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staff John Popko

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“Pete Yorn’s ‘Musicforthemorningafter.’”

Amanda Dittmar

Graphic Designer • 570.970.7401 adittmar@theweekender.com

“Chiodos’ ‘All’s Well That Ends Well.’”

Mike Golubiewski Production Editor • 570.829.7209 mgolubiewski@theweekender.com

“The ‘Grease’ soundtrack.”

What is the record that changed your life?

Rich Howells

Editor • 570.831.7322 rhowells@theweekender.com

“I’ve said this before, but Tool’s ‘Ænima’ changed the way I hear music.

Sevendust’s ‘Home’ was also one of my main gateways into metal music.”

Kieran Inglis

Media Consultant • 570.831.7321 kinglis@theweekender.com

“Anything Hendrix.”

letter from the editor

Sara Pokorny

Staff Writer • 570.829.7132 spokorny@theweekender.com

“No Doubt’s ‘Tragic Kingdom.’

Those tracks got me through a lot in life”

Paul Shaw

Digital Specialist • 570.829.7204 pshaw@theweekender.com

“Second Coming’s self-titled.”

Tell @wkdr what record changed your life.

Contributors Ralphie Aversa, Justin Brown, Kait Burrier, Caeriel Crestin, Pete Croatto, Nick Delorenzo, Tim Hlivia, Melissa Highes, Michael Irwin, Amy Longsdorf, Matt Morgis, Ryan O’Malley, Kacy Muir, Jason Riedmiller, Erin Rovin, Ned Russin, Chuck Shepherd, Jen Stevens, Alan K. Stout, Mike Sullivan, Bill Thomas, Mark Uricheck, Robbie Vanderveken, Noelle Vetrosky, Bobby Walsh, Derek Warren Interns Karyn Montigney, Lisa Petz, Bill Rigotti Address 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703 Fax 570.831.7375 E-mail Weekender@theweekender.com Online theweekender.com • facebook.com/theweekender • follow us on Twitter: @wkdr Circulation The Weekender is available at more than 1,000 locations throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Rating system WWWWW = superb WWWW = excellent WWW = good WW = average W = listenable/watchable * Scarborough Research

I’m just old enough to be grumpy about modern technology.

Don’t get me wrong – I love the Internet and Netflix and mp3s, but I still appreciate owning tangible items, particularly copies of movies and albums. I always fear that inevitable crash where I lose everything on my otherwise trusty computer, and I can’t stand the thought of losing the collection I’ve carefully amassed since I was a teenager.

So when something like Record Store Day (detailed on pages 32 and 33) comes along, I totally get it – who doesn’t want to relive listening to their favorite record for the first time by actually spin-

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ning the record? I was buying CDs by the time I started getting into metal and punk, but the same feeling applies considering those shiny little discs are on their way out as well.

Or are they? Maybe they’re not as popular, but they still maintain a niche market, something true music lovers were always a part of anyway.

If unnecessarily gigantic headphones can make a comeback, I think physical albums can as well.

I’m not a total grouch.

-Rich Howells, Weekender Editor

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Who

Funny name, serious musicians

…can you catch up on the mountain at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton? It was just announced that “Bawitdaba” belter Kid Rock is coming through the venue for a summer tour.

The show will be July 6 and also features opening acts Kool and the Gang and Uncle Kracker. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.

What

By Karyn Montigney Weekender Intern

“Queeftones.” That’s not a word that is muttered in everyday conversations, and it is even less likely to be heard in the midst of a large crowd. But, for one group of musicians, it symbolizes their daring but humorous approach to being in a punk band.

Life can be too short to take things seriously, so Kyle Johnson, Nathan Montella, William Fitzgerald, and Matt Falcone have made some risky decisions in order to show people that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

“We’re definitely on the left side of things,” noted Montella, the drummer.

The Queeftones, a four piece ska/ punk band from Clarks Summit, have been playing together since January, but founding members Johnson, Montella, and Fitzgerald have a history that goes back even further.

“All three of us have pretty much always jammed,” Montella said.

“We all sat down one day and decided to get together and start a band and take everything seriously.”

Johnson, who does a majority of the lyrical writing, takes a political angle with most of his songs.

“Capitalism Show,” from their upcoming album, is just one example of Johnson’s resistance to give into political decisions. The band has plans to release their first album, titled “Songs in the Key of Brown,” this summer.

With a name like The Queeftones, it is expected that they would run into some trouble when booking shows. After being rejected at multiple venues not because of their music, but because of their name, the band decided it was time to record a demo so that bar and club owners would give them a fair chance.

“At first people were like, ‘Oh your name is The Queeftones, f—k that,’ but after we got our songs recorded, we showed people that we weren’t some kids that just wanted to get booked,” explained Montella.

“Since then, it has been easier to book shows.”

Although the band has been getting booked in more venues, they

Courtesy Photo This ska/punk band may have a silly name, but its music is anything but.

have still had to deal with owners being sensitive to the name. Because of this, the band has had to play under the pseudonym of The Q-Tones.

The band’s name sets off Johnson’s heavy lyrics about political situations and gives the band some balance between seriousness and humor.

Regarding the local music scene, the band said there’s nowhere they would rather be. Instead, they just wish there was more participation like there used to be years ago at shows.

“Just seeing other people’s crowds in other areas, I kind of like our crowds a little more,” Montella said. “I just wish more people would actually come out and have fun instead of having to worry about what other people think of them.

There’s so much music going on and everyone’s just sitting at their house watching TV or something. They can’t just come outside and have fun at a show.”

Since January, The Queeftones have been playing together at multiple local venues, including The New Penny (Scranton), Pearly Baker’s Alehouse (Easton), and New Visions Studio & Gallery (201 Vine St., Scranton), where they have a show coming up this Saturday, April 13.

The band will be joined by two local ska/punk bands, Badtown Rude and The Red Barons, and The What Nows?!, a seven-piece ska band from Reading, to celebrate a night of ska music at New Visions’ “Call It Ska!” event.

“We’re just trying to take this seriously and go as far as we can with it,” Montella emphasized. “We do everything we can, and we do what we love doing. We’re all musicians, and that’s what we want to do.”

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…can you catch members of NBC’s hit comedy “The Office” right before the show airs its final episode in May? Exactly where you would expect to see them, if Dunder Mifflin actually existed: Scranton.

WBRE just announced that yet-to-be-named “Office” cast members will make a farewell appearance during a day-long series of events May 4.

There will be a mix-and-mingle breakfast at the University of Scranton followed by Q&A sessions with the writers from the show, a parade featuring the cast and crew of “The Office” at 2 p.m., and a farewell celebration at PNC Field at 7 p.m. that will feature a Q&A with the cast, remarks from the show’s executive producer, and a sneak peek at the series finale, which is set to air May 16.

“WBRE is thrilled to be able to once again be a part of bringing the cast of ‘The Office’ back home to Scranton,” Chris O’Neal, Creative Services Director at WBRE said. “This is an event that no ‘Office’ fan will want to miss.”

For more details, visit theofficewrapparty.com.

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…should you go and like “Underwear Nation” on Facebook? Well, besides the fact that some of the photos are pretty nice to look at, there’s a Luzerne resident who’s currently in first place in the company’s “Face of the Nation” contest.

Daniel Martin, 23, is number one out of 40 finalists, vying for the chance to be win a trip to Grand Rapids, Mich. for a photo shoot with Underwear Nation.

To vote for Martin, visit http:// bit.ly/10G8vAX. Voting ends April 13 at 11:59 p.m., so make sure to log on before then to get your vote in and keep a local guy at the top spot.

“This is an event that no ‘Office’ fan will want to miss.”

-Chris O’Neal, WBRE Creative Services Director

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The Queeftones, Badtown Rude, The Red Barons, and The What Nows?!: April 13, 8 p.m., New Visions Studio & Gallery (201 Vine St., Scranton). $7.

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In yet another bit of proof that the downtown is still moving forward with revitalization, this new and recently expanded business on Main Street in Wilkes-Barre celebrates its one-year anniversary with food and drink specials, DJ entertainment, and an open patio.

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speak and see POETIC Converge Gallery (140 West Fourth st., Williamsport, 570.447.5778, convergegallery. com) • A Night of SpokeN word with kyle the unnecessary: april 12, 7-9 p.m.

Dietrich Theater (60 e. tiogA St., tuNkhANNock: 570.996.1500) • creAtive chArActerS from pAper to puppets: ages 5-12. april 9, 16, 23, 30, may 7, 4-5 p.m.

Everhart Museum (1901 mulberry st., scranton, pa, 570.346.7186, WWW.everhartmuseum.org) • everhArt reAdS Book cluB: April 18, “drAculA;” mAy 16, “the giAour;” JuNe 20, vAmpireS iN the lemon grove. to register call 570.346.7186.

King’s College (133 North river St., wilkeS-BArre, 570.208.5957 or kiNgS.edu) • cAmpioN literAry Society opeN reAdiNg: April 10, 7 p.m., regiNA court. inFo: 570.208.5900, ext. 5487.

The Osterhout Free Library (71 S. frANkliN St., wilkeS-BArre, WWW.osterhout.inFo, 570.821.1959) • SocrAteS cAfe diScuSSioN group: april 11, 6:30-8 p.m.

• frANkliN Street SleuthS: April 18, 6:30 p.m.

Plymouth Public Library (107 W. main st., plymouth, 570.779.4775) • Adult computer leSSoNS: dAily, call to register.

• Story time: moN., 11 A.m. or wed., 10:30 A.m. toddlerS/preSchool childreN. West Pittston Library (200 exeter ave., WWW.Wplibrary. org, 570.654.9847) • Book cluB: firSt tueS., 6:45 p.m. free. iNformAl diScuSSioN of memBer-Selected BookS. • weekly Story time for childreN: Fri., 1 p.m. Free.

VISUAL AFA Gallery (514 lAckAwANNA Ave., ScrANtoN: 570.969.1040 or artistsForart.org) gallery hours thurs.-sat., 12-5 p.m.

• keyStoNe college SeNior exhiBition: april 4-27. opening reception april 4, 6-9 p.m.

• time ANd lANdScApe By kAthe Frantz: april 4-27. opening reception april 5, 6-9 p.m.

ArtWorks Gallery (502 lAckAwANNA Ave., ScrANtoN. 570.207.1815, ArtworkSNepA.com) gallery hours: tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., sat., noon-3 p.m., or by appointment.

• keyStoNe college SeNior exhiBition: april 4-27. opening reception april 4, 6-9 p.m.

Send your listings to WBWnews@civitasmedia.com, 90 E. Market St., WilkesBarre, Pa., 18703, or fax to 570.831.7375. Deadline is Mondays at 2 p.m. Print listings occur up until three weeks from publication date.

The Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books (204 church st, montrose, 570.278.4011, butternutgallery. com). gAllery hourS: wed.-SAt., 11a.m.-5 p.m., sun., 12 p.m.-4 p.m.

• AmericAN kotz fAmily exhiBit Converge Gallery (140 W. Fourth st., Williamsport, 570.435.7080, convergegallery. com) • “SuSpeNded iN time,” feAturiNg trAditioNAl, lANdScApe ANd cityscape paintings With a tWist: through april 27.

Everhart Museum (1901 mulberry st., scranton, pa, 570.346.7186, WWW.everhartmuseum.org) AdmiSSioN $5 AdultS; $3 StudeNtS/ SeNiorS; $2 childreN 6-12; memBerS Free.

• “the Blood iS the life: vAmpireS iN Art & NAture:” through July 2.

• “whAt’S iN the cloud? BAtS oN the AtlANtic coASt:” oN diSplAy through July 2.

• vAmpireS At the AfA gAllery, ShowiNg of “the huNger,” mAy 22, 6-8 p.m. AgeS 18 ANd up.

• dArk ShAdowS: Silhouette workShop: mAy 29-6-8 p.m. $25, muSeum memBerS; $30, NoN-memBerS. preregiStrAtioN required.

The Linder Gallery at Keystone College (570.945.8335, keyStoNe.edu/liNdergAllery) • “kelleSimoNe wAitS: ANtitheSiS:” through April 28. tAlk By wAitS mArch 25, 9:45 A.m., BrookS theatre. marquis art & Frame (122 s. main St., wilkeS-BArre, 570.823.0518) “three ArtiStS: three yeArS lAter,” feAturiNg the workS of ryAN hNAy, mArguerite i. fuller, ANd Skip SeNSbach. through april 27. “the tv Show:” April 5-mAy 1. opeNing reception april 5, 6-8:30 p.m.

New Visions Studio & Gallery (201 vine st., scranton, WWW.neWviSioNStudio.com, 570.878.3970) gallery hours: tues.-sun., noon-6 p.m. ANd By AppoiNtmeNt. • “uNder the SeA:” April 5-26. opeNing reception april 5, 6-10 p.m.

Pauly Friedman Art Gallery (miSericordiA uNiverSity, 570.674.6250, miSericordiA.edu/Art) gAllery hourS: moN. cloSed, tue.thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., sat.-sun. 1-5 p.m.

• “receNt lANdScApeS,” A thomAS stapleton exhibit: opening recep-

tion april 6, 5-8 p.m. runs april 6 to JuNe 7.

• “peNNSylvANiA from ABove,” AeriAl photography: opening reception april 6, 5-8 p.m. runs april 6 to JuNe 2.

Sordoni Art Gallery (150 S. river St., wilkeS-BArre, 570.408.4325) gallery hours: tues.-sun., noon4:30 p.m.

• “flow,” A gAllery thAt exploreS the mANy meANiNgS ASSociAted With Water through a selection oF tweNty-NiNe workS drAwN from the collectioN of the SheldoN museum oF art at the university oF NeBrASkA-liNcolN. Schulman Gallery (2Nd floor of lccc cAmpuS ceNter, 1333 S. proSpect St., NANticoke, www.luzerNe.edu/SchulmANgAllery, 570.740.0727) gallery hours: mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• A collectioN of two mASterS, photography by michael molnar ANd SAm crAmer: April 5-mAy 2.

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• eArth week eNviroNmeNtAl Art shoW: april 18-25 • “imAgiNAtioN ANd SpirituAlity: public sculpture on the university of ScrANtoN commoNS:” opeNiNg reception april 5, 6 p.m. through may 10.

Widmann Gallery (locAted iN kiNg’S college’S sheehy-Farmer campus center BetweeN North frANkliN ANd North mAiN StreetS, wilkeS-BArre, 570.208.5900, ext. 5328) gallery hours: mon. through Fri. 9 A.m. to 4:30 p.m., SAt. ANd SuN. AS ArrANged. free ANd opeN to the public.

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tech talk

GadGets, Gizmos, & more

Nick delorenzo | Special to the Weekender

On the web, don’t be taken for a fool - any day of year April Fools’ Day on the Internet is always interesting.

Hundreds of well-known websites pull out all the stops, plying visitors with rich media presentations on imaginary products and ridiculous features or services. In many cases, these were pretty funny or downright neat.

I thought “Google Nose,” a search engine for smells, was pretty clever.

I guarantee that somewhere, someone (no doubt after a surreptitious glance to see if anyone was around) bought it just enough that they actually leaned forward and smelled their computer screen.

Then, of course, there was Netflix, which added categories such as “Reality TV about People with No Concept of Reality,” “Surreal Ballets Based on a William Shatner Album,” and “TV Shows Where Defiantly Crossed Arms Mean Business.”

YouTube got in on the act, posting an announcement that the whole website was actually a giant contest and that it was going to go through every video ever uploaded to YouTube (probably a mathematical impossibility at this point) to select a winner.

Twitter also joined in by revealing Twttr – tweets without vowels – would be free, and if you wanted to be ostentatious and use an “a” or an “i,” you’d have to buy a vowel.

And who could forget Google Maps and its supposed discovery of Captain Kidd’s pirate maps, which enabled a Treasure Map mode in addition to the usual terrain and satellite views?

In some cases, particularly those of Google and YouTube, you could tell that a lot of effort (and money,

most likely) went into producing these April Fools’ jokes, which in their cases probably served a valid marketing purpose.

On one hand, it’s good to know that even massive corporations can afford to cut loose and have a little fun every once in a while.

On the other hand, there are plenty of people out there who will believe just about anything they read on the Internet, just because it happens to be on a computer; for every five or 10 people who chuckled at the video proclaiming YouTube was going to shut down, there are at least one or two telling all their friends that YouTube really is closing, or that Twitter is going to start charging for vowels.

There are also people out there that just don’t have a sense of humor. They might find the levity annoying, or perhaps it doesn’t occur to them that it’s possible to bypass or ignore the joke. Some of these people might fall into the category of “overly credulous” as well.

And therein lies the lesson: You’re using the Internet at your own risk.

You have little to no control over most of the sites you visit, and if their owners decide to have a little fun with you, even if they’re industry giants such as Apple and Google, that’s their prerogative.

More to the point: Even at the best of times, you should take everything you see online with a grain of salt – both on and after April Fools’ Day. -Nick DeLorenzo is director of interactive and new media for The Times Leader. E-mail him at ndelorenzo@timesleader.com.

Courtesy Photo This latest Google prank hit it right on the nose.

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Phriendly phaces A growing crowd of guests bustled under the Arizona sun toward the Deschutes beer tents, gourmet food trucks, merchants’ village, and any seat they could find or patch of grass they could dance on. Children with sparkly paint on their faces tumbled and cartwheeled across the lawn. Sunglasses, sarongs, and sunburn set the festival scene among the buzzing Margaret T. Hance Park. The crowd continued to spill into the festival grounds Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24 following Friday’s kickoff to the philanthropic festival.

Saturday’s main stage lineup brought boho blues rockers Heartless Bastards, genrebending strummers Deer Tick, Hawaiian stoner crew Iration, and Philadelphia hip-hop heroes The Roots. Sunday stayed true to the earlier incarnations of the festival with the jammy JGB Band; Philly indie rockers Dr. Dog; Les Claypool’s banjo plucking, bass-slapping Duo de Twang; bluegrass boys Yonder Mountain String Band; and prog rock headliners Umphrey’s McGee. In spite of the palm trees, cloudless blue skies, rock formations in the distance, and the distinct lack of spring humidity, Philadelphia was ever-present in two of the 2013 McDowell Mountain Music Festival’s most engaging performances – The Roots on Saturday and Dr. Dog on Sunday.

“We about to get busy,” warned Black Thought, lead MC for legendary hip-hop collective The Roots. He swayed in Saturday night’s breeze, moving in time to the instrumentation, dedicating the first song of their electric set: “Sending this one out to the legacy of the late, great godfather of Go-Go music, Mr .Chuck Brown. Rest in peace! And also sending this one out simultaneously to the legacy of the late, great hip-hop icon Mr. Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys. Rest in peace!”

Questlove and F. Knuckles percussively led the band

forward as Black Thought took the crowd for a midnight ride: “Now here’s a little story that I got to tell / it’s the Boys outta Philly you know so well / sayin’ started way back in history / with Adrock, MCA – rest in peace!”

