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YMCA bikers invite you to ride along in the great outdoors

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Michele Schasberger, left, organized last Sunday’s bike ride in the Lehigh Gorge State Park. Looking on are riding participants Sophie Polgar and Claire Capin.

Michele Schasberger of the YMCA is a self-described ‘in-town, neighborhood’ bike rider.

Cikowski said. This week, the Y Cycle Sunday excursion will be about nine miles along the Greater Hazleton Rail-Trail. On Sept. 22 the ride will take place on the Delaware & Lehigh Black Diamond Trail starting in White Haven, and on Sept. 29 the ride will be a Pittston/West Pittston loop.

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Christina Cikowski leads the way to the Tannery trailhead on the Delaware & Lehigh Trail in Lehigh Gorge State Park.

What: Y Cycle Sunday bike rides, 8 to 10 miles each, sponsored by Wilkes-Barre YMCA When: 2 p.m. Sundays, lasting 90 minutes to 2 hours each Sept. 15: Ride takes place on Greater Hazleton Rail Trail. Meet on Route 93, just past the Hazleton General Hospital Sept. 22: Ride takes place on Delaware & Lehigh Black Diamond Trail from White Haven north to reconditioned trail bridge. Meeting place is off Susquehanna Street in White Haven, past Towanda Street. Sept. 29: Ride takes place in Pittston/West Pittston. Meet in Pittston YMCA parking lot, 10 W. Main St. Pittston. More info: Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA front desk at 823-2191 or Michele Schasberger at 714-1953.

Young bike riders Sophie Polgar, left, Claire Capin, Christina Cikowski and Isabelle Polgar prepare to enter the Lehigh Gorge State Park by way of bicycle on the Delaware & Lehigh Trail last weekend.

“People don’t always like to go to new places, especially with kids,” Schasberger said. But the organized rides, she pointed out, are a place where children and their parents can arrange to meet friends, as Cikowski and other girls she knew from school did for last week’s ride.

“Kids tend to want to do it if other kids are going to be there,” said Schasberger, a self-described “in-town, neighborhood rider” who scouts the rides in advance. If children are too young to ride their own two-wheelers, Schasberger said, the adults who come with them can use tag-alongs (a seat and one wheel that can be

attached to the back of the parent’s bike), child bike seats or bike trailers. “A lot of these trails are relatively long; you wouldn’t necessarily want to walk four miles one way on them,” Schasberger added. “But being on a bicycle gives you a chance to see more of the landscape.” For anyone who is par-

ticipating in the Keystone Active Zone passport series this season, the bike rides can help you ﬁnd the answers to passport questions. One question, for example, asks about a sign near White Haven that thanks a famous person from the past. Hint: “It’s not Audubon,” Schasberger told the group.

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When it comes to riding a bicycle, let’s say you’re a beginner. Or maybe it’s been years since you hopped on and started pedaling. You know it’s fun. You know it’s great exercise. And you’d like to ride with a group. But somehow, those cycling clubs you’ve seen zipping through town remind you of the Tour de France peloton — and you suspect you wouldn’t be able to keep up. Don’t worry, said Michele Schasberger, who is leading a YMCA-sponsored series of bike rides called Y Cycle Sundays this month. Beginners are welcome on the Y Cycle Sunday rides, she said, as are children and people whose cycling skills may be a bit rusty. “We have so many opportunities to explore the outdoors in this region,” she said last weekend as she rode a bicycle with ﬁve other adults and four children alongside the Lehigh River in the Lehigh Gorge State Park near White Haven. “People from other areas, who might be on vacation, come here while people who live here might never take advantage of them.” “We love just being outdoors. Pennsylvania is a beautiful state,” agreed Denise Olack of Shavertown, who brought her daughter, Christina Cikowski, 10, along on the ride. For mother and daughter, Sunday was their ﬁrst visit to the Lehigh Gorge State Park, where the railtrail, part of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, provides a view of the Lehigh River and steep walls that are covered with trees and mountain laurel and occasionally punctuated by a waterfall. “It’s very scenic,”

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Hit the streets for a fall tradition

This year’s Dallas Harvest Festival celebrates volunteerism MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

If your children love animals, they’ll likely enjoy meeting ducks, rabbits, a potbelly pig and adoptable dogs on Sunday at the Dallas Harvest Festival, where the petting zoo can be educational as well as fun. “Last year one of the chickens even laid an egg in front of the kids,” said Marge Bart from Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge, who plans to bring all of the creatures mentioned above and possibly some goats. “It gives kids a chance to see animals they might not see anywhere else.” Other festival activities include an open-mic talent contest, a farmers market, a competition of ﬂoral displays, the chance to ride an old-fashioned ﬁretruck and the opportunity to watch a different theatrical skit every hour on the hour. “They all have twists,” said Christina Metz, director of Take the Stage Players. “One is the story of Rumpelstiltskin. It kind of gives the back story as to why Rumpelstiltskin wants the child of the girl that he helped by turning straw into gold, telling it from his perspective rather than the girl’s. “Another one is ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ told from the giants’ point of view. There are three giants, and they kind of have a misunderstanding. “We’ve tried to tie some of the shows to the festival theme, Year of the Volunteer,” Metz added. In keeping with the theme, festival spokeswoman Liz Martin said, festival-goers will be able to vote for their favorite charity. (The monetary votes will be added to the those previously collected at various Back Mountain

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Misericordia University’s cougar mascot rides to a previous Dallas Harvest Festival on an old-fashioned firetruck.

Celia Stahlnecker, 3, of the Mountain Top area, pets two white bunnies during a previous Dallas Harvest Festival.

IF YOU GO What: Dallas Harvest Festival When: noon to 5 p.m. Sunday Where: Centered along Main Street, Dallas More info: dallasharvestfestival.com. businesses and the Dallas and Dallas Township municipal buildings.) “Every penny goes to the charity in whose name the vote was cast,” Martin said, adding the top votegetter will receive an additional $1,000 courtesy of Frontier Communications and the Dallas Harvest Festival. Participating charities include the Back Mountain Trail, Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge, Dallas High School MiniThon, which raises money for children with cancer; the Back Mountain Memorial Library and the First Lt. Michael J. Cleary Scholarship Fund. Festival visitors also are invited to bring non-per-

ishable food items to the Friends Feeding Friends tent. Along with food previous collected at Thomas’ Markets and by students at four local schools, it will be taken to the Back Mountain Food Pantry. The festival “gives everybody a sense of community,” Martin said. “It’s a giant street fair. People come to socialize and visit our many vendors and eat some wonderful food.” By the way, if you’re interested in performing in the open-mic competition, the preliminary competition will take place at 6 tonight in the George M. Dallas Masonic Lodge, next to Dallas Hardware on Main Street. Sign-up is Energetic dancers join in the ‘Chicken Dance’ during a previous Dallas Harvest Festival. 5:30 p.m.

