The Weekender 08-21-2013

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Christine Teigen @chrissyteigen
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Baconbecause bacon.
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Sushi.
Who doesnt love sushi?
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Steak. It would be an
expensive festival, but
nothing beats a good cut
of steak.
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Cheese. Itsits cheese.
Why wouldnt you?
If you could throw
a festival that centers
around any food,
what food would it be?
Tell @wkdr
what food you
would center a
festival around.
Theres a kielbasa festival?! Wheres Tenacious D when you
need them?!
With so many local food festivals in Northeast Pennsylvania,
from the Pittston Tomato Festival to La Festa Italiana, the
Plymouth Kielbasa Festival may not have been on your radar,
but it should be its celebrating its 10th anniversary and pulling
in 20,000 to 30,000 people each day, according to organizers.
I had heard rumblings of such an event, but being from
Scranton, I never realized how big it really was. These people
take their kielbasa seriously, and with bands like Stanky and the
Coalminers and Jeanne Zano Band in attendance, you knowthere
will be solid entertainment throughout the day as well. Read all
about it on pages 30 and 31, and follow our map on page 34.
And if youre not as passionate about kielbasa as Jack Black
and Kyle Gass, thats OK, too like any local festival, they have
more to offer than just what is in the name.
But feel free to make all the inappropriate meat jokes you like.
-Rich Howells, Weekender Editor
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LOCAL MUSIC WITH TITLE FIGHTS
Ned Russin | Special to the Weekender
does it feel like to get burned or, shall we say, really, really insulted?
If youve ever been on the other end of a joke from Jeffrey Ross, you know. Comedy Centrals Roastmaster
General will be coming to the F.M. Kirby Center on Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.
Tickets go on sale at 10 this morning and can be purchased at the Kirby Center Box Ofce, online at
kirbycenter.org, or by phone at 570.826.1100. Tickets are $35 and $75, for a limited VIP meet and greet.
Ross is sure to have anyone and everyone in his crosshairs when he visits the Kirby Center even audi-
ence members. His touring shows include a Speed Roasting portion that allows audience members to take
the stage for a chance to be roasted by the master himself.
just wants tohave fun? Cyndi Lauper, of course, who is nowcelebrating the 30thanniversary of her smashdebut album.
The crazy-haired80s popiconwill bringher Shes So Unusual tour to the F.M. Kirby Center onOct. 22 at 8 p.m.
TicketsgoonsaleAug. 23at 10a.m. andcanbepurchasedat kirbycenter.org, bycalling570.826.1100, orviatheKirbyCenter
box ofce. Aspecial Kirby member pre-sale begins at 10a.m. today. Tickets are $34, $49, $59, and$75 (limitedpit seating).
Shes So Unusual became the rst debut female record to chart four Top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Girls Just Want
toHaveFun, TimeAfter Time, SheBop, andAll ThroughtheNight. ThealbumalsoearnedLauper theGrammyAward
for Best NewArtist. WhenI realizedits alsotheanniversaryof thealbumthat startedmysolocareer, I knewit was theperfect
timetothankmyfans for stickingwithmethroughit all, Lauper said. ImsoexcitedtoperformShes SoUnusual frombegin-
ning toend, song by song, andI cant wait tosee everyone.
can you get a bottle of booze signed by Toby Keith?
Look no further on Aug. 31 at 3 p.m. than the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Premium Collection Store
(Crest Plaza Shopping Center, 1516 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown). The country star will be on
hand to sign pre-purchased bottles of Wild Shot Mezcal. Keith launched the liquor, a 100 percent green
agave, 86.8 percent proof mezcal, in 2011. Bottles are available for $39.99. Following the signing, Keith
will continue his Hammer Down Tour presented by the Ford F-Series at the Allentown Fair.
can you meet Mr. Spock?
No, not that Mr. Spock, but Jimi Spock, the folk singer and poet. He will sing a mix of rock, folk,
and country music and will also perform some original poetry at the Bakehouse (152 United Penn
Plaza, Kingston) on Friday, Aug. 23 from 6-8 p.m. There is no cover charge for the show.
I realize I often reference
things throughout my writ-
ings that may not make
complete sense to every-
one. To the readers whose
heads I have gone over, I
apologize, but today we
are going to take the time
to clarify something that
I have mentioned several
times that I feel needs a
little explanation: booking
shows.
I cant even begin to
count how many times Ive
had conversations about
the importance of taking
responsibilities into your
own hands, and for us
in the music scene, that
means starting your own
bands, booking your own
shows, releasing your own
records, and so on and so
on. How can someone with
limited or no knowledge
of the music business be
able to take on such daunt-
ing tasks? Well, now you
will know how.
To be honest, you dont
need any knowledge of any
sort of business to book
a good show. All you will
need is the ability to com-
municate with others and
if you dont like that, then
just ask a friend to help. I
will use a recent example to
illustrate my point.
My friends in the band
Intent asked me to book
a show for them on a
tour they are doing with
Demolition. They asked
me for a specic date
(Monday, Oct. 28) and I
said I would love to have
the bands back in town. So
the rst thing one needs to
do when booking a show
(aside from determining a
date) is to secure a venue.
Now in our area, there are
limited options, but there
are still options. You can
call around and try a new
location, or you can just see
if one of your favorite spots
is available for the day you
like.
Now what if you dont
know how to contact these
places? Next time you are
at a show at one of those
places, just ask one of the
friendly faces stamping
hands at the door; they will
be able to tell you who to
contact about renting the
venue.
Now that we have the
venue locked in, you should
gure out what bands you
would like to play if you
dont already have that
in mind. In this day and
age, and especially in our
area, contacting bands
is a breeze. You can sim-
ply look someone up on
any social media site and
chances are you should
hear from them in a sec-
ond. So I asked my fellow
bandmates in Disengage
and Zoom and Stand Clear
from Washington, D.C., to
ll up the show. All parties
agreed, and the show was
essentially done. It may
not be this simple, but if
a band is unavailable, just
have some other options
planned out.
Now that you have a
venue and bands, you have
to sort out the hardest part:
money. You need to be able
to cover the cost to rent the
venue and pay the bands.
According to your expens-
es and what you estimate
the attendance to be, set a
door price that will be able
to pay all of your costs.
And now that you have
a date, venue, and bands,
make a yer and advertise
your show to get people
out. Go to other shows
and hand out yers, tell the
bands to promote the show,
do anything you can to get
people interested and excit-
ed to come out and enjoy
themselves.
There it is all you need
to know about booking a
great show.
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Howto book your own show
Im so excited to perform Shes So Unusual from beginning to end,
song by song, and I cant wait to see everyone.
-Cyndi Lauper
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aug. 21-27, 2013
COVER STORY
Plymouth KielbasaFestival 30-31, 34
LISTINGS
the W5
live enteRtainment 20
ConCeRts 21
sPeaKand see 24
theateR 33
agenda36, 50
MUSIC
bReaKing doWnthe Walls 5
the lonelies touR 7
PeaCh musiC Festival 10, 40
the blaCK CRoWes 19
John densmoRe 22
albumRevieWs 35
ChaRts 35
STAGE & SCREEN
RalPhie RePoRt 32
movie RevieW33
inFinite imPRobability 39
staRstRuCK 43
ARTS
Chad stanley 11
novelaPPRoaCh 24
PeRditions edge 39
LIFESTYLE
PaRts unKnoWn 41
single in sCRanton 41
shoWus some sKin 43
seCuRely Fashioned 47
giRltalK 47
gReen PieCe 47
man oFthe WeeK 53
model oFthe WeeK 54
HUMOR & FUN
KRelladventuRe games 19
Puzzle 36
soRRy momand dad 38
neWs oFthe WeiRd 38
doPPleboCK PRoFile 42
idtaPthat 42
Pet oFthe WeeK 43
summeR deCK seRies 49
sign language 52
games &teCh
motoRhead 46
getyouR game on 46
ONTHE COVER
Photoand design byamandadittmaR
volume 20 issue 41
LIT ON CANVASS
Wilkes professors semi-illustrative work on display at
concert
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OVER THE EDGE
Local creators release second issue of indie comic
book
SEE mORE pHOTOS fROmTHE pEACH muSIC fESTIVAL
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RICH HOWELLS
Weekender editor
Lonely no more
Musicians are all kind
of lonely in the beginning.
Artists start in a private
room with just their tool
to create, and theres a
story and theres a rea-
son. Maybe that reason
is Im efn bored and Im
a little tipsy and I know
that I need to write a song
right now, or maybe I am
sad and Im wallowing in a
deepest fear or loneliness
in my life.
The Lonelies Tour,
Robb Brown explained,
was named after this cre-
ative process, and over the
course of 10 years, the gath-
ering of local musicians
at various venues to jam
together and share these
private stories has resulted
in a greater bond amongst
the musicians themselves
and the audiences theyve
performed for.
The last Lonelies show
was in 2008, so Brown
and Jay Morgans thought
it was time to relaunch
the series at the Rattler, a
rock club in Pittston that
they credit for its support
of original and local music.
The Rattler has pro-
vided a brilliant landscape
for a lot of artists that
dont have to t into the
mainstream of the bar
music scene circuit here,
so the audience thats there
provides a wonderful envi-
ronment and atmosphere.
Its all married together,
Brown pointed out.
We like to support each
other. Since we all are basi-
cally working musicians,
if I want to go see Robb,
it takes like four months
of planning because if hes
playing somewhere, Im
probably playing some-
where else, or vice versa.
These guys that we have
put together I am truly,
honestly fans of. If I didnt
know them, Id still want to
go see them, but we never
really get to show them the
kind of support that we
want to because were off
doing our own thing, too,
Morgans continued.
This is a great opportu-
nity just for us to see each
other again. Its like a little
family reunion stuck in the
middle.
The Wednesday, Aug.
21 revival will include
intimate performances
from Morgans, Brown,
Terry Childers, Dan Avery
of New Jersey, and Bret
Alexander, known for his
work with the Badlees and
the Cellarbirds.
(Alexander is) great.
Hes brilliant. Hes done so
much work with other peo-
ple and also been a major
inuence for everybody in
this wonderful music scene
that we have, Brown com-
mented. Its a wonderful
gift to us to have Bret want
to be a part of it as well and
share his unique style and
inuence.
Currently playing in the
Subnotics, Brown, 36, of
Wilkes-Barre describes his
own sound as R&B, soul-
ish reggae, and Morgans
calls him a crooner.
Ive been singing for my
whole life, Brown said. I
love soul music and Gospel
music. Im actually going
to play all piano for the
Lonelies Tour. I dont do
it out. I havent ever, so
Im very excited to share
my piano songs, which are
very R&B and soul and
also something completely
new to the Lonelies Tour.
Morgans, 37, of Plains
recently started the psy-
chedelic Nothinghead with
Childers and agrees with
Browns description of
himself as street wonder-
ful.
Im more of a lyricist
than an actual musician, so
I know just enough of the
instrument to get a song
out just because I want
the words out. Its really
kind of bare and sparse.
Its more emotional than
technically great. Its very
literary for me; its mostly
about the words, Morgans
noted.
This particular Lonelies
Tour isnt just signicant
because of its return after a
ve-year absence its also
the rst to feature a mul-
timedia experience. The
music will preceded by
an art opening by Wilkes
University professor Chad
Stanley and a short lm by
Morgans.
What we wanted to do
once Chad came on was
try to transition into a
whole night start with
visual and mix the media
so far that it could appeal
to anybody that was inter-
ested. Start with the visual
media, then in between 9
to 10, were going to do a
little showcase for him, a
question and answer thing,
and then its going to go
right into a short story that
I wrote that got made into
a lmcalled The Quiet
Sear. My brother Jesse
and I did the soundtrack
for that as well, so we g-
ured that well just transi-
tion to media with visual
and audio, and then carry
it right into the music,
Morgans explained.
Ill never complain
about being in a band or
playing music just because
I hate those guys, but one
of the things thats hard
for us, especially as solo
musicians, is that all that
stuffgets lost. Youre
at a bar, people want to
drink and have fun, so its
a soundtrack. Its a back-
ground. And thats ne
I love when people have
fun. But especially at the
Rattler, the built-in crowd
there is so conducive to
what we wanted to do,
which was ip that and
highlight the part that gets
lost all the time.
A fan of ne art could
go that night and just
check out the art opening
and then jet and still have
a great time, but what I
would like to hope or think
is that if they stayed for
the rest of the night, that
theyd have an even better
time. It really is a great
scene going on.
Brown compares the
loose, improvisational
music portion of the eve-
ning to those of Frank
Sinatra and Dean Martin,
where the stage is open
to all performers and the
fourth wall is broken down
through crowd interaction.
(Its) open like that,
if youve ever seen those
shows. They have a bar
on stage and they all kind
of just do their things.
Sometimes theyll do
a duet, and sometimes
theyre solo. This is more
of an acoustic singer/song-
writer vibe, but we all sit
on the stage and its basi-
cally open, Brown said.
Theres those moments
that are very real where its
a very serious song dealing
with a drug addiction or
poverty This is a night
that is important to us
because we dont have to
worry about entertaining
as much. We dont have to
worry about our set list
We want to share
thats what we do for a
living. Thats what we all
want.
For working
musicians play-
ing weekend after
weekend of covers,
this gift to them-
selves isnt focused
so much on enter-
tainment, Brown
believes, as it is
art and its ability
to bring together a
room full of friends
and complete
strangers.
We get the abil-
ity to release our-
selves from having
to worry about
entertaining the
audience per say
with music that
creates an environ-
ment. Its more of
a show in a way.
Youre coming
because youre spe-
cically going to
see what it is were
doing, and what it
is that were doing
is sharing our origi-
nal music but also
providing the story
behind it. You hear
the song, but you
hear why were
singing the song.
This takes
Morgans back to
the beginning, back
to the reason why
he isnt so lonely
anymore.
I remember when I rst
started and I knew two
chords and I sucked and I
couldnt change in between
them, but I had all these
things that I wanted to say
and I didnt know how to
say them, he recalled,
until he started playing
with fellow local musicians
and found his voice.
I still remember that
feeling, Oh man, Im
not alone. Im not in this
alone. And thats really
what I want to share with
other musicians, other
people who like music. I
really want to make sure
that everybody gets to
have that feeling.
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Robb Brown of the Subnotics will be one of the performers of the
Lonelies Tour.
Jay Morgans helped revive the Lonelies
Tour after a five-year hiatus.
Artist Chad Stanley will hold his art show
opening before the music begins on Aug.
21.
The Lonelies Tour feat. Jay Morgans, Robb Brown, Terry
Childers, Dan Avery, and Bret Alexander with art by Chad
Stanley: Aug. 21, art opening 7 p.m.-9 p.m., discussion and
flm 9 p.m.-10 p.m., music 10 p.m.-2 a.m. No cover, 21+.
Learn more about artist Chad Stanley and his art opening
at the Rattler on page 11.
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RYAN OMALLEY
Weekender Correspondent
R E V I E W
For fans of the jam band scene,
Montage Mountain has become
somewhat of a hotspot. Since
last years inaugural Peach Music
Festival, jam fans have been wait-
ing to return to the Mountain for
the same music, friends, water
rides, and community vibe they fell
in love with. What no one expected
to see was the Peach Festival to
come back with a stellar lineup,
including more local artists, some
of the bigger names on the tour-
ing circuit, and a band who has
been dormant for four years, but
picked Peach Fest as the spot for
its triumphant comeback. For four
music-lled days, the Peach Fest
gave everyone a reason to celebrate
what has turned into one of the
best end-of-summer parties in the
Northeast.
For the Thursday, Aug. 15kickoff
party, the Mushroom Stage locat-
ed in the water park hosted some
ery blues rock courtesy of the
Vegabonds and some driving rock
from Bobby Lee Rodgers of the
Codetalkers. Billed as the headlin-
er of Thursday, Pittsburghs own
Rusted Root took the stage around
9 p.m. for a pleasing hour-plus set
of the percussion-heavy sound that
helped the band become a bigger
touring name. Of all the ameni-
ties the Peach Festival has to offer,
having the water park host the
Mushroom Stage is one of the best
choices fans could make. Who else
gives you the chance to hear Send
Me on My Way or Ecstasy while
lounging out in the lazy river or
enjoying the wave pool?
After Rusted Root, the local
music scene made its way onto
the stage in the form of Scrantons
own Cabinet, who put in a spirited
70-minute set which featured guest
appearances by Scrantons Mike
Mizwinski and Roy Williams. For a
band thats been together for under
a decade, Cabinet has brought itself
to festival status, and judging by
the dancing of the immense crowd
at Peach Fest, the guys will be hit-
ting the main stages of festivals in
no time. For those who stayed for
the late-night party, Rogue Chimp
and Laser Sex wrapped the open-
ing night up around 2 a.m. with
some heavy dance grooves.
Friday was arguably a high point
of the festival with a lively offering
from Railroad Earth, who served
as the perfect kickoff to the big-
ger acts portion of the night.
However, the main talk amongst
the crowd was of Grace Potter
and the Nocturnals, who put in
a rocking 16-song performance,
including everything from cuts
off her new album, The Lion the
Beast the Beat, to a cover of Neil
Youngs Down by the River, and
her most recognized song, Paris
(Ooh La La). It could be a com-
bination of many things a great
voice, commanding stage pres-
ence, a tight band, or just raw sex
appeal but after their set, you
couldnt avoid hearing talk about
the power of Potters performance.
Friday also saw the rst of two
co-headlining nights by the festi-
vals hosts, the Allman Brothers
Band, and also Bob Weir and
RatDog, who marked its return
at Peach Fest after a four-year
absence. Coming on at 7:15 p.m.,
RatDog wasted little time in
reminding fans of the immense
catalogue Weir has to work with,
including the opening of a bluesy
Easy Answers. Bethlehems own
Steve Kimock lent some exquisite
guitar work to cuts like Brown-
Eyed Women and a funky Loose
Lucy. After a spot-on run through
the RatDog original Ashes and
Glass and a take on the Grateful
Deads Althea, the band took a
page from Little Feats book with a
song that has become synonymous
with Bob Weir, the tender Easy to
Slip. Weir invited Potter to join
the band on a slowbut moving ver-
sion of the Beatles chestnut Dear
Prudence before wrapping things
up with the long-standing Dead
segue of China Cat Sunower
into I Know You Rider.