After a quick rendition of the Beastie Boys “Paul Revere,” complete with Tuba Gooding Jr.’s sousaphone-defying moves, they transitioned into the indelible hit, “The Next Movement,” from their 1999 album “Things Fall Apart.” Among the outstanding setlist was another 1999 hit, “You Got Me” (sans Erykah Badu but with added scatting), “Mellow My Man,” 2006 single “Here I Come” off “Game Theory,” “The Fire,” and “The Seed 2.0” off “Phrenology.”

The Legendary Roots Crew were nonstop, engaging the crowd in call and response verses, encouraging clapping and subtle snap-alongs, and jumping from funk to rock to R&B and everything in-between. Kamal Gray’s keys led jazzy interludes made richer by Mark Kelley’s bass. Captain Kirk Douglas surprised the crowd with Guns N’ Roses anthem “Sweet Child of Mine.” A few bars of other unexpected tunes made cameos, including Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” Sugarhill Gang’s “Apache,” and Kool & the Gang’s “Jungle Boogie.”

Sunday brought Dr. Dog, and by their late afternoon set, they had doubled the crowd. They began their energized 18-song set in true festival form, with a bouncy rendition of 2012 hit “That Old Black Hole” and clap-along a capella harmonies.

Bassist Toby Leaman’s foot bounced during “Stranger,” which gleamed with springy percussion. Dmitiri Manos handled the vibrant orange acoustic labeled “Strum Machine” after putting down two colorful maracas. Guitarist Scott McMicken’s bright voice sparked 2010 single “Shadow People,” off “Shame, Shame.” Leaman kept time next to Eric Slick’s drum kit while McMicken’s whimsical deliv-

ery spun into the final chorus, building to frenzied keys and an upstage jam.

Slick’s drums cued the chord that dropped everyone low to the floor, sinking and slinking across the stage for sultry lament “Vampire” off 2012’s “Be the Void.” Keys and cymbals built to the Pennsylvanian line: “You’re as tempting and savage / as Marcellus Shale.” Manos double-fisted tambourines during “How Long Must I Wait,” where Toby went tender on the mic and Scott’s fingers cooled to hold the note into the next song, “These Days.”

“Do the Trick” showcased stunning harmonies and the synchronization of guitarists Frank McElroy and McMicken as they moved up and down the stage, mirroring each other. Feedback growled as fan favorite “The Beach” off 2008’s “Fate” erupted onstage. Leaman’s dramatic gestures – springing from a squat to sling his bass over his shoulder, dragging the mic stand in time, and replacing his sunglasses after an intense drumroll – emphasized the grinding of his gravelly voice to sand.

Slick brought the tempo down gently for McMicken ditty “The Breeze,” which drifted into dreamy harmonies. The catchy percussion of “Heavy Light” set the crowd, and the band, dancing, with McMicken bobbing, Leaman folding nearly in half over his bass, and McElroy rhythmically nodding and rolling his shoulders.

“Shame, Shame” was smoky, high-pitched, and slow-paced with an upstage strumming faceoff by McElroy and McMicken. Anthematic closer “Lonesome” culminated in Leaman hopping into the pit, roaring, “What does it take to be lonesome / nothing at all,” as he retreated from the audience under the stage, then came spinning out and belted the final lines writhing on his back in the grass. The captivating Philly contingent left an impression on the Arizona music scene.

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based group’s seven songs could best be described as progressive indie rock, offering all the dreamy

By Rich Howells delicateness and mournful screams Weekender Editor of modern indie before breaking down into classic headbanging The second concert held at jams that led the songs down epic TwentyFiveEight Studios (703 N. journeys guided by intriguing Washington Ave., REAR, Scranand ambiguous lyrics delivered ton) on Saturday, April 6, may by frontman Dan Rosler. “White have contained a similar lineup Bike” appropriately mentions to the first, but it was a much the ocean, rising and crashing different show with just as many beautifully like waves, and closer highlights, culminating in the “Awful Things” was anything but, release of headliner Farley’s new leaving a lasting impression that album, “Squaring Circles.” had many talking afterward.

The first show, held on Jan. 5, Switching gears completely, was The Push’s album release Graces Downfall, who played concert, so this time, the duo acoustic last time, brought a opened (though they emphasized badass set of seven mosh-worthy that the other bands were “closing metal tunes, starting with fanfor” them) with stripped down favorite “Always the Victim.” versions of their tongue-in-cheek Singer Kenneth Norton kept a ‘70s and ‘80s-style hits, but not calm demeanor on stage, but his before making a dramatic enprimal screams evoked the intrance. Dressed in Pepsi tank tops, ner pain prevalent in songs like short shorts, knee-high orange “Bridges Burn” and “Lie,” making Adidas socks, and NBA sweata cover of Deftones’ “Swerve bands, Jim Reynolds and Tim City” fit right in with downMcDermott dribbled a basketball and-dirty rock like “Blow.” The through the crowd and onto the band’s energy provided the perfect stage while Bryant August of The build-up to Farley’s long-awaited Switch, dressed as a referee, kept entrance. the two in line with his whistle Tim Farley wasted no time while aiding them with an extra debuting his new alternative pop guitar. rock music with Reynolds on Kicking off with “When Push guitar, Mike Krebs on bass, and Comes to Shove,” they kept the Matt Jaffin on drums (each sharing mood and banter light throughout backup vocal duties), starting with the eight-song set, noting that “Squaring Circles” album opener they spent more time preparing “Dance All Night.” “Hindsight” their costumes than practicing, from debut EP “A Good Problem but these acoustic versions, octo Have” brought fans back to casionally spiced up with electric familiar territory, then “Don’t guitar, offered just as much fun Go” picked up the pace with a and technique as the album cuts. jaunty breakdown and sing-along The inclusion of “Rock Woman” chorus. “Kiss Kiss Bang” got the was a surprise, and while “Dance crowd dancing before “Tiger Lily” Pants” was the evident choice for sweetly slowed things down, easthe closer, the jazzy, scat-infused ily transitioning to the emotional version they played was a show“Steady As She Goes.” stopper.

An extended cover of Bruce Up next was A Fire With Friends, filling the warehouse with Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire,” which included a brief sample of Kings their wall of sound and impressof Leon’s “Sex on Fire” that maning a crowd which had largely not aged to sneak its way perfectly been exposed to the band before, into the animated guitar solos, as they did not play the January brought the tempo back up again: show. The six-member Scranton“That’s an original,” Farley joked.

Farley ended the 13-song set with barnburner “Fuel the Fire” and new single “Eyes Wide Open,” noting that the latter’s new stop-motion animated video had already reached over 20,000 views on YouTube in just over a week. Any song on “Squaring Circles” has the potential to reach this broader audience, and if this successful CD release party is any Photo by Rich Howells indication, they’ll be ready for the influx of fans when it comes.

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Backwards Transit Proving their musical spirit and presence in “Keep This to Yourself,” expanding upon their lyrical genius in “Something Left Behind,” and putting both together to create their most popular album “Listen and Forgive,” Transit has transformed and progressed greatly over the past few years, gaining new fans along the way but always keeping the old ones around.

However, I mean it when I say that “Young New England,” released on Rise Records on April 2, is one of the biggest musical disappointments of my life, and for many fans as well. It pains me to make that entirely deserving statement, as they have been one of my favorite bands for the past four years. This album not only lacks the

sound they’ve developed (although fans know by now it changes fairly frequently), but it’s a major step backward in their capabilities.

When “Nothing Lasts Forever” was released before the album leaked, I tried not to worry too much and held my breath until I could make a full judgment. To say that “Young New England” and “Sleep” are the best songs on the album is an overstatement because they stick out as the most “Transit-sounding” songs, but it’s an understatement as well because, frankly, they aren’t that good. The song “Weathered Souls” does pick the album up a little bit with the most definitive chorus: “For the weathered souls and the storms not forgotten / the beating hearts on the

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Jacksonville, Fla.-bred JJ Grey is the missing link between vintage, steamy Stax/Muscle Shoals R&B and more contemporary roots/soul muscle like Derek Trucks and The North Mississippi All-Stars.

On “This River,” the sound is an unmistakably Southern experience – barefooted grooves for days; funky, reverbed guitars; and gut-busting vocals screaming out for salvation. Grey’s writing is filled with tales of characters lost to time, as well as shades of self-reluctance, and

North Shore of Boston.” It is one of the songs in the album where the lyrical content gives listeners a glimpse of who the songwriters are.

Lacking any depth, instrumentally and lyrically, the rest of the album continues and concludes in a very empty way. “Hang It Up” doesn’t sound like a finished product, like there’s something missing or like the music and lyrics were supposed to be matched up with different songs.

With memories of driving around screaming relatable Transit lyrics and throwing myself around with other pop punk lovers to “Please Head North” played with such vindication and emotion live, it is only natural that “Young New England” would serve as a letdown, but more importantly one that I was not expecting. If it’s a new sound they’re looking for, they’ve certainly accomplished it, and I can only hope it brings them the new fans they’re looking for.

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carefree celebration of life’s simplest pleasures.

He’s a man taking his demons to task on tape and sending them off with a zen-like creativity and backwoods attack that lands him and his band, Mofro, at the knife’s edge of 2013 roots music.

Immediately striking, as with most JJ Grey and Mofro records, is the bottom-heavy, analog drum and bass swamp groove – easily one of the band’s hallmarks. The Buddy Miles/Band of Gypsys-meets-Sly Stone funk of “Your Lady, She’s Shady” features said groove set to Grey’s fractured rhythm guitar lines, burning enough smoke to pass off as a redneck, soft-toed James Brown slip ‘n shake. “Somebody Else” is a slower, horn-laced throwback..

“99 Shades of Crazy” takes uplifting, Staples Singers-themed gospel vocals and “Three Snakes and One Charm”-era Black Crowes Americana experimentation to dizzying dance floor rapture.

“Florabama” is similarly funked-out, Curtis Mayfield-inspired booty shake, Grey playing it coy amid jockeying for the perfect sun-kissed party.

Grey also proves he can dig into life’s woeful, forgotten underbelly with “The Ballad Of Larry Webb,” a country-tinged, cry-in-your-beer ode to a man that, while severely devoid of luck, embodied the love shared “when all we have is each other.”

A decidedly Southern pen guides Grey’s hand as he makes his definitive soul statement. Emotive roots music whose seeds are sown in classic black R&B, Grey’s easily accessible to fans of everything from The Black Keys, G. Love, Gov’t Mule, and beyond.

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nearly 10-minute soundtrack for that moment when you wake up and realize it’s going to be beautiful outside. Lost in a morning haze, Vile lets on: “To be frank, I’m fried, but I don’t mind.” “Too Hard” is another thing of beauty, as he ponders fatherhood, promises not to smoke too much, and sings about taking “hold of the hand that ain’t his, but it is.”

Rooted in a sort of 1970s rock sprawl, Vile stretches out where his forebears might have flexed, opting instead for the rustic flair of a Neil Young or John Fahey. At times his guitar lines seem to levitate, or move in slow motion, and he sings like he’s having a personal converKurt Vile sation.

But for all the deliberation, there’s an ‘Wakin’ on a Pretty Daze’ edge. Pointing to his arrival, he reminds the detractors “there was a time in my Rating W W W W life when they said I was all talk.”

“Shame Chamber” is about “feeling bad in the best way a man can.” And on “KV Crimes,” he gets downright anthemic, punching out the line, “I think I’m ready to claim what’s mine.”

Still the main takeaway is to take it all in. On the closer, Vile sings about hiberThe latest release from Philadelnating in the now and being simultanephia guitarist/songwriter Kurt Vile is a ously adrift and alert. An anomaly in the 69-minute double LP of lengthy, languid what-next rush of this era, Vile masters meditations on the everyday and beyond. the lost art of taking your time.

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Hank & Cupcakes receive warm NEPA reception

By Kait Burrier

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Hank & Cupcakes, the Brooklyn-based indietronic husband and wife duo from Tel Aviv, met exclusively with The Weekender, along with Hank’s newfound tuba-scarf, on April 6 at The Bog (341 Adams Ave., Scranton) before their Saturday night show with Philadelphia’s dramatically glam Sweatheart and locals Betty Harlot Band, who also played The Rattler during H&C’s tour kickoff show in Pittston in February.

THE WEEKENDER: Northeastern Pennsylvania is happy to have Hank & Cupcakes back!

CUPCAKES: We’re happy to be here.

HANK: Do you mind if I sit with the tuba?

W: Please do.

H: It’s very comfortable for some weird reason… It’s like wearing a scarf.

W: You guys are at the end of your tour. How was it?

C: So much fun, and I can’t believe that it’s over.

H: Yeah, hard to believe how time flies.

W: Your full-length album,

“Naked,” was released at the top of the tour.

C: Not exactly. This album is in a state of limbo right now, so it hasn’t actually even officially been released… We recorded it in Berlin last year, and just as we were about to release it – not this tour, but two tours ago – we got signed, and the record label asked us not to release it because they wanted to release it. We still made 1,000 copies and we’ve been selling them on the road.

W: Yeah, I saw them at the Pittston show.

C: Yeah. So basically this album isn’t online anywhere, but you can get it if you come to our show.

W: Your EP is online, though.

C: Yes, the EP is three songs from the album that the label kind of remixed, reworked, for the CD. That’s supposed to be a teaser for the album. So this album can only be purchased, for the moment, if you come to our show.

W: That’s good motivation to come to a show! How do you find that the songs on the album differ from the studio to the stage?

C: In what way?

W: In your performance, or in any energy, maybe, in different venues.

C: Almost all of the songs were ready for the stage. We’re not one of those bands that first go into the studio… We prepare it live, we play it at shows, and then we record it and try to figure out how to make it sound awesome on a recording. So our process is the opposite. Only “Liquid Mercury,” and maybe one more song, was arranged in the studio. So all of our songs were arranged for a live show, and then we made some alterations for the studio.

W: You were talking about how some of your songs were remixed. You’ve had a remix contest running on “Ain’t No Love” and you’ve revitalized the Joy Division favorite “She’s Lost Control.” I’d like for you to talk a bit about the Hank & Cupcakes philosophy on existing content and different artists covering it, bouncing around some piece of art through different voices.

C: I like the fact that you said that we have a philosophy. Now we have to have one [laughs].

H: Are you talking about the remix or the covering?

W: Both the remix and your cover.

H: For me, the remix is like

Photos by Jason Riedmiller Husband and wife duo Hank & Cupcakes chatted and fooled around with The Weekender, a testament to the fun-loving demeanor they portray during performances.

the best kick. I really enjoy listening to remixes, much more even than listening to the actual thing, which I obviously listened to so many times. I know it so well, and it’s a real kick to listen to an interpretation.

W: To hear somebody else embody your work?

H: Yeah.

C: Let’s say the philosophy is that we love collaborating with different artists and we do it as much as we can, whether it’s with photographers or, you know, any art medium. So to have someone else remixing our song, or for us to interpret an existing song, is just an ever-ongoing collaboration. I wouldn’t say the Joy Division (song) is a collaboration, obviously. It’s more us loving Joy Division and giving it our own interpretation.

But the mixing up of different artists and bringing it together is something we like.

H: That specific song was something that I pushed very hard for. I’m a big fan of Joy Division. But we didn’t really cover any other songs— C: “G6.”

H: (Far East Movement’s) “Like a G6.”

[Photographer Jason Riedmiller laughs] JASON RIEDMILLER: I’d

like to hear that! Can you play that tonight?

H: We might C: Yeah, maybe we will.

H: How would you describe that show?

C: It was this really cool, very New York evening where they invite artists to cover a song in the Top 40s.

H: It’s called “Our Hit Parade.”

C: It’s really cool… It’s like a really kind of prestigious evening and we were invited to take part, so we couldn’t say no and we wanted to cover (The Knack’s) “My Sharona.” But she had said it had to be Top 40.

H: Because that was Top 40 in the ‘90s.

C: Yeah. It had to be Top 40 2012 or whenever we did it.

(They performed “Like a G6” at Our Hit Parade in NoHo, NYC’s Joe’s Pub in 2011.)

They didn’t end up playing “Like a G6” this time around, but NEPA may have more opportunities to get to know and love the music of Hank & Cupcakes. According to Cupcakes, the love is mutual: “We really like Northeastern Pennsylvania, man! We’re really getting into it.”

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Terrible Things happened at The Rattler on April 3 – and the crowd loved it.

Following New York’s Autoverse and a crowd-pleasing set by The Return Of (featuring Jeremy Romani of Goodbye Soundscape and virtuoso drummer AJ Jump), the West Chester trio blasted through 12 blistering rock songs in the packed little Pittston bar late Wednesday night.

Fronted by Fred Mascherino, former co-vocalist and lead guitarist for Taking Back Sunday, the longhaired axman, joined by bassist/backing vocalist Aaron Van Allen and drummer Steve Curtiss, who was also part of Mascherino solo project The Color Fred, opened with “History” from their latest EP, “Pre-Transmission,” and showed that this band is more rock than pop on songs like “Revolution” and “Up At Night” from their selftitled debut.

Thrashing his dreadlocks around wildly, Van Allen aptly kept up the energy while Curtiss kept up the pace. “Conspiracy,” a funny but accurate stab at conspiracy theorists, was a set highlight, while “Lullaby” and “Terrible Things” filled the room with thrashy guitar and seriously exhibited Mascherino’s vocal and instrumental

chops; he later picked up a bright red double neck guitar and finished the night with it.

TT broke up the set with a Color Fred song, “Hate to See You Go,” and a reggae-infused version of Taking Back Sunday’s “Error Operator.” After “The Hills of Birmingham,” Mascherino, pouring sweat and barely visible behind his long blonde hair and beard, closed out the night with the second half of “Pre-Transmission” – “Innocent,” “Last Look,” and the slower but emotional “Hospital.”

While many came to see what this former member of Taking Back Sunday was up to, they left with a new understanding of Mascherino’s work, eagerly snatching up CDs from the down-to-earth frontman as he reentered the crowd with a gracious smile.

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concerts ALICE C. WILTSIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (700 N. WyomiNg St., HazletoN) 570.861.0510, WiltSieceNter.org • Fiddler on the rooF: April 17, 7 p.m., $27-$52 THE COOPERAGE POJECT (1030 mAin St., honeSdAle) 570.253.2020, thecooperAgeproject. org (donAtionS Accepted And AppreciAted At the door At All eventS.) • electric open jAm: April 10, 7-10 p.m.

• hiroyA tSukAmoto: April 13, 7 p.m.

• Amy SpeAce: April 14, 5 p.m. $15, AdvAnce; $18 At the door.