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Essential Documents Everyone should Have, a talk by attorney Stacey Acri about documents necessary to protect your family including wills, health care directives and power of attorney. Marian Sutherland Kirby Library, 35 Kirby Ave., Mountain Top. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. 474-9313. Hispanic Film Festival, free screenings of “Made in L.A.” (Wednesday),“Eyes on the Prize — No Easy Walk” (Sept. 25) and “Glory” (Oct. 2). Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business, West Union and North River streets, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. All films shown at 7 p.m. 208-8021. summer Luncheon, with prizes awarded. Hosted by the Irem Women’s Auxiliary and open to the public. Irem Country Club, 397 Country Club Road, Dallas. Thursday at noon. $18. Reservations: 256-3031. Meet, Greet and support, a fundraiser for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic with light fare and piano music by the Naughton Sisters. Baptist Bible College, 538 Venard Road, Clarks Summit. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. $45. 270-4444.

Relive the excitement of the Lattimer Massacre when historian Bill Bachman re-creates the event via an old-time radio broadcast tonight at the Columns Museum in Milford.

Polish National Catholic Church, 269 E. Main St., Plymouth. Noon to 9 p.m. Saturday. 6905411. Car Cruise, to benefit cerebral-palsy victim Cody White. With trophies, raffles, music and food. Austie’s Family Restaurant, 2333 Sans Souci Parkway, Wilkes-Barre. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. 824-7015. Charity Train Ride, on the historic Reading and Northern Company rail line from Duryea to Jim Thorpe. Sunday with a 9 a.m. departure and a 6:45 p.m. return with time to explore Jim Thorpe during the afternoon. $65 benefits the Pittston Memorial Library, Greater Pittston YMCA and the Care and Concern Free Health Clinic. 430-4244. Car show, the 15th annual event, sponsored by the Coal Cracker Cruisers Car Club. Carbondale High School, 101 Brooklyn St. Sunday with gates open at 9 a.m. 876-4034. Music, Motors and More on the Mountain, an open car and motorcycle show sponsored by the Corvette Club along with craft vendors, ethnic foods and music by the Badlees, MiZ, Graces Downfall, k8, Eddie Appnel, Ed Randazzo, Farley and Dustin Drevitch. Toyota Pavilion, 1000 Montage Mountain Road, Scranton. Sunday with car registration at 8 a.m. and event 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. $10 benefits Bridge Youth Services Anti-Bullying Program and the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. Info at ccnepa.com. Pocono Cupcake Challenge, the second annual event with more than 100 varieties of cupcakes along with cupcake decorating, cupcake-eating contests, lawn games, hayrides and beer tastings. Grand Lawn, Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, 100 Shawnee on Delaware Lodge, off River Road, Shawnee on Delaware. Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. 424-4000. Forty Fort Meeting House Tours. Explore the 1807 historic religious edifice with its original box pews and elevated pulpit. 20 River St., Forty Fort. 1 to 3 p.m. Sundays through Sept.

29. $2, $1 children. 287-5214. Denison House Tours of the historic 1790 edifice including the two-story interior and furnishings along with a history of early settler Nathan Denison. 35 Denison St., Forty Fort. 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 22. $5, $3 children. 288-5531. Meeting House Lecture on “Early Travelers, Traders and Residents of Wyoming Valley” with Clark Switzer. Forty Fort Meeting House, 20 River St. 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Free. 287-5214. Going to the Dogs! A gala cocktail fundraiser for the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. Patsel’s Restaurant, Routes 6 and 11, Glenburn. 5 p.m. Sunday. $100. Reservations: 563-2000.

FUTURE EVENTS Fall Film Festival, the 11th annual movie fest showing 19 films in 14 days. Opens Sept. 20 with an Oktoberfest Opening Night Gala at 5:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer and showings of “The Way Way Back” with Steve Carell and Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” Continues through Oct. 4 wrapping up with a Post-Festival Film Discussion 1 p.m. Oct. 4. Films include “20 Feet from Stardom,” “Still Mine,” “Stories We Tell,” “Unfinished Song,” “Before Midnight,” “Museum Hours,” “The Hunt,” “Hannah Arendt,” “Austenland,” “Renoir,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Attack,” “Fruitvale Station,” “A Hyjacking,” “Blackfish,” “The English Teacher” and “Fill the Void.” 9961500 or dietrichtheater.com.

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Take flight at valley Aviation in Forty Fort on saturday to celebrate Airport Day, a fundraiser for Fallen Officers Remembered.

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THIS WEEK: Sept. 13 to 19, 2013 Conference for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, the 7th annual event with the theme “They’re Here … Now What? Navigating Your New Way of Life.” With keynote speaker Family Court Judge Jennifer Rogers, an “Ask the Lawyer” workshop, social-service agencies and remarks by Rabbi Larry Kaplan. Woodlands Inn and Resort, 1073 Route 315, Plains Township. 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. Free for grandparents; $35 for professionals. Reservations: 800-2521512. Drink to Pink, a benefit for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. With drinks, raffle baskets, 50/50 raffles and entertainment by Jackson Vee. Backyard Ale House, 523 Linden St., Scranton. 5:30 to 8:30 tonight. $10. 585-698-7100. The Lattimer Massacre, a re-creation of an old-time radio broadcast about one of the bloodiest labor strikes in U.S. history dramatized by historian William Bachman. Columns Museum, 608 Broad St., Milford. Tonight with a traditional Polish meal served at 6:30 followed by the program. $40. Reservations: 296-8126. End-of-summer Celebration, with drink and food specials and classic folk-rock by Chuck Paul. Knights of Columbus, 55 S. Main St., Pittston. 9 to midnight tonight. 655-8311. Walk for Life, the third annual event sponsored by CareNet of Scranton. With live music, games and activities for children including face painting, balloon animals, sidewalk chalk and a bounce house. Courthouse Square, North Washington Avenue and Linden Street, Scranton. Saturday with registration at 9 a.m. and walk at 10 a.m. $25. 840-5526. Pittston Library Fall Festival, with a flea market, book sale, therapy dogs, balloon figures,“Dig into Being Healthy” program, arts and crafts, food, bake sale, potato-chip-tasting booth, entertainment by All Hands On, face painting and Mother Goose passing out prizes. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 654-9565. Knit and Crochet Group for all ages. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. Light refreshments. 823-0156. Community Fall Fun Festival, with fall foods, guest mascots, music by Bill Hunt and Mike Lewis, pumpkin painting, arts and crafts and games including pumpkin ring toss, hay crawl, duck pond and witch pitch. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 231 State St., Nanticoke. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 735-8531. Airport Day, a fly-in fundraiser for Fallen Officers Remembered. With scenic flights, pork barbecue, K-9 demonstration, vendors, moon bounce, World War II plane rides, food and desserts, Ident-a-Child, static displays, entertainment and more. Valley Aviation, 2001 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 690-6003. Luzerne Fall Pumpkin Festival, the 18th annual street fair with arts and crafts, food vendors, entertainment, children’s games, a Pumpkin Derby, antiques and more. Main Street, Luzerne. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 287-6226. Good shepherd Fall Festival, with homemade ethnic and American foods, holiday stands, basket auction and DJ music. Good Shepherd

