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Movie Review

‘Kill List’ a bold mix of genres Final moments of “Kill List” are bold and heart-pounding, and likely to shake you up. ■

BY CHRISTY LEMIRE

D12 — The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. Thursday, February 2, 2012

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“Kill List” morphs subtly but devastatingly from an uncomfortable domestic drama to a brutally violent hit-man thriller to a whatthe-hell-just-happened? exploration of a primal, paranoid nightmare. Or is what we’re seeing real? Director and co-writer Ben Wheatley slyly gives nothing away, but rather has enough faith in his challenging material and in his audience to let us debate the meaning of the ending and fill in the blanks for ourselves. And his skillful cast of actors, who improvised much of the dialogue, absolutely sell it with an abiding naturalism, even as the film turns disturbing and outlandishly dark. “Kill List” begins as a slice of life within a modern British family, but from the start, Wheatley creates a sense of unease through camerawork that feels a little too intimate and jump cuts between disconnected moments. Jay (Neil Maskell) is an ex-soldier and unemployed assassin who’s still reeling eight months after a job that went wrong in Kiev. While this may sound glamorous in a shadowy way, Jay and his wife, Shel (the beautiful MyAnna Buring), argue about all the

In this image released by IFC Films, MyAnna Buring is shown in a scene from “Kill List.” same things normal married couples argue about — finances, health insurance, forgetting items at the grocery store, etc. By grounding the film in such a prosaic, relatable way early on as Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump do, it only makes the transition toward the extreme climax seem like even more of an impressive feat. You may look back at the end and wonder, how did we get here? Pay attention: There are small clues along the way. Jay and Shel have a sensitive, 7-year-old son named Sam (Harry Simpson) who

is learning to endure his parents’ frequently fierce, volatile fights — one of which seems to come out of nowhere as they’re hosting another couple for dinner. They are the dryly funny Gal (Michael Smiley, who has a fascinating ease in front of the camera) and his new girlfriend Fiona (Emma Fryer). Gal is Jay’s partner, and has come with a new assignment that will get him back in business. It’s actually a series of hits, which they pull off without a hitch, but which also reveal Jay’s tendency to go overboard. He’s got a vengeful, sadistic streak

in him, and “Kill List” will make you flinch more than once; it may also make you feel queasy the next time you see a hammer. Wheatley tempers these bloody bursts with low-key, darkly

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comedy may be the most unexpected. But Jay himself seems to realize he’s going over the edge, and tries to back out of his duties. This only drags him into a more dangerous world than he ever could have imagined. Just saying the names of the movies this culmination calls to mind would serve as a spoiler, so we’ll let you discover the bizarro world Wheatley depicts for yourself. You may not know exactly what you’ve seen, and sure, you could argue that there are some plot holes, and the literal vs. metaphorical interpretations are myriad. But the final moments of “Kill List” are bold and heart-pounding, and they’re likely to shake you up and change your mood long afterward. “Kill List,” an IFC Midnight release, is not rated but contains graphic violence, disturbing images, nudity, language and Associated Press smoking. Running time: 95 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

humorous discussions between the two longtime friends during their travels. Jay is tightly wound; Gal tends to roll with it. Of all the genres mashed together here, mismatched-buddy

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Special Events

Theater

Music

• Pat’s Singles Dance Club will hold a Super Bowl dance 7-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Wisehaven Ballroom, 2985 Prospect Road, York. DJ Ray Thomas will provide music. Cost is $10. Visit http://NewSingles3.tripod. com or call Pat at 303-1969.

• The Popcorn Hat Players will present “Rumpelstiltskin” at 10:15 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays through Feb. 4, at Gamut Classic Theatre, third floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $5-$8. Visit www.gamutplays.org or call 238-4111.

• Scott Fagan will perform as part of Friday Folk Cafe 8-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third St., Harrisburg. This is a free concert. Visit www.midtownscholar.com or call 236-1680.

• The Metropolitan Area Dance Club will hold a dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the PA Dance Sport Ballroom, 585 E. Main St., Hummelstown. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Whooo will provide music. Call 774-2171.

• The Metropolitan Area Dance Club will hold a dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at the PA Dance Sport Ballroom, 585 E. Main St., Hummelstown. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Marino will provide music. Call 774-2171. • “Pillow Talk” will be shown at the Hershey Theatre at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12. General admission tickets are $7. Visit www.HersheyTheatre.com or call 534-3405. • An Evening with Spike Lee at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Luhrs Center, Shippensburg University. Tickets are $20. Visit www.luhrscenter.com or call 477-7469. • Dickinson College to host a poetry reading by Elyse Fenton at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 in the Stern Center, great room. The event is free. Visit clarkeforum.org or call 245-1875. • Pat’s Singles Dance Club will hold a dance from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Valencia Ballroom, York. 142 N. George St. Admission is $10. Visit http:// NewSingles3.tripod.com or call 303-1969.

• Oyster Mill Playhouse will present “Angel Street,” a psychological thriller by Patrick Hamilton, at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 12, at its playhouse, 1001 Oyster Mill Road, Camp Hill. Opening night tickets are $16 and include a reception. All other performances are $14. Visit www.oystermill.com or call 737-6768. • Open Stage of Harrisburg presents “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Feb. 325 at the theater, 223 Walnut St., Harrisburg. Visit www.openstagehbg.com or call 232-OPEN. • Theatre Harrisburg presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 4-19. There will also be shows at 4 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 18, and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Performances are held at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, harrisburg. Tickets are $20-$33. Call 214-ARTS. • The Popcorn Hat Players will present “Hansel and Gretel” at 10:15 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 8-March 3, at Gamut Classic Theatre, third floor, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $5-$8. Visit www.gamutplays.org or call 238-4111. • The Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg will present “Shakespeare in Hollywood” Feb. 10 through Feb. 26. Visit www.ltmonline.net or call 766-0535. • The Luhrs Center will present “Fiddler on the Roof” at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 14. Reserved tickets are $48, $43 and $35. Visit luhrscenter.com or call 477-7469. • The Gamut Theatre Group will present “First in Our Hearts” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 at Gamut Classic Theatre, 605 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $12. Visit www.gamutplays.org.