For headliners the Allman
Brothers Band, the two shows
on Friday and Saturday followed
the blueprint that has helped the
band persevere for more than four
decades: twin lead guitars (cour-
tesy of Warren Haynes and Derek
Trucks), bluesy vocals from Gregg
Allman, and a thumping percus-
sive backbone from Butch Trucks,
Mark Quinones, and Jaimoe. The
result was two nights full of tight
runs though crowd favorites like
Statesboro Blues, Midnight
Rider, One Way Out, and the
ever-magnicent Mountain Jam.
Saturday offered one of the most
diverse billings, with everything
from jazz and blues to rock and
bluegrass, including Floodwood,
an acoustic band featuring Al
Scnier and Vinnie Amico from
moe., who put in a pleasing set
in the early afternoon. Bringing
the jazz to Peach Fest were Karl
Densons Tiny Universe, who
brought an hour-long mix of jazz,
blues, and funk and helped prepare
the crowd for the rest of the nights
acts.
Coming out in support of its
soon-to-be-released new album
Shout! Govt Mule brought its
unique mix of Southern blues,
rock, and funk to the Peach,
including an almost reggae-fused
Scared to Live and a thumping
Captured, two cuts from the new
album. Being a major part of the
festival including two shows with
the Allmans, one with Govt Mule,
and other sit-ins Haynes made
sure to have some fun in the set,
including a surprising inclusion of
Princes hit When Doves Cry in
the middle of Beautifully Broken.
Much like Friday, Bob Weir and
RatDog once again put in a power-
house performance, starting with
the slower Dead gem Bird Song.
Throughout cuts like Jack Straw
and The Other One, to some of
Weirs deeper tracks like October
Queen and Even So, and even
the RatDog original Two Djinn,
the bands tightness reminded fans
of how good the musicianship of
RatDog is and provided some hope
of future activity from the outt.
The Mushroom Stage schedule
for Saturday was equally unique,
as it saw everything from blue-
grass (Bill Evans Soulgrass, and
Cabinet) and jazz (Jaimoes Jasssz
Band) to the electronic dance
music of Lotus. For years, Lotus
was almost a staple in this area,
with numerous appearances at the
former Murrays Inn and the River
Street Jazz Caf, but after garner-
ing much national attention, the
band has now outgrown the small-
er stages, but its loyalty to its fans
remains. Judging fromthe reaction
at Peach Fest on Saturday, its fans
were grateful the band never forgot
them.
For the nal day on Sunday, only
the Peach Stage was running, and
fans were treated to a soothing
start to the day with an acoustic
set from Weir, who ran through
classics like Walking Blues and
Me and My Uncle before show-
casing one of the more beloved
traits of Weir shows: forgotten
lyrics. At the Peach, it was a ver-
sion of the often-overlooked City
Girls, which he returned to later
in the set. Kimock hung around for
the show and later accompanied
Weir on a touching Peggy-O, an
exploratory Playin in the Band,
and a rootsy Standin on Shaky
Ground.
To close out the festival, the
Black Crowes put in a lively two-
hour show that showcased every-
thing from its lesser-known tunes
like Sting Me and Black Moon
Creeping to familiar numbers
such as She Talks to Angels and
Remedy. Towards the end of its
set, lead singer Chris Robinson
brought out Weir who was
referred to as The Mayor of Peach
Fest for a stirring rendition of
Bob Dylans classic (Just Like)
Tom Thumbs Blues. With no
encore something that seemed to
be the norm for the weekend the
Crowes ended the festival with a
tight segue between its version of
Hard to Handle, meshing into
a cover of Deep Purples Hush,
which became a highlight of
Sundays festivities and the perfect
way to end Peach Fest.
In its second year, the Peach
Festival has gained more fans,
more bands, more respect on the
festival circuit, and more staying
power. For everyone who was there
for the last two years, we can only
hope the Allmans decide to bring it
back for a third round. If they do,
after this year, theyll have some
work to do to try and surpass it.
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Four unforgettable nights at second annual Peach Fest
Photos by Jason Riedmiller
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A picture is worth a thou-
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Chad Stanley, who is an
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courses on writing, British
lit, drama, and comparative
grammar, has found a way
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and literature. Though he
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in Brooklyn, which he con-
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in-class presentations as a
visual tie-in. Much of his
work deals with literature,
so he considers it semi-illus-
trative.
Stanley will have a chance
to show off his artistic skills
on Aug. 21 at The Rattler in
Pittston, an evening to cel-
ebrate not only his paintings
but the lm work of another
local man and the musical
stylings of local musicians.
There will be a 7 to 9 p.m.
art opening with a Q&A
with Stanley, followed by a
screening of a local lm and
some local acts performing.
At some point in the eve-
ning, Stanley will be giving
a painting away to someone
in attendance at the event,
selecting them by a very
hush-hush process.
Stanleys paintings are
oil on canvas, some with an
acrylic wash underpainting,
sketched out in Sharpie.
Many of his pieces have
meaning drawn from lit-
erature, such as Coleridge
and Albatross, which takes
inspiration from a poem.
This painting is drawn
from Rime of the Ancient
Mariner and based on a
death mask of Coleridge, he
said. Im fascinated by the
oldtraditionof making death
masks of signicant people,
and one of the paintings
now at The Rattler is from
a death mask of an unknown
woman who drowned in the
Seine River in the 1800s. Its
probably the most famous
death mask.
His paintings also run
along a personal theme, with
one being a portrait of his
dog Nixon, who he lost to
cancer this spring. Still, he
remembers his furry friend
fondly.
He was named as such
because my in-laws sug-
gested that I give the
new dog, in 2005, a good
Republican Name, and I
said, Gladly, but dont blame
her if she starts shredding
Art and literature on canvas
Coleridge and Albatross
Self-portrait
Painting of Stanleys beloved, since-passed dog, Nixon
things and wrecking hotel
rooms, Stanley joked.
The painting is a tribute
to a pup who loved any-
thing minty, and the paint-
ing depicts a small Starlight
mint in her eye.
There is also a self-portrait
in the showthat was inspired
by Joe Hills novel Horns,
in which a man wakes up to
nd horns growing on his
forehead.
Stanley is honored to
be a part of the show at
The Rattler, a place owned
by James Callahan, who
Stanley said is a true patron
of the visual arts. As he
was hanging his paintings at
the venue, Callahan offered
some insight into the por-
trait of Nixon and Stanleys
self-portrait.
He helped me realize that
these paintings are actually
a diptych, two parts of one
whole, Stanley said. He
placed them side-by-side
while we were guring out
the hanging arrangement for
the room at The Rattler, and
that was the moment I real-
ized their connection and
decided Id never sell them.
Stanley is currently work-
ing on commissioned paint-
ings for a couple in London
and might soon start work
on two more pieces for a
musician in Sweden. He will
also have a show at Wilkes
Sordoni Gallery titled
Visual Literacy from Oct.
29 to Dec. 15, which will fea-
ture paintings from literary
texts.
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Bikers fock to Broken Spoke for Black Crowes
Every August, highways
across America roar with
the revving of motorcycle
engines heading west for
Sturgis, S.D. Sturgis hosts
one of the worlds largest,
most infamous bike rallies.
In addition to some incred-
ible riding think mesa-
spattered desert highways
snaking through antelope-
grazing atlands and roll-
ing hillsides Sturgis
also offers a spectacular
nightlife, whether youre
interested in sipping
moonshine and getting tat-
tooed, ordering shots from
a bikinid bartender, peo-
ple-watching downtown,
or kicking up your feet at
one of dozens of concert
venues with world-class
lineups.
A quick ride from the
buzzing chaos of downtown
Sturgis, just past the monu-
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rally-week motorcyclists
oasis: the Broken Spoke
Saloon and Campground.
In its 25th year, the Broken
Spoke boasts a camp site, a
general store, a legendary
warehouse-sized saloon,
and three stages poolside,
saloon, and main stage for
their long list of entertain-
ment which, among DJs
and a sideshow, included a
roster of bands with head-
liners like Queens of the
Stone Age, Korn, and the
Black Crowes, who played
the Spoke on Sunday, Aug.
4, just before their appear-
ance at the Peach Music
Festival in Scranton last
weekend.
Knoxville, Tenn., sex-
tet the Dirty Guvnahs
served up smooth, playful
Americana that warmed
the crowd like a glass of
good sipping whiskey.
Stagehands lit incense and
left it at the foot of the mic
which, along with the back-
drop of the Black Hills, set
the tone for Sundays sen-
sational show. The Black
Crowes have been playing
for decades, which is appar-
ent in their symbiotic per-
formance. The six-piece,
multi-platinum alt-country
rockers broke a two-year
hiatus for their Lay Down
with Number 13 tour,
which is currently traveling
the states.
The Crowes frontman
Chris Robinson, guitarist
Rich Robinson, drummer
Steve Gorman, bassist
Sven Pipien, and hat-enthu-
siast/guitarist Jackie Green
captivated the crowd
with their spot-on timing
and stage presence, rolling
through harmonica-laced
hits and jammed-out bal-
lads, including a 10-minute
Wiser Time, wrapping up
with the soulful Movin on
Down the Line and chart-
toppers like She Talks to
Angels. Though the band
went without onstage
banter, singer Robinsons
ecstatic dance moves spoke
with the constant uid
energy of the performance,
whether he swayed open-
armed, clapped daintily, or
tossed an invisible melody
picked up by the guitars
and keys.
Within the rst few
songs, the standing-room-
only stagefront was crowd-
ed with bikers and camp-
ers grooving along. The
saloons decks also lled up
quickly with their cozy seat-
ing and impeccable sound
just a few steps away from
the bars. While I caught a
ride from Wyoming, plenty
of campers rode from as far
as the East Coast and fur-
ther.
Its always been a
dream to come to Sturgis,
exclaimed Carla Ruscoe,
who ew to the States
with friends. We actu-
ally rode up from Vegas
on bikes, said the Aussie,
who will roadtrip around
the U.S. for about a month
after the rally.
Like many Sturgis ven-
ues, the Spoke is very veter-
an-friendly and offers deals
on food and drink vouch-
ers. The Broken Spoke is
currently running an Early
Bird Special for campers
who are ready to book a
reservation, starting at
$99/person, which includes
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years shows!
Photo by uli stich
The Black Crowes performed at the Broken Spoke Saloon just a few weeks before stopping at
Scrantons Peach Music Festival.
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Weekender stafWriter
You might call it getting
lost in the woods for two
hours.
The organizers call it
The Hunger Games
meets Survivor meets
The Amazing Race.
No matter how you label
it, though, its certain
that the inaugural Krell
Adventure Games will be
one hell of a good time.
Its no secret that mud
runs/color runs/really any
type of runs have become
increasingly popular, but
one company decided to
challenge the typical for-
mula and up the ante, put-
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activity known as adven-
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The one thing about
adventure racing is that
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Only a few people are crazy
enough to run through
the woods in the middle
of nowhere for 24 hours,
said Rodney Villella, who
created Krell Adventures
LLC along with part-
ner Amy Bartoletti. The
duo are adventure race
course designers and race
directors for the New
York Adventure Racing
Association. In 2012, they
designed the course for the
USARA Adventure Racing
National Championship
held in the Catskills in New
York and received unprec-
edented acclaim.
Adventure racing is a
sport typically done in
teams that can last from
a few hours up to several
days. Participants are often
dropped in a course that
they must navigate solely
by map and campus, and
activities throughout may
include kayaking, canoe-
ing, and trail running,
among other things over a
long distance.
Theres a lot of equip-
ment that you need and
a lot of skills you must
acquire to do something
like that, so we asked our-
selves, What can we do
thats sort of like adventure
racing, but will appeal to
the masses? Villella said.
As far as making it like a
mud run, well, theres only
so many times people can
run through mud pits and
crawl over cargo nets, so
whats the next thing?
Enter the Krell
Adventure Games, a two-
and-a-half hour expedition
where the challenges are
many, but made for all.
Weve made three major
changes to keep it unique,
Villella noted. For starters,
everyone gets a map, some-
thing simple to read like
a subway or ski trail map,
of the arena. The map will
show you the location of
all the challenges and you
can choose which ones you
want to go do, so you can
do as little or as much as
you want.
The race is done in
teams of two, with many
of the challenges being
dependent on a two-person
system. But the kicker of
the Krell is that its not all
about being physically t.
Through all the races
weve done, theres one
thing people enjoyed most:
the mental challenge,
Villella said. Not all of the
challenges in this race are
physical. There are going
to be times when youre
going to have to solve a
puzzle or really think some-
thing through.
Want to know what said
challenges are? No dice,
as Krell is keeping it all a
secret.
We want people to be
able to come and have to
gure things out, so were
not revealing a thing,
Villella said.
And, of course, what
would such a race be with-
out a charity event attached
to it?
A portion of each regis-
tration will be donated to
the EJS Fund, which sup-
ports Eric Speicher, Jr., a
local 13-year-old boy who
has been battling an aggres-
sive form of brain cancer
for the last few years.
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Though there are some physical elements to the Krell Adventure
Games, the body is not the only thing that will be challenged.
Krell Adventure
Games: Sept. 14,
Blakeslee. To reg-
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279 Bar & Grill: StingRay Blues
Bart and Urbys: Musicians Showcase @9:30p
Hops and Barleys: Firefy Karaoke w/ DJ Bounce
My Lower End: Strawberry Jam
River Street Jazz Caf: Open Mic
Woodlands: Nowhere Slow Duo @ 7pm - Sky Vuu Deck Bar
Thursday:
Bart and Urbys: Trivia Night
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Big Bang Baby@ 10:30
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: Larry George
Chackos: Kartune
Kings, Mountain Top: Doug & Sean
My Lower End: Tracey Dee/Cee
River Street Jazz Caf: Mike Miz Solo @ 9p
Woodlands: Club HD inside Evolution Nightclub w/ DJ DATA. Streamside
bandstand- DJ KEV - Hosted by 97 BHT
Friday:
279 Bar & Grill: Jon & Kate Plus Fate
Beaumont Inn Dallas: The Blend 9-11p
Bottle Necks: Harlot including B-Sides & Cover Set 10pm
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Drop Dead Sexy @9:30
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: DJ Ooh Wee @ 10pm
Grotto, Harveys Lake: Strawberry Jam
Grotto, Wyoming Valley Mall: Lee Strumski
Hops & Barleys: Indoor Summer Deck Party
My Lower End: Deck Party
River Street Jazz Caf: Clarence Spady Band w/ Tony Carfora @10p
Rox 52 DJ Bigg Rigg
Tommyboys: DJ
Woodlands: Evolution Nightclub 5 Day Happy Hour w/ DJ SlMJMM
Top 40 & Club Music w/ Host 98.5 KRZs Fishboy & Graces Downfall
Streamside/Exec
Saturday:
279 Bar & Grill: 3rd Degree
Bart & Urbys: DJ Evil Bee w/ da ees
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: 40 Lb. Head @ 9:30
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: Steve Martin &The Jerks
Kings, Mountain Top: Tyme Band
My Lower End: Random Rock
River Street Jazz Caf: Solaris @10p
Rox 52: Mr. Echo
Tommyboys: DJ
Woodlands: Evolution Nightclub - 98.5 KRZ Double Shot Weekend Your
Bachelorette Party Headquarters DJ Davey B & DJ Kev the Rev Playing
Top 40 & Club Music w/ Host Fishboy from 98.5 KRZ & Picture Perfect
-Streamside/Exec
Sunday:
Beaumont Inn: Sledgehammer of Silence 5-8:30p
Woodlands: 90 Proof 90s night w/ DJ Fiyawerx
Monday:
279 Bar & Grill: 279 House Band
My Lower End: Kamikaze Karaoke
Tuesday:
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: Open Mic w/ Paul Martin
Grotto, Harveys Lake: The Blend
Hops & Barleys: Aaron Bruch
Jim McCarthys: Wanna Bs Karaoke
Metro: Karaoke 8-12
My Lower End: Deck Party
TommyBoys: Open Mic
Woodlands: Mark Maros at SKYYV DeckBar @7p
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BREWS BROTHERSWEST
(75 Main st., Luzerne)
570.283.1300, brewsbrothersbar.
com/brewsbrotherswest
Jackyl: Sept. 13, 8 p.m. $15-$17.
THE COOPERAGE PROJECT
(1030Main St., Honesdale)
570.253.2020,
thecooperageproject.org
Honeyfngers: Aug. 30, 7:30p.m.
JennyAllen: Sept. 14, 7:30p.m.
Claudia Nygaard: Sept. 21, 8
p.m., $15-$18.
Mudras: Sept. 27, 7:30p.m.
(Donations accepted and
appreciated at the door at all
events.)
CULTURE SHOCK 2013
Sept 7., noon- 9p.m., NayAug
Park. Aayu, AFireWith Friends, Ed
Cuozzo, Down to Six, Jeri Bennett,
Nelson, more. Free.
F.M. KIRBYCENTER
(71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre)
570.826.1100, kirbycenter.org
Alice Cooper: Oct. 18, 8 p.m. $39,
$49, $59, $75 (limited pit seating).
Ghost Hunters Live: Oct. 23, 7:30
p.m., $25-$60.
JefRoss: Oct. 25, 8 p.m., $35-
$75.
Merle Haggard: Nov. 2, 8 p.m.
$40-$99.
YAMATO: The Drummers of
Japan: Nov. 20, 7:30p.m. $25-$35.
Elvis Costello: Nov. 25, 7:30p.m.,
$59-$95.
HAWLEYSILK MILL
(8 Silk Mill Dr., Hawley.
570.588.8077, silkmillharmony.
com)
Brooklyn Southern Soul with the
Gold Magnolias: Sept. 6, 7:30-9:30
p.m. $16, advance; $20, doors.
Soul Fused Folk-Rock with Caleb
Hawley: Sept. 14, 7:30-9:30p.m.
$16, advance; $20, door.
NewEngland Performer of the
Year: Sarah Blacker: Sept. 21,
7:30-9:30p.m. $16, advance; $20,
at the door.
Blues &FolkArtists: Rebecca
Pronsky: Sept. 28, 7:30-9:30p.m.
$16, advance; $20, door.
THE KEYS
(244 PennAve., Scranton)
thekeysbarpa@Gmail.com,
facebook.com/TheKeysScranton
Sucker/Silhouette Lies/
Guillotine Riot: Aug. 30, 10p.m.
