This Weekend 5-17-13

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

For a review of “Star Trek Into the Darkness,” see Page 3

We saw you at...

Night at the Museum, Schuylkill Historical Society, Pottsville

Celebrating kielbasi See Page 2

Heather and Jason Bower, Drums

Bri Amos, Pottsville, left, and Rachael Smith, Saint Clair For more photos from the event, see Page 4

Ethnic heritage Kielbasi to be celebrated at festival in Shenandoah

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housands of people are expected in Shenandoah on Saturday to celebrate the coal region’s ethnic background and favorite meat.

The sixth annual Kielbasi Festival, sponsored by Downtown Shenandoah Inc., will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on North Main Street between Centre and Washington streets. Mary Luscavage, Main Street manager, expects about 75 vendors to attend the continuously expanding event.

“This is bigger this year. Every year we get more and more vendors,” Luscavage said.

When the festival began six years ago, Luscavage said they attracted between 1,000 and 1,500 to Shenandoah. Last year, she said the estimated attendance was about 5,000.

The highlight of the festival will be the kielbasi-making contest. In previous years, participants have come from all over the region. Luscavage recalled a contestant two years ago who sent his entry by FedEx from Florida. She said this year’s contest has an entry from Maryland.

Last year, 26 contestants entered to win the coveted PIG trophy.

“We are expecting the same, if not more (this year),” Luscavage said.

Contestants are allowed to bring a ring of kielbasi into the DSI office until noon Saturday to be eligible for judging.

The three “Kielbasi Kings” — Kowalonek’s Kielbasy Shop, Capitol Food Market and Lucky’s Deli — will be offering their variations on the event’s featured attraction. Mrs. T’s will be operating a stand for its renowned pierogies and the Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Company will serve up bleenies, another of the region’s favorite foods.

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What: Sixth annual Kielbasi Festival When: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday Where: Main Street, between Centre and Washington streets, Shenandoah Luscavage said the festival is not only about kielbasi but about honoring the region’s heritage.

“It is a celebration of Eastern European ethnicity,” she said.

In addition to the food, local craft vendors will sell ethnic treasures including Matrushka dolls, Lithuanian straw ornaments and pottery imported from Poland.

The Shenandoah All-Star Polka Band will provide music from noon to 3 p.m. at Legion Memorial Garden.

Tables will be set up around the garden and there will be plenty of space to dance.

“It’s a big party,” Luscavage said.

Luscavage said while the organizers try to keep the festival based around Eastern European traditions, there will be vendors offering plenty of American cuisine, including ribs, chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers.

DSI will also have a few stands on Saturday for ethnic ornaments, throws and kielbasi shirts. It will also hold registration for the Kielbasi and Pierogie Golf Tournament on June 21.

DSI originally started the festival to bring more people into the downtown area. It is a goal they have reached while being able to showcase the region’s people and traditions.

“It’s a fun day, a great day for enjoying yourself. It’s different, it really is,” Luscavage said.

For more information on the festival and DSI, visit downtownshenandoah.com.

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Janette Lukashunas of Lucky’s Deli in Shenandoah, whips up some kielbasi paninis at last year’s Kielbasi Festival. This year’s event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday in downtown Shenandoah. LEFT: Mr. Kielbasi made a visit to the festival last year.

‘Into Darkness’ is missing that ‘Star Trek’ sense of fun

The giddiness of “Star Trek” is gone, but “Star Trek Into Darkness” maintains its love of character and pathos, the other great selling points of this re-booted sci-fi franchise. There’s action in abundance and some production design flourishes that are as eye-popping as any science fiction ever to hit the screen.

But as our old friend Ricardo Montalban said 30 years ago in “The Wrath of Khan,” still the best of the “Star T r e k s ” : “ I t i s ve e e r y coooooold in space.” “Into Darkness,” for all its dense textures and epic scale, left me cold.

