ArtScene Calendar

ArtScene with Erika Funke

ArtScene with Erika Funke
ArtScene, with Erika Funke as the host/producer, is a daily short program which brings attention to the area's arts and cultural events. Join her weekdays at 11:00am for interviews, reviews and commentaries on films, books, jazz, and classical music. Let Erika's ArtScene help you plan your weekend!
  • ArtScene for September 8 2010
    Classical and Flamingo Guitar Virtuoso Grisha Goryachev speaks about his art. The Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania will host Goryachev in concert at 8 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Marian Chapel, Marywood University, Scranton. A Masterclass will also be held from 10 a.m.- noon Sept. 18 at the Marywood Music Building. Info @ www.cgsnepa.org.
  • ArtScene for September 7 2010
    Chris Brubeck speaks about his musical passions and about his jazz and blues ensemble, "Triple Play." Triple Play will open the 2010-2011 season of "Nightlife on the Susquehanna," at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Sayre Theatre. For more information, contact the Bradford County Regional Arts Council at 570-268-2787 or www.bcrac.org.
  • ArtScene for September 6 2010
    Beth Burkhauser, chair of the International Interdependence Hexagon Project Exhibit IV, running now through October 12, 2010, at the Melberger Arts Center, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. For more info, www.MelbergerArtsCenter.com. To view the show, email info@MelbergerArtsCenter.com. To learn more about the Hexagon project, www.interdependencedaynepa.org.
  • ArtScene for September 1 2010
    Dr. Mary Anne Rose, curator of the "African American Abstract Masters" exhibition, speaks about the exhibition, which runs now through October 18, 2010 at the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation, 20 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. For info, www.asartfoundation.org or 570-325-5815.
  • ArtScene for August 31 2010
    Scranton magician John Graham & Electric Theatre Company's producing artistic director David Zarko speak about "A Magical Evening at the Theatre," a fundraiser for the ETC. The event will be at 8 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Electric Theatre, 2nd Floor, 326 Spruce St., Scranton. The event will feature 6 Scranton-area magicians. For info, www.electrictheatre.org.
  • ArtScene for August 30 2010
    Sondra Myers, director of the Schemel Forum at the University of Scranton, speaks about the 2010 Fall season. For more information, www.scranton.edu or 570-941-7816.
  • ArtScene for August 26 2010
    Artist Ted Michalowski and musician Jason Smelzer speak about the weekly "Drawing Socials," Sundays from 6-9 p.m. at the Artists for Art Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. For information, ted@tedmichalowski.com. August 29th will feature Black Licorice and the Jazz Assassins on September 12.
  • ArtScene for August 23 2010
    WVIA's Fiona Powell speaks with poet and Lock Haven University professor Marjorie Maddox, author of "Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems," about her work. Maddox was at the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum in South Williamsport Aug. 23 & 24. Information can be found at www.littleleague.org.
  • ArtScene for August 25 2010
    Georgetta Potoski, director of the Plymouth Historical Society, speaks about Welsh composer William Aubrey Williams, also known as Gwilym Gwent. "A Tribute to Gwilym Gwent," will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Plymouth Historical Society, 115 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth, and will feature the Orpheus Society of Wyoming Valley. For information, 570-779-5840.
  • ArtScene for August 24 2010
    Paige Balitski (of Diva Theatre), executive director, and actors Margaret Walther and Eric Lutz speak about Theatre Alfresco's presentation of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" at 8 p.m. August 27-28 at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. The event is free and those attending may want to consider bringing lawn chairs or blankets.

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Meet the team

Morning host of Classical Music, Art Scene, Early Birds, and other WVIA programs, Erika Funke is a Senior Producer and Classical Music Host at WVIA-FM.

“ArtScene”, her award-winning daily arts program, features interviews with creative individuals from the region, the United States and abroad. She has produced many programs about the history of northeastern Pennsylvania and its residents. Her radio play “Who Pretender Is, Or Who Is King” centers on the lives of the residents of Laurel Run, a borough outside Wilkes-Barre, plagued by a chronic mine fire. The piece was recently produced by The Northeast Theatre and broadcast on WVIA-FM.

Erika also has television documentaries to her credit. She wrote and narrated a documentary on the Knox Mine Disaster that happened in the Wyoming Valley in 1959. And an Emmy-nominated documentary on Mozart that looks at the composer and his music in the context of the cities that were important in his life.

She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of Chicago and received a master’s degree in Humanities (Interrelationships in the Arts) from Penn State University. She served on the PA Humanities Council for two terms and often speaks in the community about the arts and our lives.

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