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Billtown Blues Association creates funding program to support musicians

The Billtown Blues Association has recognized the serious loss of income from performance cancellations and loss of merchandising sales for local and regional musicians due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For that reason, the association has created a funding program to accept donations from those ...

Peace and beauty found in ‘Free Burma Rangers’

In approximately 20 years of using the Internet Movie Database, I’ve never seen a film get as high a user-rating as the fiercely compelling new documentary “Free Burma Rangers” (FBR). On a scale of 1 to 10, great titles like “Psycho” and “Inception” usually score near 8.5 — ...

Theatre Ensemble schedule canceled, Virtual Theatre School for students

BLOOMSBURG — Although unsettled by the anticipated loss of income, the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble has canceled and postponed the remainder of its 2019-20 season attractions. Unlike the area’s other professional theater, Millbrook Playhouse, which primarily produces summer fare, the ...

Free movies on YouTube that might fly under your radar

As you can imagine, your local film critic has been recommending plenty of titles lately — mostly from my forthcoming book on under-the-radar movies. Friends without paid streaming often ask about free viewing, so here’s a list of 12 lesser-known picks that are all currently available free ...

Millbrook Playhouse postpones Main Stage musicals to 2021

MILL HALL – Although the old barn theatre is strangely dark these days, Millbrook Playhouse is determined that the show must go on. After announcing the 2020 summer theater lineup, Millbrook’s artistic director David Leidholdt recently pulled the plug on the upcoming season due to safety ...

‘Slow Burn’

A few weeks ago, EPIX, usually a paid subscription service, announced that the mini-series “Slow Burn” was available free-of-charge for television viewers during the COVID-19 shutdown. This original series’ half dozen episodes follow the ups and downs of the Watergate break-in, and the ...