FACTORY THEATER (School And Apple StreetS, nuremberg) 570.384.3648, nurembergplAyerS. org • 70’S FlAShbAck: April 20, 7:30 p.m., $15, purchASe ticketS At FAirwAy motorS, HazletoN F.M. KIRBY CENTER (71 public SquAre, wilkeS-bArre) 570.826.1100, kirbycenter.org • ron white: April 11, 7:30 p.m., $41-$51 • nepA philhArmonic: “Anne hAmpton cAllAwAy SingS the StreiSAnd Songbook:” April 12, 7 p.m., $34-$65 • Scotty mccreery: April 20, 8 p.m., $49-$99 • nepA philhArmonic: “Symphonie FAntAStique:” April 26, 8 p.m., $34$65 • joAn riverS: April 27, 8 p.m., $39$47 MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE (14 w. broAdwAy, jim thorpe) 570.325.0249, mAuchchunkoperAhouSe.com • willy porter: April 19, 8:30 p.m., $23 • pAulA cole bAnd: April 20, 8 p.m., $32 • kAlob griFFin bAnd: April 26, 8:30 p.m., $18 • kAShmir: the ultimAte led Zeppelin Show: April 27, 8 p.m., $23 • cASt oF beAtlemAniA: mAy 4, 8 p.m., $27 MOHEGAN SUN ARENA (255 highlAnd pArk blvd., wilkeSbarre) 800.745.3000, mohegAnSunArenApA. com • gAbriel igleSiAS: April 12, 8 p.m., $34-55 • ringling broS. And bArnum & bAiley: April 26-28, timeS vAry, $33-93

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• Shinedown / buSh: April 30, 8 p.m., $25-$40 MOUNT AIRY CASINO RESORT (44 woodlAnd rd., mount pocono) 877.682.4791, mountAirycASino.com • wAr: April 20, 8 p.m., $30-40 NEW VISIONS STUDIO & GALLERY (201 vine St., ScrAnton) 570.878.3970, newviSionSStudio.com • bAdtown rude / the queeFtoneS / the red bAronS / the whAt nowS?!: April 13, 8 p.m., $7.

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Cash’s ring of Modernized Middle Ages influence

By Sara Pokorny

Weekender Staff Writer

By Sara Pokorny

Weekender Staff Writer Everyone knows him: he’s got the “Folsom Prison Blues,” he walks the line, he’s the Man in Black. Johnny Cash was, and still is, an incredible influence in music, and Nuangola’s Theatre at the Grove is giving audiences a fresh look at the country singer’s life.

The theater group will open its 2013 season with “Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical Show” this weekend. The production chronicles Cash’s career, but with a bit of a twist: Cash himself isn’t a character in the show.

“We tell the story of his life without him there,” said director Paul Winarski. “It’s set in a honky tonk bar in Nashville, and you watch three couples and, through Cash’s music, the story is told.”

The tale is a mere excerpt from Cash’s life, following him from his debut at the Grand Ole Opry to Folson County Prison and back to stardom. The musical had a run at Broadway’s Barrymore Theater in 2006.

The characters are portrayed

by Michael Marone, Jesse McNatt, Bryn Harvey, William Lipski, Dawn Winarski, and Dave Baker.

In addition to these actors, there are seven musicians on stage, a group that Winarski said plays the house band at the bar. “Not only do they play the songs for the actors, some even join them full center stage for a

solo,” Winarski described. “This show is all about the music.

There are 12 pages of dialogue in a 58-page script.”

Some of the songs in the show include “Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Boy Named Sue,” and “Ring of Fire.”

The air of intrigue about Cash and his life is ever-present despite the fact he’s not a character. So what is it about the country crooner that draws people in, warranting a production focused entirely on his person?

“What it is about Cash is that he transcends musical genre,” Winarski said. “There are very few people in the music world that do that. (Frank) Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beatles: those are some of the few others.”

Though the show seems to have a pretty narrow focus, it doesn’t limit audiences to just Cash fans.

“You don’t have to be a country music aficionado to love this show,” Winarski said. “It’s just great music. Cash was a poet.

His music combines perfectly with his lyrics. It speaks to everyone.”

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“Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash:” April 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, 8 p.m.; April 14, 21, 28, 3 p.m. Theatre at the Grove (5177 Nuangola Road, Nuangola. nuangolagrove.com, 570.868.8212, grovetickets@frontier.com). $20.

All shows are BYOB and feature cabaret seating.

Courtesy Photo This Johnny Cash-centric show isn’t a run-of-the-mill production, leaving the character of Cash out completely.

Many people shy away when they hear the name Shakespeare.

Though the bard’s works are hailed by many a scholar, it doesn’t mean they’re an easy thing to understand. Enter the King’s College theater department, a group that puts on a Shakespearean play every year, and this time around, they’re aiming to show just how relevant the age-old productions still are, all while making it easier to understand in the process.

“Richard III” will debut this weekend in King’s theater, a show that tells the story of the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of Richard III of England. Though it was believed to have been written in 1592, the story is easily relatable to people today. In fact, the show’s director Dave Reynolds’ reason for going with “Richard III” for this year’s production is one that lies in the modern era.

“I”ve been watching a lot of ‘Game of Thrones’ lately,” he said with a laugh. “You can see the influences so much. I revisited this play thinking that it’s the perfect time for it to work, what with the show being so popular and the themes being so similar.”

Reynolds said things have also been somewhat serendipitous with the February finding of the actual skull of King Richard III in Leicester, England.

The King’s crew is putting its own twist on the story of the king, though the entire production is still grounded in that era. “The beauty of Shakespeare is that

it’s very open to interpretation,” Reynolds said. “I’ve done productions where it’s like with DiCaprio’s – they’re shooting pistols at each other – but this isn’t like that. It’s very much adhering to that time period, but we are utilizing modern multimedia elements to enhance it.”

“We have two screens behind the stage that let play many different parts,” student Nick Klem explained. “It lets the audience know what characters are which, it helps determine the settings of some scenes, and it’s going to help with some surpasses in the end.”

The setting itself has also been tailored to make this particular Shakespearean production stand out.

“It’s our take on the typical thrust stage,” Reynolds said.

“King’s has had a thrust stage since the ‘70s, but we chose to make our own for this. The audience still sits on three sets, but we made it look a little more industrial with open steel. We’ve got ramps and different levels, which have really opened up a lot of possibilities for me as a director.”

It also allows the actors to play more with not only their own actions, but the audience itself.

“I get to play to the audience,” Sean McKewon, who plays Richard III, said. “Shakespeare has a lot of monologues where he’s letting the audience in, so I get to run around to each side and actually talk to the crowd.”

The language is the major sticking point for such a show, one that Reynolds said “doesn’t need all the fancy spectacle. It’s an open platform and the actor.”

“Richard III” by William Shakespeare: April 11-13, 15, 7:30 p.m.; April 14, 2 p.m.King’s College Theatre (Admin. Bldg., 133 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5825). $12, students/ senior citizens; $5.

“Richard III” is very much about the characters as well, with the main man himself being an interesting study, what Reynolds calls a sociopath.

“He really kind of enjoys murdering people,” Reynolds said.

“We talked a lot about whether his ultimate goal was to ascend to the throne, which he does, but sometimes it seems the idea is not so much about the throne, but that he just enjoys killing people.

We’ve also played around with the idea that because he does have a physical deformity, he was probably someone who spent his entire life being bullied, and that’s where these urges stem from.”

Aside from Richard, there’s much to be gleaned from the various other characters in the show.

“They all have such unique back stories,” said Konrad Kraszewski, who plays Sir Richard Ratcliffe. “I’m a pretty minor or intermediate character, and I researched him and found all these crazy things that happened throughout history, and we’ve all been able to do that with our characters, no matter who they are. Shakespeare takes all these unique personalities and melds them into an amazing story, and it just works. No other play does that.”

Courtesy Photo While Shakespeare can be daunting to some, the King’s Players are making the tale as modern as possible without losing its authenticity in order to help audiences relate better.

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greater strength in empathy. Hanel’s understanding of death and grief following the event brings her closer to the community, family, and friends who have also experienced loss.

This memoir is just right for anyone whose curiosity favors more morbid elements. The work embodies 13 chapters of personal progression, and showcases the strength behind familial bonds. Hanel’s memoir is evidence of her extraordinarily reflective life and ability to possess a modesty empowered by wit and optimism, even in the worst of times.

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Most people, let alone children, fear death. But, for Rachael Hanel, this concept was a bit more complicated. Since birth, Hanel was raised surrounded by death and sorrow. In her latest work, “We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter,” Hanel discovers that the heavy themes once ingrained to be a matter of business, became uncomfortably personal.

Looking back on our own childhood, we might remember some of our most prized possessions. At 11-yearsold, Hanel was given one she would certainly never forget: a gravestone inscribed and ready for her eventual departure from the world.

In the small town of Waseca, Minn., Hanel’s life unfolds as something ordinary. While the family business of grave digging may be anything but, her family life operates like a dream, loving and dedicated. Hanel takes readers on a swift ride down memory lane, divulging not only the quirks of her fascinating life, but also the immense sadness that accompanies her past.

Hanel was only 15-years-old when death taught her the biggest lesson of all: her father, the great gravedigger, abruptly passed.

“I knew death, and I thought that Dad’s job would prepare me for the inevitable fact that one day he would die. […] I didn’t know, couldn’t know, how his death would change us. Without him, we collapsed as a family unit. […] In a family that was once eager to tell the story of others, to speak their secrets, silence ruled. After Dad died, we barely spoke his name.”

Though Hanel was raised believing death as merely a business, it had now become personal. In her journey to find solace after the loss of her father, she comes to find a

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Once your long string of unnecessary sequels begins to bomb, you look towards other mediums to build this brand, throwing anything at the wall to see if it sticks.

Merchandise? Games? Musicals?

Comic books? TV shows? Try them all! Eventually one of them will turn a profit!

Most of these ideas are usually poor ones, but with the right creative team who respects the original source material, it can not only work, but it can also be an improvement over some of those films. “Hannibal” happens to be one of those rare cases.

I was skeptical before its premiere on April 4, and rightfully so – the last time audiences saw Dr. Hannibal Lecter, it was in 2007 in “Hannibal Rising,” a misguided and convoluted attempt to explain the madman’s origins.

After the brilliant and manipulative psychologist in “The Silence of the Lambs” was turned into a cheap, over-the-top slasher villain in 2001’s “Hannibal,” 2002’s “Red Dragon” attempted to make the good doctor smart and scary again, and while it was a solid film, it was obvious that this was the last time we’d see Anthony Hopkins in this iconic role, as he was getting older and likely growing tired of the character.

Brian Cox in “Manhunter” wasn’t bad, but it was difficult for me to picture anyone else other than Hopkins slipping that face mask on, so when it was announced that they would be

making a television series for NBC, I felt that the only way this would work was if someone didn’t just try to just be him (I’m looking at you, Gaspard Ulliel), instead making the role their own. And despite the title, the other thing they would have to do is use this character sparingly, as Hannibal works best when he isn’t the constant focus, but instead the devil on a good agent’s shoulder. The “Hannibal” pilot episode succeeds in both regards.

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (an evil-sounding name if I ever heard one) plays an excellent bad guy, as general audiences may recall when he took on James Bond in 2006 as Le Chiffre in “Casino Royale.” Like Le Chiffre, he plays Hannibal with patience and a creepy subtly that would be lost on a less talented thespian, though he will be brutal when necessary, and in this show, it certainly will be.

For network TV, this show is violent and quite gory, but what saves it from pure exploitation is David Slade’s excellent direction that transcends typical television into film quality work. As the man behind “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Night,” he can be forgiven for “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” after seeing this, as he takes this blend of “Dexter” and “CSI” and delivers a show that doesn’t seem formulaic or predictable despite its inevitable outcome.

So far, it has stayed true to Thomas Harris’ original novel while taking liberties where necessary to develop an intriguing series, already slated for 13 episodes. Instead of FBI profiler Will Graham seeking help and information from

The new ‘Hannibal’ series is a delightful feast.

Dr. Lecter right away, he is at first disinterested in him, particularly after he learns that Special Agent Jack Crawford (a perfect role for Laurence Fishburne) has hired him to psychoanalyze him to be sure he’s mentally fit for the job. This makes their relationship so much more interesting, particularly because both men know how to think like a killer – only one acts upon it.

I’ve spent a lot of time talking about our favorite cannibal, but the star of this show, as it should be, is Graham. Hugh Dancy delivers a twisted yet sympathetic performance; Will isn’t just a clear-cut hero, but a broken man haunted by his uncanny ability to step inside a killer’s mind, even admitting some autistic tendencies. Instead of a happy family man, he surrounds himself with stray dogs over people, and succeeding at his job only disturbs and frightens him more. He doesn’t just see the vicious crimes he investigates – he relives them by reenacting the killer’s movements in his mind, leading to sleepless nights and well-shot scenes.

I haven’t seen acting like this on the small screen since Michael C. Hall became Dexter Morgan, and if this pace and writing continues (thanks to series creator Bryan Fuller, who also created “Dead Like Me” and “Pushing Daisies”), it may become just as engrossing. Where Fox’s “The Following,” starring Kevin Bacon, fails, “Hannibal” succeeds, avoiding tropes and cheap jump scares and embracing real tension and development.

It’s hard to believe, but cable, of all things, got this one right – the right people are in front of and behind the camera, but networks still demand ratings over quality and are quick to cancel shows before they even get off the ground and find an audience. If you’re a horror fan who misses “The Walking Dead” and can’t wait for “Dexter” to return, or if you enjoy crime shows but are sick of watching the same old rehashes, tune in on Thursdays at 10 p.m. and support a series with a lot of potential.

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Douglas almost did, too, until he learned the truth.

And then there was the case of the man who brutally murdered a beautiful nineteen-year-old Marine. The crime was horrific and, says Douglas, was one of his most famous cases. The aftermath of it still troubles him, as does the fact that the case lived longer than the victim did.

So you say you love a good mystery? Yep, there’s nothing like a whodunit, unless it’s a whodunit that’s entirely true, which perfectly describes “Law & Disorder.”

With a just-the-facts writing style and crimescene descriptions that are never prettified, Douglas and Olshaker send a chill straight down their readers’ backbones. We’re treated to Hollywood-like stories of murder and methodology, guilt and innocence, and the authors make it easy to be lulled into forgetting reality. We’re somehow allowed to feel as though we’re crime-solving, too, until they remind us, not-so-subtly, that these were real crimes, real people, and real blood.

True crime fans of both book and TV are going to eat this memoir up, and I think sleuth sharks will love it, too. If you’ve got the time for crime, then “Law & Disorder” is a book you won’t mind paying for.

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Somebody’s going to pay.

Someone needs to atone for that which was done to you. It was unfair, unlawful, illegal, immoral, downright wrong, and you want revenge. You want to see someone suffer like you did.

You want atonement, an apology.

You want justice.

Heads will roll. Someone’s going to pay for a crime today although, as you’ll see in the new book “Law & Disorder”

by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, the punishment might not fit the crime at all.

John Douglas didn’t want to be seen as “uninformed, stupid or both.” Newly assigned to teach criminal psychology to first-time FBI agents in 1977, he realized that many of his students understood more about the cases he’d present than he did.

Knowing that that just wouldn’t work he educated himself, which led to new ways of studying serial killers and other criminals.

It’s possible, says Douglas, to know what a killer was thinking and doing at each step of a violent crime. His Criminal Personality Research Project, the first organized study, gave officials a “proven” way to profile criminals. Today, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) investigates over a thousand cases a year.

Cases like the murder that happened the year after Douglas was born.

Two women were killed in late 1945 in a quiet Chicago neighborhood, followed by the abduction and mutilation of a six-year-old girl nearby.

It wasn’t long before police announced the killer’s arrest, there was a trial, and the man was imprisoned. But Douglas always had his doubts about the allegations.

When a young Virginia woman was found dead in her home and her brother-in-law was arrested, tried, and scheduled to die by electrocution, Douglas feared that justice was about to go horribly wrong. The accused protested his innocence and many people believed him.

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For the record

By Sara Pokorny

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t’s no secret that the music industry has changed dramatically over the years, mostly due to everything going digital, but there are still fans out there who cherish the days of yore, when the music could not only be seen, but touched through vinyl (and even CDs) wrapped in the brilliant packaging that came along with.

This particular aspect of music has been celebrated

nationally since 2007, the year Record Store Day was born. The third Saturday in April is now reserved for celebrating the unique culture surrounding independently owned record stores through special vinyl and CD releases, promotional materials, in-store performances, and meet and greets.

“We want to celebrate our customers, the people who are into records,” Joe Nardone Jr., owner of Gallery of Sound, emphasized. “It’s about keeping the record store vibe alive.”

It’s also about stressing the

importance of music, which has played and will continue to play a pivotal role in many lives.

“I was, and still am, the poor musician who bought CDs used, some definitely from Gallery of Sound, but I did have many high school friends who worked there and were cooler for having done so,” noted Dirk Dekker of dream pop band Cherokee Red, who will be performing at the Gallery’s Mundy Street location on April 20 along with several other local acts.

“A lot of it is about the discovery process in music, finding new things to listen

to,” Nardone added. “Maybe we didn’t sell as many Justin Timberlake records as Target did, but Target might not have started selling Imagine Dragons until last month, whereas we’ve been selling it for six months.”

This year’s RSD ambassador, Jack White of The Raconteurs and formerly of The White Stripes, echoes those sentiments in an official statement he released through RSD. “I think it’s high time the mentors, big brothers, big sisters, parents, guardians, and neighborhood ne’er do wells start taking younger people that look up to them to a real record store and show them what an important part of life music really is,” White said.

“I trust no one who hasn’t time for music. What a shame to leave a child, or worse, a generation orphaned from one of life’s great beauties. And to the record stores, artists, labels, DJs, and journalists: we’re all in this together. Show respect for the tangible music that you’ve dedicated your careers and lives to, and help it from becoming nothing more than disposable digital data.”

This year, there will be 400 titles for sale, all releases that encompass many genres.

“There’s a little bit for everyone,” Nardone said.

“There’s a lot of people buying records now that are in their 50s and 60s who started buying records as kids, so for them there are things like The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan.

And then there are cutting edge releases from today’s bands, like The Menzingers, Title Fight, and Coheed and Cambria.”

While RSD promotes new and limited releases, its roots are based on the notion of giveaways, chances for people to discover new things easily.

Nardone said the giveaways are certainly still there, and anyone looking to come in on RSD and browse around will find themselves loaded up with things like DVD and CD samplers, and even some 7-inch vinyls, for no cost at all.

“This is really about celebrating a love for music and giving people access to a physical product that they can enjoy,” Nardone said.

