Here are three outdoor music events and shows in the Poconos you won t want to miss.
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Five Acre Festival to bring good vibes
A music festival is gearing up to bring the area a free weekend of live music, just over the county line in Bangor.
According to the festival s event page on Facebook, Five Acre Fest, 367 Laurel Hill Road, is an annual free, family-friendly camping and music festival. There’s lots of room for camping, so just show up on Friday and grab a spot for the weekend. The hosts wrote on Facebook.
STAFF REPORTS
The Pocono Arts Council has announced the award recipients for “The Earth Speaks VII: A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis.
Award recipients were recognized for their work based on the theme of the climate emergency and participated in a roundtable discussion of their work in an online event to be held tonight from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom at bit.ly/3sF9mSZ
Award recipients
Of the 46 pieces of art, only 26 were selected to be included in this year s juried Earth Speaks exhibit. 21 artists from states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Massachusetts were chosen for the show.
Pennsylvania is loaded with things to do for Earth Day
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Organizations across Pennsylvania have put together events and programs for Earth Day 2021 on Thursday.
Starting at 10 a.m., First Lady Frances Wolf will welcome several Pennsylvania agencies for the annual Governor’s Residence Earth Day celebration, which this year will be held virtually. It will feature learning activities and information geared toward middle- and high-school students.
The theme will be Protecting the Environment for All Pennsylvanians, and the event will include activities from the Pennsylvania departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation and Natural Resources, Education and Agriculture, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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Pocono Arts Council announces winners of its Juried Student Exhibition
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The Pocono Arts Council presents its annual Juried Student Exhibition with events starting on April 3.
The show, located in the Community Gallery, 701 Main St., Stroudsburg will feature 39 entries from students in kindergarten through 12th grade enrolled in the Monroe County School District and runs through April 23.
The exhibition includes works in 2-D, 3-D, and Photography. Mediums represented include acrylic, collage, mixed media, pastel, paper, photography, watercolor, oil, pencil, and pen and ink.
Schools represented in 2021 include Clear Run Elementary Center, East Stroudsburg Senior High School North, Evergreen Community School, J.T. Lambert Intermediate School, Little Mountain Academy, Notre Dame High School, Pleasant Valley High School, Pocono Mountain West High School, Swiftwater Elementary Center, Swiftwater Intermediate School, along with several home school students.