• The Metropolitan Area Dance Club will hold a dance 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at the PA Dance Sport Ballroom, 585 E. Main St., Hummelstown. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Call 774-2171.

• The Tap Dancers Collective, a newly formed tap dancing group for current and former tap dancers, will meet Sundays at 5 p.m. at Nee Danse Company, 2040 Derry St., Harrisburg. The only cost is a shared fee to cover space rental. For more information, call Jerry Bowers at 697-2748.

• Comedian Lewis Black will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, York. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 9. Visit www.strandcapitol.org or call the box office at 8461111.

• Pennsylvania playwrights are encouraged to submit original, full-length scripts to York Little Theatre’s annual Pennsylvania Original Playwright Competition. Plays should be full-length, unproduced scripts by playwrights who are currently Pennsylvania residents. For more information about the competition, call 854-3894 or visit www.ylt.org.

• Jim Weider’s Project Percolater will perform at 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Abbey Bar at Appalachian Brewing Company, 50 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg. For tickets, call 221-1080. • The Good News Cafe, a monthly showcase of regional Christian musicians and performers, will be held 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third St., Harrisburg. This is a free concert. Visit www.midtownscholar.com or call 236-1680. • Lady Antebellum will appear in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College. Tickets are $35-$59.50. Visit www.bjc.psu.edu or ticketmaster.com or call 814-865-5555. • Two winter voice recitals, presented by students of Joan Boytim, will be held Sunday, Feb. 5, in Fellowship Hall of Allison United Methodist Church, Carlisle. Students from grades 8-11 will perform at 2 p.m., including Marielena Quintarar, Anna Walters, Kendra Sober, Catherine Imholte, Brandon Powlison, Micaela Oliverio, Heidi Waddell, Chris Marth, Michaela Coplen and Andrew Heddleson. Students in grades 11-12 will perform at 3:15 p.m., including Madeline Schlusser, Lauren Sunday, Hannah O’Donnell, Max Wright, Kelly Smith, Samantha Lee, Tori Bateman, Maura Manning and Johanna Harcrow. The public is invited to attend. • A Valentine Date Night Community Concert featuring Randy Simpson and Pete Einstein will be held 7-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at The Tree House, 1090 Franklin St., Carlisle. Admission, beverages and dessert are available by donation. Proceeds benefit SonPower Ministries and Randy Simpson Ministries. Call 249-6003. • Cheryl Wheeler will perform 8-10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 N. Third St., Harrisburg. Tickets are $25 or $30. Visit www.midtownscholar.com or call 236-1680. • True North Brass will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Hostetter Chapel at Messiah College. Tickets are $23. Visit www.messiah.edu/culturalseries or call 691-6036. • Dickinson College faculty will perfrom solo works by Bach and Lau at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at the First Lutheran Church, Carlisle. The concert is free. Call 2451568. • Gary McCarren and the Blues to Rock will perform at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Carlisle Ribbon Mille, 320 E. Louther St., Carlisle. Call 422-7017.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G) Thu. 11 a.m., 1:20 The Artist (PG-13) Thu. 10:55 a.m., 1:15, 3:50, 6:55, 9:25, Fri.-Thu. 10:55 a.m., 1:15, 3:50, 6:50, 9:05 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Thu. 2:25, 4:25, 6:30, Fri.-Thu. 11 a.m., 1, 3 Big Miracle (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 Chronicle (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:40, 10:05 Contraband (R) Thu. 12, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:05, Fri.-Thu. 5, 7:30, 10 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Thu. 10:55 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 10:55 a.m., 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 The Grey (R) Thu.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Haywire (R) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:30 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15, Fri.-Thu. 11:15 a.m., 1:45, 4:10, 6:45, 9:10 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Thu. 3:30, 6:40 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:45, 10:10 Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (PG-13) Thu. 9:20 One for the Money (PG-13) Thu. 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:30, 7:30, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 11:55 a.m., 2:10, 4:25, 7:25, 9:40 Red Tails (PG-13) Thu. 10:50 a.m., 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 10:50 a.m., 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) Thu.-Thu. 11:10 a.m., 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:50, 10 War Horse (PG-13) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 8:30 Woman in Black (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45

The Descendants (R) Thu.-Thu. 1:05, 3:45, 7:05, 9:45 The Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG13) Thu.-Thu. 12:30, 3:20, 6:45, 9:35 The Grey (R) Thu.-Thu. 1, 3:35, 7, 9:40 Haywire (R) Thu. 12:35, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:55 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:50, 3:15, 7:10, 10 Red Tails (PG-13) Thu. 12:55, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) Thu.-Thu. 12:45, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Woman in Black (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05

Underworld: Awakening 2D (R) Thu. 12 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) Thu. 2, 4:30, 7:35, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:15, 4:40, 7:35, 9:50 War Horse (PG-13) Thu. 9:10 Woman in Black (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:10, 10

Agneepath (NR) Thu. 12:55, 4:30, 8:10, Fri.-Thu. 8:10 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Thu. 2:10, 4:25, 6:40, Fri.-Thu. 1:40, 4:20, 6:40 Big Miracle (PG) Fri.-Thu. 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Chronicle (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10 Contraband (R) Thu. 2:20, 5:05, 7:45, 10:35, Fri.-Thu. 4:45, 10:05 The Descendants (R) Thu. 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30, Fri.-Thu. 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Thu. 12:50, 2:50, 6:50, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 1:05, 4, 6:50, 9:45 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu. 1, 7 The Grey (R) Thu. 2, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20, Fri.-Thu. 1, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Haywire (R) Thu. 2:50, 5:20, 8, 10:15, Fri.-Thu. 2:30, 7:45 Hugo (PG) Fri.-Thu. 2:10, 5 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu. 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9:20, Fri.-Thu. 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Thu. 4:20, 10:25 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) Thu. 2:15, 4:40, 7:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 The Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island Encore (NR) Wed. (Feb. 8) 6:30 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (PG13) Thu. 4:15, 10:05 One for the Money (PG-13) Thu. 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Red Tails (PG-13) Thu. 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:55 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG13) Thu. 1:15, 7:15, Fri.-Thu. 9:10 Underworld Awakening 3D (R) Thu. 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30, Fri.-Thu. 2:45, 5:30, 8, 10:20 War Horse (PG-13) Thu. 9:10 Woman in Black (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30

