Wright Center’s community art showcased in national traveling gallery

Several pieces of art representing the Wright Center’s community spirit and dedication to healthcare are included in the National Association of Community Health Centers’ traveling art gallery, “Health for All: Community Health Centers Providing Primary Care Where It Matters Most.”

NACHC’s gallery features an array of paintings, photographs, digital illustrations and mixed-media pieces submitted by community health centers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

The Wright Center’s five fiberglass America250PA Liberty Bells — placed in Carbondale, Honesdale, Jermyn, Tunkhannock and Wilkes-Barre after being hand-painted by Allison LaRussa, associate vice president of health and wellness at the Wright Center, to reflect each community’s unique history — were selected for the traveling art gallery.

The Pennsylvania Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial, commonly known as America250PA, is working to place at least one fiberglass bell in each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.

Additionally, two art pieces completed by staff, resident and fellow physicians, and board members at the Wright Center, with the help of community partner Heart 2 Art, were selected to be displayed in NACHC’s traveling art gallery. One of the murals highlights the Wright Center’s commitment to fostering a trauma-informed culture. The other celebrates the enterprise’s long-standing commitment to training and retaining family medicine physicians in underserved communities.

The gallery debuted at NACHC’s Community Health Conference in Las Vegas on Aug. 16-18. NACHC’s gallery will also be on display at its 2027 Policies & Issues Forum in Washington, D.C., in February and at upcoming HLTH Inc. events, including HLTH USA 2026 scheduled for November in Las Vegas.

St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral to hold Christmas Bazaar, food sale

St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Mayfield, will hold its Christmas Bazaar and food sale Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, at the church center on Hill Street, Mayfield.

On Nov. 13, St. John’s pierogi, cabbage and noodles, clam chowder and mac and cheese will be sold. On Nov. 14, pierogi, cabbage and noodles, clam chowder, Italian wedding soup, cabbage rolls, city chicken, kielbasi sandwiches and more will be on the menu. Hours both days are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Vendors and crafters will be located on the upper level of St. John’s Center, along with homemade baked goods, bread, kolachi, basket raffle, gift card calendars and Jingle, Jingle Jackpot tickets.

All food items and kolachi (nut, poppyseed, lekvar and apricot rolls) will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis. No advance orders will be taken.

The public is invited to attend. For more information, call Mott Sorochka at 570-335-2128, Sandy Suey at 570-876- 3576, Joan Zaleski at 570-254-6882 or the rectory at 570-876-0730.

Lackawanna Historical Society to host upcoming programs

The Lackawanna Historical Society will host the following programs:

• The annual Genealogy for Beginners Workshop will be hosted by the LHS Genealogy Forum on Saturdays in October (Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31) from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Albright Memorial Library, 500 Vine St., Scranton. Cost is $25. Registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/LHSWoRKSHoP.

• Dine Lackawanna is the society’s monthly fundraiser. Reservations may be made at Colarusso’s Coal Fired Pizza for Wednesday, Oct. 21, and PJ’s 1910 Pub at the Hilton for Wednesday, Nov. 18.

• The monthly virtual program Lackawanna Past Times will present “The Story of the Carbondale UFO” on Friday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. via Zoom. For the link, contact the society at 570-344-3841 or email lackawannahistory@gmail.com.

For more information about any of these programs, call or email the society.