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Schedule of entertainment on April 20 at Gallery of Sound

(186 Mundy St.) 9 a.m.: Various vinyl DJs Noon: Joe Nardone Jr. DJ set, History of RSD Vinyl Rarities 2 p.m.: George Wesley 3 p.m.: Leroy Justice 4 p.m.: Farley 5 p.m.: Cherokee Red 6 p.m.: Grey Zine 7 p.m.: These Elk Forever 7:30 p.m.: Petal

Local participating independent record stores

Gallery of Sound • 24 Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.826.6898 • 186 Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.2833 • 330 Laurel Mall Dr., Hazle Township, 570.459.1093 Wayne’s World • 30 S. Main St., Pittston, 570.654.4899 • 419 Memorial Highway, Dallas, 570.674.1995 Embassy Vinyl • 352 Adams Ave., Scranton, 570.341.9350 Musical Energi • 59 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.829.2929

Some limited releases that you might be able to nab this RSD

• Title Fight and Touché Amoré, “Crescent-Shaped Depression” (Touché Amoré) and “Faceghost” (Title Fight) split 7-inch • Avenged Sevenfold, “Carry On” 12-inch picture disc • Cheech and Chong featuring Alice Bowie, “Earache My Eye & Turn That Thing Down” 7-inch green vinyl • Grateful Dead, “Rare Cuts and Oddities” • The Lonely Island, “YOLO” 7-inch yellow vinyl • The Notorious B.I.G., “Ready to Die” 12-inch white vinyl • The White Stripes, “Elephant (10th Anniversary)” 12-inch vinyl • The Flaming Lips, “Zaireeka” 45 RPM box set For a full list, visit recordstoreday.com.

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of life?” It’s a deep query

were heartfelt and honest.

Maybe you’ll pick up your defining album this Record Store Day. “‘Kind of Blue’ by Miles Davis.” –Doug Smith of Dixieland All-Stars, Doug Smith Orchestra, Doug Smith

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because of music’s undeniable impact on that very moment you hear it and every moment thereafter, and it was met with very thoughtful answers.

For these local artists, the replies were wide-ranging and sometimes surprising, but all

“The self-titled ‘Blue Album’ by 311.” –Tim Rixner of That 90’s Band “The most honest answer I can think of would be ‘Surfing with the Alien’ from Joe Satriani. It is the first instrumental guitar album I heard and it caused me to go and buy a notation book of the music so I could learn all of it.

It really played a big part in me deciding to be a guitarist and composer.” –Allen “Robot” Van Wert “The album that changed my life was Deftones’ ‘Around the Fur.’ That album is the whole reason I play music at all. My friend played it once all the way through for me and I said, “I want to do that for the rest of my life!” –Will Perna of Behind the Grey “The first music that I seriously started listening to when I was like seven was Elvis Presley, but I think the record that really influenced me in a lot of different ways was probably ‘Odelay’ by Beck.” –Tim McDermott, The Push “I’ll go with ‘Back to Mystery City’ by Hanoi Rocks.” –Jay Luke of The MESS “It was The Killers’ ‘Hot Fuss’ album. I’ve had to have listened to that half a million times and I still find myself listening to parts of it constantly, in separate playlists, nine years after it was released. I still look to it for inspiration for writing.

Nothing has been able to match it since.” –James Phillips of The Atomiqs “Mine would be – this might blow your mind – ‘Cracked Rear View’ by Hootie & the Blowfish. Loved it. My dad actually bought it when I was younger and I stole it off him. I just remember Darius Rucker’s voice was amazing. I mean, it wasn’t the most incredible music, but it was simple and it was catchy. It was actually my first concert when I saw them at Montage Mountain.” –Kenneth Norton of Graces Downfall

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Photo by Jason Riedmiller Celebrate your love for old school music distribution on Record Store Day on Saturday, April 20.

Jazz Quartet, Schoolhouse Rock, and more “All The Beatles’ albums got me started and are the basis of everything I do, but I have to say The Flaming Lips’ ‘Soft Bulletin’ hit me real hard.”

–Brian Langan of Sweatheart, Langor, and Kock107 “‘Lateralus’ by Tool. Hands down.” –Grant Williams of Graces Downfall “I would have to say ‘The Slider’ by T. Rex: a great, classic album chock full of great rock ‘n’ roll songs. Marc Bolan was brilliant. Everybody needs a copy!” –Walter Prez of Walter Prez and the Awesome “Ryan Adams’ ‘Heartbreaker.’” –Christopher Kearney of The Coal Town Rounders “I’d have to say that ‘The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me’ by Brand New was the album that changed my life.

I was going through some hard times in ‘06 and ‘07 with family deaths and sickness while preparing for college and a career that I wasn’t even certain I wanted to pursue. I had spent many late nights listening to that album. The lyrics really hit home, and the different moods of the tracks helped me through some difficult times.” –John Husosky of A Fire With Friends “Radiohead’s ‘The Bends.’”

–Kyle Morgan of Kyle Morgan + Band, Tumbling Bones, and Cold Front “Björk’s album ‘Post’ changed my understanding of what’s creatively possible for an artist. The way she and her producers organically combined acoustic and electronic sounds with her intriguing Scandinavian voice and perspective is intimate, intense, and really evocative. I like to imagine gorillas and other forest animals playing the instruments in her band.” –Dirk Dekker of Free Music Orchestra and Cherokee Red “‘The Moon & Antarctica’

by Modest Mouse. I remember being 15 years old and listening to that record for the first time and feeling something entirely new and special. That record inspired me both musically and personally more so than any other single piece of art ever has.” –Dennis Condusta of Astorian Stigmata “I would probably have to say ‘Undertow’ by Tool. It’s a toss-up between that, ‘Nothing’s Shocking’ by Jane’s Addiction, and ‘Siamese Dream’ by The Smashing Pumpkins.” –Tim Farley of Farley

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BENEFITS/CHARITY EVENTS American Lung Association Fight for Air Walk: June 8, King’s College Betzler Fields, Wilkes-Barre.

For more info visit www.lunginfo. org/wbwalk Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas, 570.333.5265, www.bcfanimalrefuge.org) • 1st Annual Motorcycle Run, “Hogs for Dogs:” May 12, start and ends at the Getaway Lounge, Plymouth. Registration 11 a.m. to noon, starts 12:15, rain or shine. $20, rider; $10, passenger.

• Dart tournament: May 26, noon, Murphy’s Pub, Swoyersville. $90 per three-person team.

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For more information contact mdima72000@yahoo.com.

• Haircut fundraiser: May 19, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Sports Page (Twin Stacks Center, 1100 Memorial Highway, Dallas and 160 Boston Ave., West Pittston). Call for an appointment at 570.675.2466 or 570.654.6114.

Breathe Deep NEPA (www.lungevity.com)

• “Breathe Deep & Jam Out!” benefit concert: April 12, 7 p.m.1:30 a.m., River Street Jazz Cafe (667 N. River St., Plains Township). $8. Features music by Back Mountain, Jennie Gold, Rich Partington, Got U Covered, Paulsko, 20 Lb Head and Esta Coda.

Make-A-Wish (800.480.WISH, www.wishgreaterpa.org) • 19th Annual Wish Upon A Star Dinner Dance and Silent Auction: May 17, 6-11 p.m., Stroudsmoor Inn at Terraview. For reservations call 570.424.5081 by May 6.

UNICO National Keystone Chapter (Dunmore) • Charity Pig Roast: April 13, 6-10 p.m., Fiorelli’s (Peckville). $45 per person.

Victims Resource Center (71 North Franklin St, 570.823.0765, www.vrcnepa.org) • 28th Annual Geranium Sale: Orders must be placed by April 26. Geraniums will be available for pick-up/delivery the week of May 7-10. Pink or red geraniums in 4inch pots, $3.50 each.

Volunteers of America (25 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.825.5261) • 9th Annual Celebrity Dinner: April 11, The Woodlands Inn and Resort (1073 Highway 315,Wilkes-Barre). $125 per person. Info: Liz, 570.825.5261, ext. 8.

CAR & BIKE EVENTS 2013 NEPA Motorcycle and PowerSports Show: April 14, noon-5 p.m., Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza (255 Highland Park Blvd, WilkesBarre). Proceeds from the show go to Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. $7.50 per bike, registration day-of from 9-11 a.m.

Motorcycles with more than ½ tank of fuel not permitted. $7.50, admission; free, children under 12.

Gunners PA Law Enforcement MC (gunnerspalemc@gmail.com, $20/rider, $10/passenger unless noted otherwise) 2nd Annual Project Fallen Ride: May 5, 10 a.m., Susquehenna Brewing Co. Info: Gunnerspalemc.com.

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CHURCHES St. Faustina Kowalska Catholic Church • Annual Basket Raffle Fundraiser: April 14, doors 10:30 a.m., drawing begins at 1 p.m, St. Stan’s gymnasium (West Church Street, Nanticoke). Tickets to Bid on the Baskets cost $5 a raffle ticket, which contains 25 individual tickets.

St. Joseph Melkite Church (130 North St. Francis Cabrini Avenue, West Scranton.

570.343.6092, scrantonmelkite@ verizon.net) • Annual St. Joseph Breakfast: April 21, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. $7.50, adults; $4, children 4-10 years old; free, children 3 and under.

Unity of NEPA: A Spiritual Center (140 S. Grant St., Wilkes-Barre) Developing Effective Teams: Transforming Teams into Sacred Circles of Service webinar: April 10, 7-9 p.m.

Spiritual Liberation with Michael Beckwith: April 13, 6:30-9 p.m.

The Bridge Class: April 17, 6:309 p.m.

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Re-New Unity Workshop and Luncheon: April 20, 9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. $30, both workshops; $20, one workshop. Limited to 50 particpants; reservations required.

EVENTS American Legion Mountain Post 781 (Mountain Top) 5th Annual Flea Market: May 5, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Vendors wanted. $10, under cover with table; $5, in yard, bring your own table. To register call 570.474.2161.

Choral Arts of Luzerne County (www.choralartslc.org) • Spring Concert/Fifth Season Celebration: April 27, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church (97 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre); April 28, 4 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church (467 Main St., Conyngham). $15, adults; $10, students and seniors.

Dietrich Theater (60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, 570.996.1500, www.dietrichtheater.com).

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6 Zero 7 Sans escort 8 Owl, at times 9 Past 10 “- Doubtfire” 11 Catch a glimpse of 17 Jazz style 19 A Bobbsey twin 22 Dire prophecy 23 Titanic VIP 25 Start over 26 Red and Black 27 Lip 28 Diagonal 29 Press on 30 Harvest 31 Coastal flier 35 Highbrow 38 Hooligan 40 Bear, in Barcelona 42 Piercing tool 45 Biblical boatwright 47 Finish a film shoot 48 Clinton’s 1996 opponent 49 Shrill bark 50 Media watchdog org.

51 Reaction to fireworks 52 Eggs in a lab 53 Raw rock 54 Round Table address

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I’d Tap That BEER REVIEWS

Derek Warren | Weekender Correspondent

Justified arrogance Beer: Arrogant Bastard Ale Brewer: Stone Brewing Company Style: American Strong Ale ABV: 7.20% Description: Stone’s Arrogant Bastard Ale pours a crystal clear burnt amber red color with an offwhite cloud-like head that lingers throughout the drinking experience while at the same time leaving a wonderfully thick lacing on your glass. Upon your first sniff, you will notice a strong hop presence which may falsely allude you to thinking that you are about to drink an IPA, but you would be oh so wrong. The hop aromas dance between fruity, floral, and piney and all mingle together with a slight bread-like yeasty character and some subtle hints of caramel malt to create a truly magnificent aroma.

This is certainly one complex beer, and the first sip makes you completely aware of this fact. The strong hop bitterness surfs across your taste buds and fuses beautifully into the full bodied sweet character of this beer. The body of this beer has a nearly creamy texture to it, but somehow finishes completely dry. The lingering tastes are complex and leave you constantly guessing what you taste, and this is certainly a beer that many experience differently, but suffice to say that all will certainly enjoy!

Food pairing: Now the food pairing for Arrogant Bastard is one that requires some thought, as this beer can easily overwhelm dishes that have no heft to them. Also, the full body character of the beer needs to be considered as well, as this is a beer that when the perfect pairing with food is found, it is a true match made in heaven, or hell if that’s your thing. Arrogant Bastard is a dream match for nice hearty pork chops and seasoned Brussels sprouts dinner, as the fat from the pork chops melds beautifully with the creaminess in Arrogant Bastard. Another dish to try is some delectable duck tacos; again, it is the fat of the meat that makes this pair just a dream. This is also a great beer for a nice night in of beer and cheese pairing; again, think strong and creamy/ fatty cheese. Goat’s milk and sheep’s milk cheese are by far the best pairing you are going to find for Arrogant Bastard. Above all else, though, take the time to enjoy this beer and all of its complexities; it is worth every second, as

sometimes the answers to life’s questions are found at the bottom of glass!

Is it worth trying? Absolutely!

First, a personal confession – this is the beer that introduced me to the craft beer market many years ago, and I still love it just as much today! Stone Brewing is a company that most fans of craft beer are very familiar with, especially those who enjoy very hoppy beers.

Arrogant Bastard has been on the market for a number of years and is very widely available at great prices and has remained popular throughout the extreme growth in the craft beer market. There is but one reason for that – because it is just one damn good beer! So put down the paper already and get some whether you have had it before or not; hell, grab two and just enjoy a great craft beer! Also, be on the lookout for some wonderful variations of this amazing beer: Oaked Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard, and Lucky Bastard. All of these variations also carry my seal of approval!

Rating: W W W W W Where can I get it? Currently available in 22 oz. bottles at: Exit 190 Beer & Deli, Dickson City; Krugel’s Georgetown Deli & Beer, Wilkes-Barre; Backyard Ale House, Scranton; Goldstein’s Deli, Kingston; J & H Beer, WilkesBarre.

Remember, enjoy responsibly!

Cheers!

-Derek Warren is a beer expert, avid homebrewer, and beer historian. Derek can be reached at NEPABeerGeek@gmail.com.

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By Rich Howells

‘Girl’ talk

Weekender Editor

Young, beautiful, and witty, Jessimae Peluso is on her way up.

The youngest of five sisters, the Syracuse, N.Y., native was always vying for attention, and she got it when she started doing improv comedy in Boston at the age of 18.

Eventually, she fell into stand-up and moved to New York City in 2005, just recently catching a big break by scoring a spot on MTV’s “Girl Code,” set to premiere Tuesday, April 23 at 10:30 p.m.

EST/9:30 CST. She’s still doing stand-up, though, and will be performing two shows locally with John Walton at Main Street Bistro (1315 Main St., Dickson City) on April 20 and The Gravity Inn (40 Gravity Planes Rd., Waymart) on April 27. The Weekender talked to Peluso about her recent success and her past experience in Pennsylvania.

THE WEEKENDER: How did you know that this was what you wanted to do for a living?

JESSIMAE PELUSO: I didn’t go to college. I was never very good at concentrating in school, and I just kind of knew once I was on stage that I was good at it naturally. I’m not a very disciplined person. I’m kind of rebellious and I don’t like authority and I’m slightly irresponsible and not very organized, so that combined with stand-up comedy is very hard because you need to have a work ethic, just like anybody running a business, and that’s something I’ve worked hard on developing these past few years.

W: Is it tough to be a female comedian? Do men have it easier in the business?

JP: I don’t think so at all…

There are less females doing it, so if anything, if you’re good as a female, you stand out more.

There’s usually like one female on each show; two is a lot… I don’t

think that gender really plays that much of a role negatively. I think if you make it negative, it will be negative.

W: You have a very engaging stage presence. How do people typically react to your style of comedy?

JP: When I first started out, I was kind of all over the place, no real organization, as I mentioned before – a lot of scatological humor that was unnecessary. I’ve toned it down and I’ve made it more deliberate and more specific so that it’s not this ostentatious, obnoxious behavior. I am a ball of energy, so I’ve just been working on harnessing that energy and using it more specifically.

W: I’m sure your travels take you all over, so what was one of your best stand-up gigs and what was one of your worst?

JP: That might be one gig, actually. It was when I went to Oslo, Norway. I was there two summers ago… I was just starting to find my voice and get comfortable and I was a little cocky for my own good and I was like, ‘I’ll be fine. They’ll love me. I’ll just do my thing.’

Regardless of them being able to speak that language, English is a second or a third language (to them), so there’s a little bit of a delay, and they don’t really laugh – they clap. So after each joke, there would be like this pause, longer than I’m used to, and then clapping, so that really threw me off. I’m like, “I feel like this is a three-yearold’s dance recital. I don’t know what’s happening.’ But by the end of the week, I kind of found my pace and got into the Scandinavian groove a little bit, but it was a little tricky.

W: You were on NBC’s “Minute to Win It.” What was that like?

JP: Oh, man. That was a long process… We were “casted” and we had to make a fake story. I couldn’t say I was a stand-up come-

Jessimae Peluso and John Walton: April 20, 8 p.m., Main Street Bistro (1315 Main St., Dickson City). $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

April 27, 8 p.m., The Gravity Inn (40 Gravity Planes Rd., Waymart). $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

dian; they didn’t think that was interesting enough. I had to say that I was a horse wrangler… They sat me down and they were like, “OK, we need to build a story. What are you going to be?” I’m like, “Me? A comedian? I thought was enough!”

They’re like, “What else do you like?” “Horses?” And they’re like, “Perfect. Let’s go with that.” It was a very interesting look into the other side of TV and the other side of the Hollywood industry that I will probably never do again, but it was a lot of fun.

W: How did you end up on MTV’s “Girl Code”?

JP: I have been auditioning with MTV for a couple years, and I went in and auditioned and got it and it’s been one of the greatest things that’s happened to me in so long.

It’s like a milestone. I’m really excited for it, and I feel like it’s one of those things like a door opens, and then a bunch of other doors open… I’ve never been so excited, honestly, about anything. Maybe besides watching “Full House” because I’m a big (John) Stamos fan.

The thought of him and I maybe getting married one day is the other thing that makes me very excited.

I kind of approach “Girl Code” the way I approach my stand-up. I like to keep it real, I like to keep it funny, and I like to be honest. I’m still trying to maintain my mouth a little bit because I do have a little bit of a trucker mouth, so the editors and producers are always trying to reel me in.

W: Have you ever performed in our area before?

JP: I have been in Pennsylvania. I actually performed across the street from a firehouse once, which was a dream come true as a girl, having firemen on the corner screaming your name. It was honestly a dream come true, and I have it on video if you need proof.

The firemen had actually blown up my photo and put it on a poster board and were on the corner like a couple of (Justin) Bieber fans. I was on one corner, they were on the other corner, and we’re just cheering at each other.

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Mountain Grange No. 567 • Monthly fleamarket: Second Saturday of each month. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Mountain Grange Hall (1632 W. 8th St., Carverton).

• Annual spring luncheon and fundraiser: May 8, 11:30 a.m., Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort (100 Shawnee on Delaware Lodge, Shawnee). $28.

NEPA Philharmonic • “Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the Streisand Songbook:” April 12, 8 p.m., F.M. Kirby Center (Public Square, Wilkes-Barre) and April 13, 8 p.m., Scranton Cultural Center. $29, adults; $15, students.

Tickets are available by calling 570.270.4444.

Nescopeck State Park (1137 Honey Hole Rd., Drums, 570.403.2006) • Plant for Conservation: Trees Protect Water Quality: April 17, 6-8 p.m. Registration is required by calling 570.403.2006.