Director J.J. Abrams, who has owned up to not having an emotional attachment to the TV show or the movies it spawned, commissioned his screenwriters to do a riff on “Wrath of Khan,” an alternate history of the Khan myth. So knowing the classic “Trek” version — dating from a TV episode in the ’60s, updated with the ’80s movie — doesn’t help in appreciating the new one, or spoil its surprises.

That’s both good and bad — good in its novelty, bad in the sense that it still relies on the original series’ back story to draw on. “Remaking” “The Wrath of Khan” while not actually actually remaking it muddies the message and robs the villain and the story of its mythic staying power.

In terms of tone, “Darkness” is balanced between the original series and the more pacifist “Next Generation” — an action film with a staggering body count, and characters protesting the morality of combat by remote control.

Abrams is intent on deliv-

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ering a more democratic “Trek” in which all of the principals have big scenes, big moments and serious character development. Thus Lt. Uhura (Zoe Saldana) shows off her linguistic competence, and her emotional attachment to the recklessly selfless Spock (Zachary Quinto). Scotty (Simon Pegg) expresses moral objections to the new ways of war.

And everyone has his or her ethics, courage and convictions tested by a new villain, a terrorist (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose agenda is a mystery even more puzzling if you remember “The Wrath of Khan.”

In a bravura intro, Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock try to intervene without intervening in a primitive, red-foliage planet whose simple, belligerent natives are about to be wiped out by a volcano. Kirk wants to act, Spock wants to lecture him on “the Prime Directive” (no interference).

Kirk faces demotion, the crew of the Enterprise may be broken up, and then the mysterious terrorist starts blowing stuff up at Starfleet.

Is he connected with the “sworn enemy” Klingons?

Can the bad guy be taken out by photon torpedo drone strikes? Can Kirk convince the admiral (Peter Weller of “Robocop”) that only he can save the day?

The 3-D here is stunning and that depth of field is put to good use in space battles and on alien worlds. Abrams and his writers toss in scads of offhand references to the “Trek” universe — Dr. Carol

Marcus (Alice Eve) shows up, Nurse Chapel is mentioned, There’s plenty of humor leavening all the weighty questions about who is a terrorist and who has the moral high ground. Chekov (Anton Yelchin) kvetches like never before. Scotty has the best lines, especially when he’s had a few to drink. (“If it isn’t Captain James Tiberius Perfect Hair!”)

But the movie’s a muddle, a piece that Abrams seems to want to turn into a “Lost” puzzle that makes more sense in his head than on the screen.

The confusing conflation of past films and alternate universe story is burdensome.

And Cumberbatch makes a decent villain but a much better TV Sherlock Holmes.

“Star Trek” is still boldly going its own way, even as it references the classic “Trek” canon. But somewhere along the way, Abrams got lost in the Galaxy of Not Much Fun. “Star Trek Into Darkness,” a Paramount release, is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence. Running time: 132 minutes. ★★½

“Frances Ha” Greta Gerwig makes “hapless” a happening thing in “Frances Ha.” Which is no surprise, because she’s spent her brief career mastering variations on a hapless theme.

Gerwig (“Lola Versus,” “Greenberg”) and director Noah Baumbach (“Greenberg,” “The Squid and the Whale”) team up to give us the quintessential Greta time-capsule picture, a movie that sums up the navel gazing of Generation Y and summons up every Gerwig character from the era in one gid-

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Greta Gerwig, right, and Adam Driver star in the Independent Film Channel release “Frances Ha.” dy yet wistful package.

Frances (Gerwig) is an exemplar of a sort of age-specific form of denial. A Sacramento native, she’s settled in New York to become a modern dancer. She’s gawky and a little awkward, so that isn’t really working out. She can’t commit to her boyfriend because she won’t leave behind her “same person with different hair” best friend, Sophie (Mickey Sumner), her true other half. But Sophie moves out on her.

Frances is 27, underemployed, and hasn’t come close to mastering life.

“I’m so embarrassed,” she explains, trying to treat a friend to dinner, but lacking room on her credit card or ready cash to pay. “I’m not a real person yet.”

