Following a heart-warming performance by the Children’s Community Choir of the Black Bear Conservatory of Music (BBCM) during the recent Hawley Winterfest, a crowd assembled at The Looking Glass Gallery learned that gallery owner and artist, Juan Espino, had a gift of his own for the community choral group. Espino presented a large painting he created, which depicts members of the BBCM choir caroling in Hawley’s Bingham Park. The artist painted the whimsical work to help raise funds in support
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We are huge fans of books—and reading—at Heron’s Eye Communications. So when a truly remarkable book comes across our path, we aim to share that news. Such is the recently-released Crone Age by Marcia Nehemiah, who lives and writes in the Upper Delaware River region of Pennsylvania. Described as “an honest and insightful examination of what it means to lead an inspired life as an older woman,” the book was born on the brink of Marcia’s 60th birthday as an
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Young people are the future of our communities. Their ideas and input can help to shape our small towns and neighborhoods in meaningful ways, but their voices are often underrepresented in the media. To address this need, Coal Cracker Magazine, a project of Heron’s Eye Communications, will host a series of four free workshops to train young journalists in exploring their sense of place through interviews, writing and photography. The series is open to young people ages 12 – 18,
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