MAUCHCHUNK OPERAHOUSE
(14W. Broadway, JimThorpe)
570.325.0249,
mauchchunkoperahouse.com
Billy Burnette Band: Aug. 30,
8:30p.m. $23.
Deb and Bevs Blues Night Out:
Aug. 31, 8 p.m. $20.
Solas: Sept. 6, 8 p.m., $25.
Mary Fahl: Sept. 7, 8 p.m. $22.
DavidWax Museum: Sept. 13,
8:30p.m. $21.
John Denver Tribute byTedVigil
and SteveWeisberg: Sept. 14, 8
p.m. $25.
Dancin Machine: Sept. 20, 8:30
p.m. $20.
Splintered Sunlight: Sept. 21, 8
p.m. $15.
JimmyThackery and the Drivers:
Sept. 26, 8 p.m., $20.
Bill Kirchen andTexicali: Sept. 27,
8:30p.m. $23.
Soft Parade: Sept. 28, 8 p.m. $23.
MEETING OFTHE MINDSVI
Sept. 27-29, Meshoppen,
featuringTea Leaf Green, Orgone,
Cabinet, The Heavy Pets, Flux
Capacitor, more. $65, presale;
$90, day of show. Info: jibberjazz.
com.
MOHEGANSUNARENA
(255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-
Barre)
800.745.3000,
mohegansunarenapa.com
Cirque Musica: Sept. 22, 7 p.m.
$25-$65.
MOUNTAIRYCASINORESORT
(44Woodland Rd., Mount Pocono)
877.682.4791, mountairycasino.
com
Amy Schumer: Oct. 5, 8 p.m.,
$35-$50.
The Stylistics: Oct. 19, 8 p.m.,
$30-$45.
Aaron Lewis: Nov. 16, 8 p.m.,
$45-$65.
JefRoss: Dec. 7, 8 p.m., $35-
$50.
PENNS PEAK
(325 Maury Rd., JimThorpe)
866.605.7325, pennspeak.com
Hoobastank/AlienAnt Farm: Aug.
23 8 p.m.
LiveWire: Sept. 6, 8 p.m.
Glenn Miller Orchestra: Sept.
17-19, 1 p.m.
JoshTurner: Sept. 26, 8 p.m.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Sept. 27,
8 p.m.
Hinder &Candlebox with Devour
The Day and OpenAir Stereo:
Sept. 29, 7 p.m.
The Swing Dolls: Tribute to
andrews sisters and Mcguire
Sisters: Oct. 1-3, 1 p.m.
Chris Cagle: Oct. 4, 8 p.m.
Melvin Seals &JGB: Oct. 10, 8
p.m.
King Henry and the Showmen:
Oct. 15-17, 1 p.m.
Back to the Eighties Showwith
Jessies Girl: Oct. 18, 9 p.m.
Real Diamond: Neil Diamond
Tribute: Oct. 23-24, 1 p.m.; Oct. 25,
8 p.m.
Gordon Lightfoot: Oct. 26, 8 p.m.
America: Nov. 2, 8 p.m.
Get the Led Out: Nov. 9, 8 p.m.
38 Special: Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
Dark Star Orchestra: Nov. 27, 8
p.m.
RhondaVincent andThe Rage:
March 22, 8 p.m.
RIVER STREETJAZZ CAFE
(667 N. River St., Plains)
570.822.2992, riverstreetjazzcafe.
com5
Mike MiZ(solo): Aug. 22, 10
p.m., $5.
Clarence Spady Band: Aug. 23,
10p.m., $5.
Solaris: Aug. 24, 10p.m., $5.
AFireWith Friends/Family
Animals: Aug. 29, 9 p.m., $5.
Cosby Sweater: Aug. 30, 10p.m.,
$5.
Village Idiots: Aug. 31, 10p.m.,
$5.
I AmBufalo/Doghouse Charlie
Band: Sept. 5, 9 p.m., $5.
Popa Chubby: Sept. 6, 10p.m.,
$8.
Todd Clouser/Charles Havira
Band: Sept. 7, 10p.m., $8.
The Main Squeeze/TheWoody
Browns Project: Sept. 13, 10p.m.,
$5.
The Big Dirty/Nina Scarcia: Sept.
14, 10p.m., $5.
Flux Capacitor: Sept. 19, 10p.m.,
$5.
Subnotics: Sept. 20, 10p.m., $7.
Clarence SpadyAll Star Band:
PrinceTribute: Sept. 21, 10p.m.,
$10.
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong: Sept.
26, 10p.m., $5.
WhamBamBowie Band: Sept.
28, 10p.m., $8.
The Manhattan Project/Horizon
Wireless: Oct. 5, 10p.m., $8.
StrawberryJam: Oct. 12, 10
p.m., $5.
Start Making Sense: Talking
Heads Tribute: Oct. 18, 10p.m.,
$10.
Suze/Suicaudio: Oct. 31, 10
p.m., $5.
Alexis P. Suter Band: Nov. 2, 10
p.m., $10.
Marco Benevento: Nov. 15, 10
p.m., $15.
Zach Deputy: Nov. 22, 10p.m.,
$10.
Brothers Past: Nov. 27, 10p.m.,
$12.
THE SETTLERS INN
(4 MainAve., Hawley)
570.226.2993, thesettlersinn.com
Jazz on the Deck Series, 6-9 p.m.
Aug. 21: Vibraphonist Stefan
Bauer and special guest fromNYC
Aug. 23: NewOrleans Jazz BBQ-
Wally Lake Fest Opening Party
Aug. 28: Judi Silvano and her
Quartet
SHERMANTHEATER
(524 Main St., Stroudsburg)
570.420.2808, shermantheater.
com
We the Kings: Aug. 14, 6:30p.m.,
$20-$23.
Mobb Deep: Aug. 24, 8 p.m.,
$25-28.
Stroudfest: Aug. 31.
moe./Sister Sparrowand the
Dirty Birds: Sept. 29, 7 p.m., $28.
SOJA: Oct. 10, 8 p.m., $17.50-
$20.
Taking Back Sunday/Polar Bear
Club/Transit: Oct. 14, 8 p.m.,
$25-$28.
Conspirator: Oct. 19, 9 p.m.,
$17-$20.
Umphreys McGee/The London
Soul: Oct. 24, 8 p.m., $25-$30.
The Misfts/TheAttack/Take
AwayThe Ugly/The Big Empty/
Badtown Rude/The Curse of
Sorrow: Oct. 25, 7 p.m., $16-$18.
InThis Moment/Motionless In
White/Kyng/All Hail TheYeti: Nov.
8, 7 p.m., $20-$22.
Jake Miller: Nov. 19, 8 p.m.,
$20-$22.
TOYOTAPAVILIONAT MONTAGE
MOUNTAIN
(1000Montage Mountain Road,
scranton)
JasonAldean: Aug. 25, $31.50-
$61.25.
Honda CivicTour feat. Maroon
5 and Kelly Clarkson: Sept. 1,
$30-$120.
Music. Motors, and More feat.
The Badlees, MiZ, Graces Downfall,
EddieAppnel, k8, Dustin Drevitch,
Ed Randazzo, Farley: Sept. 15, 10
a.m.-6p.m., $10.
PHILADELPHIA
ELECTRIC FACTORY
(3421 WillowSt., Philadelphia)
215.LOVE.222, electricfactory.info
Love andTheft, Canaan Smith:
Sept. 6, 8:30p.m.
Cher Lloyd, Fifth Harmony: Sept.
8, 7 p.m.
Alt-J, Lord Huron: Sept. 17, 8 p.m.
Michael Franti and Spearhead:
Sept. 21, 8:30p.m.
Neko Case: Sept. 25, 8:30p.m.
Local Natives, Wild Nothing:
Sept. 28, 8:30p.m.
TheWaterboys, Freddie
Stevenson: Sept. 29, 8:30p.m.
Zeds Dead, Paper Diamond,
Green Lantern, Branchez: Oct. 3,
8:30p.m.
Moe., Sister Sparrow*The Dirty
Birds: Oct. 4, 8:30p.m.
Digitour: Oct. 5, 8:30p.m.
The Naked and Famous, The
Colourist: Oct. 8, 8 p.m.
Sara Bareilles: Oct. 10, 8:30p.m.
Timefies, Chiddy Bang: Oct. 11,
8:30p.m.
Janelle Monae: Oct. 13, 8 p.m.
Mayday Parade, Man Overboard,
Cartel, Stages &Stereos: Oct. 18,
7 p.m.
Minus the Bear, INVSN, Slow
Bird: Oct. 26, 8:30p.m.
Frightened Rabbit, Augustines:
Oct. 27, 8 p.m.
We CameAs Romans, Silverstein,
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, The
Color Morale, Dangerkids: Oct. 30,
7 p.m.
Infected Mushroom, Zomboy:
Oct. 31, 8:30p.m.
Matt Nathanson, Joshua Radin:
Nov. 2, 8 p.m.
Sleeping with Sirens, Memphis
May Fire, Breathe Carolina, Issues:
Nov. 4, 7 p.m.
AlkalineTrio, Newfound Glory:
Nov. 13, 8 p.m.
HoodieAllen, OCD: Moosh &
Twist, Mod Sun, D-Why: Nov. 23,
8:30p.m.
Lamb of God &Killswitch
Engage, Testament, Huntress: Nov.
24, 7 p.m.
FrankTurner &The Sleeping
Souls, The Smith Street Band, Koo
Koo Kanga Roo: Nov. 29, 8 p.m.
Running of the Santas Mega
Festival: Dec. 7, noon.
City and Colour: Sep. 18, 8 p.m.
KESWICKTHEATRE
(291 North KeswickAve., Glenside)
215.572.7650, keswicktheatre.com
TenYears After / Canned Heat
/ Edgar Winter Band / Rick
Derringer / Pat Travers: Aug. 14,
8 p.m.
AdamAnt andThe Good, The
Mad, andThe Lovely Posse: Aug.
15, 8 p.m.
Sinbad: Sep. 14, 9 p.m.
Steve Hackett: Genesis
Revisited: Oct. 11-12, 8 p.m.
The Piano Guys: Oct 18, 8 p.m.
The Fab Faux: Oct. 19, 8 p.m.
StevenWright: Nov. 3, 8 p.m.
NORTHSTAR BAR
27th &Poplar St, Philadelphia
215.684.0808
Aug. 14: XPNWelcomes: Little
Comets
Aug. 15: D-Pryde
Aug. 17: Magnets and Ghosts
(Members of Collective Soul)
w/Revolution, I LoveYou, Krissy
Krissy
Aug. 21: The Bulletproof Tiger
w/ North End, Mohican, Aug. 31:
Siamese Sundown (Single Release
Party) w/ BallroomSpies, Lion in
the Mane, The Mahlors
Sept. 11: Pere Ubu
Sept. 17: Morglbl/ThankYou
scientist
Oct. 2: Calabrese
Oct. 3: TheToasters/Voodoo
GlowSkulls
Oct. 5: Mephiskapheles/
Inspector 7, Post SunTimes
TROCADEROTHEATRE
(1003Arch St., Philadelphia)
215.336.2000, thetroc.com
The Mission UK: Sept. 4, 8 p.m.
Kamelot/Delain/Exlipse: Sep.
5, 8 p.m.
TheWorld at Large/The Power/
TrueWill: Aug. 25, 7:30p.m. $10.
Wired 96.5S 96 Cent Showwith
IggyAzalea/KAPTN/DJ Bonics:
Aug. 27, 8 p.m. $.96.
Skeleton Hands/Cinema
Cinema/Johnny Neutrino and the
Secret Weapon: Sept. 7, 8:30p.m.
$8, advance; $10, at the door. 21
and over.
SUSQUEHANNABANK CENTER
(1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, N.J.)
609.365.1300, livenation.com/
venues/14115
JasonAldean: Aug. 24, 8 p.m.
Keith Urban/Dustin Lynch/Little
BigTown: Sept. 14, 8 p.m.
Thirty Seconds to Mars: Sept. 29,
7:30p.m.
TheWeekend: Oct. 4, 8 p.m.
WELLS FARGOCENTER
(3601 South Broad St.,
Philadelphia)
215.336.3600,
wellsfargocenterphilly.com
Muse: Sept. 9, 8 p.m.
Selena Gomez: Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
P!nk: Dec. 6, 8 p.m.
Rod Stewart: Dec. 11, 8 p.m.
ELSEWHERE INPA
CROCODILE ROCK
(520West Hamilton St, Allentown)
610.434.460, crocodilerockcafe.
com
Great White: Sep. 18, 7 p.m.
Bullet Boys: Sep. 15, 6 p.m.
GIANT CENTER
(950Hersheypark Dr., Hershey)
717.534.3911, giantcenter.com
Selena Gomez: Oct. 22, 7 p.m.
The Fresh Beat Band: Dec. 4, 7
p.m.
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM
100W. Hersheypark Dr., Hershey
717.534.3911,hersheyparkstadium.
com
Matchbox 20/ Goo Goo Dolls:
Aug. 14, 7 p.m.
SANDS BETHLEHEMEVENT
CENTER
(77 Sands Blvd., Bethlehem)
610.2977414, sandseventcenter.
com
Godsmack: Aug. 7, 8 p.m.
TheWanted: Aug. 24, 8 p.m.
Hanson: Sept. 2, 6 p.m.
Sarah Brightman: Sept. 22, 8
p.m.
Steely Dan: Sep. 27, 7 p.m.
CelticThunder: Oct. 9, 8 p.m.
Diana Krall: Oct. 10, 8 p.m.
WHITAKER CENTER
(222 Market St., Harrisburg)
717.214.ARTS, whitakercenter.org
Ana Popovic: Sept. 19, 8 p.m.
NEWYORK / NEWJERSEY
BEACONTHEATRE
(2124 Broadway, NewYork, N.Y.)
212.465.6500, beacontheatre.com
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Sept. 20-
21, TIMESVARY
Joe Satriani: Sept. 26, 8 p.m.
An Evening with IanAnderson:
Oct. 11, 8 p.m.
The Fab Faux: Oct. 26, 8 p.m.
Zappa Plays Zappa: Oct. 31, 8
p.m.
BETHELWOODS CENTER
(200Hurd Road, Bethel, N.Y.)
866.781.2922, bethelwoodscenter.
org
Cheech &Chong: Aug. 15, 7 p.m.
Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar
Meyer/Chris Thile: Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
Zac Brown Band: Aug. 17, 7 p.m.
John Mayer: Aug. 20, 7 p.m.
Luke Bryan: Aug. 23, 7 p.m.
Kid Rock/ZZTop: Sep. 6, 7 p.m.
Joan Osborne: Sept, 13, 8 p.m.
IRVING PLAZA
(17 Irving Place, NewYork, N.Y.)
212.777.6800, irvingplaza.com
Baroness: Aug. 14, 7 p.m.
AdamAnt: Aug. 16-17, 7 p.m.
The Mission U.K.: Sep. 5, 8 p.m.
Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg w/
AndrewW.K. on vocals: Oct. 3, 7
p.m.
MADISONSQUARE GARDEN
(7thAve., NewYork, N.Y.)
212.465.6741, thegarden.com
Rod Stewart: Dec. 9, 8 p.m.
RADIOCITYMUSIC HALL
(12606thAve., NewYork, N.Y.)
212.247.4777, radiocity.com
Sarah Brightman: Sep. 21, 8 p.m.
Rodriguez: Oct. 10, 8 p.m.
Tony Bennett: Oct. 11, 8 p.m.
BORGATAHOTEL CASINO&
SPA
(1 BorgataWay, Atlantic City, N.J.)
609.317.1000, theborgata.com
JimGafgan: Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
John Mayer: Sep. 1, 8 p.m.
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Book reviews and literary insight
Kacy Muir | Weekender Correspondent
Escape to life
It is often said that human
nature regards our most
primitive need for survival
based on two actions: ght
or ight. But, what happens
if your freedom from a life of
struggleleadsyoutoanother?
In Thomas Keneallys spell-
binding novel, Daughters of
Mars, readers learn that the
power of survival lies in con-
nection.
If Keneally sounds familiar,
it is most likely the result of
his Booker-Prize winning
novel, Schindlers List.
Similar tohis previous award-
winning novel, Daughters
of Mars is set amidst war,
traveling back to World War
I this time. The novel fol-
lows sisters Naomi and Sally
Durance in the wake of famil-
ial difculties that prompt
their escape.
In an effort to aide war
efforts, Naomi and Sally
volunteer as nurses. One of
the rst vivid images read-
ers visualize regards the
women waiting for their
documentation: Inside the
stone drill hall was a great
echo of women, a shrilling
with an only partly success-
ful contralto attempt by some
matron to settle things down.
Young women crowded up
to take out of the hands of
two confused young men
the colonels orderlies a
sheet of paper on which their
required clothing was listed.
While not particularly
close growing up, Naomi and
Sally begin to mature togeth-
er even in the disillusionment
of violence. Their ght for
survival begins in leaving
the farm, and continues for-
ward as the plot spirals into
an action-packed, yet emo-
tional, journey. As a result,
this novel is greatly female-
centric, often demonstrating
glimpses of the history of
women serving in wartime.
It is through the sisters com-
passion and courage that
readers make connections to
their struggles, a truly inspir-
ing concept, which strength-
ens the story.
In nearly 600 pages, read-
ers traverse the world from
Egypt to France, as we follow
Naomi and Sally from 1914
through 1918. In prose form,
Keneally gives readers war
in excellent detail from
missing limbs to emotional
trauma. While we root for
our leading ladies, as well as
many supporting characters,
Keneally does not romanti-
cize violence. In actuality,
despite the constant power
play between struggle and
hope, it seems survival
becomes more about our abil-
ity to recognize and ght for
humanity.
The conclusionof the work
is unforgettable for many rea-
sons, but most importantly
because Keneally shows that
for every war, there is always
more than one side to a story.
While deeply reective and
saddening at times, the char-
acters manage to escape their
once recurring lives in an
effort to nally live a life all
their own.
The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally
Rating: WWWW
POETIC
Barnes & Noble
Booksellers
(421 Arena Hub
Plaza, Wilkes-Barre,
570.829.4352)
Celebrating Harry
Potters Anniversary: Aug.
31, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Kings College
(133 North River St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5957
or kings.edu)
Campion Literary
Society Writing Workshops:
Sept. 17, 4 p.m., Sheehy-
Farmer Campus Center.
Campion Literary
Society Open Readings:
Sept. 27, 4 p.m., Gold
Room, Administration
Building.
