Billtown Blues Association organizers are coming down the home stretch after a year-long preparation for their signature event, the Billtown Blues Festival, now 32 years of celebrating the blues music art form. There will be no deviation from the event’s reputation of securing world class ...
Let’s face it: For all its fame and fortune, the original “Top Gun” is no masterpiece. Yes, that 1986 smash had solid action, good performances, classic scenes and one of the best-chosen soundtracks ever. But the weak, cheesy writing and hot-dog antics have not aged well; and that sex ...
BLOOMSBURG — Although many will argue about the merits on the separation of church and state, relatively few will debate the separation of church and theatre fare. But the acclaimed professional theater group Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble tackled some thorny questions on morality and spirituality with its 2022 attractions. Focusing upon Martin Luther King’s last night on earth, the advocate of non-violence preached from “The Mountaintop.” Then as a “wicked retelling of the Witch of Edmonton,” BTE’s Elizabeth Dowd was accused of doing devilish things as the outcast in ...
WILKES-BARRE — As the 66th annual Fine Arts Fiesta concluded Sunday on Public Square, it marked the 44th year of loyal service from one familiar, painted face: Flossie the Fine Arts Fiesta Clown. Outside of the Fiesta, the beloved clown is better known as Mary Ellen Fowler, a retired nurse ...
The Uptown Music Collective, the area’s premier nonprofit school of music, is now accepting scholarship applications for its 2022-23 school year, which will begin in September. This year, the collective is offering 13 needs- and merit-based scholarships to currently enrolled students, as ...
MILL HALL — A powerful “one-broad” comedy about the Ethel Mertz no one ever knew kicks off Millbrook Playhouse’s 2022 season. After the pandemic shuttered the Cabaret completely last summer, Producing Artistic Director David Leidholdt invites theatergoers back to the Cabaret for “Sidekicked,” leading off Millbrook’s 59th season. This comedy, which vividly relives all, has 7:30 p.m. performances on June 3-4, 8-11, with 2 p.m. matinees on June 5, 8 and 12 at the playhouse, 258 Country Club Lane, Mill Hall. Penned by Kim Powers, “Sidekicked” finds Vivian Vance as ...
