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PROMOTING AWARENESS, ARTS, CULTURE AND EDUCATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL PA
I was fortunate to have the time to catch up with seminal New York contemporary artist and musician Paul Kostabi as he was en route to Williamsport for the opening of “From Paul Kostabi, With Love” show at the Grey Art Gallery downtown. Over the past four decades Kostabi has forged a distinctive path in…
The 3rd Annual Billtown Film Festival will be held at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport on April 19, 20 and 21. But this year, BFF3 will be different. The theme for this year is Art, Women and the Environment. The festival will be focusing on Williamsport’s burgeoning art scene, the contributions of women…
Today, as I was walking across the Rite Aid parking lot on the Golden Strip, I saw something peculiar. Peculiar to me, at least. I saw three boxy red cars in a row. Two SUV’s an an old Geo Prism. Now, let me explain: red cars are everywhere. There’s nothing remarkable about them and there’s…
People are actually reading this editorial! That’s the message I got after the last issue went to press. A friend told me that she had read the issue cover to cover and really enjoyed it and then commented, “And I’m telling you because you asked me to in your editorial.” We heard from a number…
My 50th high school reunion was last August. My husband and high school classmate, Richard Allen, and I were excited about the prospect. It would be great to see old friends and celebrate 50 years. It was Williamsport High School Class of 1961. School reunions, especially big ones like 50 years, are an invitation to…
The gas industry scored a major public relations coup in July of 2009 when it commissioned two Pennsylvania State University professors to extol its position in a research paper published by the university. The “Penn State Report,” as it came to be known, established the gas industry’s compact with the state. It created a shell…
Exhibit: Out of This World: The Landscapes of Our Solar SystemThe Gallery at Penn CollegeMarch 13 to April 19A traveling exhibition developed by the Hearst Art Gallery—in collaboration with the Physics and Astronomy departments of Saint Mary’s College of California—chronicles the relationship between space science and space art, and brings together the real and the…
Historically, a comic con (con is short for convention) was an event in which fans, creators, and marketers of comics came together. Industry secrets, new characters, and new story lines were unveiled, artists and writers were available for autographs, people went around in costume and entered contests and parades (the term for this is cosplay,…
Lara Judson grew up on a small farm in the Nippenose Valley, where for the past 30 years her parents, William and Sarmite Judson, have raised sheep and goats for meat and fibers. After managing small organic produce farms for absentee landowners in Maine and Colorado for the past ten years, Lara has returned to…
I was on an errand to the unfamiliar-to-me southwest area of our region, and my gut churned with the hunger of the annoyed and broke. Hoping I would not have to settle for McDonald’s, I saw signs on 220 for Restless Oaks Restaurant and decided to check it out. There’s a large, custom sign announcing…
I never give Rush Limbaugh the time of day. I generally think his very existence is a giant air-suck and lament that because he’s in the world, there’s less oxygen there for me. But, since I don’t live on Everest, I deal. Then the Sandra Fluke controversy happened—look it up if you somehow missed it;…
On Sunday March 4th, Ohev Sholom, 1501 Cherry St. in Williamsport, hosted Representatives Rick Mirabito and Garth Everett, of Pennsylvania’s 83rd and 84th Legislative Districts respectively, for a public forum regarding natural gas mining in the region. The conversation centered specifically around the recently passed Act 13, and what effect, if any, the new legislation…
Judging by the blistering criticism of our elected officials, you’d think the Lycoming County primary election ballot would be overcrowded. Not so. Other than the race for president (I’ll leave that to the major media), the only office for which both parties have more than one candidate is United States Senator. Many offices are uncontested.…
Pennsylvania’s Republican leaders have given the natural gas industry unprecedented power to overrule local government and drill anywhere. Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were signed and where the U.S. coal, oil, and nuclear industries began, has adopted what may be the most anti-democratic, anti-environmental law in the country, giving gas companies…
The 2012 Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, April 24. Polls are open on Election Day from 7 am continuously until 8 pm. Pennsylvania has what is called a Closed Primary, which allows only Republicans and Democrats to vote for candidates. If there is a referendum on the ballot, all registered voters may vote…
A new law will require voters to show an official photo ID card in order to vote. Until now, voters just had to show their voter card or other ID the first time they went to their polling place. Now, they must show government-issued photo ID (U.S. passport or PA driver’s license/ID card) each and…
