Dunmore
Baton twirling recital: Sherry’s Royalettes will conduct their annual baton twirling recital April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in Dunmore High School’s gymnasium. The Royalettes are celebrating 45 years of organization, and alumni are invited to participate. Tickets, at $10, are available at the door and proceeds benefit the Connor Pensack Foundation. The group is under the direction of Sherry Nicolais and Nicole Segall.
North Pocono
Rummage sale: Maple Lake United Methodist Church, 632 State Route 690, Spring Brook Twp., rummage sale, May 3, with bake sale and light lunch, and dollar-a-bag May 5.
Regional
Inaugural comedy competition: Wise Crackers Comedy Club at Mohegan Pennsylvania will host the first NEPA’s Funniest Competition. This competition is open to the public, and the comedian who is crowned “NEPA’s Funniest” will receive a $500 cash prize and be booked to emcee at Wise Crackers Comedy Club inside Mohegan Pennsylvania, Emmaus Theatre in Emmaus and Soul Joel’s in Pottstown. Comedians who come in second and third place will also receive cash prizes. The first round of the competition takes place every Sunday from June 1-July 20 (excluding July 6) and each comedian will get one five-minute set. Those who advance to the second round will get 10 minutes to compete in a Sunday slot from July 27-Aug. 17. Semifinalists will have 12 minutes on July 24, and the finalists will go head-to-head for the top spot with 15-minute sets on Sept. 7; tickets, $10/seat. The audience will also have the chance to vote in every round except for the finals, where a panel of judges will select the winner. Entries can be submitted via the Wise Crackers website until May 25. All entries include a $25 fee. For information, visit moheganpa.com/wisecrackers.
Performance and book signing: Colombian American poet Carlos Andreìs Gómez, star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam” and the Spike Lee movie “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington, will perform his original work on Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at the Geisinger College of Health Sciences Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building, 525 Pine St., Scranton. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signing with Gómez.