“Frances Ha” follows us through a turbulent year in her life — Sophie drifting away, the rich hipsters (Adam Driver, Michael Zegen) Frances moves in with, the “You don’t have it” hints from her choreographer (Charlotte d’Amboise), the too-brief trip to Paris she takes on “a credit

card I got in the mail,” just to impress others at a dinner party where she sticks her foot in it, time and again.

The always charming Gerwig, sort of a ungainly girl next door (“I can’t account for my bruises.”) turns Frances into a tour de force — impulsive and needy, chatty and unread, hopeful but regressive. Random bits of her dialogue capture a childish woman on the cusp of realizing just what she hasn’t realized.

“Sometimes, it’s good to do something when you’re supposed to do it.”

“I should read the news more.”

“I’m trying to be proactive about my life.”

Baumbach shot the film in black and white, and he amusingly (and portentously) gives exact street addresses for every setting — Brooklyn,

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He sets a lovely sprint through the city sequence to David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” a 1983 tune that encapsulates the bouncy desperation of the citybound and the single.

“Frances Ha” turns melancholy and almost painful to watch in its last act, as she and we see the dead end dead ahead. And the film doesn’t seem to earn the finale the two of them cooked up for us.

But Frances, in Gerwig’s hands, is never less than unforgettable, even at her most “undateable” and unteachable.

“Frances Ha,” a IFC Films release, is rated R for sexual references and language.

Running time: 86 minutes. ★★★ Reading Movies 11 & IMAX FRI-WED • 5/17-22

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We saw you at ... Night at the Museum on Saturday

Barbara and Steve Conage, Schuylkill Haven

Mark and Carole Schlegel, Valley View

Mary Sacavage, Hegins, and Peter Cieslukowski, Shenandoah

Jean Dellock, Frackville, left, Dottie Loy, Pottsville

Photos by Andy Matsko Leo Haley, Pottsville, and Mary Lou Boyer, Blandon

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Luck goes south for this slot player

Dear Mark: My luck with slots has gone kaput. I am to a point where I feel slots don’t pay at all. What is an old-time slot player to do?

Ted Y. I can tell you, Ted, with 100 percent certainty that all slot machines dependably pay.

They pay the casino’s mortgage, those neon light bills, and all the employees’ salaries.

They also pay millions in profits to the casino owners and stockholders. Unfortunately, being an “old-time” slot player, you just happen to be on the bottom end of that food chain.

I feel your pain, Ted. Nowadays, you insert a coin, pull the handle, and then reach into your wallet for more money. You should come to

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expect that result when the house has such an enormous built-in edge on slots compared to the other games the casino offers.

The only slots you should be playing are at casinos that advertise machines that have a 98-plus percent payback.

True, it’s a treasure hunt finding these high payback machines with no real trail of clues.

If you look closely at the advertisement, it will probably say, “on select machines.”

What’s more, the payback percentage probably won’t be posted on the machine itself, and can be limited to a single bank of machines within the casino. To find them, you need to ask a slot employee, and if he or she doesn’t know, have one of them ask a direct supervisor.

I don’t play slots, Ted. It goes against my creed: “Only make bets that have less than a 2 percent house edge.”

I do know that in gaming jurisdictions locals typically don’t play dog machines, and usually play machines with the most cluck-for-the-buck.

So when searching for high payback machines, ask a few employees where the locals find the best slot value.

My other recommendation, Ted, is that since you’re playing these electronic gizmos anyway, how about play-

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ing video poker instead?

Even poor play on a video poker machine will have a better payback than most “reel” slot machines.

Casino advantage

Dear Mark: Where I play, on the weekends they bump up the minimum table limits at blackjack to $10, and sometimes even as high as $25. The table maximum on some of these same games is $500. I know that I am not getting the better of it with these high table minimums, but is restricting my play to a $500 maximum wager to my advantage, or the casino?