• Fishing Tackle Loaner Day: April 20, 9 a.m.-noon. Kids under 16 can borrow a fishing pole for use at Lake Frances in the morning. A pole and limited tackle is supplied for free, but bringing your own bait is a must. An adult with Send your listings to WBWnews@civitasmedia.com, 90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 18703, or fax to 570.831.7375.

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beginning April 9, 7-8 p.m.

Wayne County Builders Association (www.WayneCountyBuilders. com ) • Home and Garden Festival: April 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 28, 9 a.m.4 p.m., Ladore Camp Retreat and Conference Center (off Owego Turnpike, Waymart). Free to the public.

• LEGO Building Contest: April 27 at the WBCA Home and Garden Festival, Ladore Lodge Camp Retreat and Conference Center (Waymart). Pre-registration required, 40 spots available, by April 1.

Wilkes University (84 W. South St, Wilkes-Barre, 1.800.WILKES.U, wilkes.edu) • 13th Annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference: April 12, 9 a.m.1:45 p.m.

• Panel Discussion: Strategies that Will Help Young People Succeed in School and in Life with speakers Mahmoud Fahmy, Rabbi Larry Kaplan, Rev. Robert Zanicky, and Monsignor Vincent Grimalia: April 16, 4:30 p.m., Henry Student Center Ballroom.

• Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series: 7 p.m., Kirby Salon.

March 18, Jeff Mock and Margot Schilpp; April 15, Tim Parrish.

• Max Rosenn Lecture by Noah Feldman: April 28.

Wyoming County Chamber Of Commerce • Second Annual Business, Job and Gas Expo: April 11, Wyoming County Fairgrounds (Meshoppen).

• 21st Birthday Block Party: May 3, 6-10 p.m., Comfort Inn & Suites (5 N. Eaton Road, Tunkhannock). $35, in advance; $45 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.wyccc.com or by calling Deborah at 570.875.8325.

LOCAL HISTORY Eckley Miners’ Village (located nine miles east of Hazleton, just off Route 940; 570.636.2070; www.eckleyminers. org) Electric City Trolley Museum and Coal Mine Tour: Cliff Street, Scranton 570.963.6590 Everhart Museum: 1901 Mulberry St., Scranton, 570.346.7186, www.everhartmuseum.org • European River Cruise: April 8-15, 2013. From $2,549/member, double occupancy, plus air. Info: 570.504.7575, EverhartRiverCruise.com The Houdini Museum 1433 N. Main Ave., Scranton.

Info: scrantonghosttours.com.

570.383.1821.

Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Heritage Museum McDade Park, Scranton: 570.963.4804, www.phmc.state. pa.ust.

Scranton Iron Furnaces 159 Cedar Ave., Scranton, www.anthracitemuseum.org.

570.963.4804.

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• Guided Bird Walk: April 21, 8-10 a.m. Registration is required by calling 570.403.2006.

• Move It Outside Day Guided Hike: April 24, 6-7:30 p.m. Registration is required by calling 570.403.2006.

• Spring Into Action Park Cleanup: April 27, 9 a.m.-noon.

Registration is required by calling 570.403.2006.

• Wildflower Walk: May 4, 1 p.m.

Advanced registration required by calling 570.403.2006.

• A Bird in the Hand: Songbird Mist Netting: May 11, 8:30 a.m.noon.

• Discover Lehigh Gorge Walk: May 25, 11 a.m. Meet at the White Haven Community Library.

• Summer DiscoverE Camp Registratio: May 11, 8:30 a.m. $20 per child.

The Osterhout Free Library (71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, www.osterhout.info, 570.821.1959) • Downton Abbey Celebration: April 16, 6-8 p.m.

• Mark Piazza, Extremely Mental: April 17, 7 p.m.

• “For Me, For You, For Later” money workshop: April 25, 6-7 p.m.

• How To Start a Non-profit” April 8, 12:15-12:45 p.m.

• Market Research with Bill Corcoran: April 15, 12:15-12:45 p.m.

• Starting A Business: April 22, 12:15-12:45 p.m.

• 29th Annual George Ralston Golf Classic hosted by The Rotary Club of Wilkes-Barre: April 26, Mill Race Golf Course, Benton.

Registration begins 11 a.m., shotgun start at noon. $100 per person. To register, be a sponsor, or donate a prize, contact Christopher Kelly at 570.823.0156, ext.

218 or ckelly@osterhout.lib.pa.us.

76 University Drive , Hazleton, 570.450.3000, www.hn.psu.edu) Penn State Wilkes-Barre (Rte. 115, Lehman, 570.675.2171, wb.psu.edu) • Spring Film and Discussion Series – “The Unconquerable Human Spirit: Five Degrees of Diversity:” Thursdays through April 18, 7 p.m., R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 (24 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre) Friends of Salt Springs Park (PO Box 541, Montrose.

570.967.7275, info@friendsofsaltspringspark.org.)

• Chainsaw Day: April 13, 9 a.m.

Pre-register: 570.967.7275.

• Trail Clean Up Day: April 20, 11 a.m. Pre-register: 570.967.7275.

• Cycle & Recycle - Celebrate Earth Day: April 21, 12:30-5 p.m.

Rain date, April 28.

• Egg Hunt: April 27, 1-4 p.m.

Salvation Army • Annual awards dinner: May 16, 5:30 p.m., Best Western Genetti Hotel and Convention Center (77 East Market Street, WilkesBarre). Reservations by contacting Lieutenant Sharon Tressler at The Salvation Army at sharon. tressler@use.salvationarmy.org or 570.824.8741.

Sons of the American Legion Post 781 (Church Rd. Mountain Top, 570.474.2161, alpost781.org) • 5th annual Flea Market: May 5, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 under cover with table or $5 in yard, BYOT. Registration by phone, 570.474.2161.

The University of Scranton (800 Linden St., Scranton, 570.941.7400, scranton.edu) • Alumni Day of Service, cleanup of Lackawanna River Heritage Trail: April 13, 10 a.m. To volunteer call 570.941.4263.

• Hill Section Street Sweep and Alumni Day of Service: April 14 1 p.m. To volunteer call 570.941.4263.

• Performance Music presents “In Concert” featuring The University of Scranton Singers with The Manhattan School of Music Brass Orchestra: April 7, 7:30 p.m., Houlihan McLean Center.

• “Federal and International Gun Control: an Historical Perspective” lecture: April 8, 4:30 p.m., Rose Room, Brennan Hall.

• Brown Bag Lunch: “Equal Pay Day” a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages: April 9, 11:45 a.m., McDonnell Room, DeNaples Center.

Waverly Community House (1115 N. Abington Rd., Waverly, waverlycomm.org) • 21st Annual House, Garden and Gift Show: April 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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• Philadelphia Bus Trip to the Barnes: April 11, bus departs 7 a.m., returns approximately 10 p.m. $135 • Tom Knight Puppet Show: April 17, 1:30 p.m.

• Philadelphia Bus Trip to the Barnes: April 11, departs 7 a.m. returns 10 p.m. $135.

Kids Classes: • Movement and Storytelling for Preschoolers: Ages 4 and 5. Series 2, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 10-10:45 a.m.

Intergenerational Classes: • Quilting for Everyone: “Atlantic Star:” Ages 13 and up. Wednesdays, Through March 27, 6-7:30 p.m. $6 per class, including materials.

Adult Classes: • Kundalini Yoga: Ages 16 and up.

10-11:30 a.m., Series 3 April 27, May 4, 11, 18. $40, four classes; $15, drop-in.

• Eighth Annual Mothers Day Intertribal Powwow: May 11, noon-6 p.m., May 12, noon-5 p.m., Noxen Fire Co. founds (Stull Road, Noxen, Wyoming County). Free. For more information contact Natalie “Wisteria” at 570.947.2097 or via email at wisteria18704@yahoo.com.

Everhart Museum (1901 Mulberry St., Scranton.

570.346.7186, general.information@everhart-museum.org) • The Green Hour: Absinthe at the Everhart: April 24, 7-9 p.m.

• “Bats in my belfry, dingbats in yours?:” May 1, 6-8 p.m., Jack’s Drafthouse • Stoker on Stoker: May 15, 6-8 p.m.

• Steampunk Jewelry: June 5, 6-8 p.m. $25, museum members; $30, non-members. Ages 16 and older.

Pre-registration required.

The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce (222 Mulberry St., Scranton) • Develop Key Actions to Create More Meaningful Conversations: April 10, 8 a.m.

• Leadership Lackawanna Alumni Reunion: April 10, 5:30 p.m.

• Discover the Bioscience Resources Available in NEPA: April 9, 1 p.m.

• Engage in More Meaningful Conversations: April 10, 8 a.m.

• Employment Expo: April 11, 11 a.m.

• Women in Leadership Roles…

How to Step Up!: April 17, noon.

Hazleton FunFest • 80s Throwback Prom, Hazleton Funfest fundraiser: April 27, Capriotti’s Palazzo, McAdoo. .

Tickets available at Funfest, 20 W. Broad Street, or at Metallo’s Formal Wear, 310 W. Broad Street, Hazleton. Information can also be found at www.funfestpa.org or by calling 570.455.1509.

Irem Clubhouse (64 Ridgeway Drive, Dallas) • Health Aging Seminar: Minding the Mind: April 10, 2-3 p.m.

• Cooking Demonstration: April 18, 6-7:30 p.m. $25 per person.

Reservations required. Pre-payment due by Apri l15.

Johnson College (3427 N. Main Ave., Scranton, 570.342.6404, johnson.edu) • 21st Annual Golf Tournament: May 17, Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, Mountain Top. Info: Stephanie Orzalek, Coordinator of Institutional Advancement, 570.702.8908 or sorzalek@johnson.edu.

King’s College (133 North River St., WilkesBarre, 570.208.5957 or kings.edu) • 2013 Global Landscapes Conference: April 17-18, 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Snyder Conference Room of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center.

• Cantores Christi Regis Spring Concert: April 19-20, 7:30 p.m.

J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center. Free. Info: 570.208.6044.

Lackawanna College (501 Vine St., Scranton, 1.877.346.3552, lackawanna.edu) Environmental Institute (10 Moffat Dr., Covington Twp.) • On Exhibit: A Walk Through Natures Glory: Through April 19.

• Live Native Animals: April 3, 6:30-8 p.m. $5.

• Amphibian Walk: April 17, 6-8 p.m. $5. Pre-registration required.

• Art in Nature: Clay Pot Wreaths: April 20, 9 a.m.-noon. $25. Preregistration required.

• Art Opening: Three Artists from Elmhurst: April 26, 5-7 p.m. Runs through June 3.

Misericordia University (www.misericordia.edu, 570.674.6400; box office, 674.6719, misericordia.edu) • Adult learner open house for Expressway Accelerated Degree Program: April 10, 4-7 p.m., Lackawanna College boardroom (145 E. Broad St., Hazleton); April 18, 4-6 p.m., Lackawanna CollegeHazleton Center (145 E. Broad St., Hazleton).

• “Importance of Keeping Records for Libraries and National Archives” presentation: April 16, 4:30 p.m., Mary Kintz Bevevino Library.

• Beyond Harmony performance: April 19, before the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton RailRiders game.

• Eastern Pennsylvania Philosophical Association meeting: April 20, registration 8:30 a.m., session beings at 9:30, Huntzinger Room 218, Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall. $25; $10, students with a valid ID. • Back Mountain Chamber, Business & Community Expo and spring meeting of the Back Mountain Historical Association: April 17, expo 4-7 p.m., meeting 7-9 p.m.

Monroe County Garden Club • Meeting: April 10, 11:30 a.m..

Monroe County Conservation District Environmental Education Center (8050 Running Valley Rd., Stroudsburg). Free, members; $5, guests.

Mount Aloysius College (7373 Admiral Peary Highway, Cresson. 814.886.4131.)

• Biennial Students of Interpreting Conference: April 13-14. $50.

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Some ‘Talent’ shake-ups “America’s Got Talent” is moving across the Hudson River from Newark, N.J., to Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan. It’s a change that judge Howard Stern pushed NBC to make.

“Radio City’s going to be dynamic,” Stern told me Monday morning, when he and his cohorts from the TV show appeared in Rockefeller Plaza. “It’s a glamorous venue. It’s exciting to be in Manhattan.”

The new home to the program is also across from Stern’s studios for his morning show on Sirius/ XM. The “shock jock” lived up to his moniker towards the end of our chat.

“Yanno, about a year ago I suggested [NBC] get rid of Ann Curry,” Stern joked… we think.

“The ratings weren’t good. I called them up and I said, ‘Get her out.’ Everyone’s blaming Matt, everyone’s blaming NBC. I take the full hit for it.”

Not surprisingly, Stern went on to also take credit for the network announcing that Jimmy Fallon would replace Jay Leno next spring. The radio DJ and TV host have been at odds for years; Stern has accused Leno of ripping off jokes and bits from him and other comedians.

Back to “AGT,” – there are also personnel changes on that show as well. Sharon Osbourne will not return this year. Joining Stern and Howie Mandel at

the judges’ table will be singer Melanie Brown and model Heidi Klum.

“I’ve known Heidi for many years,” Brown told me. “She’s a great person; very passionate, gorgeous. She’s a mom, so, we have a lot in common.”

Like her fellow judges, Brown thinks Radio City will add a lot to the show.

“You can’t pick a better place,” the artist once known as ‘Scary Spice” said. “That is New York.

I’m very excited.”

Brown also commented on Little Mix, a group of girls from the United Kingdom who won “The X-Factor” and are drawing comparisons to the Spice Girls.

“I think there’s room for everybody,” she said. “I don’t even think you need to compare.

I think they’re in their own lane and they’re doing their thing. I’ve seen them perform and I think they’re brilliant.”

Klum will talk about the show APril 11 on “The Ralphie Show.”

Nick Cannon, who was at the media opportunity but offered a limited amount of interviews, will return to host the competition. The new season of “America’s Got Talent” premieres June 4 on WBRE-TV. - Listen to “The Ralphie Show” weeknights from 7 p.m.-12 a.m. on 97 BHT.

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Photo by LIsa Petz This pose is borrowed from ‘Dragon Ball Z,’ an animated series.

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You may remember a little video game called “Street Fighter,” and more specifically the special attack move called the hadouken that sent a surge of energy at enemies, blasting them far away.

Thanks to Japan, “hadoukening” is now a thing, allowing people to step right into the shoes of the “Street Fighter” characters.

It’s simple to create. It’s a

still photo that involves one person “throwing” the energy outward while the others in the picture look as though they’re being blown away. It can be done with the classic hadouken pose, arms outstretched to “heave” an energy ball, or a central ground punch that takes care of several people at once.

No matter how it’s done, it’s undeniable that it looks legit.

You can check out buzzfeed. com (how we discovered the craze) for a bevy of hadouken photos and a video explaining how to do it, but honestly, do you have to look any further than the pictures our staff pulled off?

Photo by Lisa Petz The Weekender staff demonstrates the classic hadouken pose, originated in the classic arcade game ‘Street Fighter.’

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Kelly Corazzi has been practicing yoga for over 10 years now, nine of which she has been teaching. Starting yoga as a way to get through a tough time in her life, she quickly realized that she had a love for it and wanted to teach it to others.

After receiving her instructive training at Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia, she has been spoiled with the amount of private studios that are located in the city. When she came back to Northeast Pennsylvania to share her knowledge of the art, she soon realized that the only way to participate in yoga was to go to a gym or practice at home while watching a DVD. Teaching classes at a gym for a time made her realize that the setting and vibes she received from being there were not at all how yoga should feel.

“There was no yoga here when I started,” said Corazzi, a Peckville resident. “I knew that I wanted to teach, but I knew that if I was going to teach, it had to be in a studio.”

Taking a brave leap in 2008, she opened Prana Yoga, a donationbased studio located at 960 Prescott Avenue in Scranton. A successful four years in Scranton has shown that there is an energetic passion and desire for yoga to be taught, so she decided it was time to expand her business, bringing it right here to Wilkes-Barre.

“We have a wonderful community in Scranton. It’s doing fantastic,” Corazzi said. “It couldn’t be better, so I’m expecting that it will take off here once people understand how it works.”

Prana Yoga is a donation-based studio, which means that there is no obligation for people to pay to take classes. Instead, the studio suggests a donation of $10 for each class. This way of teaching yoga may seem different, but the Scranton location has been functioning very well on the idea. Corazzi knows that when people have the

Courtesy Photo Prana Yoga is unique in its pay-as-you-want method for classes.

By Sara Pokorny

Prana Yoga Studio Grand Opening: April 14, 11-7 p.m., (66 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre).

money to pay, they will.

“I always said that if I had a studio, it would have to be donationbased. I’ve always wanted to do that, and I have some friends that have donation studios. People can pay whatever they can afford. We just want them to come to class.

We want yoga to be available for everybody.”

Prana Yoga offers what is called Vinyasa yoga, which is a type of yoga that coordinates all of the regular stretching exercises with breathing techniques. Vinyasa is not hot yoga, but they keep the room warm at 80 degrees so that people work up a bit of a sweat during classes.

During yoga sessions, there is no pressure at all. Instead, Corazzi encourages people to do only what they are capable of and work up from there.

“If you can breathe, you can do yoga. Anyone can do it,” said Corazzi. “There’s nothing to be afraid of. We’re really very warm here and not intimidating.”

The studio is open seven days a week, offering classes at various times throughout the day. Most classes are 75 minutes except for classes at noon, which are 60 minutes. On Sundays, there is a special candlelight session that takes place at 6 p.m.

People may feel uncomfortable about taking a yoga class in a public setting at first, but Prana Yoga is a no-pressure, easy-going studio, accepting all levels of yoga and treating each client as if they are a beginner. Until the studio really gets a feel for what kind of people are going to come to class, they are going to keep each class at a beginner level.

“Yoga studios can be intimidating, but we’re not here,” said Corazzi. “We’re nurturing and welcoming. Anyone who comes to our studios can tell you that.”

The grand opening of the Wilkes-Barre studio will be on Sunday, April 14, with the first class starting at 11:30 a.m. and last class starting at 5:30 p.m. There will be refreshments, artists, chair massages, and live musical entertainment by Mark Woodyatt.

“I’ve had some people who have said yoga has changed their lives. It made them healthier and stronger, mentally and physically.

Everyone who takes yoga is just happier and healthier. It’s an amazing thing.”

To view the full schedule for Prana Yoga, visit pranayogadunmore.com.

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“Breathe Deep & Jam Out!” benefit concert: April 12, 7 p.m.-1:30 a.m., River Street Jazz Cafe (667 N. River St., Plains Township). $8. Features music by Back Mountain, Jennie Gold, Rich Partington, Rob Brown, Paulsko, 20 Lb Head, and Esta Coda.

When Allan Makowski Sr. of Kingston passed away in June of 2009 after a battle with lung cancer, his family decided there was much to do in order to not only honor his memory, but to help those around them that to banish such stigma. have been affected by cancer.