The Osterhout Free
Library
(71 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, www.oster-
hout.info, 570.821.1959)
Book Discussion: A
Death in Vienna by Daniel
Silva, Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Groundbreaking Reads
Finishers Party: Aug. 19,
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(59 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-
Barre).
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& Second Story Books
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11a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 12
p.m.-4 p.m.
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Work of Bob Smith & Cary
Joseph: Through Sept. 8.
Everhart Museum
(1901 Mulberry St.,
Scranton, PA, 570.346.7186,
www.everhart-museum.org)
Admission $5 adults; $3
students/seniors; $2 chil-
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Dec. 30.
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Stroudsburg University
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Opening reception Sept. 8,
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(515 Center St., Scranton,
570.344.3313)
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work by Jason Kresock:
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(Misericordia University,
570.674.6250, misericordia.
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closed, Tue.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-
8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
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2013, a biennial exhibit of
works instructors, alumni
and apprentices from the
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and acclaimed modern mas-
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(150 S. River St., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.408.4325)
Gallery hours: Tues.-Sun.,
noon-4:30 p.m.
Flow, a gallery that
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Sheldon Museum of Art at
the University of Nebraska-
Lincoln.
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Schulman Gallery
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www.luzerne.edu/schul-
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25-Nov. 28.
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570.674.6250, misericordia.
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2014.
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570.208.5900, ext. 5328)
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Galvez: Sept. 8-14. Public
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ADECADE OF TRADITION
MEET THE MEAT
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender StafWriter
W
e certainly
love our
food
here in
Northeast
Pennsylvania.
Were proud of our
pizza, our ethnic fare, and
were just coming off the
30th anniversary of the
Pittston Tomato Festival,
yet we still have one more
thing to celebrate this
coming weekend: kielbasa.
The Plymouth Kielbasa
Festival will celebrate its
10th year this time around,
a decade-long journey that
Sue Gryziec, vice president
of Plymouth Alive, said
encapsulates the huge
growth of something people
werent sure was going to
take off in the rst place.
Plymouth Alive is a
group of residents and
business people committed
to making the town better
and, in doing so, have
made thousands of dollars
in donations to the borough
re and police departments
and the public library,
among others.
Ed Vnuk started
Plymouth Alive and
thought of this festival, and
a lot of people just didnt
think it was going to be
popular, she said. But its
been astronomical. We get
20,000 to 30,000 people at
it every day.
Gryziec also said that
since the beginning, the
list of vendors has grown
from 20 to over 100 and
that there are currently two
bandshells in operation
during the festival. Vendors
from as far as Virginia and
Tennessee come to sell
their wares in Plymouth.
People come for the
entertainment, and they
come for the food, so
vendors want to be a part of
this, Gryziec said. And its
not just kielbasa. Theres
Italian, theres Greek food
of every ethnicity.
The star, though, is the
kielbasa, a type of sausage
most associated with the
Polish ethnicity, and it can
be spelled plenty of ways
kiebasa, kobasa, kolbasi,
and kovbasa, to name a
few but no matter how
you say or write it, its clear
that theres a solid following
for the tasty meat in the
area.
The biggest part of the
Kielbasa Festival is the
judging process, where a
panel of about 20 locals
judge local kielbasa
on taste, texture, and
appearance. Even this
singular event has grown
exponentially over the
years.
We had to move the
venue this year because
Franchellas Restaurant just
couldnt accommodate the
crowd, Gryziec noted. The
judging will now take place
Aug. 24 at 1 p.m. at the
American Legion on Center
Avenue.
The prime sponsor for
the festival this year is First
Keystone Community Bank,
and the entertainment
lineup is even more
packed to the brim than
prior years, particularly
on Saturday night when
three bands will perform:
The Neighborhood, The
Whazoos, and Eddie Day &
TNT. W
T
he competition
is certainly stiff
when it comes
to the judging of
fresh and smoked kielbasa
at the Plymouth Kielbasa
Festival, so it would do
one well to know the main
players mainly so you
could scope out their tents
at the festival and try their
famous meats for yourself.
Fetchs
Smokehouse
Meats
(184 Wyoming
Ave., Wyoming,
570.693.3069)
Any past Kielbasa
Festival wins? We are the
inaugural kielbasa king,
third-generation owner
David Fetch said. We won
the rst year for smoked,
then we won in 2011.
How long have they
been in business?
Currently in its fourth
generation, this business
began with the opening of
a butcher shop in Wyoming
in 1922.
What type of kielbasa
do they sell? Smoked,
fresh, habanero kielbasa
sticks, jalapeno and cheese
kielbasa sticks, regular
kielbasa sticks, kielbasa
loaf, and a kielbasa loaf that
Fetch said serves well as a
substitute for bacon on a
BLT sandwich.
What type of recipe is
used for the kielbasa? A
family one. Its a secret
as far as the quantities of
spices go, Fetch said.
What makes a good
kielbasa? According to
Fetch, starting out with
lean, fresh pork.
The best way to eat
kielbasa? I love it with
horseradish, Fetch said.
What is Fetch looking
forward to most about
the Kielbasa Festival?
I had a supermarket in
Plymouth for almost 30
years, so I always look
forward to seeing our
former customers.
Bosaks Choice
Meats
(524 Burke Bypass,
Olyphant, 570.383.5260)
Any past Kielbasa
Festival wins? Bosaks
is a reigning champion,
being the competition
to beat with four rst-
place trophies for smoked
kielbasa and six for fresh.
How long have they
been in business? It all
started 25 years ago on our
farm, said Tom Bosak,
who operates the business
with his wife Gail, brother
Mark, and his wife Tammy.
Weve been in this location
for 14 years.
fresh, smoked with cheese,
turkey, turkey with cheese,
and beef.
used for the kielbasa?
My mother (Genevieve)
couldnt eat kielbasa, so my
brother and I came up with
a recipe that she was able
to eat, Tom said.
What makes a good
kielbasa? According to
Tom, everything has to
come together perfectly:
the right garlic, the right
meat, the right casing.
His wife Gail said that
everything should be
as fresh and natural as
possible.
The best way to eat
kielbasa? Gail prefers
hers with sauerkraut and
horseradish, while Tom
likes to sit down with a
big plate of pierogies to
accompany his.
What are the Bosaks
looking forward to most
about the Kielbasa
Festival? We love seeing
all the different people
and interacting with our
customers, Gail said. We
like to check with them to
make sure everything tastes
good. And, of course, we
love the competition.
Komenskys
Market
(412 Main St., Duryea,
570.457.3261)
Any past Kielbasa
Festival wins? Owner
Robert Sepelyak couldnt
recall the exact number
off-hand, but he said around
half a dozen.
How long have they
been in business? For 50
years.
fresh, and smoked with
cheese.
used for the kielbasa?
According to Sepelyak, its
the same as any other local
kielbasa maker, a family
recipe thats pretty much
secret.
What makes a good
kielbasa? You need to
use the proper
meats and
make sure
everything is
fresh, Sepelyak
said.
The best way
to eat kielbasa?
Sepelyak prefers
his kielbasa to
stand out on its
own.
What is
Komenskys
Market
looking
forward
to
most about the Kielbasa Festival? The
camaraderie amongst everyone down there is
great, Sepelyak said, before pausing to laugh,
and of course, the big lines.
W
Other places to look out for:
Tarnowskis Market in Glen Lyon
(32 E. Main St., Glen Lyon,
570.736.6585)
Park Market
(30 E. Broad St., Nanticoke,
570.735.2400)
Plains Meat Market
(5 Hudson Road, Wilkes-Barre,
570.824.8376)
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SOME LOCAL FLAVOR
Tammy Bosak has a favorite recipe that involves kielbasa.
There are no exact measurements here (she said to eyeball
it), but what results is a tasty treat.
KIELBASA STEW
Ingredients:
Bosaks fresh kielbasa (both loose and in casing)
Green zucchini (diced)
Yellow squash (diced)
Fresh tomatoes (diced)
Red potatoes (diced)
Chicken base/broth
Butter and our (melt butter and add our to thicken)
Granulated garlic
Basil
Parsley
Coarse black pepper
Salt
How-to:
Throw everything in a pot, stew, and enjoy.
Entertainment:
Aug. 23:
Fleet Decal Bandshell
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Rock Dogs
4-6 p.m.: Stanky and the
Coalminers
6:30-8:30 p.m.: Flaxy Morgan
9-11 p.m.: Iron Cowboy
Wyoming Valley West Bandshell
1:30-3:30 p.m.: John Stevens and
Doubleshot
4-6 p.m.: 40 lb. Head
6:30-8:30 p.m.: Liar Liar
9-11 p.m.: NewRevival
Aug. 24:
Fleet Decal Bandshell
11 a.m.: 10th Anniversary Parade
1:30-3:30 p.m.: Jeanne Zano Band
4-6 p.m.: Polka Naturals
6:30-8:30 p.m.: Basin Street All-
Star Band
9-11 p.m.: Kielbasa Rock Festival
featuring The Neighborhood, The
Whazoos and Eddie Day &TNT
Wyoming Valley West Bandshell
1:30-3:30 p.m.: Joe Stanky &
Cadets
4-6 p.m.: Rusty Nuts
6:30-8:30 p.m.: Breakdown Jimmy
9-11 p.m.: Mother Natures Son
PLYMOUTH
KIELBASA
FESTIVAL
Aug. 23-24 plymouthalive.org
Route 11, Main Street, Plymouth
Photo by Bill Tarutis
Amanda Shonk of Wilkes-Barre stocks the Fetchs Food Market display case with fresh kielbasa at a previous Kielbasa
Festival in Plymouth.
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Katy Perry enlisted
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Now imagine youre
Katy Perry. Shes a few
days away from releasing
her new single, Roar,
and she receives the news.
I was on my way to
New York, about to shoot
my album artwork, and
I woke up and someone
said, Look online, Perry
recalled during an inter-
view on The Ralphie
Show. (Drunk driving)
is not something that
I condone, of course
Its like a gold brick on
wheels. How do you miss
it?
Good question, Katy,
and probably if youre
intoxicated. The truck
eventually made it to
New York, and Perry went
on last week to release
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the same day, the duet she
sang with boyfriend John
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also hit the Internet. The
Teenage Dream singer
revealed that the couple
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(Mayer) played gui-
tar, actually, on a couple
songs, which was awe-
some, Perry told The
Ralphie Show of his
involvement twith her
third studio LP, Prism.
Hes just been a great
support, and thats all you
can ask. If your partner is
a great support, thats per-
fect.
Perry also commented
on the aforementioned
duet, which will appear on
Mayers album Paradise
Valley, released Tuesday.
The tracks existence was
rst reported by The
Ralphie Show in June.
Im very proud of it,
she said. Its another side
of me Many different
personalities in me.
Something Perry prob-
ably wasnt too proud of
was the leak of her new
track two weekends ago.
A standard practice in the
music industry, Capitol
Records watermarks
advance copies of material
not available to the public.
Through the technology,
Perry was able to discover
where the leak emanated
from.
Sometimes its an
accident, sometimes its
carelessness sometimes
that person didnt even
mean (to leak it), Perry
explained of the situa-
tion. Its not a big deal,
because believe you me, I
wanted you guys to hear
this song when I cre-
ated it in March. I wrote
this song in March and
I was like, Im dying.
Should I Instagram some-
thing? Should I do a little
Snapchat of it? What
should I do?
Perry did none of
the above, and to this
day claims to not be on
Snapchat. The messaging
application sends a photo
to a recipient that they
can only view for a pre-
determined set amount
of time, after which point
the picture allegedly is no
longer accessible.
I dont Snapchat
because I know it alerts
you when people do keep
stuff, but I dont know,
Perry said. I dont need
to be putting any kind of
weird things online that
supposedly disappear.
Yeah right, brah!
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Send your listings to WBWnews@civitasmedia.com, 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., 18703, or fax to 570.831.7375. Deadline is Mondays at 2 p.m. Print
listings occur up until three weeks from publication date.
Actors Circle at Providence
Playhouse
(1256 Providence Rd, Scranton, reser-
vations: 570.342.9707, actorscircle.org)
Ghost of a Chance: Sept. 19-22,
27-29, 8 p.m. Thursdays through
Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. $12, general;
$10, seniors; $8, students. Sept. 19 tickets
are $8, general and seniors; 46, students.
The Corner Bistro Community
Theater
(76 S Main St, Carbondale.
570.282.7499)
Nunsense: Sept. 13-14, 8 p.m.,
Sept. 15, 2 p.m. $20; $2 off ticket price if
use the code word, Sr. Amnesia.
Jason Miller Playwrights Project
(570.591.1378, nepaplaywrights@live.
com)
Dramatists Support Group: Third
Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., The
Olde Brick Theatre (126 W. Market St.,
Scranton).
John & Erin Cabaret Productions
(www.ourcabaret.com or
1.800.838.3006.)
Top Hats and Boas: A Broadway
Cabaret: Aug. 25, 6 p.m., Corner Bistro,
Carbondale. $12. Tickets can be purchased
at the door, by calling 1.800.838.3006, or
online at ourcabaret.com.
Kings College Theatre
(Admin. Bldg., 133 N. River St., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.208.5825)
Almost, Maine: Oct. 3-5, 7:30 p.m.;
Oct. 5-6, 2 p.m. $12; $5, students/senior
citizens.
KISS Theatre Company
Guys and Dolls Jr.: Aug. 23-24, 2
p.m.; Aug. 24-25, 7 p.m. $12, adults, $10,
students and senior citizens; $8, children
5 and younger.
The Moose Exchange
(203 W. Main St., Bloomsburg)
Lucy, Im Dead!: Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.
$25 until Sept. 30, $30 after that date.
USO-style show to honor local vet-
erans at Veterans Day: Nov. 9. $35 until
Sept. 30, $40 thereafter.
M.P.B. Community Players
(531 Garfeld St., Hazleton.
570.454.3305, mcgroganj@gmail.com)
Wonderful Town: Sept. 27,-29
Music Box Players (196 Hughes St.,
Swoyersville: 570.283.2195 or 800.698.
PLAY or musicbox.org)
Music Theatre Academy 2013:
Theatre Workshop for students ages 6
to 20. Tuition: $250 - $200 if paid before
Sept. 1. Sessions begin Sept. 16. Students
will perform Seussical JR The Musical,
Oct. 25-27.
Dolly Partons 9 to 5: Sept. 13-15,
20-22, 27-29. Fridays and Saturdays bar
opens 6 p.m., dinner 6:30, curtain 8;
Sundays bar opens 1 p.m., dinner 1:30,
curtain 3. $34.00, dinner and show; $16,
show only.
The Phoenix Performing Arts Centre
(409-411 Main St., Duryea,
570.457.3589, phoenixpac.vpweb.com,
phoenixpac08@aol.com)
Spamalot: Through Aug. 25.
Shawnee Playhouse
(570.421.5093, theshawneeplayhouse.
com)
I Love You, Youre Perfect, Now
Change: Aug. 21, 25, 29, 30, Sept. 1, 2
p.m.; Aug. 3, 31, 8 p.m. $28, adults; $25,
seniors; $15, children.
All Shook Up: Aug. 22-23, 28, 2
p.m.; Aug. 30, 8 p.m. $28, adults; $25,
seniors; $15, children.
The Shawnee Story: Aug. 24, 31, 2
p.m. $18, adults; $15, seniors; $10, chil-
dren.
The King and I: Aug. 21, 24, 8 p.m.
$28, adults; $25, seniors; $15, children.
A Few of Our Favorite Things
Cabaret: Aug. 22, 7 p.m. Suggested good-
will donation of $8 welcome at door.
The Emperors New Clothes: Aug.
17, 21, 23, 10 a.m. $10.
Disneys Beauty and the Beast Jr.:
Aug. 22-24, 7 p.m. $10.
Auditions for fall/winter season:
Aug. 18, 1-4 p.m. for 17 and under;
4-5 p.m. for 18 syears and over.
Summer Swing! The Joan Harris
Centres Annual Summer Shows:
Aug. 21, 4 and 7 p.m., Knoebals
Amusement Resort, Elysburg. For more
info call 570.287.7977.
Theatre at the Grove
(5177 Nuangola Road, Nuangola. nuan-
golagrove.com, 570.868.8212, grovetick-
ets@frontier.com)
Ticket pricing: $18, plays; $20, musi-
cals; $86, summer pass, frst fve shows;
$120, season pass. All shows are BYOB
and feature cabaret seating.
The Mousetrap: Sept. 13, 14, 19-21,
8 p.m.; Sept. 15, 22, 3 p.m.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber
of Fleet Street: Oct. 18, 19, 25, 26, Nov.
1, 2, 8 p.m.; Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 3 p.m.
Its a Wonderful Life: Nov. 29, 30,
Dec. 6, 7, 12-14, 8 p.m.; Dec. 1, 8, 15, 3
p.m.
Expanded listings at theweekender.
com.
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PETE CROATTO
OPEning inThEATERS ThiS WEEk:
Youre Next
The Worlds End
The Moral Instruments: City of Bones
Grandmasters
DVDS RElEASED Aug. 20:
Epic
Scary Movie 5
Amour
Killing Season
Rating: W W W
Kick-Ass (2010) had
a homespun feel, which
made it a nice alternative to
the usual big, fashy super-
hero fare. In Kick-Ass 2,
the product is slicker and
more star-lined. Lost in the
changes is a solid movie,
raucously entertaining
and heartfelt, a highlight
in a summer movie season
where the explosions have
mostly fzzled.
Two years have passed
since the teenage title char-
acter donned a wetsuit and
Timberlands to rid New
York City of crime. Now
our hero (Aaron Taylor-
Johnson, returning with
Channing Tatums torso) is
back to living life as frizzy-
haired high school student
Dave Lizewski. Bored
with his normal life, hes
soon training with his old
ally, Hit-Girl (Chlo Grace
Moretz), who prefers prac-
ticing roundhouse kicks to
living life as ninth grader
Mindy Macready.
Kick-Ass has to look
for another cohort when
Mindys guardian (Morris
Chestnut) forces her to pur-
sue a childhood that doesnt
include throwing stars.
(Spoiler alert: It doesnt
take.) He fnds a group of
fellow homemade superhe-
roes, led by Colonel Stars
and Stripes (Jim Carrey).
The good times dont last
for long. Kick-Ass old nem-
esis, Red Mist (Christopher
Mintz-Plasse), has
rechristened himself The
Motherfker and has built
an army of bad guys with
vaguely racist monikers.