Chuck D. All the advantage of high table minimums and a low table maximum goes to the casino, Chuck, and here’s why. Casinos win for two rea-

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Saturday, June 1st

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Pine View Acres Fri., May 17th • 4-9pm

Benefit for Kristina Boran Sat., May 18th

“NEW INDIVIDUALS” Sun., May 19th • 1-6pm

Bingo Benefit Heather Keller

Sundays Big Breakfast Buffet (Fruit Filled Crepes, Cinnamon Bread, Creamed Chipped Beef, Biscuits, Scrapple, Ham, Potatoes, Sausage & Kielbasi)

Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge SPECIALS

FRIDAY SEAFOOD BUFFET

King Crab Legs-Steamed Clams Haddock-Shrimp ( Fried & Cocktail) Includes Dessert & Salad Bar & 12 other items

$19.95

NEW SPECIAL Every Tuesday NY Strip Steak (8-10 oz.)

BUY 1 GET 1 @1/2 OFF (REG. $21.95)

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sons. First, they have statistical edge on every game, and second, they have a bigger bankroll than you do.

As for the latter, Chuck, it’s a simple concept called “gambler’s ruin.”

Essentially, it’s how long will it take you — with your limited finances—to lose everything to a casino, which has a relatively infinite wad of cash.

Even a short-term winning streak against the house is no match against a casino with an infinite stake.

The casino can, and will, outlast you.

Another problem with playing the high minimums/ low maximums limits, is that this scenario eliminates low-stakes betting with those high minimums.

In addition, the ability to parlay your winnings by

increasing your bets is removed with the low maximums.

My concern here, Chuck, is that when you play under these conditions, and you happen to be a low roller, with the slightest swing going the wrong way, you’re tapped out in mere minutes.

Gambling wisdom of the week Gaming is an enchanting witchery, gotten betwixt idleness and avarice; An itching disease, that makes some scratch the head, whilst others, as if they, were bitten by a Tarantula, are laughing themselves to death: — Charles Cotton “The Compleat Gamester” 1674 (Pilarski can be reached at pilarski@markpilarski.com)

Anne's Bakery Middleport Inn and More Friday Specials Coal St., Middleport

Branchdale Call 570-544-5105 We Have Mackerel Thur.-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. 6 a.m.-12 noon

Italian Baked Haddock Roast Pork Lasagna Broiled Crab Cakes Beef Macaroni Soup

Thursday - Wing Night

570-277-9015

The 5th Annual

KIELBASI FESTIVAL Downtown Shenandoah, May 18th, all day!!

Bear Creek Festival, Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, May 19th, 12:00pm-4:00pm The Kielbasi Festival will not only feature plenty of our most beloved sausage, but also haluski, halupki, babka, bleenies and other eastern European delicacies. Ethnic music and crafts including Polish pottery, Matrushka and Pysanky abound.

What a way to Kick off the Summer! STO LAT!

Send us your events for our online calendar at www.schuylkill.org

Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau MONDAY-FRIDAY: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM 570-622-7700 • www.schuylkill.org One Progress Circle, Suite 100, Pottsville

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BINGO — 6:30 p.m., doors and kitchen open 5 p.m., Coaldale Ambulance building. Call 570-645-2050.

BINGO — 6:45 p.m., American Legion, 3 E. Spruce St., Minersville.

BOOK SIGNING — Judy D. Swope, author of “Of Roots & Wings,” about life in St. Francis Orphanage, Orwigsburg, 10 a.m. to noon, Pottsville Free Public Library, 215 W. Market St., Pottsville.

BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER — 7 to 11 a.m. today and 7 a.m. to noon Sunday, American Legion Post 434, 505 W. Centre St., Ashland. Cost from $2 to $7.

CHICKEN BARBECUE — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. or sellout, New England Fire Company, 7 Miller Lane, Tamaqua. Cost $8. Takeouts only drive thru. Advance tickets available at fire company, or call 570-277-6606.

CHILDREN’S FISHING RODEO — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Sunday, Fisher’s Dam, Market Street, Orwigsburg.