“The foundation has put out In 2011, Makowski’s wife statistics that say 55 percent of Pauline formed Breathe Deep all lung cancer diagnosed is acNEPA, a grassroots fundraising tually not caused necessarily by committee for the Lungevity smoking. Lung cancer also kills Foundation, the nation’s leading more people than the next four nonprofit in the fight against cancers combined: colorectal, lung cancer. This will be the breast, pancreatic, and prostate.” third year the foundation will Though Lungevity focuses host a Walk and Fun Run in on lung cancer, Stephanie said Kirby Park in June, but the first the event is for anyone who for a benefit concert that serves has been touched by or knows as the precursor for the big someone who has been touched event. by any type of cancer at all.

“Breathe Deep & Jam Out!” “My philosophy is that even if is being headed by Pauline and you weren’t personally touched Makowski’s children, Stephanie by lung cancer in particular, any and Allan Makowski Jr., and is involvement at all in trying to a fitting event to put on in the generate awareness and raise name of Allan Sr. money for cancer research is “He was a really cool Renaisimportant. If we can help get sance guy,” Stephanie said of new developmental treatment her late father, who she also and research for any type of cancalled her best friend. “He cer, it can be transferred over to played the trumpet, he liked to the other types as well. It’s just write poetry and paint, he was something that’s going towards an avid hunter. He tried to tap into it all. Allan and I know how this big idea of cancer.”

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The River Street Jazz Cafe concert will feature several local acts, including Back Mountain, Jennie Gold, Rich Partington, Paulsko, 20 Lb Head, Rob Brown, and Esta Coda.

The $8 door donation will go to the foundation, as well as money procured from the sale of t-shirts designed by Design Ink!, the company that also designed the poster for the event.

“We were trying to find a way to get involved, and we went with Lungevity because we truly believe what the organization is doing for cancer research,” Stephanie explained.

Stephanie said that Courtesy Photo people have many misconDesign Ink! came up with this ceptions about lung cancer, and another reason the fam- poster, the logo of which will be transferred to t-shirts to be sold ily sticks with Lungevity is at the fundraising event. because they do their best

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Culinary wizardry Sara Pokorny | Weekender Staff Writer

Go for a dip in this warmer weather I don’t know about you, but this influx of warm weather has me thinking about one thing: cookouts.

There’s nothing better than hanging out in the sun next to the grill with friends, family, tons of booze, and, for me, a really awesome dip. (Both in the pool, and the food. Alas, food is the focus here.)

Thankfully, awesome dip recipes run in my family, and I’ve got two favorites that I can share with you, courtesy of my mom: Philly cheesesteak dip and creamy buffalo chicken dip.

Both are relatively easy and, if not being served immediately, should be kept in a crock pot after being made to ensure warmth throughout the day.

Start off the Philly cheesesteak dip by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a 10inch, non-stick skillet, heat oil, chopped onion, and bell peppers on medium heat for around five minutes or until the onions have turned soft and translucent. Then stir in the chopped roast beef and cook for two minutes.

Add chilies, chopped American cheese, cubed cream cheese, mayonnaise, and pepper. And seriously chop and cube things as it says, because that’s going to make the melting process way quicker and easier.

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Stir until it’s all completed melted and be sure to stir constantly, as it’s easy for this concoction to stick to the pan and burn.

Pour the whole thing into a lightly greased baking dish (I’ve found that stoneware works best), sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese, and bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes until it’s golden brown on top. This dip goes great with pretzels.

Chicken wing dip is a classic, and this mixture provides the right amount of spicy goodness to keep things hot and delicious.

Get that oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit again. In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, hot sauce, and salad dressing.

Now, when it says “softened”

Philly cheesesteak dip Ingredients: • 2 tsp. vegetable oil • 1/2 c. Chopped onions • 1 c. Chopped red & green bell peppers • 1/2 lb sliced roast beef, chopped (2 cups) • 1 can (4.5 oz) old El Paso green chilies • 8 slices American cheese, chopped • 8 oz. cream cheese • 1/4 c mayonnaise • Ground black pepper to taste • 1/4 c. Grated Parmesan cheese How-to: Heat oven to 350 degrees.

• In a 10” skillet (preferably non-stick) heat oil, chopped onion and bell peppers over medium heat around five minutes or until onions have softened and turned translucent. Stir in chopped roast beef and cook 2 minutes.

• Add chiles, chopped American cheese, cream cheese cubed, mayonnaise and pepper. Stir until completely melted. Pour mixture into a lightly greased baking dish.

• Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and bake uncovered 25-30 minutes until golden brown.

• Serve with pretzels, crusty bread or tortilla chips for dipping.

cream cheese, seriously let it sit out a little bit before using it because it’s going to make your life way easier when mixing things together. Trust my sore wrist and broken beaters on this one.

Stir in the chicken.

Spread the mixture into an ungreased 11-by7-inch baking dish, then sprinkle cheddar cheese on the top. Bake it uncovered for around 20 minutes until it’s heated through. This dish is best served with tortilla chips.

They’re spicy, they’re cream cheesy, and you can’t go wrong with them – unless, of course, you don’t make enough. Trust me, this stuff goes fast.

Buffalo chicken dip Ingredients: • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened • 1 cup Louisiana-style hot sauce • 1 cup ranch salad dressing • 3 cans (4-1/2 ounces each) chunk white chicken, drained and shredded • 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese • Thinly sliced green onions, optional • Corn or tortilla chips How-to: • In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, hot pepper sauce and salad dressing. Stir in chicken.

• Spread into an ungreased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-22 minutes or until heated through.

• Sprinkle with green onions if desired. Serve with chips. Yield: 5 cups.

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A 20-something’s wild Adventures

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‘Oprah’ dinner disaster I have answered many phone calls with encouragements to skip school coming from the other end of the line. In hindsight, the craziest call I ever received to skip school came from my manager at the Red Lobster I worked at in college, asking if I wanted to be on “Oprah” with her.

Apparently, a hardworking stayat-home mom from West Virginia was being awarded with a day of luxury by the queen of daytime.

The woman and her girlfriends were given a convertible car rental for the day to do whatever the mom desired. One of the things on her list? Eat lunch at Red Lobster.

I can’t even make this sh-t up!

Since the Pittsburgh-based Red Lobster I worked at was the closest to her, she was going to be coming in, with her experience documented on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

I accepted the offer to be the server featured on the show. Now, it’s not because I wanted to be on “Oprah” in a Red Lobster uniform, it was because I wasn’t feeling my Tuesday class schedule that semester.

I was surprised to be greeted by the corporate owner of the chain restaurant when I showed up the day of the taping, who flew in from Florida to help “teach” me how to serve someone on “Oprah.”

After an hour of rehearsing how to properly greet and serve the woman coming in with my manager, district manager, and the owner of the company as mock

guests, (and trying to make jokes when I was asked questions about the menu that I didn’t know the answers to), I went in the back cooler to cool off since the pressure was giving me armpit stains.

“Why are you crying?” I asked the hostess, who I found sobbing in the back cooler. She told me the district manager said to her: “Would it kill you to put a little more makeup on to cover your acne scars? This is going to be on ‘Oprah’ for Christ’s sake”.

What should have been a fun experience for our restaurant turned into a freak show.

Right after the mom arrived with Oprah’s camera crew for her day of luxury and endless shrimp, a waitress came in and made a scene.

“Am I too fat to be on ‘Oprah’?” she shouted to our manager.

“You told me you didn’t need me today, and everyone on the schedule today is in college and skinny as f—k! Am I too ugly for ‘Oprah’? I’m suing you!” she blasted before storming out.

“I thought I film for Oprah, not Jerry Springer!” joked the camera guy.

Two weeks later the segment aired, and the mom was only shown sitting at the table for five seconds, even though feelings were hurt, tensions were high, and grades were dropped. I guess that’s the real Oprah Effect.

Undocumented immigrant Jose Munoz, 25, believed himself an ideal candidate for President Obama’s 2012 safeharbor initiative for illegalentry children, in that he had been brought to the U.S. by his undocumented parents before age 16, had no criminal record and had graduated from high school (with honors, even). Since then, however, he had remained at home in Sheboygan, Wis., assisting his family, doing odd jobs and, admittedly, just playing video games and “vegging.”

Living “in the shadows,” he found it almost impossible to prove the final legal criterion: that he had lived continuously in the U.S. since graduation (using government records, payroll sheets, utility bills, etc.).

After initial failures to convince immigration officials, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in March, Munoz’s lawyer succeeded — by submitting Munoz’s Xbox Live records, documenting that his computer’s Wisconsin location had been accessing video games, day after day, for years.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION!

— Among the lingering costs of U.S. wars are disability payments and compensation to veterans’ families, which can continue decades after hostilities end. An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records, released in March, even found two current recipients of Civil War benefits. Vietnam war payments are still about $22 billion a year, World War II, $5 billion, World War I, $20 million, and the 1898 Spanish-American war, about $1,700.

— Each year, Oklahoma is among the states to receive $150,000 federal grants to operate small, isolated airfields (for Oklahoma, one in the southern part of the state is so seldom used that it is primarily a restroom stop for passing pilots). The payments are from a 13-year- old congressional fund for about 80 similar airfields (no traffic, no planes kept on site), described by a February Washington Post investigation as “ATM(s) shaped like (airports).” Congress no longer even requires that the annual grants be spent on the actual airports drawing the grants.

FETISHES ON PARADE Serving Pediphiles: In March, a 19-year-old New York University student described to the New York Post her one-night experience last year as a foot-fetish prostitute at a spa in which men paid a $100 entrance fee plus $20 for each 10 minutes of fondling and kissing young women’s feet. She said the men wore business suits, which they kept on the whole time, and that the dressed-up women had to first pass a strict foot examination by the “pimp,” seeking candidates with the desired “high arches and small feet.” She guessed that more than two dozen men patronized the spa during her shift and that she earned $200, including tips.

— During the massive February Southern California manhunt for former Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner, nervoustriggered LAPD officers riddled an SUV with bullets after mistakenly believing Dorner was inside. Instead there were two women, on their early-morning job as newspaper carriers, and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck famously promised them a new truck and arranged with a local dealership for a 2013 Ford F-150 ($32,560). However, the deal fell through in March when the women discovered that Beck’s “free” truck was hardly free.

Rather, it would be taxable as a “donation,” reported on IRS Form 1099, perhaps costing them thousands of dollars.

GREAT ART!

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

U.S. political consultants may recommend to their candidates gestures such as wearing an American flag lapel pin. In India, the advice includes creating the proper suggestive name for the candidate on the official ballot.

Hence, among those running for office this year (according to a February Hindustan Times report): Frankenstein Momin, Hamletson Dohling, Boldness Nongum and Bombersing Hynniewta, and several Sangmas (related or not): Billykid Sangma, Mafiara Sangma, Rightious Sangma and Winnerson Sangma.

More confusing were Hilarius Dkhar and Hilarius Pohchen and especially Adolf Lu Hitler Marak.

PERSPECTIVE

Some Third-Worlders eat dirt because they are mentally ill or have no meaningful food.

However, diners at Tokyo’s upscale Ne Quittez Pas eat it because it is a trendy dish prepared by prominent chef Toshio Tanabe. Among his courses are soil soup served with a flake of dirty truffle, soil sorbet and the “soil surprise” (a dirt-covered potato ball). (Spoiler alert: It has a truffle center.)

Tanabe lightly precooks his dirt and runs it through a sieve to eliminate the crunchiness.

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— Sculptor Richard Jackson introduced “Bad Dog” as part of his “Ain’t Painting a Pain” installation at California’s Orange County Museum in February.

Outside, to coax visitors in, Jackson’s “Bad Dog’s” hind leg was cocked, with gallons of yellow paint being pumped onto the building. “We’ll see how long it lasts,” he told the Los Angeles Times, “but you never know how people will react.” “Sometimes, people feel they should protect their children from such things, then the kids go home and watch ‘South Park.’”

— Australian dilettante David Walsh’s 2-year-old Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart is acquiring a reputation for irreverence. Among the exhibits is Greg Taylor’s “My Beautiful Chair,” which invites a visitor to lie next to a lethal injection chair and experience a countdown, mimicking the time it takes for execution drugs to kill (and then flashing “You Are Dead”). Also, at 2 p.m. each day, a “fresh fecal masterpiece” is created by artist Wim Delvoye, in which a meal from the museum’s restaurant is placed into a transparent grinder

that creates slush, turns it brown, and adds an overpowering defecation-like smell. The resulting “masterpiece” is channeled into (also transparent) vats.

— Career-Ending Jobs for Runway Models: British “design engineer” Jess Eaton introduced her second “high-fashion” collection in December at London’s White Gallery, this time consisting of supposedly elegant bridal wear made in part with roadkill, cat and alpaca fur, seagull wings and human bones.

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• Strengthen your core. Save your back, lift more, sprint more.

It all starts in your middle.

• Tilt your review mirror up, just far enough to force yourself into an upright position to see behind you, which is good for posture and an aching back.

• Never eat out of the original container. How many times have you dipped into a pint of ice cream only to find yourself staring at the bottom of the container 15 minutes later?

• Your LDL cholesterol doesn’t mean much, at least not as a standalone stat. That’s because it doesn’t consider your “good” HDL cholesterol, which may counteract the bad kind.

A better gauge of heart disease risk is your ratio of total to HDL cholesterol, a notion confirmed by a 2001 study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

• Tape a golf ball to the back of your pajamas. It’ll stop your snoring by forcing you to sleep on your side or front. Back

sleepers often have blocked airways and that leads to a host of troubles.

• Drink green tea, the wonder liquid. Few beverages have been celebrated as much as green tea, the antioxidant-rich elixir that may help prevent prostate cancer, and lower heart disease risk.

• Use a blow-up workout partner. We’re not sure when we fell in love with our curvaceous assistant (the stability ball, that is), but the affair was consummated when the stability ball push-up was created.

• Use the stall nearest to the door. It has the fewest germs and most toilet paper because everyone walks past it.

• Lose your gut, because belly fat kills. Visceral fat (the stuff that settles in your abdomen) lets toxins seep into your vital organs, which is why roundbellied men die sooner than those that have flat bellies.

• Drink chocolate milk. Several studies days it’s the perfect post-workout drink. You’re welcome.

• Hard and fast is best. The quickest way to burn fat and build fitness is with short and intense bouts of exercise, primarily with high-caliber exercises. Lose the long, slow cardio workouts.

• Eat the bacon. Fat doesn’t make you fat; too many calories does. Fat is good, just not too much. Again, you’re welcome.

Do you know how to apply a flawless finish with concealer, making your eyes as bright as possible?

The truth about concealing appearance of dark circles.

To help camouflage the stubborn spheres I would suggest first to find a warm concealer one that is closest to your skin level but with a warmer, more orange tone to it.

This orange will help to cancel the blue that is in the dark circle.

You can then take your regular concealer and apply that over it, followed by your foundation. You can also take an eye-brightening pencil or shadow and place it over the darker area to help light diffuse and distract from the dark circle.

When applying under-eye concealer you want to make sure you only place the product where you have the dark circle.

To get a better idea of location, stand under a light and place the concealer where you see a shadow under your eye to brighten those specific areas. If you conceal the entire under-eye area you are just lightening that whole area but still getting a shadow, so you will want to only put the light where you have the dark.

Trick: Create your own eye brightener by taking your shade foundation and adding in a loose eye shadow in a pink or peach tone with a shimmery finish, and then apply to the inner corners of your eyes to conceal and brighten.

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Dark circles are definitely not a girl’s best friend. Here are a few tips and tricks to brighten up your eyes and, in turn, your day!

Most dark circles are shadows created by bags under the eye.

Tired and puffy eyes can be easily remedied by using a cold compress, such as a cold spoon. You can also include caffeine in the mix by using a cold tea bag under the eye to help tighten and soothe the puffy area.

Deep set eyes can also give the appearance of having dark circles.

A nice tip for someone with eyes that are of the deep set variety would be to think light. Light and bright colors will make anything they are applied to pop, and make eyes appear larger. This is why people wear black, because it has the opposite effect and is slimming.

If you put a concealer on the lid and follow with light champagnetoned eye shadow that will bring out the eye and brighten it. You can also use an iridescent or light flesh-toned liner to apply to your inner rim/lash line to lighten the area as well. In this application I would skip liner on the top lid altogether and just put an extra coat of mascara on.

Although most dark circles are hereditary, there are many things that can be done to prevent them: lessen your sun exposure, limit rubbing the eye area, and even allergy medication will help with dark circles caused from allergens.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Maybe try putting on some rose-colored glasses, or carrying around a fog machine.

This week, I recommended to Pisces that they work on piercing illusions to get to the heart of things. But you don’t have a problem with being directed.

You’re a Ram, after all. Unfortunately, your amazing ability to get down to the stripped, glamourless nitty-gritty can be a handicap at times, when it causes you to miss out on some beautiful, life-enriching subtlety. Look, you can lower your head and charge at all your goals next week.

This week, stop to sniff the flowers, munch the scenery, and enjoy the view.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Apart from animals that have been trained otherwise, most dog fights are primarily for show—each pup is interested in establishing dominance with tons of snarling and teeth-baring. Any injuries suffered in the process are almost always superficial and accidental, and once it’s over, it’s over. Of course, if you interrupt them—as most overanxious dog owners are wont—they’ll persistently try to reunite until their directed mayhem has determined who’s on top. Conflict isn’t automatically bad. This week, at least consider the idea that letting those you love have it out may be better in the long-term than any intervention you could come up with now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) One of your secret—and deliciously subtle—superpowers has been a bit overused of late. I’m referring to your ability to instantly put people at ease.