The title character is
Kick-Ass. Hit-Girl, a foul-
mouthed, violent Lolita
whose inappropriateness is
celebrated without apology,
is clearly the star. Kick-Ass
2 isnt big enough for two
characters and their teenage
concerns, frenemies, and
parents-just- dont-under-
stand blues. Even when we
wonder why the movie is
revisiting Mean Girls or
why Daves dad is suddenly
so concerned about his sons
midnight maneuverings, we
never get stuck in a corner
because writer-director Jeff
Wadlow keeps things mov-
ing. The diversions never
become an issue.
Wadlowalso doesnt stray
from the real people are
heroes too element that
made the frst movie relat-
able. Yes, Mintz-Plasses
Chris DAmico is on a nev-
er-ending quest to model
his villains after 1970s glam
rockers; Kick-Ass still has a
remarkable ability to get his
own ass kicked. But Wadlow
smartly increases the self-
depreciation. It turns out
Hit-Girl isnt impervious to
the smooth-chested charms
of boy bands. Tickets to
The Book of Mormon are
a valid excuse to skip your
superhero duties. A heart-
felt pep talk concludes with
a request to get a pair of pli-
ers so a bad guy can start
spilling secrets. And poor
Chris cant get anyone to
share his hatred of Kick-Ass,
the guy who killed his father
with a bazooka. A bazooka!
Its hard to dislike a movie
that winks at its own absur-
dity or features actors enjoy-
ing themselves so much,
including Carrey (who has
since distanced himself
from his participation in the
flm) and a blessedly calm
John Leguizamo, who plays
Chris bodyguard and only
friend. The action scenes
are kinetic and possible
to follow, a rarity in most
action flms with bigger
budgets and more serious
intentions.
Kick-Ass 2 is by no
means a perfect movie. But
it is frothy and fun and, most
importantly, underneath all
the gore, its heart is in the
right place. Growing up is
hard. Accepting additional
responsibility, with or with-
out a mask, is doubly hard.
-To read more of Petes
cinematic musings, please
visit whatpeteswatching.
blogspot.com or follow him
on Twitter, @PeteCroatto.
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These characters still Kick-Ass in sequel
kick-Ass 2 may not have roomfor all its characters, but its a solid
follow-up with heart.
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Sanitary Bakery
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Church
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Library
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(Kielbasa Competition)
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Within the rst minute of Thats My
Kind of Night, the opening track on Luke
Bryans new album Crash My Party,
he cites tailgating, beer drinking, and a
nameless pretty girl in suntan oil and
cowboy boots all standard modern-day
signiers for a country song.
Set to an electronically
altered bass-and-drum rhythm,
the song also refers to a coun-
try hip-hop mix tape, a reec-
tion of the tunes arrangement,
which mixes banjo, hard-rock
guitar riffs, and hip-hop pro-
duction touches.
What Bryans fourth album
doesnt offer is many sur-
prises. The current Academy
of Country Music enter-
tainer of the year, Bryan
sticks with souped-up
country rockers and romantic
ballads about how guys who
like to sh and guzzle beer
and drive pickup trucks do bet-
ter with women and generally
have more fun than their coun-
terparts.
That theme rings out in
the title song and many oth-
ers, including Beer in the
Headlights, We Run This
Town, Play It Again, Out
Like That, and on and on.
Bryan and producer Jeff
Stevensdopushtheedgeof how
many electronic effects they
can use in a country song. But
in every other way, Bryan sticks a bit too
predictably with a successful formula on
Crash My Party.
-Michael McCall, Associated Press
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Five Finger Death Punch
The Wrong Side of Heaven and
the Righteous Side of Hell Vol. 1
FFDP on the
Righteous Side of metal
Mayer creates
musiciansParadise
Luke Bryans predictable
Party crashes
8. Anna Kendrick: Cups
7. Miley Cyrus: We Cant Stop
6. Bruno Mars: Treasure
5. Imagine Dragons: Radioac-
tive
4. Zedd/Foxes: Clarity
3. Maroon 5: Love Somebody
2. Jason Derulo: The Other Side
1. Robin Thicke/Pharrell
Williams/T.I.: Blurred Lines
1. Luke Bryan: Crash My Party
2. Five Finger Death Punch:
Wrong Side Of Heaven & Righ-
teous Side Of Hell V.1
3. Jay Z: Magna Carta Holy
Grail
4. Avenged Sevenfold: Hail To
The King
5. Robin Thicke: Blurred Lines
6. Buddy Guy: Rhythm & Blues
7. Pink: Truth About Love
8. Asking Alexandria: From
Death To Destiny
9. Alice In Chains: Devil Put The
Dinosaurs Here
10. Winery Dogs: Winery Dogs
Top 8 at 8 with Ralphie Aversa
Top 10 Albums at Gallery of Sound
Rating:
WWWW
John Mayer
Paradise Valley
Rating: WWWWV
Luke Bryan
Crash My Party
Rating: WW
Its easy for a traditional-minded
metal fan to snub a band like Five
Finger Death Punch. The Los
Angeles-based outt specializes in
accessible, melodic rage the type
that bands like Killswitch Engage
and Asking Alexandria chase with
a palatable dose of mechanized,
D-tuned chug. What beer-muscled
frat boys of the world have rejoiced
in, the devout metal disciple has
often soured upon, but those elit-
ists would be missing out by not
taking a look at FFDP. What makes
them different is the bands volatile
musical chemistry and explosive
presentation arena-ready impact
with some of the best percussive,
rhythmic offset in contemporary
heavy music.
The bands latest is an exercise in
polished metal production, trigger-
like drumming, and studio-sweet-
enedguitar ambience eventhough
the edges have been smoothed for
zero chance of danger, the passion
and feel more than compensates.
Infectious tracks like Watch You
Bleed are what Slipknot would
sound like without the gimmicky
thematics: adventurous, soaring
catharsis, withimpressive soloing to
boot. Vocalist IvanMoody wrenches
his gut, proclaiming, Id give any-
thing just to cut you free. Cuts like
Burn MF are as angry as anything
no-nonsense hardcore bands like
Pro-Pain have ever recorded, with
devastating growls of derangement
and wrist-splintering guitar riffs a
masterful mashup of Sevendusts
antagonized melodicism and
Chimairas harshest take on reality.
This album is also notable for
the collaborations. Judas Priests
Rob Halford lends guest vocals
to Lift Me Up, a custom-tting,
dark groove metal track in the vein
of late-model Judas Priest mate-
rial. In This Moments Maria Brink
hints at a more subdued backing
vocal on Anywhere But Here, an
introspectively melancholic view on
mankinds very sense of awareness.
Old school metal fans should enjoy
the inclusion of ex-Sepultura/Souly
frontman Max Cavalera on the de-
ant and thrashy I.M. Hate the
song sees Cavalera and Moody at an
arms length, warning dont get any
closer, or youll see the real me.
Cold-ltered aggression at its
most enjoyable peak of sonic perfec-
tion, Five Finger Death Punch deals
a thick-skinned knockout blow to
the non-believing metal highbrows.
-Mark Uricheck, Weekender
Correspondent
Its almost safe to say that the music
industry is going through a change similar
to when the electric guitar hit the scene
in 1931. The trend of pulsing drum beats
and clever guitar licks is slowly diminish-
ing, while crisp, pitch-perfect computer-
ized tones compiled into big breakdowns
are practically the new formula of success.
Production and audio engineering now
takes the role of the actual musician, and
most raw talent now comes in the form of
great vocalists. But for those music fans
who still want to hear someone master an
instrument, there may be hope.
John Mayer, the seven-time Grammy
winner, released Paradise Valley yester-
day, his sixth studio album.
Tabloid comments and celebrity girl-
friends aside, Mayer can at out play
guitar and is one of the most successful
players in recent memories. Hes hidden it
behind pop music. Hes displayed it with
his blues trio. And now, he mellows out
and just plays for who will listen.
Paradise Valley may become the go-to
summer song for years to come and is the
theme for the entire record. With an easy-
going feel and a southern rock vibe, the
song is a skillful understatement.
The album carries on with Dear Marie
and Waiting on the Day, two of Mayers
most mature songs to date. There are guest
appearances as well, with Frank Ocean
being featured on a Wildre Interlude,
and Katy Perry joins in on a duet, Who
You Love.
Mayer saves the best for last with
Badge and Gun and One the Way
Home which he called Wildre Part
II. The overall easy-listening, breezy feel
is perfect as summer winds down, and the
album can compete with Mayers best.
He seems to have focused on whats most
important: the music.
-Matt Morgis, Weekender Correspondent
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SEE AGENDA, PAGE 50
BAZAARS/FESTIVALS
27th annual Pocono State
Craft Festival
(www.poconocrafts.comor call
570-476-4460.)
Aug. 24-25, Quiet Valley (347
Quiet Valley Road, Stroudsburg).
$6, adults; Free, children 12 and
under.
33rd Annual Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire:
Saturdays and Sundays through
Oct. 27, and Labor Day Monday,
Mount Hope Estate and Winery.
$29.95, adults; $10.95, children
ages 5 to 11. For more info
and tickets visit PaRenFaire.
comor call the box ofce at
717.665.7021.
La Festa Italiana:
Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.;
Sept. 2, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
Railfest 2013
Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Steamtown
National Historic Site, Scranton.
St. John the Baptist Orthodox
Church
(93 Zerby Ave, Edwardsville)
15th Annual Ethnic Food
Festival: Aug. 24, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
BENEFITS/CHARITY EVENTS
American Cancer Society
Cancer Prevention Study-3
(CPS-3): Nov. 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Nov. 6, 4-8 p.m., Keystone
College Hibbard Campus Center.
Participants can register at
www.keystonecps3.org. For
more info call 570.562.9749.
American Lung Association
Fight for Air Walk: Oct. 3,
McDade Park, Scranton.
Registration 9 a.m., run beings
9:45, walkers at 10. For more info
visit lunginfo.org/scrantonwalk.
American Red Cross
11th Annual Golf Tournament:
Sept. 23, registration 11 a.m.,
shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.,
Glenmaura National Golf Club.
Dinner and awards ceremony
at 6 p.m. Limited to 120 golfers.
$300 per golfer. To make a
reservation for golf and/or
dinner, contact Carol Crane at
570.823.7161, ext. 329 or carol.
crane@redcross.org.
Blue Chip Farms Animal
Refuge
(974 Lockville Rd., Dallas,
570.333.5265, www.
bcfanimalrefuge.org)
Paws for Pets fundraiser: Aug.
25, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Stormi
Steel Skin F/X(214 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston). $30 donation.
CareNet of Scranton
Third Annual Walk for Life:
Sept. 14, registration 9 a.m., walk
from10-11 a.m., Courthouse
Square, Scranton. $25 per
person. For more info or to
register for the walk visit
carenetofscranton.com.
Luzerne County Pit Bull
Owners, Inc.
3rd Annual Pit Bull Awareness
Day and Carnival: Oct. 26, noon-
6 p.m., Kirby Park.
Share the Journey, Suicide
Prevention Regional Walk
Sept. 7, 9 a.m. registration,
walk at 10, Lackawanna County
Courthouse (Linden Street side,
Scranton). Register at www.
theastsuicidepreventionintiative.
com.
Traceys Hope Hospice Care
Program and Domestic
Animal Rescue
(570.466.7930,
traceyshopenmcdonald@gmail.
com, petservicesbydenise.com)
Rummage Sale: Sept. 7, 8 a.m.-
2:30 p.m., St. Benedicts Church
basement (155 Austin Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre).
Valley with a Heart
13th Annual Beneft Ride &
Family Picnic: Sept. 1 (rain date
Sept. 2), 8-11 a.m., registration
and breakfast; ride leaves at
11. $15, rider; $10, passengerl;
$5, non-riders; free, kids 12 and
under.
CAR & BIKE EVENTS
570 Riders Bike Nights
Runs every Monday in the
summer. 6 p.m., Dairy Queen,
Rt. 315
8th Annual Tommy Z
Memorial Car, Street Rod and
Bike Show:
Sept. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (Rain
date Sept. 22), Crestwood
High School parking lot. $12
registration until Sept. 1, $15
afterwards. For an application
call 570.868.6515.
Coal Cracker Cruisers Car
Club (570.876.4034)
Cruise Night: Sept. 6, 6-9 p.m.,
Advance Auto Parts (Route 6,
Carbondale).
15th Annual Car Show: Sept.
15, 9 a.m. For more info contact
JoAnn Spalnick, 570.876.4034.
Fall Festival Car Cruise
(Eagle Rock Resort, 1 Country
Club Dr., Hazleton)
Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-midnight. Rain
date Oct. 13. Optional donation
of $12 day of show, $9 pre-
registration. Pre-register by
mailing 1 Country Club Drive,
Hazle Township, PA18202.
McDonalds (Route 590 Hamlin,
Pa)
Car Cruise: Every second
Friday of August, September,
6 P.M.
Montage Mountain Classics
(Thurs., 6-9 p.m., Fri., 6-10 p.m.,
sat., 5-9 p.m.)
Car Cruises:
Sept. 21, 5-9 p.m., Johnny
Rockets, Montage Mountain.
Sept. 6, 5-9 p.m., Pittston
Cruise, Tomato Festival parking
lot.
Cruise to Beneft Ronald
McDonald House: Sept. 22, 2-6
p.m. Rain date Sept. 29.
CHURCHES
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Church
(420 Main Rd., Hanover Twp.,
570.823.6242)
Annual Chicken Barbecue/
Flea Market/Craft Sale: Sept.
15, noon-4 p.m. $9, dinner.
Additional feamarket times
Sept. 20, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sept. 21,
8 a.m.-noon and 6-7 p.m.; Sept.
22, 10 a.m.-noon.
EVENTS
Back Mountain Martial Arts
(114o Memorial Highway, Dallas.
570.675.9535, info@ufa-a.com,
www.ufa-a.com.)
Free anti-bully seminar: Aug.
24, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Chinchilla Hose Company
(Shady Lane Rd., 570.586.5726,
www.chcfre.net)
Annual Chicken BBQ: Aug.
31, 1-6 p.m. $8, adults; $6.50,
children under 10. Tickets
available at door or by calling
570.586.5726.
THE COOPERAGE PROJECT
(1030 Main St., Honesdale)
570.253.2020,
thecooperageproject.org
(Donations accepted and
appreciated at the door at all
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Contra dance: Aug. 24, 7:30-10
p.m.
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p.m., Breaking Groud Poets at
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By Chuck Shepherd
Weekender Wire Services
Finally following Moms advice
When I was growing
up and a friend would do
something to hurt me,
my mom would stress to
never seek revenge.
Life will come back on
them, shed wisely ad-
vise. It may not be today,
or tomorrow, but one day
their actions will catch up
with them.
Like most young idiots,
Id never listen to my
mother.
When I was an arro-
gant 20-year-old frat boy
and one of my pledges
told a brother that I bor-
rowed his jeans from his
closet, pissed in them
while laughing too hard,
sprayed Axe Body Spray
on the crotch, and re-
turned them to his closet
without washing them, I
taught him a lesson. Ev-
ery time Id seek revenge,
however, Id learn that
life would come back to
bite me in the ass for my
behavior. So, I decided
to finally take the advice
passed down from my
mother!
I was producing my own on-air seg-
ment for a local television talk show at
the time.
It was an opportunity that I was
eminently grateful for. Every Friday
afternoon, I was allowed to spend five to
seven minutes doing whatever I wanted
to do. One week, I was interviewing
celebrities like Adam Levine or Chelsea
Handler, another week I was getting an
exclusive tour inside MTVs Jersey
Shore cast house, while the next I was
suggesting different hangover remedies
practiced around the world.
However, like every opportunity, it
was disguised as hard work. I wasnt
even getting paid, but the experience
was well worth it. While I was building
my rsum, the new start-up show had
someone to help carry the burden of pro-
ducing the hour-long program. As soon
as my segment ended and the show went
to commercial break, I would sprint to
the parking garage, change into my work
clothes, and rush to my one of two jobs
waiting tables and bartending. It wasnt
how I envisioned my life once I was on
television, but I was young, ambitious,
and willing to do whatever it took.
Six months into my segment, I success-
fully landed an interview with Donald
Trump!
I was told by the co-host that I had to
let the main host of the show interview
Trump when I announced that I booked
it. Since I wasnt getting paid to produce
their show, I wasnt about to give away
the awesome interview that I landed.
The main host of the show then sent
me an absurdly aggressive email, cursing
at me in ALL CAPS, telling me that if I
didnt hand over the interview, Id lose
my segment. I stood my ground and lost
the segment.
Not the answer the host expected, he
told me that he would make sure Id
never work in local media again!
I took my mothers advice and left it
at that.
A year later, his aggressive behavior
made headlines for a PFA his ex-wife
filed, claiming he pesters her with ag-
gressive texts saying he wishes she
would lose her battle with multiple scle-
rosis and die, while I sit here writing my
150th column in local medias No. 1 arts
and entertainment weekly magazine!
Sorry for not taking your advice ear-
lier, Mom! Im sure glad I started.
ROACH MOTEL
at age 20, Kyle Kandilian
of dearborn, Mich., has
created a start-up business
to fund his college expenses,
but it involves a roomful (in
the family home) of nearly
200,000 cockroaches. the
environmental science major
at university of Michigan-
dearborn breeds species
ranging from the familiar
household pests, which he
sells on the cheap as food
for other peoples pets, to
the more interesting, exotic
Madagascar hissing roaches
and rhino roaches, which
can live for 10 to 15 years.
(Kandilian told the detroit
Free Press in July that of the
4,000 cockroach species,
only about a dozen are pests.)
Why not choose a more
conventional pet? Because
(m)ammals smell, he said.
(Missing from the Free Press
story: details on the likely
interesting initial conversation
between Kyle and his mother
when he asked if he could
have 200,000 cockroaches in
the house.)