Flagship Cinemas Beauty and the Beast 2D (G) Thu. 2:50, 7:15 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Thu. 12:40, 5 Big Miracle (PG) Fri.-Thu. 12:55, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 Chronicle (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:35, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:55 Contraband (R) Thu. 9:20

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Great Escape Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Thu. 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, Fri.-Thu. 11:40 a.m., 1:55, 4:15 Big Miracle (PG) Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 2, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7, 9:30 Chronicle (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Contraband (R) Thu.-Thu. 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:20 The Descendants (R) Thu. 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:20, 7:15, 9:55, Fri.-Thu. 12:25, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (PG-13) Thu. 12:50, 4:10, 7:05, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12:35, 7:05 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (R) Thu. 2:50, 9:25, Fri.-Thu. 8 The Grey (R) Thu.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Haywire (R) Thu. 12, 2:20, 5:10, 7:40, 10 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:25, 7, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:25, 6:50, 9:15 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Thu. 12:30, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30, Fri.-Thu. 3:55, 10 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 One for the Money (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Red Tails (PG-13) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 12:40, 2:50, 4, 6:30, 7:20, 9:15, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 4, 7:15, 10:05 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (PG-13) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 6:35

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Carlisle Theatre Martha Marcy May Marlene (R) Thu. 7:30 Young Adult (R) Fri.-Sat. 7:30, Sun. 2, Wed.-Thu. 7:30

Regal Carlisle Commons 8 Beauty and the Beast 3D (G) Thu. 2:15, 4:30 Big Miracle (PG) Fri.-Sun. 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40, Mon.-Thu. 2:10, 4:40, 7:10 Chronicle (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. 2:25, 5, 7:50, 10:05, Mon.-Thu. 2:25, 5, 7:50 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (PG-13) Thu. 4, 7, Fri.-Sun. 4, 7, 10 The Grey (R) Thu. 2, 4:40, 7:40, Fri.-Sun. 1:45, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20, Mon.-Thu. 1:45, 4:50, 7:40 Haywire (R) Thu. 2:40, 5, 8 Joyful Noise (PG-13) Thu. 6:50 Man on a Ledge (PG-13) Thu. 1:45, 4:10, 7:50, Fri.-Sun. 2:40, 5:10, 8, 10:25, Mon.-Thu. 2:40, 5:10, 8 One for the Money (PG-13) Thu. 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, Fri.-Sun. 2, 4:15, 7:30, 9:50, Mon.-Thu. 2, 4:15, 7:30 Red Tails (PG-13) Thu. 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, Fri.-Sun. 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10, Mon.-Thu. 1:30, 4:30, 7:20 Underworld: Awakening 3D (R) Thu. 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, Fri.-Sun. 2:50, 5:20, 8:10, 10:30, Mon.-Thu. 1:30, 4:30, 7:20

Midtown Cinema The Artist (PG-13) Thu. 3:10, 5:25, 7:40 The Descendants (R) Thu. 3:05, 5:20, 7:35 The Iron Lady (PG-13) Thu. 3, 5:15, 7:30

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• The International Fly Fishing Film Festival will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Lancaster County Convetion Center in conjuction with the 2012 Fly Fishing Show. Admission is $15 or $10 advance purchase or with admission ot the Fly Fishing Show. Visit www.flyfishingshow.com or call (866)481-2393.

• The Gamut Theatre Group will present “Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner: A Sort of Love Story” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 5 at the theater, 605 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Tickets are $27 for adults and $17 for students and seniors. Visit www.gamutplays.org or call 238-4111.

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• Lock and Key Events will hold a Singles Lock and Key Event Saturday, Feb. 11, at Champions Sports Bar in Highspire. Check-in begins at 7;15 p.m. Visit www.lockandkeyevents.com or call 645-9898.

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are consistently bemused by the cluelessness of their visitors. They also gouge the hell out of them for hotel rooms and lunches at the lone restaurant in town. Joking aside, though,

Kwapis creates genuine suspense as the scores of volunteers struggle against time and the elements to free these creatures. Some moments feel hokey and wedged in, like the images of families around the

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Art â&#x20AC;˘ First Saturday in Carlisle will be held from 10 to 5 p.m. Feb. 4. The Garden Gallery, 10 N. Hanover St., will be hosting â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amazing Silver,â&#x20AC;? by Sherry Tinsman; Nancy Stammâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Galleria, 2 N. Hanover St., will host Chris Gleasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paintings.â&#x20AC;? and Haverstick Gallery & Studios, 12 N. Hanover St., will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Working in the USA,â&#x20AC;? which includes work by Douglas Edwards, Carrie Wissler-Thomas, Tim Hoover, Dave Reinbold and Chris Mackie. Call 249-1721. â&#x20AC;˘ Jim Guardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Retrospectiveâ&#x20AC;? will be on display through March 9 at the Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Gettysburg. Visit www.gettysburg. edu/gallery or call 337-6080. â&#x20AC;˘ Cindy Haden Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Lake Bennett, Alaskaâ&#x20AC;? will be on display through May 24 at the Franklin County Area Development Corporation, Chambersburg. Visit www.councilofthearts.net or call 264-6883. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Earth, Water, Fire, Glaze,â&#x20AC;? pottery and ceramics exhibition on display through Feb. 24 at the SHAPE Gallery, Shippensburg. Visit www. shapeart.org or call 532-2559. â&#x20AC;˘ First Friday art exhibit at Historic Preservation Service, Chambersburg from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Work by Luke Emory Oyler will be on display. Call 377-8502. â&#x20AC;˘ Nancy Stawitz will display her mixed media works throughout the month of February in the Charley Krone Gallery at New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza. Call 774-7820. â&#x20AC;˘ Mechanicsburg artist Patty Toth will display her exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandeur of Yosemiteâ&#x20AC;? Feb. 1-March 7 at the Perry County Council of the Arts Gallery, 1 S. Second St., Newport. An opening reception will be held 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3. Visit www.perrycountyarts.org or call 567-7023. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflections and Undercurrents: Prints of Venice, 1900-1940â&#x20AC;? will be on display through Feb. 4 in The Trout Gallery, Weiss Center for the Arts, at Dickinson College. Call 2451711. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art is an entree, not a dessertâ&#x20AC;? will be on display Feb. 12 through July 15 at the DOSHI Gallery at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. â&#x20AC;˘ Therese Zemlin will display her artwork through March 9 in the Aughinbaugh Art Gallery at Messiah Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Climenhaga Fine Arts Center. There will be an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk and reception at 4:15 p.m. Feb. 10 in the gallery.

