The Guide 04-15-2011

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The Commissioners of Plains Township announce a Clutter Clean Up for the residents of Plains Township to take place during the month of May. Clutter Clean Up will be as follows: If your garbage pick up is Monday, your clutter clean up is May 2- 5.

If your garbage pick up is Tuesday, your clutter clean up is May 9 - 12.

If your garbage pick up is Wednesday, your clutter clean up is May 16 -19.

If your garbage pick up is Thursday, your clutter clean up is May 23 - 26.

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Eight (8) items are permitted. Each item must have a sticker. The first four (4) items are free, the other four (4) items are $5.00 each. A list of permitted items is on display at the Municipal Office. Township registration and stickers are available and can be obtained at the Municipal Office, 126 North Main St. from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesdays the municipal office is open 8:00A.M. to 6:30 P.M.

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If you’d like to meet some red worms up close and personal - and maybe even take one home to release in your garden you can attend a workshop at Jim Thorpe’s Earth Day festivities.

By MARY THERESE BIEBEL mbiebel@timesleader.com

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Stephen Radicchi , Montdale, and Jacob Falls, Shavertown, look over a salamander found by naturalist Rick Koval at The Lands at Hillside Farms. You can learn about animals during all sorts of Earth Day activities.

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Organizers of regional Earth Day activities offer the following suggestions: 1. Walk or cycle instead of driving a short trip.

2. Carpool or take a bus instead of driving a longer trip.

3. Purchase paper products made from recycled material.

4. Compost your food scraps.

5. Don’t run the water while brushing your teeth.

6. Reconsider the purchase of heavily packaged products – and tell the supplier why you’re not buying them.

7. Build a bluebird box and put it in your yard.

8. Plant your own organic garden.

9. Tell your legislators you want them to support environmentally friendly legislation.

10. Use a clothesline instead of an electric clothes dryer.

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Consider the earthworm.

Some people might see it and say “Eeew.” They might even try to squash it if they saw it on a sidewalk.

After a “World of Worms” workshop this weekend in Jim Thorpe, self-proclaimed “Mad Scientist” Bill Petterson hopes, people will gain a new appreciation for the humble creature and its ability to create rich garden compost from table scraps.

“You can even take one home as long as you promise to release it in a day or two,” said Petterson, whose company is called Mad Science of Lehigh Valley. “We’ve inspired a lot of people to start composting at home, once they realize how easy it is.

You end up getting so much of this beautiful soil – sometimes people give it away.

“And if you really recycle a lot, you really end up cutting down on your garbage” that you might pay to haul away, Petterson added.

That kind of win-win situation is a hallmark of Earth Day activities around the region, where ecologists, naturalists and other experts seek to explain how doing something good for the Earth can have all kinds of benefits for you.

On Tuesday evening at Wilkes University, for ex-

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Bird-Friendly Habitats in Your Yard, how to create a bird and wildlife sanctuary by harnessing rain water and using native plants. Monroe County Environmental Education Center, 8050 Running Valley Road, Stroudsburg. Saturday at 10 a.m. $5. 629-3061.

Outdoors T H I S W E E K : A P R I L 15 T O 2 1 , 2 0 11 5K Race and One-Mile Fun Run. Holy Rosary School, 125 Stephenson St., Duryea. Saturday with registration 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and race at 9 a.m. $20, $25 per family for the walk. 457-2553 or neparunner.com.

Birding at Frances Slocum State Park, a leisurely walk to seek out songbirds. Meet at the Environmental Education Center and boat rental, 565 Mount Olivet Road, Kingston Township. Binoculars encouraged. Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Free. 675-9900.

Autism Walk and Community Awareness Fair, with t-shirts, prizes and giveaways to participants. Also: children’s activities, face painting and a basket raffle.

Forty Fort Recreation Complex, Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.

Saturday with registration at 8:30 a.m. and walk at 10 a.m.

760-3952.

Spring Plant Workshop, how to start spring seedlings indoors and propagate houseplants.

Best Bet A bald-eagle presentation will be part of the annual Earth Day Festival in Jim Thorpe on Saturday and Sunday. If you’d like to try to spot a bald eagle, head to the Endless Mountains Nature Center in Tunkhannock from 1 to 4 p.m.

April 23.

Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 1000 Turkey Hill Road, Stroudsburg. Saturday, 9 to 11:30 a.m. $15. Registration: 992-6161.

Walk for Autism Awareness, the 8th annual event sponsored by

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Providing such pathways for pedestrians and bicyclists offers opportunities not only for recreation and health-building exercise but also could lead to more people commuting to work or school without using a car, organizer Carol Hussa said.

It would take a while to get to the level of bicycle-friendly Seattle or Portland, Ore., she said, but think of the fossil fuel that could be conserved.

“It does take time to build a bike culture,” she said. “It doesn’t happen overnight.”

Inthemeantime,shesaid,“Probably the best thing you can do for your mental health is take a walk or a bike ride.”

And, if you’re looking for a fun place to take the family, you’ll find two days of Earth Day festivities this weekend in downtown Jim Thorpe, including a drum circle, a

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Building a bluebird box is an ecological practice because it helps safeguard a bird that has lost much habitat to development.

rock-climbing wall, organic foods, reiki, yoga, a presentation on bald eagles and more.

“I just picked up the Lorax costume,” organizer Shelli Holland said earlier this week, admitting she was excited someone would be able to

Green Gardening, basic soil science and seed starting with tips on gardening without chemical fertilizers. Salt Springs State Park, Silver Creek Road, off Route 29, Franklin Forks. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free.

967-7275.

Salamander Egg Search. Explore nearby breeding pools for salamander egg masses and study collected specimens up close.

Pocono Environmental Education Center, Brisco Mountain and Emery roads, Dingmans Ferry.

Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. $5. 8282319.

Merli-Sarnoski Park Hike, four moderate miles to an overlook of the upper valley. Meet at the Greater Scranton YMCA, 706 N. Blakely St., Dunmore. Sunday at 9:15 a.m. $5. 343-5144.

State Game Lands 57 Hike, nine moderate miles. Meet at the First National Bank, Routes 118 and 29, Sweet Valley. Bring a lunch. Sunday at 10:45 a.m.

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dress the part of the title character in Dr. Seuss’ story about “The Lorax,” who “spoke for the trees.”

That book will be read aloud between noon and 12:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the library on Broadway in downtown Jim Thorpe.

Smokey Bear also will attend the Jim Thorpe festival, with his message against forest fires, and Woodsy Owl will be there to speak against littering.

Torollupyoursleevesandjoinin the war against litter, you also might take part in the “Earth Day Riverbank Cleanup” in West Pittston. Participants will meet at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the West Pittston Cemetery.

To join the fight for cleaner air, you could help plant a tree at Salt Springs State Park on April 23.

Other Earth Day activities range from nature hikes and recycled crafts at the Pocono Environmental Education Center in Dingmans Ferry on April 23 to helping prepare the Lands at Hillside Farms gardens in Kingston Township for planting on April 30.

Trailers Hiking Club. 477-2210.

Tumbling Waters Hike, a threemile loop of moderate difficulty through a variety of habitats to a scenic overlook and two waterfalls. Pocono Environmental Education Center, Brisco Mountain and Emery roads, Dingmans Ferry. Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Free.

828-2319.

Spring Peeper Search. Carefully catch, study and release these tiny tree frogs. Pocono Environmental Education Center, Brisco Mountain and Emery roads, Dingmans Ferry. Sunday, 7 to 9 p.m. $5. 828-2319.

Rails to Trails: A Walk in Nature, a walk along the 4.2-mile Back Mountain Trail to clean up litter along the way. Meet at the Luzerne Borough Knights of Columbus trail head on Parry Street. Tuesday at 5 p.m. Bring gloves, rakes, shovels, hand trimmers. Water provided. 8999304.

Walk for Wellness, a 30-minute walk. Candy’s Place Cancer Wellness Center, 190 Welles St., Forty Fort. Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Subsequent walks every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. Rain or shine. 714-8800.

Move It Outside Day, a guided two-mile hike to look for signs of spring. Nescopeck State Park, 1137 Honey Hole Road, Drums.

Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m. Free.

Registration: 403-2006.

FUTURE Trail Day Clean Up. Perform minor

trail maintenance at Salt Springs State Park, Silver Creek Road, off Route 29, Franklin Forks.

April 23, 1 to 4 p.m. 967-7275.

Nature Ramble, a wander through the forest to look for animal signs and observe bald eagles and plant life. Weather permitting. Endless Mountains Nature Center, 265 Vosburg Neck Road, Tunkhannock. April 23, 1 to 4 p.m. Free. 836-3835.

Trail Day at Salt Springs. Help prepare the 12 miles of park trails for the summer season. Free t-shirts and food. Salt Springs State Park, Silver Creek Road, off Route 29, Franklin Forks.

April 23, 1 to 4 p.m. Sign up at 967-7275.

Protecting Your Property with a Conservation Easement, a review of the process with the Lackawanna Valley Conservancy.

Lackawanna College Environmental Institute, 10 Moffat Drive, Covington Township. April 26, 6:30 to 8 p.m. $4. Registration: 842-1506.

Do It for the Kids 5K Run, a loop from Wilkes-Barre’s Millennium Circle at the River Common to Kirby Park and back. Also: a free Kids Fun Run between the portals on the River Common. Sponsored by the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. April 27 with registration at 5 p.m. and race at 6 p.m. with the Kids Fun Run at 6:05 p.m. Followed by a Post-Race Bash and Happy Hour at Rodano’s, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. $15 race, $20 bash.

714-1246.

Jim Thorpe Earth Day, two days of live music, a Lehigh River cleanup, arts and crafts, reiki, yoga, Pilates, children’s activities, World of Worms workshop, drum circle, rock-climbing wall and more. Josiah White Park and other venues in downtown Jim Thorpe. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. World of Worms workshop will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. both days. 325-2079.

Earth Day Riverbank Cleanup. Help beautify the town. Meet at the West Pittston Cemetery at the end of Susquehanna Avenue and bring gloves. 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. 654-9847.

Celebrate Luzerne County’s Great Trails and Greenways. Learn about master plans for Wilkes-Barre and Kingston walking/cycling trails with a presentation by engineer George White. Other speakers are Judy Rimple of Anthracite Scenic Trails Association and Ellen Ferretti of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Henry Student Center, 84 W. South St., Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. 8232191, ext. 140.