CANT POSSIBLY
BE TRUE
a 55-year-old woman in
the netherlands seemed to
be experiencing orgasms
emanating from her foot, she
said, and dr. Marcel Waldinger
of utrecht university
(writing in the Journal of
sexual Medicine, online in
June) produced a possible
explanation. the applicable
left foot nerve enters the
spinal cord at about the same
level as the vaginal nerve,
Waldinger wrote, and the
womans recent foot injury
might have caused the nerves
to cross. the woman reported
five or six orgasms per day
that felt exactly like regular
orgasms and, she said, were
making her feel terribly
guilty and embarrassed.
after treatment with a nerve
anesthetic, she reported being
orgasm-free (in the foot, at
least) for eight months.
the intersection of West
gateway Boulevard and north
Congress avenue in Boynton
Beach, Fla. (pop. 60,000), is
nine lanes wide, busy even
at 11 p.m. on sunday night,
as it was at that time in July
when a 2-year-old girl darted
across, a combination of
good fortune and sometimes-
rare Florida driver alertness
allowing her safe arrival on
the other side without a
scratch. Its a miracle, said
Harry scott, who witnessed
it. Im telling you the truth.
Mom Kayla Campbell, 26, was
charged with felony neglect,
as she appeared oblivious,
said police, to the childs
absence from home.
UNCLEAR ON THE
CONCEPT
In June, following his
guilty plea in Corpus Christi,
texas, to possession of child
pornography, Jose salazar,
70, offered to perform public
service to reduce the 12-year
sentence a federal judge
had handed him. salazar
said he had a lot to offer
society, according to an
associated Press story, and
could be useful in mentoring
children.
at atherstone, englands,
twycross Zoo, a program
is underway to try to teach
quarter-ton giant tortoises
to speed up. an extended
outdoor pen had been built
for speedy (age 70), tim,
40, and shelly, 30, but that
meant it took a longer time to
round them up for bed at the
end of the day. the Leicester
Mercury reported in June
that zoo officials were trying
to use the lure of food to get
the tortoises to significantly
improve their way-under-1-
mile-per-hour gait.
actually, It Might enhance
the experience: the British
sex toy manufacturer ann
summers issued a recall in
June of a certain model of its
popular ultimate O Vibrator
because of a problem with
the electrical charger. the
company said it was being
cautious but that the risk of
danger is low.
INEXPLICABLE
tina Marie garrison,
37, and her son Junior Lee
dillon, 18, of Preston, Minn.,
were charged in June with
stealing almost $5,000
worth of gopher feet from
the freezer of a gopher
trapper in granger, Minn.,
and selling them for the local
offered bounty of $3 per
pair. garrison, dillon, and
the victimized trapper were
friends, and it was not clear
why the thinly populated
gopher-foot market would not
have deterred garrison and
dillon.
Louann giambattista, 55,
a 33-year-veteran american
airlines flight attendant,
filed a lawsuit against the
company in July alleging
that it had subjected her to
baseless hassles because
of co-workers accusations
that, argued her attorney,
were wrongly making her
out to be a nut. One of the
accusations was that she was
hiding rats in her underwear
(and pantyhose) and sneaking
them onto planes based
apparently on giambattistas
hobby of raising pets at home.
the airline has allegedly
subjected her to enhanced
security measures for more
than a year, allegedly causing
her post-traumatic stress
disorder and debilitating
anxiety.
PEOPLE WITH
ISSUES
(1.) gerard streator, 47,
pleaded guilty in June in
Waukesha, Wis., County Court
to public lewdness and placed
on probation after his arrest
last year of going through the
motions of intercourse with a
discarded couch on a public
street. an off-duty police
officer thought initially that he
had caught a couple, but on
closer inspection, he realized
streator (who was aroused)
was alone. (2.) the day before,
in Ostersund, sweden, a
35-year-old man was arrested
after a surveillance camera
revealed him to be the one
who repeatedly punctured
Per edstroms bicycles tires
and who that evening was
seen sitting on the bicycle
pleasuring himself.
UNDIGNIFIED
DEATHS
(1.) a 28-year-old man was
accidentally killed in shelby,
n.C., in april. Police say he had
trespassed on a salvage lot at
5 a.m. and was underneath a
wrecked car trying to steal a
catalytic converter when the
jack slipped, and the car fell
on him. (2.) a 42-year-old man
was shot and wounded while
on his front porch in antioch,
Calif., on Friday morning,
June 28. He was treated and
releaswed, but then walked
out on his porch the next
morning and was again shot,
this time fatally.
STRANGE OLD WORLD
the Best of the International Press: In July,
the governor of gorontalo province in Indonesia
decreed that female secretaries should be replaced
immediately with males. He was responding to a
recent excessive spate of extramarital afairs by
male bureaucrats with their female secretaries.
([O]ld women who are no longer attractive could
also be hired, he said.)
A 20-SomethingS wild AdventureS
Justin Brown | Weekender Correspondent
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Geek Culture & more
Rich Howells | Weekender Editor
Even when Nathan Richardson was
working tech support at a call center in
Wilkes-Barre, he dreamed big dreams.
As it turned out, so did the guy in the
next cubicle.
In the downtime, there was this
guy sitting next to me drawing really
magnificent pictures. It took me six
months before I actually connected
the dots while I was thinking about
what to do. Im like, I have access to
somebody who sits next to me thats
a really amazing artist, stuck in a call
center like Im stuck in a call center. I
should utilize this. I should go for our
dreams, Richardson recalled, refer-
ring to his now-friend Gaylon Bain.
Before we went to do comics, I
commissioned him to do a couple art
pieces myself just to have some to
hang on my cube. Then I said, You
know what? We should do a comic. He
was pretty enthusiastic.
The 28-year-old Edwardsville native,
currently living in Maryland, still
works in IT, but hes much closer to his
dream of being a writer now than he
ever was before. Believing that super-
heroes are overdone and inspired by
Garth Ennis Preacher, along with
other dark comics like Hellblazer
and Jonah Hex, Richardson is
releasing the second issue of
Perditions Edge, a supernatural
tale set in the Old West, on Aug. 24
at Rubber Mallet Comics in West
Pittston, a store that supported the
comic since the first issue came out in
May 2012.
I decided to sort of combine a little
bit of what Im really interested in
angels and demons, heaven and hell,
and sort of blur the lines between
whats actually good and whats
actually evil, Richardson explained,
enjoying his creative freedom but
looking to find a publisher down the
road.
The overall judge is the customer.
I like that. As for monetarily, thats
not free at all. I actually lose money
each issue I print because Im just not
selling as much as Id like to. Plus, if I
actually wanted to make money on
these, Id actually have to sell the
comics for at least twice what Im sell-
ing them for now just to pay back the
artist. Thats really not my focus. Im
not trying to make money on this.
Its more just fulfilling a passion and
actually holding
something in my hand that Ive cre-
ated, something Ive
wished for since I was
in college.
The Kings College
grad said the second
issue took so long
to come out due to
budgetary constraints,
but he is hoping to
have the third issue
out by the end of the
year and the fourth
by the beginning of
2014. Richardson
and Bain will be
signing copies of the
first two issues and a
limited edition post-
er on Saturday, and
Bain will be draw-
ing custom sketch covers for issue
two. The comics are available online
through perditionsedge.com and
facebook.com/PerditionsEdge.
This is actually going to be the
official launch of issue two. I did
fulfill the preorders online, but
all the fans of issue one have been
waiting over a year to see issue two, and
this is something completely new. The
colors are different, the style is a little
different. Im just really excited to
get it out there and reenergize the fan
base, Richardson enthused.
Hopefully somebody reads this in
this industry and wants to see more
of it and would like to hire (us)
That would be a dream come true.
The best I can do now is keep push-
ing, keep building a fan base, all on the
grassroots level.
In the end, its definitely worth it.
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Closer to theEdge
Perditions edge Issue 2 release and
signing: aug. 24, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Rubber Mallet Comics (802 Wyoming
ave., West Pittston). Info: 570.655.5522,
perditionsedge.com, facebook.com/
Perditionsedge.
Bain
Richardson
Youre probably a fan of Luc Besson and
you dont even knowit.
The 54-year-old writer/director/producer
is well-known in his native France, but in
the United States, it seems his work is more
recognizable than his name to the general
public. From La Femme Nikita and Lon:
The Professional to The Fifth Element
and The Transporter and Taken fran-
chises, hes delivered solid action entertain-
ment with quirky characters and unique
twists, but hes also behind some other
great foreign lms that Ive picked up here
and there in video stores, such as Wasabi,
District 13, Crimson Rivers II: Angels of
the Apocalypse, Angel-A, and Revolver.
So when I had a chance to review his lat-
est French lmto hit DVDand Blu-ray in the
States, I immediately agreed, though I knew
very little about the source material on which
it is based. The Extraordinary Adventures
of Adle Blanc-Sec comes froma 70s comic
book of the same name, but dont let that
deter you I had never heard of it either, so
I didnt go in with any preconceived notions
other than Bessons writing and directing. It
wasnt his usual fare, which is both good and
bad in this case, but it is a fun fantasy story
with storybook charm for those who dont
mind subtitles or overdubbing. (I prefer sub-
titles myself.)
Living in France in 1912, Adle Blanc-
Se may seem like a pretty, prim and proper
young woman with her giant feathered hats
andfrilly clothes, but she is actually anadven-
turous journalist who writes books about her
intrepid travels across the world. This time,
shes searching for a mummied doctor in an
Egyptian tomb who she hopes can bring her
comatose sister back to life she just has to
bring the doctor back rst. She enlists the
help of Esprandieu, who has been studying
an ancient resurrection technique, but before
she can get to him, he brings to life a baby
pterodactyl that terrorizes the city and ends
up putting himon death row.
She must rescue himall while outsmarting
her nemesis Professor Dieuleveul, a bum-
bling Inspector Caponi, and big game hunter
Justin de Saint-Hubert, and of course she
does so with humor and style. The myster-
ies arent unraveled right away like in most
American big budget blockbusters, instead
giving the audience a chance to connect the
dots rst. While its fun to watch the pieces
fall into place, however, they dont exactly
add up to a perfect portrait of Adle.
I wanted to enjoy her character more than
I did. I loved that Louise Bourgoin played
her as funny and ercely independent, never
relying on a love interest to save the day (or
at all for that matter, not allowing him much
more than comic relief), but by the time she
reveals what happened to her sister, I wasnt
able to connect with her in the way I have so
many other Besson characters. With so much
focus on those chasing her, I didnt really get
to know her well enough, but with the setup
for an intriguing sequel at the end, I would
welcome the chance for a more character-
driven story.
Lacking a lot of big, risk-taking, high-
stakes action, the lm was not typical
Besson in many ways, even in its direction.
It was well-shot and expertly framed, but
stylistically it felt more like something Terry
Gilliam would tackle than Besson, though I
enjoy when he takes artistic chances, as he
did with lms like The Messenger: The
Story of Joan of Arc. This isnt as bold or
as gripping, but it shows that he can tackle
colorful childrens fantasy as well as any of
his contemporaries, and with a little less CGI
and a few more practical effects, I think he
could build an absorbing world if given the
chance to do more.
So if youre newto Besson, I wouldnt start
withTheExtraordinaryAdventuresof Adle
Blanc-Sec, but if youre interested in foreign
lms and would like to see him expand his
range, you can watch this one with the whole
family. In fact, given Americas irrational fear
of subtitles, this may be a good way to intro-
duce your little ones to a whole newworld of
movies, even if they watch it with the cheesy
overdubbing rst. In that sense, Besson is
always a great place to begin.
-Rich Howells is a lifelong Marvel Comics
collector, wannabe Jedi master, and cult lm
fan. E-mail him at rhowells@civitasmedia.
com.
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Bill Thomas | Weekender Correspondent
Treading Parts Unknown
In pro wrestling, Parts
Unknown has often been
the go-to hometown for
masked wrestlers whose
characters depend on enig-
matic mystique. Starting
with this issue, every month
The Weekender will rede-
ne the meaning of Parts
Unknown. Now, the masks
are coming off to shine a
light on the untold stories of
the independent local wres-
tlers who put their bodies
on the line for your enter-
tainment.
First, though, a history
lesson seems in order. Who
better than to deliver it
than those who watched
the NEPA wrestling scenes
development from the only
perspective that really mat-
ters the fans?
When I was a kid, from
the time I was born until the
time when I was about 17
or 18, the only thing around
was [WWE]. That was it.
You didnt have an indepen-
dent scene, Bill Cech, of
Forty Fort, said, recalling
when Vince McMahons
superstars used to frequent
Scrantons Catholic Youth
Center.
It wasnt until the mid-
to-late 90s that things
changed. There was this
whole underground, do-
it-yourself atmosphere in
Wilkes-Barre in art and
music, and pro wrestling
was a part of that, too.
Valley Championship
Wrestling was an upstart
promotion that grew out of
the backyard wrestling fad
that exploded in popularity
during wrestlings last great
hot period, when WWE
hit it big with the Attitude
Era and Philadelphia-based
Extreme Championship
Wrestling became the little
indie that could (and often
ran shows at the Kingston
Armory).
Proving that you could
take the wrestler out of the
backyard but not the back-
yard out of the wrestler,
many of VCWs shows were
unsanctioned and boasted a
bloody, hardcore style. The
extreme approach enabled
VCWto regularly ll Wilkes-
Barres Cafe Metropolis
wall-to-wall with fans, but
also burdened it with an
early expiration date.
While others would try
to resurrect the VCW name
in later years as a legitimate
enterprise, many VCW
originals simply splintered
off. Some formed their own
promotions. Others wres-
tled for the new ones that
arose to ll the void VCW
left behind.
Valley Wrestling Alliance
ran shows out of the Murray
Complex in Wilkes-Barre
and was one of the rst
local promotions to use a
professional ring instead of
a homemade one. Real Pro
Wrestling Federation found
a home in the Poconos
and Stroudsburg. Pride of
Wrestling partnered with
Wilkes-Barres Gentlemens
Club 10 to offer up the clas-
sic combo of sex and vio-
lence. The biggest success,
though, came in the form of
Scrantons Championship
Pro Wrestling.
CPW lasted from 2009 to
2011, using such high-pro-
le names as the New Age
Outlaws, Gene Snitsky, and
Tony Atlas to pack houses,
while showcasing plenty of
homegrown talents as well.
According to Chris Decker
of Nanticoke, a longtime fan
whos moonlighted as both
referee and commentator in
various promotions, CPWs
success may have also been
its ultimate undoing.
They were doing really
well, but they just ran and
ran and ran and burnt
Scranton right out. Thats
why no ones really doing
Scranton anymore, Decker
said, noting that CPWs
success couldnt compete
with the prohibitive costs
of running a wrestling show
in Pennsylvania, including
insurance bonds and on-site
doctors.
Today, CPW veteran
Mike Marvel co-owns New
Era Wrestling Federation,
and Decker himself is cur-
rently involved with recent
N.J.-to-Pa. transplant Grand
SlamWrestling. Meanwhile,
VCWs legacy continues to
bear fruit, with short-lived
promotions like Action
Unlimited: Anthracite
Wrestling and Keystone
State Wrestling, and now
the newly minted Orange-K
promotion (set to debut
at Grants Martial Arts in
Plymouth in September),
all being the brainchildren
of VCW original Ritch
Howe.
Of course, this is not a
denitive list of everything
NEPA had/has to offer.
Make sure to pick up The
Weekender in the coming
months as Parts Unknown
continues to tear the mask
off NEPAs wrestling past,
present, and future.
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Ritch Howe and Head The Ice Crusher formed a tag team called
the Westies.
The question What do
women want? is some-
thing every guy young
and old, single or mar-
ried has tried to answer.
And in light of the male
species failed attempts at
understanding women, I
thought I would do what
no man has done before:
ask them.
The following ve
women come from differ-
ent backgrounds and expe-
rience. Some are married,
and some are single. They
are different ages and live
in different locations. But
the one thing they have in
common is that they are
smart, attractive, sophisti-
cated women.
Heres what they had to
say when I spoke to them,
asking the eternal ques-
tion: What do women
want?
Mariana G., 26
I want a guy who really
loves his woman, who will
always nd time for her. I
guess I still have not found
that kind of person yet or
he has not found me. Right
now, at my age, I desire to
have a family and babies,
but a loving, caring hus-
band comes rst. Finally, I
want the type of guy who
will want to grow old with
me, someone, who when
we are 80 years
old, will still want
to steal a kiss from
me when no one is
looking.
Constance D.,
48
What I want is very
simple: I want a man with
light in his eyes for me
only, and the only thing
that can allow that is love.
Love is all I want.
Alyssa C., 23
Every girl has a differ-
ent outlook on what they
look for in a guy, but those
(with) honesty and commit-
ment are high on my list. I
feel like its so hard to nd
someone who will be faithful
to one girl. I am a one-guy
kind of girl I was raised
right, and thats one of the
most important things I
look for in a guy. Family is
important to me and is de-
nitely a deal breaker when a
guy doesnt have respect for
others. Women want some-
one who is faithful, honest,
caring, has goals, can talk
to about anything, someone
who can be romantic, make
them feel special We want
a best friend to share the
rest of our life with.
Barbara B., 31
The characteristics in
men that I look for have
changed from my 20s to
30s. Its not about how
hot he is anymore. Its
about how pure his soul is.
Twenty-somethings may
be too focused on nding
a guy that is model mate-
rial, and they may pass on
someone sweet, honest,
and loyal.
Kristen D., 27
I want a man who I can
sit on the beach with and
watch the sunset a man
who I can watch football
with a man who can
make me laugh, and a man
not afraid to do the funky
chicken in public with me
and let loose. I want a
man who looks at me on
my worst day and says,
You are mine. I am so
lucky. I want a man who
will take me at my worst
and my best.
So, thats what women
want
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Its not about howhot he
is anymore. Its about how
pure his soul is.
Barbara B,
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BEER REVIEWS
Derek Warren | Weekender Correspondent
Asilver fox
Brewer: Brooklyn
Brewing Company
Beer: Brooklyn Silver
Anniversary Lager
Style: Doppelbock
ABV: 8.6%
Whats so special about
this? This anniversary lager
has been brewed to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of
BrooklynBrewing Company.
It is a heftier version of the
Brooklyn lager, the beer that
put the brewery on the map,
and is still a damn good beer
today!
Description: Brooklyns
Silver Anniversary Lager
pours a hazy amber-russet
brown body with a huge off-
white foam that dissipates
rather quickly, but leaves a
thick, heavy lacing on the
glass. The aroma is very
pleasing with notes of bis-
cuit, caramel, dark fruits,
earthy/oral hops, and just a
hint of spicecomingthrough.