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Friday, Feb. 3: Band Night, Mark Focazio Band, 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

Expert guitarist Jim Weider will perform with Project Percolator at the Appalachian Brewing Co. this weekend

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Open Stage of Harrisburg to present â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Diary of Anne Frank,â&#x20AC;? with several public performances. Opens in late February.

Harrisburg, 221-1080 www.abcbrew.com Friday, Feb. 3: Jim Weiderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Project

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Percolator. Saturday, Feb. 4: Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade.

Review of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dr. Tatianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sex Advice to All Creation.â&#x20AC;? Also, USA Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best-Sellers.

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Reviews of upcoming film releases, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? starring MyAnna Buring and Neil Maskell. Also, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Miracleâ&#x20AC;? gets a mediocre review.

www.gulliftys.net Monday, Feb. 6: Poker Monday

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world gathered in front of their televisions, watching with worry. A couple of blossoming romances feel like afterthoughts (although one of them really happened). Like a whale itself, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Miracleâ&#x20AC;? is large and unwieldy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but it also has its moments of splendor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Miracle,â&#x20AC;? a Universal Pictures release, is rated PG for language. Running time: 107 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four. --Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions: G â&#x20AC;&#x201D; General audiences. All ages admitted. PG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. PG-13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13. Some material may be inappropriate for young children. R â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. NC-17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No one under 17 admitted.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; a bold mix of genres Final moments of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? are bold and heart-pounding, and likely to shake you up. O

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? morphs subtly but devastatingly from an uncomfortable domestic drama to a brutally violent hit-man thriller to a whatthe-hell-just-happened? exploration of a primal, paranoid nightmare. Or is what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing real? Director and co-writer Ben Wheatley slyly gives nothing away, but rather has enough faith in his challenging material and in his audience to let us debate the meaning of the ending and fill in the blanks for ourselves. And his skillful cast of actors, who improvised much of the dialogue, absolutely sell it with an abiding naturalism, even as the film turns disturbing and outlandishly dark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? begins as a slice of life within a modern British family, but from the start, Wheatley creates a sense of unease through camerawork that feels a little too intimate and jump cuts between disconnected moments. Jay (Neil Maskell) is an ex-soldier and unemployed assassin whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still reeling eight months after a job that went wrong in Kiev. While this may sound glamorous in a shadowy way, Jay and his wife, Shel (the beautiful MyAnna Buring), argue about all the

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In this image released by IFC Films, MyAnna Buring is shown in a scene from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill List.â&#x20AC;? same things normal married couples argue about â&#x20AC;&#x201D; finances, health insurance, forgetting items at the grocery store, etc. By grounding the film in such a prosaic, relatable way early on as Wheatley and co-writer Amy Jump do, it only makes the transition toward the extreme climax seem like even more of an impressive feat. You may look back at the end and wonder, how did we get here? Pay attention: There are small clues along the way. Jay and Shel have a sensitive, 7-year-old son named Sam (Harry Simpson) who

is learning to endure his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; frequently fierce, volatile fights â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one of which seems to come out of nowhere as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hosting another couple for dinner. They are the dryly funny Gal (Michael Smiley, who has a fascinating ease in front of the camera) and his new girlfriend Fiona (Emma Fryer). Gal is Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner, and has come with a new assignment that will get him back in business. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a series of hits, which they pull off without a hitch, but which also reveal Jayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tendency to go overboard. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a vengeful, sadistic streak

in him, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? will make you flinch more than once; it may also make you feel queasy the next time you see a hammer. Wheatley tempers these bloody bursts with low-key, darkly

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comedy may be the most unexpected. But Jay himself seems to realize heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going over the edge, and tries to back out of his duties. This only drags him into a more dangerous world than he ever could have imagined. Just saying the names of the movies this culmination calls to mind would serve as a spoiler, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll let you discover the bizarro world Wheatley depicts for yourself. You may not know exactly what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen, and sure, you could argue that there are some plot holes, and the literal vs. metaphorical interpretations are myriad. But the final moments of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill Listâ&#x20AC;? are bold and heart-pounding, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to shake you up and change your mood long afterward. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill List,â&#x20AC;? an IFC Midnight release, is not rated but contains graphic violence, disturbing images, nudity, language and Associated Press smoking. Running time: 95 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

humorous discussions between the two longtime friends during their travels. Jay is tightly wound; Gal tends to roll with it. Of all the genres mashed together here, mismatched-buddy

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If a movie is cheesy and knows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheesy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if it embraces the soft, gooey texture and pungent aroma of its own fromage â&#x20AC;&#x201D; does that make it any more palatable as a meal? That is the question to ponder while watching â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Miracle,â&#x20AC;? a rousing, feel-good, family-friendly animal adventure which has the added benefit of being based on a true story. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a weird hodgepodge, mixing the large cast and the melodrama of a 1970s disaster movie with the small-town quirkiness of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Northern Exposure,â&#x20AC;? with just a touch of the big-haired ambition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broadcast News.â&#x20AC;? At its center are three gray whales â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a mother, father and baby who found themselves trapped within the quickly forming Arctic ice near Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States, in 1988. The effort to free them in the open water brought together a disparate alliance of environmental activists, oil executives, journalists, native people and even the Soviets toward the end of the Cold War, and it fascinated viewers worldwide. Director Ken Kwapis (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Just Not That Into You,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsâ&#x20AC;?) includes archival footage of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Threeâ&#x20AC;? anchors in their heyday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reporting the story from the climatecontrolled comfort of their New York studios. Meanwhile, John Krasinski plays Adam, the boyishly enthusiastic local