‘From Earth Day to Global Warming,’ a lecture on invasive species, suburban expansion onto farmland, river contamination and other issues that affect Pennsylvania. With Paul Rosier, associate professor of history at Villanova University. Room 1, Kostos Building, Penn State Hazleton. 7 p.m. Thursday. 403-2006.

Earth Day Family Festival, with guided nature hikes, hands-on learning stations, live animal presentations, recycled crafts and a barbecue lunch.

Bring clothing for the tie-dye station. Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23. $5 per car. 828-2319.

Earth Day Hike and Tree Planting, with tips to make the Earth greener.

Salt Springs State Park, off Route 29, Franklin Forks. 1 p.m. April 23.

Free. 967-7275.

Earth Day Celebration. Help prepare the gardens for spring planting at The Lands at Hillside Farms, 65 Hillside Road, Trucksville. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30. Lunch provided. 696-4500.

Earth Day Celebration, with live animals, climbing walls, high-rope activities, hikes and local Native American history. Bear Creek Camp, 3601 Bear Creek Blvd., off Route 115, Bear Creek Township. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1. $5, 472-3741.

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829-2661.

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Classic Corner First Birthday Celebration, with light refreshments, prizes and giveaways.

Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Saturday, 11 a.m. to noon. 823-0156.

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Spring Film Festival, 14 days of foreign, independent and art films. Through Thursday at the Dietrich Theater, 60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. For schedule, see dietrichtheater.com. 996-1500.

Stars of Spring, a new full-dome sky show journeying to the farthest reaches of the galaxy to experience the stars. McMunn Planetarium, East Stroudsburg University. Tonight at 7:30 and 8:30. Free but reservations required at esu.edu/planetarium.

The King’s Speech, the Oscarwinning film about George VI of Great Britain’s unlikely ascension to the throne and his struggle with a stuttering problem. Walsh Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. Tonight at 9; Sunday at 3 p.m. $3. 674-6411.

Body Combat Class Fundraiser, to benefit Lauren’s First and Goal Foundation for Pediatric Brain Tumor Research. Odyssey Fitness Center, 401 Coal St., Wilkes-

Zumbathon, an aerobics/dance class set to high-powered music.

Sponsored by the Crestwood Senior Class to raise money for the Senior Lock-In on graduation night. Crestwood High School, 281 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top. Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. $10, $5 students. 262-4618 or 474-6782.

Save-A-Pet Event, to benefit the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. With animals available for adoption, Easter Bunny photo opps and a raffle for prizes including an iPod Touch. Santo Lincoln Mercury Volvo, 3514 Birney Ave. Moosic. Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Each vehicle test drive gains the shelter a $20 donation. 207-8149.

Bingo, to benefit the Northeastern Pennsylvania Veterans Multicare Alliance. Merchants Village, 1201 Oak St., Pittston. Saturday at 1 p.m. 479-2366.

High Tea at Hayfield, the 4th annual event to benefit the Lake-Lehman Foundation. With finger sandwiches, homemade desserts, a variety of teas, musical entertainment by Mike Dougherty of the Woody Browns

John Deppen will portray Civil War Major General Winfield Scott Hancock on Monday at a living-history talk at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hughesville.

Project, basket and gift raffles.

Hayfield House Ballroom, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, off Old Route 115, Lehman. Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. $20, $15 seniors and students.

Reservations: 255-2906.

Titanic Afternoon Tea, a Victorian “low tea” patterned after menu items from the ill-fated luxury liner. Also: tours of the mansion and a talk on the fashions and etiquette of the times. Frederick Stegmaier Mansion, 304 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. $42.50. Reser-

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Library Auction, the 13th annual event to benefit the Susquehanna County Library and Historical Society. With a summer barbecue and desserts. Items up for bid include two watercolors by the late C. Graydon Mayer. VFW Post 5642, Route 706, Montrose.

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It’s the 150th anniversary of the Civil War so get out your dress blues – or any appropriate formal wear – and head to the Century Club in Scranton at 7 p.m.

Saturday for the 7th Annual Grand Civil War Ball with vintage-music band Spare Parts providing the waltzes, polkas, schottisches and reels.

Not sure of the dance steps? Drop in at the Vintage Dance Workshop at noon for a refresher class. The weekend concludes with a Centennial Concert and Edwardian Tea from 1 to 3 p.m. in

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Future stars in friendly face-off at Sem

ret-style pops concert. Shopland Hall, Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton. Tonight at 7:30. $15, $12 seniors, $7 students. 586-3921.

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Moving his lips subtly, almost like a ventriloquist, Harold Roberts grinned and squawked, “Feed me!”

The Wyoming Seminary student didn’t necessarily want a snack. He’d just been asked a question about what kind of theatrical role he might enjoy, so he demonstrated the voice he’d give Audrey, the plant in “Little Shop of Horrors.”

“That’s so good,” Noah Sunday-Lefkowitz said with a delighted laugh.

Roberts, 16, of New York City, and Sunday, 15, of Shavertown, are competing with each other — and with four other teens — for scholarships to study musical theater at Wyoming Seminary’s Performing Arts Institute.

But it’s not a cutthroat kind of competition, the young men explained on a recent afternoon.

It’s all about being supportive of each other.

“We try to help them be their best,” agreed Nancy Sanderson, PAI director, explaining how each of the six candidates will receive an hour of coaching from PAI theater instructor Bill Roudebush before they perform Sunday evening during a scholarship competition on the Wyoming Seminary Lower School stage.

It won’t be like “American Idol,” Sanderson said, citing the popular television show. “We feel ‘American Idol’ is cruel. Any feedback the judges give won’t be public and will be constructive.”

Alexa Alfonsi from Johnson City, N.Y., who has been busy practicing an arrangement of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for the competition, said she appreciates that.

“Personally, I like to be told feedback without the public eye, whether it’s positive or negative,” she said in a telephone interview.

Alfonsi said she wants to attend PAI because she’s heard the instructors expose students to diverse aspects of theater.

“The people make the experience so great,” said Sunday-Lefkowitz, who participated last year. “Everybody there cared about what they did so much.”

Thirteen-year-old Juliana Pillets of Dallas, a seventh-grade

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New York City singer Carrie Manolakos will be among the guest entertainers at the Performing Arts Institute Gala at Wyoming Seminary Lower School on Sunday. Six high-school musicaltheater performers will compete for three scholarships.

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IF YOU GO What: PAI Musical Theater Scholarship Gala Benefit When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Wyoming Seminary Lower School, 1560 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort Tickets: $15, $10 ($40 includes pre-performance reception) More info: 270-2186

student at Good Shepherd Academy who also attended last year’s PAI, echoed his sentiments.

“I think you learn so many things about strategy, just getting lost in the script,” said Pillets, who is rehearsing “Gimme, Gimme” from “Thoroughly Modern Millie” as well as “I Know the Truth” from “Aida.”

It’s safe to say all six of the competitors enjoy performing.

“I basically just love everything about it,” Crestwood student Anna Smith of Mountain Top said.

As the day of competition

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The Dallas Brass, the dynamic brass quintet performing classical, Dixieland, swing, Broadway and patriotic selections. Sponsored by the Greater Hazleton Concert Series at Hazleton High School, 1515 W. 23rd St., Hazleton. Tonight at 7:30. $25, $10 students. 788-4864.

World Premiere Composition Concert, premiering two new works by guest composer and conductor Ted Nash. With the University of Scranton Concert Band and Concert Choir. Houlihan-McLean Center, Jefferson Avenue and Mulberry Street, University of Scranton. Tonight at 7:30. Free. 941-7624.

For Love or Money. The Doug Smith Jazz Trio joins with the Robert Dale Chorale for a caba-

Get the Led Out, a re-creation of a classic Led Zeppelin concert by the seven-member troupe.

Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe. Tonight at 8. $33, $28, $23. 866-605-7325.

Scott Stapp, the lead singer of rock group Creed in an intimate acoustic show. Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg. Tonight at 8. $60, $48, $30. 4202808.

Shawn Klush: A Tribute to Elvis Presley, the performer named “Ultimate Tribute Artist” by Elvis Presley Enterprises. Sponsored

by St. Mary’s Assumption School at the Mellow Theater, 501 Vine St., Lackawanna College, Scranton. Saturday at 7 p.m. 969-1455.

Simone Dinnerstein, a benefit concert by the classical pianist including selections by Schumann, J.S. Bach and Schubert.

Scranton High School, 63 Mike Munchak Way, Scranton. Saturday at 7 p.m. Free but donations accepted for the school See CONCERTS, Page 7

Sunday-Lefkowitz nears, Alfonsi said, “The adrenaline and excitement are kicking in. It’s pretty awesome.”

“It would be really cool to win the scholarship,” said Alfonsi, who attends Johnson City High School in New York.

The sixth contender is Juan Huertero of Wilkes-Barre.

At stake are one full scholarship to PAI, a second-place $1,000 scholarship and a thirdplace $500 scholarship.

Judging the competition will be David Canary, an Emmy Award-winning actor known for his roles in “Bonanza” and “All My Children” who also performed in the 2007 PAI production of “Oliver;” Penn State theater professor Jane Ridley; and choreographer Janet Jackson of Ontario.

Among the highlights of the gala will be an appearance by New York City singer Carrie Manolakos, who was cast as Sophie in the national tour of “Mamma Mia!” and as the Elphaba-standby in the second national tour of “Wicked.”

Traditional bluegrass from the Coaltown Rounders will kick off the evening at the final ‘Up and Coming Comedy’ show of the season tomorrow at the Scranton Cultural Center.

Best Bet The Scranton Cultural Center’s “Up and Coming Comedy” series will end with a bang at 7 tonight with two hilarious standup comics. First kick off the night with cocktails as the Coal Town Rounders play a pre-show concert of traditional bluegrass. Then get ready to laugh as standup comic Jeff Arcuri, who has played countless clubs all over the country, opens the show. Headliner Kevin Zeoli – “The Master of Improvisation” – takes over the spotlight with his crazy, energetic sense of humor. Dave DiRienzo, the familiar voice of ROCK 107, is emcee. Food and drinks will be served throughout the event. $16. Tickets at 800-7453000.

Choral Arts presents Mozart’s haunting ‘Requiem’

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For years Merry Ann Edwards of Harveys Lake wanted to join the Choral Arts of Luzerne County. When she learned the chorus’ 2011 spring concert would include Mozart’s “Requiem,” she decided not to wait any longer.