This is an extremely rich
tasting beer with the earthy
hops coming up front, but it
is quickly covered by thick
and rich caramel and biscuit
malts that leave a thick coat-
ing on the palate that holds
the bitterness in place for a
long, dry nish. The body of
this beer certainly falls into
the full category while still
at the same time managing
a nice, crisp nish. This is
a surprisingly complex beer
that gets better with each
sip, but be warned, the alco-
hol is also very well hidden,
so pace yourself on this one.
This is denitely a great beer
to celebrate any anniversary,
so congrats, Brooklyn, and
heres to another 25!
Food pairing: This beer
has such a luxurious avor
that can completely encom-
pass a dish and melt right
in for a truly pleasure-lled
evening meal. An absolutely
wonderful dish with this
beer is venison; the caramel
avor from the beer truly
sinks its teeth in and does
not let go. For a real treat,
make yourself a sour cherry
reduction for a sauce to
drizzle onto the meat. One
thing that we are looking
for as a match to this beer is
something with dark meat
to compliment the caramel
notes, so a dish such as
duck, goose, or even wild
boar, if you can nd it, are
perfect matches for this
beer. However, we are not
limited to meats with this
beer, andseeing as we are on
the cusp of the fall season,
try this with a lovely pump-
kin ravioli dish. Also, do
not think that this beer can-
not pair up perfectly with
desserts; the sweetness of
this doppelbock makes it a
great pairing with custards,
particularly caramel an or
crme brle.
Is it worth trying?
Without question try this
beer. I must confess that
this is typically not a beer
style that I go for; I tend to
shy away from overly malty
beers, but this doppelbock
is just amazing. The com-
plexity of this beer makes it
a true workhorse, whether
enjoying it alone or with
a meal. As we are now
transitioning away from
our summer beers as the
shelves quickly ll up with
fall beers, if you are like me
and do not want to overdo
it too early with pump-
kin beers but are ready to
move on from light sum-
mer beers, then do yourself
a favor and hunt down a
bottle of Brooklyns Silver
Anniversary Lager. It will
not disappoint you and is
the perfect accompaniment
to a relaxing evening.
Rating: WWWWV
Where can I get it?
Currently available in bot-
tles at: Wegmans, Dickson
City and Wilkes-Barre, but
denitely call around and
try to hunt this one down!
Remember, enjoy respon-
sibly! Cheers!
-Derek Warren is a beer
fanatic, avid homebrewer,
and beer historian. Follow
Dereks beer blog at idtap-
that.org.
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What is a doppelbock?
Style: Doppelbock
Brief history: This style was created
in 1629 as Salvator by the monastic
Paulaner brewery in Munich, Germany.
The Salvator name began to be used
more generally until the early 20th cen-
tury when the now secular Paulaner
brewery took steps to protect the name.
However, the -ator sufx still carries
on today and many breweries still slap
it on the end of their doppelbock names
for beers. The term doppelbock was
coined by Munich consumers, doppel
meaning double. The beer is still rela-
tively big, but it was once much heavier.
Over the past 150 years, the beer has
become drier, less sweet, and more alco-
holic.
Standard characteristics: Typically
doppelbocks are darker in color, ranging
from deep gold to dark brown, and dark-
er versions also tend to have ruby high-
lights. They also tend to have a large,
creamy, persistent head ranging from
white to off-white in color. However,
stronger versions may have less head
retention. These are beers that possess a
very strong maltiness and do not tend to
have a very strong bitterness.
Nose: The aroma will have a very
strong malt character, with darker ver-
sions also having slight toasty aromas
as well. There is virtually no hop aroma,
although some paler version may have
slight earthy hops coming through. A
moderate amount of dark fruits may be
present as well, but not overpowering.
Darker versions may also have slight
hints of dark chocolate or roasted barley
as well.
Body: Doppelbocks tend to lean
more towards the full-bodied side of
the spectrum, with lighter versions
in the medium-full range accepted as
well. Additionally, there is a moderate
amount of carbonation within the beer.
The overall impression is a very smooth
beer without harshness or alcohol burn.
Taste: The taste is very rich and
malty, as one might expect. They have
a very clean lager avor; after all, this
beer is the lagers bigger cousin. Darker
versions may possess some roast char-
acteristics. Typically, doppelbocks have
a biscuit and fresh bread-like quality to
them due to the high malt character.
Food pairing: Just as one may expect
with a very rich beer, this pairs very well
with very rich foods. These beers are an
absolute dream with duck, goose, pork,
or pigeon. They also go well with many
Mexican dishes, especially those with
a heavy cream sauce. The sweetness of
doppelbocks also makes them great for
dessert pairings such as chocolate and/
or carrot cake, custard, and homemade
clairs.
Recommendations: This is an
extremely approachable beer style, as
many beers drinkers are used to maltier
beers, and the hop prole is very low
in doppelbocks. The other great thing
about these beers is that many are easy
to nd in bars and stores throughout the
country, whether they are imported or
brewed domestically. Here is a brief list
of great doppelbock beers to try:
Ayinger: Celebrator
Spaten: Optimator
Samuel Adams: Double Bock
Smuttynose: Smuttonator
Tregs Brewing Company:
Troegenator
Brooklyn Brewery: Brooklyn Silver
Anniversary Lager
Paulaner: Salvator
Remember, always enjoy responsibly!
Cheers!
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While we are the leading electrical-mechanical sales and ser-
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from Massachusetts to Puerto Rico and across the county to
the West Coast.
We are seeking a hands-on individual with a desire to
dominate the northeastern Pennsylvania (down to Bucks
County Line) industrial, municipal and building management
markets.
Must have experience with electric motors, pumps, gears,
controls and energy retrofit projects is preferred as is an
Engineering degree.
However, if you are someone with a passion for sales, a
proven track record for developing & creating business, and
has a desire to learn our industry
We want to hear from you!
Territory has short term potential to produce 90k+ income.
Please forward resume with salary history, in confidence, to:
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P.O. Box 511
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as Well as service existing
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budgets and assist Manage-
ment in developing budgets
will guarantee Your success!
The ability to work under
tight deadlines is a must.
This is a Full Time position.
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Robbie Vanderveken | Special to the Weekender
Grab on toDuckTales: Remastered
The quack is back! The
beloved 8-bit DuckTales
game returns and has
been re-mastered with
new and improved story
sequences, gameplay, and
gorgeous new graphical
upgrades.
Back in the early
days of the Nintendo
Entertainment System
(NES), Capcom made
some of the best games
on the market, including
one of my favorite series,
Mega Man, and several
other licensed Disney
games based on cartoon
shows that where very
popular at the time.
DuckTales, based on
the classic cartoon series,
follows the adventures
of Scrooge McDuck,
Launchpad, and Scrooges
nephews as they travel
the globe searching for
priceless treasures to
increase Scrooges vast
riches. The style of the
game is very similar to
Mega Man in that it
is an action platforming
game, but you do not
shoot anything. You hop
on enemies heads using
Scrooges cane as a pogo-
stick. The cane can also
be used to hop on spikes,
break blocks, and jump
higher to explore each of
the themed levels.
For the most part, the
remastered version is
the same as the NES ver-
sion with modern hand-
drawn visuals, remixed
music, and updated con-
trols. One of my favorite
updates to the game is
the spoken dialogue that
couldnt be done in the
original. Not only is it
nice to hear what is being
said, but they got most of
the original voice actors
to do the talking. Another
great touch is most of the
music is the same, but
touched up to sound bet-
ter; they are still as catchy
as they have always been.
The gameplay is very
similar to the old game,
but it feels more tight
and precise, allowing you
chain together jumps and
attacks more fluidly than
every before.
D u c k T a l e s :
Remastered isnt an
exact copy of the origi-
nal; it has a few extra lev-
els, including a prologue
level. After that, the
game continues with a
level select screen where
you can pick the level
you want to do first. All
of the classic levels are
back, with a few extra
hidden sections and a
map to help you not get
lost. There are many dif-
ferent themed levels,
such as Transylvania,
the Amazon, the Moon,
and much more. All of
my favorite sections are
back, from the helicop-
ter rides to the coal mine
cars only this time the
controls are more pre-
cise, making it feel more
balanced. The levels are
actually easier because
there are more health
upgrades and power-ups
than there used to be,
making it more accessible
for new players.
The boss fights have
also been remastered,
making them more
graphically impressive
and more epic. They still
have the same level of dif-
ficulty; you have to mem-
orize the patterns and
find their weaknesses to
complete the levels. The
only real issue I had was
at the end of the game.
The ending scene is play-
able, and if you die, you
have to play the whole
boss fight again, which is
a real pain, but this is a
minor flaw.
There isnt much I was
able to nd fault with in
this game. It is a loving
tribute to the original
game, and aside fromsome
minor hiccups, the game
holds up in quality. There
are some minor hit detec-
tion issues, and some-
times the controls act a
little screwy, but these are
just minor annoyances in
an otherwise great game.
The biggest addition to
the game is the story
sequences; they hold true
to the show, but they cant
be skipped easily. If you
are playing the game for a
second or third time and
dont want to watch them,
it can be a pain.
Overall, DuckTales:
Remastered is just as
good as the original. If
you are new to the series,
you will like the fun plat-
forming, but if you are a
child of the 80s, you are
going to love the nostal-
gia-lled experience of
this great remake of a
classic game. For just a
$15 download, this game
offers countless hours of
entertainment exploring
each level and collecting
each of the treasures; you
are going to want to play
it again and again. This is
a near-perfect remake of
one of the best games on
the Nintendo and is not to
be missed for old school
gamers. Be warned,
though you will be hum-
ming the theme song for
weeks to come.
-Robbie Vanderveken
is the digital operations
specialist at The Times
Leader. E-mail him at
r vanderveken@t i mes-
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Genre: Platformer
Rating: E for Everyone
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Fashion designer Phillip
Lim has unveiled his newest
3.1 Phillip Lim collection!
And guess what? You can
get it at your local Target!
In case youve missed him
on the fashion scene, since
2005 Lim has been known
for rejuvenating fancy-shman-
cy wardrobes and turning
them into fresh, trendsetting
ensembles. And his latest fall
collection will be available on
September 15.
Yeah, at Target!
His mini satchel with cross
body strap is a must-buy at
only $34.99! And its avail-
able in yellow and black! Just
to give you some perspective,
his larger non-Target col-
laboration bags go for around
$800 in the retail market.
Needless to say, I will be
sleepinginthe Target parking
lot on the 14th. No stranger
to the spotlight, Phillip Lim
was also the proud recipient
of the CFDA Accessories
Designer of the Year Award
for 2013. NewYork magazine
has described the designers
style as laidback renement
with moments of romance,
and his sleek designs are
favored by celebs like Rachel
Bilson, Lauren Conrad, and
Kate Bosworth. His clothes
this season are beautiful
navy and neutral fall colors:
tailored suits, classic little
black dresses with texturized
embellishments and faux
leather accents. Thats always
a plus for us animal lovers.
For the guys, 3.1 has a clas-
sic trench and some erce
Chelsea boots that will carry
you from fall to winter. My
ultimate mens favorite look is
his No. 19 outt in the look
book; the navy tailored suit
for around $110 is a great
gift to spruce up that special
man in your life. Or for your
laidback weekends, you can
rock it out with his take on
the black or white high-top
sneaker and French terry
sweats in charcoal My fave
for the guys. The womens
lounge wear features pop art
Boom! sweatshirts paired
with tapered French terry
sweat pants and sleek-yet-
owing fall dresses that cre-
ate a new Twiggy-gets-jiggy
genre. Dont worry, girls!
Total starvation is optional.
One of the reasons I wanted
to collaborate with Target,
Lim revealed, is because I
felt that together we could
create a collection that would
inspire one that is cool and
chic, but still very accessible.
For a complete sneak peak
at Phillip Lims entire Look
Book, check out:
h u f f i n g t o n p o s t .
com/2013/08/13/phillip-lim-
for-target_n_3748742.html
Or read more at:
askmen.com/celebs/men/
business_politics/phillip-
lim/#ixzz2cQalTOSb
-Erin Rovin has been
working inthe entertainment
industry for 10 years and
writes for various national
gossip publications. You can
reach Erin at erinrovin@
gmail.com.
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Pick out your fave outft, handbag, or accessory from
the 3.1 Phillip Lim collection using Targets very own
Look Book at: target.com/c/phillip-lim-for-target-
brand-shop/-/N-55ji0#?lnk=snav_rd_phillip_lim&
orginalSearchTerm=phillip+lim. Ten hightail it to
Dickson City or Wilkes-Barre on September 15! Just
leave one of the $34.99 satchels for me! Pretty please?
The White House is nal-
ly getting a much-needed
makeover this week that
has been in the making for
almost three years. Last
week, the Obama adminis-
tration began installing solar
panels on the roof of the
White House.
While the new addition is
supposed to be hush-hush,
the Washington Post picked
up some information from
an anonymous White House
ofcial who stated that the
installation of the solar pan-
els is in process. The anony-
mous source also told the
Washington Post that the
project is part of an energy
retrot that will improve the
overall energy efciency of
the building.
President Obama and his
administration pledged in
October 2010 to put solar
panels on the White House
as a sign of the presidents
commitment to renewable
energy. Former Energy
Secretary Steven Chu and
White House Council on
Environmental Quality
Chair Nancy Sutley spear-
headed the task with hopes
to demonstrate that historic
buildings can incorporate
solar energy and energy ef-
ciency upgrades.
In 2010, Chu said, This
project reects President
Obamas strong commit-
ment to U.S. leadership in
solar energy and the jobs
it will create here at home.
Deploying solar energy tech-
nologies across the country
will help America lead the
global economy for years to
come. This isnt the rst
time the White House has
sported solar panels. Back
in the late 1970s, President
Jimmy Carter installed 32
solar panels for hot water.
Sadly, Ronald Reagan had
them taken down when he
became president. To every-
ones surprise, President
George W. Bush installed a
few solar panels in 2003 to
heat the White House swim-
ming pool.
Several grassroots cam-
paigns, including 350.org,
lobbied Obama at the start
of his rst term to restore
the solar panels to the White
House. Bill McKibben of
350.org told the Washington
Post that the installation is
better late than never.
In truth, no one should
ever have taken down the
panels Jimmy Carter put on
the roof way back in 1979,
said McKibben. But its
very good to know that once
again the countrys most
powerful address will be
drawing some of that power
from the sun.
Once an expensive idea,
the price of solar panels has
nowdropped 97 percent due
to improvements in technol-
ogy. According to Rhone
Resch of the Solar Energy
Industries Association, the
solar industry alone employs
more than 120,000 people
and generates electricity
to power over 1.3 million
homes in America.
The Obama administra-
tion has taken great interest
in showing their concern
for the environment. Since
President Obama has been
in ofce, the administration
has doubled the number of
hybrid cars and trucks in the
federal eet and increased
the governments use of
renewable energy to seven
percent. This is an exciting
step for the White House
and sets a great example that
hopefully others will follow!
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This past weekend was
Pridefest at Kirby Park. I can
think of nothing more inspir-
ing than to see people from
all different lifestyles coming
out publicly and being proud
of who they are. The world
would be such a better place
if we could all celebrate our
uniqueness instead of living
in fear of being judged for it.
There is a part of me that I
have hiddenfrommy column
for the past year. Inspired by
my friends at Pride, I am
coming out about it because
its a huge part (the most
important in fact) about me,
and who I am. I have been
judged for it, praised for it,
talked about because of it,
yet it is without a doubt the
greatest thing I have ever
done with my life.
My name is Melissa, and I
am a mother.
Being a single mom does
not come without its hard-
ships, but motherhood is
the greatest title I have ever
taken on. My daughter is the
most fascinating, incredible
person and it is unbelievable
to me how much people in
todays society have judged
me for having a child out of
wedlock, regardless of how
good of a job I (and her dad)
have done with her.
I was with her father for
over six years. We have been
apart now for almost three,
yet we remain the closest of
friends. Sometimes, peoples
relationships dont work out.
Love isnt always enough,
but I am thankful every day
to have such a great relation-
ship with him and I couldnt
ask for a better co-parent.
Last summer, I called one
of my friends over in a panic.
I had been seeing someone
and, like most girls I know,
we had a scare. I was two
weeks late and freaking out.
If I was pregnant (thank-
fully, I wasnt) I would be an
unmarried girl with two kids
from two different guys.
She looked at me and said
that without knowing me, or
my life, had she just passed
me on the street, she would
automatically think I was
a slut. Knowing my back
story, she knows that is not
the case. We talked about
the fact that this is a conclu-
sion that people often jump
to. It is my goal to change
their ways of thinking.
Who are they to pass judg-
ment? Not just on me, but on
anyone who is in a different
life situation than they are.
Im not your typical PTA
mom, but I am in the PTA.
I dont have a minivan, but I
coach my daughters cheer-
leading squad. I love my
daughter, and even if I am
not the most conventional
mom, she is the happiest kid
I have ever met and I love
her more than words could
ever say.
So this is me encouraging
you to be proud of your dif-
ferences and accept others
for theirs. If you meet some-
one who is gay, straight,
another race or religion,
unemployed, disabled, has
50 kids or 50 cats, embrace
and celebrate their differ-
ences. Variety is the spice of
life, and Ive always preferred
things a little spicy.
Pride and prejudice
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Send your listings to WBWnews@civitas-
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Pa., 18703, or fax to 570.831.7375. Deadline
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p.m., seamans airport
(Windsock Lane and
seamans Road, Factoryville).
$8, adults; $4, children 10
and under. tickets available
at door or by calling
570.945.5125.
F.M. Kirby Center
(71 Public square, Wilkes-
Barre. 570.826.1100.)
W. Curtis Montz summer
Film series: ($4, matinees;
$6, evening shows)
Hyde Park on Hudson: Aug.
21, 1 and 7:30 p.m.
Hitchcock: Aug. 28, 1 and
7:30 p.m.
Psycho: Sept. 4, 1 and 7:30
p.m.
The Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce
(222 Mulberry st., scranton)
One Man, One Vision 40
years of Progress: a tribute
dinner for austin J. Burke:
sept. 15, 5 p.m.
SAGE Awards Workshop:
sept. 5, 8:30 a.m.
September Womens
network Luncheon: sept. 18,
noon.
Irem Clubhouse
(64 Ridgeway drive, dallas)
The Poets: Aug. 30, 8 p.m.
$25.
Penn State Nittany Lions
first game tailgate party:
aug. 31, seating at 2:30 p.m.,
game at 3:30.