Free for children ages 2-15.

DOGGIE DAYS FESTIVAL — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Christ Church McKeansburg, 1751 Chestnut St., New Ringgold.

Table rentals $20 for vendors, yard sales, animal rescue and animal businesses. For more information or to register, email or call Patti Quinn at 570-640-6986 or schuylkill countydogpark@gmail.com.

DOLL KLINGER MEMORIAL FUNDRAISER — noon to 6 p.m., Porter Tower Lions Club, 525 W. Grand Ave., Route 209, Tower City. Music, food, Chinese auction, games and

Zumba class. Rain or shine.

All proceeds benefit ALS research. Call 717-439-1405.

FREE CONCERT — 8 to 11 p.m., Pottsville Club, 201 S. 26th St., Pottsville. Music by MIXX. Open to public. Proper casual attire. Bar menu available until 10 p.m. Call 570622-3850.

FUSED GLASS WORKSHOP — Create your own pendant, instructed by glass artist, Amy Weidensaul, 5 to 7 p.m., The Arts Barn, 3 Berry Road, Schuylkill Haven. Cost $35, includes all materials, tools and snacks. Call 570-366-8736.

GOLF TOURNAMENT — 8 a.m. to noon, Mountain Valley Golf Course, 1021 Brockton Mountain Drive, Barnesville.

Cost $60. Benefits Mahanoy City Library. Call Bill Brayford at 570-467-3601 or signup at golf course.

Sovereign Majestic Awards

NorthSchuylkillHighSchoolAuditorium 15 Academy Lane Route 61, Ashland Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:00 p.m.

Tickets Only: $5

Call: 570-628-4647

ELECTION DAY MAY 21 APRIL 24stth

PORK & SAUERKRAUT DI DINNER

Kitchen Hours

Thurs. 6-9 p.m. Seafood & Steaks Fri. 4-8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. 7-11 a.m. & 4-8 p.m.

Sunday Breakfast Buffet 7-11 a.m. $6.95

Public Welcome - Weekly Specials Visit Us On Facebook

Take Out and Delivery Available Information Call

Bob 570-429-0549

Please see CALENDAR, Page 8

Corner Nice & Spring Sts. Frackville • 570-874-4496

Serving Dinners

Salmon croquettes 8.95 Stuffed flounder with a scallop Moussiline 13.95

OPEN Monday thru Sunday Specials for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Saturday

Delmonico Steaks

Sunday

Maple glazed pork chops 8.95 Pot roast 9.50

Sunday Breakfast Chipped beef Country Eggs Benedict

315 N. Centre St., Pottsville 570-628-4220 www.thegstone.com m FRIDAY, MAY 17TH

Mr. Z and the NightShift Wednesday, May 22nd

St. Clair Lions Club Building McCord Avenue 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. or until sold out

ANNUAL BEAR CREEK FESTIVAL — Noon to 4 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station. Free and open to public. Family-oriented watershed celebration event.

ANNUAL MAY FAIR — Starts at noon, downtown Pottsville. Music and rides.

BENEFIT FOR SUE KOURY

Dine In or Take Out

BLT Pasta 8.95 Asian BBQ boneless ribs 9.95 Chicken Parmesan rollentine 10.95

570-889-2357 Join Us This Weekend!

SUNDAY

KENNEDY — 2 p.m., Ramada Inn, 100 S. Centre St., Pottsville. Featuring Kauffman’s barbecue chicken, live music, silent auction, 50/50 chances and basket raffle.

Adults $12, children 10 and under $6. Tickets available at Goodwill Christian Book Store, 310 N. Centre St., Pottsville, 570-622-2243, or Schuylkill County Art and Ethnic Center, 1440 Mahantongo St., Pottsville, 570-622-2788.

BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open 12:30 P.M., Newtown Volunteer Fire Company, 36 Wood St., Newtown. Call 570-695-3777.