“You know you may never have an opportunity to sing such a piece with such a talented group.

It’s something to say you’ve accomplished it,” Edwards said. “I just can’t wait to hear it all together with the orchestra and soloists and the entire choral group. I’m looking forward to the whole thing.”

Audiences will be able to enjoy “the whole thing” tonight at St. Stephen’s Pro Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre and tomorrow at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Conyngham, where the last piece the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever composed will be presented.

He was working on the “Requiem” — commissioned by Count von Walsegg to be the musical portions of a funeral Mass — as he himself was dying.

“It was a pretty sudden illness that nobody expected,” choral director John Curtis said. “He was composing a lot of work at the time. He had just written two operas, and his finances were looking up. Then he was stricken by this illness. The speculation now is — there are a lot of doctors who will study the symptoms and try to diagnose a patient centuries later — that it was some kind of kidney failure.

“It was a terrible, devastating illness. It added to the poignancy and pathos of what he was writing,” Curtis continued. “Mozart

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Joe Crookston, the singer-songwriter in a CD-release party for

IF YOU GO What: Mozart’s Requiem Who: Sung by Choral Arts of Luzerne County Where: 7:30 tonight at St. Stephen’s Pro Cathedral, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre and 7:30 tomorrow night at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 467 Main St., Conyngham Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for students and seniors

did say, ‘I feel like I’m writing my own funeral.’ ” The work was not finished in time for Mozart’s funeral, but it does stand as a kind of memorial to the composer, though he didn’t write every single note.

“His widow, Constanze, gave it

his latest collection of songs and stories “Darkling & the Bluebird Jubilee.” With opener singerguitarist Billy Rogan. St. Mary’s Center, 3010 Mifflin Ave., Scranton. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. $20 advance, $25 at the door. 888800-7626 or poconotes.com.

Citizens Band Radio, an early-1970s blend of country and rock by the six-member group.

With Irish-American singersongwriter John Byrne. Mauch Chunk Opera House, 14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe. Saturday at 8:30 p.m. $18. 325-0249.

The Disco Biscuits, the Philadelphia electro-jam band. Sherman

to three different colleagues to finish. The first two, she wasn’t all that pleased with,” Curtis said. “The third was Sussmayr.

He’s the one that really did the completion, based apparently on a lot of notes and sketches Mozart left behind.”

One segment, called “Dies Irae,” is “a really magnificent medieval poem about damnation and the fires of hell and having your name written in the book so you’re being judged by your sins,” Curtis said. “It ends with one of the most beautiful pieces of music anyone has ever written — the ‘Lacrimosa.’ It’s a plea for mercy, and you can hear the dropping of tears in the violins. He wrote eight measures of that before he died.”

High-school senior Patrick Dalrymple of Scranton is familiar with the “Lacrimosa” because he sang it last year during a Pennsylvania Music Educators Association district chorus festival.

It’s been worth driving from Scranton to Kingston every week to rehearse with the Choral Arts group, he said, because the piece is so beautiful and touching.

“Haunting is a good word,” he said.

So is rigorous.

“I sing tenor, and it’s right at the top of the tenor range, pretty consistently through the piece,” Dalrymple said. “The rhythms are difficult.”

“It’s been a good challenge,” Curtis said, adding that the group is singing a relatively mod-

ern completion of Mozart’s “Requiem” which was finished by Harvard musicologist Robert Levin.

“Only in the 1960s somebody discovered a piece of manuscript paper that had previously been lost. It’s a fugue on the word ‘Amen.’ A lot of people believe Mozart intended it to be there,” Curtis said.

As the chorus sings the fugue, Curtis said, “The word ‘Amen’ is coming at you from all over the place, becoming more and more intense all the time.”

The concert also will include Ralph Vaughan Williams’ musical setting of the poem “Rest” by Christina Rossetti. Like the Requiem, Williams’ motet deals with the themes of death, grief, comfort and hope for resurrection.

Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg. Saturday at 9 p.m. 4202808.

Joe Herbert and the Mad Amalgamation, a benefit for the Multiple Sclerosis Society with members of the Woody Brown Project, Misty Mountain, BoneJak, the George Wesley Band, Suicaudio and more. The Naked Grape, 15 N. River St., Plains.

Saturday at 9 p.m. $10 suggested donation. 821-9825.

The Miracle I’ve Seen, a cantata

by Steve and Jennifer Hall.

Victory Baptist Bible Church, See CONCERTS, Page 9

Renowned saxophonist and composer Ted Nash will present a ‘World Premiere Composition Series Concert’ tonight at the University of Scranton.

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Thanks for the Memories, a concert with the Wyoming Valley Barbershop Harmony Chorus with guest quartets Fridays at O’Malley’s, Sounds Abound, and Young Men in Harmony from GAR High School. Wyoming Area Secondary Center, 20 Memorial St., Exeter. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. $20, $15. 709-3716.

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Choral Arts of Luzerne County, under the direction of John Curtis, will sing Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ this weekend in Wilkes-Barre and Conyngham.

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JOE CROOKSTON loves nothing more than making a connection through music — with his audience, with his song subjects and with his own multifaceted personality.

The singer-songwriter takes on the folk genre through an assortment of instruments, such as banjo, piano, accordion and fiddle.

Crookston, who will play a CD release celebration at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday in Scranton, is wellknown and widely hailed for his acoustic guitar-picking abilities and his captivating lyrics.

The Ohio native, who now lives in Ithaca, N.Y., first picked up a guitar in high school, but it wasn’t until the 1987 Kent State Folk Festival that he was turned on to folk music.

“After a weekend of amazing concerts, seeing people like John McCutcheon, The Horseflies, and Nanci Griffith, I was blown away,” Crookston said. “I sold my electric guitar, bought a steel string, started writing and never looked back.”

For the past four years, Crookston has been performing and touring full time.

He believes music is the medium through which he can best connect to others.

“I really have no choice. It’s who I am,” he said. “Every few years I think I can’t do it anymore because of the money, but then I realize it’s like trying to not breathe.”

The inspirations for his songwriting are of a wide, often unusual range.

“I’m inspired by great stories, drunken roosters, hope, rutabagas, life, death, slaves, troubled teens, Robert Frost, falcons, everything,” Crookston said, explaining he likes to make connections.

He did just that with his second album in 2008, “Able Baker Charlie & Dog,” which was awarded 2009 Album of the Year by the International Folk Alliance in Memphis, Tenn.

He received a year-long songwriting grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to travel throughout New York, interview people and write songs based on his experiences. The project was called “Songs of the Finger Lakes,” and many of the tracks ended up on “Able.”

“This was incredibly rich and inspiring to me,” he said. “Hearing people’s stories challenged

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me to be a much better observer and writer.”

His third album, released earlier this year, is titled “Darkling & the BlueBird Jubilee.”

“Darkling is a much more personal recording,” Crookston said.

“I have many facets to my personality. I’m interested in exploring those through great songs.”

“Fall Down as the Rain,” also the name of his first album, is the song that most strongly resonates with him.

“I think I’ve played it at every concert I’ve done since 2004. I never get tired of it. It’s a circular song that addresses the cycles of

life, death and rebirth. If I had to play one last song, this would probably be it.”

Crookston’s live shows are anything but tame.

“What I do is high-energy, very rhythmic, fun, and yet I’m really into a good story,” he said. “For me a successful concert is where people hoot and holler, listen intently and ride the wave of hilarity and sacred all in the time we spend together. Some of it is very haunting and serious, and some will crack you up.”

Crookston will be joined tomorrow night by New York City musician and Scranton native

Billy Rogan. The gig is one of Rogan’s “Home is Where the Heart Is” events to help raise homelessness awareness. Part of the proceeds will go to charity.

The concert will be followed by a meet-and-greet with the artists, as well as refreshments and a cash bar.

••• Crookston and Rogan also will take part in Record Store Day tomorrow, performing at 4 p.m. at Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre.

Record Store Day began in 2007 as a celebration of independently owned record stores throughout the country, as well as some internationally. Every year, stores come together to showcase special music releases and exclusive promotional products, as well as have performances, meet-and-greets and pretty much one big party to celebrate music.

The Gallery of Sound has other performances lined up as well: MiZ at 2 p.m., Pappy, of Cabinet, at 3 p.m., Track Masons at 5 p.m., FLINTface at 6 p.m. and Title Fight (unplugged) at 7 p.m.

Embassy Vinyl, on Adams Avenue in Scranton, will have performances from Langor, with Brian Langan of The Sw!ms, Kid Icarus, Mascara and Microwaves.

Musical Energi, on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, has performances starting at 6 p.m.

Bands include Astorian Stigmata and Upneat Mysic.

Wayne’s World Music, on Memorial Highway in Dallas, will offer performances by many of the students who take music lessons at the store as well as George Wesley and Annette at 2 p.m.

All stores will give away promotional material and run instore-only sales.

••• Meanwhile, Joe Herbert and Friends return to the area Saturday for an MS Benefit Show at the Naked Grape in Plains Township.

They’ll share the stage with several area musicians, including members of The Woody Browns Project, Misty Mountain, BoneJak, The George Wesley Band, Suicaudio and more. The suggested donation is $10, but any amount is welcome. The music will begin at 8 p.m.

Market Street, Lehman. Sunday at 1 p.m. 675-0510.

The Return of the Tango, the Wister Quartet performing original and classical works.

Athletics and Drama Complex, MMI Preparatory School, 154 Centre St., Freeland. Monday at 7 p.m. Free. 455-3533.

The Brain Within Its Groove, musical interpretations of Emily Dickinson’s poetry by composer and performer Steven Gilliland.

The Moose Exchange, 203 Main St., Bloomsburg. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. $10. 784-5530.

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Concert for a Cause 9: The Final Show, with regional bands M-80, Go Go Gadjet, Flaxy Morgan, UUU, Eric Klein, Bad Hair Day, Farmer’s Daughter, Tribes, the Pennalites, Underground Saints, the Badlees, Nowhere Slow, Lemongelli, the SilenTreatment, k8, Cabinet, the Five Percent, MiZ, Eddie Appnel, Plus 3, Iron Cowboy, George Wesley, Panacea, OurAfter, Graces Downfall, Jeanne Zano, Shawn Z, Ed Randazzo, Charles Havira, the NonRefundables, Days Before Tomorrow, Longest Lie, Ashfall, Destination West, Absolution, 40-Lb. Head, Alan K. Stout & Friends and Nicole Erin Carey.