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These workplace women have more than a cup of ambition MARY THERESE BIEBEL

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How obnoxious is Mr. Hart? “Oh, he’s terrible. He likes to hit on his employees, and he’s very misogynistic,” said Cate McDonald of Scranton, who plays ofﬁce worker Doralee in “Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5,” which opens this weekend at the Music Box Playhouse in Swoyersville. “He feels there’s no place for women in the workplace.” Unless they’re his playthings? “Exactly,” McDonald said. “(My character has to) climb a ladder to get a ﬁle from the highest shelf and he looks up my skirt. It’s pretty gross.” From sexual harassment to spreading untrue rumors to taking credit for other people’s ideas, Hart commits just about every offense on the “bad-boss” list. “He really deserves his comeuppance,” said Dana Feigenblatt, who is directing the show. “I think anyone who’s had to deal with a terrible boss has dreamed of kidnapping him and taking over the workplace,” said McDonald, explaining that’s just what Doralee and her co-workers

Judy and Violet, played respectively by Ericka Law and Amanda Reese, manage to do. But before they tie him up and suspend him (literally, from the ceiling) the trio engages in some wild fantasies about doing him in. “In the cowgirl fantasy, Doralee comes out with a lasso and hogties him,” Feigenblatt said. “In the Snow White fantasy, he is poisoned with coffee and dies on a desk. We have the ensemble dressed as woodland creatures for that. And, in Judy’s fantasy, she does a seductive dance and leaves him tied up.” When the women abandon fantasies in favor of actual revenge, they put Hart into a harness and leave him dangling over the stage. “This is the second show I’m doing where it happens,” said Bill Lipski of Nanticoke, who plays Hart. “In ‘Les Mis’ I was Javert, another mean person. When I jumped off the bridge, they suspended me in mid-air until the end of the song. “I’m used to it by now.” The show is set in 1979, which meant costumer Jimmy Williams “scoured every Salvation Army for vintage clothes,” McDonald said. Audiences will enjoy the upbeat music, she predict-

Mr. Hart (Bill Lipski) endures the revenge taken by Judy (Amanda Reese), Doralee (Cate McDonald) and Violet (Ericka Law) in ‘Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5.’

ed, as well as the show’s “very woman-power-heavy” aspect, which shows the female characters working together to accomplish their goals — and running the ofﬁce more efﬁciently

when Hart isn’t around. As an added beneﬁt, McDonald said, “I get to do the role with two very dear friends of mine, and we get to put our actual caring into our performance.”

IF YOU GO What: Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 Where: Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville When: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 29 Dinner served 90 minutes before show. Tickets: $16 show, $34 with dinner. Reservations: 283-2195

STAGE THIS WEEK: Sept. 13 to 19, 2013 Willy Wonka, a musical journey through the Chocolate Factory as mild disasters befall a group of children. Performed by Phoenix Kids at the Phoenix Performing Arts Centre, 409-411 Main St., Duryea. Through Sept. 29: 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. $10. 991-1817. Monty Python’s Spamalot, the musical comedy spoofing the Arthurian Legend based on the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” with flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers. Little Theatre, 537

N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. 8 tonight and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. 823-1875. The Mousetrap, the murder mystery by Agatha Christie. Theatre at the Grove, 5177 Nuangola Road, Nuangola. Through Sept. 22: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. $20. Dinner buffet on Sept. 15 at 1:15 p.m. Reservations: 8688212. Nunsense, the musical comedy about a group of wacky nuns in Hoboken that spawned six sequels. Corner Bistro Dinner Theater, 76-78 Main St., Carbondale. 8 tonight and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $20. 282-7499. Ghost of a Chance, a ghostly romantic comedy

The Phoenix Kids will present the musical ‘Willy Wonka,’ open- Courtney Evans and John Baldino star in the comedy ‘Nunsense’ ing tonight and continuing through Sept. 29 at the Phoenix playing tonight through Sunday at the Corner Bistro Theater in Carbondale. Performing Arts Centre in Duryea.

about the spirit of a woman’s first husband interfering in her imminent second marriage. Performed

by Actors Circle at the Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton. Opens Thursday with a

Preview Performance at 8 Sundays. $12, $10 seniors, p.m. ($8). Continues through $8 students. 342-9707. Sept. 29: 8 p.m. Thursdays See STAGE | 7 through Saturdays; 2 p.m.

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EVENTS From page 5 Watch Fire Ceremony, in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day with guest speakers former Korean War prisoner of war Fred Searles and Debra Kay Anderson, the daughter of an Air Force pilot who is missing in action from the Vietnam War. With music, prayer, representatives from veterans organizations and other activities on the future site of a POW/MIA Veterans Memorial at 340 Carverton Road, Trucksville. Sept. 20 with ceremony at 6 p.m. and fire lighted at dusk and continuing to burn until dawn. 817-3375. Farm to Table Dinner, the third annual fundraiser with locally grown foods prepared by Epicurean Delight, seasonal cocktails, beer and wine along with music and dancing. On the grounds of the Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St., Scranton. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20. $100. Reservations: 346-7186. Bloomsburg Fair, the annual agricultural event with more than 1400 animals, amusement rides, carnival midway, Big Cat Encounter,

Sky Ride, helicopter rides, concerts, monster truck show, truck and tractor pulls, demolition derby, harness racing, fireworks, Cinderella carriage rides and more. Fairgrounds, 620 W. Third St., Bloomsburg. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 21 to 28. 387-4145 or bloomsburgfair.com. Harvest Festival, the third annual event with animal presenters, arts and crafts, hands-on activities, conservation exhibits, live music, local food, old-time activities and more. Pocono Environmental Education Center, 538 Emery Road, Dingmans Ferry. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21. $5 per carload. 828-2319. PRCA Rodeo and Chili CookOff, professional competition in PRCA-sanctioned events including saddle and bareback bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, cowgirls barrel racing and bull dogging along with country music, line dancing, craft and food vendors and the 5th annual Chili Cook-Off. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Shawnee Mountain Ski Area,

61-64 Hollow Road, Shawnee on Delaware. 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 21 and 22 with rodeo at 2 p.m. $15 advance; $18 at the gate. 421-7231. Cancer Survivors Celebration, the 21st annual event with inspirational messages, a survivors banner and light refreshments. At both Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre (noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 21) and McDade Park in Scranton (10 a.m. to noon Sept. 28). 800424-6724 or cancernepa.org. ColorFall Fest. Play in a ColorFIGHT game (for age 4 and under), a ColorCOURSE obstacle course (age 5 to adult) or Frisbee golf (for all ages). Bring goggles and wear old clothing (which may get stained). Shadowbrook Inn, 201 Resort Lane, Tunkhannock. 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 22. $10 benefits the Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger. 800-322-5437. Swetland Homestead Tours, with a talk on “Knitting During the Civil War.” 885 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 22. $4, $2 children.

Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, West South Street at South River Street, Wilkes-Barre. 8 p.m. Sept. 26 to 28; 2 p.m. Sept. 29. 408-4540. The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare’s drama about a Jewish moneylender in Venice who demands “a pound of flesh” when the borrower cannot pay back the debt. Performed by the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center St., Bloomsburg. Oct. 3 to 20: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. $12 on Oct. 3-4 previews; $26, $21 seniors, $12 students. 784-8181. Almost, Maine, John Cariani’s comedy about the residents of a small town in northern Maine who fall in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Performed by the King’s College Theatre Department at the George P. Maffei II Theatre, Administration Building, 131

N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 4; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5; 2 p.m. Oct. 6. $12; $7 students and seniors. 208-5825. The Hungry Hungry Games, a stage parody of “The Hunger Games,” the best-selling book and blockbuster film with spoofs of favorite scenes and characters. F.M. Kirby Center, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. 8 p.m. Oct. 4. $30, $20. 826-1100. Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky’s opera about the fateful romance between lovestruck Tatiana and imperious Onegin with a powerful snowstorm providing the dramatic finale. A high-definition screening live from the Metropolitan Opera. Movies 14, 24 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre and Cinemark 20, 40 Glenmaura National Blvd., Moosic. 12:55 p.m. Oct. 5. $22, $20 seniors, $15 students. 825-4444 or 9615943 or fathomevents.com.

822-1727. Community Sukkot Celebration, with festival foods, jungle bounce house, face painting, music, arts and crafts, games and magic show. Hamilton Park, Kingston. 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 22. Free. Sponsored by the Jewish Community Center. 970-2480. Meeting House Lecture on “Wyoming Valley’s First Jews: The German Connection” with historian Sheldon Spear. Forty Fort Meeting House, 20 River St. 3:30 p.m. Sept. 22. Free. 287-5214. Searching My Maternal Irish Roots: Finding the Needles in the Haystack, a talk by Joe Grandinetti on his family-tree research.

Sponsored by the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. Room 104, William G. McGowan Building, West Union and North River streets, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. 7 p.m. Sept. 24. Free and open to the public. 610-298-8417. Removing Computer Viruses, with Jim Luft of Iron-Tech Computer and Network Services. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Free. Registration: 654-9847. Five Great Films, Five Great Genres, a film-and-discussion series exploring “Airplane!” “On Golden Pond,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “High Noon.” Sponsored by Penn State Wilkes-Barre at Movies

14, 24 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre. Thursdays at 7 p.m. from Sept. 26 to Oct. 24. Registration information at wb.psu.edu/ce or 675-9253. AACA Car Cruise, sponsored by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional AACA Car Club. Anything with wheels is welcome to participate. Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. Sept. 27, 6 to 10 with awards at 9. Free. Black, White and a Touch of Pink Gala, a fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Northeast Pennsylvania. With cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and dance music by What’s All the Hoopla. Woodlands Inn and Resort, 1073 Route 315, Plains Township. 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 27. $75. Tickets: 820-1670.

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FUTURE The Jungle Book Kids, a musical with Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and the gang thwarting the ferocious tiger Shere Khan. Performed by children ages 4 to 10 at KISS (Kids Innovating Stage and Sound) Theatre Company, Wyoming Valley Mall, WilkesBarre Township. Sept. 20 to 29: 7 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. 829-1901. Cirque Musica, an arena spectacular with top international circus acts performing to music performed by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township. 7 p.m. Sept. 22. 800-7453000 or ticketmaster.com. The Curious Savage, a comedy about a wealthy widow that questions conventional definitions of sanity while lampooning celebrity culture. Performed by the Wilkes University Theatre at the Dorothy

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Wish fulfillment — served with a baseball bat

ROGER MOORE

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Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones revisit some blasts from their pasts in “The Family,” a violent action comedy about a mob family in France thanks to the witness protection program. De Niro does a little “Analyze This” as Giovanni Manzoni, who ratted out his mob pals back in Brooklyn and now has a $20 million price on his head. He is, he narrates, “a nice guy” who just has to control “my sadistic urges” better. He’s prone to beating people senseless or to death over things like poor service, “disrespect” and the like. And he’s in France. Funny. Pfeiffer tones down her “Married to the Mob” turn as Maggie, the longsuffering wife, moving to yet another town where these people — “The Blakes,” they’re called this time — need to fit in. But her encounters with rude French salesclerks bring out the practicing pyromaniac in her. Their kids — Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo) — have another high school to reconnoiter, master and have their way with. And Jones is a mildermannered version of his U.S. marshal characters as a government agent who tries to keep these four alive and keep the incidents with the locals to a minimum. As the Blakes set up shop in small-town Normandy, Gio, or “Fred,” decides he’ll write his memoirs. His cover story now is that he’s “a writer.” Silly Fred — he says he’s doing a D-Day book when he doesn’t know a thing about the subject. (“It’s about the Marines on D-Day.” Every Frenchman in Normandy knows there were no

Marines there.) Maggie finds a charming, ancient church and curdles the blood of the local priest with her confession (which we don’t hear). Warren, 14, is bullied but born to work the angles until he’s had his revenge. And Belle is a streetwise bombshell who sets her sights on a student teacher as her firstever sexual conquest. Gio narrates as he types up his book, detailing his family history, papering over his sadistic impulses even as he sets out to find out why their old house has brown water coming out of the tap. Everybody speaks English, which helps the kids and their “fuggedaboutit” parents adjust. Except they don’t. The movie also lacks much in the way of “Frenchness,” which is a pity. And even though the cast is first rate, “The Family” tends to lurch between laughs, with the most reliable humor coming from the Blakes’ overthe-top violence as a way of solving every problem. De Niro is the funniest he’s been since the “Analyze” series, and one scene — he’s invited to be a guest speaker at a film society — manages huge laughs based on his past filmography. Director Luc Besson established his action cred decades ago with “La Femme Nikita” and “The Professional,” and he wrote and produced “The Transporter” and “Taken” movies. But nobody ever accused Monsieur Luc of having any flair for comedy. The backhanded slaps at French snootiness, softness and overrated cuisine, and his idea of this sort of mob folk — adept at violence and quick to use it — aren’t particularly funny. Whatever the source material (Tonino Benacquista’s novel

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John D’Leo, Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dianna Agron are ‘The Family,’ not so much nuclear as prone to go nuclear.

“Malavita”), this feels inspired by Netflix’s “Lilyhammer,” about a mobster hiding out in Norway. Besson & Co. should have learned from that series that the fish out of water/culture clash stuff is where the fun comes from. The violence is rare, for shock value. Here, the mayhem is personal, plentiful and graphic enough to make

you wince. Just a bit. The beat-downs are funny enough in their excess, but nobody in this film “gets what he deserves.” And none of the bystanders in the film’s quitehigh body count earn their fate. Besson aims his movie at anyone who’s ever held a grudge at an illmannered French waiter or clerk (haughty, and by

the way, they would never condescend to speak to you in English). If you like your wish fulfillment

payback served with a baseball bat, “The Family” is the French travelogue for you.

