December 2020
Media Arts Council Holiday Show
The Media Arts Council Gallery presents The Gift of Originality - A Virtual Holday Art Exhibition & Sale DECEMBER 3 TO JANUARY 3 “Fast away, the old year passes – Hail the new, ye lads and lasses!” This past year has been unlike any before, and this holiday season will…
Find out more »Virtual Opening – Media Arts Council Holiday Art Exhibition and Sale
Media Arts Council will be hosting a Virtual Exhibition Opening for the 2020 Holiday Art Exhibition and Sale taking place from December 3 through January 3. For this year’s 6th annual holiday show, we are celebrating the importance of our individuality and uniqueness. MAC presents “The Gift of Originality” with…
Find out more »January 2021
Media Arts Council 2021 High School Art Show
The Media Arts Council is excited to present its annual high school student show. It is themed “Together we Rise,” and it goes live online January 22nd, with a Virtual Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on January 23rd. The jury has selected 27 pieces from 22 students with a wide…
Find out more »Media Arts Council 2021 High School Art Show Virtual Opening
The Media Arts Council is excited to present its annual high school student show. It is themed “Together we Rise,” and it goes live online January 22nd, with a Virtual Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on January 23rd. The jury has selected 27 pieces from 22 students with a wide…
Find out more »February 2021
Hopeful Visions Art Exhibition Virtual Opening
Hopeful Visions goes live online February 12th on the MediaArtsCouncilGallery.org website. Join Patricia Danzon, Cheryl Schlencker, and Merle Weismer (our newest Gallery Artist) in expressing varied responses to our being confined at home. Frustration and stress are sometimes paralyzing, but the warmth and security of one’s home can also be…
Find out more »May 2021
Emergence: Media Arts Council Juried Painting Exhibit – Virtual Opening Celebration
Media Arts Council and Gallery hosts regional artists in this year’s Juried Painting Exhibition, who have submitted images of paintings relating to their interpretation of the theme “Emergence.” Join the artists in a virtual opening celebration. More info here
Find out more »October 2021
State Street Movie Night: Night of the Living Dead
Media Arts Council presents... Halloween is here, and what better way to celebrate than joining SSMN to watch Night of the Living Dead? Bringing his endless passion for the subject to bear, SSMN co-creator and zombie fiction author Bryan Way shepherds the screening and discussion for one of the greatest…
Find out more »November 2021
State Street Movie Night: Body and Soul
Media Arts Council presents... his November, SSMN opens a window into the past with Oscar Micheaux’s 1925 silent film Body and Soul, starring singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson. This Library of Congress entrant was among the first widely released movies made by black filmmakers for black audiences. Come early…
Find out more »State Street Movie Night – M
Media Arts Council presents... As the weather gets colder, SSMN hearkens back to Fritz Lang’s M, a chilling classic from the early sound era. When a serial killer stalks the children of pre-WWII Berlin, cops and criminals alike seek to catch him and restore the natural order, but what does…
Find out more »February 2022
Silent Movies And Live Music
Join MAC Music Artist Jeff Thomas and the wonderful slapstick comedies of Buster Keaton. Jeff will play along to the films live on the new MAC piano. As the series continues, expect exciting musicians and movies from every era! Suggested donation $10 More info
Find out more »Smarts and Culture & MAC Music: All Roads Lead to Brazil
Critic and musician Tom Moon spent nearly four years writing his 2008 bestseller 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die (Workman). After researching and listening to music from every corner of the earth, Moon went in the other direction, doing a deep (some would say obsessive) dive into music from a single place: Brazil. In…
Find out more »March 2022
A Night Benefiting Ukraine – presented by Media Arts Council
FILM - MUSIC - SILENT ART AUCTION - AND MORE Join us March 19th at 7:30 pm for a benefit for Ukraine, with Film; Silent Auction of Art from the MAC Artists Collective; and Music by Dr. Shannon M. Merlino on viola, with piano accompaniment by Gergory Safko, performing select…