•SEAFOOD •PASTA •WINGS •PIZZA •SANDWICHES •OTHER SNACK FOODS ETC. Lobster & Sauteed Shrimp Combo

Starting at 9pm

Sat. May 18, 9-12

Sat. May 25 - “Mindset” Guests Accompanied By Members Only – ID a Must

116 Ringtown Blvd Ringtown

uniform deposit, $50. For more information contact spiritelitestars@gmail.com SPRING FESTIVAL — 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. John’s United Church of Christ, Main and Dock streets, Schuylkill Haven.

Fri. & Sat. 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday

In Association with The Actors Guild of Schuylkill County Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. Friday, May 17 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 18 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 19 3:00 p.m.

Tickets Only: $15.00; $12 for children 12 and under

3 p.m. Cost $7.50.

OPEN PIT CHICKEN BARBECUE — 4 to 7 p.m., Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 102 Front St., Cressona. Eat in or take out.

Call 570-385-0609.

READING RAILROAD HERITAGE MUSEUM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 500 S. Third St., Hamburg. Rain date noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 610-562-5513 or visit www.

ReadingRailroad.org.

SPIRIT ELITE ALL-STARS REGISTRATION — 9 to 11 a.m., Spirit Elite All-Stars gym, 441 S. Nicholas St., Saint Clair. Open to boys and girls ages 5 to 19 interested in competitive cheerleading. Registration fee $15, first months tuition $50,

WEEKEND DINNER FEATURES

Sovereign Majestic

PINE GROVE VFW

“HONEYPUMP”

GOSPEL CONCERT — 6 p.m., Primitive Methodist Church, 113 N. Mill St., Saint Clair. Music by Witness. Freewill offering taken.

HAVENCOMMUNITYYARD SALE — 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., throughout Schuylkill Haven.

Sponsored by Schuylkill Haven Borough Day Committee.

INDOOR YARD SALE — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Salem Evangelical Congregational Church, Fourth and Centre streets, Mahanoy City.

MISSION FUNDRAISER — 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 420 Saylor St., Schuylkill Haven.

Pancake and sausage breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m.; yard sale, baked goods and soup sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Kauffman chicken barbecue, 11 a.m. to

LAST GIRLS NIGHT OUT FOR 2013 Drink & Appetizer Specials Entertainment, Prizes Enter Every Week To Win The Grand Prize ... A Cocktail Party For 25!!

Also Enjoy OPEN MIC Sponsored By Foltin Music Center 7pm to 9pm

Prize Drawings Will Be Held At 1st Patio Party Of The Season!

Thursday, May 23rd 1st Patio Party of 2013 Featuring Steve & Jimmy

$19.95

16 oz.

28 S. D Street, Mahanoy City 570-773-1195

Sauteed Sea Scallops Jumbo Lump Deviled Crab Grilled New York Strip Chicken Parmesan Plus Regular Menu!!

$16.95

Dining Room is now Smoke Free

SUMMER Summer Arts & AcademiCAMP c Camp VISUAL ARTS • MUSIC • PERFORMING ARTS

Exciting Art Courses with with Experienced Seven Exciting Art Courses Experienced Instructors for Age Groups 3-5 and 6-146-14 Instructors for Age Groups 3-5 and Course Calendar 18 - 21&&24-27 25 - 28 Session I - June 17-20 22-25 July 15-18 9 -12 &&16 -19 Session II - July 1,&&August August 1,2 5-8 Session III - July July 29-August 23 -26,30,31 Ages 3-5

Professional Performance at the End of Every Session!

Seedlings Camp Featuring a Blend of Art, Music, Science & Nature

Ages 6-14 Featuring Sculpture, Art to eEat, Pottery, Art Drawing to Eat, &Drawing Painting, & Theater, Painting, Music & Performing Arts Theater, Music & Performing (Vocals/Instrumental) Arts (Vocal/Instrumental)

To Register Call 570-622-2788

Schuylkill County Council for the Arts 1440 Mahantongo Street • Pottsville www.sccarts.com • 570-622-2788 x24

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BINGO — Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Francis Cardinal Brennan Council 618, 2 p.m., doors open at noon, St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church Hall, Oak and Main streets, Shenandoah. Call 570617-2000 or 570-590-1188.