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ing, and there’s a harrowing use of grenades. But at the heart of the movie is Scott whose innocence — or guilt — drives the action. After spending time with Scott, Bogart falls in love, and after one of her sultry singing sessions, charmingly calls her “Cinderella with a husky voice.” But can she be trusted? Scott was often compared to Bogie’s wife Lauren Bacall, but she exudes ‘Dead Reckoning’ represents some of a darker sense of menace than Mrs. Bogart ever did. While Scott also can Lizabeth Scott’s finest film work. seem classy, she has the air of a scrappy survivor about her. “Dead Reckoning” ensnares Coral Chandler (Scott), a for- is among the best work she ever did. mer chanteuse at Carnovksy’s casino who was once Johnny’s sweetheart. Amy Longsdorf writes about DVD and Blu-Ray Corpses turn up, Bogie takes a beat- releases with local connections.

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‘Spectacular Now’ is touching and tugging MICHAEL SRAGOW

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“The Spectacular Now” is zesty, funny, sad, and wise beyond its characters’ years. It offers the most complex and moving portraits of high-school seniors since the ﬁnal season of TV’s “Friday Night Lights.” The dramatic form is commonplace. The direction, content and performances are wonderful. The movie tracks an end-of-school romance between a cool guy named Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) and a shy girl named Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley), with surprises that make it distinctive right from the beginning. Sutter has won friends and girlfriends as “the life of the party,” whether the party is a class-wide bash or a group of three or four. But there’s something off in his psyche. He lets a prized relationship with the warm, beautiful Cassidy (Brie Larsen) derail because of a ridiculous misunderstanding. He avoids confrontation because he over-prizes good feeling. He’s also addicted to booze. Aimee, for her part, isn’t merely a “nice” girl. She takes up the household slack for her widowed mother and sullen younger brother (an older sister has moved away) while harboring dreams of going to college in distant Philadelphia. (The original book was set in Oklahoma; the movie was ﬁlmed in Athens, Ga. One of the movie’s many small triumphs is its ability to evoke a persuasive provincial atmosphere, even if the setting is really Anywhere, U.S.A.) Sutter and Aimee are far more entertaining and intriguing than perfectly matched opposites. “The Spectacular Now” is a comedy-drama about the ecstasies and risks of imperfect young love. Sutter offers Aimee something she never knew she needed — intimate attention that leads to self-awareness. He also coaxes Aimee into drinking and loosening up, then real-

Can a cool guy named Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) and a shy girl named Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley) sustain their unlikely romance?

IF YOU GO What: “The Spectacular Now” ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Starring: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larsen, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh Directed by: James Ponsoldt Rated: R for alcohol use, language and some sexuality — all involving teens Running time: 95 minutes izes that his brand of breeziness is bad for her. Aimee, in turn, sees the core of substance beneath Sutter’s amiability. She goads Sutter into confronting his mom (Jennifer Jason Leigh) about family secrets — and demanding that she tell him the truth about the husband and father she allegedly threw out of their house. Whether Sutter can handle the truth remains an open question. What makes the movie

casually profound is how the characters grow to embody conﬂicting principles as well as clashing types. Aimee turns out to be a master planner; Sutter gloriﬁes “living in the moment.” He doesn’t realize that he’s always shading the moment into something positive by lubricating it with alcohol or generating good vibes at the expense of deeper feelings. These days, it’s daring for a movie to question how “spectacular” a “now” can be if you haven’t made a solid life for yourself. The way director James Ponsoldt and his screenwriters shape Tim Tharp’s novel, the transition from adolescence to young adulthood becomes a series of hurdles that the characters sometimes clear and sometimes topple. Yet there’s nothing melodramatic about the victories and setbacks. They’re all part of the daily show. It’s perfect that Sutter and Aimee meet when he passes out drunk on her lawn after

Brie breaks up with him. She takes him on her earlymorning newspaper route. (It’s really her Mom’s route, but Aimee covers for her and gets a pittance for it.) Aimee learns that Sutter can make almost anything fun. The question is, can he also make anything last? Ponsoldt follows Sutter and Aimee as closely and ﬂuidly as a desirable third wheel. He knows just when to let the outer world intrude on them at a keg party or a prom and when to home in on them tenderly, notably in a sexual initiation of unsurpassed sensitivity. Ponsoldt’s gift with actors can’t be separated from his skill as a portraitist. The parallel between Chandler framed in a saloon window and Woodley in a bus station’s glass storefront resonate in your heart and mind long after the movie fades to black. For once, an ambiguous ending is perfect. ‘The Spectacular Now,’ based on Tim Tharp’s novel, is a comingof-age romance for the ages.

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PG for mild WORLD’S END — In the latest work of language. ♦ ♦ THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS — CITY OF brilliant inanity from Edgar Wright, Simon BONES — The story is so convoluted it’s likely PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS — To Pegg takes this whole reluctant-savior-ofonly a fan of the original Cassandra Clare restore their dying safe haven, the son of humanity thing to a new plane. Twenty years novels can fully comprehend it. It centers Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest after high school, Pegg’s scruffy, unshaven, on Clary (Lily Collins), a young woman who to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical never-gonna-grow-up, substance-abusing believes her biggest problem is listening to Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient Gary can’t hold down a job. His idea of a a friend’s bad poetry. That changes when evil from rising. 106 mins. PG for fantasy relationship is a quick tryst in the loo of a demons invade her home, trash the place and action violence, scary images and mild pub. This is a guy who’s gonna save us — or kidnap her mother all in an effort to recover language. ♦ ♦ 1/2 at least, parts of suburban England — from a magic cup. 130 mins. PG-13 for action. ♦ ♦ an alien invasion? Lord help us. 109 mins. PLANES — In the worst of the animated 1/2 R for pervasive language including sexual blockbusters to come our way this summer, references. ♦ ♦ ♦ ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US — Fans will a crop duster named Dusty longs to be more love this because the lads are predictably “than just what I was built for.” He longs to get YOU’RE NEXT — The first 10 minutes of this cute, funny and charming, and there’s not a into the round-the-world race and win fame horror will feel familiar to fans of the genre. drama queen in the bunch. And that’s part and glory. 90 mins. PG for some mild action Moments after a couple have sex in an of the problem. The Justin Bieber movie had and rude humor. ♦ 1/2 isolated location, they’re brutally murdered. the YouTube phenom’s voice breaking down Don’t give up on the movie. Through the RIDDICK — Also known as “The Sequel before a big show. The Katy Perry film had Nobody Wanted,” this gets off to a surprisingly smart writing of Simon Barrett, the film her marriage breaking down in the heat of slowly changes into a horror thriller that strong start. The eponymous anti-hero (Vin the tour. Director Morgan Spurlock has no Diesel), an intergalactic outlaw who can see in will have you questioning who is evil and conflict whatsoever to drive a plot for this who is good. 96 mins. R for gore, violence, the dark, is stranded on a desert planet with tour souvenir. We’re left to be entertained by language, nudity. ♦ ♦ ♦ no weapons or supplies, seriously wounded

