{"id":176909,"date":"2026-04-27T00:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176909\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:24:07","slug":"bi-yearly-concert-raises-money-for-children-showcases-multiple-genres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/176909\/","title":{"rendered":"Bi-yearly concert raises money for children, showcases multiple genres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Music lovers filled St. Peter\u2019s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Scranton for \u201cAn Afternoon of Music and Song,\u201d a benefit concert hosted by the Anthracite Opera Company.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured performers across multiple genres and styles, with vocalists and musicians presenting everything from classical Italian opera and showtunes to Spanish guitar and more.<\/p>\n<p>Anthracite Opera Company director Gary Richards said the organization\u2019s mission is rooted in supporting children and honoring the arts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was called the Anthracite Opera Company because it really stands for Always Our Children,&#8221; said Richards. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I started the company. I saw a little five-year-old boy embarrassed because he\u2019s wearing his sister\u2019s hand me down. And as adults, we have to take care of the children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the show will be used to buy winter coats for less fortunate children, with the goal of ensuring no child has to feel the way Richards described.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Anthracite Opera Company plans to host another show in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Music lovers filled St. Peter\u2019s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Scranton for \u201cAn Afternoon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-176909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}