TV reporter who breaks the story. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been toiling away at the top of the world but would love to get down to â&#x20AC;&#x153;the lower 48,â&#x20AC;? and hopes this is his ticket out of town. He gets some help from an adorable little native boy (Ahmaogak Sweeney) who looks up to him as a big brother as well as from his idealistic ex-girlfriend, Greenpeace leader Rachel (Drew Barrymore). But soon everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invading this small, remote town for a piece of the action, which sets up all the fish-out-of-water scenarios youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect. The visitors are ill-equipped for the extreme weather, including Kristen Bell as a self-serious Los Angeles TV reporter whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping these trapped whales will carry her to a network. Then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ted Danson as an oil executive who wants to drill in the region but directs his considerable financial resources toward the effort in hopes of looking more Earth-friendly. And then there are Rob Riggle and James LeGros as a couple of bumbling buddies from Minneapolis who arrive with their homemade ice-melting contraption; LeGros in particular is doing his best William H. Macy from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fargo.â&#x20AC;? Every five minutes some other star shows up in a supporting role. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Michael Higgins as a pompous news anchor; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dermot Mulroney as a no-nonsense National Guard colonel. And look: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stephen Root playing the governor of Alaska. What makes these two-dimensional types tolerable is that the actors recognize

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No one can deny the power of music when watching a movie or even looking at family pictures or home movies with a soundtrack added. Combining music with art, dance or other artistic mediums creates a multidimensional and multimedia world that evokes a deeper emotional response. Earlier this week, my online Music Notes post

talked about violinist Hahn-Bin and his up and coming status in the classical music world. As I thought about Hahn-Bin’s platform, coupling unique style and self-expression

with his music in order to attract audiences, a similar platform that I think would work best in our local community is combining music with other mediums. The most evocative combination I ever saw was when I was in college. I saw a performance of George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) choreographed to dance. The musicians became

part of the choreography, and every subsequent performance of this piece that I’ve seen reminds me of that performance. I think it is possible to have these types of mixed medium performances as a product of community collaboration. Have you ever thought about what the possibilities would be if you found dancers, artists or writers who wanted to collaborate

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whole community. Contact me at adelpalazzo@gmail.com if you’re interested in this platform. I’m talking to you audience members, musicians, dancers, artists, writers, community members, store owners with performance space and donors. The beauty of this is that everyone can be involved. Let’s combine the arts here in Carlisle.

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Cohen has spiritual vibe on ‘Old Ideas’ BY JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press

Throughout his 45-year career, Leonard Cohen has walked a fine line between love, sex, and religion, often embodying the trinity in the same song. Cohen doesn’t abandon those themes on his latest album, “Old Ideas,” his first studio recording in eight years and perhaps one of his best in decades. Part of the reason the record succeeds is the honesty that the 77-year singer-songwriter delivers as he questions mortality, god, and betrayal with poetic dignity. “Old Ideas” kicks off with “Going Home,” a poem written by Cohen and set to music by Cohen and co-writer Patrick Leonard. Hearing Cohen’s nearly-spoken voice delivery, it becomes a powerful ditty of Cohen’s spiritual foundation as well as how he sees himself. In the song, God says Cohen does what he tells him, even though it’s not always welcome.

This sets the tone for the remainder of album of a man tormented by mistakes of the past and his growing older. Cohen has never been a stranger to religious overtones: After all, he’s the man that wrote “Hallelujah,” which became immortalized by the late Jeff Buckley. But this album seems to provide more weighted spiritual balance. It’s not religious, at least in any organized form, but it’s definitely more pious than usual. One has to go no further than the record’s second track “Amen,” a lengthy ominous piece that seems diametric to “Hallelujah,” where the singer questions if he’s understood by god. Minimal instrumentation helps support the album’s 10 tracks, dominated by Cohen’s raspy baritone delivery. While instrumentation varies from guitar to steel guitar and piano and bass, there’s a nice compliment of percussive rhythms and background vocals.

The $48 million Theatre for a New Audience is slated to open in 2013. ■

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NEW YORK — In a season where little grows in the Northeast, something in Brooklyn is doing just that, foot by foot. The metal guts of what will be a sleek three-tiered glass box surrounding the Theatre for a New Audience’s 299-seat stage have gone up in a former parking lot as part of the city’s ambitious plan to create a new $650 million cultural district. “It’s going to be a destination,” said Jeffrey Horowitz, the founding artistic director of the company, during a recent tour of the work site in the Fort Greene section of the borough. When opened in 2013, the $48-million theater will represent a milestone for Theatre for a New Audience and the city: It will be the first new stage designed expressly for Shakespeare and classic drama since 1965, and it will be the first permanent home for the itinerant company. “We need a place to gather our activities, to set down roots in a community,” said Horowitz, who founded the theater company in 1979. “Would you go to a doctor or a lawyer whose office kept changing?” The construction site is one of several at city theaters this winter, including the building of Signature Theatre Company’s new $66 million Frank Gehry-

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Above: An outside view of the Theatre for a New Audience. Left: A drawing of the Theatre for a New Audience’s 299-seat stage planned in the Brooklyn borough of New York, is shown.

designed home on 42nd Street, a $57 million renovation of New York City Center and a $41 million theater being built on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center Theater. In addition to a 299-seat theater, the 27,500-squarefoot Theatre for a New Audience’s home will house a 50-seat rehearsal space and a lobby cafe. It will overlook a new public garden plaza and sit along a walking path between BAM’s Opera House and Harvey Theater. The theater will be energy efficient, acoustically isolated from street and subway noises, and offer any director maximum adaptability by allowing all parts of the inside to be modified, a nod to the theater’s itinerant past. The new stage, for example, can be switched from thrust, to round, to proscenium. “We wanted to build a

theater that had flexibility. An artist can completely shape the configuration between the audience and the stage. This is actually several theaters in one,” said Horowitz. “That idea — of not having a fixed way of doing a classic play or Shakespeare — that’s part of the artistic DNA of the theater.” Designed by Hugh Hardy of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, the new theater has a large glass facade, gunmetal gray panels, a 35-foot-tall main stage, a second-floor lobby and a central staircase — a simple form that Horowitz says is appropriate. “We didn’t want some fantastic shape on the outside and then you came in to a rectangle. What we said was, ‘Let the outside reflect the inside,’” he says. “It is what it is. There’s no hiding.”

