Latin music icon and reggaeton pioneer Don Omar will kick off his 20-city “Back to Reggaeton” tour with a concert March 7 at Santander Arena, Reading. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.com.
The tour will celebrate two decades of innovative music and global hits that have marked the Puerto Rican artist’s career.
The repertoire of “Back to Reggaeton” will feature the artist’s biggest hits, as well as those from his most recent EP, which bears the same name as the tour and includes the single “Sandunga,” a historic collaboration with Wisin y Yandel, produced by the duo Luny Tunes.
Art
The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St., Reading, will host its Second Sunday Studio Crawl today from noon to 4 pm
The featured Artist of the Month on the second floor will be Elaine Soltis, a mixed media artist whose fine art career has spanned two decades. Her paintings are designed in two studios, GoggleWorks Studio 211 and a studio from her home near the Nolde Forest State Park. A third studio is underway, near the Lake Erie expanse of beach. All are minutes away from urban, down-to-earth roots, and changing seasonal land meeting sunset sky.
Artist of the Month on the third floor will be Birdie Zoltan, who creates sculptural personalities of unrepentant whimsy. She is drawn to everyday objects that are eager to assume new identities and new roles in their existence. The mood of each piece arises intuitively from a wide variety of personally chosen materials and innovative techniques. Through art, she is able to recreate her life experiences in sculpture, explaining that “my family of a dozen siblings remains my greatest source of inspiration.”
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Holleran Gallery at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, 3000 Penn Ave., West Lawn, is hosting an exhibition by Ron Irons through Jan. 19.
Irons was born in Missouri and as a teenager moved to Pennsylvania, where rural country sides and landscapes began making an impression on his art. In 1983, he relocated to Greensboro, NC, and after a long career as a creative director in the advertising business, he retired and began painting full time in 2015.
Always inspired by the work of Andrew Wyeth and David Armstrong, Iron’s subject matter for his watercolor paintings not only embraces the rural landscapes of his childhood but translates to those of his current home in North Carolina. Whether through nostalgia or present-day experiences, viewers of his work will find a meaningful connection to the simple but soulful locals ever present in rural living.
Gallery hours are 9 am to 8 pm Mondays through Fridays and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays. For more information, see yocuminstitute.org.
Music
The local band Caulfield’s Radio has released an 11-song album, “Above the Static,” blending raw elements of punk and classic rock merged with intelligent songwriting.
The four-man group derives its name from JD Salinger’s classic novel “Catcher in the Rye,” and creates a dynamic and tension-filled sound that reflects the angst and rebellion found in the classic novel.
Fronted by Lancaster-area songwriter and guitarist Clint Hibshman, Caulfield’s Radio finds his voice in songs of morality and self-redemption, drawing influence from the likes of John Prine and Robert Johnson.
Adding a touch of grunge and jazz fusion to the sound is Clint’s younger brother and guitarist Chad Hibshman. Percussionist Bryan Ross of Wyomissing adds spectrum of influences that include funk, hard rock and Cuban rhythms. Bassist Ryan Phillips, formerly of Shillington and now Ephrata, provides a thumping and driving low end.
The album is available on major streaming services. Follow the group at facebook.com/CaulfieldsRadio.
