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Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

Going with the flow ... Karl Borton's schedule is sometimes as fluid as the waters flowing in the Susquehanna River. As Director of the River Common Programming and Outreach, he may work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. one day, and from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. the next
For Those About To Rock

For Those About To Rock

Four years ago, John "Guido" Phillips and Bryan Banks hatched the Steamtown Original Music Showcase, a one-day festival featuring 14 local acts at what was then known as Tink's. Almost 1,000 people crammed into the tight performance space on the first fl
The night gets heavy

The night gets heavy

With temperatures close to 90 degrees, more than 13,000 hard rock fans headed to the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain for a long day of music on Friday, Aug. 27. With nine bands on two stages for the course of almost eight hours, the Rockstar Energy D
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They're Jukebox Heroes

Classic rock veterans Foreigner performed to a full house Sunday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Fans betting on a good show turned up aces. The band took the stage with 1978's "Double Vision." With the sun shining bright the band then broke into "
Sights & Sounds

Sights & Sounds

BLITZEN TRAPPER - Destroyer of the Void THE GOOD: Oregon folk-rockers Blitzen Trapper rattle the formula on their fifth set. THE BAD: Void isn't perfect, but the album satisfies. THE NITTY GRITTY: As far as modern "bearded" bands go, Blitzen Trapper has
Reel Report: Sept, 1, 2010

Reel Report: Sept, 1, 2010

The American George Clooney, Bruce Altman Despite proving himself a tripe threat by acting, producing and directing such projects as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Leatherheads, George Clooney is not afraid to let someone else take the helm and mak
Animals draw attention for artist

Animals draw attention for artist

Whether cute kittens and puppies or creepy crawlers and lethal predators, people love images of animals. Pamela Earnshaw Kelly of Montrose is looking for more than an "aww" or "eww" when she creates ceramic portraits of their likeness. "I'm drawn to an
The demise of royalty

The demise of royalty

Boasting a linear plot and relatively straightforward language, Exit the King (Le Roi se meurt) is thought to be less avant-garde than Eugene Ionesco's other works. Still, it's not a work you'd expect to find playing in a small town in rural Pennsylvania

Barbed Wire

Although Scranton's latest version of the "Trial of the Century" has been pushed back a few weeks, it still hasn't thwarted tongues from wagging with cynical speculation about what will become of the members of the alleged Murray Insurance Pyramid Scheme

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A few days ago, I got a call from a friend of mine about a concert ticket. Since I'm never one to turn down a show, I gladly accepted, knowing even then it would be one of the nerdiest shows I'd be attending all year and perhaps all decade. The show? Rus

The Big Easy

It makes me sad to think there will soon be a generation of kids who will hear the words "Italian festival" and think it's some sort of weekend-long lovefest for all things Jersey Shore. Think hair poofs, spray-on tanning products and anonymous notes rat

Under the Covers

Dark literature is a lot like black metal. Sometimes, it just tries too hard. Sure, it's a fine line to walk, and I'm not suggesting I'd be any better at treading it, but many books that attempt to focus on the dark things in life end up blundering right

The Scoop

If this week's column was a dessert, it would be low-fat, vanilla yogurt topped with a fresh berries instead of the typical chocoholic spectacle I usually serve up - brownie a-la-mode (heavy on the hot fudge, of course). Why the change? Because Wilkes-Ba