You can phone someone you haven’t seen since high school and within seconds have them chatting familiarly, as if you just had Algebra together yesterday. Unfortunately, this quick-fix type talent can’t heal a badly eroded friendship in the long-term. Only real investment of your time, love, and energy can do that. This week, leave your charisma out of it, and apply at least two of those to the friendships that need it most.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Enough with the entertaining detours, Cancer. Although all these random or spontaneous side trips have been amusing and fruitful—especially the one where you returned with an actual person—it’s time to mostly resume your usual rhythms and routines, so you can figure out how to incorporate all this new stuff (and new people) into your old life with all your old stuff and your old friends. Fearlessly open your mind and life, and prepare for your

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Steven Seagal April 10, 1952 Mark Teixeira April 11, 1980 Shannen Doherty April 12, 1971 Ron Perlman April 13, 1950 SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR (pictured) April 14, 1977 Emma Watson April 15, 1990 Martin Lawrence April 16, 1965

worlds—new and old—to come together, finally. Don’t worry: Both will be better for it, I promise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Take the beer goggles off. You can’t afford to have such distorted perception right now. It’s important that your vision guiding both sexual and romantic impulses be as clear as possible. It’s fine to indulge occasionally in dalliances that are obviously not in your long-term best interest. But don’t let them get out of hand. If your f**kbuddy is leaving a toothbrush at your place and has become a daily texter, s/he might think things are more serious than they are. Set them straight, before things get too messy for even an inveterate emotion-hog like you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Among the Padaung tribe in Southeast Asia, women receive their first neckstretching ring at a very early age, and get a new band every year or two, which appears to lengthen their necks dramatically. You remind me of them: you, too, have a long tradition of, well, sticking your neck out for people, each time stretching a little further than the last. Like the Padaung, it does make you strangely beautiful. Also like them, it makes you vulnerable. (If a Padaung woman violates tribal rules, her rings are removed, forcing her to either lie down or asphyxiate, because her atrophied neck muscles can no longer hold up her head.) This ancient tribal tradition will probably die out within a generation or two, because young Padaung women are refusing to don the rings. Won’t you end yours, too? Once you do, you’ll learn there are ways to be helpful (and beautiful) that don’t involve such extremes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Don’t you have some new neighbors you could be welcoming? Come on, you know you’re dying to just be nice to someone. It’s been forever since you last prepared a basket of fresh fruit and cheese, or brought someone a friendly bottle of cheap champagne. You have an excess of niceness right now—so much that it’s kind of a problem. Before you drive your dearest familiar friends nuts with your need to lavish attention and delight on them, let off a little of that uniquely Libran pressure by fawning over some strangers for a few hours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Lot’s wife, when forced to flee the destruction of her beloved city (Sodom), looked back. She was consumed with sentimental grief—and punished for it, by being transformed into a pillar of salt. I bet you identify—forced to leave behind something (or someone) you really loved, it’s hard to resist trying to recapture the moments that made you so happy. Don’t worry: doing so won’t result in some crappy Old Testament punishment. But it won’t help you, either—since there really is no going back in this case, trying to (even just mentally) can only make you bitter. Onward, baby—look ahead and only ahead, at least until you’ve gone around another bend in the road.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Maybe once upon a time there were pure beginnings, but these days there’s no room for something new without ending something old. You need to make space for it. It’s a good time to bring something to culmination that’s been cluttering your life half-finished for far too long. There are at least a couple tantalizing new things (or refreshing new takes on old things) that are not only exciting, but good for

you—and they’re just waiting for an opening, one that can only be provided once you achieve closure with some of the old crap.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Although my musical taste stays pretty consistently eclectic, I’ve found that during any given time period of my life, one particular album or artist rises to prominence, becoming my primary soundtrack for that chapter. Then, whenever I hear that music again later, it evokes powerful memories of the time I was obsessed with it. The reason I bring it up is because there are some old lessons you learned ages ago that desperately need relearning or review. Isn’t there some way (a special track or certain type of food?) you could bring back the times when those experiences were what your life was all about? If you can’t sufficiently recall those lessons, you’ll be forced to learn them again, the hard way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Although you’d rather plan your next pleasure trip or goof-off session in elaborate detail, it might behoove you to put a little time into the more serious affairs of your life. There’s such a thing as too much freedom, you know. It’s alright to let yourself go wild every now and then or explore the inglorious depths of slackdom, but eventually—considering your lofty goals—you need to get your s—t together. Why now? The stars are lining up a shortcut to one of your most highly anticipated dreams, but you’ll only be able to take advantage of it if you’re geared up and ready to leap into action.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Although you’ve long reserved the right to be confused, I beg you to waive it this week. Despite your claims that muddled mystification is your natural state— stemming from your psychic ability to see more facets of a situation than most—I believe you also have a keen aptitude to slice open the gauzy veils of pretty illusion to get to the sometimes unpleasant reality beneath. Although I admire your most precious talent—the ability to perceive so many layers at once—it’s simply not cut out for life in the fast lane of real life, which you’re required to visit (to pass the slowpokes who’re preventing your progress). In other words: less scenery, more velocity.

- To contact Caeriel, send mail to sign. language.astrology@gmail.com.

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“Bioshock Infinite” is finally here, that now has to rescue a young ‘Bioshock Infinite’ and I couldn’t be more excited! women named Elizabeth who has Systems: Xbox 360, PC, Mac, PS3 Since E3 2011, “Bioshock Infigone missing somewhere in the Rating: M for Mature nite” has been pretty much everyclouds. Booker doesn’t want to be Genre: First-person shooter one’s most anticipated game. “Biothe hero of the story; he is a bit of a Publisher: 2K Games shock” (released in 2007) has been shady man, but he has some debts Developer: Irrational Games one of the most critically acclaimed and they will be wiped clean if he series of this console generation for rescues Elizabeth. Although Booker its incredibly intriguing story, moral starts out unlikable, throughout the choices, and most importantly, its game he has a very interesting tale. fights. The guns are pretty much the setting.

Early on, the game plays almost same, and the powers are basically The first two games where set in identically to the previous entries. just renamed versions from the an underwater city called Rapture, You have your gun in one hand and first game, but most of them have which was one of the most inteyour powers in the other, but when secondary functions that can be gral parts of the game because it introduced to Elizabeth’s aid, the upgraded. There aren’t many that provided story elements and set the game changes pretty substantially. are useful, but some are pretty cool. tone for the whole game. It was one She will aid you in battle a great The most noticeable new thing is the of the first games in memory where deal, giving you health, money, and skyhook; it can be just devastating it felt like the city was a character. even changing the landscape to aid for melee attacks, but it can be used The gameplay wasn’t anything that your progress. Elizabeth isn’t just to ride the skylines. The skylines special; it was essentially just a first- important to the fighting; she is are metal rails that run throughout person shooter, but the immersive also integral to the story. She elicits the city. Using the skyhook, you story and environment is what every emotion from sympathy to can hang from them and ride them made “Bioshock” fear and even guilt. around, creating a speedy transporUpcoming game releases: special. One of the She provides most tation system. Even though you are April 9: Guacamelee! things Irrational of the motivation flying, it doesn’t feel dizzying or April 16: Injustice: Gods Among Games is good at and moves the disorienting, which is good, and it is is making each of Us story forward; you actually quite exhilarating.

April 23: Dead Island Riptide their game worlds just want to protect The graphics are stunning, and the April 30: Deadly Premonition: The her like the Big feel plausible by story is just as awe inspiring as the Director’s Cut developing a narDaddies did with first game and will give you somerative and setting the Little Sisters. thing to talk about for a long while. that really bring everything to life The rest of the cast is amazing as The story is a great mix of political and make each moment unforgetwell. The main antagonist is a man intrigue, racism, and nationalism. It table. They don’t rely on huge named Zachary Hale Comstock, forces you to think more about these cutscenes – the whole story is told a.k.a. “The Prophet,” a racist man issues, and it makes for one hell of a with audio logs and in-game mowith an agenda, similar to Andrew good time. The world is rich with a ments, and it couldn’t be better.

Ryan from the first game. Aside ton of things to explore; it will take In the third installment, we move from this Prophet, Booker must you 80-plus hours to find everything out of the depths of the ocean contend with the other creatures and see all the multiple endings – it and ascend to the sky. “Bioshock that inhabit the world, especially is worth every second you put into Infinite” takes place in the city of Elizabeth’s captor, The Songbird, a it. “Bioshock Infinite” improves Colombia, a majestic city floating gigantic creature that follows you upon the series in every way and is in the clouds, no longer under the throughout the game. They aren’t a must-play for fans or any other sea. Players now get to experience a the only threats; you also have to gamer. brightly colored open world held in contend with warring political facthe sky by giant zeppelins. It sounds tions, George Washington robots, -Robbie Vanderveken is the digital like it has to be the distant future, and much more. operations specialist at The Times but it is supposed to be an alternate The battles don’t feel as cramped Leader. E-mail him at rvanderveken version of 1912. Colombia is a as they did in Rapture; they are @timesleader.com. marvel of technology; it is meant more open and allow for greater W to be a traveling world’s fair, but movement and faster, more hectic over the years, the city has disappeared from the world and all of the people onboard have set up their own society, along with their own political views and allegiances. The world is simply breathtaking; the graphics are fantastic and have an original artistic style. The game also contains a great cast of characters that make this game an emotional rollercoaster. Colombia feels like a real city; it’s full of townspeople in the streets and it even has political propaganda on its buildings. You can tell Colombia has a real history.

One of the year’s most anticipated games certainly didn’t The main protagonist is Booker disappoint.

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DODGE 94 GRAND CARAVAN

One owner. Only 115,000 miles.

Immaculate condition.

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Attorney Services

DIVORCE No Fault $295 divorce295.com Atty. Kurlancheek 800-324-9748 W-B FREE Bankruptcy Consultation Payment plans.

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412 Autos for Sale

FORD 08 FOCUS SE Silver, black interior.

4 door sedan.

Power windows and locks, CD. 104k highway miles.

Runs excellent. $7200 negotiable.

570-578-9222

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Housekeeping cottages on the water with all the amenities of home.

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Auto Sales 949 Wyoming Ave, Forty Fort

288-8995 93 UD Tow Truck with wheel lift.

64k. $8,995 ‘94 Jeep V8.

Cherokee Runs great.

Power windows & doors. $2,995 ‘96 F150 Pickup. auto, runs good. $2,495 Pontiac ‘96 Grand Prix.

White, air, power windows & brakes, 4 door, runs good, 106K. $2,995 ‘01 Ford Taurus SES 4 door, air, power doors & windows. $2,995 ‘99 Chevy S10 Blazer 4 door, power windows, doors & seats.

126,000 miles. $3,995 ‘03 Ford Windstar 4 door, all power options.

96,000 miles. $4,300 ‘04 Nissan Armada, 7 passenger.

4wd.

Excellent condition. $10,900 ‘09 Mercedes GL450, 7 passenger. Too many options to list. 30K miles.

Garage kept. Cream puff. $42,500

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Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

WANTED!

ALL JUNK CARS! CA$H PAID

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TOYOTA 04 CELICA GT

112K miles. Blue, 5 speed. Air, power windows/locks, CD/cassette, Keyless entry, sunroof, new battery.

Car drives and has current PA inspection. Slight rust on corner of passenger door.

Clutch slips on hard acceleration.

This is why its thousands less than Blue Book value. $6,500 OBO. Make an offer! Call 570-592-1629

415 Autos-Antique & Classic

MAZDA `88 RX-7 CONVERTIBLE

1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995.

Call 570-237-5119

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Auto Services

$ WANTED JUNK $ VEHICLES LISPI TOWING We pick up 822-0995

CHEVROLET `98 SILVERADO 1500 EXTENDED CAB LS

Runs great! 211,000 miles, 4x4, new windshield, alternator, front wheel studs, spark plug wires, ignition module, brakes, throttle body gasket, 3 oxygen sensors, fuel pump, tank, & filter.

New tires with alloy rims. New transmission. $4,000, OBO. 570-793-5593

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All Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted Highest Prices Paid In CA$H

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Cars & Full Size Trucks. For prices...

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Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair

Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades

FRANK HOLBY MASONRY Looking for Laborer.

Experience necessary!!!

Call 570.823.4503

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570-829-7130 ask for an employment specialist 533

Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair

EXP. SERVICE CONSULTANT As a result of employee advancement from within, Valley Chevrolet has an opportunity for an experienced service consultant to become a part of our team.

ADP experience would be helpful but is not required.

We offer: • Competitive salary • Weekly Commission • Monthly Commission • Paid employee health care • Retirement program • Excellent working environment • Busy shop • Paid training

We Require: • Honesty • Dependability • Effective Communication • Positive Attitude • Attention to detail • Clear PA driver license

Please send resume in strict confidence to Paul Karnafel, Service Director. or email pkarnafel@kenwallace.com

VALLEY CHEVROLET

FREE PICKUP

570-574-1275

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, PA

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

Motorcycles

SUZUKI 01 VS 800 GL INTRUDER Garage kept, no rust, lots of chrome, black with teal green flake.

Includes storage jack & 2 helmets. $3600 570-410-1026

SUZUKI BURGMAN 400 SCOOTER

242 Highland Park Boulevard Wilkes Barre, PA 18702 Openings now exist for the following positions

DISHWASHER GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE HOST/HOSTESS INSPECTOR LINE COOK ROOM ATTENDANT SERVER

5,000 miles with extra storage garage kept. $2900 570-406-7566

Individuals with a desire to be part of our winning team should apply online at

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Owned and operated by High Hotels Ltd. Post-offer drug screen and criminal background check required.

EOE M/F/D/V

www.high.net/careers

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Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair

538

Janitorial/ Cleaning

AUTO TECHNICIANS GasSearch Drilling Services Corporation is looking for the following positions:

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS & EXPERIENCED DIESEL MECHANICS

-Night shift for Diesel Mechanics - Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - 401K - Quarterly Safety Bonus - Paid Holidays - Paid Vacation Apply within or online: GasSearch Drilling Services Corporation 8283 Hwy 29 Montrose, PA 18801 570-278-7118 www. gassearchdrilling. com

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BOSCOV S TRAVEL WILKES-BARRE LEISURE TRAVEL CONSULTANT We are searching for a Leisure Travel Consultant with a minimum of 3 Year’s Experience.

Applicant will work in a fast-paced office and must have good people skills, excellent communication skills, computer proficiency, and Sabre experience a plus. We are a career company & offer an excellent compensation package. EOE Forward resume to: traveljobs@boscovs.com

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Williams Bus Line is seeking a Medium Duty Truck and Bus Mechanic to work on buses. Full-time hrs. Tools required.

State inspection license.

CDL preferred.

Call: 570-474-5279

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addition for full time experienced persons with no less than 5-7 years in related EVSHousekeepingCustodial and leadership knowledge in the facility cleaning industry. Ability to manage, work with staff, train and be in a working supervisory role.

Floor care knowledge required. The position is 2nd shift mainly 40-45 hours a week 3p-12mid some 2p-10pm.

Occasional Sat maybe needed.

Traveling will be required between Luzerne-Lackawanna- Lehigh Valley Area- with other opportunities within 75 mile radius.

Working with employees on all facets of cleaning will be needed.

Flexible, professional and ability to multi task under high pressure results. Excellent salary- car allowance, iPad and phone will be available. Clean MVR and valid driver license required.

Must be able to lift up to 60 lbs.

Apply online: www.sovereigncs.com NO phone calls please!

EOE and Drug Free Workplace

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Logistics/ Transportation

DRIVER

Experienced Limousines/Sedans.

Part-time. Days/ Nights/Weekends.

Knowledge of major airports and NYC recommended.

570-288-5466

DRIVERS

Karchner Logistics is now hiring *Local & Jockey Drivers *Regional drivers Must have Class A CDL. We are rapidly growing and offer competitive wages. Please call

570.579.0351

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LOCAL CONSTRUCTION / TRUCKING COMPANY looking for Experienced Full Time Equipment Operators & Off Road Truck Drivers.

Benefit package available.

Please email resumes to: latonainc@ comcast.net or apply in person Latona Trucking Inc. 620 S. Main St Pitstton, PA 18640

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ROLLBACK DRIVER & LIGHT DUTY ROAD SERVICES TECHNICIAN Openings for:

Rollback Drivers, Light Duty Road Services Technicians. Must have good driving record.Experience required. We offer top wages & benefits package. Apply in person and ask for Paul or Dave: Falzone Towing Service, Inc. 271 N. Sherman St Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18702 570.823.2100

548 Medical/Health

548 Medical/Health

548 Medical/Health

548 Medical/Health

LICENSED PHYSICAL THERAPIST HOME HEALTH FULL TIME

Commonwealth Home Health & Hospice of Berwick is seeking candidates for Licensed Physical Therapist.

The position will be responsible for the direction, supervision, and evaluation of home physical therapy visits and treatments as well as proper clinical documentation and follow-up care.

The ideal candidate must possess at least one year of clinical experience, preferably in home healthcare, and possess a valid Pennsylvania physical therapy license.

Must be able to effectively communicate as well as organize and prioritize multiple tasks.

For immediate consideration, please submit your application to:

Donna Zieba, Administrator donna_zieba@chs.net (570) 416-0561 www.homecareopportunities.net

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527 Food Services/ Hospitality

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

527 Food Services/ Hospitality

CAREGIVER NEEDED

Kind, compassionate, skilled persons needed for home care of the elderly. resume, clearance form, references & copies of any/all certificates requested. Serious inquiries only.

Send all to: P.O Box 14065 Kingston, PA 18704

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Other

HAIR STYLISTS NAIL TECHNICIANS MASSAGE THERAPISTS

Our new, trendy salon, spa and boutique located in downtown Scranton is looking to hire full & part time hair stylists, nail technicians and massage therapists.

BENEFITS available for full time employees! Clientele is a must! Must have more than 3 years experience and references! If interested in applying call: 570.903.0862

MAINTENANCE/ HANDYMAN

Painting, some carpentry, lawn care, etc. Call 570-881-4993

MANAGER TRAINEES SEND US YOUR RESUME Expanding Burger King Franchise in the area needs enthusiastic, aggressive people for Management Positions. Benefits Include: Health Insurance Plan 401 (K) Dental And Life Insurance Available Bonus Plan Paid Vacation Paid Sick Days 45 Hour Work Week Competitive Salary If You Have Pride In Your Own Ability Send Your Resume To: Burger King Attn: Personnel Dept.

185 Ferguson Avenue Shavertown, Pa 18708 E-Mail: Hr@Pdmco.Net E.O.E.

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Currently looking for Auto Technicians with two plus years of experience for full & part time positions. We are a very fast paced shop and candidates must have experience in complete auto mechanic repairs and diagnostics. Safety & Emission licenses are a must! ASE certifications are helpful but not required. Health insurance, holiday pay and other benefits available.

Salary is based on experience. Please send resume to: Times Leader P.O. Box 4345 15 N Main St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250

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MODELS

The Keen Agency Inc. is a PA licensed and bonded agency.

New models for advertisements in print, commercial, TV and runway.

Locally & New York City. All ages, types and sizes. No experience necessary.

Open Calls 5 & 7 pm only: Thurs, April 11 At Woodlands Inn & Resort 570-947-6291 www. keen-models.com

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SEASONAL NATURALIST/ SUMMER DAY CAMP INSTRUCTOR

Bear Creek Camp is seeking responsible individuals to work with children in an outdoor setting.Course work in education or environmental science a plus.Paid training provided. For further information contact:bcnc@bear creekcamp.org or call 570.472.3741 ext:4 (environmental programs)

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Production/ Operations

Production/ Operations

PRODUCTION/ MACHINE OPERATORS $10.50/hr

AEP Industries, Inc., manufacturer of flexible packaging films in Mountaintop hiring Starting at $10.50/hr. – PLUS .50¢ /hr. for night shift; 60-90 day evaluation provides increase $$ based on YOUR performance, attendance etc.

Full-time 12 hours shifts alternating / 3 & 4 day work weeks (overtime pay every other) Every Other Weekend A Must.

As a Machine Operator you will remove, inspect, and pack finish product to specifications with strong opportunity for promotion.

You must be able to do some heavy lifting, MUST know how to use a tape measure and scale, and be a TEAM PLAYER. Previous mfg. experience preferred. Benefit Pkg. includes: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Ins., Vacation, Holiday pay.