BINGO — 1 p.m., ShepptonOneida Fire Hall, 900 Center St., Sheppton. Sponsored by and benefits Sheppton-Oneida Volunteer Fire Company.

Various packages available.

BENEFIT — Bowl for the Angels, doors open at noon, Strike Zone Alley, Pottsville.

Admission $20, includes entertainment and food, children under 12 eat free. NoBuy-In Poker tournaments, 1 to 3 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.

Bowling for adults $10 and children 12 and under $7.

Kid Bowl, noon to 4 p.m.

Benefit for Victoria Place and family of Carianna Kroh and Catrina Williams. Call Carol at 570-622-0213.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY — 5 to 6 p.m., Faith Church, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Route 61, Orwigsburg. Free. Mailing address is P.O. Box 323,

8

Orwigsburg, PA 17961.

CONCERT — 4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 S. Second St., Pottsville. Performed by operatic bass Damian Savarino accompanied

by Dr. Patricia Ewoldt, both of Messiah College. Free and handicapped accessible.

EVENING OF MUSIC — 7 to 8 p.m., Friedens United Church of Christ, Chestnut Street, Hegins. Featuring organist Jack Umholtz with church choir, handbell ringers and guest soloists, Jennifer Eshelman Shaffer and Lee Shaffer. Free.

FRACKVILLE MUSEUM OPEN HOUSE — 1 to 4 p.m., Frackville Municipal and Community Center, 42 S. Center St., Frackville. Guest speaker Don Bricker, 2 p.m. If you have any items you would like to donate, call Lorraine Stanton at 570-874-2814 or Kathy Kraft at 570-874-3531. Handicapped accessible, enter at rear of building.

HYMN SING — 3 p.m., Good News Bible Church, 221 Main St., Locustdale.

Free and open to public.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL — 5

to 7 p.m., St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 100 E. Main St., Ringtown. Food items include pierogies, barbecue, soup and hot dogs. Open to public.

LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO — 2 p.m., doors open 12:30 p.m., Columbia Hose Company, Shenandoah. Buffet lunch included. Benefits William Penn Fire Company.

Call 570-462-2242.

TURKEY DINNER — 11 a.m. until sellout, Mountaineer Hose Company, Third and South streets, Minersville.

Cost $9. Eat in or take out.

For tickets, call 570-5442313 or 570-544-9622.

WILDFLOWER AND WARBLER WALK — 1 p.m., led by conservation volunteer, “Pap” Knauss, Tuscarora State Park, 687 Tuscarora Park Road, Barnesville. Trail is 4.5 miles, and moderate in difficulty. Bring binoculars.

Meet at upper beach parking lot near Spirit trail head.

Shine only. No pets allowed.

Advance registration required by calling Robin at 570-4672506 or sign up online at tuscarorasp@pa.gov.

May 18, 2013 10am-4pm Rain date: May 19th

Downtown Hamburg A FREE admission, family fun day featuring the arts, entertainment, and more!

Art and Craft Displays • Performing Artists Street Corner Musicians • Children’s Activities Silent Art Auction • Artists’ Contest Antique and Classic Car Show.

Also visit the RR Heritage Museum for their 5th Year Anniversary Celebration.

For more information, please contact the Hamburg Area Arts Alliance at 610-562-3106

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Spring Has Sprung

Photo Challenge Submit your favorite photo of a Schuylkill County spring landscape, flowers in bloom, your kids playing outside or pets enjoying the warmer weather for a chance to

win great prizes!

One lucky winner will receive $300 in prizes courtesy of our sponsors: Bear Haven Boutique • Circle City Amusements Klinger & Stehr Inc • S-A Trout Pond The Arts Barn • Walk In Art Center

The winning photo will be chosen by Republican-Herald staff photographers.

No professional photographers please.

Enter now:

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