Isle of Comics in South Williamsport is one of the thousands of comic book shops around the world celebrating the largest event in the comic book industry from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Aug. 14 — Free Comic Book Day. For the event, Isle of Comics will host award-winning Archie comic book artist ...
Music continues at the Uptown Music Collective! The Collective’s fall enrollment week begins on Aug. 9 and runs until Aug. 14. Enrollment is open for both in-person and virtual private lessons on guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards and drums. According to a news release, the fall semester will begin on Aug. 30 and will run for 15 weeks. The fall semester will see the return of in-person classes and workshops, as well as the continuation of the Adult Music Program known as “AMP.” This program is intended for those who wish that the Collective had been around when they were kids. The ...
At 6:30 p.m., Aug. 15, at the Wellsboro Johnston Airport at 112 Runway Road, Wellsboro, Hamilton-Gibson’s 25th Season Celebratory Choir will present a concert in recognition of the HG Children and Youth Choir’s 25th Season, a news release said. Admission is Pay-What-You-Can. The summer choir is composed of students who will be entering the ninth through twelfth grades this fall and HG choir alumni. For the concert, they will sing songs from 2020, songs from other concerts from years past and sing-a-longs with the audience. Among the songs they will perform are: “Emerald ...
It’s ironic that “Old” concerns the speeding up of time; the movie is so painfully bad that — in contrast to the characters, whose lives go rushing past — its 108 minutes feel more like 108 hours. Twice I had to convince myself not to simply get up and leave. Sadly, “Old” comes from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whose 21-year career got off to a roaring start with “The Sixth Sense” and “Unbreakable,” fumbled through flops like “Lady in the Water,” “After Earth” and “The Last Airbender,” then recently recovered with “The Visit,” “Split” ...
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a 14th-century narrative poem set in the Arthurian age. One of my all-time favorite books, it tells of a brave and noble warrior on a likely-fatal quest — but no one knows who wrote it. If that anonymous poet could see the new film version of his work, I suspect he’d be glad his name is not attached. Since the book is short, simple and stuffed with florid Medieval description, I expected writer-director David Lowery (“A Ghost Story”) to change it up for “The Green Knight”; but I didn’t think he would tear the tale to ...
Tonight is opening night for "The SpongeBob Musical" at the Community Arts Center, according to a news release. Open until July 31, the musical offers audiences a trip to Bikini Bottom. "The SpongeBob Musical" features high school students from schools all over the area. The production is ...
