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Theater group to read poetry this weekend

Hamilton-Gibson’s performances of “Blessings from the Pandemic” are at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, with the entire cast reading the first and last poems, “A Prayer for Now” and “A Prayer in Honor of the Angels,” Each actor will also read three poems apiece. “When we first discovered author Rich Orloff’s ‘Blessings From the Pandemic’, I was hesitant to present it,” said Hamilton-Gibson Director Thomas Putnam, according to a news release. “I knew it was a poetry cycle of 60 poems but wasn’t sure they would fit in with our zoomed staged reading ...

Billtown Blues Association touts 2021 festival’s lineup

The Billtown Blues Association recently announced plans for its 2nd year of the expanded three-day music festival, planned for June 11, 12 and 13, at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in Hughesville. Seventeen bands are on board to deliver their individual style and interpretation covering ...

Stellar performance by Naomi Watts, balance of anguish, triumph elevate ‘Penguin Bloom’

It’s incredible how many good and great movies Naomi Watts has made: “The Impossible,” “While We’re Young,” “Birdman,” “St. Vincent,” “King Kong,” “Mulholland Drive,” “Eastern Promises,” “The Glass Castle” — among many others. To this impressive list we can add “Penguin Bloom,” a sensational 2020 feature that is currently streaming on Netflix. In this true-life story, the accomplished actress plays a woman grappling with paralysis from the chest down. Active wife, surfer and mother of three busy boys, Sam cannot resign herself to lying in ...

“Not a Breath of Wind” is the latest online exhibit being offered by The Gallery at Penn College. The virtual display of kinetic sculptures and carved objects runs through April 26 on the gallery’s website, a news release from Pennsylvania College of Technology said. Featuring images ...

With 2nd Grammy in hand, WAHS grad to speak

Dashon Burton, a Williamsport Area High School alumnus fresh off his second Grammy win, will join Michael Mwenso in the next “Meeting the Moment” live webisode. Mwenso will host the bass-baritone in a free online discussion starting at 7:30 p.m., March 24, according to a news release. It will be broadcast via the Zoom conference app, and questions will be taken in real time from audience members via the chat function. Visit “Meeting the Moment” at cpa.psu.edu/events/meetingthemoment6 for more information. Burton, a Bronx, New York, native, moved to Williamsport at the ...

A look at a collection of time-loop tales

Last week, I reviewed the new sci-fi feature “Boss Level.” Starring Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson, the entertaining Hulu thriller is a time-loop tale — that is, one in which the protagonist keeps experiencing the same time period over and over. There are dozens of these — including, for instance, the horror flick “Happy Death Day” and the lesser-known teen drama “Before I Fall.” If you missed “Boss Level” or need more of the same, here are five others: GROUNDHOG DAY (1993; rated PG) One of the earliest examples — and perhaps the most famous ...