GREATER WILKES-BARRE

Fine Arts Fiesta 70th anniversary gala, 70 Trips Around the Square, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at Westmoreland Club, 59 South Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, $170 per person, with entertainment by Eddie Day and TNT. Ticket information will be coming soon at fineartsfiesta.org/.

KINGSTON/WEST SIDE

Senior Citizens Friendship Club of St. Mary’s in Plymouth will meet from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Holy Child Formation Center, corner of Eno and Willow streets, Plymouth. The drawing winner at the last meeting was Joan Robinson. New members are always welcome. For more info, call Jim at 570-301-8867.

GREATER PITTSTON

Knox Mine Disaster Memorial Mass, 9 to 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, St. John the Evangelist Church, 35 William St., Pittston.

Slopes, Shafts and Planes: The Mechanics of Mining, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Jan. 30, Trinity Episcopal Church, 337 Spring St., West Pittston, presented by West Pittston Historical Society in honor of Anthracite Heritage Month. The speaker will be Justin Emershaw.

An Evening of Anthracite Region Music, 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 15, Susquehanna Brewing Co., Pittston, with performers Don Shappelle and the Pickups; Doug Smith’s Dixieland All-Stars; The Pennsylvania Coal Miners — A Tribute to John Stanky. Free admission, refreshments available.

FOSTER TOWNSHIP

“The History of Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company: 154 Years of Famous READING Anthracite,” with speaker Eric T. Bella, 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at Eckley Miners Village, Foster Township. A presentation in honor of Anthracite Heritage Month.

TUNKHANNOCK

Winter Fest 2026 Preview Day, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feb. 12. Do you want to get a better idea of what the Dietrich’s Winter Fest 2026 movies are about? See the trailers that hooked us and made us choose them. Join us for this pre-event for WinterFest 2026 and screen all 21 movie trailers of the films featured in this festival. Admission is free and concessions are discounted. For more information, please call the Dietrich at 570-836-1022 ext. 3.

NANTICOKE

Faculty & Alumni Art Exhibition opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 at Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke. The snow date is Monday, Jan. 26. The exhibit will be Jan. 23 through Feb. 20.

BACK MOUNTAIN

Indoor Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Dallas Eastern Star Hall, Foster Street, Dallas (behind CVS drugstore). Come and see our selection of gently used and new items, including a wide range of books. Someone else’s trash may be your treasure. Snow date is Feb. 8.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY

Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration, 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 24 at Anthracite Heritage Museum, 22 Bald Mountain Road, McDade Park, Scranton, with speakers and a display of mining artifacts. This is also the final weekend of the Scott Herring 50th anniversary Hard Coal Chronicles photography show. Admission is free.

Anthracite Labor History presentation, with topics “Monsignor John J. Curran: The Labor Priest of Anthracite,” “The Industrial Workers of the World in Anthracite, 1907-1916” “Radical Means, Conservative Ends: Understanding Dynamite Bombings in the Anthracite Region: “John Mitchell’s Negotiation Attempts Prior to the Anthracite Strike of 1902” and “Labor Rebellion during the 1930s: The United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania.” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Anthracite Heritage Museum, 22 Bald Mountain Road, McDade Park, Scranton. Admission is free.

“Breaker Boys,” a presentation by Charlie Kumpas, 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 31, Catlin House, 232 Monroe Ave., Scranton, sponsored by Lackawanna Historical Society in honor of Anthracite Heritage Month. Admission is free.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY

“Underground Anthracite Miner Movies,” 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Pine Grove Movie Theater, 213 South Tulpehocken St., Pine Grove. Presented by Schuylkill County Historical Society in honor of Anthracite Heritage Month. Free. Refreshments available.