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Letter from the editor
I, for one, am very excited
about 2013.
Much like last year, it’s going
to be a year of big changes for
The Weekender. In our first issue
of the new year, we wanted to
come right out of the gate with a
bang, so we’re re-introducing
Weekender Sessions, our series
of filmed intimate performances
with local bands, with a more
professional tone – each monthly
installment will now be filmed
by our friends at JVW, Inc., in
Scranton. It’s a partnership that
has already yielded some great
content on our YouTube channel
(youtube.com/weekendervideo),
but what we have planned for this
series will take that to a whole
new level. Graces Downfall was
kind enough to be our first guest,
and they really knocked it out of
the park. Learn more about the
band and the session on pages 32
and 33.
This issue also contains the
first installment of Sixteen-
Hundred, a column on page 24
by two of our long-term corre-
spondents, Kait Burrier and
Jason Riedmiller, and their quest
to see good music wherever it
may be. Their frequent travels
took them to Philadelphia last
month, where they wrote about
and photographed Band of
Horses.
It’s obvious that we love music,
but for those looking to The
Weekender for more, just you
wait. We’ve got so many plans
and I’ve got so little space here to
tell you about them, you’ll just
have to wait and see.
-Rich Howells, Weekender
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PUSHING FORWARD
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COVER STORY
WEEKENDER SESSIONS…32-33
LISTINGS
THIS JUST IN ... 7
SPEAK & SEE ... 10
CONCERTS ... 18-19
THEATER ... 25
AGENDA ... 31, 34, 39, 42
MIND & BODY ... 38
FITNESS ... 41
MUSIC
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE …12, 13
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CHARTS ... 14
THE PUSH…16
BAND OF HORSES …17
1600 … 24
THE FIVE PERCENT … 27
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RALPHIE REPORT ... 26
STARSTRUCK ... 26
GASLIGHT THEATRE CO. … 28
INFINITE IMPROBABILITY … 30
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BLUES HIGHWAY BLUES ... 40
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SHOWUS SOME SKIN ... 49
WEEKENDER MAN ... 61
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HUMOR & FUN
HAPPY HOUR … 28
WHO IS ... 35
I’D TAP THAT … 44
STOUT PROFILE … 44
PET OF THE WEEK … 45
LIFE IS A DRAG … 46
SORRY MOM AND DAD … 47
NEWS OF THE WEIRD … 47
SIGN LANGUAGE … 50
BUCKET LISTS … 51
GAMES & TECH
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GET YOUR GAME ON … 48
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Jan. 2-8, 2013
SLAM!
Twelve young writers and three
adult performers will represent
Breaking Ground Poets at the
historic Vintage Theater in
Scranton for a Poetry Slam.
There will be four rounds with
five teams, all hosted by poet
emcee Jim Warner.
The youth Breaking Ground
Poets consist of high school
students from Tunkhannock
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local teachers and published
poets Amye Archer, Dale Wilsey
and Katie Wisnosky. Five local
celebrity judges will also be
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scale of one to 10.
Kick off the new year with a
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It premiered in Scranton on
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Barnes & Noble Wilkes-
King’s Booksellers (7 S. Main
St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.4700)
❏ Events/Book Clubs:
• Open Mic Night: last Tues.
of every month, 6:30 p.m.
• Writer’s Workgroup: Wyom-
ing Valley Wordsmiths: first/third
Tues. monthly, 7 p.m.
❏ Children’s Events:
• Weekly Sat. morning story
time, 11 a.m.-noon.
Dietrich Theater (60 E. Tioga
St., Tunkhannock: 570.996.1500)
• Writers Group: Thurs.,
7-8:30 p.m. 18+. Celebrates all
types of writing styles, formats.
Join anytime. Free. Call to regis-
ter.
• Stories From Around the
World: Jan. 19, 11 a.m.; snow
date, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. Storyteller
Fiona Powell sits at her spinning
wheel and spins folk tales.
• Open Mic Night: Jan. 25,
7:15 p.m., featuring Breaking
Ground Poets at 8:15 p.m. Sign-
ups begin 6:30 p.m.
• Wyoming County Reads –
Ragtime: Reading of the classic
novel “Ragtime” by E.L. Docto-
row with book discussions facil-
itated by Bill Chapla at the Tunk-
hannock Public Library. Feb. 6,
13, 20, 27, 7 p.m.
• Open Mic Night: Feb. 22,
7:15 p.m., featuring K.K. Gordon
at 8: 15 p.m.
• Writing Your Hat Off: Cre-
ative Writing for Kids: Ages
10-16. March 5, 12, 19, 26, 4-5:30
p.m.
• Creative Characters from
Paper to Puppets: Ages 5-12.
April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 4-5
p.m.
King’s College (133 North
River St., Wilkes-Barre,
570.208.5957 or kings.edu)
• Campion Literary Society
Open Readings: Jan. 31, Feb. 19,
7 p.m., Gold Room, Adminis-
tration Building. Info:
570.208.5900, ext. 5487.
• Campion Literary Society
Writing Workshops: Feb. 8, 3:30
p.m., SHeehy-Farmer Campus
Center. Info: 570.208.5900, ext.
5487.
The Osterhout Free Library
(71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre,
www.osterhout.info,
570.821.1959)
• Open Computer Lab: Mon./
Wed., 5-8 p.m.; Sat., 1-4 p.m.
Pages & Places
• Cafe Programs every Thurs.
Happy hour 6 p.m., programs 7
p.m. (Platform Lounge at Trax in
Radisson Lackawanna Station
Hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave.,
Scranton)
Pittston Memorial Library
(47 Broad St., 570.654.9565,
[email protected])
• Craftastic Kids Craft Club:
3rd Sat. every month, 10 a.m.
Grades 2-5. Call/email to regis-
ter.
• Crochet Club: Tues., 10
a.m., Thurs., 6 p.m. New mem-
bers welcome.
• Kids Science Club: First Sat.
every month, 10 a.m. Grades 2-5.
Call/email to register.
• Lego Club: Meets Mondays,
4 p.m. Wait list only, call.
• Page Turners Kids Book
Club: First Thurs. every month.
Grades 3-5.
• Story Time: Toddlers Tues.,
10 a.m. or Wed., 1:30 p.m.; Pre-
school Tues., 1:30 p.m. or Wed.,
10 a.m.
Plymouth Public Library
(107 W. Main St., Plymouth,
570.779.4775)
• Looking for volunteers: Call
to sign up.
• Adult computer lessons:
Daily, call to register.
• Story Time: Mon., 11 a.m. or
Wed., 10:30 a.m. Toddlers/pre-
school children.
STACKS Writing Group
Every other Tues., 6 p.m., The
Banshee, (320 Penn Ave., Scran-
ton). Info: stackswriting-
[email protected]
West Pittston Library (200
Exeter Ave., www.wplibrary.org,
570.654.9847)
• Book Club: First Tues., 6:45
p.m. Free. Informal discussion of
member-selected books.
• Weekly story time for chil-
dren: Fri., 1 p.m. Free.
VISUAL
AFA Gallery (514 Lackawan-
na Ave., Scranton: 570.969.1040
or Artistsforart.org)
Gallery hours Thurs.-Sat., 12-5
p.m.
• Life Drawing sessions:
every Tues., 7-9 p.m. Contact
[email protected] for
info.
• Drawing Socials: every
Sun., 6-9 p.m. $5 GA, $2 stu-
dent.
• Winter Members Exhibition:
Through Dec. 28.
• “Points of Attraction” by
Scot Kaylor: Jan. 3-26. Opening
reception Jan. 4, 6-9 p.m.
Blue Heron Art Gallery (121
Main St., Wyalusing,
570.746.4922, www.bluehero-
nart.org)
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat. by appt.
• “Seeking The Muse-A dec-
ade of Art at the Blue Heron
Gallery:” through Jan. 24. 22
artists. Info: [email protected]
Camerawork Gallery (Down-
stairs in the Marquis Gallery,
Laundry Building, 515 Center
St., Scranton, 570.510.5028.
www.cameraworkgallery.org,
[email protected]) Gallery
hours Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• “Photographs of the Amer-
ican Vernacular” by D. B. Sto-
vall: Through Jan. 29.
• Accepting submissions for
new shows during 2012-2013.
Photography only; all photo-
graphic methods considered.
Check out submissions procedure
on website for details.
Lizza Studios (900 Rutter
Ave., Suite 10, Forty Fort,
570.991.6611, betsy@lizzastu-
dios.com)
• On display: A private collec-
tion of work by Czech artist
Colini.
Luzerne County Historical
Society Museum (69 S. Franklin
St., Wilkes-Barre, 570.823.6244,
[email protected])
• “The Miracle of the Bells”
exhibit: Through March 15.
Misericordia University (301
Lake St., Dallas, 570.674.6286)
❏ Pauly Friedman Art Gallery,
Tues.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.,
10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 p.m.
• “Norman Rockwell’s 323
Saturday Evening Post Covers:’’
Jan. 14 to Feb. 28.
Schulman Gallery (2nd floor
of LCCC Campus Center, 1333
S. Prospect St., Nanticoke,
www.luzerne.edu/schulmangal-
lery, 570.740.0727)
Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri., 9
a.m.-5 p.m.
• Annual Faculty/Alumni
Exhibit: Through Jan. 3
Widmann Gallery (Located
in King’s College’s Sheehy-Farm-
er Campus Center between North
Franklin and North Main Streets,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5900, ext.
5328)
Gallery hours: Mon. through
Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat. and
Sun. as arranged. Free and open
to the public.
• “Redesigning Reality:” Art
exhibition by Ryan Frania, a
junior at Wyoming Seminary
College Preparatory School.
Meet the Artist reception Jan. 18,
6-8 p.m.
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Music
Punk rock fans seeking enter-
tainment on Saturday evening,
Jan. 5, may find what they’re
looking for at New Visions Stu-
dio & Gallery (201 Vine St,
Scranton).
A gallery news release reads,
“Are you ready to mosh, slam
dance, and skank? I freakin’
hope so, ‘cause New Visions is
having a punk show.” Bands
playing include Feds, Halfling,
and Mundo from Scranton and
Bad Answers from Clarks Sum-
mit. Doors are at 7 p.m. and the
show begins at 7:30 p.m. The
cost is $7 at the door.
New Visions owner Adam
Weitzenkorn said the art gallery
tries to host two to four music
shows a month, usually attracting
40-50 attendees, sometimes
more.
“Music is an art form too,” he
explained.
He said of the upcoming show,
“It’ll be a good turnout and a
good mix.”
James Barrett, vocalist and
bassist for Bad Answers, de-
scribed the venue as possessing a
“positive atmosphere,” and he
said the band enjoys performing
there. He said other venues Bad
Answers played at in the past
include the former Eleanor Rig-
by’s in Jermyn and The Sherman
Theater in Stroudsburg, opening
for Mustard Plug, Flatfoot 56,
The Toasters, and Phone Calls
from Home.
Barrett described his band as
alternative punk rock. Its mem-
bers reside in Clarks Summit,
including Barrett, Jerry Connor
on drums, and Terry Hurst Jr. on
guitar, all Abington Heights High
School students, and Joe Wilga
on guitar, a recent Lackawanna
Trail High School graduate.
According to Barrett, Bad
Answers formed in 2010, made
its first recording, the “Ashes
EP,” in 2010, and is currently in
the process of recording a new
EP. He said they mostly play
original songs, sometimes adding
a cover to a live performance
when time permits.
Connor said if “the crowd gets
into it” during a live perform-
ance, the band has met its goal.
He said New Visions is his favor-
ite venue to play at, and the band
usually receives positive feed-
back from fans there.
“You get some of the coolest
people to come out there,” he
said, adding that the vintage
video games, comic books, and
art on display add a lot to the
atmosphere.
He said he’s especially looking
forward to the upcoming punk
show because the band gets to
perform with Halflings, “a really
good punk band.”
“I’m excited,” he said. “It’s
going to be a good time.” W
Bad Answers, other
local punk rockers
ready to mosh
By Elizabeth Baumeister
Special to the Weekender
Bad Answers of Clarks Summit will be part of the New
Visions punk rock show.
Feds, Halfling, Bad Answers,
Mundo: Jan. 5, doors 7 p.m.,
show 7:30 p.m., New Visions
Studio & Gallery (201 Vine St,
Scranton). $7.
When a band gets its original
singer back, this is usually a
cause for celebration by not only
the group, but also its loyal long-
time fans.
In the case of Killswitch En-
gage, it left both parties initially
cautious. After all, Jesse Leach
departed soon after the release
2002’s “Alive or Just Breathing,”
the metalcore act’s major label
debut, after slipping into depres-
sion. Since then, they rose to
fame with frontman Howard
Jones, producing three best-
selling albums and touring all
over the world, and fans had
embraced and accepted Jones as
the permanent singer.
In a recent interview with The
Weekender, Leach admitted that
even he was wary about rejoining
after Howard quit, as both he and
the band wondered if he could
match Jones’ vocal range while
gelling with his former band-
mates and the music they had
written in his absence.
This caution has been thrown
to the wind on their tenth anni-
versary tour of “Alive or Just
Breathing,” as displayed by their
invigorating headlining perform-
ance at the Sherman Theater
(524 Main St., Stroudsburg) on
Dec. 28 with Shadows Fall, Aca-
ro, and Periphery.
Usually it takes a few songs for
the crowd to warm up to sing-
alongs, but Killswitch opened
with not one but two tunes that
instantly had the good-sized
crowd crooning in unison – “A
Bid Farewell” and “Rose of Sha-
ryn.” Both were Jones’ songs, but
Jesse not only matched the soar-
ing vocals and deep growls, he
made them his own, as if to im-
mediately say that this was his
band again.
He thanked the crowd for
supporting the tour and “still
giving a damn about a record we
made 10 years ago,” a fitting time
to mark his homecoming to the
Massachusetts quintet.
“How many of you are actually
old enough that you bought it
when it came out?” Leach asked,
gaining many cheers. “So you’re
as old as I am, pretty much.
We’re all a bunch of old people.”
Everyone seemed energized
and young again, however, as
Killswitch dived right into album
opener “Numbered Days” and
blasted right through all 12
tracks, even the instrumental
“Without a Name.” “Fixation on
the Darkness” and “My Last
Serenade” were early highlights,
as both became popular singles
and concert staples, but many
seemed just as interested to hear
rarer tracks like “The Element of
One,” which prompted Jesse to
mention that he met his wife in a
pit at one of their early shows.
The always wisecracking gui-
tarist Adam Dutkiewicz was not
as romantic.
“I want to put my balls in all of
you,” Dutkiewicz told the crowd,
describing his genitals to the
ladies as “delicious.”
Adam later called Jesse a
douchebag, prompting Leach to
hold a shouting contest amongst
the audience to see who the big-
ger douchebag was. Dutkiewicz
lost.
“I’m the douchebag? Look at
this guy with a do-rag on and the
Daisy Duke shorts!” Leach shot
back, referring to Adam D’s
penchant for outrageous, tongue-
in-cheek outfits that show that he
doesn’t take their metal personas
too seriously.
“We’re celebrating the fact that
we’re still doing this,” the ani-
mated Adam later admitted about
the tour. “…and welcoming this
non-douchebag back into the
band.”
Closing with fan favorites “My
Curse” and “The End of Heart-
ache,” the smiles on all the mem-
bers faces proved just how joyous
this celebration was. Leach had
trained and was well-prepared for
this return, but he probably could
have held out the microphone
and let the crowd finish his lines
during every song if he wanted
to.
When he did, he grinned wide-
ly, but when he absolutely nailed
those notes on Friday evening, he
must have been beaming inside.
Welcome back, Jesse.
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Jesse Leach is back in action with Killswitch Engage.
Alive and breathing
R E V I E W
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Weekender Editor W
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Old thrash bands never die;
they just crawl into some dark
abyss and mutate into something
heavier and more sinister, seem-
ingly set to crush skulls for each
new generation. Such is the case
with Arizona’s metal outlaws
Flotsam and Jetsam.
The band, perhaps most nota-
ble for counting a pre-Metallica
Jason Newsted among its ranks,
recording the landmark thrash
album “Doomsday for the De-
ceiver” in 1986 before Newsted’s
departure, has been quietly turn-
ing out twisted shards of progres-
sive-tinged scrap metal since
their ‘80s heyday.
Combining the socially rele-
vant savagery of bands like Sa-
cred Reich and the hardcore East
Coast thrash sound of mainstays
like Overkill, Flotsam sounds
angry and headstrong on “Ugly
Noise.” Anchored by the an-
guished howl of original vocalist
Eric “A.K.” Knutson, the band
tears through the relentless BPM
acceleration of “Gitty Up,” slith-
ers with Steve Harris-inspired,
synth-Maiden prog on “Run and
Hide,” and crafts classic “riff in
E” metal chug on “Rage” as
Knutson agonizes about “being
imprisoned in his own skin.”
Guitarists Ed Carlson and
Michael Gilbert are masters of
syncopation; their airtight unison
guides the hacksaw six-string
surge in “Rabbit’s Foot,” a stand-
out track showcasing the band’s
effective use of empty space, the
hammer swinging down on top
of multi-tracked clean, reverbed
picking. Similarly foreboding is
the oppressive weight of “Play
Your Part,” the dark musicality
providing for a veritable funeral
dirge as the lyrics speak of “nau-
seating my emotions.”
Another twisted gem from one
of thrash’s more somber-eyed
outfits, “Ugly Noise” signals a
defiantly heavy recharge for
these metal vets.
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-Mark Uricheck, Weekender
Correspondent
Rating:
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Flotsamand Jetsam
‘Ugly Noise’
ALBUM REVIEWS
Old thrash just
gets uglier
charts
5. Nicki Minaj: ‘Starships’
4. Maroon 5/Wiz Khalifa: ‘Pay-
phone’
3. Gotye/Kimbra: ‘Somebody
That I Used To Know’
2. fun./Janelle Monae: ‘We Are
Young’
1. Carly Rae Jepsen: ‘Call Me
Maybe’
Top 5 Songs of 2012 with Ralphie Aversa
1. Bruno Mars: ’Unorthodox
Jukebox’
2. Rod Stewart: ’Merry Christmas
Baby’
3. Taylor Swift: ’Red’
4. Mumford & Sons: ’Babel’
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra:
’Dreams of Fireflies on a Christmas
Night’
6. Il Volo: ’We Are Love’
7. Adele: ’21’
8. Green Day: ’Tre!’
9. Rolling Stones: ’Grrr’
10. P!nk: ’Truth About Love’
Top 10 Albums at Gallery of Sound
The Green Day party of 2012 has final-
ly ended with their third album release,
“Tre!” – the follow-up to “Uno!” and
“Dos!”
Green Day had returned to its roots of
raw punk rock with the Sept. and Oct.
releases, but left plenty of bite for the
final album. Although the songs are per-
formed at a much slower and less exhil-
arating pace, Billie Joe Armstrong found
a way to please fans old and new.
Opening track “Brutal Love” has a
squeak of a country twang to it and takes
the listener down a long and deep path.
This tune isn’t the only one that wanders
into regret – upbeat “Missing You” and
pulsing “X-Kid” tear at your heart as
well.
“Sex, Drugs & Violence” is Green Day
in true form, with punk-riddled lyrics and
a quick tempo back beat.
“Dirty Rotten Bastards,” a six-and-a-
half minute track that combines four
different songs in one, is reminiscent of
“Jesus of Suburbia” on “American Idiot”
and sounds like a track straight from “21st
Century Breakdown.” It features each
member’s musical talent, including shred-
ding guitars and insane beats from drum-
mer Tre Cool, which then quickly shift
into a melodic mid-tempo ballad. It is
easily the most interesting track of the
record and a true showcase of the group’s
songwriting.
The album ender, “The Forgotten,”
proves one thing that just about every
Green Day fan probably already knows:
the band truly knows how to write a
pissed off, bitter, and disheartening
song“Tre!” is a perfect showcase of where
Green Day stands today. For a band that
has covered many different areas (rock
operas and Broadway plays), “Tre!”
comes full circle and incorporates each
aspect.
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-Matt Morgis, Weekender
Correspondent
Green Day
‘Tre!’
Rating: W W W W
Green Day ends
trilogy strong
In this cynical world, Frank Ocean’s
timing in revealing his sexuality seems a
bit curious: The Tumblr-page announce-
ment that shook the urban music world
came less than two weeks before the
release of his sophomore album, “channel
ORANGE,” bringing him an avalanche of
publicity and making him the most cele-
brated figure in music at the moment.
It would all seem a bit manufactured if
we were talking about a lesser artist. But
the 24-year-old Ocean – who already had
music fans in-the-know enraptured by his
self-released “nostalgia, ULTRA.” last
year – is so genuine in his artistry that it’s
unthinkable that anything else in his mind
could be contrived. And on the wonderful
“channel ORANGE,” Ocean continues to
demonstrate that he’s among the truest,
brightest new talents to come on the scene
in a while.
In many ways, “Channel Orange” picks
up where “nostalgia, ULTRA.” left off; it
continues on a similar musical path, filled
with luscious, pillowy slow grooves
(“Thinkin Bout You,” “Pilot Jones”),
whirring electro beats (“Pyramids”), and
retro-soul (“Sweet Life”). But “channel
ORANGE” digs deeper than just in-
triguing melodies and beats: Ocean, who
co-wrote most of the album with the likes
of Pharrell Williams, James Ho, and
others, gets political on “Crack Rock” and
deeply personal on “Bad Religion,” where
he’s tormented by a male lover who
doesn’t return the affection and cries: “If
it brings me to my knees, it’s a bad reli-
gion.”
As headline-grabbing as Ocean’s recent
announcement turned out to be, the en-
during story remains his talent, which is
showcased brilliantly on “channel OR-
ANGE.”
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-Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated
Press
Ocean
showcases talent
Frank Ocean
‘channel ORANGE’
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Sitting in TwentyFiveEight Stu-
dios in Scranton, Jim Reynolds and
Tim McDermott are surrounded by
the latest high-tech mixing, record-
ing, and production equipment, yet
for the past eight years, they’ve
been trying to make a record that
sounds scratched and dated.
The irony isn’t lost on the talent-
ed pair of musicians who call
themselves The Push. In fact,
they’re quite in on the joke, releas-
ing “Greatest Hits Volume One” as
their debut album.
“We decided the concept for the
album was going to be The Push is
a fictional band of the late ‘70s,
early ‘80s and to write an album
that would encompass an entire
career,” McDermott began. “What
would a band have done throughout
that era?”