Applications accepted daily @ AEP INDUSTRIES, INC. 8 am - 4 pm 20 Elmwood Ave Crestwood Industrial Park Mountaintop, PA 18707 Email: grullony@ aepinc.com EOE * A drug free workplace

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This is a great time to get your foot in the door with this rapidly growing company.

Applications are being accepted at: 235 Main St, Suite 121 Dickson City, PA 18519

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Production/ Operations

WAREHOUSE/ PRODUCTION

Immediate openings in the Mt. Top Area!

Now hiring Warehouse and Production Workers for:

Motivated candidates encouraged to apply.

Apply at www.berksand beyond.com or in person at 19 Elmwood Road, Mt. Top PA 18707.

Questions? Call 570-474-3185 or 570-474-8923

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Sales/Retail/ Business Development

566

Sales

ROUTE SALES POSITIONS Looking for aggressive, ambitious, reliable persons to operate bread route 5 days a week. Routes depart from Pittston. Excellent future growth and earnings potential.

Retail and/or vendor experience preferred but not required, we will train. Pay is $800 per week.

Must pass preemployment drug screen and background check. For additional information, please email info@route relievers.com EOE M/F/D/V

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Garden Center EMPLOYEE Seasonal/Outdoor Knowledge of Annuals and Perennials a MUST. Hours will vary seasonally.

Retail Must have cash, register and sales experience. Excellent communication skills needed.

Apply in person, no phone calls please.

Dundee Gardens 2407 San Souci Pkwy Hanover Twp, PA. Hours: 9:30am-5pm

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Installation/ Maintenance/ Repair

AUTOMOTIVE RECONDITIONING PERSON • Experience preferred but not necessary.

• Full Time - 8AM - 4:30PM • Benefits • Valid PA Driver’s License Required Apply in person to Bernie (9 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

VALLEY CHEVROLET SERVICE COMPLEX 221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre

Sales/Retail/ Business Development

Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades

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600 FINANCIAL

700 MERCHANDISE

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Business Opportunities

Northeast PA sales route for sale. Ten year established customer base.

147K in sales in 2012. One man operation. Unlimited growth potential.

Retiring, priced to sell. Serious Inquiries Only.

570-855-5170

630 Money To Loan “We can erase your bad credit 100% GUARANTEED.” Attorneys for the Federal Trade Commission say they’ve never seen a legitimate credit repair operation. No one can legally remove accurate and timely information from your credit report.

It’s a process that starts with you and involves time and a conscious effort to pay your debts.

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Building/ Construction/ Skilled Trades

Heavy Highway Site Construction PIKES CREEK SITE CONTRACTORS 528 Trojan Road Hunlock Creek, PA General Laborer - 1-2 yrs exp Drivers CDL Class B - 2-3 yrs exp Comp wages and benefits.

Pre-employment drug testing MUST apply in person No Phone Calls EOE

Facility Cleaning Assistants 2nd shift 4pm-12 midnight $10.50/hour to start Additional new positions for Sovereign Commercial Services. Learn the facility clearing industry. Positions will give individuals a wide range of new skills from floor care to general facility cleaning.Must have valid license and car. Paid travel and mileage.Benefits after 90 days with paid time off and company shirts. Apply online at: www.sovereigncs.com EOE and Drug Free Workplace

Antiques & Collectibles

ATTENTION VENDORS Accent items,

ceramics, baskets, holiday items, glasses, much more. ALL EXCELLENT PRICES AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 570-675-5046 after 5:30 P.M. YEARBOOKS. Coughlin (30) ‘282000. GAR -(18)) ‘37-’06, Meyers (15) ‘53-’03, Pittston (6) ‘67-’75, WVW (12), 1967-2000,Kingston (11) ‘32-’52, Hazleton, (8) ‘40-’61, Plains, (3) ‘66-’68, Hanover ‘51-’74.

Prices vary depending on condition. $20-$40 each. Call for further details & additional school editions. 570-8254721 arthurh302@ aol.com

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Building Materials

RAILING. Wrought iron. 3 pieces, 92”, 39”, 42” Rail covers 6 steps. $275. For details 881-3455

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Exercise Equipment

LEG EXTENSION MACHINE Hammer Strength ISO-Lateral. 4 years old, plate loaded, platinum frame, navy upholstery. New condition. $1000. SEATED L E G C U R L MACHINE, Hammer Strength ISOLateral. 4 years old, plate loaded, platinum frame, navy upholstery, New condition. $1000.

Call Jim 570-855-9172

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FURNISH FOR LESS

* NELSON * * FURNITURE * * WAREHOUSE * Recliners from $299 Lift Chairs from $699 New and Used Living Room Dinettes, Bedroom 210 Division St Kingston Call 570-288-3607

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PITTSTON LIQUIDATING SALE

MERCHANT’S VILLAGE Rt.157, 1201 Oak St Everything must go! Oriental furniture. Livingroom sets, sectionals, recliners, bedroom sets, china cabinets, kitchen sets, kid’s animal chairs, lamps, lots more! Priced to sell.

Clothing

SUIT. Boys Communion. Navy blue, worn once. Truly like new. 12 Husky.

Inner seam. 24” $50 570-474-9866

732

Furniture & Accessories

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Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets

PAYING 95% MELT and up

US 90% SILVER (1964 & BEFORE)

$28 SPOT = $19.23 $30 SPOT = $20.61

PREMIUMS FOR SILVER EAGLES SILVER DOLLARS ALL GOLD COIN ENGLEHARD

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BETTER COINS U.S & FOREIGN COINS & CURRENCY ALL TYPES OF GOLD & SILVER POST CARDS LOCAL ADVERTISING HERITAGE GALLERIES 52 Carr Ave DALLAS, PA Across from Dallas Agway on Rt. 415 TUES-SAT. 10-6 OR BY APPT.

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CHAIRS, (2) Genuine leather, custom made recliners.

Taupe color, like new. $550 each.

570-675-5046

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Medical Equipment

CHAIR LIFT, straight rail, Bruno, outdoor, Electra-ride elite.

Like new, $1,500.

570-351-2831 or 570-878-5296

Medical Equipment

PATIENT LIFT LUMEX, sit to stand with lifting belt & sling. Never used.

Originally $3,000, asking $1,500.

570-351-2831 570-878-5296

STAIR LIFT, Acorn indoor, right side chair lift. Tan, like new. $1,500.

570-351-2831 or 570-878-5296

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758 Miscellaneous

All Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted Highest Prices Paid In CA$H FREE

758 Miscellaneous

776 Sporting Goods

NANTICOKE MERCHANTS VILLAGE merchants

village.com (Former Walmart Bldg) Oak St. Pittston

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS

30% off all inventory owned by Merchants Village (Booth 262) Food, Home Goods, Health & Beauty Aids & Lots More!

STOCK UP NOW! ON FRESH INVENTORY LAST CHANCE EVERYTHING MUST GO! 570-891-1972

STOVE, Coal Burning, White Dickson. $550.

CANES & WALKING sticks, over 30, made from slippery maple trees $5 each. Christmas & household items. over 200 items, Samsonite belt massager, luggage much more! all for $60!

Telephone, used and working, $10 each. 735-2081

774

PICKUP

LET US BUY

your unwanted firearms: RiflesHandguns-Shotguns and accessories. If you prefer we can sell your firearms at online auctions, for far less then other auction company’s charge!

Don’t sell your firearms to just anyone, leaving you open to legal problems. We are a Fully Licensed and Insured FFL Dealer, doing business in Pennsylvania for over 30 years! Best Prices Paid, we can buy one firearm to an entire collection.

Can’t come to us we will come to you!

Call: 570-760-0795 570-825-3718

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WANTED JEWELRY

Restaurant Equipment

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776 Sporting Goods BICYCLE

MURRAY DAZZLER 20” girl’s. Powder

blue with pink trim accents & wheels, white tires. Front & rear brakes plus coaster foot brake.

Good condition $40. 570-814-9574

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BICHON FRISE PUPS

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YORKIE POO puppies, and MALTESE POO puppies,

Health guaranteed, non-shedding. $400 each.

Call: 570-765-0936

1472 S. Hanover St. Well maintained bi-level house features 2 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, recreation room with propane stove.

3 season porch.

Professionally landscaped yard. 1 car garage, storage shed, new appliances, ceiling fans.

Close to LCCC. $153,900.

Call 570-735-7594 or 570-477-2410

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WILKESBARREGOLD

(570)48GOLD8 (570)484-6538

Highest Cash PayOuts Guaranteed Open 6 Days a We e k 10am-6pm Closed Thursdays 1092 Highway 315 Blvd.

(Plaza 315) 315N, 1/2 mile b e f o re M o h e g a n Sun Casino

London PM Gold Price

April 9 - $1,577.25 We Pay At Least 80% of the London Fix Market Price for All Gold Jewelry WilkesBarreGold.com or email us at wilkesbarregold@ yahoo.com

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900 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 906 Homes for Sale Having trouble paying your mortgage?

Falling behind on your payments?

You may get mail from people who promise to forestall your foreclosure for a fee in advance. Report them to the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency. Call 1-877FTC-HELP or click on ftc.gov. A message from The Times Leader and the FTC.

EDWARDSVILLE 3 bedroom, 1 bath

2 story house $295/Mo + taxes + insurance. Owner Financing 570-851-0765

LAFLIN

7 CONCORD DRIVE $244,900 Two story, 1,800 sq. ft., in Oakwood Park. 8 rooms, cozy kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large living room, family room with fireplace, dining room, sunroom with hardwood floors.

Two car garage, central air. Lot 100’ x 125’. Move in Condition. Call Ed at 570-655-4294 for appointment.

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Cute & Playful. Call (570) 943-2184 for more information.

Income & Commercial Properties

PARSONS JUST LISTED $144,900 35 Wyndwood Dr. Like new 2 bedroom, 2 bath attached ranch.

Upgraded kitchen, vaulted living room, sunroom, master bedroom www.35wyndwood .com Call Mark 215-275-0487 C-21 TRES 610-485-7200 ext 142

PLAINS

Nothing to do but just move in!

23 Laurel Street 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Excellent condition!

Off street parking, new roof, and all new appliances included.

Playground right around the corner. $139,900 Call (570)690-2886

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548 Medical/Health

Commercial Building For Sale.

502 Market St, Kingston. 2000 Sq Ft $229,000 1-story, PRIME LOCATION with parking lot.

Take a look. If interested, call 570-814-4940.

LOTS - LOTS - LOTS

1 mile south of L.C.C.C. Established developement with underground utilities including gas.

Cleared lot. 100’ frontage x 158. $35,000.

*2008 Pulse Research

What Do You Have To Sell Today?

Lot 210 ‘ frontage 158’ deep on hill with great view $35,000.

Call 570-736-6881

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY for lease. Units

ranging from 6002700 sq ft. prime Mountaintop area, great for business!!! High traffic area for retail or office space.

Prices ranging from $500.00/ month for smallest off street unit to $2700.00/month for large 2700 square foot building. call Amanda Colonna 570-714-6115 CENTURY 21 SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP 570-287-1196, for details and to view units.

To place your ad call...829-7130 WILKES-BARRE Owner Retiring Turn Key Night Club For Sale.

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Four restrooms.

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WILKES STUDENT Housing Available.

Fully furnished move right in, all utilities included.

1 BEDROOM SHARE $495 in charming 3 bedroom Carriage House.

1 BEDROOM SHARE $600 in large 5 bedroom beautiful home. All are female occupants who are good students and are private and quiet. Safe, secure premesis in great neighborhood.

3 minute walk to classes.Convenien ce and living at it's best!

Parents encouraged to visit home. 1 year lease beginning May 20.

Security, references and parental co-signer required.

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DALLAS 17 Baldwin Street

1st floor, one bedroom, off-street parking. Living room, eat in kitchen, small office space. $575/ month, water & garbage included.

Tenant pays heat & electric, 570-310-1821

GLEN LYONNEW 1st floor,

Appliances & Floors. 4 room apt.

Electric & propane gas heat. Off street parking.

Washer /dryer hookup, refrigerator, garbage included. No dogs. $400/month references required, 1 year lease + 1 month security.

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1st floor, 3 bedrooms, wall to wall carpeting and freshly painted, central air, eat in kitchen with appliances.

Off street parking. Laundry room with bonus washer and dryer. Heat & cooking gas included. Tenant pays electric & water. $640 + security. No Pets.

570-814-1356

HARVEY S LAKE Knotty pine, 1 bed-

room lakefront house. W/D, range, fridge included.

Parking, nice view of sunset. near Grotto Pizza $645. mo utilities by tenant. Security, references, lease, no pets. 570-287-5775 570-332-1048

317 N. Maple Ave. 2 story 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath @ $850. + utilities.

Two story 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths @ $1,110. + utilities.

Central heat & air, washer/dryer in unit, on site parking. 1 mo. security

570-262-6947

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Wyoming Avenue 2nd floor, 1 bedroom, appliances, laundry room. $425 + electric. Security & references.

No pets.

570-696-1600

HARVEYS LAKE

2 bedroom , wall to wall carpet, appliances, Lake rights.

Off street parking.

No pets. Lease, security and references.

570-639-5920

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E. W alnut St. 2nd floor. Located in quiet neighborhood.

Kitchen, living room, dining room, sunroom, bath, 3 bedrooms; 2 large & 1 small. Lots of closets, built-in linen closet & hutch.

Hardwood & carpeted floors. Fireplace.

Storage room. Yard. Washer / dryer, stove / fridge. Heat and hot water included. 1 year lease + security. $950 570-283-4370

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Light, bright, 3rd floor, 2 bedrooms, carpeted. Security system, garage Extra storage & cable TV included.

Laundry facilities.

Heat & hot water furnished. Fine neighborhood.

Convenient to bus & stores. No pets.

References.

Security. Lease.

No smokers please. $730. month. Call 570-287-0900

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AVAILABLE RENTAL UNITS

1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments 1/2 Doubles Security + 1st months rent, credit check, lease required.

Utilities by tenant Call Tina Randazzo 570-899-3407 for Information

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Nice 2 bedroom Eat-in kitchen, living room, full bath, stove/fridge, washer/dryer hook-up. $500 + utilities.

NO PETS. Call: 570-760-3637 or 570-477-3839

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Swoyersville, First floor, very energy efficient and very clean, 1 bedroom, new wall to wall carpet, stove and refrigerator furnished, shared washer/dryer. Utilities by tenant.

Good location, off street parking. No pets or smoking.

One year lease and security. $500 (267) 872 4825

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Mayflower Crossing Apartments 570.822.3968 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms - Light & bright open floor plans - All major appliances included - Pets welcome* - Close to everything - 24 hour emergency maintenance - Short term leases available

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447 S. Franklin St. 1 bedroom with study, off street parking, laundry facility. Includes heat and hot water, hardwood floors, appliances, Trash removal. $580/mo Call (570)821-5599

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AMERICA REALTY APARTMENTS The General

Hospital neighborhood is home to brick Victorian. Remodeled 1st floor 1 bedroom with aesthetic fireplace adorning, new maple kitchen with built -in appliances, plusH carpets.

Parking, Services managed & provided AMERICA REALTY. $700 + utilities. NO PETS, 2 YEAR SAME RENT, EMPLOYMENT VERIFICA TION.

570-288-1422

WILKES-BARRE NORTH 723 N. Main St.

2nd floor, 2 bedroom, w/w carpet, , water included.

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Commercial Properties

COMMERCIAL RETAIL PROPERTY FOR RENT: 900 Sq. Ft. STORE RETAIL SPACE Will be vacant as of January 1, 2013 200 Spring St. Wilkes-Barre Great for a Barber Shop!

Call Michael at 570-239-7213

315 PLAZA 1,750 SQ. FT. & 2,400 SQ.FT OFFICE/RETAIL 2,000 FT. Fully Furnished With Cubicles.

570-829-1206

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BY OWNER Garage. Out of flood. Multi-purpose. 3,400 sq. ft. on .9 acres, 2 bays, 14’ automatic doors Recently renovated, large parking lot. $215,000 570-654-4112

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3 bedrooms. Available now! fenced in yard. Wall to wall carpet, 1st floor, large separate laundry room.

Hanover School District. $650.

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PENN FORREST TWP.

2,100 sq, ft., 3 bedroom, 2 baths. Master bedroom walk in closet. Living, family & other rooms.

New carpet & paint.

2 car garage. Laundry room, patio, large yard.

One minute from turnpike 2014 slip ramp on 903. Pool & lake rights. $1,450/month.

570-657-0073

SHAVERTOWN Good location,

excellent schools.

Modern, 4 bedrooms, office, 2 full baths. Living, dining rooms. Finished family room, granite kitchen with ceramic tile. Large wrap around deck, out door Jacuzzi, in ground heated pool.

Gas heat. Four car off street parking. $1,500/month + utilities, security + last month deposit.

Includes fridge, stove, washer/dryer, sewer & trash.

Available June 1st.

Pictures available through e-mail. Call 570-545-6057.

971 Vacation & Resort Properties

PRIVATE COUNTRY CAMPGROUND Several sites avail-

able, and will be accepting applications for membership. Gated Premises, adjoins public gulf course, 35 acre natural lake for fishing. Large shaded sites, with water and electric, showers and flush toilets.

Nestled near orchards and produce farms in the hills between Dallas and Tunkhannock. For information and applications call: Call (570)-371-9770

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New rugs, yard, no pets. $800 plus utilities and security 570-430-7901

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LUZERNE JANUZZI PIZZA ................... MOUNTAIN TOP JOE’S PIZZERIA ............................... NANTICOKE M J BEER DELI ............................... GLEN LYONS MARKET STREET 6PK TO GO .................... KINGSTON MEMORIAL FOOD MART ..................... DALLAS MOUNTAINTOP 6 PACKS TO GO ..... MOUNTAIN TOP PETERS DELI ............................... WILKES-BARRE PHILLY PHINEST ..................... CAREY AVE, WB PHILLY SUBS ............................... MINERS MILL PITTSTON 6 PACKS TO GO ................ PITTSTON PIZZAFELLAS ............................... WILKES-BARRE PRICE CHOPPER ....................... EDWARDSVILLE RICCI’S PIZZA ........................... WILKES-BARRE SABATINI’S PIZZA ......................... WYOMING SHELLEY’S PIZZA ...................... WILKES-BARRE THOMAS FAMILY MARKET ................ KINGSTON THOMAS FOOD TOWN .......................... DALLAS THOMAS FOOD TOWN ................. SHICKSHINNY WEGMAN’S FOOD MARKET ......... WILKES-BARRE WEIS MARKET ............................... DALLAS HAZELTON AREA 15TH ST. BEER WAREHOUSE .................. HAZELTON C.F.M. .............................................. HAZELTON C.F.M. ....................................... FREELAND COUNTRY CORNERS ............................... DRUMS HERE 4 BEER ............................... HAZ. HEIGHTS PQ 6 PKS TO GO ............................... HAZELTON SORRENTA ...............................

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