The Theatre for a New Audience hasn’t been waiting around for its new home. It’s been busy this winter, co-producing “Cymbeline” with Fiasco Theater at the Barrow Street Theatre, as well as putting on “Fragments” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and “Shlemiel the First” at New York University. In February, it unveils “The Broken Heart” — a 1629 tragic-comic gem written by John Ford — and in March “The Taming of the Shrew,” both at The Duke on 42nd Street. Last season, the theater company enjoyed one of its most successful, with four sold-out productions: “Notes From Underground,” ‘’Cymbeline,” ‘’Macbeth” and “The Merchant of Venice,” which starred F. Murray Abraham as Shylock and was the theater’s first production to have a national tour.

When it finally opens, Julie Taymor, of “The Lion King” and “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” fame, has accepted the theater’s invitation to direct the official 2013 inaugural production, another nod to its past. Taymor directed four plays for the troupe, including Carlo Gozzi’s “The Green Bird,” which moved to Broadway in 2000, and Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Theodore C. Rogers, chairman of the theater’s board of directors, says the company has been thinking about having a bricks-andmortar location for about 15 years. “We realized we needed a permanent home if we were ever going to be a theater of consequence and of meaning.” Rogers, who likes to visit the construction site virtually every week, said the company had been in enough theater spaces in the past to know what they didn’t want. He recalled that one potential site had possi-

bilities, but the search team was wrinkling their noses — a restaurant nearby was emitting a terrible stench. The team also wanted quiet: “We didn’t want the subway running through Act 3,” he said, laughing. The shape and design of the building is something the theater has spent a lot of time on. “If we were going to build a theater, we were going to build a theater that built our art, not just enclosed it,” said Rogers. The new site is actually the third place the theater found and each site change cost the company a 14-month delay as plans were resubmitted and red tape handled. Along the way, famed architect Gehry dropped out. Ground was finally broken on the new site — located on Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street — in June 2011. Asked how he will feel when he finally turns on the lights, Horowitz says it will be a mixture of “a tremendous sense of pride, accomplishment and pleasure.”

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with musicians? First, you would be attracting the audience from each genre and secondly, the multidimensional performance would provide the opportunity to experience their combined power. Whether you play or enjoy as a listener, consider this platform to reach new audiences. This type of collabora t i o n h a s exce l l e n t potential to reach the

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Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex is shown above. proves others.

Fidelity A.J. Bateman in 1948 published a paper that alleged males of any and all species were evolved to make love — lots and lots of it, to increase their chances of passing on their genetic material — whereas females of any and all species were evolved to be chaste, mate infrequently and be faithful. Judson blows the lid off that theory, citing dozens of species where females are promiscuous and males aren’t. What’s more, she backs up the assertion with evidence and hypotheses about why this is the case. She also backs up Darwin’s mid19th century assertions that females in a species do the choosing when it comes to mating. In Victorian England, when not even female humans got to choose for themselves all that often, this idea was laughed at and ridiculed. But, as Judson points out, it was still right. Females in a species are attracted to something — from the width of the eye stalks in a stalk-eyed fly to the colors in a peacock’s tail — and they mate more frequently with

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ABC in February: Plenty for the single By Lisa Clarke Sentinel Correspondent Frontdoor@cumberlink.com

February marks a month of hearts, flowers, and an obligatory celebration of all things love. But if Cupid’s arrow has passed you by, let live music be your Valentine at the Appalachian Brewing Company. The fun kicks off this Friday, Feb. 3, with a concert featuring Jim Weider, a master of telecaster guitar and former member of the legendary group ‘The Band.’ Weider is on tour with an all star lineup that includes Rodney Holmes of Santana and the Brecker Brothers on drums, bassist Steve Lucas of the Steve Kimock Band, Avi Bortnick of the John Scofield Band on guitar, and Will Boulware keyboards. The group is performing Weider’s latest musical endeavor, ProJECT PERCoLAToR, which is a groove and atmospheric guitar driven band. They aim to blend rock and blues with funk and jazz, as well as combining drum loops and samples and playing melodic ballads in an improvisational and inspired performance. As a group, their artistry has been honed by a worldwide touring schedule that

has created a musical bond and chemistry that characterizes their unique performance ability. They will be performing from their latest CD, “PULSE” as well as other selections. ProJECT PERCoLAToR takes the stage at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information about the band, videos and music visit www.jimweider.com. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, grandfathers of ska-rockand-soul, The Pietasters arrive at ABC. One of the few bands to weather the rise and fall of the ska genre in the late 90s, the Pietasters are known for their authentic, frenzied music and performances. Citing such disparate influences as Bad Manners, The Specials and Minor Threat as well as Otis Redding, Spencer Davis and Bob Marley among others, the band has taken their music beyond strictly ska into a genre all their own, inspired by real life. After over a decade together, the band has recently worked with James Brown as his backing band for the WHFS’s Holiday Nutcracker Ball and are finishing up their upcoming album, to be released soon. The Pietasters will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at

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8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $12.50 in advance or $16 at the door subject to availability. Looking for some relief from the winter blues? Nothing cures the cold weather like surf music. All month long, drop in on Wednesday nights for a free show with resident rockers The Great White Caps. Hailing from Bethlehem, the group is gaining popularity with regional audiences for their punk-rock flavor of surf sound that has been described as “a science fiction super hero skinny dipping in the ocean.” Each week, an opening act To Be Announced will deliver a warm-up at 9 p.m. sharp, followed by the Great White Caps at 10 p.m. And as if all that wasn’t enough, admission is free. The Appalachian Brewing Company is located at 50 N. Cameron St. in Harrisburg. All shows are held in the upstairs Abbey Bar and attendees must be 21 unless specifically noted. Free parking is available in two private lots behind the ABC building. For more information or tickets, visit www. greenbeltevents.com. or venue information including menus and directions, visit www.abcbrew.com.