“What challenges would they
have been faced with? How would
their music have evolved?” Rey-
nolds asked.
The Push started in 2004 when
the two childhood friends were
hanging out during a college break
and decided to record something.
“What came out was a song that
sounded like a ‘70s ballad, and I
think we just found it funny. We
were raised on it. We grew up with
it, and now we’re old enough to see
how funny it is,” McDermott ex-
plained.
“When we’re sitting here record-
ing, we’ll adopt these characters
who are arrogant, but they’re also
naïve about it, like they genuinely
believe that they’re trendsetting.”
“We were lucky enough to grow
up in that era of MTV where you
saw music videos and were ex-
posed to that sort of thing. I just
feel like everything that we saw
growing up as kids and weren’t old
enough to laugh at yet,’” Reynolds
continued.
“At the end of the day, Tim and I
like to laugh at everything we do. If
it’s not funny to us, we’re probably
not going to do it. We can sit here
and laugh about the ‘80s forever.”
It may be funny, but it certainly
wasn’t easy. Reynolds said it was a
real learning experience researching
what gear was used by what band
during what time period to hone the
sound “down to the tee.”
“We pick the best aspects of that
era that we like and put it into our
music, and I feel like, visually, we
picked the best aspects of what we
like from ‘80s album art,” he em-
phasized, referring to the Duran
Duran-like cover art on the new
“old” album.
“It might be a synthesizer sound.
It might it a type of drum beat that
was typical of a band or a harmony
style or guitar sound or bass sound.
Whatever it is, you try to just stay
in that vibe… What’s awesome
now is with the computer stuff it’s
like you don’t have the physical
wah-wah pedal or you don’t have to
have that synthesizer. We can call
up really close approximations.”
“There’s a song where we want-
ed to try to get the synthesizer from
a Talking Heads song because we
really liked it,” McDermott pointed
out. “We researched and we found
a message with engineers dis-
cussing how they achieved that
sound, so we found the synthesizer.
There’re a lot of details put into it.”
The songs all have record crack-
les and even change “sides” in the
middle; a filter allowed the 10
tracks to sound as if they were
recorded to tape before being trans-
ferred to disc.
“I know a lot of people are into
retro where they’ll really take the
things of the ‘80s they love plus
really throw a lot of modern stuff in
it and mix it. We wanted to go for
genuine ‘80s where if it was
slipped into your record collection
of that era, it could go unnoticed.
…If we told people everybody we
did this on tape machines, I think
they would believe us,” Reynolds
enthused.
“A lot of people like to go back
into the nostalgia and mix it with
modern, but they usually forget the
bad aspects. We like to kind of
hang around and focus on the
rough edges of it.”
Even the video for their first
cheesy single, “Dance Pants,” has
all the authentic ‘80s green screen
and product placement clichés one
would expect from a band from
that era.
“Here we shot on 1080p HD
cameras with professional lighting
and all this stuff just to throw it
through a filter of VHS-quality
tape at the end to make it look like
it’s a VHS tape,” Reynolds noted
with a laugh.
“There’s a part in the video
where it looks like somebody
accidentally taped over part of the
music video with a WNEP broad-
cast from the early ‘80s, and then it
goes back to the video because
there’re so many times we have
these fuzzy memories of putting in
a video tape and that happening,”
McDermott added.
The 28-year-old Scranton resi-
dents are releasing the album at
TwentyFiveEight Studios, where
they both work, in a special per-
formance with a local supergroup
comprised of members of Graces
Downfall, Maybe Someday, The
Switch, and Farley on Jan. 5. The
show is presented by The Vintage
Theater, and a portion of the pro-
ceeds will benefit victims of the
Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy in
Conn., showing that they do, occa-
sionally, have a serious side.
“One time, we just sat down and
were like, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of
good, catchy stuff here. Even
though we might think it’s a joke,
our joking is pretty good,’” Rey-
nolds said of their finished product,
eliciting laughter from McDermott
for sounding too much like their
conceited fictional counterparts.
“Our ability to make music while
we’re joking is pretty good, I should
say.” W
The Push Album Release Con-
cert: Jan. 5, 6:30 p.m., Twen-
tyFiveEight Studios (703 N.
Washington Ave., REAR, Scran-
ton). $10 on thepushrock
.brownpapertickets.com.
All
joking
aside
By Rich Howells
Weekender Editor
The Push may have started as a joke, but their music is
not. (Photo by Jim Lentz)
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Cosmo: Feb. 1, 8 p.m., $27-$42
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p.m., $17-22
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p.m., $30-35
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p.m., $35-$50
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Starlight: Feb. 19-20, 7:30 p.m.
• Rihanna: March 14, 7:30 p.m.
• P!nk: March 17, 7:30 p.m.
ELSEWHERE IN PA
BRYCE JORDAN CENTER
(127 University Dr., State
College)
814.865.5500, bjc.psu.edu
• Winter Jam Tour Spectacular
feat. Toby Mac / RED / Matthew
West / more: Jan. 18, 7 p.m.
• Luke Bryan: Feb. 8, 7:30
p.m.
• Tiesto: Feb. 26, 7 p.m.
• Lady Gaga: March 2
• America’s Got Talent: March
13, 7:30 p.m.
CROCODILE ROCK
(520 West Hamilton St, Allen-
town)
610.434.460, crocodilerock-
cafe.com
• Chris Webby: Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
• Twenty One Pilots / New
Politics: Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.
• Blaze: Jan. 30, 6 p.m.
• The Color Morale / Our Last
Night / Ice Nine Kills: Feb. 2, 3
p.m.
• Sevendust / Lacuna Coil /
Avatar: Feb. 8, 7 p.m.
• Road to the Sphinx: Feb. 14,
16: TIMES VARY
• Action Item: Feb. 15, 5 p.m.
• Hatebreed / Shadows Fall /
Dying Fetus: Feb. 15, 6 p.m.
• Black Veil Brides: Feb. 17,
5:30 p.m.
• The Dirty Heads / Shiny Toy
Guns / Midi Matilda / Oh No
Fiasco: Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m.
• Thousand Foot Krutch / Love
& Death: Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
• Dope / Team Cybergeist: Feb.
23, 7 p.m.
• Drowning Pool / Flyleaf: Feb.
24, 6 p.m.
• Jake Miller: March 2, 7 p.m.
• In Flames / Demon Hunter /
All Shall Perish / Battlecross:
March 6, 6:30 p.m.
• Every Time I Die / The Aca-
cia Strain / Vanna / Hundredth:
March 16, 6 p.m.
• As I Lay Dying / The Devil
Wears Prada / For Today: March
19, 6 p.m.
GIANT CENTER
(950 Hersheypark Dr., Her-
shey)
717.534.3911, giantcenter.com
• Jeff Dunham: Jan. 26, 8 p.m.
• Larry the Cable Guy: Feb. 15,
8 p.m.
• Harlem Globetrotters: March
15, 7 p.m.
• Carrie Underwood: March
25, 7:30 p.m.
HERSHEYPARK STADIUM
100 W. Hersheypark Dr., Her-
shey
717.534.3911, hersheyparksta-
dium.com
• One Direction: July 5-6, 7:30
p.m.
SANDS BETHLEHEM
EVENT CENTER
(77 Sands Blvd., Bethlehem)
610.2977414, sandseventcen-
ter.com
• George Lopez: Jan. 11, 8 p.m.
• Stone Sour / Papa Roach:
Jan. 20, 7 p.m.
• Creedence Clearwater Revi-
sited: Jan. 23, 8 p.m.
• The Rat Pack Is Back: Jan.
26, 8 p.m.
• 3 Doors Down / Daughtry:
Feb. 10, 7 p.m.
• Scotty McCreery: Feb. 14, 8
p.m.
• Tiesto: Feb. 25, 8 p.m.
• Matchbox 20: Feb. 27, 7:30
p.m.
• Chris Botti: March 3, 7 p.m.
• Jewel: March 15, 7:30 p.m.
WHITAKER CENTER
(222 Market St., Harrisburg)
717.214.ARTS, whitakercente-
r.org
• Johnny Winter / Magic Slim
& The Teardrops: Jan. 25, 7:30
p.m.
• Melissa Manchester: March
23, 8 p.m.
• 2CELLOS: April 4, 7:30
p.m.
• Dave Mason Acoustic Duo:
April 12, 8 p.m.
• B.B. King: April 19, 8 p.m.
NEWYORK / NEWJERSEY
BEACON THEATRE
(2124 Broadway, New York,
N.Y.)
212.465.6500, beacontheatre-
.com
• Lynyrd Skynyrd: Jan. 15, 8
p.m.
• Umphrey’s McGee: Jan. 18, 9
p.m.
• Winter Comedy Jam: Jan. 19,
7 p.m.
• Tegan and Sara: Jan. 28-29, 8
p.m.
• Straight No Chaser: Feb. 14,
8 p.m.
• 70’s Soul Jam: Feb. 16,
TIMES VARY
• Herbert Grönemeyer: Feb.
26, 8 p.m.
• Brandi Carlile: March 22-23,
8 p.m.
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:
March 28-29, 8 p.m.
BETHEL WOODS CENTER
(200 Hurd Road, Bethel, N.Y.)
866.781.2922, bethelwood-
scenter.org
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band:
Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.
• Bruce Cockburn: Feb. 23, 8
p.m.
• Solas: March 16, 8 p.m.
IRVING PLAZA
(17 Irving Place, New York,
N.Y.)
212.777.6800, irvingplaza.com
• Chris Webby: Jan. 11, 7 p.m.
• Archer Live: Jan. 12, 7 p.m.
• Underoath / mewithoutyou /
As Cities Burn / letlive: Jan. 15
and 17, 6 p.m.
• G. Love & Special Sauce /
Swear and Shake: Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
• Offline Party with Q-Tip:
Jan. 18, 10:30 p.m.
• Olly Murs: Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m.
• Robert Earl Keen: Jan. 25, 7
p.m.
• Reel Big Fish: Jan. 28, 7 p.m.
• Ben Harper / Charlie Mussel-
white: Jan. 29, 8 p.m.
• For Today / Memphis May
Fire: Jan. 31, 6 p.m.
• Emancipator: Feb. 1, 8 p.m.
• AER / Cisco Adler / Yonas:
Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
• Of Mice & Men / Texas In
July / Volumes / Capture the
Crown: Feb. 5, 6 p.m.
• Blackberry Smoke: Feb. 7, 7
p.m.
• Gojira: Feb. 8, 7 p.m.
• Emmure / Whitechapel /
Unearth / Obey The Brave / The
Plot In You: Feb. 11, 6 p.m.
• Little Big Town / Kacey
Musgraves: Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
• Jon Foreman / Anthony Ran-
eri / Now, Now, more: Feb. 13
• Ryan Leslie: Feb. 14, 7 p.m.
• Big Head Todd & the Mon-
sters: Feb. 16, 8 p.m.
• Cradle of Filth: Feb. 22, 7
p.m.
• Flyleaf / Drowning Pool: Feb.
28, 7 p.m.
• Delta Rae / ZZ Ward: March
5, 7 p.m.
• Finch: March 12, 7 p.m.
• Every Time I Die: March 14,
6 p.m.
• The Saw Doctors: March 15,
8 p.m.
• Anberlin: March 20, 6 p.m.
• KMFDM: March 21, 8 p.m.
IZOD CENTER
(50 State Rt. 120, East Ruther-
ford, N.J.)
201.935.3900, meadowland-
s.com
• Harlem Globetrotters: Feb.
15-16, TIMES VARY
• Maroon 5 / Neon Trees / Owl
City: Feb. 23, 8 p.m.
• P!nk: March 23, 8 p.m.
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN
(7th Ave., New York, N.Y.)
212.465.6741, thegarden.com
• Wisin y Yandel: Jan. 18, 8
p.m.
• Passion Pit / Matt and Kim:
Feb. 8, 8 p.m.
• Ricardo Arjona: Feb. 9, 8:30
p.m.
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Weekender Editor. Send your
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Bar on Oak: The Tones
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Breakers, Mohegan Sun: YMI
Carey’s Pub: Free Jukebox 9-12
Chacko’s: Kartune
Hops and Barley’s: Acoustic Music with Aaron Bruch
River Street Jazz Caféé: George Wesley, Mike Miz &
Dylan Skursky Trio Rox 52: Beer Pong $100 Cash
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Woodlands: Club HD inside Evolution w/ DJ Data &
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V-Spot: Mike Dillon
Friday:
Anthracite Newstand: Beerpong & Free Jukebox
Bar on Oak: Chuck Paul
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: 40 lb. Head
Brews Brothers, Pittston: Country Night w/ DJ
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Chacko’s: Gone Crazy
Grotto, Harveys Lake: Soul
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River Street Jazz Caféé: Miz ‘Full Band Returns’
Rox 52: Free Jukebox 10-12
Senunas’: Stereo Parade
Stan’s Caféé: Mr. Echo acoustic trio
Tommyboy’s: Doug & Sean Duo
Woodlands: Evolution Nightclub - DJ SLMM JMM Top
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Saturday:
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Arturo’s: Polyester 9-1
Bar on Oak: Groove Train
Bart and Urby’s: DJ Justin
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Lucky You
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: NFL Ticket
Lake Carey Inn: Mr. Echo
River Street Jazz Caféé: Ol’Cabbage performance
Phish NYE Show 1996
Senunas’: No Cover – Happy Hour 10-12
Stan’s Caféé: The Wet Bandits 9-1
Tommyboy’s: Gone Crazy
Woodlands: Evolution Nightclub - DJ Davey B & DJ
Kev the Rev playing Top 40 & Club Music w/ Host
“Fishboy” of 98.5 KRZ & DJ Mike “The Godfather”
Streamside Bandstand & Executive Lounge
V-Spot: Graces Downfall
Sunday:
Brews Brothers Luzerne: NFL Playoffs
Brews Brothers Pittston: NFL Playoffs
Carey’s Pub: NFL Playoffs
Charlie B’s: NFL Playoffs
The Getaway Lounge: Mr. Echo
King’s, Mountain Top: NFL Ticket
Rox 52: NFL Playoffs
Stan’s Caféé: NFL Playoffs
Tommyboy’s: NFL Playoffs
Woodlands: 40 Something ‘Millennium’ w/ DJ
Godfather
Vesuvios: NFL Playoffs
V-Spot: Baby New Year Karaoke
Monday:
Arturo’s: Mark Maros and the Phyllis Hopkins
Electric Trio 9-1:30
Hops and Barley’s: DJ Bounce
King’s, Mountain Top: Better with Beer
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movie review
The critical reception sur-
rounding “Django Unchained”
has been decidedly odd. Al-
though the film has received
almost universal acclaim, that
acclaim seems to be couched
within an awful lot of hand-
wringing.
Granted, if critics feel that
“Django Unchained” fails to say
anything significant about racial
politics in America or that its
message and themes are too
simpleminded or unambiguous,
they’re perfectly within reason to
complain. However, being dis-
appointed that a Tarantino film
fails to be multifaceted or lacks a
social conscious is like being
disappointed that there weren’t
more fart gags in “Lincoln.”
Tarantino makes the kind of
dizzying, self-reflexive B-movies
that Jack Hill and other under-
rated grindhouse-era directors
from the ‘60s and ‘70s would
have made if they had enough
money and the unwavering sup-
port of a major studio. Expecting
Tarantino to give us anything
different isn’t just ridiculous, it’s
a little naïve. Couldn’t we just sit
back and enjoy the obviously
fake and overtly stylized violence
for once in our miserable lives
without fishing for a deeper
meaning?
Jamie Fox (who is shockingly
good) plays Django, a slave who
is bought and freed by abolition-
ist bounty hunter Dr. King
Schultz (Christoph Waltz) in
order to help the doctor track
down a few of Django’s old over-
seers. Along the way, it’s revealed
that Django’s wife (Kerry Wash-
ington) is being used as a “com-
fort girl” in the sprawling planta-
tion of a vile Southern dandy
named Calvin Candie (Leonardo
DiCaprio). Being that Django
can neither buy his wife back nor
can he help her escape, he and
Dr. Schultz are forced into pos-
ing as slave traders in order to
con Calvin into giving Django’s
wife back. But, as in all of Taran-
tino’s movies, this simple plan is
almost immediately botched,
causing the murder to go around
and around until the screen is
covered in the ooiest of gooey
Karo syrup.
In spite of the fact that Taranti-
no not only puts himself in front
of the camera yet again, but also
insists on being Australian as he
does it, and that some of the
scenes seem to be included just
to make film nerds hard (“Gasp!
The new Django is interacting
with Franco Nero! THE ORIGI-
NAL DJANGO! OMG! OMG!
OMG!”), “Django Unchained”
could very well be Tarantino’s
best film to date.
Sure, as some critics have
noted, “Django Unchained” lacks
Tarantino’s structural ingenuity,
but why is that a bad thing?
Tarantino forgoes his signature
gimmick in favor of something
far more interesting: weird tonal
shifts. In less surer hands, it
would be incredibly off-putting to
watch someone ride around on a
dancing horse mere moments
after that same person nearly had
their balls sliced off in the most
fetishistic way possible. Taranti-
no not only makes it work, but
makes it hilarious and exhilarat-
ing.
Equally hilarious and exhil-
arating are the performances,
particularly DiCaprio, who –
much like Waltz in “Inglourious
Basterds” – nearly makes his fey,
unhinged racist likable and Sa-
muel L. Jackson, who for once is
not playing a character that is
basically just a louder version of
Samuel L. Jackson. Looking so
much like Uncle Remus you
expect animated blue birds to
land on his shoulder, Jackson’s
character resembles the most
offensive, regressive stereotype
imaginable. But the character’s
intense self-loathing reveals
something far deeper and com-
plicated.
Violent, thrilling, and frequent-
ly hilarious, “Django Unchained”
isn’t just a great movie, it’s the
only film to successfully fuse the
Spaghetti Western with the Blax-
ploitation genre (sorry, “Wild,
Wild West”).
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By Mike Sullivan
Weekender Correspondent
Django lives up to acclaim
Rating: W W W W V
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Despite the increasing afforda-
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that actually runs those devices
can still be fairly expensive.
Fairly common programs such as
Microsoft Office can run hun-
dreds of dollars, and higher-end
products like Adobe Photoshop
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There are certainly times when
the old adage “you get what you
pay for” is true, but when it
comes to what’s available online,
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software.” What this means is
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but what this usually amounts to
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for free – and it’s perfectly legal.
These open source programs in
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tionality of popular, yet expen-
sive software.
Two great examples would be
OpenOffice and LibreOffice –
these are two freely available
programs that duplicate, nearly in
full, the capabilities of Microsoft
Office. It includes a fully fea-
tured word processor, spread-
sheet program, presentation
builder, and database builder.
These programs can all save
documents into standard Micro-
soft Office formats and are just
as easy to use. There’s also a free
cloud alternative to Office called
Google Docs. LibreOffice can be
downloaded from libreoffice.org,
and OpenOffice can be down-
loaded from openoffice.org. Both
are free of charge.
Another example would be a
program called GIMP – a power-
ful image-editing program that
includes many of the capabilities
of Adobe Photoshop – it can
even open Photoshop files for
editing and supports layers and
saving in multiple formats.
GIMP is available from gim-
p.org. Similarly, a vector graphics
program called Inkscape is an
analog to Adobe Illustrator, and it
can open Illustrator files as well.
It’s available from inkscape.org.
There’s also a program called
Scribus that’s very similar to
Adobe InDesign and Microsoft
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available.
All of these programs are
available for Microsoft Windows
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the money on the latest version
of Windows – you guessed it,
there are also several open-
source alternatives. The down-
side of these is that most existing
Windows software won’t run on
Linux easily, but the upside is
that almost all the software for
these operating systems is free of
charge, and they’re every bit as
capable as a Windows or Mac
machine, provided you have the
appropriate programs.
In the old days, using Linux
could be hit or miss, but most
new versions of Linux have very
good driver support, and on older
computers, it can usually run
modern programs and browsers
faster than a Windows installa-
tion.
By far the most popular would
be Ubuntu, which is a free-to-
download version of Linux. It’s
one of the most approachable
free operating systems out there,
in part because of its “software
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and downloading programs and
games. It’s also one of the most
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interactive and new media for
The Times Leader. E-mail him
at
[email protected].
tech talk
By Nick Delorenzo
Special to the Weekender
Open source is legal alternative
OpenOffice is not only free, but a near-duplicate as far
as functions go of Microsoft Office.
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TRAVEL. MUSIC. MUSINGS.
Kait Burrier (words) and Jason Riedmiller (photos) | Weekender Correspondents
Ben Bridwell, lead singer of
Americana rock group Band of
Horses, called Philadelphia “a
cool town” during its Dec. 14
show. The quintet – Matt Brooke
on guitar, Ryan Monroe on keys,
Creighton Barrett on drums, Tyler
Ramsey on lead guitar, and Brid-
well on guitar and vocals – return-
ed to the cool town of Philly on
Friday to play an explosive show
at the Electric Factory.
Band of Horses hit Philly at the
tail end of their U.S. tour, follow-
ing the September 2012 release of
“Mirage Rock.” Their latest al-
bum, notably produced by Glyn
Johns, was praised for its move
toward a polished, marketable alt
country vibe, which I touched
upon in the Weekender’s recent
review of the album. But the
recording is muted in comparison
to their spirited performance at the
Electric Factory. Band of Horses
commanded the venue, stripped
down the production imposed by
the album, and built their tunes
back up to a warm, nuanced fuzz.
Warm light spilled over the
stage as Barrett’s kick drum laid
the steady beat of “Monsters,” off
BOH’s debut album, “Everything
All the Time.” Like little upstage
fires, the lights blazed as Bridwell
intoned, “When awful people they
surround you / well ain’t they just
like monsters.” The warmth of
guitar filled the venue as the or-
gan’s notes carried Bridwell’s
soothing vocals over the audience
during an up-tempo rendition of
“Neighbor.” The “Infinite Arms”
hit built to a burst of Barrett’s
drums with cymbals lingering into
“Compliments,” off the same
album. Bridwell, smiling, took a
playful approach to the choral
“oooohs” while Ramsey led a
brief electric jam. Their spirited,
compelling energy was harnessed
and sustained throughout the
entire 22-song set.
Bright reds bled onto the stage
for the drum-heavy intro to “Ciga-
rettes, Wedding Bands.” Bridwell
took his tenor to Geddy Lee
heights over wailing guitars and
the ring of choral sing-along. The
chaotic clamor paused for a breath
of silence before charging into
“Infinite Arms” hit “Laredo.”
