The theatrical performance of “Max & Ruby: Bunny Party” came to Williamsport. I freelance for Showcase on the Arts and Nightlife, and in covering the show I got to interview Rosemary Wells. I was beside myself. I hoped maybe some success juju would eke through the phone. I was eager to look inside the...
I’ve heard people say that psychiatrists have a tendency to be crazy themselves, but I didn’t understand the full extent of this phenomenon until I saw A Dangerous Method. The “based on a true story” film follows Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) as they build a friendship and debate the...
Have you ever wondered whether you’re a cynic or a romantic? If so, I have an hour and a half quiz for you. It’s a new critically acclaimed film called Like Crazy. I always assumed I was a romantic, at least when it came to my taste in movies. My list of all-time favorite...
I’m sure that at some point in the past I have called my brother an idiot. After watching Our Idiot Brother, I feel the need to correct that and admit that my brother is definitely not an idiot. Neither is Ned, the main character of the film, who is ably played by Paul Rudd,...
The Susquehanna River: America’s most endangered river Union County Public Library, 255 Reitz Blvd, Lewisburg Tuesday, October 11, at 6:45pm The Otzinachson Group of the Sierra Club will present a program on our threatened Susquehanna River. The presentation will be made by Liz Garland Deardorff from the American Rivers organization, which for the past...
One usually thinks of comedians as relatively stationary. It’s called standup, after all. But two recent films reveal what happens when funny men take their humor on the road. You’ve probably heard of this first guy and his road trip. Remember Conan O’Brien? Last summer, after his heavily publicized dispute and parting with NBC,...
22ND ANNUAL BILLTOWN BLUES FESTIVAL Sunday, June 12 Gates open 11 am, showtime Noon to 10pm Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville www.billtownblues.org The Porkroll Project, George Kilby Jr., The Laurie Morvan Band, Big James and the Chicago Playboys, Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Explosion featuring special guests Phil Wiggins, Jerry Portnoy, Steve Guyger, Charlie Baty, plus...
Most people think of summer as a time for movies with action—car chases, heists, shootouts, pirate sword fights. I don’t disagree; I love the Fast and Furious movies as much as the next woman (or truthfully, even as much as the next teenage boy with a souped-up Mazda). But perhaps at some point this...
On Saturday night, April 2, Williamsport turned back the clock and recaptured the bawdy humor and titillating performances of the early 20th century with “A Night of Burlesque.” This spirited, high-energy show was delivered by the newly formed Williamsport Burlesque Troupe at Club Z downtown. The event was a fundraiser for WXPI Williamsport Community...