Woodlands Inn & Resort, 1073 Route 315, Plains. April 27 at 6 p.m. $7. 21 and older. 829-7131.

Taking Back Sunday, the pop-punk

and emo recording artists reunited with their original lineup.

With guests post-hardcore band Circa Survive. Sherman Theater, 524 Main St., Stroudsburg.

Thursday at 8 p.m. $30. 4202808.

Some Kind of Jam 6, a music-andcamping festival with three stages of music. Bands include the Budos Band, RAQ, Rumpke Mountain Boys, Goosepimp Orchestra, Fat Apple, Wisebird, Dopapod, the Big Dirty, Psychedelia, the Primate Fiasco, Beaucoup Blue, Sonni Shine & the Underwater Sounds, Driftwood, the Greens, Terry Dame & Electric Junkyard Gamelan, Pia Mater, Uzo, the Headlocks, the Coal Town Rounders, Mike Miz and more. Also: food and craft vendors, jam sessions, light shows, fire performances, parades and workshops. Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, 2270 Fair Road, Schuylkill Haven. April 29 to May 1. $50. Information at jibberjazz.com.

Avenged Sevenfold, the hard-rock metal band on its “Welcome to the Family” tour with special guests Three Days Grace and Sevendust. Mohegan Sun Arena, 255 Highland Park Blvd., WilkesBarre Township. April 29 at 7 p.m. $44.75, $39.75, $25. 800745-3000.

Cantores Christi Regis Spring Concert, a program of choral music by the King’s College choir. J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center, West Jackson and North Franklin streets, Wilkes-Barre. April 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. Free. 2085957.

Stefon Harris Jazz, a concert by the vibraphonist and composer.

Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for the Arts, Bloomsburg University.

April 29 at 7:30 p.m. $30. 3894409.

In Concert with the University of Scranton String Orchestra.

Houlihan-McLean Center, Jef-

ferson Avenue and Mulberry Street, University of Scranton.

April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Free. 9417624.

The Music of Simon & Garfunkel, classic hits and obscure songs of the hit duo re-created by AJ Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle. Presented by Scranton Community Concerts at the Mellow Theater, 501 Vine St., Scranton. April 29 at 8 p.m. $28, $20; $15 students. 955-1455.

Ham n’ Smidgens: A Comedy Revue, original sketches and traditional style imrov games with Her We Are in Spain and I Miss Trevor. Olde Brick Theater, Rear 126 W. Market St., North Scranton. April 29 and 30 at 8 p.m. $7. Reservations: 6045808.

Travis Tritt, the platinum-selling country artist. Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe. April 29 at 8 p.m. $42, $37. 866-6057325.

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Barre Township. Saturday, 4 to 7 p.m. 477-2477 or 574-7470.

Oldies Rock ’n’ Roll Revival, with the Cadillacs, Mike Sperazza, Jack Vitale, Dani-elle and the Fab 3 Plus 1. Genetti Manor, 1505 Main St., Dickson City. Saturday with dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing until 11. $35. Reservations: 383-0207.

Watercolors by Tunkhannock artist C. Graydon Mayer are among the items up for bid at the 13th annual Auction Night, a fundraiser for the Susquehanna County Library and Historical Society at the VFW Hall in Montrose tomorrow.

Lovin’ the Music, a benefit for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic celebrating the sights and sounds of a Night in Havana. With cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, gourmet dinner, chocolate fondue bar, dessert station and dancing to the 11piece Dance Hall Docs. Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, 1280 Route 315, Plains Township.

Saturday at 6 p.m. Black tie or groovy dress. $120. Reservations: 341-1568.

Car Show, a fundraiser for Japan.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre, off Old Route 115, Lehman. Sunday with registration noon to 1 p.m. and judging at 3 p.m. $10 per entry; $5 spectators. 706-5195.

James Bond Movie Fest, a screening of “From Russia with Love” (1963) starring Sean Connery.

Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Monday at 5:30 p.m. Free. Subsequent films on April 25 and May 2. 823-0156.

Civil War Event, a first-person portrayal of U.S. Army Major General Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) focusing on the

FUTURE The Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre will celebrate the first birthday of its Classic Corner, a separate but integrated space especially for senior citizens. Stop by from 11 a.m. to noon tomorrow for light refreshments, prizes and giveaways.

Battle of Gettysburg. Presented

by John Deppen at Trinity Lutheran Church, South Main and Academy streets, Hughesville.

Monday at 7 p.m. Free. 546-5917.

Senior Health and Lifestyle Expo, with products and services for age 50 and older. Included: health screenings, door prizes, entertainment and free seminars. Industrial Arts Building, Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, 620 W. Third St., Bloomsburg. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 374-0999.

Spring Film Series: Biutiful, the journey of Uxbal (Javier Bardem), a conflicted man who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime and mortality amid the underworld of modern Barcelona. In Spanish with English subtitles. F.M. Kirby Center, Public Square, Wilkes-

Barre. Wednesday at 1 ($4) and 7:30 p.m. ($6). 826-1100.

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Free. 842-1506.

Back Mountain Business Expo, a showcase of products and services with door prizes. Insalaco Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m. 675-9380.

The Grateful Dead Movie Event, a new rockumentary, shot during the band’s concerts at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, including interviews with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. at Cinemark 20, 40 Glenmaura Blvd., Moosic, and at Movies 14, 24 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre. 961-5922 or 825-4444.

Affluenza, the film about the personal, social, economic and environmental costs of overconsumption. With popcorn and light refreshments. Lackawanna College Environmental Institute, 10 Moffat Drive, Covington Town-

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James Bond Movie Fest, a screening of “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) starring Roger Moore.

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The Rise and Fall of the Crinoline, a talk on the changes in women’s Victorian fashions from the 1840s through the turn of the century with museum volunteer Karen Esak. Eckley Miners Village, Highland Road, off Route 940, Eckley. Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Grease . . . For Kids! The Wyoming County Junior Players and Little Hams perform the musical.

Tunkhannock High School, 120 W. Tioga Ave. Tonight at 7; Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. $10. 836-6986.

Pinocchio Commedia, about a ragtag group of actors performing “Pinocchio.” Setta LaVerghetta Center, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton. Saturday at 11 a.m. $8, $5.

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Saturday Family Movie Day: “Beauty and the Beast.” Wyoming Free Library. Saturday at noon. Free but call 693-1364.

Story Time with Cynthia W. Post who reads from “Carrie Flower’s Book for a Brighter Day.” Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. Saturday at 11 a.m. 654-9565.

Mommy and Me Naturally: Outdoors, for ages 2.5 to 4. Riverside Park, Tunkhannock. Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. 836-3835.

Preschool Storytime, for ages 3 to 5. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St. Tuesdays through April 26 at 1 p.m. 654-9565.

Pajama Party Storytime, with Angela DeMuro and her Milo MU puppet. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre.

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Videogame Night, with Xbox Kinect for ages 11 to 18. Osterhout Free Library, 71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m. Free. 823-0156.

Egg Drop, create a container to protect an egg dropped from various heights. Bring container; eggs provided. West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 654-9847.

Not a Used Dog at All, the founder of a dog sanctuary reads a story about a boy who resists adopting an older dog because he wants a brand-new puppy.

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LIMITLESS — A frustrated writer has his mental capacity increased fivefold by a top-secret drug. PG-13 for disturbing images, sexuality and language. 105 minutes. ★★★★

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES – The kid deals with seventh grade and his teen brother. PG for mild rude humor and mischief. 96 minutes. ★★

THE LINCOLN LAWYER — What appears a simple, lucrative case for a criminal defense attorney operating out of a Lincoln Town Car turns into a deadly game. R for violence, sex and language.

119 minutes. ★★★

HANNA — Saoirse Ronan is a blond-haired, blue-eyed, teen killing machine. PG-13 for violence, action, sexual material and language. 114 minutes. ★★★ HOP — There’s not much bounce behind this interspecies buddy comedy. PG for mild rude humor.

94 minutes. ★★ INSIDIOUS — An engrossing haunted-house thriller. PG-13 for theme, violence, terror, images and brief strong language. 102 minutes. ★★★ JANE EYRE – The latest film version of Charlotte Bronte’s 19th-century novel is pretty, well-acted and source-faithful.

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SOUL SURFER — Bethany Hamilton’s shark-attack-survival tale is inspiring. PG for an intense accident sequence and theme.

106 minutes. ★ 1/2 SOURCE CODE — A thrilling, challenging puzzle based on a clever idea until it pushes its central gimmick too far. PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, and language. 93 minutes. ★★ 1/2 YOUR HIGHNESS — The knightserrant do more wallowing in medieval filth than weaving of clever laughs. R for strong crude, sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, violence and drug use. 102 minutes. ★★

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A wizard, dragon and country singer are highlighted this week.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” Grade: B: This is one of the best films in the series as Harry, Ron and Hermione leave the confines of Hogwarts. The storyline doesn’t depend so heavily on the mythology.”

“Country Strong,” Grade C: Two plot lines, one involving Gwyneth Paltrow as a country singing sensation and another the budding careers of two new talents,

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lot of passion and feeling clearly went into “Rio,” the 3-D animated adventure from Carlos Saldanha, who devised this story as a love letter IF YOU GO to his Brazilian What: “Rio” hometown.

Starring: Voices of It’s strikingly gorJesse Eisenberg, geous and bursting Anne Hathaway and Jemaine Clement with big images and vibrant colors. And Directed by: Carlos Saldanha the use of 3-D is surRunning time: 96 prisingly thrilling. minutes The whole film Rated: G ★★★ has tremendous energy, especially in the snappy banter and screwball antics between Jesse Eisenberg, who voices a cerulean macaw named Blu, and Anne

Hathaway, who voices Jewel, the free-spirited bird who is his destiny. Eisenberg and Hathaway clash convincingly. It’s essentially one long chase, with the usual romanticcomedy friction that will, of course, turn into love.

A baby Blu was abducted by smugglers who raided his jungle home to sell him and other beautiful birds illegally in the United States. He got lost en route and fell into the loving hands of a nerdy, small-town girl named Linda. The two forged an amusingly inappropriate bond and are enjoying a comfy, co-dependent existence. Linda (voiced as See RIO, Page 20

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can’t find the right rhythm.

Paltrow can carry the movie, and she and Tim McGraw are a compelling couple, though.

••• Also new on DVD Tuesday: ••• “The Incredibles:” The animated film about a super family is now available on Blu-ray.