Images of deserts, mountains, and
down-home shacks flashed behind
them as the audience attempted to
join Bridwell into the heights of
his “oooohs.” An uplifting,
charged “The Great Salt Lake” led
into a bouncy “Islands on the
Coast” with bright vibrato remi-
niscent of Arcade Fire’s “The
Suburbs.” Monroe’s keys brought
“NW Apt.” to a boil in a wild
instrumental – peppered by Brid-
well’s jaunty twang, emphatically
repeating “northwest apart-mi-
ent” – and ended with guitarist
Ramsey on his knees.
The band took their first breath-
er of the night after fan favorite
“Is There a Ghost.” As Bridwell
slapped his trucker hat back on, he
mused, “This place is awesome!”
Two guitars opened the hook of
2012’s “Slow Cruel Hands of
Time.” The ballad picked up with
keys and drums, going into a
jazzy interlude before the next
song. “Older” highlighted key-
boardist Monroe’s vocal melody
as images of inverted waterfalls
mimicked lyrics. Bridwell led the
audience in a clap-along, closing
the song with a lengthy harmony.
Quick guitar chords led to south-
ern rock ditty “Electric Music” as
Bridwell’s vocals wove in and out
like a pickup truck through a
cornfield and revved heavier than
the “Mirage Rock” recording.
Further improvisation breathed
new life to “Dilly,” with heavy
reverb and layered three-part
harmonies, and a slow, sorrowful
“Window Blues,” with wailing
coyote guitar and gospel vibrato
reminiscent of Dr. Dog’s “Shame,
Shame.” Monroe’s carnival-esque
keys broke into Carolinian riffs on
“Everything’s Gonna Be Undone,”
pierced by Bridwell’s tambourine.
Heavy drums, guitar, and a
whooping cry of, “Whooo! Weed
party!” introduced the quick jam
off 2006’s “Everything All the
Time.” “Knock Knock,” the open-
er on “Mirage Rock,” boasted
sharp lead guitar that melted into
feedback under Bridwell’s final
“oooohs.” The soulful keys and
sturdy guitar of “Ode to LRC”
energized the venue, uniting band
and crowd in a singsong chorus of
“la-dee-das.”
Delicate piano cradled Brid-
well’s earnest vocals, echoed by
mic reverb and a haunting audi-
ence during poignant single “The
Funeral.” Bridwell delivered a
lullaby of “oooohs” before cueing
a head-banging, instrumental
thunder, then moved toward Ram-
sey to strum a few of the guita-
rist’s strings. Barrett finished the
song with explosive drums and,
patting each other on the back, the
band left the stage over buzzing
feedback. Bridwell shouted,
“We’ll come back and play more
in a second, after we stop.”
As promised, the quintet played
a rousing encore. The audience
swayed to a tender rendition of
“No One’s Gonna Love You,”
followed by the beloved Gram
Parsons tune “A Song for You.”
Band of Horses ended the night
with “The General Specific,” an
upbeat hand-clapper off 2007’s
“Cease to Begin.” Secure in their
musicianship, in touch with the
crowd, and heavy on camaraderie,
Band of Horses brought their
fraternal southern rock to the City
of Brotherly Love. W
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theater listings
Actors Circle at Providence
Playhouse (1256 Providence Rd,
Scranton, reservations:
570.342.9707, actorscircle.org)
• “Busybody: A Comedy by
Jack Popplewell:” Jan. 24-27,
Feb. 1-3. Shows at 8 p.m. Thurs.-
Sat, 2 p.m. Sun. $12, general
admission; $10, seniors; $8,
students. Jan. 24 preview tickets:
$8, general and seniors; $6, stu-
dents.
Dietrich Theatre (60 E. Tioga
Street, Tunkhannock,
570.996.1500, dietrichthea-
ter.com)
• “Auntie Mame:” April.
24-27, 7 p.m.; April 28, 3 p.m.
F.M. Kirby Center (71 Public
Square, Wilkes-Barre,
570.826.1100)
• “A Chorus Line:” Jan. 11, 8
p.m., $39.80-$71.55
• “Rock of Ages:” Feb. 15, 8
p.m., $44.95-$74.10
• “Pirates of Penzance:” March
22, 8 p.m., $38.80-$69
The Gaslight Theatre Com-
pany (570.824.8266 or visit
gaslight-theatre.org, gaslight-
[email protected])
• “[Title of Show]:” Jan. 4-5,
7:30 p.m., Jan. 6, 2 p.m., Mellow
Theater (501 Vine St. Scranton).
Contains adult language/sit-
uations. Not suited for children.
$10.
King’s College Theatre (Ad-
min. Bldg., 133 N. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.5825)
“The 39 Steps:” Feb. 14-16,
21-23, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 17, 2 p.m.
$10; $5, students and seniors.
Lackawanna College (Mellow
Theater, 501 Vine St., Scranton)
• “The Marvelous Wonde-
rettes:” Feb. 8, 8 p.m. $25-$30,
$15 student.
Little Theatre of Wilkes-
Barre ( 537 North Main Street-
Wilkes-Barre. 570.823.1875.)
• “A Few Good Men:” Jan.,
18-19, 8 p.m.; Jan. 13, 20, 3 p.m.
$15; $12, active or retired mil-
itary personnel with valid photo
I.D. Jan. 18 show free of charge
Jan. 18 for those that make reser-
vations for that specific perform-
ance.
Northern Tier Symphony
Orchestra (570.289.1090 or
northerntiersymphony@ya-
hoo.com)
• Spring Concert Auditions:
Jan. 23, 5-9 p.m.; Jan. 26, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.; Jan. 30, 5-9 p.m.
Positions available: Concertmas-
ter, Assistant Concertmaster,
Principal Second Violin, Violin,
Viola, Cello, Bass, Oboe, English
Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet,
Bassoon, Contrabassoon, French
Horn, Trumpet, Harp, Piano,
Percussion
Pennsylvania Renaissance
Faire
Auditions for the 33rd season,
mansion at Mount Hope Estate,
Route 72. Callbacks will be held
in the afternoon and will stress
movement. Those auditioning
should wear loose fitting or com-
fortable clothing. By appoint-
ment only, 717.665.7021, ext.
120.
• Blackfryar Auditions: Jan.
12-13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. Require-
ments: 1-2 minute monologue
(comedic or dramatic) and 30
second song. Callbacks will be
held in the afternoon and will
stress movement. Those audi-
tioning should wear loose fitting
or comfortable clothing.
• Bacchanalian Auditions:
Jan. 26-27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. Re-
quirements: Two one-minute
monologues (one comedic, one
dramatic) and 30 second song.
The Phoenix Performing
Arts Centre (409-411 Main St.,
Duryea, 570.457.3589, phoenix-
pac.vpweb.com, phoenix-
[email protected])
• Auditions:
“Annie:” Jan. 10, 6-8:30 p.m.,
Jan. 12., 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Ages
5-13.
“A Chorus Line:” Jan. 28-29, 6
to 8:30 p.m.
Scranton Cultural Center
(420 N. Washington Ave., Scran-
ton, 570.346.7369)
❏ Broadway Scranton (broad-
wayscranton.com) presents:
• “The Midtown Men:” Jan.
18-20, Fri., 8 p.m., Sat., 2 & 8
p.m., Sun., 1 & 6 p.m.
• “Martha Speaks:” Jan. 19, 11
a.m., Wiggles and Giggles Craft
Workshop, 10 a.m. $8, show; $4,
workshop.
• “The Addams Family:” Feb.
15-17, Fri., 8 p.m., Sat., 2 & 8
p.m., Sun., 1 & 6 p.m.
• “Stomp:” March 5-6, Fri., 8
p.m., Sat., 2 & 8 p.m., Sun., 1 &
6 p.m.
• Cathy Rigby is “Peter Pan:”
April 5-7, Fri., 8 p.m., Sat., 2 & 8
p.m., Sun., 1 & 6 p.m.
• “Hair:” April 15-16, 7:30
p.m.
• “Dreamgirls:” May 10-12,
Fri., 8 p.m., Sat., 2 & 8 p.m.,
Sun., 1 & 6 p.m.
The Wyoming County Play-
ers (Whipple Performing Arts
Studio, Rt. 29S, Tunkhannock,
570.836.6986, wyomingcoun-
typlayers.com)
• “Jekyll & Hyde The Musi-
cal:” Jan. 4, 7 p.m.; Jan. 5, 2 and
7 p.m., Brooks Theater at Keys-
tone College (1 College Rd, La-
Plume). $12, adults; $10, adult-
spresale; $8, seniors and stu-
dents.
- compiled by Sara Pokorny,
Weekender Staff Writer. Send
your listings to
[email protected],
90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., 18703, or fax to
570.831.7375. Deadline is
Mondays at 2 p.m. Expanded
listings at theweekender.com.
Watch the most infamous personality switch ever with
The Wyoming County Players’ rendition of ‘Jekyll &
Hyde: The Musical’ at Brooks Theater at Keystone
College (1 College Rd, LaPlume). Show times are Jan. 4,
7 p.m.; Jan. 5, 2 and 7 p.m. $12, adults; $10, adults
presale; $8, seniors and students.
Martin Luther King, Jr. once
said, “Darkness cannot drive out
darkness: only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only
love can do that.” In Scott Hutch-
ins’ novel, “A Working Theory of
Love,” he demonstrates that love
may break your heart, but it also
becomes the light that saves the
world.
After a divorce, Neill Basset,
Jr., has become love’s number
one adversary. For readers, we
have a sneaking suspicion that
Neill has lost all sense of mean-
ing. He might think he knows
love, but sometimes what we
perceive as our enemy becomes
the one thing that makes us
stronger.
Neill is an eccentric 30-some-
thing genius residing in San
Francisco, Calif. Originally from
Arkansas, Neill has left an old
life of past hurt in search of a
new one. Of course, life has a
funny way of pulling the carpet
out from under you, forcing you
to pick yourself up from the most
vulnerable of positions.
After a series of post-divorce
relationships, Neill finds his
chance for love growing dimmer.
Neill gives readers this bleak and
emotional look into his current
state: “Not everyone’s life will be
a great love story. I know that.
My own ‘starter’ marriage dis-
solved a couple years ago, and
aside from the first few months
of the revolving door I’ve spent
much of the time since alone.”
But, in order to take his mind
off the darkness that is his life,
Neill delves into work. Alongside
a group of brilliant programmers
and entrepreneurs, Neill is work-
ing to create an artificial in-
telligence program using the
Turing test. Introduced by Alan
Turing in 1950, this test measures
a machine’s capacity to engage
intelligence from that of hu-
mankind.
Meanwhile, through the pro-
ject, Neill is overcoming his
demons. Readers come to find
that Neill, at 19 years old, lost his
father. His father, an esteemed
doctor, committed suicide. When
one of the programmers makes
the decision to upload Neill’s
father’s journal onto the program,
Neill finds himself interacting
with the machine on more than a
scientific level.
While testing the program’s
effectiveness, Neill begins to
notice his communication with
the program as cathartic. At first,
readers might identify the inter-
action as abnormal, but the rela-
tionship between Neill and the
program soon gives life to the
father-son relationship that Neill
was denied. Eventually, the com-
munication prompts Neill to ask
the big question – why did his
father give up on the life he had?
In an inner fight for the an-
swers, Neill commits himself to a
journey of self-awareness and
consciousness. The passage leads
to Neill’s absolution of the past in
search for a brighter future
ahead. For readers, Hutchins
leaves us with the most important
message of all – love, no matter
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Love lights
the way
Scott Hutchins
‘A Working Theory of
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A band is only going as far as
its lead singer can take it. In the
case of Train, that explains the
seemingly non-stop run that the
trio has been on since 2009.
Frontman Pat Monahan is one of
the most durable singers in the
business; known for performing
two acoustic showcases and a full
band live set in a day’s work. But
as Monahan found out last week,
he is still human.
“I had to get on this steroid,”
revealed Monahan of medical
treatment he received after he
essentially burned out during a
stretch of holiday show perform-
ances. “I’ve never had to do that
before. I’ve heard about other
singers doing it, but I just was
incapable of singing.”
Not wanting to cancel on
Train’s fans, the physical ailment
didn’t stop Monahan from trying.
But once the singer lost his voice
mid-show in Tennessee, he knew
that it was time to seek help.
“I’m in the league of, the more
I use (my voice), the better it
gets,” he explained. “It’s more
like practice than it is singing
incorrectly.”
Monahan has used his voice
quite a bit as of recent, and not
just for performing in arenas. In
addition to a hectic year-end
schedule that included a guest
spot during the Miss Universe
competition, a music video shoot
for “Mermaid,” and a collab-
oration with the Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Edition, Train recently
stopped by Sandy-ravaged Sea
Bright, N.J. The band performed
for storm victims at the local fire
hall to raise awareness and funds
for the recovery efforts. Footage
of the show was broadcasted on
Christmas Day on VH1.
“Before what happened in
Connecticut, (Sandy) was the
one, profound heartbreaking
event in my life,” Monahan said.
“Sea Bright was closed down.
You couldn’t even get in. There
were places that were on the
beach that are now behind build-
ings. There’s not one business
that works currently. Many peo-
ple don’t have homes. Everything
is bad there.”
It seems the benefit show
affected Monahan positively, as
he hinted at possibly lending a
helping hand (or voice) to New-
town, Conn. in 2013.
“My pursuit is not to make
more and more money,” Mona-
han said. “It’s to make a differ-
ence in somebody’s life.”
Monahan continued, citing the
letters he received from people
who were moved by “Hey, Soul
Sister.”
“I don’t know how to write
about these events and make
people feel better, but man, I
have to do something,” he said.
“I certainly would like it to be
better for people.” W
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Happy Hour
Hops and Barleys
131 Main St., Luzerne
RICE PUDDING
Chilled RumChata served as a shot topped
with a sprinkle of cinnamon
Rich “How Did I
Get Here?”
“Part of this balanced
breakfast.”
Sauced-Up Sara
“Gives a whole new
meaning to ‘liquid
breakfast.’ Yum!”
Disaronno Dittmar
“Tastes like Cinnamon Toast
Crunch. It reminds me of
being a child, except I get to
be drunk.”
Johnny Beer
Drinker
“Tastes a lot like Cinnamon Toast
Crunch. And RumChata is really
fun to say. RumChata!”
Party ‘til You
Puke Paul
“I’m always looking to
find a shot I can have for
breakfast…RumChata!”
Kieran Lite?
“This would be great on
the rocks for the holidays.”
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stage
In some circumstances, less is
more. Such is the case with Gas-
light Theatre Company’s latest
production, a show that, well,
kind of doesn’t really have a
name.
“[title of show]” is a one-act
musical of minimal proportions
that follows a group of theater-
loving friends and their quest to
submit a piece to the New York
Musical Theatre Festival in a
three-week span, all based on
real people and events.
“It’s a musical about two guys
writing a musical about two guys
writing a musical, so what you’re
watching is the musical they’re
writing as they’re writing it-
…wait…right?” questioned Nick
Klem, the actor playing Jeff
Bowen, who is the composer and
lyricist of the show.
This elicited the first of many
bouts of laughter among the
group that makes up the produc-
tion as they discussed the play,
showcasing a dynamic that is of
utmost importance for such a
performance.
The slim cast of six includes
Lukas Tomasacci as Hunter Bell,
Bowen’s best friend and the man
responsible for the book for the
show; Wendy Popeck as Heidi
Blickenstaff and Meaghan Fad-
den as Susan Blackwell, both
friends of the guys; Aimee Rad-
ics as the musical director, which
also doubles as character Larry
Pressgrove; and Christina Rey-
nolds, the director of the show.
“It’s really simple, but it’s not
simple,” Klem said of the show.
“The main thing is our friend-
ships, and we just have to be so
natural with the way we interact
with each other. It’s not like a
normal scene you’d ever perform;
you barely feel like you’re per-
forming until you’re singing.”
All of these “characters” –
Bowen, Bell, Blickenstaff, Black-
well, and Pressgrove – are real-
life friends who play themselves
in “[title of show],” spinning the
real tale of the creative process
for their play.
“It really speaks to theater
people because it’s about the
process,” Reynolds said. “Any-
body who’s done a show has
done portions of this process to
some degree. Anybody who’s
done a show has experienced the
change in relationships like these
guys have. It goes from happy,
‘Oh we’re all friends going to do
something wonderful together.
We’re going to make art and it’s
going to be awesome,’ to how the
success changes that dynamic.”
Couple the realness with the
fact that the whole thing takes
place among one setting for 90
straight minutes and it makes for
a unique production.
“It’s very minimal, intentional-
ly so, because they had no money
to get this show on the road, and
that worked for them,” Reynolds
said of the beginnings of “[title
of show].” “Even when they did
take it to Broadway and start to
make money with it, that didn’t
change anything; they stuck with
what worked. There’s nothing to
hide behind in this; there’s no
flashy costumes, no crazy set
pieces. It’s just five people on
stage, bringing it.”
And bring it they will – how
could a cast that Popeck called
“obsessed” with “[title of show]”
not?
“We have watched everything
that has to do with it,” she said.
“There’s a ‘Title of Show Show’
on YouTube that Hunter and Jeff
did during the process of writing
it that’s absolutely hysterical.
They’re so savvy about how they
market themselves.”
Gaslight has mimicked that
technique, blowing up its Face-
book and Twitter pages to get the
word out about the production.
Through this, the cast found
themselves on the other end of
quite a shock – mention “the
Twitter incident” and you’ll be
met with a wall of screams.
“I tweeted the picture of our
poster once we got it and, of
course, I tagged Hunter, Heidi,
Susan and Jeff,” Fadden said.
“And then,” – and this is where
Fadden pauses to collect herself –
“Susan re-tweeted it, tagged
everybody else, and a local gen-
tleman who is now a playwright
in New York City. And,” – anoth-
er deep breath – “just a couple
days ago, Hunter re-tweeted it
too.”
It’s apparent the cast not only
loves the show, but the people
they portray. This makes it in-
credibly nerve-racking, to know
that their characters are alive and
well and may even come to see
just how they do in their roles.
“In the contract, when you do
the show, you have to reserve
seats for Hunter, Heidi, Susan,
and Jeff, just in case they show
up,” Popeck said.
“It’s entirely possible,” Rey-
nolds elaborated. “When a group
in Philly did the show, all four of
them came. They have been
known to pop in, even if it’s not
all of them at once.”
So, what will the cast do if
they show up? Not know, appar-
ently, until way later, so that
nerves can be abated.
“There are very strict instruc-
tions to not tell us prior to the
show if they are here,” Fadden
said.
“It would be crazy if they
showed up,” Tomasacci said,
“because that means not only the
person that wrote the play, but
the person I’m playing is in the
audience.”
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Theater for the theatrical
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender Staff Writer
“[title of show]” presented
by Gaslight Theatre Company:
Jan. 3-5, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 6, 2
p.m.; Mellow Theater (501 Vine
Street, Scranton). $10, seniors
and students; $12, adults. Not
suitable for children.
These friends in real-life and on stage, like their
counterparts, are, from left: Wendy Popeck, Nick Klem,
Lukas Tomasacci, and Meaghan Fadden, with Aimee
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When you’re writing a film,
there’re only a few endings you
can give your character. One of
those possible conclusions is
killing them off.
When you’re writing a contin-
uing comic book series, however,
that’s usually not an option, par-
ticularly when it’s your title char-
acter. Marvel Comics, yet again,
is scoffing at that notion, for
better or worse. Actually, it’s just
for the worse.
After 50 years, and just before
co-creator Stan Lee’s 90th birth-
day, “The Amazing Spider-Man”
comic series is ending with issue
No. 700. This is a big deal, but
almost all major comic charac-
ters have had their comics restart-
ed at No. 1 over the years, mainly
to sell more books (first issues
are usually very collectible) and
to give new readers a good jump-
ing on point if they hadn’t been
following along and didn’t know
where to start. This is probably
not a good time for any jumping,
other than up and down angrily.
You see, the long-running
story of Peter Parker is ending
with his death in this issue, and it
doesn’t happen in that “heroic
sacrifice” kind of way that you
would assume it would. You
know, giving the character some
sort of justice after all this time.
Instead, his mind is stuck in the
body of his dying his arch neme-
sis, Dr. Octopus, and Otto ran-
domly decides once he inherits
Peter’s memories that he’s going
to stop being a bad guy after a
lifetime of crime and devotes
himself to being a better Spider-
Man, re-launching the series as
“The Superior Spider-Man” in
January.
Yeah, I actually read comics
and it doesn’t really make any
sense to me either.
I realize that Marvel was
bought out by Disney a few years
back, but is this take-off of
“Freaky Friday” really the best
way to end this beloved series?
It’s interesting as a “What If…?”
story, but for writer Dan Slott to
actually end the life of one of the
greatest superheroes ever just to
experiment with this idea seems
a bit excessive, particularly since
Marvel contends that this is a
“permanent change.” History
says differently.
Everyone from Captain Amer-
ica to the Human Torch has
“died” in recent years, only to be
resurrected within a year or so
after fans demanded their return.
After the debacle that was the
mid-‘90s “Clone Saga” storyline,
in which they tried to replace
Spidey with a clone – and then
attempted to say that poor Pete
was actually the clone the entire
time before taking that back –
one would think that Marvel
wouldn’t attempt to substitute the
guy in the red and blue jammies
again. Yet, here we are.
Not to mention that the impact
of killing a character off is null
and void if the fans already know
they’re coming back at some
point, but they really don’t seem
to care about that either. So why
bother? One word – marketing.
If Marvel was just starting a
new Spider-Man comic, it would
only be on the radars of fans like
myself. Off a flagship character,
however, and you gain national
attention through news outlets
like CNN that generally don’t
cover comics. Everyone gets
passionate and riled up, calling
for boycotts or defending the
“bold” new direction, and sales
go up no matter how ill-con-
ceived the story is.
And that is where my anger
lies. It’s not that this storyline
couldn’t ever be done – it’s just
that it’s not that great, and it’s
being published for the wrong
reasons. I don’t understand why
this weird experiment had to be
the finale of, arguably, the great-
est comic series of all time in-
stead of just a quirky, but likely
forgettable footnote in its history.
Its creators talk about this like it’s
the beginning of some great new
era – it’s not. It’s another mistake
in a long series of mistakes
they’ve made with the Webhead.
