A History of English Watercolor Landscape Painting lecture will be held on Wednesday, February 11, at 7:00 pm, in the Cornell Cooperative Extension conference room at 56 Main Street in Owego. The class will cover the history of English watercolor landscape painting beginning in 1750 and ending about 100 years later. It was in Great Britain that watercolor was developed brilliantly by great artists whose purpose was to make watercolor landscapes as important as those in oils. Some of the artists included are Paul Sandby, the Cozens, William Blake, John Constable, Thomas Girtin, and JMW Turner, as well as several others. Class will be illustrated with slides of relevant paintings. For reservations, call the Tioga County Council on the Arts (TCCA) at (607) 687-0785.

Born and raised in California, John began learning to play the banjo in his late teens. As a college student, John worked at Disneyland and is given credit for teaching a fellow employee - Steve Martin - how to play the banjo.

In 1966, John hooked up with members of the Illegitimate Jug Band to form the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. After 21 years with the band, John set out on a solo career. He has since won Grammy nominations for his albums "String Wizards" and "String Wizards II," and has received Emmy nominations for scoring the TV special "Braving Alaska" and the miniseries "The Music of the Wild West."

The concert promises to be night of great acoustic music ranging from bluegrass to blues to classical to folk and country - with a little bit of history and humor thrown in.

"Quintessence," a woodwind quintet, will perform on Sunday, February 15 in the second in a series of four free "Always on Sunday" concerts presented by the Tioga County Council on the Arts (TCCA). The program will offer a selection of woodwind quintet music of varying styles and musical eras. "Quintessence" is comprised of principal players from the Binghamton Community Orchestra and has been together for about 10 years.