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BLUE JASMINE — Cate Blanchett storms her way through the title role of Woody Allen’s pastiche-y melodrama, about a fallen socialite seeking refuge in her sister’s San Francisco flat. Lifted in chunks from “A Streetcar Named Desire,” and offering wincing blue-collar-type caricatures, the film is nonetheless a wonder. 98 mins. PG-13 for adult themes. ♦ ♦ ♦ CLOSED CIRCUIT — This is finely acted but unnecessarily complicated thanks to a quirky criminal justice system in England. So, in addition to the wigs and formal robes in brief courtroom scenes, we get a barrister plus a Special Advocate representing an accused terrorist and some arcane rules about secret evidence. The possibility of danger and double-crossers lurks around every corner, and John Crowley frames his subjects so we feel as though we are secretly observing them or we can sense their alarm when events prove too coincidental. The stakes are high and so is the body count. 96 mins. R for language and brief violence. ♦ ♦ 1/2 THE CONJURING — Because this was 1971, and the world, much less Rhode Island’s Perron family, had not seen “The Exorcist” and the generations of ultra-realistic horror movies and “Ghost Hunters” TV shows that followed, they didn’t heed the dog’s warnings. This is like a prequel to 40 years of demonicpossession thrillers. 112 mins. R for disturbing violence and terror. ♦ ♦ 1/2 DESPICABLE ME 2 — Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal. 98 mins. PG for rude humor and mild action. ♦ ♦ 1/2 ELYSIUM — A space station in the sky is an enormous wheel, on the rim of which wealthy residents, having left the polluted Earth, inhabit pristine homes and are eternally healthy. Meanwhile, Los Angeles in 2154 is grimy, gritty and poor, with minimal medical care. Children look to the sky, dreaming of Elysium. Neill Blomkamp is making obvious statements about immigration and universal health care. 109 minutes. R for bloody violence and language throughout. ♦ ♦ ♦ THE GETAWAY — Ethan Hawke plays a veteran auto racer named Brent Magna. And that’s really all you need to know. This high-speed, high-impact car-chase caper is creatively running on fumes and four flat tires. 90 mins. PG-13 for intense action, violence and mayhem, some rude gestures and language. Zero stars GROWN-UPS 2 — After having the time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow up with his gang of childhood friends and their children. But sometimes crazy follows you. 102 mins. PG-13 for crude and suggestive content, language and male rear nudity. ♦ ♦ LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER — “You hear nothing. You see nothing. You only serve.” Such are the instructions Cecil Gaines receives as he embarks on his daunting new job at the Eisenhower White House. But of course Gaines, played by Forest Whitaker in a moving, grounded performance, hears and sees everything. And that means that over more than three decades on the job, he has a Forrest Gump-like view not only of the White House under seven presidents but of the long arc of the civil-rights struggle in 20th-century America. 132 mins. PG-13 for violence and

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Fall films: Move over,superheroes,shoot-’em-ups and sequels

RENE RODRIGUEZ The Miami Herald

Just as summer-movie burnout settles in, along come the films of fall to give us something to talk about other than special effects and action setpieces and how on Earth can Batman possibly fight Superman. Sure, there will still be plenty of would-be blockbusters, including another Thor movie and the second installment in the Hunger Games franchise. But there are also new movies from Paul Greengrass, Ridley Scott, Martin Scorsese, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron and Steve McQueen, along with several adaptations of popular novels and celebrated smaller pictures that have earned praise on the festival circuit. Here are some movies coming our way between now and Thanksgiving: SEPT. 20: “Battle of the Year 3D”: So you think you can dance? Josh Peck plays a basketball coach recruited by an American team to help them win the annual dance crew world championship held in France. “C.O.G.”: This adaptation of David Sedaris’ essay stars Jonathan (“Glee”) Groff as an arrogant East Coast intellectual who moves to Oregon and becomes an apple picker. “Prisoners”: The Oscar buzz has begun for director Denis (“Incendies”) Villeneuve’s thriller about the increasingly desperate father (Hugh Jackman) of an abducted girl and the detective (Jake Gyllenhaal) scrambling to find her. SEPT. 27: “Baggage Claim”: Intent on getting engaged before her younger sister’s wedding, a flight attendant (Paula Patton) gives herself a month to find her perfect man. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”: Bill Hader returns as the voice of the hapless inventor who came up with a machine that made food rain down from the sky. “Don Jon”: Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote, directed and stars in this comedy

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Start your engines: Chris Hemsworth stars as Englishman James Hunt in ‘Rush,’ Ron Howard’s big-screen re-creation of the 1970s Grand Prix rivalry between Hunt and Niki Lauda. The film opens Sept. 27.

about a promiscuous onlineporn addict who falls for an innocent woman (Scarlett Johansson) weaned on happily-ever-after Hollywood romances and fairy tales. “Enough Said”: Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars for writer-director Nicole Holofcener as a divorced single mom who realizes the man (James Gandolﬁni) she has started to fall for is the ex-husband of her new best friend (Catherine Keener). “Metallica Through the Never”: Shot in IMAX 3-D, this thriller centers on a Metallica roadie (Dane DeHaan) who is sent on an increasingly surreal mission during one of the band’s concerts. “Rush”: Ron Howard directs this no-nonsense, R-rated look at the legendary rivalry between Grand Prix

drivers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) during the 1970s, on and off the race track. OCT. 4: “Concussion”: After getting conked on the head by her son’s baseball, a married lesbian housewife (Robin Weigert) suffers a mid-life crisis, breaks free from domestic life and becomes a high-end escort. No, I am not making this up. “Gravity”: The word on director Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-ﬁ thriller about two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) sent ﬂoating through space after an accident is that the movie is good enough to stand alongside “2001: A Space Odyssey.” “Runner Runner”: A broke grad student (Justin

Timberlake) travels to Costa Rica to confront the online gambling tycoon (Ben Affleck) who may have conned him out of his money. OCT. 11: “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane”: Amber Heard stars as one of the teenagers having a party at a remote farm who start getting picked off one by one. “Captain Phillips”: Paul “Shakycam” Greengrass directs this fact-based thriller about the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship by Somali pirates. Tom Hanks stars as the captain trying to keep his cool under great duress. “Escape from Tomorrow”: Randy Moore’s already-legendary thriller, shot at Walt Disney World without permission, follows a husband and father who learns he has been fired during the final day of a family vacation at the Magic Kingdom. “Machete Kills”: Mel Gibson, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas and Sofia Vergara join the selfconscious B-movie fun in the second installment of writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s campy action series. “Romeo & Juliet”: Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Douglas Booth play the star-crossed lovers in screenwriter Julian (“Downton Abbey”)