Concerts, 7 p.m. each night:
Aug. 25: Irem String Band
Jessup Art Walk:
second saturday of every
month. For more info visit
jessupartwalk.info or email
info@jessupartwalk.info.
Kings College
(133 north River st., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.208.5957 or
kings.edu)
Third Annual Kings College
diversity Film Festival: sept.
18, 25, Oct. 2, 7 p.m., Burke
auditorium.
Lackawanna College
(501 Vine St., Scranton,
1.877.346.3552, lackawanna.
edu)
Environmental Institute (10
Moffat dr., Covington twp.)
Wilderness Skills: Sept. 17,
5:30-7:30p.m. ages 7 and
up. $5 per person. Pre-
registration required.
Art Opening: Works from
the studio: sept. 20, 5-7
p.m. through nov. 1.
Natural Wonders: Fall
Harvest: Sept. 26, 1-2:30
p.m., and every thursday
through dec. 5. ages 3 to
5. $40, six classes. Pre-
registration required.
Registration limited.
Misericordia University
Annual Health Care Lecture
Series The Future of Health
Care in the united states,
by Susan Dentzer: Oct. 4,
7:45 a.m., dudrick, Muth,
Huntzinger, and Alden Trust
Rooms of sandy and Marlene
Insalaco Hall. Registration
required.
Ninth Annual Fall
Intertribal Powwow
Sept. 28-29, 10 a.m.-6
p.m., noxen Fire Co. grounds
(3493 stull Road, noxen).
For more information
contact natalie Wisteria
at 570.947.2097 or email
wisteria18704@yahoo.com.
76 university drive ,
Hazleton, 570.450.3000,
www.hn.psu.edu)
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
(Rte. 115, Lehman,
570.675.2171, wb.psu.edu)
Five Great Films, Five
great genres: thursday
evenings beginning sept.
26 through Oct. 24, RC
theaters Wilkes-Barre.
Pre-film lecture notes and
post-film discussion will
accompany each screening.
Films include Airplane!, On
golden Pond, Raiders of the
Lost ark, the day the earth
Stood Still, and High Noon.
Unity of NEPA: A Spiritual
Center
(140 s. grant st., Wilkes-
Barre. 570.824.7722.)
The Hip Sip Unity
Coffeehouse with Jeff
Raught: aug. 24, 6 p.m. in
Harmony Hall.
Special Guest Speaker,
david Beverly: aug. 25, 10
a.m.
Special Guest Speaker
Lee Vanderhoof: Sept. 1, 10
a.m. service, Love Without
Conditions Book study at
11:45 a.m.
Special World Prayer Day
service: sept. 11, 7 p.m.
Cozy Caf Cinema showing
of the Keepers of the Keys:
sept. 14, doors 6:30 p.m.
Special Guest Speaker
Richard Pacheco: sept. 15, 10
a.m. service.
How to Pray to God
Without talking prayer
class: sept. 18, 11:30 a.m.
post-service.
The Amazing Bag Sale:
sept. 20, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; sept.
21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Hip Sip Coffee House
series 80s Karaoke night:
sept. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Special Guest Speaker -
Rev. ann Marie: sept. 29, 10
a.m. service.
Waverly Community House
(1115 n. abington Rd.,
Waverly, waverlycomm.org)
Music on the Lawn: Aug.
22, 6:30 p.m.
Basketball clinics:
Beginning sept. 17, six weeks
every tuesday from 3:30-5
p.m. Boys and girls ages 6
to 9. Beginning sept. 19, six
weeks every thursday from
3:30-5 p.m. Boys and girls in
grade 4 through 6. $60 per
participant or $12 per class.
Baby Signs Parent
Workshop: sept. 19, 7-8:30
p.m. $55 per individual
or couple. For more
information or to print a
registration form, visit www.
waverlycomm.org or call the
570.586.8191, extension 2.
Ballroom Dancing lessons:
session 1, Wednesday
evenings beginning sept. 11,
6-7 p.m., advanced, american
tango; 7-8 p.m., beginners,
Cha Cha and Rumba; session
2, Wednesday evenings Oct.
23, 30, nov. 13, 20, dec.
4, continuation of session
1 classes for those who
completed it. $45 per person
for each five-week session.
advanced registration
required. to register call Jill
Wetzel at 570.954.1147 or
email her at jgwetzel@epix.
net.
World Music Drumming,
program for special needs
children: Begins sept. 11,
3:45-4:30 p.m. for children K
through 2nd grade, 4:30-5:15
p.m. for 3rd through 12th
grade. $95, each ten-week
session.
Wilkes University
(84 W. south st, Wilkes-
Barre, 1.800.WILKES.U,
wilkes.edu)
Information session for
adult and graduate students:
aug. 12, 6-8 p.m.
Wyoming Area Kiwanis
Club
Movie Nights in the Park:
aug. 30, 7 p.m., dailey Park
(West Wyoming). Crafts
and kids activities at 7
p.m., movie begins at 8:15.
Popcorn and drinks provided;
please bring blankets and
chairs.
LOCAL HISTORY
Eckley Miners Village
(located nine miles east
of Hazleton, just off Route
940; 570.636.2070; www.
eckleyminers.org)
Old Jail Museum
(128 W. Broadway, Jim
thorpe. 570.325.5259. www.
TheOldJailMuseum.com.)
TOURS: Through Labor Day,
daily (closed Wednesday),
noon to 4:30 p.m. $6, adult;
$5, senior over 65 and high
school; $4, children ages
6-12; free, children under 5.
Steamtown National
Historic Site
(I-81 to Exit 53, Scranton:
570.340.5200 or
888.693.9391, www.nps.gov/
stea.)
Celebration of 50th
anniversary of the March on
Washington and dr. Martin
Luther Kings I Have a
dream speech bell-ringing
event: aug. 28, 3 p.m. event
included in parks daily
admission.
LEARNING
Dietrich Theater
(tunkhannock)
Classes for adults
Jewelry Making: Multi-
strand Bracelet: aug. 22, 7-9
p.m. ages 16 and up. $30.
Writers Group: Thursdays
from 7-8:30 p.m. ages 18
and up.
Freestyle hand drumming
held every month on the
second and fourth saturdays
at everything natural health
food store, 426 south state
street, Clarks summit.
all ages and newcomers
welcome. no experience
required. drums and
percussion provided. attend
anytime between 1:00-
4:00PM.
NEPA Bonsai Society
(Midway garden Center,
1865 Hwy. 315, Pittston,
570.654.6194, www.myspace.
com/nepabonsai).
23rd Annual Open House:
sept. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Pocono Arts Council
(18 n. seventh st.,
stroudsburg. 570.476.4460.
www.poconoarts.org)
Oil Painting: Sept. 5, 12,
19, 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $72,
member; $80, non-member;
$60, senior; $65, senior non-
member.
Acrylic Painting: Sept. 9,
23, 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
$85, member; $95, non-
member; $65, senior; $70,
senior non-member.
Decoupage A Keepsake
Box: sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, 1-3
p.m. $72, member; $80,
non-member; $60, senior;
$65, senior non-member.
$10 material fee. all material
supplied.
Basic Drawing: Sept. 4, 11,
18, 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $72,
member.
Intermediate Watercolor:
sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, 1-4 p.m.
$110, member; $120, non-
member; $90, senior; $95,
senior non-member.
Mixed Media Approach to
Creative Painting design:
sept. 9, 23, 30. $85,
member.
How to Play Guitar: Sept.
10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Sil-Lum Kung-Fu & Tai-
Academy
(509 Pittston avenue, (3rd
floor). Private classes are
available. For more info
contact: Master Mark seidel,
570.341.8089.)
Adult classes: Tuesday &
thursday, 7-8 p.m; saturday
& Sunday, 10-11 a.m.
Childrens classes (ages 9
& up): Saturday, 11 a.m.-
noon
Yang Style Tai-Chi Chuan
Adult classes: Saturday &
sunday, 11 a.m.-noon
Wilton Course One Cake
Decorating:
Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 6-8 p.m.,
a.C. Moore, Wilkes-Barre.
$20, all four classes.
Wudang Swordsmen
Academy
(269 s Washington
street, Wilkes-Barre,
570.630.0088, www.
Wudangswordsmen.com,
info@Wudangswordsmen.
com)
Wudang Taijiquan
(traditional tai chi): Mon.,
Wed., 6:10-7:30 p.m.
Wudang Gongfu (internal
kung fu): tue., thu., 6:10-
7:30 p.m.
Youth Kung Fu (ages 10-13):
Mon., Wed., 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Baguazhang (Eight Trigram
Palm): sun., 10:50 a.m.-
12:50 p.m.
Cardio Kung Fu: Mon.,
Wed., 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Tai Chi for Health: Tue.,
thu.,10:00-11:00 a.m.
Daoist Sitting Meditation:
sun., 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Morning Seated Qigong
(meditation & breathwork):
tue., thu., 9:00-9:50 p.m.
Pushing Hands Circle (open
to all tai chi players in the
area): sun., 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Open Wudang Training Hall:
sun., 1:00-3:00 p.m.
OUTSIDE
Friends of Salt Springs
Park
Full Moon Bike n Bonfire:
aug. 21, 6 p.m. adults only.
Free.
Mushrooms and Mycilia:
aug. 25, 1 p.m. Free.
Upper Fall Brook Trail Hike:
aug. 31. Fee.
Salt Springs Celebration:
aug. 31, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Music in the Wood: Aug. 23,
campground amphitheater.
Wonderful Weather: Aug.
31, 1 p.m., campground
amphitheater. ages 3 to 5.
Scavenger Hunt: Aug.
amphitheater.
UV Bobs Rock and Mineral
show: aug. 31, 7 p.m.,
environmental education
Building.
Lets Talk Turtles: Sept.
1, 1 p.m., parking area on
Campground Road.
Lets Make Tracks: Sept.
amphitheater. ages 3 to 5.
Nature Bingo: Sept.
amphitheater.
Nescopeck State Park
(1137 Honey Hole Rd., Drums,
570.403.2006)
Y Walk Wednesday: Nature
in your neighborhood: aug.
21, 6 p.m.
Guided Hike: Austin T.
Blakeslee natural area: aug.
23, 9 a.m.
Just for Kids: Art in the
Park with Jan Lokuta: aug.
31, 1 p.m.
A Night out with the Stars:
aug. 31, 8 p.m. ages 6 and
up. Limited space. Must
register in advance.
Guided Bird Walk: Sept. 7, 8
a.m. Meet at Park Office.
Kayaking: Level Three,
Bradys Lake Paddle: sept.
7, 10 a.m., meet at Bradys
Lake parking lot. ages 16 and
up, must register in advance.
Guided Hike: Broad
Mountain Overlook: Sept.
12, 9 a.m., meet at dCnR
parking lot on Lehigh gorge
drive, across from Weatherly
Country Inn.
Guided Hike: Skyline Trail:
sept. 25, 9 a.m., meet at
large gould trailhead lot.
National Public Lands Day
Park Cleanup: sept. 28, 9
a.m., meet at park office.
Registration required.
SOCIAL GROUPS
Geisinger Wyoming Valley
Medical Center
Bereavement support group
series: every thursday
beginning aug. 15, 2-3:30
p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.
Nar-Anon Family Group
Meetings
sun. 7 p.m. Clear Brook
Bldg. (rear), Forty Fort; Wed.,
7 p.m. united Methodist
Church, Mountaintop.
570.288.9892.
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By Caeriel Crestin
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Partying is for other signs. The focus
of your birthday month, unfortunately,
is work, not fun. Tragically, the uni-
verse channels mostly tough love for
you Virgos. Hey, dont nag (or stab)
the messenger; Ill applaud you if you
say, Screw it, take off for Cancun, and
spend your savings on pina coladas.
However, I doubt your ambitious goals
will allow such a happy jaunt. They
require a stload of hard labor, and the
cold fact is youll have an easier time
accomplishing said labors while the
Sun is coursing through your sign than
during any other big block of time all
year. Blow it off if you want. Woohoo!
But if I were you Id punctuate my toil
with a glee-lled reckless night or two,
but mostly concentrate on getting st
done, when itll take half as much time
and effort as it would later.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Tiptoe. The only way youre going
to get where youre going right now is
through guile and stealth. All the beasts
and monsters guarding the prize have
been nearly awakened by your recent
clumsiness; theyre more alert and vio-
lent than ever before. Absolute silence
and patience are all that will get you past
those lightly sleeping dragons. Therefore,
strip off the clanking armor youve been
wearing and leave your arsenal of cum-
bersome weapons behind. They wont do
you much good in the labyrinth youre
entering; if the dragon awakens, youre
cooked.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Eudaemonia, in Aristotelian philoso-
phy, is described as a state of happiness
derived from a life of activity governed
by reason. Lets face it; youre not the
most logic-driven person. Youre not
even a Vulcan-identied Trekkie. But try
to (temporarily) replace the emotion-
guided rudder thats steering your ship
with one powered by rational intelli-
gence. Cool thought will serve you bet-
ter for the foreseeable future than even
your renowned intuition ever could. It
may be difcult to make the switch, but
for a week it wont kill you to be guided
by this rule: whenever they conict,
brain trumps gut.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Mail-order brides do not make good
gifts. You know that now. I hope youve
also learned to not shove any of your
other quick-x solutions onto anyone
else, even if youre still willing to occa-
sionally attempt them for your own
problems. Since virtually none of the
quandaries youre doomed to encounter
this week can be solved with a one-step
resolution, dont waste your time try-
ingyoull invariably complicate and
intensify the situations that way. Forget
shortcuts. Instead, consider the very real
probability that these destinations can
only be approached by the scenic route,
and go that way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Dont wait until youre backed to the
wall. Right now you have choices, albeit
difcult ones. As thorny as your current
options seem, let me assure you that you
dont want to get to the point when you
have none left. Youre loath to face the
hungry tigers or stinking vats of st
behind Doors One and Two, but theyre
not going anywhere. Door Threes posi-
tioned just out of sight behind one (or
perhaps both) of the doors in front of
you, but youll never see the happier real-
ity glimmering behind it until you wade
through the crap and claws between
here and there.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Dairy industry hardliners have a solu-
tion for those people who claim to
be lactose-intolerant: drink more milk.
Since youll be deluged with advice like
that this week, learn to see through the
motivations behind it, which have more
to do with sinister ulterior motives than
your own best interests. Your emotional
allergies cant be resolved by overload-
ing them any more than a body can be
taught how to break down milk sugars.
Instead, nd saner solutions that wont
have you cramped and stting for
hours. For instance, many people who
cant digest cow-milk based products
can happily assimilate stuff crafted from
goats milk (which is lower in lactose).
Find your own enjoyable alternative.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Youve fallen prey, in the past, to a
classic Piscean trap: Many of the buffers
and safe zones you create for your own
psychological safety ultimately result in
trapping and suppressing you, instead of
keeping the harshness of the world out.
In other words, theyre more prisons than
havens. Passively absorbing societys pro-
gramming has made you less wise or cou-
rageous about money, love, stability, and
responsibility than youd otherwise have
been. Its time to correct that. It may be
harder to weed out all the stty ideas
and thorn walls that have taken root than
it would have been to prevent them from
being planted in the rst place, but it
must be done, nevertheless.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Integrative medicine, which utilizes
a combination of Western medical tech-
niques and a myriad of so-called alterna-
tive therapies, like acupuncture, home-
opathy, and lifestyle changes, is funda-
mentally different than typical Western
medical practice. It recognizes each
individual as different, requiring unique
treatments, and treats the doctor-patient
relationship as a partnership, whereas
traditional doctors treat symptoms, not
patients, and consider themselves unas-
sailable authorities and patients merely
passive recipients of the drugs they pre-
scribe. Being a natural healer (and yes,
destroyer; they go hand in hand), youve
long known that the same problem can
and should be solved different ways by
different people. Now recognize that
your crisis wont respond to traditional
treatment. Come up with your own way
to cure yourself. You can.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Its all about preventive medicine. You
have the power to wield spiritual prophy-
lactics more effective than condoms. Id
strongly advise that you do so. The alter-
native is almost certainly contracting an
unpleasant malaise or ennui that would
be tougher to shake than syphilis. Id
rather not see anything so dull cut into
the fun youre supposed to be having, so
party safely, Taurus. Dont rely on luck,
morning-after pills, or the divine grace
of your good karma. They simply cant
be counted on right now. In other words,
stick to this rule of thumb: Before you
stick your head or heart into anything
this week, wrap it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
The proof of (and validation for) your
dependability has endowed you with
more self-condence than ever before.
Youve really got your st together; so
much so that youre more open to adopt-
ing a new pet or conceiving a child than
youd previously been. Theres no ques-
tion whether you can hack the added
pressure and responsibility. Youre
solid. But recognize that your ability to
carry that burden is independent of your
desire, which could very well change in
a month, year, or decade. If you have any
doubts at all about taking that on, get
yourself a goldsh, not a golden retriev-
er.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
The bucket of water completely dis-
solved the old witch like brown sugar,
just as youd been told. What you
werent informed of, before you doused
Her Wickedness with ice-cold water, is
that youd be asked to take over her job.
Oops. You thought you were in charge of
vanquishing, not replacing. Theres not
much you can do about that now. Still,
I cant help thinking that things worked
out for the best. Prove me right: You got
rid of some form of incarnated evil in
your life and were granted their role as
your reward. Dont just tackle the job;
do it better, with no more than half as
much iniquity, since you can.
LEO(July 23-Aug. 22)
Quit your job. Thats right. Take a leap
of faith. The damn thing isnt fullling
you, and the nancial rewards arent
worth what its costing your soul. Leos
should be proud and free, not burdened
with thousands of niggling obligations.
The way to do right by yourself is to
gure out a way to do what you really
want, and live off it. Poor and emanci-
pated is better than enslaved and rich;
believe me, I know. Its okay if you dont
quit today, or tomorrow. Leaps of faith
can be planned; they can be smart. But
eventually (and sooner is mostly better
than later), you just have to jump.
-To contact Caeriel, send mail to sign.
language.astrology@gmail.com.
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BARBARA EDEN
(pictured)
Aug. 23, 1934
Usain Bolt
Aug. 21, 1986
Kristen Wiig
Aug. 22, 1973
Rupert Grint
Aug. 24, 1988
Rachel Bilson
Aug. 25, 1981
Macaulay Culkin
Aug. 26, 1980
Aaron Paul
Aug. 27, 1979
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