“Royal Romance: William & Kate:” Behind-the-scenes with Prince William, Kate Middleton.

“Highwater:” A look at the surfing elite.

Injustice done a great justice

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By ROGER MOORE The Orlando Sentinel

A battle-scarred lawyer starts to wonder what he was fighting for when he faces a military court bent on revenge and a nation willing to forget the Constitution to have that revenge in “The Conspirator,” Robert Redford’s courtroom drama about the Lincoln assassination.

This wonderfully cast and carefully shot period piece focuses on Mary Surratt, one of the people accused of conspiring to murder President Lincoln.

James McAvoy plays Frederick Aiken, an officer just recovered from combat as the war is in its

IF YOU GO What: “The Conspirator” Starring: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline, Colm Meaney, Alexis Bledel, Evan Rachel Wood Directed by: Robert Redford Running time: 123 minutes Rated: PG-13 for some violent content ★★★

last days, a man whose chief hope is to restart his life and marry the girl (Alexis Bledel) who waited for him while he fought for the Union.

But one night of terror — the murder of the president, the attempted murder of the secretary

of state — interrupts that. As the capital quakes with shock, the roundup of those who could be found connected in any way to the plot began. The secretary of war, Edward Stanton (Kevin Kline, in a fine fury) sets up a military court to try the accused, among them Surratt (Robin Wright), who ran a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met.

Sen. Reverdy Johnson (Tom Wilkinson, perfect) declares it an Inquisition and shames Aiken into joining the cause. Aiken is a reluctant, inexperienced defense attorney. Few lawyers of the day would have been prepared to face such a kangaroo court.

Robin Wright and James McAvoy are convincing co-stars.

Wright plays Surratt as a defiant but resigned Catholic woman who won’t give away her son’s whereabouts no matter what.

Even her daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) can’t dissuade her.

The trial itself is both a comedy of injustice and a parade of great character actors. It doesn’t quite come off as the allegory for our times Redford intended, but it’s a fine addition to his resume.

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om McCarthy’s affecting new comedy drama “Win Win” tackles what might very well be the defining topic of our times: In a nation addicted to success and consumption, what happens when the bottom drops out and you can barely pay your bills?

Paul Giamatti plays Mike Flaherty, a high-school wrestling coach and suburban Chicago lawyer whose client list has dried up. He realizes he can earn an extra $1,500 a month by becoming the court-appointed legal guardian to one of his elderly

clients,Leo(BurtYoung),sufferingfromdementia.ButMikelies to the court and to Leo and moves the older man into an elder-care facility to minimize his own obligations.

This is a bold move, to ask us to root for a character whose actions are illegal and appalling.

But the writer-director has a few tricks up his sleeve. In the lead, he’scastGiamatti,whoseperpetual exasperation can be very funny, until the humor suddenly evaporates and we’re left with poignancy and heartbreak.

McCarthy also gives this char-

What: “Win Win” Starring: Paul Giamatti, Burt Young, Alex Shaffer, Bobby Cannavale Directed by: Tom McCarthy Running time: 106 minutes Rated: R for strong language ★★★★

acter a proper chance at redemption: Enter Kyle (the excellent newcomer Alex Shaffer), Leo’s teen grandson who has run away fromhomeandturnsupwanting tolivewithhisgrandfather.Mike has no choice but to allow him to stay in his house, much to the confusion of his wife (Amy Ryan), who doesn’t know the details of Paul’s deal with the court.

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id you know the surprisingly terrific, new-to-DVD Jim Carrey comedy “I Love You Phillip Morris” sat on the shelf for nearly two years before its release?

We celebrate a trio of delayed movies that took forever to reach theaters but were worth the wait. sale and at rental outlets.

••• “Titanic” (1997, Fox, PG-13, $30): It went on to make heaps of money so no one remembers the romantic drama missed its original July 4 and Thanksgiving release dates. “Titanic,” produced by the Wilkes-Barreaffiliated Jon Landau, opened in December 1997 and swept audiences away with a tale of doomed love between Leonardo

Amy Longsdorf also profiles celebrities for the Sunday Etc. section of The Times Leader.

IF YOU GO What: “Scream 4” Starring: Neve Campbell, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Rory Culkin Directed by: Wes Craven Running time: 106 minutes Rated: R for bloody violence, language and teen drinking ★ 1/2

by Gale Weathers (Cox) and into a string of hit “Stab” horror movies. Now Sidney Prescott (Campbell) has her own book, about surviving the assaults. Her publicity tour returns her to Woodsboro.

And it all begins again.

The same old incompetent cop, only now Dewey (David Arquette) is sheriff and married to Gale, an exjournalist whose writing career has dried up UNTIL the killings start again.

Same phone calls. Same pointless, heartless attacks.

Same entrails.

At least the dialogue has that same snarky snap.

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••• “Alpha Dog”(2007, Universal, R, $6): This riveting, little-seen thriller was postponed four times in one year thanks to the lawyers of Jesse James Hollywood, the real-life inspiration for the film’s criminal protagonist (Emile Hirsch). The movie, which pivots on a teen’s (Anton Yelchin) horrific murder, boasts solid turns by Ben Foster, Justin Timberlake and Allentown’s Amanda Seyfried. Available for

DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The special effects weren’t too shabby either. Available for sale and at rental outlets.

••• “Citizens Band” (1977, Paramount, PG, out of print) When it first came out, Jonathan Demme’s comedy about truckers was dismissed as a redneck “American Graffiti.” It was pulled from release and reissued as “Handle With Care.” No matter what the title, the film is a surprisingly gentle celebration of the crazy things people (Paul LeMatt, Candy Clark, Ann Wedgeworth) do in the name of love. Available at rental outlets.

“Scream,” all cutlery, cleavage and quips, returns to life with another sashay down self-aware “meta-movie” lane. It’s fitfully amusing and not remotely scary.

As a “don’t-open-thatdoor!” thriller, it fails. As a satire of the Media Generation, drunken, cell-phoneand viral-video-addicted teens, it stumbles.

But as a tribute to the original movie, it succeeds.

The survivors of that series are back: first-generation “Scream”ers Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox. It all begins with a movie within a movie within a movie, all playing the same “Who is this?” phone game from the pre-Caller ID era.

We transition to Woodsboro, where “it all happened.” “Ghostface” found a big knife and mask and went after all the buxom babes ... and Campbell.

It’s the anniversary of the mass murders, which were turned into popular books

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ONGOING EXHIBITS

Exhibits T H I S W E E K : A P R I L 15 T O 2 1 , 2 0 11 Tunkhannock Area Art Teachers Exhibit, with works by Debra Donowski, Patricia Janov-Hahn, Linda Hulslander, Lance Montross, Barbara Sick, Krista Truesdale and Allison Wilson. Opens tonight with a reception 4 to 6. Continues through June 24 at the Wyoming County Courthouse, 1 Court House Square, Tunkhannock. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All-College and Variety of Media Exhibition, art work and sculpture by students. Through May 4 with a reception tonight, 6 to 8. Widmann Gallery, Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, King’s College, WilkesBarre. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 208-5900.

Ornamental Penmanship, the extensive Zaner-Bloser Collection of American Ornamental Penmanship by renowned master penmen.

Through Monday at the Weinberg Memorial Library, 900 Mulberry St., University of Scranton. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 11:30 p.m. 941-6341.

Luzerne County Women in Pastel Invitational, works by Georgiana Cray Bart, Anna Ostapiw, Mary Louise Steinberg, Tobi Balin Grossman, Shirley Trievel, Alice Laputka, Liz Bignel Plashinski and Natalia Kerr. Also: watercolors and works on canvas by Alice Welsh Jenkins.

Through Wednesday at the Pauly Friedman Gallery, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas.

Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

674-6250.

Art Exhibit, drawings and paintings by internationally known artist and author Nathan Goldstein and his wife, Harriet Fishman. Through April 29 with a reception tonight, 6 to 8. Linder Gallery, Keystone College, La Plume. Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 4 to 10 p.m. 945-8461.

Face to Face: Interface, contemporary portraiture of the Northeast

by Bill Benson, Marylou Chibirka, Russell Recchion, George Strasburger, Brian Keeler, Barbara Sowinski, Robert Stark, Tom Wise and Marty Poole. Through April 29 with a closing reception at 6 p.m. with poetry readings and demonstrations of live-model portraiture. $10.

Blue Heron Gallery, 20 Main St., Wyalusing. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 746-4922.

Emily Dickinson Art Show, works inspired by the American poet with several portraits by Gregory Paul Owens. Opens Thursday with a related concert of new music at 7:30 p.m. Continues through May 26 at the Moose Exchange, 203 Main St., Bloomsburg. Tuesday and

St. Patrick’s Day and Easter Cards, vintage holiday cards from the permanent collection. Through April 30 at the Thomas T. Taber Museum, 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 326-3326.

This is last call for ‘The Luzerne County Women in Pastel Invitational Exhibition’ in place through Thursday at the Pauly Friedman Gallery of Misericordia University. The installation includes ‘Autumn Cascade’ by Conyngham artist Alice Laputka.

Art of Bob Schmitz, vibrant works in acrylic and oil. Through April 30 at Bakehouse Bakery & Café, 152 United Penn Plaza, Kingston. Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. 714-2253.

Honey: Female Perspectives, collaborative and individual works

by Noel Anderson-Corwin, Gina Rice and Sarah Schimeneck exploring issues of body image, pressure to conform to gender stereotypes and roles, and rituals women develop as coping mechanisms. Also: “[Dis]Place,” a site-specific multimedia installation by Kayla Cady which addresses the social and environmental fallout from the regional coal industry. Through April 30 at the Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton. Monday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. 348-6278.

Collected & New Works, by Barbro Jernberg and Kelly Olszyk including landscapes and mixed media. Through May 7 at Marquis Art & Frame, 122 S. Main St., WilkesBarre. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 823-0518.

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And now for something completely different … The Lackawanna College Environmental Institute in Covington Township opens a new exhibit tonight by Lake Ariel artist Allen Crothamel, who paints intricately detailed wildlife studies and Pennsylvania landscapes on the unforgiving medium of tail feathers from wild turkeys and grouse. Check out this renowned artist’s work at a reception from 5 to 7 tonight or drop by from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday through June 2. 842-1506.

Elise Wagner: A Decade in Painting, works by the American painter using the medium of encaustic to explore the relationship between science and art with symbols found in astronomy, alchemy and meteorology. Through May 22 at the Sordoni Art Gallery, 150 S. River St., Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre.