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What I do remember from my ninth-grade biology class: long lectures and innumerable drawings of cells and their contents. What I wish I remembered from my ninth-grade biology class: a series of questionand-answer letters to a sex advice columnist that explains evolutionary biology. For those of us who had less-thanthrilling biology teachers, Olivia Judson, a.k.a Dr. Tatiana, offers a series of delightfully funny, irreverently witty and oh-so-slightly salacious lessons in the sex lives of bugs, birds, mammals, marsupials, reptiles, rodents and everything in between in her 2002 book “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation: The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex.” (Yes, including humans). I’m telling you, if Darwin had written “Origin of the Species” like this, it would have been a best-seller. Judson, a graduate of Stanford University with a doctorate from Oxford, was a science writer for The Economist for two years. During that time, she wrote an article called, “Sex Is War!”, which gave rise to this book. Judson does a masterful job of balancing scientific integrity and accuracy with writing an approachable, engaging book that people actually want to read. The book is broken into three sections: Let Slip the Whores of War!; The Evolution of Depravity; and Are Men Necessary? Usually, But Not Always. Within those sections, Judson examines some of the more bizarre — and frankly depraved — reproductive habits of various species. From the preying mantis, which bites its lover’s head off to increase sperm deposit to the blue milkweed beetle, a species in which the male copulates with the female and then rides around on her back in an effort to prevent her from gallivanting, Judson looks at what creatures do what and why. Along the way, she disproves some long-held theories and

males displaying that trait. As such, those genes are passed on to the next generation in a greater proportion than the less-desireable genes, and appear more often. This idea of Darwin’s basically said that the benefits of having beautiful and useless ornamentation — increased sexual attractiveness and reproduction chances and therefore more offspring — outweighed the increased risks that such ornamentation brought with it (male peacocks are clumsy in flight and easy prey; stalk-eyed flies often have eyes so far apart they can’t see approaching dangers, such as birds). In the 20th century, well after Darwin was dead and gone, a mathematician named Ronald Fisher proposed a theory on why this is true. Called “Fisher’s runaway process,” the process is circular: a trait is advantageous, for whatever reason; having a preference (genetic predisposition) for the trait is advantageous; because it’s advantageous, it propagates. The “runaway” classification recognizes that over time, the repetition of the process facilitates more pronounced versions of the trait, until the costs of producing the trait balance out the reproductive benefit of possessing it. Judson points out that, to evolutionary biologists, the success or failure (or the desirability) of any given trait is measured in “nature’s currency” — children. (Homo sapiens are the only species known to actively prevent birth of children; in all other species, the more children the better, although there are species of apes that will abandon one twin at birth in order to be able to care for the other adequately). Judson’s book is a fascinating, insightful, beautifully written work that combines the basics of evolutionary biology with a funny, easyto-read writing style. It is absolutely a book for armchair biologists, or anyone who wants to be able to pull out fun, random facts at the next cocktail party. “Say, did you know that stick insects can mate for more than 10 weeks at a time?”

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Preston. “He tells them they have to be quieter, because he’s sticking his neck out for them.” Holding the occupants of what was called the ‘secret annex’ together is Mr. Frank. “The play demonstrates how he keeps everyone on track and keeps them sane, and I wonder how that played on his own sanity,” says Schreffler. Evan Brubaker and Brian Downey share the role of Peter, the boy Anne bonds with. Also in the cast are Lisa Leone Dickerson, Emily Fiorenza, Patrick Sanders

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Rehearsal scenes from “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Open Stage of Harrisburg is putting on the production with several performances for area students.

Warfare, hedonism and a touch of raciness. Not the stuff of which a Messiah College theater production might be expected to be made. But when the production is “Pippin,” the elements all have their integral place. “The raciness and sexuality are part of the story,” says Edward Cohn, associate professor of theater at Messiah. “Pippin is looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places.” “Pippin” was the son of the Emperor Charlamagne (called Charles), although there is little resemblance between these historical characters and those in the musical. In a search for meaning, the fictional Pippin explores a number of futile paths — ending up with married love. Although it is possible to present the show in various ways, “the story has to get told,” Cohn says. “Pippin” is this year’s winter musical, an annual event at Messiah. Students put together the play in three weeks, rehearsing two or three times a day, five or six days a week. “It’s not only theater majors,” says Cohn, who has been directing the shows for a decade. “In this production about a third of the actors are theater majors, about a third, music majors, and a third from across the campus.” The annual production

offers students the opportunity to develop their talents and reaches out to the community. Last year’s show was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” What surprised Cohn was how many of the students had not heard of “Pippin,” a 1972 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse directed the original production and contributed to the libretto. Ben Vereen won a Tony Award for his portrayal of the Leading Player, who heads a mysterious acting troupe that tells the story of Pippin and speaks directly to the audience. “Pippin” is one of the longest-running shows on Broadway. “But they’ve responded well, and bring a fresh look to the show,” Cohn says of his students. Caleb Stelle, a junior and music education major, was urged to audition for the show by his friends, girlfriend and mother. “My mother said it’s a very deep show I’d learn from,” says Stelle, who landed the title role. The currently licensed edition of “Pippin” has a slightly different ending than the original. The son of the widow Pippin falls in love with is drawn into the same cycle of searching, as the Leading Player reaches out to him. This is the version used by Messiah and preferred by Schwartz. Also in the cast are Ashley James and Shan-

non Spreen, alternating in the role of the Leading Player; Eric Hartman; Tim Sensenig; Christie Heimbach; Kaylee Schofield; Chelsea Young; and Alison Defiore. Elaine Henderson is the vocal director, and Tim Dixon is the conductor. Elizabeth Reed choreographed. Admittedly, presenting “Pippin” is “pushing the envelope” a bit, Cohn says. “But it would be a problem if the protagonist found fulfillment in these things, not if he finds them vacant.” His parents, Stelle adm i ts, we re so m ewh a t “concerned” about some of the content, but realized the content is “more important than that.” “Pippin was about my age, and the average college kid doesn’t know what he wants to do,” says the actor. “The players tell him what will make him happy, and Pippin thinks he’s a big shot, though the audience knows he’s not. When he decides to live the simple life with Catherine, that is when he becomes extraordinary.”