The most notable of these
mistakes is “One More Day” in
2007 – Parker’s Aunt May is
dying, so Mephisto, Marvel’s
version of the Devil, offers to
save her life in exchange for
Peter and Mary Jane’s marriage.
Of what use, exactly, would a
marriage be to the Devil?
Doesn’t he collect souls or some-
thing? Instead of letting go of his
elderly and often sickly aunt after
all these years, he erases the love
of his life from ever existing –
how is shaking hands with the
master of evil himself a heroic
thing to do? I thought I was
supposed to be rooting for this
guy!
They did this because then-
Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada felt
that Spidey was more relatable
when he was single, but there are
literally thousands of single
superheroes in Marvel’s reper-
toire – shouldn’t there be a few
heroes for the married readers to
relate to? Instead of tackling
divorce, separation, or the death
of a loved one, all very relatable
situations, they sacrificed the
character’s courageous integrity.
Talk about missing the point.
Spider-Man is popular today
because Stan Lee and Steve
Ditko created a character every-
one could identify with because
he suffered from real-life prob-
lems. In just the last few years,
Marvel has brought his loved
ones back to life, erased his
marriage as if it never happened,
and magically made his secret
identity a secret again after he
unmasked to the world. How am
I supposed to relate to someone
who never has to face death,
relationship issues, or big mis-
takes?
Now I’m supposed to relate to
an uncharacteristically redeemed
villain living inside someone
else’s head? In the end, I know
this too will be corrected, but
with solid writing, this doesn’t
have to happen in the first place.
In the meantime, I guess I’ll
just read some back issues. I
suggest that Marvel’s creators do
the same – they might learn
something.
W
-Rich Howells is a lifelong
Marvel Comics collector,
wannabe Jedi master, and cult
film fan. E-mail him at
[email protected].
Infinite Improbability
GEEK CULTURE & MORE
Rich Howells | Weekender Editor
Superior Spider-Man, worse storyline
No. 700 brings about yet
another death in the
Marvel Universe.
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17 Desire
18 “2001: A Space
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22 Online gamer’s icon
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29 Underwear with
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30 Inseparable
31 Castle protection
32 Decay
33 Snips
34 Hooter
35 Fellow
36 Insertion mark
37 Holy
39 Actor McBride
40 Comic Philips
41 Molest
45 Donkey’s pin-on?
48 1989 Morgan Freeman
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50 “- Karenina”
51 Obnoxiously proper
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52 “Monkey suit”
53 Hoodoo
54 Tortoise’s rival
55 Pigs’ digs
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2 October birthstone
3 Prefix meaning “10”
4 Water pipe
5 Central
6 Curry or Conway
7 “Maggie May” singer
8 Diving gear
9 Pitch
10 Early bird?
11 Tiny
16 Upright
20 Actress Longoria
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24 Initial stake
25 Whatever’s left over
26 Andy’s pal
27 “The Music Man”
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28 Body powder
29 Tarzan’s son
32 Santa’s guide
33 Egypt’s capital
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BENEFITS/CHARITY
EVENTS
Anthracite Hi-Railers Model
Railroad Club O Gauge Train
Display: Jan. 5, 1-4:30 p.m.,
Bill’s Shop Rite Plaza, Rts. 435
and 502, Daleville. Free admis-
sion, collecting donations of
bathroom tissue, bath soap, facial
tissues, multi-purpose household
cleaner, dishwashing liquid,
laundry detergent and toothpaste
to benefit the North Pocono Dry
Goods Pantry.
Camp Papillion Pet Adoption
and Rescue (570.420.0450,
camppapillion.org)
Adoption Days:
• Jan. 6, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Tractor
Supply, Route 209, Brodhead-
sville.
• Jan. 20, 11 a.m.-3p.m., Pet-
co, 3895 Dryland Way, Easton.
• Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-3p.m.,
Washington Pet Store, 1310 Blue
Valley Drive, Pen Argyl.
Concert for Rebecca, Fourth
Annual: Jan. 12, 7 p.m.-midnight,
King’s La Cantina, Route 309,
Mountain Top. Music By Don
Shappelle & The Pickups Band,
John Lukas and guest speakers
Tammy Rodgers and Pat Rush-
ton. Free admission but dona-
tions encouraged, all proceeds go
to Domestic Violence Service
Center and Victim’s Resource
Center.
Safe Haven Dog Rescue
(www.SafeHavenPa.org, Safe-
[email protected])
• Adoption Day: Jan. 6, 11
a.m.-3 p.m., Tractor Supply, 2970
Route 940, Pocono Summit.
• Volunteer Meeting: Jan. 15,
6:30 p.m., Cherry’s Family Res-
taurant, Route 209 near Route
534, Kresgeville.
• Adoption Day: Jan. 20, 11
a.m.-3 p.m., Tractor Supply, Rte.
209, Brodheadsville.
CAR & BIKE EVENTS
Gunners PA Law Enforce-
ment MC (gunnerspa-
[email protected], $20/rider,
$10/passenger unless noted other-
wise)
• Phantom Rider Program: If
unable to make it to ride, donate
$10 passenger fee and new stuff-
ed animal, which will go to chil-
dren in need, any left end of
season go to Toys For Tots. Send
to Gunners 11 Hemlock Dr.,
Tunkhannock, PA18657.
Hi Lites Motor Club
(www.hilitesmotorclub.com, Jack
570.477.2477, John 574.7470).
Events feature door prizes, food,
music, 50/50 drawing, more. No
alcohol permitted.
Uncle Buck’s BBQ Pit Bike
Night Wed., 6-9 p.m., 361 W.
Main St., Plymouth. Food, drink
specials.
CHURCHES
St. Michael’s Ukrainian
Orthodox Church (540 N. Main
Ave., Scranton, 570.343.7165)
• Pierogi Sale every Fri., 11
a.m.-5 p.m.
St. Stephens Episcopal Pro-
Cathedral (35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.346.4600)
• Food Pantry open Mon.-Fri.,
noon-4 p.m.
• Clothing Closet: free cloth-
ing for men, women, children.
Open Tues., 4-6:30 p.m., Wed.,
noon-3:30 p.m.
St. Thomas More Society (St.
Clare Church, 2301 N. Washing-
ton Ave., Scranton,
570.343.0634, stthomasmoreso-
ciety.org)
• Guardian of the Redeemer
Fellowship: First, third Mon. of
month for men interested in adult
discussion of Catholic faith.
• YOUCAT Teen Group wel-
comes post-Confirmation youth
from all parishes for discussion
of Theology of the Body for
Teens. Meets first, third Thurs. of
month, 5:30 p.m.
Thomas More Anglican
Parish at St. Joseph’s Church
(N. Main Ave. & Theodore St.,
Scranton)
• Festival of Nine Lessons and
Carols: Jan. 6, 5 p.m., followed
by potluck supper and 3 Kings
Celebration. Info: 570.343.0634.
Trucksville United Methodist
Church (40 Knob Hill Rd.,
Trucksville, 570.696.3897, of-
[email protected])
• All Gods Children special
needs program: every Sun. 9:45-
10:45 a.m.
Unity of NEPA: A Spiritual
Center (140 S. Grant St., Wilkes-
Barre)
• Guest speaker David Bever-
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• Oneness Meditation with
Ernie Pappa: Jan. 7, 21, 7-8:30
p.m.
• Modeling Abundance Con-
sciousness Webinar: Jan. 9, 7
p.m.
• “The Shift” will be present-
ed for “Spiritual Cinema:” Jan.
12, 6:30 p.m.
• The Burning Bowl Service
with Rev. Diane Sickler: Jan. 13,
10 a.m.
• “The Stage: A 7-stage Map
to Redefine Your Life and Pur-
pose:” Jan. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
7-week series.
• “Let Your Heart Shine” with
Rev. Diane Sickler: Jan. 27, 10
a.m.
• Social Media Seminar: Jan.
30, 6:30 p.m.
EVENTS
Browndale Fire Co. (Route
247, 620 Marion St., Browndale,
43fire.com)
• Homemade Pierogi For Sale:
donation $6/dozen. Potato and
cheese. To order, contact any
member, call 570.499.4908,
e-mail [email protected], go on-
line.
Chicory House and Folklore
Society (www.folkloresocie-
ty.org, 570.333.4007)
• New England Contra Dance:
Jan. 5, 7 p.m., Church of Christ
Uniting, 776 Market St., King-
ston. $9.
Dietrich Theater (60 E. Tioga
Street, Tunkhannock,
570.996.1500, www.dietrichthea-
ter.com)
• Ragtime from Barrelhouse
to Broadway: Jan. 27, bus to
WVIA Media Center departs
from Dietrich 1:30 p.m., concert
at 3 p.m. Pianist Gary Boerckel
and soprano Bernadette Boerckel
will perform rags from the 1890s
to the 1990s. By reservation only.
• Hiking Through the Natural
Beauty of Pennsylvania Presenta-
tion: Feb. 2, 11 a.m.
• The Month for Dance Films
& Dance Lessons: Feb. 10, 17,
24, 1-4 p.m. $10 per movie and
lesson. Feb. 10, “The Tango
Lesson”; Feb. 17, “Singin’ in the
Rain”; Feb. 24, “Shall We
Dance?”
• Under the Big Top, After
School Theatre Arts Show: Feb.
23, 11 a.m. $5.
• The Power of Story Present-
ation: March 10, 3 p.m.
• Reptiles & Amphibians of
Northeastern PA: March 23, 11
a.m.
• Spring 2013 Film Festival
Opening Night Gala: April 5,
5:30 p.m. $35.
• Spring 2013 Film Festival:
April 5-8. $9, evening (after 6
p.m.); $8, matinee. • Philadel-
phia Bus Trip to the Barnes:
April 11, bus departs 7 a.m.,
returns approximately 10 p.m.
$135• Tom Knight Puppet
Show: April 17, 1:30 p.m. ❏ Kids
Classes:
• Quilting for Kids – “Starry
Sky”” Wednesdays, Jan. 9-March
27, 3:30-5 p.m. Ages 6 and up.
$6 per class. • Mixed Media:
Ages 5-8: Series 1, Jan. 11, 18,
25, Feb. 1, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m.;
Series 2, March 8, 15, 22, 29,
4-5:30 p.m. Ages 9-12: Series 1,
Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, 4-5:30 p.m.;
Series 2, March 6, 13, 20, 27,
4-5:30 p.m. $40, four-class se-
ries.
• Preschool Mixed Media: For
ages 4 and 5. Series 1, Jan. 10, 17,
24, 31, 10-10:45 a.m.; Series 2,
March 7, 14, 21, 28, 10-10:45
a.m.
• Movement and Storytelling
for Preschoolers: Ages 4 and 5.
Series 1, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 10-
10:45 a.m.; Series 2, April 3, 10,
17, 24, 10-10:45 a.m.
• All About Pottery & Sculp-
ture: Ages 5-8, Feb. 8, 15, 22,
March 1, 4-5:30 p.m. Ages 9-12,
Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 4-5:30 p.m.
$40 for four classes.
• Preschool Pottery & Sculp-
ture: Ages 4 and 5. Feb. 7, 14, 21,
28, 10-10:45 a.m.
• Little People & Nature:
Ages 2 ½-5. Series 1, March 5, 12,
19, 26, 10-11 a.m. Series 2, March
6, 13, 20, 27, 10-11 a.m. ❏ In-
tergenerational Classes:
• Quilting for Everyone: “At-
lantic Star:” Ages 13 and up.
Wednesdays, Jan. 9-March 27,
6-7:30 p.m. $6 per class, in-
cluding materials.
❏ Adult Classes:
Simply Yoga: Wednesdays,
10-11:15 a.m. Ages 16 and up.
Series 1, Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30,
Feb. 6; Series 2, Feb. 13, 20, 27,
March 6, 13, 20. $60 for series of
six consecutive classes or $15
drop-in.
• Recycled Glass Artwork:
Ages 18 and up. Mondays, 7-8:30
p.m. Series 1, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28;
Series 2, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; Series
3, March 4, 11, 18, 25. $65, four-
class series. Students supply own
safety glasses.
• Open Studio for Drawing,
Painting & Sculpture: Ages 13
and up. Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Series 1, Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Series
2, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; Series 3,
March 5, 12, 19, 26. $60, four-
class series; $15, drop-in.
• Rev Up Your Immune Sys-
tem with Kundalini Yoga: Ages
16 and up. Jan. 15, 6 p.m.
• Decorative Painting: Ages
16 and up. Noon-3 p.m., Jan. 16,
23, 20, Feb. 13, 20, 27, March 13,
20, 27. $20 per class plus cost of
painting surface.
• Kundalini Yoga: Ages 16
and up. 10-11:30 a.m. Series 1,
Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9; Series 2,
March 2, 9, 23, April 6; Series 3
April 27, May 4, 11, 18. $40, four
classes; $15, drop-in.
• Loom Beading Basics: Jan.
28, 6-9 p.m. Ages 16 and up.
$30.
• Nia: Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 5:30-
6:30 p.m. Ages 16 and up. $40,
four-class series.
• Introduction to Felting: Feb.
7, 14, 21, 6-9 p.m. Ages 16 and
up. $40, materials included.
• Locker Hooking For Begin-
ners: Feb. 7, 6:30 p.m. Ages 16
and up. $45.
• Little Leather Luxuries: Feb.
11, 6-9 p.m. Ages 16 and up. $30.
• Eating for Health: Feb. 21,
28, March 7, 14, 7-8:30 p.m.
Ages 16 and up.
• Fused Glass Artistry: Feb.
25, 6-9 p.m.; March 4, 7-9 p.m.
Ages 16 and up. $60.
• Jewelry Making: Beaded
Necklace & Bracelet: March 5,
6:30 p.m. Ages 16 and up. $30.
• Introduction to Resin Mold-
ed Jewelry: March 11, 6-9 p.m.
Ages 16 and up. $40.
• Design a Painted Silk Scarf:
March 18, 7-9 p.m. Ages 16 and
up. $30.
Eastern Pocono Animal Alli-
ance Spay/Neuter Clinic in need
of volunteers, one day/week to
check in clients, more; arrive by
8:15 a.m., commit to every week.
Positions to help w/ vaccination
clinics, substitute desk work.
Stop in to office in back of Rain-
bow Plaza, Route 209, Brodhead-
sville, visitepaaonline.com, call
570.994.5846.
Gesinger Wyoming Valley
Medical Center (1000 E. Moun-
tain Road, Plains Township)
• Blood collection drive: Jan.
2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Blood Center,
317 Enterprise Way, Pittston.
Schedule appointment: call
1.866.996.5100 or visit geisinger-
bloodcenter.org.
• Richard and Marion Pearsall
Heart Hospital Heart Failure
Education Class: Jan. 2, 10 a.m.-
noon, second floor conference
room.
• Blood collection drive: Jan.
4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Outback Steak-
house, 547 Arena Hub Plaza,
Wilkes-Barre. Schedule appoint-
ment: call 1.866.996.5100 or visit
geisingerbloodcenter.org.
• Blood collection drive: Jan.
5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wal-Mart,
Highway 315, Pittston. Schedule
appointment: call 1.866.996.5100
or visit geisingerbloodcenter.org.
• Gluten-free and healthy
lecture with a registered diet-
ician: Jan. 8, 3-4 p.m., Kistler
Learning Center. Registration
required: visit geisinger.org/
events or call 800.275.6401 and
ask for CareLink.
• Support group for parents of
children with ADD/ADHD: Jan.
8, 6:30-8 p.m., Spiritual Center.
Info: 570.592.0058.
• Ostomy support group: Jan.
9, 6-7 p.m., Scarano Conference
Room.
• Bariatric support group: Jan.
2, 3-4 p.m.; Jan. 10, 3:30-4:30
p.m., GI Nutrition Conference
Room at Geisinger Specialty
Services, 675 Baltimore Drive,
Entrance A, Plains Township.
• Frank M. and Dorothea
Henry Cancer cancer support
group: Jan. 16, 3:30-5 p.m., Hen-
ry Cancer Center. Info:
570.808.6186.
• Blood collection drive: Jan.
9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jan. 23, 10
a.m.-4 p.m. Schedule appoint-
ment: call 1.866.996.5100 or visit
geisingerbloodcenter.org.
• Frank M. and Dorothea
Henry Cancer Center prostate
cancer screenings: Jan. 24, 5-7
p.m. Registration required: geis-
inger.org/events or 800.275.6401
and ask for CareLink.
The Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce (222
Mulberry St., Scranton)
• Northeast Pennsylvania
Hiring Our Heroes Employment
Event: Jan. 9, 9 a.m. This nation-
al program assists veteran job
seekers, active duty military,
members of the National Guard
and reserve components, and
military spouses with employ-
ment opportunities.
• Start the New Year off with
a New You Luncheon: Jan. 16,
11:30 a.m.
• Discover How the Affor-
dable Care Act Can Affect Your
Small Business: Jan. 31, 9 a.m.
King’s College (133 North
River St., Wilkes-Barre,
570.208.5957 or kings.edu)
• Boy Scouts Annual Merit
Badge College Jan. 5, 8:30
a.m.-6 p.m., Sheehy-Farmer
Campus Center. Registration:
570.357.6928.
• Kids for Cash Panel Dis-
cussion, “Ethics in the Valley:
After the Judicial Scandals:” Jan.
22, 7 p.m., Burke Auditorium,
William G. McGowan School of
Business. In case of inclement
weather, the event will be held
Jan. 23.
Lackawanna Home Builders
Association
• 2013 Home Showcase: Feb.
22, 5-9 p.m.; Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-9
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A New England Contra dance on Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Church of Christ Uniting (776
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Who is...
Lars
Kommienezuspadt,
Dallas
How did you choose your
career? I originally wanted to be a
comic book artist until I got close enough
to the industry to realize it’s a tremendous
amount of work with little pay and
fiercely competitive. I choose a part time
illustration and full time photography
career in 2010 and I haven’t look back
since.
The best part of my job is...
spending long hours on work I’m
passionate about. Investing in what I
like to do, rather than what I “have to
do.” Getting paid to travel and create art.
Perfecting my skill.
What’s one thing people
should know about your place of
employment? As a freelance artist,
my place of employment is wherever I
can get paid to do what I do. I’ve shot
in NEPA, NYC, Boston, Minneapolis,
Germany, and Paris, and in publications
and prints are all over the world. It’s the
best career imaginable for an increasingly
global social network.
Something most people
don’t know about me is... I used
to promote professional death match
wrestling events in Wilkes-Barre in
tandem with the valley’s punk scene.
My hobbies are? Full time daddy.
Comic books. Video games. Horror.
When I was little I wanted to
be... actually…an artist!
Two interesting facts about me:
I can eat a lightbulb. I’m obsessed with
the planet Venus.
Freelance
Photographer/Illustrator
madeineighty.com
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Mind and body
2&4 Hand Drumming Circle
Freestyle drum circle, every
second/fourth Sat., any time
between 1-4 p.m., Everything
Natural (426 S. State St., Clarks
Summit). All ages, newcomers,
old timers welcome. Hand
drums, percussion provided.
Free, no pressure.
Absolute Pilates with Leslie
(263 Carbondale Rd., Clarks
Summit, www.pilateswithles-
lie.com)
• Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-10 a.m.
Private training on Cadillac,
Reformer and Wunda Chair,
along with Pilates mat classes,
stability ball core classes, more.
Check website for updates.
• Mon., Wed.: Nia Technique,
5:30 p.m.
American Wicca & The
Garb Wench (americanwic-
ca.org)
• Tarot Readings by High
Priest Thane Amdor: By appoint-
ment Tues., Thurs., Sat. Bring
friend, get free reading. To
schedule, call 570.793.4095
Arts YOUniverse (47 N. Fran-
klin St., Wilkes-Barre,
570.970.2787, www.artsyouni-
verse.com)
❏ Studio J, 2nd floor
• Meditation in tradition of
Gurdjieff, Ospensky: Sun., 12-1
p.m., $5
• Children’s Meditation:
Thurs., 6-7 p.m. Ages 9-14, $5
• Tarot Card Readings, by
appointment. $20 first half hour,
$10 additional half hours.
Awakenings Yoga
(570.472.3272)
• Private Yoga Instruction w/
certified senior Instructor of
Himalayan Institute. 24 years
experience. Learn secrets of
Himalayan Masters. Lessons
include asana, pranayama, med-
itation, relaxation, ayruveda,
holistic nutrition, tantra. $75/
session
Balance Ultimate Fitness
(Belladaro Prof Bldg,
570.862.2840)
• Early Morning Fitness Boot-
camp: Tues./Thurs., 6:30
a.m.-7:30 a.m., Sat, 9:30
a.m.-10:30 a.m., $15 or 12 classes
for $150.
Balance Yoga and Wellness
(900 Rutter Ave., 2nd floor, Forty
Fort 570.714.2777, balanceyogas-
tudio.net, balanceyogawell-
[email protected])
• Pole Fitness: Fri., 5:30 p.m.
(beginner); 7 p.m. (intermediate).
Sat., 1:30 p.m. (all levels); 3:15
p.m. (advanced).
Bellas Yoga Studio (650 Bou-
levard Ave., Dickson City,
570.307.5000, www.bellasyoga-
.com, [email protected])
All workshops $15, pre-regis-
tration suggested.
• Sun. Class: 10-11:15 a.m.
Features Alternating Vinyasa
style yoga w/ yoga fusion.
Club Fit (1 West Broad St.,
Hazleton, 570.497.4700,
www.clubfithazleton.com)
• Boxing classes w/ Rich
Pastorella (pastorella.net26.net).
Mon., 7-8 p.m. $40/month.
Goddess Creations Shop &
Gallery (214 Depot St., Clarks
Summit, 570.575.8649, in-
[email protected])
• Tarot Card Readings by
appointment. Call.
• Tarot Readings: Thurs.,
6-9:30 p.m. at Montrose Inn,
Restaurant & Tavern (26 S. Main
St., Montrose). $25 for 15-20
min.
• Monthly astrology workshop
with Holly Avila: first Sun., $45.
Call.
Goshin Jitsu Martial Arts
Classes Every month at Golight-
ley’s Martial Arts (Mark Plaza
Shopping Center, Rt. 11, Ed-
wardsville). Focus on cardio,
stretching, defense, stamina,
more. Self defense, cardio, karate
aerobics also available. $75/
month. Call 570.814.3293 for
info.