Open daily, noon to 4:30 p.m.

408-4325.

Thousands Are Sailing: The Irish in Luzerne County, photographs, documents and stories tracing the Irish immigrant experience including cultural and fraternal organizations which keep the Irish heritage alive. Through May 28 at the Luzerne County Historical Society Museum, 69 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 8236244.

With Bullets Singing All Around

Me, a show exploring regional stories of the Civil War including items owned by museum founder Dr. Isaiah Everhart who served as a field surgeon with the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Through July 17 at the Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St., Nay Aug Park, Scranton.

Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. $5, $3 seniors, $2 children. 346-7186.

Medic in Action: Caring for the Wounded, an exhibit on military medical personnel from Northeastern Pennsylvania who served in World War II, Vietnam and Iraq.

Through July 17 at the Everhart Museum, 1901 Mulberry St., Nay Aug Park, Scranton. Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. $5, $3 seniors, $2 children. 346-7186.

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Find a table suited for your comfort level

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By TOM ROBINSON For The Times Leader

PLAINS TOWNSHIP — Within every level of cash poker, some players seem to push their financial and skill limits while others seek a higherlevelbutarejustnotreadyor able to jump to one yet.

At the room’s lowest levels — 2-4 fixedlimithold’emand1-5seven-card stud — there are players who are muchmoreintheirelementwhenthe action involves minimum bets with fewraises.Thosesametablesoftenalsoseatplayerslookingtopushtheaction with aggressive raises. The two styles obviously tend to clash.

Although some of the difference comes in strategy and skill level,

muchmoreofithastodowithwhere those players find a comfort level.

The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downspokerroomwasconsistently experiencing a similar clash on the first of what can be considered its higher-level games.

Some players viewed 2-5 nolimit hold ’em as a small step up from the 1-2 no-limit hold ’em games that consistently occupy the most tables in the room. Others saw it as a big-money game that they wanted played with larger chip stacks.

Since posting new rules for its no-limit poker games in the last week of March, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is attempting to

accommodate both groups.

Past attempts to split limit hold ’em by adding 4-8 options along with 2-4 consistently misfired because there were not enough total limit players available in the room to populate both. The idea of a 4-8 game never gained much steam.

No-limit hold ’em, however, continues to bring the majority of playerstotheroom.Aftermonthsofprimarily seeing multiple 1-2 games mixed with one or two 2-5 games, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has now branched out and turned those two options into three.

Buy-inrangeshavebeenreduced for2-5no-limit,butamorefrequent offeringof5-5hasgiventheplayers,

whowouldhavebeendisappointed by the 2-5 changes, another option.

Instead of a buy-in range of $200 to $800, players can now begin play in a 2-5 no-limit game for between $100 and $500.

The 5-5 no-limit game fits the players with a slightly larger bankroll,allowingbuy-insbetween$300 and $1,000.

The rakes have changed as well.

Playersusedtopay$5perhalf-hour to sit in a 2-5 no-limit game. They now will use the same 10 percent rake, up to $5 in each hand, that is used on the1-2 level.

Players in the 5-5 no-limit game pay a flat fee of $6 per half hour for their rake.

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THIS WEEKEND: A P R I L 1 5 T O 2 1 , 2 0 11 Poetry and Prose Readings, in celebration of Poetry Month. All readers welcome. Arts SEEN Gallery, 21 Public Square, WilkesBarre. Tonight at 8. Free. 9702787.

Books & Bagels, a discussion of “Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St., Pittston. Saturday at 10 a.m. Coffee and bagels served.

654-9565.

Spring Reading and Lecture Series, with novelist and shortstory writer Salvatore Scibona, named one of the 20 best American writers under age 40 by The New Yorker magazine.

Niedbala Auditorium, Hoeffner Science and Technology Center, East Stroudsburg University.

Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Free. 4223532.

Campion Society Open Readings.

Share your creative works or read from a favorite passage.

Open to the community. SheehyFarmer Campus Center, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Free. 208-5957.

Famed author Sir Salman Rushdie will speak on Tuesday at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center Winning Authors, at Wilkes a discussion University. and book signing with New York Times bestselling author Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor of the O.J. Simpson murder case and author of the nonfiction book based on the trail “Without a Doubt.” Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, 1280 Route 315, Plains. Thursday at 7 p.m. Free. 888-946-4672.

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‘Framing Faith: A Pictorial History of Communities of Faith’ spotlights Catholic churches in Scranton that were closed due to restructuring.

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urely you’ve seen them.

Tiny children, barely able to keep their balance, toddle around murmuring, “Egg! Egg!” and picking up plastic prizes strewnaroundthegroundinplainsight.

If any little ones are carrying a basket, the colorful ova just might be spilling unheeded from one side as fast as they can fill the other.

Then there are the older children. They know the ins and outs of finding eggs hidden a bit deeper under the greenery, behind a rock or in whatever place a dedicated bunny/volunteer considered sufficiently challenging.

This weekend and next, the hunts are on.

How does all this magic happen?

“We’re still doing it,” said judicial candidate Paula Radick, who earlier this week described four volunteers as still busy inserting candy and the occasional prize ticket into at least 800 eggs.

The group doesn’t mind, she said. “It’s a welcome-tospring-type thing, and it brings back happy memories of my own childhood.”

Children ages 8 and younger can look for those eggs at 2 p.m. Sunday in Community Park, Hazle Township. (Call 371-5290 to pre-register.)

Other egg-gathering events can be found around the region, from Public Square in Wilkes-Barre to the Faith AssemblyofGodChurchinHazleTownship.Andifyouthink the 5,000 eggs Wilkes-Barre has ordered is a lot, well, Faith Assembly has twice as many, at 10,000.

“Bring an empty basket or a bag that will surely leave full,” children’s pastor Maureen Gregory wrote in a press release.

John Chaump of the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association said Saturday’s egg hunt, which begins at 10 a.m.onPublicSquare,willbejustpartofadayoffunforthe whole family.

Children, who will be divided into three age groups for the egg hunt on Public Square, will have a chance to win

IF YOU GO Easter Egg Hunt: The third annual event sponsored by the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association, with 5000 colorful, candy-filled eggs and the arrival of the Easter Bunny atop a fire engine. Ages 10 and younger. Public Square, WilkesBarre. 10 a.m. tomorrow. 823-2101.

Easter Egg-Stravaganza: with more than 10,000 eggs, Eggcellent prizes, games, crafts, a giant inflatable slide and more for preschool to sixth grade, Faith Assembly of God, 34 Fox Manor Road, Hazle Township. 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow. Free. 459-2410.

Breakfast with the Bunny, with cookie decorating for children, basket raffle, bake sale and photo opps. Dorrance Township Fire Hall, 402 St. John’s Road, Wapwallopen. 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday. $8, $5 children, free for age 3 and younger. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. 709-1017.

Easter Egg Hunt: for ages 8 and younger, with a visit from the Easter Bunny. Community Park, Hazle Township. 2 p.m.

Sunday with advance registration required. 371-5290.

Easter Bonnet Decorating, inspired by the book “Queen of Easter” by Mary Engelbreit. Supplies provided, but feel free to bring items of your own, West Pittston Library, 200 Exeter Ave., West Pittston. 6:30 p.m.

Monday. Free. Reservations, 654-9847.

Easter Egg Hunt, Back Mountain Harvest Assembly, 340 Carverton Road, Trucksville. April 23 with registration at The Rock Recreation Center at 9 a.m. and hunt at 10 a.m. 696-1128.

bicycles, scooters and other prizes, and they can watch the Easter Bunny arrive via Wilkes-Barre firetruck.

Barnes & Noble Wilkes-King’s Bookstore on South Main Street will have story time at10:30 a.m., and the Bunny will be there at 11 a.m.

People who attend the hunt on the Square will be able to pickupdiscountedticketstothenoonshowingofthefamilyfriendly “Hop” at Movies14, and Boscov’s department store is planning an “Egg-Stravaganza” of Easter fun, including cookie decorating, crafts and games from 1 to 3 p.m.

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By SARA POKORNY spokorny@timesleader.com

A wicker basket and plastic grass are often givens when deciding how to display Easter presents. While this is a tried-and-true method, other containers can be used to pack gifts – and serve a purpose afterward.

Why not think outside the basket and fill something different this year?

You’ll at least cut down on stray grass strands that pop up in random places weeks after Easter.

For a child’s basket, think spring.

Children are more than ready now for higher temperatures and the end of school, so gift them with supplies:

• Sidewalk chalk • Pinwheel • Kite • Beach and/or pool toys • Frisbee • Bubbles • Jacks or marbles • Jump rope Instead of a basket, try a: • Bike helmet • Toy dump truck • Toy grocery cart • Toy wheelbarrow Teenagers and college students can be challenges. They’re too old for toys and while they could use the practical stuff, they often aren’t too keen on it.

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This gardening ‘basket’ starts with a tote bag from Staples – it came with the exterior tools – and is filled with an assortment of dollar-store gardening supplies.

Adults join the hunt for a nontraditional Easter TIMES LEADER FILE PHOTO/ PETE G. WILCOX

By SANDRA SNYDER ssnyder@timesleader.com

Who says an Easter egg hunt is only for children?

OK, maybe the kind folks who generously give of their time planning so many public egg hunts do.

But for big kids, even full-grown adults, a self-planned hunt can be a grand way to act like children all over again. (Perhaps in the privacy of their own yards, TIMES LEADER FILE PHOTO/ where the neighbors might BILL TARUTIS not watch in disdain.)

Left: Chuck Sickler, 11, of We started the tradiDallas searches for an egg tion in my family some under a rock during a previous

Above: Giuliana Schineller, 3, of Dallas searches for Easter eggs with her mom, Jacqueline, during last year’s Easter Egg Hunt on Public Square. This year’s event will take place tomorrow.

years ago when – horrors! – the parents surprised the grown kids with an Easter shocker: “We’re going on a cruise and will be gone for Easter.”

Now this landed as such a bombshell probably because the truth was we’d all gotten lazy. We’d started to take Mom and Dad for granted and assumed it would be a given they’d do the Easter ham, turkey and kielbasa and have everyone over. So when we heard they’d accepted a travel invitation from close friends, we knew it was time to fly like the eagles we were meant to become.

That meant picking a new “host house” (the eldest sister’s), planning

our own menu and organizing our own egg hunt for the actual children in attendance. It was my brother, though, who mixed things up a bit and announced that the year’s festivities also would include an “adult division,” and a valuable gift card would be awarded.

