performing-arts-production you can imagine are welcomed on the fringe! The festival is kept accessible and affordable for artists (no application fees, comparably small production fees) and audiences (special free programming, affordable tickets, hopper passes, etc) alike!

Scranton Fringe was co-founded by Conor O’Brien (current Executive Director) and Elizabeth Bohan (current Managing Director). The 2018 Board of Directors also includes: Melissa Carestia, Susan Estler, John Farkas, Lorrie Loughney, Dr. Robert McKeage, Michael Muller, Alberto Paramo, and Camille Reinecke. Various members of the community serve on the Programming, Marketing and Fundraising committees that provide vital support to the organization.  Scranton Fringe Festival’s mission is deemed non-profit (via its 501c3 fiscal sponsor Fractured Atlas).

Scranton Fringe celebrated its first festival October 1st – 4th 2015 to great success. With forty-seven (47) productions spanning nearly one hundred (100) individual performances, and approximately three-thousand (3000) in attendance, Scranton Fringe has proven itself to be a major event in the cultural landscape of NEPA. Having grown each year we are thrilled to present our fifth Fringe Festival, September 27th – October 6th 2019 across downtown Scranton. 

CLICK HERE for more information about the Scranton Fringe Festival!

Scranton Fringe Festival – SCC Events/ Performances

Tickets are not available from the Scranton Cultural Center.

Please contact Fox News Channel for inquiries or tune in to Fox News Channel to watch live.

Fox News Channel Anchors, Bret Baier & Martha MacCallum, will be hosting an exclusive one hour Town Hall with special guest, President Donald J. Trump. This Town Hall event will focus on news of the day and issues important to voters in the 2020 Presidential Race.

The Town Hall will be televised LIVE on Fox News Channel from 6:30-7:30 EST.

David Sedaris Lecture Postponed

New Date Will Be Announced Later

The Lackawanna County Library System’s American Masters Lecture featuring David Sedaris, originally scheduled for Monday, April 6, has been canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to an announcement by Mary Garm, director of the Library System.

The lecture in Scranton by Mr. Sedaris was part of a  40-city lecture tour the author and humorist had planned. The entire tour has been placed on hold, Mrs. Garm said.

It will be rescheduled a  new date for the lecture will be announced later, she added

David Sedaris Lecture Postponed

New Date Will Be Announced Later

Sunday, September 12, 2021 • 3–5PM
Scranton Cultural Center, Shopland Hall
420 N. Washington Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
Free but registrations required and all
Covid-19 CDC and state guidelines
will be followed.
Reserve your Spot:
Call 570-963-6590 x3176 or e-mail
arts-culture@lackawannacounty.org

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