Haifa Belly Dance (Haifabel-
lydance.com, 570.836.7399)
• Mon., 5:15 p.m., Serenity
Wellness & Dance Center (135
Main St., Luzerne)
• Wed., 6 p.m., Holistic
Health Center (Route 6, Tunk-
hannock)
Harris Conservatory for the
Arts (545 Charles St. Luzerne,
718.0673)
• Cardio Kickboxing: Wed.,
7-8 p.m.; Sat., 9-10 a.m. $5/class.
Call for info.
• Hoop Fitness Techniques:
Mon., 7:30-8:30 p.m. $5/class.
Call for info.
Hoop Fitness Classes (whirli-
gighoopers.com)
• Beginner/Intermediate:
Mon., 7:30 p.m., Harris Conser-
vatory (545 Charles St., Lu-
zerne). $5. Call 718.0673 to
reserve.
• Beginner/Intermediate:
Thurs., 5:30 p.m., Studio 32 (32
Forrest St., Wilkes-Barre) $5.
Inner Harmony Wellness
Center (Mercy Hospital General
Services Bldg., 743 Jefferson
Ave., Scranton, 570.346.4621,
www.innerharmonywellness-
.com, [email protected])
• Meditation Technique Work-
shops: Wed., 6:30 p.m. $15/
session. Goal setting/stress re-
duction, more. Call for info/
reservation.
Jeet Kune Do Fighting Con-
cepts Teaches theories of move-
ment in Martial Arts. $100/
month. Call instructor Mike
DiMeglio for info, 570.371.8898.
Jim Thorpe Arts in Motion
(434 Center St., Jim Thorpe,
570.483.8640, jtartsinmo-
tion.com)
• Friday Night Drop-in Class
for Chair Yoga, Guided Med-
itation, Spirit Connections: $8/
class, $15/all three. Elemental
Alchemist AnneMarie Balog,
Level II Lakshmi Voelker Chair
Yoga instructor. Private/group
meditation sessions, reiki treat-
ments, classes, yoga, tarot read-
ings/parties, divination consulta-
tions. Contact 881.2399, shan-
[email protected].
Kwon Kodo Lessons: Learn
self-defense system that com-
bines Korean Martial Arts such
as Hapkido, Taekwondo & Kuk
Sool. Lessons held at Hapkido
Taekwondo Institute (150 Welles
St., Forty Fort). $40/month. For
info, call 570.287.4290 or visit
htkdi.com.
Leverage Fitness Studio (900
Rutter Ave., Forty Fort,
570.338.2386, leveragetraining-
studio.com)
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 6 a.m.-9
p.m., Fri. 6 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 8
a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Fusion Flexibility: Sun. 9-10
a.m.
• Wake-Up Workout: Mon.,
Wed., Fri. 7-7:45 a.m.
• Executive Workout: Mon.,
Wed. 12:15-12:45 p.m.
• Sexy to the Core: Wed. 5:30
p.m.
• Primal Scream: Tues.,
Thurs. 7-8 p.m.
• Inferno: Sat. 10 a.m.
All classes free to members,
$10 non-members.
Meditation/Yoga classes at
Spectrum Health & Racquet
Club (151 Terrace Dr., Eynon).
Meditation: Fri., 7-8 p.m. Yoga:
Sat., 9:45-10:45 a.m. $5 each
class, bring mat. Call
570.383.3223 for info.
Melt Hot Yoga (#16 Gateway
Shopping Center, Edwardsville,
570.287.3400, melthotyogastu-
dio.com)
• Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m., 5:30 p.m.
(90 minutes)
• Tues., Thurs., 4 p.m. (one
hour)
• Sat., Sun., 9 a.m., 3 p.m. (90
minutes)
NEPA Holistic Chamber of
Commerce
• One year anniversary cele-
bration: Dec. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Perkins Restaurant, 600 Pocono
Summit Roa, Mt. Pocono. RSVP:
570.350.6129.
New Visions Studio & Gal-
lery (201 Vine Street, Scranton,
570.878.3970, newvisionsstu-
[email protected], newvisionsstu-
dio.com)
• Vinyasa Yoga Classes with
Sarah Yzkanin: Sundays, 2-3
p.m. All levels welcome. $6. Call
570.575.8789 or e-mail dealerin-
[email protected] for info.
NutriFitness Boot Camp (311
Market St., Kingston,
570.288.2409)
• Free week of Boot Camp for
new members: Mon.-Fri., 8:30
a.m., 5:30 p.m.
• Wirred: Mon., Wed., 6:45
p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. $5.
• Yoga: Thurs. 7 p.m. $10.
• Tang Soo Do Karate Class-
es: Mon., Wed., 6:45 p.m.; Sat.,
10 a.m. Call to register.
Odyssey Fitness (401 Coal St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.829.2661,
odysseyfitnesscenter.com)
• Yoga Classes: Sun., 12:30
p.m.; Mon., 7:15 a.m.; Tues., 7
a.m., 5 p.m.; Wed., 8 a.m., 6:30
p.m.; Thurs., 6:30 p.m.; Sat.,
10:30 a.m. All levels welcome.
• ZumbAtomic: Lil Starz,
ages 4-7: 5:30 p.m.; Big Starz,
ages 8-12: 6:15 p.m.
Open Your Eyes To Dream
(143 W. Main St., Bloomsburg,
570.239.7520, www.oyetd.com)
❏ Open-Eyed Yoga. Call
394.2251 or go online for current
updates/cancellations. E-mail:
[email protected]
• Beginner Vinyasa: Mon.,
5:30-6:30 p.m.
• Level II Vinyasa: Mon.,
7-8:30 p.m.
• Mixed Level Vinyasa: Tues.,
9-10:30 a.m., Wed., 6:30-7:45
p.m.
Mats & props available. Stu-
dent/package discounts available.
Bring friend to first class, get two
for price of one.
Prana Yoga Studio (960 Pres-
cott Ave., Dunmore, www.pra-
nayogadunmore.com) Classes
taught in vinyasa flow, geared for
all levels
• Mon.: Advanced, 6 p.m.; tai
chi with Blake Wheeler 7:30-
8:45 p.m., Thurs., 8:45-10 p.m.,
$45/month, on class/week, $65/
month, two classes/week. Con-
tact Blake at 434.989.1045 or
[email protected] for info.
• Tues.: Beginner, 10 a.m.;
Open Level, noon; Beg./Interme-
diate, 5:30 p.m.; Intermediate,
7:30 p.m.
• Wed.: Beginner, 5:30 p.m.;
Advanced 7:30 p.m.
• Thurs.: Open Level, 10 a.m.;
Beg./Intermediate, 5:30 p.m.;
Intermediate, 7:30 p.m.
• Fri.: Open Level, 10 a.m.;
Advanced, 6 p.m.
• Sat.: Beg./Intermediate, 10
a.m.; Intermediate, noon.
• Sun.: Intermediate, noon;
Candle-lit Open Level, 6 p.m.
• Sandstorm Fitness with
Rachel “Kali” Dare: Wed. 4-5
p.m. Learn various techniques
and shed pounds. Call
570.677.7067 or email stan-
[email protected] for info.
The Self Discovery and Well-
ness Arts Center (200 Lake
Ave., Montrose, 570.278.9256 or
e-mail [email protected], well-
nessarts.com)
• Monthly World Peace Med-
itation and Reiki Circle: First
Tuesday of every month, 5-7 p.m.
$10.
Sheri Pilates Studio (703
Market St., Kingston,
570.331.0531)
• Beginner mat class: Tues., 5
p.m. $50/10 classes.
• Equipment classes on re-
former and tower: $150/10 class-
es.
• Private training available on
reformer, cadillac, stability chair,
ladder barrel, cardiolates on
rebounder.
Call studio for additional mat
class/equipment class schedule,
all classes taught by certified
instructors.
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Weekender Staff Writer. Send
your listings to
[email protected],
90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., 18703, or fax to
570.831.7375. Deadline is
Mondays at 2 p.m. Expanded
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Luzerne County Bikes &
Walks
• Presentation by extreme
bicycle tourist and Wyalusing
resident, Troy Cobb: Jan. 15, 7
p.m., Best Western Genetti Hotel
and Conference Center, 77 E.
Market St., Wilkes-Barre. $16;
$5 discount for Bikes & Walks
members. Refreshments, snacks
and cash bar. Tickets are avail-
able at the Wilkes-Barre Family
YMCA, Around Town Bicycles
or Main Bike World. Info:
570.823.2191, ext. 5040.
Luzerne County Community
College (1333 S. Prospect St.,
Nanticoke, 1.800.377.LCCC,
luzerne.edu)
• Faculty and Alumni Exhibit:
through Jan. 3. Schulman Gal-
lery, Nanticoke. Gallery hours:
Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Mall at Steamtown (300
Lackawanna Ave., Scranton,
570.343.3400)
• Live music and/or magic
and children’s entertainment:
Every Tues., Thurs., noon-2 p.m.;
every Sun. 12:30-2:30 p.m.
• Open Mic with Sarah Yz-
kanin or Janice Gambo Chesna:
Every Wed., 6-8 p.m.
Misericordia University
(www.misericordia.edu,
570.674.6400; box office,
674.6719, misericordia.edu)
❏ Pauly Friedman Art Gallery,
Tues.-Thurs., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.,
10 a.m.-5p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 p.m.
• “Norman Rockwell’s 323
Saturday Evening Post Covers:’’
Jan. 14 to Feb. 28.
Mohegan Sun Arena at
Casey Plaza (255 Highland Park
Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Twp.)
• Disney on Ice celebrates 100
Years of Music: January 16-18, 7
p.m.; Jan. 19, 11 a.m., 3 and 7
p.m.; Jan. 20, 1 and 5 p.m.; Jan.
21, 1 p.m. $25 to $55; opening
night, $15.50. Tickets available at
www.ticketmaster.com or charge
by phone at 800.745.3000.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
(Rte. 115, Lehman, 570.675.2171,
wb.psu.edu)
• Real Estate Prep Courses:
Real Estate Fundamentals, Tues-
days, Feb. 5-April 9, 6-9 p.m.
Real Estate Practices, Thursdays,
Feb. 7-April 11, 6-9 p.m. $280
per course, textbook cost in-
cluded. Registration deadline
Jan. 25.
• AutoCAD courses: Level 1,
Mondays and Wednesdays,
March 11-20, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sol-
idWorks Essentials, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, April 30-May 9, 8
a.m.-5 p.m. Registration fee for
each course is $799 per person.
Pittston Memorial Library
(47 Broad St., 570.654.9565,
[email protected])
• Crochet club, Tues., 10 a.m.,
Thurs., 6 p.m.
• Kids’ craft club: Third Sat.,
10 a.m. For grades 2-5.• Kids
Science Club, first Sat. of each
month, open to students in grades
2-5.
• ‘Page Turners’ kids’ book
club, first Thurs. of each month,
4 p.m., grades 3-5.
• Family Story Time for pre-
schoolers and toddlers: Sat-
urdays, 1:30 p.m.
• CEO Afterschool Meals:
Dinner, Mondays and Thursdays,
4-5 p.m.; snacks, Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Free to all
children up to age 18. No regis-
tration required.
Waverly Community House
(1115 N. Abington Rd., Waverly,
waverlycomm.org)
Gymboree Classes:
Cost for each seven-week
session, $89 with $20 material
fee for the Art classes. 10% dis-
count for each additional class
and for siblings. Contact Gymbo-
ree at 570-208-2908 to register as
space is limited.
Mondays, Jan. 14, for seven
weeks:
• Family Art: 9:30-10:30 a.m.,
children 18 months to 2½.
• Family Art: 11 a.m.-noon,
children ages 22 months to 5
years.
• Art lll: 12:30-1:30 p.m.,
children ages 28 months to 5,
drop-off optional.
• Art lll: 3:45-4:45 p.m., chil-
dren ages 28 months to 5, drop-
off optional.
Thursdays, Jan. 17, for seven
weeks:
• Family Music: 9:30-10:15
a.m., children ages 0 to 5 years.
• Music 1: 10:30-11:15 a.m.,
children ages 0 to 16 months.
• Music lll: 12:30-1:15 p.m.,
children ages 28 months to 5
years old, drop-off optional
•Music lll: 3:45-4:30 p.m.,
children ages 28 months to 5
years old, drop-off optional.
Wilkes-Barre Barbershop
Harmony Society
• Singing Valentines: Deliver-
ed with rose, candy and card
during the hours of 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Feb. 14. The project aides
the chapter’s community service
program. Info: 570.696.3385 or
570.287.2476.
Wilkes University (84 W.
South St, Wilkes-Barre,
1.800.WILKES.U, wilkes.edu)
• Literary publishing seminar
with Phil Brady and Johnny
Temple: Jan. 9-13, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Includes info about current pub-
lishing environment, editorial
policies, book design and more.
$2,488, general; $1,244 for
Wilkes students and alumni. Info:
570.408.4547, cwrit-
[email protected].
• Maslow Faculty Reading
Series: Jan. 6-10. All readings at
7 p.m. Poem readings, Jan. 6,
Barnes and Noble in Public
Square, 7 S. Main St. Sampling
of films, Jan. 7; Poetry, non-
fiction, and fiction, Jan. 8; Play-
wrights, Jan. 9; works alumni,
faculty, and advisory board mem-
bers, Jan. 10; all a the Dorothy
Dickson Darte Center.
Your Dog’s Place, LLC
(570.729.8977, yourdog-
[email protected])
• K9 Nose Work: Intro to
Nose Work, Sat., 11:30 a.m.;
Wed., 10 a.m. Intro to Odor,
Mon., 8:15 p.m. Intro to Vehicles
and Exteriors, Mon., 7 p.m.
Continuing Nose Work, Mon., 5
p.m.
• Kinderpuppy: Wed., 6 p.m.,
Sat., 10 a.m. Puppy parenting
101.
• Canine Life & Social Skills:
Thurs., 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 p.m.
• Reliable Recalls: Fri., 6-7:30
p.m.
LOCAL HISTORY
Eckley Miners’ Village (locat-
ed nine miles east of Hazleton,
just off Route 940;
570.636.2070; www.eckleymin-
ers.org) Open year-round, Mon.-
Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., noon-5
p.m. $6, adults; $5.50, seniors;
$4, children 6 to 12 years of age.
Tours are dependent upon staff-
ing and weather conditions.
There is an additional charge for
walking tours.
Electric City Trolley Mu-
seum and Coal Mine Tour
(Cliff Street, Scranton
570.963.6590) Museum open 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Excursions: Wed.-
Sun. 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m.,
3 p.m. Rides: $10 adults, $9
seniors, $7.75 ages 3-12. Mine
open daily 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours
hourly, $8 adults, $7.50 seniors,
$5.50 ages 3-12.
Everhart Museum (1901
Mulberry St., Scranton,
570.346.7186, www.everhart-
museum.org)
• European River Cruise:
April 8-15, 2013. From $2,549/
member, double occupancy, plus
air. Info: 570.504.7575, Ever-
hartRiverCruise.com
The Houdini Museum (1433
N. Main Ave., Scranton)
Every weekend by reservation.
Open 1 p.m., closes 4 p.m. Also
available weekdays for school
groups, bus, hotel groups.
$17.95/adults, $14.95/11 and
under.
• Ghost Tours: Scheduled
daily, 7 p.m., reservations re-
quired. Secret time/meeting place
divulged upon reservation, call
570.383.1821.$20/adults, $15/11
and under. Rain or shine, year-
round. Daytime walks also avail-
able on limited basis. Private
tours can be arranged for groups.
Info: scrantonghosttours.com,
[email protected].
Lackawanna Historical So-
ciety (The Catlin House, 232
Monroe Avenue, Scranton,
570.344.3841)
❏ Downtown Walking Tours
(free and open to the public):
• Custom Tours: 7-8 blocks,
about 2 hours. Routes selected
based on interests of participants
Most days, noon-6 p.m. $5/per-
son, min. 4 people, max. 30. Call
955.0244.
• Step-on bus tours, Costume
Tours: Call for info.
Pennsylvania’s Anthracite
Heritage Museum (McDade
Park, Scranton: 570.963.4804,
www.phmc.state.pa.ust) Open
year round, Mon.-Sat. from 9
a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., noon-5
p.m.
Scranton Iron Furnaces (159
Cedar Ave., Scranton, www.an-
thracitemuseum.org)
For guided tours, call Anthra-
cite Heritage Museum at
570.963.4804 for schedule/fees.
St. Ann’s National Basilica
Shrine and Monastery (Scran-
ton: 570.347.5691) Group tours
available by appointment. Open 9
a.m.-8 p.m. daily.
Steamtown National Historic
Site (I-81 to Exit 53, Scranton:
570.340.5200 or 888.693.9391,
www.nps.gov/stea)
• Ongoing: Interpretive pro-
grams, visitor center, theater, a
history museum. Open daily, 9-5
p.m. $7 adults, $6 senior citizens,
$2 children ages 6-12.
• The “Scranton Limited”
train ride: Wed.-Sun. 30 minute
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Novelist Eyre Price, a former
Clarks Summit resident, found
success when he published his
debut novel, “Blues Highway
Blues.” Nearly six months after
the book’s initial release, the
novel’s sales have picked up
some steam, owing to new
recognition.
The website Blues 411 pub-
lished a glowing review in Sep-
tember, calling the novel a
“merry musical jigsaw puzzle
with a well-crafted set of char-
acters that make the merry way
all the more merrier. ...Price has
created a very rare bird with
‘Blues Highway Blues.’” This
month, the website named the
novel the best blues book of the
year.
Amazon.com named the book
on its list of 100 Kindle books
for $3.99 or less for December.
Price said both the award and
the Amazon listing led to an
uptick in sales for his book.
“That was a huge boost,” he
said. “It’s kind of been a nice
one-two punch for the book.”
Price, who now lives in cen-
tral Illinois, has received recog-
nition from another quarter as
well. Writer’s Digest inter-
viewed Price for a story on
debut authors for its January
edition, which is available now.
The author can’t rest on his
laurels, though, because he has
a three-book deal with his pub-
lisher, Thomas & Mercer. But
he’s not that kind of writer.
Price is a bit of a literary work-
horse, writing five to six nights
a week. Plying his craft, he
said, is the only way he knows
how to be successful.
He has already finished the
second book in the series,
“Rock Island Rock,” and he
plans to begin work on the
third installment in the series in
January – after he completes
another, unrelated novel.
“We just knocked out the
second book of the three-book
series,” Price said. “We’re ahead
of schedule.
“There was not a lot of sleep
for the last couple of months,”
he admitted. “We worked hard
to get it out on that timetable.”
Price hopes to achieve even
more success with his follow-up
efforts. The same characters
from “Blues Highway Blues”
populate “Rock Island Rock,”
and the supernatural elements
from the first book begin to
intensify.
“It’s the same characters; it
picks up two weeks after the
action of ‘Blues Highway
Blues,’” he said. “The problems
that they had in ‘Blues High-
way Blues’ – it’s hard to outrun
those kind of problems.”
The writer talked a little bit
about his experience with writ-
ing the second installment in
the series, his audience’s reac-
tion lurking in the background
of his mind. Most of the re-
views were positive, but as with
all novels, there were naysayers.
“It’s been an education just
seeing how the book’s been
received,” he said.
“I think writing the book was
infinitely harder because you
knew straight off that people
were going to read it. It wasn’t
a private endeavor.”
He said some of the critical
voices began to dog him as he
began work on the second nov-
el. But after a speech he gave
to his son about his writing
assignment for school, Price
realized that he should take his
own advice.
“In writing, you can’t be
concerned about what people
will think of it,” he told his
son.
The lifelong writer said he’s
very happy and feels fortunate
to be writing for a living.
“Right now, I’m making
money for my writing,” he said.
“In these times, and in this
changing industry, if you can
do that, it’s a beautiful thing.”
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Blues highway traveler
By Gerard Nolan
Special to the Weekender
Novelist Eyre Price, shown here in St. Louis, found success when he published his
debut novel, “Blues Highway Blues.” Nearly six months after the book’s initial
release, the novel’s sales have picked up some steam.
Purchase “Blues Highway
Blues” on Amazon at ama-
zon.com/Blues-Highway-
ebook/dp/B007264GVY and
learn more about author Eyre
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Fitness
CHARITY WALKS/RUNS
American Lung Association
• Informational Arena Climb
meeting: Jan. 4, 5:30 p.m., Odys-
sey Fitness, Wilkes-Barre, then
every first Thursday in Feb.,
March and April until the climb
on April 6. RSVP: 570.823.2212.
CLASSES
Academy of Northern Mar-
tial Arts (79 N. Main St., Pitt-
ston) Traditional Kung Fu & San
Shou. For Health and Defense.
Adult & Children’s Classes,
Mon.-Thurs., Sat. First class free.
Walk-ins welcome, call 371.9919,
817.2161 for info.
Adult Kung Fu (Kung Fu &
Tai Chi Center, Wilkes-Barre:
570.829.2707)
Ongoing classes. Tues./Thurs.,
6:30 p.m. Study of Chinese Mar-
tial Art open hand, weapons sets.
Mon., Wed., 6:30 p.m. Covers
Chinese style theories, concepts,
applications. “Sport” fighting
concepts explained, practiced.
Aikido of Scranton, Inc.
(1627 N. Main Ave., Scranton,
570.963.0500)
• Self-Defense Class taught by
Aikido Master Ven Sensei, every
Mon. & Wed., 7-9 p.m. $10.
• Traditional Weapons Class,
Thurs., 7-9 p.m. $10.
Back Mountain Martial Arts
Center & Mountaintop Karate
Center
For info, call either location,
Back Mountain (4 Carr Ave.,
570.675.9535) or Mountaintop
(312 S. Mountain Blvd.,
466.6474): Visit Website at
www.fudoshinkai1.com.
• Instruction in Traditional
Karate, Jujutsu, Sivananda Yoga
(Back Mountain): Tues., Wed.,
Thurs., 4:30-9 p.m., Sat., 8:30
a.m.-12 p.m. (Mountaintop Kar-
ate Center Mon., Weds., Fri.,
4:30-9 p.m.
• Instruction in Traditional
Karate, Jujutsu, Sivananda Yoga
(Mountaintop): Mon., Wed., Fri.,
4:30-9 p.m.
Beauty Lies Within School of
Pole Dance (32 Forrest St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.793.5757,
[email protected]).
Hours by appointment, free sam-
ple appointment. Call or e-mail
for details.
Dance Contours (201 Bear
Creek Blvd., Wilkes-Barre,
570.208.0152, www.dancecon-
tours.com)
• Adult classes: ballet, tap,
lyrical, CardioSalsa, ballroom
dance.