That announcement sure got the naysayers outside. Who doesn’t want to win a gift card?

Our big-people hunt went off with just a few hitches but was so enjoyable I’d like to See HUNT, Page 23

Misericordia University Easter Egg Hunt.

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irst things first: The Naked Grape is not a wine bar. I point this out because I happen to know the name has led a few people to that mistaken conclusion. Perhaps some misconception is why “The Grape Pub and Eatery” is now etched on the door of this bar/restaurant/nightspot tucked into a far corner of the Weis Plaza in Plains Township.

Not that you can’t get a glass or two of wine here in this very purple room, where grapes figure fairly prominently into the decor. You actually can get at least five or six, but a quick glance seemed to indicate the whites on the list, especially, favor the sweeter side, so armchair sommeliers might cast a skeptical eye.

What you can get is a morethan-decent beer-on-tap selection, including a local Breaker Brewing Company pour, and a host of impressively creative sandwiches, subs and pizzas.

You also can get a full-on dinner, but our visit left us more convinced casual fare is the bread and butter here. Seeing as many nights, weeknights included, you’ll have a fairly loud band playing in the background, you’re more likely, anyway, to enjoy something not so fancy at which you can pick for a stretch.

Our hands-down favorite item of the night was a singlecrusted small pagach pizza ($6.75), with abundant but silky mashed potatoes and just the right onion and herb notes. The cheese was tangy and obviously present but not dominant and did not overtake, which is the way we like it. That the pie was piping hot also was a wonderful bonus.

Because we already had been to and lately have been enjoying more and more the fare at Rodano’s in downtown Wilkes-Barre (and The Grape did have a connection to what is now a Public Square institution) we passed over several signature sandwich specialties we could almost guarantee would be great based on previous experience and

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sought something different, something not necessarily evocative of Rodano’s.

So, first up, homemade gnocchi ($12) off the pasta menu it was. (We tend to like words like “homemade.”)

Nothing disappointing here. A decent-size order of ridged potato-ey dumplings (and as gnocchi fans know, decent size means you take half home) came enrobed in a rich, dark-red marinara that was hearty enough to have you almost thinking you were eating a meat sauce. Each bite was a hearty, filling treat.

A complimentary plate of garlic bread for two of us to

share almost edged the homemade gnocchi in a battle for affection. Four generous, lightly toasted sticks were more drenched than drizzled in butter with fresh garlic and a justright sprinkling of cheese. Our server told us these can be purchased separately in slightly higher quantity as an app, so we were happy to have this gratis taste.

Now for the dinner dinner news: My guest ordered a $13.95 salmon entrée, Parmesan-cheese encrusted, that, well, perplexed her, to be honest. Perhaps because the salmon was more coated, rather than crusted, in grated cheese and breadcrumbs, with nothing really providing moisture, she found the entrée entirely too dry and the coating particularly salty. We did, however, find a fix, and that was to ask for a side of the teriyaki sauce she would have received had she ordered the teriyaki-style salmon. Scraping the crumbs

off the original salmon and adding the new sauce seemed to perk up the nice-size, nicetasting piece of fish enough anyway. Instead of potato and vegetable on the side, she substituted angel-hair pasta with marinara and enjoyed that just fine.

On the whole the evening itself was rather enjoyable, but we probably should note the atmosphere does cater to a local-music-loving crowd. If you prefer quiet ambience and soothing music, arrive very early or consider takeout. If you like to dance in your seat (so to speak) while you dine, this is definitely your place.

Your ears as well as your eyes — The Grape is quite attractively decorated and wellmaintained — will smile. And your tastebuds are likely to follow.

Times Leader food critics remain anonymous.

Speaking of Rodano’s, as the network of restaurants that either bear the family name (or lend it out) continues to grow, it would be easy to become overly familiar and order the same favorites again and again: The Coal Miner on a bunzoni, The Market Street on rosemary ciabatta …

We recently, however, discovered the pure joy that comes from trusting the house special, this time a simple cup of soup.

On a recent Public Square lunch visit, one of us absolutely went bananas over a roasted red-pepper bisque and simply had to ask for the scoop. Is this served regularly? Why have we never heard of this before? Turns out this beautiful, rich, velvety soup is made but three times per year (approximately) by a mystery “she,” who has quite evidently mastered the art of making something delicious all the more desirable simply with limited availability.

So now we wait. For the next glorious round. Oh you seductress …

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The vineyard supplies As far as recipes go, Nimgrapes for the numerous ble Hill doesn’t follow any. wines the winery produces.

Owners Gary and Ellie One such wine, and one of Toczko like to take a more the first to use the homeorganic approach to winegrown fruit, is Innocence. making.

“It’s a nice summer sip“We make our wine per,” said Jennifer Durbased on the harvest, the land of Nimble Hill, way the fruit tastes,” Durwhose father, Kevin, is land said. “We consider the winemaker. the sugar, the acidity of Cayuga and Edelweiss it.” are two white grapes The lack of recipe causgrown in the vineyard es wine of the same name that help infuse Innobut different year to vary cence with a light, greatly. smooth taste. Both PETE G. WILCOX/ “Because we don’t grapes also help to imTHE TIMES LEADER follow any strict formupart sweetness in a Innocence is a la to make a wine, you wine. blush red by “We like to hand- Nimble Hill Vine- might have wine a year apart that tastes compick the fruit because yards in Tunkpletely different,” Durthen what we use is hannock. land said. determined by us and not all picked by a machine,” ••• Durland said. “We can tell if it INNOCENCE tastes the way we’d like it to.”

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Matthew Zaleskas of Larksville heals children as ’the teenage Jesus.’

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through all that suffering.”

The play incorporates several legends into its storyline, among them that Joseph of Arimathea owned a tin mine in England, took a teenage Jesus there and later, after the crucifixion, returned there and hid a tin cup — the Passover cup or “Holy Grail” from the Last Supper.

“I actually researched this,” Manning said. “What I found in my research confirmed what Father Jerry wrote.”

Gurka noted last weekend it’s been 30 years since he presented his first “Living Stations,” which were a simpler version of his passion plays,

The Rev. Gerald J. Gurka, pastor of St. John the Baptist Church in Larksville, talks about his play ’Joseph and the Holy Grail,’ set for 7:30 tonight.

and said he hopes the audience and cast will find this latest play “a source of meditative inspiration, as the research and writing have been for me.”

Lucy Singer, 43, who portrays the Blessed Mother, said she has been pondering the role of a woman forced to watch her son’s brutal death.

“I don’t know how I’m going to do it without crying,” she said. “I have two boys of my own.”

Caiaphas the high priest, played by Joseph Kester, center, grabs a sword from Pontius Pilate, played by Jeremy Shrawder, just before he knights Joseph of Arimathea, played

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As the cast arrived at St. John the Baptist Church in Larksville last weekend to rehearse the Rev. Gerald J. Gurka’s latest passion play, several actors described their characters as people who made mistakes.

Judas? “A conflicted character,” said Colin McFarland, 18, who has the role of the apostle-turned-traitor.

“Not so much a bad guy as someone who made a bad decision.”

Pilate? “He could’ve made a stand. He could’ve done the right thing,” Jeremy Shrawder, 30, said of the Roman governor who approved Jesus’ execution in ancient Jerusalem.

“His wife saw the right thing to do, but Pilate saw the political ramifications.”

In this play, titled “Joseph and the Holy Grail,” Joseph of Arimathea also has his shortcomings — giving into his fears time and again. The wealthy merchant is glad to be a disciple of Jesus, who in this version of the story is also his great-nephew, but he wants it to be a secret so he won’t jeopardize his business or social position.

Sadly, Joseph wishes he could be as brave as Veronica, who cleans Jesus’ face with her veil as he walks to Calvary, or another woman, Prisca, who steps forward to give the crucified Jesus a loincloth.

He even wishes someone would push him forward, the way Simon of Cyrene was pushed forward to help Jesus carry his cross.

Finally, after the crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea does find the courage to go public.

He requests Jesus’ body from Pilate and, with help from the priest Nicodemus and others, lays it to rest in his own tomb.

As Nicodemus points out, “By what we have just done, I don’t think our discipleship is a secret any longer.”

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Bond, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” by the 40-member Taiwan Bangzi Opera Company with leading Taiwanese diva Wang Hai-ling as Shylock. Presented by the University of Scranton at the Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton. Tonight at 7:30.

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These gifts should be useful but cool: • Drink bottle • Car-wash gift certificate • Gas gift card • Movie tickets and a restaurant gift card • USB flash drive • A magazine, with a subscription • Picture frames Instead of a basket, use: • Laundry basket • Tote bin • Beach bag or tote bag • Small trash can Sticking with a theme is easy yet personal, particularly when it comes to buying for adults.

Color-coordinated plates, bowls, pitchers and other cookout necessities can be arranged in a large plastic

tub, which could double as an ice/ drink bin later.

A tool box can be used instead of a basket for a handyman or a tackle box for a fisherman. A sewing basket can be filled with accoutrements for those handy with a needle or a cakedecorating caddy or mixing bowl for a chef or baker.

• For a gardener, a “basket” can be a breeze – and inexpensive. Dollar stores sell many basic gardening tools. Include a kneeling pad, gloves, seeds and floral scissors in a canvas bag, and you’ll have a happy green thumb.

Sports fanatics are another breeze.

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Put plastic eggs and candy in a basket, but fill each egg with a clue, leading him or her on a hunt for presents.

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share some tips and lessons, in case any other adults out there would like to let loose in similar fashion: • First, a caution: Never think an adult hunt will be more civilized than a kid one.

Even full-grown, we were not above such childish accusations as “Cheater, cheater!

You peeked!” (If Mom and Dad were home, they might even have had to threaten to shut us down, much like they did during Candyland and Chutes and Ladders, the early years.)

• Come prepared. If your Easter best does not involve sneakers, bring them to din-

ner in a bag. They provide traction, speed and a decided advantage over any siblings in heels (me), especially in a wet yard. Suffice to say I did not win our inaugural hunt.

• Sweeten the pots: Have everyone “pay to play” and use the amassed fees as a “jackpot” or request that everyone kick in a prize (gag or otherwise) to a prize table.

Hunting is so much better when something is at stake, even if that something is from Dollar Tree.

• Exercise sound judgment when hiding eggs: Finally, the biggest lesson we learned could have been a costly one.

