This spring, the Weis Center will host seventeen diverse performances including music from Venezuela, West Africa, Mexico, and Colombia, plus classical music, Americana and roots music, modern dance, jazz, and family-friendly performances. Four performances are free. Masks are required at all performances. Tickets for spring 2022 performances will go on sale on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at 10 a.m. by calling 570-577-1000, online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or in-person weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Campus Box Office’s location in the Weis Center Atrium. The Weis Center will kick off the spring season with American roots ensemble American Patchwork Quartet on Sunday, Jan. […]

NYC-based hot swing jazz band The Hot Sardines will perform timeless classics and original tunes on Friday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Jazz at Bucknell, Martha and Alan Barrick, and Coldwell Banker Penn One Real Estate. All attendees are asked to bring a canned food item, which will be distributed to local families in need through Union County Children and Youth Services. This raucous Christmas celebration features timeless classics and original tunes performed by the eight-piece Hot Sardines. Songs will include “La […]

Juilliard String Quartet which includes Roger Tapping on viola, Areta Zhulla and Ronald Copes on violins, and Astrid Schween on cello will perform on Sunday, November 14 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Featured on piano will be Qing Jiang. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Sam and Nancy Craig and The Kushell Music Endowment of Bucknell University and the Department of Music. With unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important […]

Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company, BalletX, will return to the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Karl Voss and Chanin Wendling and family and The Standard-Journal. BalletX produces original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences. As Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, BalletX unites distinguished choreographers with an outstanding company of world-class dancers to forge new works of athleticism, emotion and grace.  Founded in 2005 by Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, and now under the direction of Cox as artistic […]

Pianist Michelle Cann will perform works by Chopin, Florence Price, Brahms and Bonds on Sunday, November 7 at 4 p.m. in the Weis Center Auditorium. Masks are required. Pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at 14 and has since performed as a soloist with numerous ensembles including The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.  A champion of the music of Florence Price, Cann performed the New York City premiere of the composer’s Concerto in One Movement with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with The […]

Americana Duo The Honey Dewdrops will perform at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street in downtown Lewisburg, on Wednesday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. Masks are required. This engagement of The Honey Dewdrops is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish, together known as The Honey Dewdrops, have long felt the push and pull between their original roots in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia and their current home in Baltimore. It is the sound of their harmony-soaked songs, blended with the […]

Blues and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Mavis Staples will perform at the Weis Center on Thursday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Auditorium. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Service 1st Federal Credit Union and WVIA. “I’m the messenger,” Mavis said on the eve of her 80th birthday. “That’s my job — it has been for my whole life — and I can’t just give up while the struggle’s still alive. We’ve got more work to do, so I’m going to keep on getting stronger and keep on delivering my message every […]

I was in awe of Red Sky’s performance of “Trace” on Tuesday, September 28th. The company’s distinct melody of magically choreographed movement and eye-catching visuals projected onto a screen behind the dancers made this presentation unforgettable. As the dancers glided on and off stage, the audience could feel the performers’ sense of unity and reliance on one another to tell these Indigenous origin stories. It was captivating to see soloists, duos, and larger groups as the constant variety held spectators’ attention for the full duration. The music paired perfectly with the loose, fluid movements and superbly showcased the beauty and […]

Jazz vocalist Jeremiah Abiah will perform on Wednesday, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium. Masks are required. The performance is free and tickets are not required. Jeremiah Abiah, better known as ABIAH, is a renowned singer, songwriter, celebrity vocal coach, author and producer. He has recorded for Universal Records, eOne and several international labels. His recent recordings include collaborations with Common, Robert Glasper, August Green, Cynthia Erivo and Brandy.  His recordings include Chasing Forever, Life as a Ballad, Bottles and ABIAH SINGS NINA, which was Grammy nominated. In 2022, ABIAH will release his reimagined album of Madonna songs, ABIAH Sings Madonna.  The […]

Circus and science collide in a gorgeous homage to the power of air. Flying umbrellas, larger-than-life balloons, giant kites floating over the audience and a huge snow globe will make audience members gasp in wonder and laugh until it hurts. Acrobuffos’ Air Play returns to the Weis Center on Friday, October 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Auditorium. Masks are required. The performance is 55 minutes in length with no intermission and is ideal for ages 4-104. The performance was conceived and created by Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone with air sculptures in collaboration with Daniel Wurtzel. Directed […]