Find out more »April 2022
Needlework and Textile Arts Group
Judy Fowler and Stephanie Sher have come up with a cool idea: build a community of folks interested in sharing and exploring contemporary and traditional needlework and textile arts, and encourage creative growth in things fiber: needlepoint, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, collaging, punch needle, quilting, and on and on…
Find out more »Coffee Class with Rooted Coffee Roasters
Coffee Class with Rooted Coffee Roasters Rooted Coffee Roasters is a women owned and operated micro-roastery founded out of a desire to highlight stunning coffees and bring awareness to the coffee supply chain. Founded in November 2021, we strive to create an inclusive, accessible, and delicious coffee experience. We plan…
Find out more »MAC Music Easter Concert: Bach with violist Shannon Merlino
Virtuoso violist Shannon Merlino will explore the relationship between four Bach works. Between 1717 and 1723, Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Kothen hired J.S. Bach to serve in Kothen as his Kapellmeister (music director). Because of the prince’s Calvinist faith, Bach for the first time in his life found himself without a church…
Find out more »MAC Music: Songwriter Showcase
Philadelphia’s Erin Fox opens the evening with her dark ambiance of creative chord structures, poetically intense lyrics, and distinctly haunting harmonies that amuse a vast range of emotion. Psychedelic bluegrass band Who? What? When? Why? & Werewolves bring their unique combination of intimate story telling and self deprecating humor with…
Find out more »Dear Friend!
A Before Or After Dinner Adventure in Letter Writing Saturday, April 30 at 6:30 and 8:00 pm Have a pre or post dinner cocktail and join professional actors Jared Reed and Stacy Skinner for either of two 45 minutes sets of funny, touching, and outrageous readings from letters throughout history.…
Find out more »Dear Friend!
A Before Or After Dinner Adventure in Letter Writing Saturday, April 30 at 6:30 and 8:00 pm Have a pre or post dinner cocktail and join professional actors Jared Reed and Stacy Skinner for either of two 45 minutes sets of funny, touching, and outrageous readings from letters throughout history.…
Find out more »May 2022
Sip and Sketch at the MAC Arts Center
Sip and Sketch at the MAC Arts Center is a monthly night to sketch, doodle, chat, relax, color, have fun. Join MAC Artists Collective Member Carrie Barcomb, other professional artists, and interested beginners in a low key, fun, supportive monthly gathering. Light instruction will be available, but the focus is on enjoying…
Find out more »Playreading: Above the Fold
Set in 1935, Dorothy, a determined female reporter, covers a grand jury investigation into the death of rising musical theater star Evelyn Hoey. Above the Fold is set during the 1935 grand jury investigation of the death of rising musical theater star Evelyn Hoey in Glenmoore Pennsylvania. A group of reporters…
Find out more »TIMEPROV – The Doctor Who Parody
Grab your sonic and brace yourself for an exciting ride with Timeprov: The Improvised Doctor Who Parody! Purchase Tickets Timeprov is an affectionate improvised parody of Doctor Who that will take you on a funny and wondrous adventure to the farthest reaches of time and space. YOU cast the Doctor,…
Find out more »Kitchen Table Dance Collective: Performance and Master Class
Media Arts Council Presents Kitchen Table Dance Collective In Their First Public Performance And Master Class! Masterclass At 3pm. Price: Sliding scale $5-$15 In this masterclass- team taught by Chandra Moss-Thorne and Zane Booker- participants (18 +) should be prepared to explore the ballet vocabulary from a black perspective and…
Find out more »MAC Youth Jazz Night featuring Saxophonist Josh Lee
Media Arts Council presents a Youth Jazz Performance and Jam Session Series with Saxophonist Chris Oatts and Friends Suggested Donation: $10 Get Tickets Here This monthly jazz performance series features young jazz musicians from area high schools and universities as well as a house band of professional jazz musicians. Each…
Find out more »Open Mic: Music at the MAC – High School
Come hang out at the MAC – a safe place to show off your music, wherever you are in your journey. Learn More
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