In Focus “Pippin” runs February 2-4 and 9-11 at 8 p.m. and the 5th and 12th at 3 p.m. Performances take place in the Miller Auditorium of the Climenhaga Fine Arts Center, 1 College Avenue, Grantham. Call the box office, at 691-6036, to order tickets, which are $12 general admission and $10 for students/seniors.

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Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die” (Interscope Records) Before you judge Lana Del Rey for her disastrous performance on “Saturday Night Live,” listen to her album. This month’s performance on “SNL” was strikingly horrific. Del Rey sang two songs with no emotion or effort, appearing bored and detached. Her hair even looked strange. The whole thing was a mess, but that’s not the complete case on her album, “Born to Die.” Del Rey’s buzz has been outrageous over the last few months, with headlines ranging from that “SNL” performance to her father’s wealth to her plump lips. But her debut is somewhat impressive, at times lovely, at others lackluster. The 12-track set mainly finds the 25year-old singing about a tumultuous relationship — she often sings about how he “likes those insane girls” — and she sounds convincing on the first single “Video Games,” as well as “Dark Paradise” and “Summertime Sadness,” which is almost as good as a Lykke Li track. But on other songs, Del Rey is a lyrical failure, sounding unfocused. On “Diet Mountain Dew,” with its hip-hop beat, she sings about 7-Eleven and a Pontiac; others songs are also sprinkled with similar

nonsense. Del Rey is part of a cluster of mainstream pop singers — Lady Gaga, Ke$ha — who often blurt weird things in song, which is unfortunate for the listener (and unfortunate for them, too). Sonically though, “Born to Die” shines, thanks to rap-based producers like Emile Haynie (Ice Cube, Cormega, Kid Cudi) and Jeff Bhasker, the man behind much of Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and “808’s and Heartbreak.” It’s a mix of 1960s retro, eerie artsy girl hooks and weird-girl pop — an odd mix, and overall oddly uneven album. CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: “Summertime Sadness” has a hook that is a little dramatic, very addictive, and allaround amazing.

‘Diary’ • Continued from D6 and Natalie Synder. Jim Woland did the set design and Mike Banks, the sound. Gwen Alsedek is costume designer. “The Diary of Anne Frank,” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, opened on Broadway in 1955 and won the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize. A film version followed four years later. In 1997, Wendy Kesselman adapted the play, emphasizing Anne’s Jewishness as well as her adolescent struggles with her

mother more. This is the version Open Stage uses. Every year, Holocaust survivor Hilda Mantelmacher speaks to the student audiences. “Hilda has enmeshed herself in the production,” says Alsedek. “It is a challenge for her to speak, but she does so for the letters she receives from students. She is overjoyed with their responses. The number of schools who come continues to grow.” It is a “privilege” for Open Stage to keep doing the play, she adds. “It brings life and hope.”

In Focus Four school productions of “The Diary of Anne Frank” precede the public show on Saturday, February 25, at 2 p.m., all at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts’ Sunoco Performance Theater, 222 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg. Tickets can be purchased at www.openstagehbg.com, by calling 232-6736, or at the Open Stage box office on the street level of the Walnut Street Parking Garage.

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Though she was only an eighth grader when she read “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Mabel Schreffler realized the oft-quoted statement of the Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam during World War II fit her own life’s philosophy: “In spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart.” “I loved that line,” she says. “I’m really optimistic, and Anne was definitely an optimist.” In other ways, playing the lead in “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Open Stage of Harrisburg is a stretch. “Anne has boundless energy and runs around a lot,” Mabel comments. “I was exhausted after the first rehearsal.” Though thoughtful and sensitive underneath, Anne is more dramatic than her older sister, Margot, whom Mabel portrayed last year. At 18, and therefore older by a few years than the real Anne, Mabel is thrilled to have taken the reverse process — though this is the first time a show has rested on her. She will have family support — on stage. Her father, Brian, is making his fourth appearance in the play, the third as Mr. Frank. Her mother, Nancy Kraft, reprises her role as Mrs. Frank, while brother Preston is Kraler, one the people who helps the Franks, as well as a Nazi. This is the 13th consecutive production of “Anne Frank” presented by Open Stage — with school matinees and a public perfor-

mance. Since 2000, 23,000 students have seen the matinees. The Schrefflers know some actors have a onceand-done attitude about the play which, despite its humor and inspiring message, is intense in its depiction of the two-plus-year confinement of the Franks and other Jews during the Holocaust. But they feel committed to repeating it. “I like to tell the story,” says Brian Schreffler. “It’s an important story to tell, certainly one we cannot forget.” Working with different directors also brings different perspectives. “Anne’s direction is a little lighter, a little more humorous,” says Kraft. Directing the play for the second time, Anne Alsedek doesn’t ask actors to focus on the characters’ ultimate fate but on their being cooped up in a small space with relative strangers. “The people in the annex don’t know the truth,” she explains. “Dussel (the dentist) knows about the transit camps, but the others say they prefer the truth as Miep, one of their rescuers, tells it. It is really a play about how people get through the day. We see characters with all their warts, and how they grow as people. It is a play about survival.” Portraying different characters than before also brings a new perspective. Preston Schreffler had previously played Dussel (now Tom Weaver). “I’ve started to see the strain on Kraler, especially when he thinks someone might be blackmailing him because he knows where the Franks are hiding,” says

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