• Children/teen classes: ballet,
tap, CheerDance, HipTech Jazz,
a form of dance blending basic
Jazz Technique with styles of
street dance, hip hop.
• Zumba classes for adults:
Tues., 6 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. First
class free.
• Adult ballet: Sat. morn.
Danko’s Core Wrestling
Strength Training Camp (Dan-
kosAllAmericanFitness.com)
• Four sessions/week, features
two clinics, two core strength. 4
sessions/week. Increase power,
speed, agility. Group discounts,
coaches, teams, clubs, free stuff.
Visit website or call Larry Danko
at 570.825.5989 for info.
Downtown Arts at Arts
YOUniverse (47 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.970.2787,
www.artsyouniverse.com)
• Traditional Egyptian Belly
Dance: Wed., beginners 6-7 p.m.;
intermediate 7-8 p.m. intermedi-
ate. $10. Call 343.2033 for info.
• Tribal Fusion Dance: Thurs.,
beginners 6-7 p.m.; intermediate
7-8 p.m. $10. Call 836.7399 for
info.
• Cabaret with Helena: Sat.,
4:30 p.m. Pre-registration re-
quired. Call 553.2117 for info.
• African Dance: Wed. &
Sun., 1 p.m. Traditional African
moves with jazz and hip-hop.
$10, registration required, call
212.9644 or visit hipbodysoul-
.com for info.
Downtown Dojo Karate A-
cademy (84 S. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.262.1778)
Offering classes in traditional
karate, weapons, self defense.
Mon-Thurs., 5:30-8:45 p.m.;
Sat., 9 a.m.-noon.
• Zumba Classes: Tues.,
Thurs., 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 12:30-1:30
p.m. $5/class. Call for info.
Extreme M.M.A.(2424 Old
Berwick Rd., Bloomsburg.
570.854.2580)
• MMA Class: Mon., Wed.,
6-7 p.m. First visit free. Wres-
tling fundamentals, basic Brazi-
lian Ju-Jitsu No Gi. Call for info.
• Boxing/Kickboxing Fitness
Class: Mon., Wed., 7-8 p.m. First
visit free. Non-combative class.
• Personal Training: Call
317.7250 for info.
Fazio’s Hapkido Do Jang (61
Main St., Luzerne, 570.239.1191)
Accepting new students. Chil-
dren (age 7-12) Mon./Wed., 5:30-
6:30 p.m. Teen/adult Mon./Wed.,
6:45-8:15 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs.,
6:30-8 p.m. Private lesson also
available.
Learn Hapkido. Self defense
applications. $50 monthly, no
contract.
Galli’s Fighting Chance
School of Self-Defense (504
Roosevelt St., Exeter, 570.693.
2091)
• Stranger Danger self-de-
fense classes for ages 7 to 14.
One-hour sessions Saturdays at
10 a.m. starting Sat. $40 per
student, $20 for parent.
GregWorks Professional
Fitness Training (107 B Haines
Court, Blakely, 570.499.2349,
[email protected],
www.vipfitnesscamp.com)
• Beach Body Bootcamp:
Mon.-Fri., 6:30 & 8 p.m.; Sat., 1
p.m.
• Bridal Bootcamp: Mon.-Fri.,
6:30 & 8 p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m. Bridal
party group training, couples
personal training available.
• Fitness Bootcamp: 4-week
sessions, Mon.-Fri., 6:30 & 8
p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m.
• New Year’s Resolution Flab
to Fab Bootcamp: Mon.-Fri.,
6:30 & 8 p.m., Sat., 1 p.m. Guar-
anteed results.
• Private/Semi-Private ses-
sions available, e-mail for info.
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Harris Conservatory for the
Arts (545 Charles St. Luzerne,
570.287.7977 or 718.0673)
• Dragons’ Tale Karate: Mon.,
5:30-7 p.m.; Wed., 6-7:30 p.m.
Ages 5+.
• Tumbling: Fri., 5:30-6:30
p.m. Ages 5+. $30/month.
Kwonkodo Lessons – by
reservation at The Hapkido Teak-
wondo Institute (210 Division St.,
Kingston). $40/month. Call
570.287.4290 for info.
- compiled by Sara Pokorny,
Weekender Staff Writer. Send
your listings to
[email protected],
90 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., 18703, or fax to
570.831.7375. Deadline is
Mondays at 2 p.m. Expanded
listings at theweekender.com.
With the start of a new year
upon us, we can’t help but look
back at last year’s missed oppor-
tunities, failures, and flaws, and
we, with certainty, will vow to
make improvements. We will
start the year making promises to
ourselves to try harder, do better,
and to improve ourselves.
While it’s easy for me to
preach that everyone should work
out, eat well, manage stress,
sleep enough, etc., I don’t think
that solves the issue. I think most
people, if not everyone, would
love to work out if they could
break away from work or the
kids. The same goes for eating
well. I think most people would
stick to a balanced diet, provided
they weren’t being pulled into
three different directions. Manag-
ing stress is easy if there is noth-
ing to be stressed about, and the
seven to eight hours of sleep,
sure, if not working two jobs was
an option.
Truthfully, I think we all want
to be better, weigh less, and be
healthier. It’s overwhelming if
you have no idea where or how to
start, and the thought of making
another weight loss resolution is
stressful enough, considering
past failed attempts.
This year, vow to set different
goals. And while it’s much easier
to make the cliché “be healthier”
resolutions than to keep them,
you must select goals that are be
more manageable and mea-
surable. After you’ve checked
one or a few off the list, the for-
ward momentum you will gain
from succeeding will carry you
much further with the other goals
than you would have thought.
Old goal: Lose weight.
New outlook: Exercise three
times per week.
Taking the pressure off your-
self by engaging in activity three
times per week will support the
ultimate goal of fat loss. Also,
vague fitness goals are easily
ignored.
Old goal: Stop drinking.
New outlook: Drink less.
Whether you drink a lot or
socially, most of us are not
equipped to make such a drastic
lifestyle change. This includes
eating habits and smoking as
well. Instead of quitting, taper
yourself down to something
manageable until you are ready
to finally kick the habit.
Old goal: Eliminate all carbo-
hydrates.
New outlook: Eat a balanced
diet.
Eating a balanced diet will
keep your nutrition on the right
track. Cutting out any one type of
food completely could be setting
yourself up for failure by causing
binge eating later.
Old goal: Do machine-based
cardio every day.
New outlook: Perform body
weight circuit training.
Unplug the machine and plug
yourself into new methods pro-
ven to be highly effective at
reducing body fat and increasing
cardio vascular endurance. W
-Tim Hlivia is the owner of
Leverage Fitness Studio in Forty
Fort.
just for the
health of it
FITNESS TIPS & TRICKS
Tim Hlivia | Special to the Weekender
Manageable
goals will yield
more results
Putting a twist on those old goals may help to actually
achieve them this year.
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rides depart from Roundhouse
boarding area Wed., 10:30 &
11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 2:15 p.m. A
historic steam locomotive oper-
ates Thurs.-Sun. 10:30 &11:30
a.m., 1:30 & 2:15 p.m. $3 per
person, all ages 6+. Visit
www.nps.gov/stea for train
schedule or call 570.340.5200.
Tripp House (1011 N. Main
Ave., Scranton: 570.961.3317).
The oldest structure in Lacka-
wanna County. Tours are con-
ducted by appointment.
LEARNING
Art Classes at the Georgiana
Cray Bart Studio (123 Brader
Dr., Wilkes-Barre, 570.947.8387,
[email protected], gcraybart-
artworks.com)
❏ Painting, drawing, creative
arts/pencil, charcoal, oil, acrylic,
pastel, colored pencil, mixed
media:
• Adults (Ages 13+): Mon.-
Tues., noon-4 p.m.; Tues.-Wed.,
6-9 p.m. Student may choose
length of time from1-3 hrs. for
evening class
• Children (Ages 8-12): Week-
days, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Ballroom Dancing taught by
certified members of Dance
Educators of America. Available
for private groups, clubs, orga-
nizations, senior centers, more.
Call 570.785.9459.
Bridge. Beginning or Interme-
diate Lessons, playing time for
regular games and tournaments.
Jewish Community Center (River
Street, Wilkes-Barre). Call Rick
Evans at 570.824.4646 or Rev.
Ken McCrea at 570.823.5957.
Downtown Arts at Arts
YOUniverse (47 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.970.2787,
www.artsyouniverse.com)
• Kids Craft Hour with Liz
Revit: Sat., 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Make jewelry, paper mache,
more. $15, includes supplies. For
info or to register, call 817.0176.
Drawing and Painting Les-
sons: Realist painter teaches
techniques of old masters. Private
lessons Fri.-Sun. To schedule,
call 570.820.0469, e-mail beksh-
[email protected] or visit www.ar-
tistvs.com.
Endless Mountains Nature
Center
Everhart Museum (1901
Mulberry St., Scranton,
570.346.7186, www.everhart-
museum.org)
• “Everybody’s Art” New
Series of Adult Art Classes:
$25/workshop members, $30
non-members. Pre-registration
required.
• Rosen Method easy move-
ment program, Thurs., 2-3 p.m.,
Folk art gallery, $5/class, free to
members. Must pre-register.
• Early Explorers: Mon.,
1-1:45 p.m. Free, suitable for ages
3-5. Pre-registration required,
groups welcome. For info, to
register, call or e-mail educa-
[email protected].
• Museum Adventure Week:
Dec. 26-28, 9 a.m.-noon for ages
5-11, 1-4 p.m. for ages 12-16. $25,
museum members; $30, non-
members. Registration deadline
Dec. 17.
GreenBeing (334 Adams
Ave., Scranton, info@shop-
greenbeing.com)
• Not Your Granny’s Sewing:
one-on-one lessons: $40/lesson,
$140/4 sessions, 2-3 hour ses-
sions. Tailored to individual
needs.
Guitar & Bass Lessons avail-
able from Fox Studios (11 Rhine
Creek Rd., Drums) Mon.-Thurs.
1-10 p.m. $16 per hour. All ages,
all styles of music, all levels. Call
570.788.4797 for info.
Harris Conservatory for the
Arts (545 Charles St. Luzerne,
570.287.7977 or 718.0673)
• Instrumental Music In-
struction
• Private Ballroom Lessons
• Private Vocal Instruction:
Tues. evenings.
• Private Guitar Instruction:
Classical, acoustic, electric for all
ages.
Horse Back Riding Lessons
Elk Stables, Uniondale, by ap-
pointment only. All levels wel-
come. Call 570.575.8649 to
schedule.
Math Tutoring and Coaching
Highly qualified and experienced
teacher. All levels tutoring,
coaching, homework help. Indi-
viduals/groups. Fun-filled Math
Anxiety Buster Workshops. Open
all week. Ongoing enrollment.
Call 570.899.5576, e-mail sib-
[email protected].
Moscow Clayworks (moscow-
clayworks.com)
• Focus on hand-building
techniques: Adults, Tues., 6-8
p.m.; kids, Thurs., 6-8 p.m.
$125/5 sessions. Reservations
required.
• Potters Wheel for Beginners:
Mon., Wed., 6-8 p.m. $125/5
sessions. Reservations required.
NEPA Bonsai Society (Mid-
way Garden Center, 1865 Hwy.
315, Pittston, 570.654.6194,
www.myspace.com/nepabonsai).
• Monthly meeting last Wed.,
7 p.m. Features business ses-
sions, demonstrations/programs/
workshops.
New Visions Studio & Gal-
lery (201 Vine Street, Scranton,
570.878.3970, newvisionsstu-
[email protected], newvisionsstu-
dio.com)
• Kid’s Art Class: Ages 11-16,
Sat., 3-5 p.m.; Ages 5-10, Sun.,
3-5 p.m. $100 for four weeks or
$30 per class. All supplies in-
cluded.
Northeast Photography Club
(www.northeastphotography-
club.org) meets first Wed. of
month 7 p.m. in boardroom of
Prime Med (old Wes Freedman
Building) off Morgan Hwy. Va-
riety of topics, monthly contest,
guest speakers. Membership
open.
Phoenix Performing Arts
Centre (409-411 Main St., Du-
ryea, 570.457.3589, phoenix-
pac.vpweb.com, phoenix-
[email protected])
• Ballet and jazz classes:
Tues., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Ages 10
and up. $10, first class; $5, sec-
ond class.
• Dimensions in Dance w/
Lee LaChette: Jazz, tap, ballet
for adults & kids. $10/hour, $5/
second class. E-mail or call
991.1817.
• Tap classes: Tues., 6:30-7:30
p.m. Ages 10 and up. $10, first
class; $5, second class.
• Tap / jazz / ballet: Tues.,
7:30-8:30 p.m. $10, first class;
$5, second class.
• Vocal lessons w/ Joelle
Colombo Witner: Wed., Sun.
E-mail or call 991.1817.
• Vocal Coaching w/ Nicole
Rasmus: $15/half hour
• Stage Combat Lessons w/
Paul J. Gallo: 12 weeks, date/time
TBA. 1.5 hours, prepare for in-
tense physical activity, dress
appropriately. $20/week or $200
up front.
Piano and Flute Lessons
(Anne, 570.881.2433)
• Private studio in Kingston,
enthusiastic approach, learn at
own pace and in natural learning
style. Professional teacher/per-
former (Bachelors in Music
Performance, SUNY Purchase
Conservatory of Music; Masters
in Music Performance, Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin Butler
School of Music). Accepting new
students of all ages, time slots
available early mornings into
evenings weekdays for 30, 45, 60
minutes.
Pocono Arts Council (18 N.
Seventh St., Stroudsburg.
570.476.4460. www.poco-
noarts.org)
❏ Adult Classes• Oil Paint-
ing: Dec., Thursdays, 6:30-8:30
p.m. $72, member; $80, non-
member; $60, senior member;
$65, senior non-member
• Acrylic Painting: Dec.,
Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
$110, member; $120, non-mem-
ber; $90, senior member; $95,
senior non-member.
• Drawing: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30,
6-8 p.m. $72, member; $80 non-
member; $60, senior member;
$65, senior non-member.
• Watercolor Painting: Jan. 7,
14, 21,28, 6-8 p.m. $85, member;
$95, non-member; $65, senior
member; $70, senior non-mem-
ber.
• Intermediate Watercolor:
Jan. 13, 20, 27, 1-4 p.m. $85,
member; $95, non-member; $75,
senior member; $80, senior non-
member.
Private Voice Lessons Mon.-
Thurs. by appointment. Learn
proper singing technique in
downtown Wilkes-Barre studio.
Specializing in opera/classical/
musical theater. Hour, half-hour
lessons. Student discounts avail-
able. Please call 824.5428 or visit
www.katrinalykes.com for info.
Something Special: (23 West
Walnut Street Kingston,
570.540.6376, angiethear-
[email protected], www.angelademu-
roart.com)
• MANGA Art Class: (Japa-
nese Cartooning) Wed., 4-5 p.m.
Learn the art of Japanese car-
tooning. 4-week session, supplies
included: $60 per child. Call or
e-mail to register.
Southside Senior Center (425
Alder St., Scranton,
570.346.2487)
• Language Partnership En-
glish & Spanish Classes: Fri., 10
a.m. Free, open to all. For info,
call 346.0759.
Waverly Community House
(1115 N. Abington Rd., Waverly,
570.586.8191, www.waverly-
comm.org)
• Ballroom Dancing Lessons:
Wed., 7:15 p.m., Comm audi-
torium. Basic & advanced ball-
room, swing. $15/person. For
info, call Vince Brust at
489.3111.
Wyoming Valley Art League
• Painting with Irina Krawitz:
$15/hour, $120/4-weeks. Call
570.793.3992 for info.
SOCIAL GROUPS
AA Intergroup NEPA If you
want to drink, that’s your busi-
ness. If you want to quit, we have
an answer. Info: aaintergroup-
nepa.org, 570.654.0488
Alcohol Anonymous: Mon./
Fri 7 p.m. (373 N. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre), Tue. 7 p.m. (25
Church St., Wilkes-Barre), Wed.
10:15 a.m. (301 Shoemaker St.,
Swoyersville), 7 p.m. (1000 E.
Mountain Blvd., Wilkes-Barre),
8 p.m. (562 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston), Thurs. 10 a.m. (75 S.
Prospect St., Nanticoke), 7:30
p.m. (301 Lake St., Dallas), Fri.
7:30 p.m. (Triangle 24 Hour
Club, Dallas), Sat. 7:30 p.m.
(1003 Wyoming Ave., Forty
Fort), Sun. 7 p.m. (128 W. Wash-
ington St., Nanticoke). Call
570.288.9892 for info.
Beehive Area Narcotics
Anonymous (Wilkes-Barre-
Kingston-Nanticoke-Mountain-
top) 24 hour phone line:
570.654.7755 or 1.866.935.4762.
Better Breathers Club: Sec-
ond Tuesday of every month,
6:30 p.m., Geisinger-Community
Medical Center, Professional
Building Auditorium (316 Colfax
Ave., Scranton). Info:
570.969.8986.
Building Industry Associ-
ation of NEPA (570.287.3331)
• Sponsorship: Become host
of a monthly General Member-
ship Meeting. Call or e-mail
[email protected] for de-
tails.
• Accepting entries for Out-
door Theme Project from build-
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I’d Tap That
BEER REVIEWS
Derek Warren | Weekender Correspondent
Beer: Chimay Grande Réserve
(Blue)
Brewery: Chimay Brewery
(Bières de Chimay S.A.)
Style: Belgian Strong Dark
Ale
ABV: 9.0%
Description: Chimay’s Grand
Reserve, affectionately known
simply as Blue, pours a deep,
murky, reddish brown color with
a light brown head that forms a
lovely pillow-like head that
quickly dissipates into lacing on
the glass. Blue is a beer that
certainly deserves the proper
glassware; in this case, the proper
glass would be the Chimay gob-
let or a nice cognac glass, if
available. The aromas unleashed
by Blue are complex, and at the
same time, very approachable
and easy to distinguish. The
initial scents that arise are sweet
figs, sugar plums, raisins, lots of
dark fruits, and that distinct brea-
dy/fruity Belgian yeast strain.
As you begin to drink the beer,
you will immediately realize that
this beer is very intricate. The
upfront taste is that of candied
sugar and is very sweet, but
quickly gives way to a mild bit-
terness. Blue has a very mild
carbonation that is a perfect
complement to carry its thick
body. The aftertaste lingers for
quite some time on the palate,
with the continuing taste of dark
fruits and a mild amount of alco-
hol heat. Chimay’s Blue has so
much to offer to so many people
with its complexities that it many
cause people to experience dif-
ferent tastes within the same
bottle of beer. So grab a bottle,
share it with someone, and dis-
cuss what you taste – it may just
surprise you!
Food pairing: Chimay Blue is
a beer that is absolutely perfect
for a wonderful and decadent
dinner. The rich, malty, and thick
taste is a perfect match for many
meat dishes; the richer the better.
One perfect dish would be
braised short ribs, as the dense,
fatty meat needs something with
the cutting power of Chimay
Blue that can cleanse the palate
but also match perfectly with the
delicate taste within the dish
itself. Also, a nice greasy duck
dish has a lot to offer this delec-
table beer. One final dish, which
many in this hunting-filled area
love, is a thick cut of venison. A
nice gamey venison steak cov-
ered with a sour cherry sauce is a
very festive dish that is perfect
for these cold evenings and a
perfect match for Blue. The
complexities of Blue make it a
perfect beer to experiment freely
with when it comes to food pair-
ings. There is a lot offered from
this beer to many dishes, so eat
up!
Is it worth trying? Absolute-
ly! While Chimay Blue is a bit
pricey, it is certainly an affor-
dable treat for anyone and is
widely available. One very in-
teresting fact about Chimay is
that all of the beers are brewed
by monks; yes, monks. Chimay is
one of only seven current Trap-
pist breweries in the world, and
they are all much sought after by
beer aficionados – all are brewed
by monks. Many believe that the
lifestyle led by brewers helps
offer much to the complexities
within the beers offered by the
breweries. Another great feature
of Chimay’s Blue is that it ages
very well. In fact, many people
like to age Chimay Blue for at
least five years before cracking
open a bottle. I would recom-
mend doing this with the 75cl
bottle (a.k.a. the big bottle). So
do yourself a favor a grab a bot-
tle and try Chimay Blue today.
Rating: W W W W W
Where can I get it? Currently
available in bottles at: Backyard
Ale House, Scranton; Exit 190
Beer & Deli, Dickson City; Kru-
gel’s Georgetown Deli & Beer,
Wilkes-Barre; Wegmans, Dick-
son City and Wilkes-Barre.
Remember, enjoy responsibly!
Cheers!
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-Derek Warren is a beer
expert, avid homebrewer, and
beer historian. Derek can be
reached at
[email protected].
Chimay Blue may be
pricey, but it’s worth
every penny.
Beer style: Stout
Brief history: Stout, which
means strong black beer, dates
back to around 1630. Stouts and
porters and very similar in style,
and stouts are often referred to as
the offspring of porters. The
most famous stout, which is
known by one name around the
world, Guinness, was actually
created to avoid paying taxes.
Guinness was created using
roasted barley rather than roasted
malt; this was because roasted
malt was taxed and roasted bar-
ley was not. Little did they know
that the distinct, sharp, coffee-
like aroma would become so
famous, all because of a tax
dodge!
Variations: Dry Stout (Irish
Stout), Milk/Sweet Stout, Oat-
meal Stout, Imperial Stout, Rus-
sian Imperial Stout
Nose: This varies by style of
stout. However, all will have
scents of roasted malts and mild
chocolate. Imperial style stouts,
though, will have a more pro-
nounced chocolate scent and also
have scents of coffee as well.
Additionally, a fragrance of cara-
mel may be picked up, and, de-
pending on the beer, notes of hop
aroma may come through too.
However, with the wide range of
ingredients used in stouts, many
different scents can be picked up,
ranging from coffee, vanilla,
milk, bourbon, whiskey, and
malty sweetness. The American
craft beer scene has really taken
this style as its own, so the in-
gredients are endless.
Body: The body of all stouts is
thicker than a standard lager or
ale. All stouts have a full, creamy
texture with very little carbon-
ation and a thick head at the pour
that will slowly dissipate into the
beer. This is also the perfect beer
to leave behind those sexy “beer
mustaches.”