Of course you want the difficulty of finding eggs to increase as the average age of the hunters increases, but don’t lose your head. One of us (the “who” is in question to

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s no secret

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your dreams of last night affect the start of your day.

Your subconscious has had its fun, but in the morning light, it is time to push the mental “reset” button and take control of your own mind and mood.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your energy is vibrant, though not necessarily constant.

As superhuman as you feel, you still require downtime to recharge.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will be in a cautious mood, looking out for those more reckless. Someone has to! Your kindness will not be directly repaid, but doing the right thing is its own reward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll work on your core — if not your abs then your emotional core. You are loved. By focus-

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be in a spunky mood, and you’ll be less guarded with what you do and say. Because of this, you have the potential to brighten someone’s day or ruin it, and of course, you’ll choose the first option.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Unbeknownst to you, you are drawing someone in with the intensity of your presence, your sparkling eyes and the gusto you add to the conversation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Though you are open and curious, you will not be easily won. Furthermore, it will take an especially compelling argument to separate you from your money.

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what you want because you think it would be fun to have it. You will be careful not to choose out of insecurity or need and will not respond to pressure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Get back into your hobby. Loved ones may at first be jealous of the time you spend doing “your thing,” but they will ultimately be happy for you, as doing what you enjoy makes you a more loving person.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 15). This year grows a new and more confident you. A financial boost will improve many parts of your life. A relationship brings blissful times. Cancer and Leo people are your enthusiastic supporters. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 19, 33, 28 and 1.

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10:00 a.m. (FMC) The Snake Pit An ex-patient recalls the horrors of a mental institution.

11:00 a.m. (AMC) Million Dollar Baby A deep bond develops between a cantankerous trainer and the female boxer he reluctantly takes under his wing. (HDTV) 12:00 p.m. (FMC) A Hatful of Rain A drug-addicted Korean War veteran lives in a housing project with his brother and pregnant wife.

11:00 p.m. (TNT) GoodFellas In the 1950s an Irish-Italian hoodlum joins the New York Mafia, but his mob career is not what he expected.

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2:00 p.m. (TCM) National Velvet An English girl’s dream of racing her horse in the Grand National thunders to reality with the help of a former jockey.

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8:15 a.m. (TCM) Love Me Tonight Mistaken for a baron, a singing Paris tailor woos a princess at her castle.

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10:25 a.m. (STARZ) Toy Story 2 Animated. When a toy collector kidnaps Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys band together to bring him home. (HDTV) 5:15 p.m. (STARZ) Toy Story Animated. A flashy new action hero’s arrival creates upset in a community

of toys that comes to life when people are absent. (HDTV) 6:42 p.m. (STARZ) Toy Story 2 Animated. When a toy collector kidnaps Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys band together to bring him home. (HDTV) 8:00 p.m. (TBS) The Wizard of Oz After a tornado whisks Kansas farm girl Dorothy to a magic land, she must travel to the Emerald City for help in getting back home. (HDTV) 10:00 p.m. (TBS) The Wizard of Oz After a tornado whisks Kansas farm girl Dorothy to a magic land, she must travel to the Emerald City for help in getting back home. (HDTV) Wilkes Barre 4-Star Movies for 4/18/11

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4:05 p.m. (CIN) The Last Samurai In the 1870s a Westerner is caught in the middle of a battle between Japan’s emperor and the samurai.

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2:15 p.m. (TCM) La Strada A carnival brute mistreats his witless waif assistant, who meets a friendly aerialist.

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Rerun time of year isn’t as bleak as it used to be, what with season starts and stops not nearly as predictable as before. If you’re getting a bit bored, however, with the latest offerings, count on a couple of returning favorites and new prospects: AP PHOTO • “Extreme Makeover: Home Steve Carell will make his final Edition” returns to ABC with new episodes at 8 p.m. Sunday. appearance as Michael Scott in The substituted “Secret Million- ’The Office’ on April 28. aire” that replaced this longstanding home show in the time idians.

• Meanwhile on NBC, our beslot ended last week, so if you missed this misnomer, you can loved Steve Carell will officially now take a break from HGTV. depart “The Office” and ScranMisnomer? Well, anyone else ton forever on April 28. We’ll see think they should just call this him off in a supersized farewell show “Extreme Demolish and episode, from 9 to 9:50 p.m.

Rebuild in a Hurry?” Still, if you Eastern time, followed by an expay attention to the people story tended version of “Parks and in the first 15 minutes, you usu- Recreation,” which will conclude at 10:30 p.m. Eastern. ally can find yourself hooked.

If you’re still not watching • ABC also has just thrown yet another weeknight rom-com “Parks and Rec” (normally 9:30 into the mix with “Happy End- Thursdays), come on, people. ings” at 9:30 p.m. Thursdays. The hot-mess conglomerate of Tough to judge a show’s poten- city-government office mates is tial after only two episodes a dependable weekly riot. (smartly, the network gave us ••• the first two on a same-night deAnd, finally, yes, people ARE but, and the second was funnier watching this nutty “Celebrity than the first), but if you like the Apprentice.” A few folks responidea of another story of six close ded to last week’s dissection, friends, with the twist that one among them Exeter’s Jim Kear(Elisha Cuthbert) has called off ney, who said: a wedding to another, tune in.

“That Nene (or whatever her ABC also is hyping the return name is) is just plain nasty. And of “Cougar Town,” with a one- Star Jones is beyond scary. And two punch of new episodes at Dionne – yikes!, thankfully she’s 9:30 p.m. on Monday AND gone. What a group that was.

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Kaitlyn Darby, 5, of Nanticoke didn’t need a ball game to get this famous fare.

Deb Toporcer of Nanticoke piles the finished hot dogs on a tray in the kitchen. ’Carly’ strikes a wide-eyed pose with a little help from a friend, ventriloquist Susan Klein of Nanticoke.

Sarah McCauley, 8, of Nanticoke makes a toss at a lawn game brought inside.

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Ava Catrone, 6, of Glen Lyon has her hand painted by Kylie Kellmer, 14, of Mountain Top as Jessica McCauley, 9, and Sunny Popovich, 5, both of Nanticoke, wait their turn.

Justin Grasmeder, 3, of WilkesBarre digs into his cupcake. His painted face looks almost as delicious.

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SPRING FLING This is high season for spring flings of all sorts. Nebo Baptist Church, on Prospect Street in Nanticoke, had some warm-weather fun at its Spring Jubilee on Sunday.

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Grilled 16oz.

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Choose Your Own Special • (Monday, Wednesday & Friday)

• Buy a 10-Cut Tray & Receive 2 Slices FREE! • 1–Large Round 16” Pizza & 10 Cuts Of Sicilian Pizza $17.49

All Keystone 24 oz. Cans - 99¢ ea.

View our menu at: www.menusNEPA.com

CHECKERBOARD INN Served with 2 Sides

6oz. Yellow Fin Tuna Steak

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verbrook Pub & Grille

Friday & Saturday Specials Fish & Chips Served with Coleslaw

Crab Baked Macaroni & Cheese Served with Salad & Vegetable

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Now In Our 8th Year!

Try Our New Pizza Available Wed. & Fri. during Lent 12 CUTS FOR $10.99

Irem Shrine Circus

WEEKEND FEATURES Fried Seafood Combo Fish & Chips

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April 25-30 Kingston Armory ●

Show Times: Monday 1:30 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Wed, Thurs & Fri 10:00 a.m. & 7:15 p.m., Sat 1:30 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.

General admission $6 ● Reserved seating $10, $11, $14 & $18

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Served with French Fries & Cole Slaw

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“Belly Buster” Beer Battered Haddock

This Saturday Our Own Smoked Brisket & Pulled Pork Sandwiches

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Presented by the Nobles of the Uniformed Units of Irem

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Full Menu Available Credit Cards Accepted!

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Chef John and the Vanderlyn’s Family Invite you to enjoy Easter Dinner at

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Tickets available at Irem Shrine Circus Office: 22 E. Union St. Kingston 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Have a meal and a beverage at the AWARD-WINNING Metro Bar and Grill and we’ll take up to $5 off, just for trying us out!

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Pagach OFF SITE CATERING NOW AVAILABLE

For reservations call 714-0783

Here’s $5 to Give Us a Try!

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Full Menu Available: Steak, Seafood, Fish, Chops, Pastas, Burgers & more

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11:00 to 9:00 Fri. Sat. 11:00 to 10:00 Sun. 11:00 to 9:00

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Tuna steak encrusted with Sesame Seeds and pan seared to perfection.

Then it’s drizzled with strawberry infused balsamic reduction.

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Lemon-Pepper dusted Tilapia filet, pan seared & topped with spinach and Three Succulent Sautéed Shrimp and finished with a light Herb Butter.

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Pork Porterhouse Saltimbocca $15.95

Grilled pork topped with sautéed spinach, prociutto and melted fresh mozzarella.

Sunday Special Chicken & Biscuits

Costello’s is now taking reservations for Easter! Make yours Today Our Easter Buffet will offer all the comfort foods that you’ve come to know and love including Italian Wedding Soup, Ham, Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Fresh Fruit, and much More!!

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Back by popular demand...

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Visit our retail location to purchase our Pizza items.

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Lenten Specials

•Shrimp Salad Sandwich •Rutter Ave. (Request No Bacon) •3 Salad Combo (Tuna, Egg, Shrimp) Over Greens •Gnocci Haluski (Fridays Only) •Fish n Chips •Shrimp/Chips •Homemade Crabcake Sandwich •Shrimp & Crabcake Sandwich •Homemade Baked Mac-N-Cheese •The Gordy Haddock Sandwich •Yuengling Lager Scallops w/Fries & Cole Slaw

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ENTERTAINMENT

SkyBox Sports Bar (822-6600)

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Grand Slam Sports Bar (639-3278) @ Grotto Pizza Harveys Lake Tonite 8:30

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517 Pierce Street •Pierce Plaza Kingston, 283-3354

The Tyme Bands

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You’re invited to the

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3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, April 16 10:00 am Public Square, Wilkes-Barre

Vouchers for discounted tickets to 12p.m. showing of “Hop” at WB Movies 14

Storytime at Barnes & Noble at 10:30am followed by Easter Bunny Egg-stravaganza of Easter fun at Boscovs from 1-3pm

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On the Waterfront 304 Kennedy Blvd.

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Free parking courtesy of Genetti’s Hotel & Conference Center