Fellowes’ adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most obscure, least-filmed plays. OCT. 18: “12 Years a Slave”: “Shame” director Steve McQueen returns with another artful provocation, this one based on the true story of a free black man from upstate New York in the pre-Civil War era who was abducted and sold into slavery. “Carrie”: Chloe Grace Moretz takes over for Sissy Spacek as the bullied teen with telekinetic powers in this “reimagining” (a.k.a. “Don’t Call It a Remake!”) of the Stephen King novel. “The Fifth Estate”: Bill Condon gets back to real movies with this drama about the price WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg paid after they posted classified documents online. OCT. 25: “The Counselor”: Revered novelist Cormac McCarthy makes his screenwriting debut with this thriller about a lawyer (Michael Fassbender) who dabbles in the drug trade and quickly finds out you can’t just “dabble” in the drug trade. “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa”: Johnny Knoxville stars as an 86-year-old grandfather who takes his 8-year-old grandson on a cross-country trip, stopping at every inappropriate spot possible. NOV. 1: “Ender’s Game”: Filmmaker Gavin Hood adapts Orson Scott Card’s popular sci-fi novel about an unusually gifted boy (Asa Butterfield) drafted into military school by two officers who are helping defend Earth against an alien invasion. “Last Vegas”: Four lifelong sixtysomething friends (Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline) head to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. You know, like “The Hangover” but with the cast of “Cocoon.” NOV. 8: “Dallas Buyers Club”: Matthew McConaughey is already expected to land a Best Actor Oscar nomina-

tion for his performance as the cowboy Ron Woodroof, who learned he had AIDS in 1985 and was given 30 days to live. “Thor: The Dark World”: Alan Taylor makes his feature-film debut with this second movie about the adventures of the hammerwielding God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth). Natalie Portman, Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins all return. NOV. 15: “The Best Man Holiday”: Old flames, ancient rivalries and buried hatchets all rise to the surface when a group of friends reunites over the Christmas holiday for the first time in 15 years in this sequel to 1999’s “The Best Man.” “The Book Thief”: In World War II Germany, a little girl escapes the horrors of the real world by stealing books and sharing them with other people. “Kill Your Darlings”: The young Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe,) Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) and William Burroughs (Ben Foster) were brought together in 1944 after implication in a murder by a classmate (Dane DeHaan). “The Wolf of Wall Street”: Leonardo DiCaprio teams up with Martin Scorsese for the fifth time for this adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s memoir about his meteoric rise and inevitable fall as a corrupt stockbroker. NOV. 22: “Delivery Man”: Vince Vaughn plays the underachiever who discovers his donations at sperm banks over a 20-year period made him the father of 533 children, many of whom suddenly want to meet him. “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”: After winning the 74th Hunger Games competition, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) go on a victory tour that inadvertently sparks a rebellion. “Nebraska”: Alexander Payne gets out of his comfort zone in using black-andwhite film to tell the story of a cranky old drunk (Bruce Dern) who goes on a road trip with his reluctant son (Will Forte) to claim a magazine sweepstakes prize.

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THIS WEEK: Sept. 13 to 19, 2013 Theme Show Invitational Art Exhibit, the 16th annual event with 21 artists exhibiting six to 12 pieces showcasing a chosen subject, media and style. Artists include Sue Hand, Joyce Culver, Rita Eddy, Renee Giunta, Janice Hewett, Sharyn Johnson, Marcie Jones, Pam Laity, Rosemary Luksha and more. Sue Hand’s Imagery, 35 Main St., Dallas. 3 to 8 p.m. today; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 675-5094. Jessup Art Loop, the monthly Second Saturday Art Walk with exhibits, music and refreshments at 16 venues in downtown Jessup. Details at jessupartloop.info. Crayons & Care II, artwork by the children of Litewska Hospital in Warsaw, Poland, with all sale proceeds donated to the hospital’s children’s art program. Opens Saturday with a reception 6 to 8 p.m. followed by a children’s story hour 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College, 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke. Through Oct. 17: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. 740-0732. Hexagon Project VII: Our Reality, Our Hope, Our Change, visual art in all media by students age 9 to 18 from around the world demonstrating interdependence and issues-based global activism. With a student reception at the Connell Gallery, 125 N. Washington Ave., Scranton. 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Also showing at The Library Express, Steamtown Mall, 300 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Through Sept. 30: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at the Connell Gallery; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays at The Library Express. 877-1653 or 558-1670.

ONGOING EXHIBITS Art Exhibit, oil paintings by Thomas Stapleton, ceramics by Barbara Shaffer and photography by Charles Shaffer. Marquis Art and Frame, 122 S. Main St., WilkesBarre. Through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 823-0518. Nature and Pet Portraits, drawings, paintings and photographs by Diane Grant Czajkowski. Citizens Bank, 196 S. Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Through Sept. 25: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. 829-2468. Art of Maria Ansilio, including animal and bird subjects in colored pencil and watercolors. Citizens Bank, 983 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort. Through Sept. 26: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 675-5094. Seventy Years of Painting, landscape paintings by Carol Oldenburg and Earl Lehman. Artists for Art Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Through Sept. 28: noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. 969-1040. Gates to Infinity, paintings by Colombian artist Pilar Jimenez consisting of parallel planes with textures and colors “that ruffle the canvas.” Artists for Art Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Through Sept. 28: noon to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays. 969-1040. Back Roads and Backyards, paintings and photography of local scenery and Monroe County landmarks by three generations of the Eckley family: Pat, Tara and Ava. Monroe County Environmental Education Center, 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg. Through Sept. 30: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. most Saturdays. 629-3061.

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The works of artist Brad Earl are on display at Marquis Art and Frame in Scranton through Oct. 1.

Ani Art Academies and modern master Anthony J. Waichulis. Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Insalaco Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. Through Oct. 31: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. 674-6250. Wildlife Art, scenes from the great outdoors in oils and acrylics by Noxen artist Charles J. Kovalick. Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Through Nov. 15: open during movie screenings. 996-1500. Luzerne County in the Civil War. Luzerne County Historical Society Museum, 69 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Through Dec. 21: noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. 823-6244. Sidewalk Surfing: The Art & Culture of Skateboarding, a multi-disciplinary exhibit on the historical roots of skateboarding including artifacts and artwork on the cultural importance of the sport. Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St., Scranton. Through Dec. 30: noon to 4 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. 346-7186. Exceptional Art — Exceptional Artists, works by artists from Verve Vertu Center of the Deutsch Institute. SpeechLanguage Pathology Department,

Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. On display through April 2014: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. 674-8255. ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Entries, for the 24th annual Apple ‘n Cheese Fine Art and Photography Show on Oct. 5 and 6 in East Canton with $2000 in cash prizes. Open to amateurs and professionals with categories for adults, teens and children. Deadline: Sept. 14. Applications available at paapplecheese.com or 673-3137. Call for Entries, for the ninth annual Glenburn Township Art Show and Sale. All twodimensional media considered. Deliver by Sept. 26 for Sept. 29 opening. Call 954-1489 for entry form and details. Call for Entries, for the annual Fall Art Expo Oct. 12 and 13 at the Forksville Fairgrounds in Sullivan County offering $1200 in cash prizes. Pieces accepted through Sept. 30. 928-8927. Information and applications at http:// sullivanarts.org. World War II Combat Veterans are invited to have a free portrait taken by local photographer Steve Lewis, who is seeking to capture the spirit of veterans for a future exhibit. Information at 592-2938.