Appearance: Stouts are al-
ways dark in color, typically
black, and sometimes a dark
brown with very little ability for
light to penetrate through. As you
pour a stout, the head will range
from beige to brown in color, and
the head will be either fluffy and
smooth in appearance (think of
Guinness) or very full and cloud-
like.
Taste: The taste of stout will
vary by style, but can range from
dry to very sweet. Stouts all have
strong tastes of roasted malt,
bitter chocolate, hints of caramel,
and slight coffee-like aftertaste.
Food pairing: Traditional dry
stouts (Guinness, Murphy’s) are
an absolute perfect match with
seafood. Whether it be traditional
fish and chips, oysters, or clams,
dry stouts just blend perfectly
with seafood. The sweeter stouts
(Imperial, Milk, and Oatmeal)
are absolutely perfect with des-
serts of all kinds. Sweet stouts
are perfectly at home with any
chocolate dish due to the strong
presence of chocolate and sweet-
ness. These attributes make it a
great match for chocolate cake. If
you remember one thing, remem-
ber this – stouts are a perfect
match for chocolate desserts!
Another great idea for imperial
stouts is a nice beer float with a
scoop of your favorite ice cream.
Thank me later!
Recommendations: Stout is a
style that has a wide range of
variations, so any recommenda-
tion needs to be based upon
exposure to the style. So what I
have done is broken my recom-
mendations down into categories:
novice (new to the style), experi-
enced (had a few different
stouts), and expert (you could
have written this article).
Novice: Guinness, Magic Hat:
Heart of Darkness, Yards: Love
Stout, Left Hand: Milk Stout
Experienced: Samuel Smith:
Oatmeal Stout, Rogue: Double
Chocolate Stout, Brooklyn:
Black Chocolate Stout, Founders:
Breakfast Stout
Expert: Dogfish Head: World
Wide Stout, Lost Abbey: Ser-
pent’s Stout, AleSmith: Speed-
way Stout, Founders: KBS (Ken-
tucky Breakfast Stout)
Remember, always enjoy re-
sponsibly! Cheers! W
What's in a
stout?
By Derek Warren
Weekender Correspondent
Guinness is a classic
example of a stout beer.
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New Years 2013. If you lived
through the 2012 apocalypse, it’s
been a little over 48 hours since
the ball dropped. Now come the
resolutions, or should I say “rev-
olutions.”
If you’re like me, once a year
on the 31st of December, you
begin to imagine what life-alter-
ing changes you are planning for
the year ahead. Then, the next
day, after the champagne buzz
wears off and reality sets in, you
realize your dreams of the new
you may have been a little far
fetched. Don’t blame yourself
entirely; part of this thinking is a
product of society’s new you,
New Year’s hype. The other part
is your fault.
What on Earth would ever
make you think you could
change years of habit and brain-
washing in just one night? Now
I’m not saying that you shouldn’t
try; I just feel keeping your ex-
pectations to a minimum will
ensure success, rather than com-
plete failure. Easier said than
done, right? Well, have no fear.
Mama Stella once again has a
few suggestions on how to keep
the idealization of the new you
alive without setting yourself up
for the inevitable face plant.
First things first – let’s borrow
a little advice from the 12-step-
pers and just KISS. Keep it sim-
ple, sweetheart. Decide on your
top two or three priority changes
and break them down into small,
achievable, short-term goals.
Remember, it is well documented
that it takes at least six weeks for
us Homo sapiens to begin to
truly accept a change. Once
you’ve achieved your short-term,
six-week goals, then move on to
step two of your larger plan to
make that more long-term
change in your life.
Is your plan to quit smoking?
Start by cutting down the amount
you smoke. Want to lose weight?
Try making small changes to
your diet, like eating more whole
grains or just limit your portions.
Baby steps will help you in the
transition, changing your mindset
from an overnight revolution to a
slow and steady evolution.
Now that we’ve established
evolution is the key to keeping
yourself on track, how do you
decide on your priority changes?
What changes will really make a
difference in the quality of your
life? What about the people
around you? How about the
planet? Who do you really want
to be? Tough, but certainly
worthwhile questions.
If it’s your physical health that
you’re most concerned about,
then yes, diet, exercise, and/or
issues such as smoking may take
priority. If it’s your happiness, or
lack thereof, that is at the top of
your list, then you might consider
doing something for others like
volunteering. Many times when
you help others, you end up
helping yourself too by raising
your self-esteem, sense of ac-
complishment, and, in turn, feel-
ings of happiness in general.
You’d be surprised what seem-
ingly small things mean to oth-
ers. Can you imagine if each of
us resolved to be kinder to each
other and actually took the small
steps necessary to acknowledge
the needs of others? Try some-
thing as simple as a compliment.
Think about how many lives you
would positively affect by simply
pledging to compliment one
person a day, starting with a
six-week timeframe. That would
make 42 lives that you have
touched. Now it’s a habit and
you’re building good karma by
the boatload (and don’t be sur-
prised if you get quite a few
compliments in return).
Change is difficult. Change is
inevitable. However, it doesn’t
have to be painful. Regardless of
what you decide to change, try to
stick to the goals you’ve set for
yourself. One mistake does not
mean all is lost. You know what
they say – if at first you don’t
succeed, just do you.
Love always,
Stella
This column is dedicated in
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at [email protected].
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Life is a Drag
POSITIVE ADVICE IN A NEGATIVE WORLD
Estella Sweet | Weekender Correspondent
Change is inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be hard. Start off simple and stick to your
guns this year. (Photo by Mike Fowler)
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For two years, I’ve been shar-
ing my wildest adventures in this
column: calling my dad for mon-
ey to bail me out of jail on his
birthday, getting so drunk at a
trailer park that I bought a Chi-
huahua, having a fight with a
friend that left me flying to Vegas
and vacationing by myself. Peo-
ple read my column every week
because they’ve outgrown fanta-
sizing about having Lauren Con-
rad’s life.
My generation wants to follow
people they can relate to – real
people with flaws who just like
to have a good time with their
friends! MTV is finally giving
our generation a show like that.
It’s called “Buckwild.” It’s about
nine 20-something’s living in
West Virginia, and I have the first
interview with a cast member.
Meet Tyler.
The Weekender: The first
episode hasn’t even aired yet,
and “Buckwild” is already one
of the most controversial shows
on TV. Are you flattered by the
controversy or pissed off and
looking to prove people wrong?
Tyler: I just like how we’re
getting more publicity by the
controversy. I’m not really
pissed. They don’t know us to
judge us.
W: I love your reaction to
getting screamed at in the pre-
view for hooking up with some
girl in another girl’s bed. You
just stand there and carelessly
eat your bag of potato chips.
Does Tyler get himself caught
up in a lot of drama?
Tyler: I would say out of the
guys I get into the most drama.
Mainly with girls.
W: You’re described as being
a “man whore,” so you must
have some serious game. Help a
brother out and spill Tyler’s
best pick-up line.
Tyler: I don’t really use pick-
up lines. I just go up to a girl and
see if she’s interested.
W: The cast of “Jersey
Shore” says that you guys are
more wild than they are. Is that
true?
Tyler: Yes, because we don’t
care what people think. We go by
our own rules. We go partying,
we go muddin’, and we even did
a human slingshot once.
W: Human slingshot?
Tyler: Our buddy, Bluefoot,
built this ramp by a lake. On an
island in the middle of the lake,
there’s a truck with a rope at-
tached on the back to a tube by
the ramp. As soon as that truck
takes off, it’s slingin’ us 40 mph.
We hit the ramp and go 30-40
feet into the air and into the lake.
W: That sounds like so much
fun!
Watch Tyler and his friends get
“Buckwild” when the series
premieres Jan. 3 at 10 p.m. on
MTV.
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sorry mom&dad
A 20-SOMETHING’S WILD ADVENTURES
Justin Brown | Weekender Correspondent
Getting
'Buckwild'
A show about nine 20-something’s living in West
Virginia – what could go wrong?
FRAGRANCE OF WAR
Updating "The Smell of Na-
palm in the Morning": A cosmet-
ics company in Gaza recently
began selling a fragrance dedi-
cated to victory over Israel and
named after the signature M-75
missile that Hamas has been
firing across the border. "The
fragrance is pleasant and attrac-
tive," said the company owner,
"like the missiles of the Pal-
estinian resistance," and comes in
masculine and feminine varieties,
at premium prices (over, presum-
ably, the prices of ordinary Ga-
zan fragrances). Sympathizers
can splash on victory, he said,
from anywhere in the world.
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION
-- The Philadelphia Traffic
Court has been so infused with
ticket-fixing since its founding in
1938 that a recent Pennsylvania
Supreme Court report on the
practice seemed resigned to it,
according to a November Phila-
delphia Inquirer account. One
court employee was quoted as
defending the favoritism as fair
(as long as no money changed
hands) on the grounds that any-
one could get local politicians to
call a judge for him. Thus, said
the employee, "It was the (traffic)
violator’s own fault if he or she
didn’t know enough" to get help
from a political connection.
Traffic Judge Christine Solomon,
elected in November 2011 after a
career as a favor-dispensing
"ward healer," said the ticket-
fixing was "just politics, that’s
all."
-- More than 200 school dis-
tricts in California have covered
current expenses with "capital
appreciation bonds," which allow
borrowers to forgo payments for
years -- but at some point require
enormous balloon payments. A
Los Angeles Times investigation
revealed that districts have bor-
rowed about $3 billion and thus
are on the hook for more than
$16 billion. "It’s the school dis-
trict equivalent of a payday loan,"
said California State Treasurer
Bill Lockyer, a former school
board member who said he’d fire
anyone who sought such loans.
(Some defenders of the loans
pointed to schools’ occasional
need for immediate money so
they could qualify for federal
matching grants -- which, to the
districts, would be "free" money.)
-- One of the principal recom-
mendations following the Sept.
11 attacks was that emergency
and rescue personnel have one
secure radio frequency on which
all agencies that were merged
into the Department of Home-
land Security could communi-
cate. In November, the depart-
ment’s inspector general revealed
that, despite $430 million allotted
to build and operate the fre-
quency in the last nine years, it
remains almost useless to DHS’
123,000 employees. The report
surveyed 479 workers, but found
only one who knew how to find
the frequency, and 72 percent did
not even know one existed (and
half the department’s radios
couldn’t have accessed it even if
employees knew where to look).
-- Remember Alaska’s "Bridge
to Nowhere"?: In November, the
Anchorage Daily News reported
the Army Corps of Engineers is
building a harbor on the Aleutian
native community’s island of
Akutan, even though there is no
road away from it. Thus, reported
KUCB Radio, the only way to
get into or out of the harbor is by
boat. Any connector road to the
only town on the island is "likely
years in the future," according to
the Daily News. As well, there is
no assurance that the largest
business in the area, Trident
Seafoods, would ever use the
harbor.
GREAT ART!
In October, Austrian artist
Alexander Riegler installed a
one-way mirror in the ladies’
room at a cafe in Vienna to allow
men’s room users to peer inside
(in the name of "art," of course).
Riegler said he wanted to start a
"discussion of voyeurism and
surveillance." Men could see
only the faces of women standing
at the lavatories, and he said then
that in January, he would reverse
the process and allow women to
peer into the men’s rooms. (The
cafe had posted a sign advising
restroom users that they would be
part of an "art" project.)
POLICE REPORT
-- Anthony Johnson, 49, was
convicted in October in Hartford,
Conn., of stealing an improbably
large amount of money -- as
much as $70,000 a weekend, off
and on for five years -- by craw-
ling on the floor of darkened
theaters and lifting credit cards
from purses that movie-watching
women had set down. The FBI
said Johnson was careful to pick
films likely to engross female
viewers so that he could operate
freely. He was often able to finish
up, leave the theater, and make
cash-advance withdrawals from
ATMs before the movie had
ended.
-- Things That Almost Never
Happen: In October, a 34-year-
old man being detained by Port
St. Lucie, Fla., police on an in-
decent-exposure complaint con-
vinced the officer to free him
based on showing the officer his
testicles. (A woman had com-
plained that the man was mastur-
bating in public, but the man
apparently demonstrated an im-
pressively severe rash that he said
he could not avoid scratching.)
-- Niles Gammons of Urbana,
Ill., apparently did some partying
on Saturday night, Nov. 3, be-
cause he managed a rare DUI
daily double. He was first cited
for DUI at 1:08 a.m. Sunday and
then, 60 minutes later, he was
again cited for DUI at 1:08 a.m.
(The first was during daylight
saving time; the second was after
the changeover.)
PERSPECTIVE
Human rights activists have for
years deplored the preferences
for male offspring in India and
other nations -- ranging from
cultures that marginalize female
babies to some that practice
discreet infanticide of girls. In-
creasingly, though, because of
"advances" in science, West-
erners can buy expensive in vitro
fertilization procedures that use a
laser to breach a fertilized em-
bryo to determine whether it
contains XY chromosome pairs
(i.e., males) or larger XX ones so
that only the desired-gender
embryos are chosen. Noted Slate-
.com in September, such proce-
dures are illegal in Canada, Aus-
tralia and the United Kingdom
(except for bona fide medical
reasons), but legal in the United
States. W
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A new year, a new console. I
am very excited to bring you the
review of my first Wii U game,
“ZombiU.”
I got the Wii U for Christmas
and started playing around with
the new controller. If you are
unaware of the new Wii system,
the controller has a touch screen
and analog sticks for greater
control. The new system feels
very innovative and could open
up a wealth of possibilities when
it comes to new gaming experi-
ences.
“ZombiU” is a good start when
it comes to showing off the capa-
bilities of the new console. The
new touch screen can be used to
manage your inventory and do
some other fun things, such as
hacking doors and scanning the
environment. It sounds mundane,
but it does create some really fun
scenarios, like hacking a keypad
on a door while zombies are
approaching. You have to use the
touch screen to hack the door
while continuing to look up at
your TV to see how close the
zombies are. It creates a huge
sense of urgency; it’s like solving
a puzzle that your life depends
on.
This game is at its core is a
survival horror game; surviving
this world filled with zombies is
the only point of the game. There
doesn’t seem to be much of a
story going on – anything that
resembles a story is very non-
sensical, but that is OK. It is a lot
of fun roaming around whacking
zombies with a bat and collecting
things. The whole point of this
game is to survive as long as you
can; this is where the tension and
terror actually comes from. Once
you are bitten by one of the zom-
bies, your character dies. Once
your character is dead, he is
dead; you have to start as another
character. The only weird catch
here is you still maintain the
memories and skills of the previ-
ous guy, which doesn’t make
much sense, but how else would
the story move forward?
One of the most interesting
new mechanics is created when
you die. In order to get your
equipment and gear back, you
have to track your former self
down and kill it as a zombie or
find your corpse to collect your
stuff. Or you will be forced to
move ahead with nothing, which
would be a death sentence. This
also creates an opportunity to
play through the game again and
try to beat your best play-
through; the game keeps track of
how many times you die, allow-
ing you to see where you rank in
the world. There is even one sick
game mode challenging you to
play through the game with just
one life.
Surviving in this game isn’t
always easy. Taking out a zombie
usually takes at least three or four
swings of your bat, and some
parts of the game have a pretty
ridiculous amount of zombies
around. Sometimes it feels easier
to sneak around them than to
engage them in a fight. Some-
times you have to fight, though.
It is never more guys than it is
possible to fend off, but it can be
frustrating. There are other weap-
ons that are more effective, such
as guns, but the problem is they
make noise, which attracts more
zombies, just like in “The Walk-
ing Dead” series. You are better
off with quiet weapons if you
want to make it through without
getting mobbed by the undead.
Another game feature that adds
to the tension is when you are
managing your inventory, the
game doesn’t pause; you have to
make sure you are in a safe place
to look away and use the little
screen on the controller. It does
add to some needless deaths if
you aren’t paying close attention
to your surroundings. This also
happens when picking up items;
you have to stop, pick them up,
and choose where they are going
to go in your inventory. It is an
interesting mechanic because it
means you have to decide if an
item is important enough to leave
yourself exposed to pick it up.
This game has a bunch of great
ideas going for it and shows off a
bunch of fun things the new Wii
U console can do. I can’t wait to
see what else the console and the
“ZombiU” franchise has in store
for the future. It’s worth a try if
you are up for a good scare.
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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
The Superfriends seemed to always be
on call, just hanging around in their Le-
gion of Honor or Hall of Justice or what-
ever it was, just waiting for a crisis. It’s
difficult to imagine a sense of duty or
responsibility so powerful it becomes that
consuming. I mean, that place didn’t even
have a pool table or anything! I guess
that’s how it is when you’re doing some-
thing you love. There’s not much point in
doing anything else at that point. Don’t
waste time with that other bulls--t if
you’ve found one of your special callings.
If you haven’t – put down the pool cue.
You’ve got work to do.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)
In many of Shakespeare’s plays, the
characters enter the woods, the unknown,
and the world becomes surreally festive;
suddenly people can take on roles or act in
ways they’d never touch in ordinary life.
Foreign concept for you Aquarians –
you’re famously open-minded, and open to
trying pretty much anything. Having such
an accepting attitude has drawbacks,
though – where are the shocks and sur-
prises? Everyone should have his or her
own version of the deep, dark woods,
where the unknown can lurk and the un-
expected can occur. This week, find your
unexplored forest of the soul and go there.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)
Perhaps you’re finally prepared to notice
that the connection you’ve been so dutiful-
ly nurturing is nothing more than a well-
fed illusion. No matter how much you
stuff into it, it’ll never be much more than
a slaphappy poltergeist. How can you
exorcise it from your life? Simply abandon
your misguided faith in its existence.
Continuing to believe in it at this point is
like cuddling up to a blinking neon light
for warmth. Quit your unhealthy addiction
to your own ideas. The real thing is out
there. All you need to do is cut yourself
free and go find it.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
I so rarely draw up the sharpened port-
cullis guarding my most vulnerable places.
But you have a way of making people
lower their drawbridges, extending path-
ways over their otherwise lethal moats.
Don’t underestimate you talent for getting
people to climb over or knock down their
own walls. It’s your honest enthusiasm and
obvious goodwill that opens so many
doors for you. This week is no exception.
In fact, your smile will open so many
gates, windows, and zippers this week you
won’t have time to go through them all.
Choose wisely, and don’t look back.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
Back off. Let the poor victim of your
verbal knockout catch his breath. Al-
though it’s tempting to deliver a few extra
kicks while your target is laid out gasping
for air, maintain some restraint. The
cheers onlookers delivered as you admin-
istered a righteous beating to a long-time
oppressor would quickly turn to jeers if
you turned spiteful. The difference be-
tween justified revolt and petty meanness
can be a subtle one. Begin your newly
installed social order with fairness and
generosity, the lack of which spurred this
confrontation in the first place. This week,
be a benevolent enforcer of justice, not a
tyrannical dictator of your own will.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)
Years ago, a couple friends and I went to
the pine forest behind our college one full
moon night. I got naked and danced
around the fields while they got all witchy
on me and sang beautifully inharmonious
melodies. Meanwhile, the moon set, and
in the ensuing darkness I couldn’t find my
clothes. I had to go back to campus naked
and wandered back through my dorm
fantastically exposed. This week you’re
quite likely to have a similar experience to
mine – magical, but likely to make you
lose your shirt (and maybe your pants).
That’s hardly a bad thing; a lot of great
things can happen with your clothes off, as
you know.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)
When it comes to defending your home
turf and the people who preside there, you
can get downright nasty. While your ethics
have been vacationing in Tahiti or Baja
(certainly nowhere near home), you’ve
been waltzing on morally precarious
ground. You sometimes look at yourself as
ruler, defender, and provider for your tiny
kingdom. Consider this: What happens
when the denizens discover their monarch
is tyrannical, their knight-protector amor-
al, and their nourishment stolen? They
revolt. Look to your code of honor this
week, and make sure all your actions (not
just one or two of them) abide by it, or
you’ll be the only one sitting at your round
table before long.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)
Even your mother isn’t returning your
calls. It seems like the whole world has
turned against you, or at least away from
you, during weeks like these. However,
would you be willing to believe that the
neglect you’ve experienced lately is just a
coincidence? You haven’t fallen from
grace. Your spotlight hasn’t sputtered into
darkness, only been eclipsed by some
more immediately pressing events in your
loved ones’ lives. Be patient – their dis-
traction is only temporary, and you’re sure
to soon resume your role as local beauty
queen – as long as you don’t drive every-
one away by harping on their momentary
lapses.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
Let’s say you won a trophy of some
kind. Here are two possible options of
what you might do with it: display the
polished trophy on the mantelpiece, or
stick it in a drawer. Each would make a
bold statement about your relationship to
the win. One would mark it as your
crowning achievement, a glorious high-
light of your life, and the other would
suggest it was merely one of many notable
accomplishments. You won either way.
What’s your choice? In the end, which
really makes you look better? There’s not
really a “right” answer; I’d just advise
looking at the big picture before you de-
cide.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)
Your insistence on unnecessary rules is
ridiculously unlike you, something equiv-
alent to posting a sign on your apartment
door, saying “No rhinos allowed.” It’s a
bad joke, and worse because you take it so
seriously. Relax, babe. No one is going to
mess up your rugs with their big, smelly
rhino feet, or leave steaming piles of dung
next to your bed. Guarding yourself
against such unlikelihood is only making
you lose some serious street cred. Take a
deep breath and open your arms to the
stinky rhinoceri of the world. I guarantee
you won’t see a single one, at least not this
week.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)
I like to imagine the classes where peo-
ple learn to compose the orchestral music
that provides the soundtrack to virtually
every TV commercial or program. De-
signed specifically to manipulate people’s
emotions without calling attention to itself
(in fact, if you pay attention specifically to
it, it becomes laughably ineffective), it’s a
very devious art. Your powers of persua-
sion could benefit from an application of a
similar technique. Since your current
agenda’s so challenging, don’t hesitate to
use underhanded methods (like an emo-
tionally charged soundtrack, pheromones,
or subliminal suggestions) to get your way.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
You’re so good at waking up, still drunk,
in other people’s bathtubs it’s not funny.
