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Games
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to create a 2-D image of a familiar object — a house, perhaps, or the Eiffel Tower. The 200-plus puzzles here aren’t terribly demanding, but they’re undeniably satisfying. Finally, some essential games from earlier in 2011: • “Jetpack Joyride” (Halfbrick Studios, 99 cents): Keep your hero airborne while avoiding lasers, missiles and other obstacles in this breathless race from the creators of
Nightlife “Fruit Ninja.” • “Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP” (Capybara Games, $4.99): The oldschool point-and-click adventure gets a postmodern makeover. • “Where’s My Water?” (Disney, 99 cents): Help an alligator take a bath in this adorably goofy physics puzzler. • “Ticket to Ride” (Days of Wonder, $6.99): The best board-game translation on the iPad is this suspenseful race to build cross-country railroads.
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Out & About
Enigma
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letters from people who said similar events occurred in their lives. He also became a laughingstock among his friends and lost his financial stability. His wife, Anne, supported him, though it was difficult for her to understand what he was experiencing. Strieber reveals that brushes with the paranormal haven’t lessened over the years. He uses his personal connections and in-depth research to rationalize his experiences. The UFO culture is hard to grasp, but Strieber tries his best to tie together diverse
subjects such as cattle mutilations, crop circles, strange implants and the afterlife. He even questions whether the aliens he claims abducted him were from outer space or another dimension. What it boils down to is whether the reader believes Strieber. Are his experiences real? Strieber doesn’t resolve the issue conclusively, and the majority of the stories in “Solving the Communion Enigma” have been told on his radio show, “Dreamland.” Still, there’s enough compelling material to make even the rigid skeptic ask questions.
Hunter
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Then he starts having memory flashes of seeing her dead body on the floor. The search for answers about his mother’s death leads to a horrible truth: His biological father was accused of her murder. After two mistrials, his father disappeared. Hunt must dig through years of secrets to try and solve his mother’s murder,
and someone doesn’t want the truth to become known. That person will do anything, even kill again, to keep the past hidden. Lescroart continues to write thrillers that hit it out of the park. Hunt is a great character, and the personal insight into what makes him tick makes “The Hunter” not only the best Wyatt Hunt novel yet, but also one of Lescroart’s best.
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at the Appalachian Brewing Company’s Harrisburg location. Created by drummer Allen Aucoin of the Disco Biscuits, DrFameus is an electronic music project that explores a range of styles including breakbeats, drum drum ‘n’ bass, dubstep and techno/ house. Although best known for his work with the Philadelphia-based electronic band The Disco Biscuits, Aucoin attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he earned his nickname, DrFameus. The show will take place on Saturday, Jan 7, at the Appalachian Brew-
ing Company’s second floor Abbey Bar, 50 N. Cameron St. in Harrisburg. Doors open at 9 p.m. for the 10 p.m. show, and tickets are $7 in advance or $10 at the door. For more information, visit www.greenbeltevents.com.
Sunday For folk music lovers, the Susquehanna Folk Music Society rings in the first weekend of the 2012 with Irish-American band The Pride of New York. Comprised of seasoned, award-winning musicians, the quartet has toured extensively in the U.S. and abroad, and is known for both the quality of their music and their camaraderie as a group.
York-based act Irish Blessing, which consists of the Srour family parents James and Cushla along with their sons Jonathan and Joshua, will open the evening with their traditional music and dance. Both Jonathan and Joshua have achieved World Championship level status for their dance skills, and have performed with Eileen Ivers and Cherish the Ladies. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York, 925 S. George St. Tickets are $22 for general admission or $10 for students. For more information, visit www.sfmsfolk.org.
Elmo
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Not only can fans — young and old — see their favorite characters on stage, but they can interact with them during the show, too. As the performance director, Graves manages the show on the road to make sure everything runs smoothly. She previously worked as an actress, playing everyone from Elmo to all the other little characters as an understudy. “It’s fun coming to work and going, ‘Oh, who am I going to play today?’” she said. “It’s kind of like dress up.” But her favorite part is interacting with the kids. “The best part, actually, is the very first reaction that they get when the curtain opens and hearing (the kids) scream,” she explained. “It’s like a rock concert for kids. To hear them get that excited and see them interacting for 90 minutes — it’s rewarding, for sure.” And her favorite character to play? Elmo. “I think it’s just because his character is so parallel to myself,” she explained. “I like to think I’m full of energy and I’m just curious about everything and constantly want to learn something new.” It doesn’t hurt that Elmo is so popular and gets most of those screams when the curtain opens.
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Last chance to win tickets Enter a random drawing for a chance to win a family fourpack of tickets to “1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends” at the Hershey Theatre. The deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. tonight. To enter, visit The Sentinel’s
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In Focus “1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends” runs Friday, Jan. 13, through Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Hershey Theatre, 15 E. Caracas Ave. Hershey. Show times are 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday; 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices are $15, $18, $22, $29 (Gold Circle) or $64 (VIP Sunny Seats). All tickets for opening night are $10, excluding Gold Circle and Sunny Seats. Tickets are available at the Hershey Theatre Box Office by calling 534-3405 or by visiting www. hersheytheatre.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
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