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BIG THINGS, little people, works by artist and architect Brad Earl along with new paintings by Nina Davidowitz. Marquis Art and Frame, 515 Center St., Scranton. Through Oct. 1: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. 344-3313. Quilt On, an exhibit of new works by Sabine Thomas depicting “The Airing of the Quilts” event in Tunkhannock. Something Special, 23 W. Walnut St., Kingston. Through Oct. 4: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. 288-8386. Words as Images, works by six artists who use text to express visual images and ideas including Christina Galbiati of Hazleton. Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Center Valley. Through Oct. 11: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. 610-285-5000. The Art of Balliet, 40 compositions by realism artist Justin Balliet in charcoal, graphite and oils. Sordoni Art Gallery, Stark Learning Center, 150 S. River St., Wilkes University, WilkesBarre. Through Oct. 20: noon to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. 408-4325. Capturing Realism, the biennial ‘Crayons & Care II,’ colorful artwork by children of Litewska Hospital in Warsaw, exhibit of works by instructors, Poland, opens Saturday evening at Luzerne County Community College in alumni and apprentices from the nationally renowned studios of the Nanticoke.

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David Hyde Pierce’s post-‘Frasier’ career Q. Recently viewing “Frasier” reruns, I wondered what happened to David Hyde Pierce, who played Frasier’s brother. To me, he played more than a supporting role. In many episodes he was major. A. Well, Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane, but he certainly had a lot of comedic help from regulars John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin — and David Hyde Pierce, as well as an array of guest stars. But Pierce has hardly disappeared since the series ended in 2004. While there have been a few screen appearances, including in the film “The Perfect Host,” he has been especially active in theater. In 2007, he won a Tony Award for best actor in a musical for his work in “Curtains.” In 2010, he received the Tonys’ Isabelle Stevenson Award, given to “an individual from the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations, regardless of whether such organizations relate to the theatre.” Pierce has been active and outspoken about the battle against Alzheimer’s disease, which his father had. In 2012, Pierce directed the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which put Oscar Wilde’s play through a “Guys and Dolls”-like filter. He has been appearing in Christopher Durang’s play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” and received a best actor in a play Tony nomination for it. Do you have a question or comment for the mailbag? Write to me at rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com or by regular mail to the Akron Beacon Journal, 44 E. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44309.

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social person — or at least a person who enjoys a balance of social time and private time — today exaggerates your need to be alone. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your memory isn’t bad, but you’re always astounded by those who seem to remember every detail from long ago. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You do realize that striving for excellence is not going to make you popular. As a rule, high achievement makes people nervous. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What passes for fun for others doesn’t meet your criteria. Don’t join in as if it’s the only game in town. Be proactive. Remind yourself of who you really are. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t

like to feel purposeless. Before you show up, you like to know why it’s important that you do. Your awareness of the stakes in a situation helps you relax. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Every once in a while you’d like to indulge your need to be edgy and even a bit weird without the burden of having to explain yourself. The fine arts will provide just the forum. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 13). You can’t perfect the art of being happy, because perfection is the enemy of happiness. This year you’re more likely to fall clumsily into happiness, court it awkwardly and dance with it daily. You’ll luck into money in October and December. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 33, 28, 24 and 39.

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Dear Abby: Now that California law prohibits drivers from using cellphones and texting while driving, an additional issue needs to be addressed and acted upon. Bicyclists are supposed to abide by the vehicle codes, too, but they rarely do — and that includes not wearing protective gear. I’m now seeing people on bikes texting, talking while

DEAR ABBY ADVICE riding and routinely ignoring stop signs. Disappointingly, I have never seen a single rider pulled over or ticketed for doing this. How many lives must be destroyed or lost before the police start enforcing penalties for the danger these people cause to others? — Caring Reader, Sacramento, Calif.

Dear Caring Reader: You’re asking something I have been asking myself for some time. I understand that teenagers may think they’re immortal as they whiz along the streets, but the adults I see weaving in and out and ignoring stop signs are old enough to know better. Many cities promote bicycling as a way to mitigate traffic congestion and encourage a healthier, more active lifestyle. Police may ignore the infractions because they have more serious crimes to attend to. Or perhaps they have been in-

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Safe cycling practices get short shrift from many bike riders To My Jewish Readers: Tonight at sundown, Yom Kippur, our Day of Atonement begins. For observant Jewish people, this is a time to fast, to reflect, to pray and formally repent for any sins that might have been committed during the previous Hebrew year. To all of you, may your fast be an easy one. To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send a business-sized, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $3.95 ($4.50 in Canada) to: Dear Abby’s “Keepers,” P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Postage is included.)

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Bethenny Frankel talks about her new show,sex and more MINNEAPOLIS — She’s no Honey Boo Boo, but Bethenny Frankel often finds herself in a love/hate relationship with her viewers. Edgy, loudmouthed and inappropriate at times, Frankel has become one of show business’ more polarizing high-heeled figures. And her new talk show, “Bethenny,” just started Monday. The reality-star-turnedbusiness-mogul left an impression as a cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York City” from 2008 to 2010. She was rewarded with her own show, this one chronicling her marriage and the birth of a daughter. Multiple New York Times bestsellers later and the estimated $100 million sale of her Skinnygirl Cocktails brand to Jim Beam, it’s clear that Frankel is on a roll. Grounded by a difficult childhood and an impending divorce, Frankel says she has the empathy it takes to be daytime’s newest talk-show host. “I’m going to talk to

women openly and candidly about real issues,” she said. “Anything goes.” Recently, Frankel was in Minneapolis, where she received a queen’s welcome from her overzealous fans on the rooftop of downtown restaurant Union. Between hugs, Frankel talked candidly about her stardom, divorce and being sexy. On being both loved and hated: “I say what’s on my mind. Not everyone has to love me. … Some people do love me. It doesn’t really matter; it’s about being honest. A lot of times you hear things you don’t want to hear and they upset you, but maybe they’re true or maybe they make you feel differently. The show (will) be thoughtprovoking and spark a conversation. If I try to play it safe, we’re not going to get anywhere. And if you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody.” Many of the “Real Housewives” have had ﬂeeting fame, but you’ve created a business empire. What makes you special? “You know how

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