The imminent new year might prompt one
of those good times – the kind you can’t
remember the next day. Don’t waste anoth-
er morning pulling congealed pizza slices
out of your hair. Do things differently this
year. I’m not saying don’t go hog-wild –
what is a Sag without wild abandon? Just
get creative. Come up with a version of
fun that might be even more incredible
than the types you’re familiar with – all
the more so because you can actually
remember it. W
By Caeriel Crestin
Weekender Correspondent
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Taye Diggs
Jan. 2, 1971
Danica McKellar
Jan. 3, 1975
Michael Stipe
Jan. 4, 1960
JANUARY JONES
(pictured)
Jan. 5, 1978
Rowan Atkinson
Jan. 6, 1955
Katie Couric
Jan. 7, 1957
David Bowie
Jan. 8, 1947
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We made it! While that’s something a lot of people tend to say at the end of the year, we really mean it
this time around considering the fact that the world was supposed to implode or explode or something
really crazy in late December. But it didn’t, and so here we are.
Now that it’s absolutely certain 2013 and beyond will happen (Thankfully, because who wanted to miss
out on “The Great Gatsby” reboot or the ending of “How I Met Your Mother?”), it’s time to use this sec-
ond chance to its full advantage by crossing off some items from your bucket list.
We asked some locals, as well as our Facebook friends, what it is they’d like to do in 2013, and received
some great answers, from the silly to the serious, the simple to the extravagant.
“Zip line for my birthday!” - Monica Rice
“Run a marathon.” - Amber Black
“Skydiving, learn to snowboard, see the Pacific Ocean.” - Chris Hanratty
“Going to Las Vegas!” - Candy Rose
“Less hangovers, more awesomeness.” - Chris Reuter
“Visit England.” - Jim McCabe
“Get a tattoo. Been saying it for 10 years, but now is the time.” - Kevin Wyrauch
“Shaving Johnny Weekender’s ‘Feard.’ Yes, we just coined the word Feard: Fear beard.” - The Factory
What's on your bucket list?
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender Staff Writer
“Live life to its full po-
tential. That and I wan-
na get back on stage
and do a few more
plays.” - Eric VanDuzer
“Learn how to snow-
board without breaking
a bone!” - Rebecca
Stesney
“My goal is to see
2014.” - Don Bott
“To become a vegetar-
ian.” - Joanna Smith
“Getting married to
Glenn Davis!” -
Margaret Przybysz
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566 Sales/Business
Development
566 Sales/Business
Development
566 Sales/Business
Development
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Would you like to deliver newspapers
as an Independent Contractor
under an agreement with
THE TIMES LEADER?
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up to _________ per month. $900.00
Dallas Township – Shavertown - Potential Profit $1000 Monthly
Motor Route
Hillside Rd. • Church Rd. • Chase Rd. • Park Ave.
Blueberry Hill Rd • Sutton Farms Rd.
Overbrook Rd. • Lantern Hill Rd. • Sutton Rd.
245 Daily Papers • 270 Sunday Papers
Routes Currently Available:
Operate your own business with potential profts of
up to _________ per month. $800.00
Wyoming
W. 8th St. • Hill Top Dr. • Holden St. • Butler St.
W. Brady St. • Shoemaker Ave.
117 Daily Papers • 187 Sunday Papers • 89 Sunday Dispatch
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We Offer A Great Benefts Package!!!!
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or fax your resume to 609-317-1126
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412 Autos for Sale
CHRYSLER ‘03
PT CRUISER
Dark Red,
Black interior.
Very clean, 100K
miles. Auto, Air,
power steering,
power brakes,
CD/Cassette.
Great Car! $3,200
Call 570-212-1046
FORD ‘08 FOCUS SE
Silver, black interior.
4 door sedan.
Power windows
and locks, CD. 104k
highway miles.
Runs excellent.
$7200 negotiable.
570-578-9222
TOYOTA ‘04 CELICA GT
112K miles. Blue,
5 speed. Air,
power
windows/locks,
CD/cassette, Key-
less entry, sun-
roof, new battery.
Car drives and
has current PA
inspection. Slight
rust on corner of
passenger door.
Clutch slips on
hard acceleration.
This is why its
thousands less
than Blue Book
value. $6,500
OBO. Make an
offer! Call
570-592-1629
Contact us for a FREE quote today!
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END OF YEAR
CLEARANCE SALE!
UNBEATABLE PRICES
‘04 Mitsibishi
Outlander
4x4 112k
$4,299
‘01 LINCOLN TOWN
CAR Executive
74K $5,199
‘06 Dodge
Caravan 57k
$6,699
‘06 Chrysler
Sebring Conv.
Touring 60K
$6,999
‘05 Chrysler
T & C 63k
$6,999
‘06 FORD FREESTAR
62k, Rear air A/C
$7,399
‘05 Dodge
Durango SLT
106k warranty
$7,599
‘05 CHEVY
MALIBU Only 36k,
Private Owner
$7,799
‘07 Ford Escape
4X4 XLT 83K
$9,399
‘10 Chrysler
Sebring Conv.
Touring 6 cylinder
30k Factory
Warranty $13,699
‘12 Ford Fusion
25k Factory
Warranty $14,799
‘11 Mitsubishi
Endeavor
4x4 26k
Factory Warranty
$16,799
‘11 Ford E250
Cruse. P.W.
PDL Cargo
Only 8k miles!
$17,299
‘11 Ford E250
Cruse. P.W.
PDL Cargo
Only 3k miles!
Factory Warranty,
$17,999
‘11 Ford Escape
XLT, 4x4, 26k,
Factory Warranty,
6 Cylinder
$18,599
CROSSROAD
MOTORS
570-825-7988
700 Sans Souci
Highway
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412 Autos for Sale
VITO’S
&
GINO’S
949 Wyoming
Ave, Forty Fort
288-8995
94 Mitsubihi
Galant.
Runs good.
$1,800
90 GMC Pickup
with Plow.
$1,995
00 Chevy S10
Blazer. 4 door.
4wd. Red.
$2,500
96 Pontiac Grand
Prix. White, Air,
power windows
& brakes, 4
door, runs good,
106K.
$2,995
96 F150 Pickup.
auto, runs good.
$2,995
02 Hyundai
Accent. 4 door,
4 cylinder, 75K,
air, auto.
$3,495
04 Chevy Impala
4 door, air, power
windows.
$3,995
95 Buick Park Ave
54k. $3,995
03 Ford Windstar
LX, 6 cylinder,
A/C, 94K, all
power options.
$4,300
02 Ford Windstar
44K, auto, 6 cyl-
inder, air, all
power options,
runs good.
$4,600
94 Cadillac Fleet-
wood Limo, ex-
cellent condition,
40K. $6,000
93 UD Tow Truck
with wheel lift.
64k. $10,000
04 Nissan
Armada, 7 pass-
enger. 4wd.
Excellent condi-
tion. $11,900
09 Mercedes
GL450, 7 pass-
enger. Too many
options to list. 30K
miles. Garage
kept. Cream puff.
$44,500
Junk
Cars,
Used Cars
& Trucks
wanted.
Cash paid.
574 -1275
To place your
ad call...829-7130
415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
CHEVROLET `76
PICKUP
4 Cylinder
Very Good
Condition!
NEW PRICE
$1,500.
570-362-3626
Ask for Lee
415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
MAZDA `88 RX-7
CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage
kept, 65k original
miles, black with
grey leather interior,
all original & never
seen snow. $7,995.
Call 570-237-5119
MERCEDES-BENZ
`73 450SL
Convertible with
removable hard top,
power windows, AM
/FM radio with cas-
sette player, CD
player, automatic, 4
new tires. Cham-
pagne exterior; Ital-
ian red leather inte-
rior inside. Garage
kept, excellent con-
dition. Priced to Sell!
$23,000.
Call 570-825-6272
MERCURY `55
MONTCLAIR
99.9% original. 4
door sedan, black &
yellow. Motor re-
built, 250 miles on
it. You’ve got to
see it to believe it!
call for more infor-
mation after 1:00pm
(570)540-3220
439 Motorcycles
SUZUKI ‘01 VS 800
GL INTRUDER
Garage kept, no
rust, lots of
chrome, black with
teal green flake.
Includes storage
jack & 2 helmets.
$3600
570-410-1026
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
INTERNATIONAL `05
4300 BOX TRUCK
18’, automatic, lift
gate. GVW 17,000.
Unladen weight
9,100. $15,500.
570-760-3226
570-735-4788
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NISSAN ‘09
ROGUE S
ALL WHEEL DRIVE
Grey. Only 37K1.
EXTRA CLEAN!
$15,990
825-3368
LOUSGARAGE.COM
457 Wanted to Buy
Auto
All
Junk
Cars &
Trucks
Wanted
Highest
Prices
Paid In
CA$H
FREE
PICKUP
570-574-1275
460
AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
DIRECTORY
472 Auto Services
IS YOUR CAR
READY FOR
WINTER?
LOU’S GARAGE
WILL SERVICE
YOUR HONDA, VW
OR OTHER IMPORT
TO MAKE SURE IT
IS SAFE FOR
WINTER!
825-3368
LOUSGARAGE.COM
$ WANTED JUNK $
VEHICLES
LISPI TOWING
We pick up 822-0995
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WANTED
Cars & Full Size
Trucks. For prices...
Lamoreaux Auto
Parts 477-2562
527 Food Services/
Hospitality
PIZZA MAKER
& KITCHEN HELP
PART TIME
EXPERIENCE
A MUST!
CALL 570-956-1961
533 Installation/
Maintenance/
Repair
BMW Service
Technician
Expanding! Start
Immediately. Busy
Shop, Top Pay /
Benefits. High-Line
Experience a Plus.
Contact:
Dave Yeakel Mgr.
dyeakel@
tomHesser.com
Tom Hesser BMW
Scranton
FORKLIFT MECHANIC
Action Lift, Inc.,
located in Pittston,
PA, is the exclusive
dealership for
Crown and TCM
forklifts for NEPA.
We are seeking a
full time forklift
mechanic to trou-
bleshoot, repair and
diagnose Crown
and other makes of
lift trucks. Good
written and verbal
communication
skills, as well as
customer care skills
are necessary. A
valid driver’s license
and the ability to
safely operate lift
trucks are required.
Previous forklift
mechanical experi-
ence or technical
school graduate will
be considered. We
offer an excellent
wage and benefits
package, as well as
401K Retirement
Savings Plan, paid
holidays, paid vaca-
tion and much
more.
Apply by e-mail
mike.phelan@action
liftinc.com or call
570-655-2100 x115.
566 Sales/Retail/
Business
Development
PURCHASING
Immediate opening
available in our
purchasing depart-
ment. Minimum 2
years experience
preferred.
Job qualifications:
Ability to communi-
cate effectively;
previous experience
in purchasing/ana-
lytical role; Excel
skills a must; strong
organization and
decision making
skills; ability to work
independently and
as part of a team;
able to multitask
and be detail orient-
ed; ability to work
extended hours or
weekends, as need-
ed; Bachelor’s
Degree in business
(or equivalent expe-
rience - 3 to 5 years
minimum).
Reply with letter
of interest
(including salary
requirements)
and resume to:
c/o Times Leader
Box 4250
15 N. Main Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711-0250
566 Sales/Retail/
Business
Development
SALES
Experienced Outside
Sales professional
(Commissioned) to
offer our no-cost
financial services.
We are a growing
company with huge
upside potential.
Must have strong
people skills and be
comfortable building
relationships with
senior executives.
Fax Resume to:
(866) 969-0690,
Email to: CMCNorth
[email protected]
600
FINANCIAL
610 Business
Opportunities
PERSONAL
TRAINING CENTER
FOR SALE
570-592-2458 for
details
630 Money To Loan
“We can erase
your bad credit -
100% GUARAN-
TEED.” Attorneys
for the Federal
Trade Commission
say they’ve never
seen a legitimate
credit repair opera-
tion. No one can
legally remove
accurate and timely
information from
your credit report.
It’s a process that
starts with you and
involves time and a
conscious effort to
pay your debts.
Learn about manag-
ing credit and debt
at ftc. gov/credit. A
message from The
Times Leader and
the FTC.
Find Something?
Lose Something?
Get it back where it
belongs
with a Lost/Found ad!
570-829-7130
700
MERCHANDISE
708 Antiques &
Collectibles
YEARBOOKS.
COUGHLIN (25)
1928-1980, GAR,
(22) 1928-2006,
MEYERS, (22) 1957-
1981, WYOMING
VALLEY WEST, (11)
1970-1992. NANTI-
COKE, (2) 1971-
1979, PITTSTON, (11)
1967-1981HANOVER
(6) 1951-1981 MINT.
Prices vary depend-
ing on condition.
$20-$40 each. Call
for further details
and additional
school editions.
570-825-4721
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aol.com
732 Exercise
Equipment
ELLIPTICAL TRAIN-
ER, vision fitness
X61 00, excel l ent
condition, LCD
screen, programs
foldable, quiet, stur-
dy 19.75” stride
length. $700.
570-654-5737
742 Furnaces &
Heaters
OIL TANKS (2)
275 gallon indoor oil
tanks. Very good
condition. Convert-
ed to gas. $125.
each. Call
570-760-2793
744 Furniture &
Accessories
CHAIRS, (2)
Genuine
leather, cus-
tom made
recliners.
Taupe color,
like new. $550
each.
570-675-5046
DEN
FURNITURE
Wood/cloth. Reg-
ular size sofa,
chair and
ottoman. Coffee
table, 2 end
tables. Excellent
condition. $325
for all.
570-675-5046
758 Miscellaneous
All
Junk
Cars
&
Trucks
Wanted
Highest
Prices
Paid In
CA$H
FREE
PICKUP
570-574-1275
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IN THE AREA
CA$H ON THE $POT,
Free Anytime
Pickup
570-301-3602
570-301-3602
CALL US!
TO JUNK
YOUR CAR
762 Musical
Instruments
PIANO
BALDWIN SPINET
with bench.
Excellent condition.
Walnut finish.
No stairs. Easy
removal. $500
Call 570-455-1471
Collect cash, not dust!
Clean out your
basement, garage
or attic and call the
Classified depart-
ment today at 570-
829-7130!
800
PETS & ANIMALS
815 Dogs
GERMAN SHEPHERD
PUPPIES
AKC registered.
Mom & dad on
premises. Around
cats & kids. Ready
01/01/13. Asking
$750. Call Ashlie
570-441-7448
SHIH-TZU /
MALTESE MIX PUPPIES
LAHASA/POO PUPPIES
Health records.
Non shedding,
Stay very small.
Asking $300 males
$350 females
570-765-1122
900
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
906 Homes for Sale
Having trouble
paying your mort-
gage? Falling
behind on your
payments? You
may get mail from
people who promise
to forestall your
foreclosure for a fee
in advance. Report
them to the Federal
Trade Commission,
the nation’s con-
sumer protection
agency. Call 1-877-
FTC-HELP or click
on ftc.gov. A mes-
sage from The
Times Leader and
the FTC.
ORANGEVILLE
SALE BY OWNER
3 bedroom, 2 bath
Farm House on 12
private acres. Horse
ready. $234,900.
570-458-6837
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DALLAS
3 bedroom, 2 bath,
modern country
kitchen with Corian
counters, family
room with fireplace,
wet bar & walkout
to patio, multi-level
decks. All appli-
ances included.
$217,000.
570-675-0446
evenings.
EXETER
Beautifully remod-
eled 3 bedroom
home in mint metic-
ulous condition, with
2 full baths, and a 2
car garage, hard-
wood floors, tile
floors, exterior com-
posite wood deck,
fully finished lower
level family room,
large closets, up-
graded kitchen with
stainless steel appli-
ances, granite
countertops, gas
heat, excellent
neighborhood.
$174,900
Bob Stackhouse
654-1490
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LAFLIN
20 OLD MILL RD
For Sale By Owner
Beautiful
Custom Built.
Minutes from I-81
Turnpike & Casino.
Move In Condition!
3 to 4 bedroom
Tri-level, Master
bath, 2 full baths &
1 powder room,
central vacuum
system. Living &
dining rooms, fam-
ily room with fire-
place. Gas heat,
central air, large
basement, deck,
three car garage
& 2nd large lot
included.....
$395,000
570-237-0101
906 Homes for Sale
NANTICOKE
1472 S. Hanover St.
Well maintained
bi-level. This home
features 2 bed-
rooms, 1 3/4 baths,
recreation room
with propane stove.
Walk out to a 3
season porch. Pro-
fessionally land-
scaped yard. 1 car
garage, storage
shed, new appli-
ances, ceiling fans.
Close to LCCC.
$153,900.
Call 570-735-7594
or 570-477-2410
PITTSTON
35 STARK ST
Completely
Remodeled 3 bed-
room. Home in a
great neighbor-
hood. Includes
refinished hard-
wood and new tile
floors, new bath-
room and kitchen
with stainless steel
appliances and
granite counter-
tops. Gas heat, nice
yard and porches.
$74,900
Call (570)654-1490
915 Manufactured
Homes
EAST MOUNTAIN RIDGE
& SAN SOUCI PARKS
PRICES REDUCED!
Financing Available
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938 Apartments/
Furnished
DUPONT
SPACIOUS APT.
Convenient loca-
tion to Scranton &
Wilkes-Barre.
2 bedrooms,
1 bath. appliances
included l washer/
dryer. $625/mo.
includes water,
sewer call text
570-441-4807,
[email protected]
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
KINGSTON
E. E. W Walnut alnut St. St.
2nd floor. Located in
quiet neighborhood.
Kitchen, living room,
dining room, sun-
room, bath, 3 bed-
rooms; 2 large & 1
small. Lots of clos-
ets, built-in linen
closet & hutch.
Hardwood & car-
peted floors. Fire-
place. Storage
room. Yard. Washer
/ dryer, stove /
fridge. Heat and hot
water included. 1
year lease + securi-
ty. $950
570-283-4370
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A GREAT DEAL...
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KINGSTON
E. WALNUT ST.
Light, bright, 3rd
floor, 2 bedrooms,
elevator, carpeted,
entry system.
Garage. Extra stor-
age & cable TV
included. Laundry
facilities. Air Con-
ditioned. Fine
neighborhood.
Convenient to bus
& stores. No
pets. References.
Security. Lease.
No smokers
please. $780 +
utilities. Call.
570-287-0900
MOUNTAIN TOP
WOODBRYN
1 & 2 Bedroom.
No pets. Rents
based on income
start at $405 &
$440. Handicap
Accessible.
Equal Housing
Opportunity. 570-
474-5010 TTY711
This institution is an
equal opportunity
provider and
employer.
PITTSTON
152 Elizabeth Street
Spacious 2 bed-
room apartment with
ample closet space.
Off street parking.
All utilities and appli-
ances included. No
pets. $795 + lease &
security. Call
570-510-7325
WILKES-BARRE
98 MADISON ST.
2nd floor large 3
bedroom, with hard-
wood floors & car-
pet. Kitchen with
appliances. En-
closed rear porch &
shared yard. Heat,
hot water & water
included. Tenant
pays electric. $695
+security. No pets.
570-814-1356
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE
Mayflower
Crossing
Apartments
570.822.3968
1, 2, 3 & 4
Bedrooms
- Light & bright
open floor plans
- All major
appliances included
- Pets welcome*
- Close to everything
- 24 hour emergency
maintenance
- Short term
leases available
Call TODAY For
AVAILABILITY!!
www.mayflower
crossing.com
Certain Restrictions
Apply*
Need a Roommate?
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find one here!
570-829-7130
944 Commercial
Properties
LOCATION
MATTERS
PRIME OFFICE
SPACE
The Mack
Building
281 PIERCE ST.
Kingston, PA.
Refined office
suites, or
individual flexible
office spaces on
2nd floor
comprised of
approximately
1,300sq. ft.
Central A/C,
glass door
entrance, 6
rooms consisting
of waiting room,
French doors
leading to
conference
room(s), offices,
bathroom,
kitchenette, with
ample storage/
archive space
available, parking
lot area
professionally
maintained.
Multiple signage
opportunities:
Exterior Bronze
wall
plaque,Entrance
glass-doors,
Street frontage
sign, and
billboard
*Available
February 1st.
showing by
appointment only
570-472-1110
NAIL/BEAUTY SALON
Swoyersville. 1100
sq. ft. 2 station nail
& beauty salon, fullY
equipped, like new.
570-831-5715
944 Commercial
Properties
COMMERCIAL RETAIL
PROPERTY FOR RENT:
900 Sq. Ft.
STORE RETAIL
SPACE
Will be vacant
as of
January 1, 2013
200 Spring St.
Wilkes-Barre
Great for a
Barber Shop!
Call Michael at
570-239-7213
STOREFRONT
Glen Lyon. Unique
opportunity at
61-63 East Main St.
High Traffic Area.
570-881-0320
950 Half Doubles
KINGSTON
Sprague Ave.
CHARMING & SPACIOUS
6 room, 2 bed-
room duplex,
includes 2nd &
3rd floor. Ample
closets. Washer /
dryer hook-up.
$575 / month +
utilities, security
& lease. No Pets.
570-793-6294
NANTICOKE
347 HANOVER ST
Very large 3 bed-
room with bonus fin-
ished attic perfect
for playroom or
office. New paint &
wall to wall carpet,
large kitchen with
stove & washer/
dryer hookup. Small
yard. Front porch &
basement. Sewer &
garbage included.
$620 plus security &
utilities. No pets.
570-814-1356
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PLAINS
SPACIOUS
Victorian charm, 3
bedroom, 1 bath
hardwood floors,
neutral decor,
stained glass win-
dow, large kitchen
Washer/ dryer
hook-up, off street
parking. No pets.
Reduced $675.
month + utilities,
security & lease.
570-793-6294
PLYMOUTH
3 bedrooms, 1.5
baths. New carpet-
ing. $675 + utilities.
All appliances.
Water & sewer
paid. Fenced back
yard. No pets.
Security required
Section 8 OK.
Call Steve at
570-592-5764
953Houses for Rent
AREA SINGLE HOMES
POSSIBLE OPTION
TO BUY
FORTY FORT
11 Cayuga
KINGSTON
143 W. Dorrance
PLYMOUTH TWP.
350 Valley View
LEHMAN TWP
1233 Market St.
WILKES-BARRE
18 Prospect
EXETER
116 Grove St.
(570) 970-0650
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BEAR CREEK
3 bedroom/1 bath.
Labor in exchange
for rent. Large yard
in quit neighbor-
hood. Good School
District $600 mo. +
Security + utilities.
Well water/septic.
Kids and small pet
OK. 973-887-1169
DUPONT
7 room house with
3 bedrooms, 1 full
tile bath. Large
kitchen with beau-
tiful oak cabinets,
new stove,
fridge, carpeting,
flooring, draperies
& windows.
Washer/dryer
hook up on 1st
floor. Single car
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