Times Leader Entertainment

Clubs

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:58:04 GMT

Brews Brothers, River Road, Jenkins, 883-0444: Bad Hair Day.

‘Rent’ takes a final bow

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK — “Rent” may be saying goodbye to Broadway on Sept. 7, but the long-running pop-rock musical will still be around in print.

Somber music not a downer

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Chrysanthemums were once considered a typical funeral flower, violinist Ferdinand Liva explained, and that’s why a certain six-minute Puccini piece bears that name.

Stage

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Grease. Will Sandy and Danny find love when the odds are against them? Join the 1950s high school gang in the musical comedy-drama at the Pocono Playhouse, Playhouse Lane, off Route 390, Mountainhome. Through July 13 with performances Thursdays at 2 and 8 p.m.; Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 4 and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. $25, $23. 595-7456.

‘Hancock’ more of a train wreck review

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Nitpicky viewers will love the chipper opening scene of “Hancock.” As the film’s initial action sequence — which features Will Smith’s airborne superhero character wrecking cars, thrashing highways and wiping out several hundred thousand square feet of office space as he brings a group of thugs to justice — comes to an end, a news-reporter voiceover informs us of the price tag for the mayhem: a whopping $9 million. A personal record!

FAMILY FLICKS

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Parents guide to new movie releases:

VIDEO RELEASES

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Capsule reviews of DVD releases follow:

‘Kit’ delightfully smart review

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Sweet, old-fashioned and sentimental to a fault, “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” is “Nancy Drew” with training wheels. It’s a moist-eyed children’s comedy-drama that dares to ask how much today’s kids need to know about the Great Depression, or a Golden Age when all a plucky, smart girl could ever want out of life is “to be a (newspaper) reporter.”

Kids

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Everhart Goes Evergreen! Learn about recycling, fuel sources around the world, materials and garbage, environmental conservation and more by touching, playing, creating and discovering how to be “green.” Isaiah’s Corner, Everhart Museum, Nay Aug Park, Scranton. Through Sept. 1. Museum hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. $5, $3 students and seniors, $2 children. 346-7186 or everhart-museum.org.

Outdoors

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Forest Hike, three moderate miles through a newly acquired scenic trail. Meet at Shower House #2 in the back loop of Locust Lake Campground, Tuscarora State Park, 687 Tuscarora Park Road, Barnesville. Today at 1 p.m. Nighttime activities at the park include an “Indians of Pennsylvania” program at 6:30 p.m. and a movie “How Animals Talk” at 8 p.m. 467-2506.

Good Reads

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Author Reading and Book Signing with King’s College professor Andrew P.H. Clyde, author of “Lithiumbuzz,” a love story told through the eyes of a schizophrenic. Anthology Books, 515 Center, St., Scranton. Tonight, 6 to 9. 341-1443.

Good Buys

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Giant Neighborhood Yard Sale, with 25 participating families. Trinity Episcopal Church, Spring Street and Montgomery Avenue, West Pittston. Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch available. 654-3261.

Exhibits

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

The Human Element, art works by watercolor artist Tim Weaver and his Wednesday Painters. Meet the artists at a wine-and-cheese reception Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Continues through July 20 at the Marian Sutherland Kirby Library, 35 Kirby Ave., Mountain Top. Hours: Monday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 474-9313.

Concerts

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Out Among the Stars Bluegrass Festival, 9th annual event with Marc Silver and the Stonethrowers, the Grasscutters, Raven Creek, Folk Spirits, Reverend Al Lumpkin and Friends, Hillbilly Water, Stained Grass Window, the Doerfel Family, Special Ed and the Short Bus, NewFound Road, James King, Lonesome River Band, Hillbilly Gypsies, Dan Paisley & Southern Grass, David Davis and the Warrior River Boys, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, Pine Mountain Railroad and more. Benton Rodeo Grounds, Mendenhall Lane, off Route 487, Benton. Today and Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to midnight; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 610-346-7042 or oatsfestival.com.

Antiquing for a cause

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

You’d probably never think a trophy from 1897 could be transformed into a lamp, until you see it for yourself.

Events

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Kutztown Folk Festival, the annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration with six stages of live music, the nation’s only horse-powered carousel, hex-sign painters, glassblowing, ox roast, hay maze, herbal garden, Fourth of July Parade, country auction, folk singers and country dancing along with theater and a country auction. Also: fine folk art and traditional crafts, children’s fun activities, a display of 1400 handmade quilts, living-history exhibits on early farming, a traditional wedding and a Mennonite meeting house along with plenty of Pennsylvania Dutch food. Kutztown Fairgrounds, Route 222, Kutztown. Today through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. $12, $11 seniors. 888-674-6136 or kutztownfestival.com.

Have a 4th full of fun

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

How will you celebrate America’s freedom today?

‘Family’ has funny but oh-so-wrong view of life

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:18:47 GMT

Mr. Big out, Goldblum in

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:18:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Mr. Big is out, and Mr. Goldblum is in.

Girl Power at the movies

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:02:33 GMT

Earlier this summer, when “Sex and the City” exceeded expectations by earning $57 million during its opening weekend, the stage was set for a season of Girl Power at the movies.