Alive Sept. 6 issue

By CHRISTy LEMIREAP Movie CritiC

The whole point of call-ing a phone-sex line is that you know what you’re get-ting, right? You pick up the phone, pay your money and partake in some, um, self-satisfaction. It’s a sure thing. Everyone hangs up happy.

With the comedy “For a Good Time, Call ...,” you only think you know what you’re getting. It looks like total formula and — for a little while, at least — feels like it, with its broad types who are complete opposites getting thrown together in a contrived, high-con-cept situation: operating a phone-sex business out of a Manhattan apartment they’re forced to share.

But the actresses play-ing the two lead characters — Ari Graynor and Lauren Anne Miller — have such a light and lovely chemistry with each other, and di-rector Jamie Travis keeps things moving so briskly, you find yourself not mind-ing how by-the-numbers the story is. And then within that by-the-numbers story, there end up being enough

surprises and subversive twists that you find yourself unexpectedly charmed.

Miller co-wrote “For a Good Time, Call ...” with her college roommate, Katie Anne Naylon, who really did run a phone-sex line out of her dorm room because she needed the cash. Compari-sons to last year’s hugely successful “Bridesmaids” are inevitable, given that it features women saying and doing the sort of raunchy things that previously had been the staples of Judd Ap-atow’s bro-centric oeuvre. They actually finished their script before “Bridesmaids” had even been shot, but the two films do share a won-derfully honest explora-tion of close female friend-ship, and how discovering another woman who truly “gets” you can carry all the thrills of falling in love.

Graynor and Miller’s characters are miles apart emotionally, though, at the film’s start. Graynor’s Katie is a brassy party girl with a wardrobe full of animal prints and a strip-per pole in the middle of her living room who pays the bills through random jobs. Miller’s Lauren is con-

servative and precise, all headbands and innocent nighties, a young woman of privilege who had her entire life mapped out — includ-ing, she thought, marriage to her longtime boyfriend, Charlie (James Wolk).

Then Charlie coldly dumps her, calls her “bor-ing” and kicks her out of their apartment before moving to Italy for the sum-mer, leaving Lauren with no place to live. When her best gay pal (Justin Long, do-ing it up big but not too big) suggests he has a roommate for her, she’s shocked to find it’s Katie, her college nem-esis. But Katie is just as des-perately in need of a room-mate to avoid being kicked out of her own place.

And so voila. We have a premise.

Naturally, they clash at first, but eventually learn to tolerate each other. Then, when Lauren discovers that Katie is moaning and groan-ing into the telephone for one of her many gigs, she realizes that with her busi-ness acumen, they could both make a whole lot more money. And naturally, Lau-ren will eventually end up answering the phone her-

self in a rebellious shedding of her good-girl image.

The curvy and vivacious Graynor, who’s stood out in supporting roles in films in-cluding “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” and “Ce-leste and Jesse Forever,” has a hugely likable and very different kind of presence as a leading lady. And Mill-er, who has an undeniable sweetness and accessibility about her, plays beautifully off Graynor and is every bit her comic equal.

Yes, there are the obliga-tory montages as the wom-en take in the calls and rake in the cash, but the graphic one-liners and the light-ning-quick editing keep the laughs coming steadily. There are even some in-spired cameos among the men on the other end of the line, including one from Seth Rogen, Miller’s real-life husband. And yes, just when things are going too well, a conflict crops up to drive the two pals apart temporarily.

But for the most part, “For a Good Time, Call ...” is ex-actly as advertised.

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‘Good Time’ provides exactly that

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This film image released by Focus Features shows Ari Graynor in a scene from “For A Good Time, Call.” Get ready to laugh!

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Out & AboutSpecial Events MusicTheater

• The Shippen Squares Square Dance Club will be hosting “new dancer dances” at 7:30 p.m. on Mon-days, beginning Sept. 10 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. For more information call Dennis and Karen Statler 369-3831 or [email protected].

• The Harrisburg Camera Club will be present-ing a program by photographer Karen Keating of Bethesda, Md. The program will be held in the second floor large community room in the Giant grocery store at the Camp Hill Shopping Center located at the intersection of Route 11/15 and Trindle Road in Camp Hill. The program is free and will run 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will host a special af-ternoon picnic and concert on the grounds of the Playhouse on Sept. 16. Robbie Limon and his band return to the stage to provide the music, and Cham-bersburg eatery The Cottage Pub and Restaurant will provide catering for the picnic. The picnic kicks off at 1 p.m. and Limon takes the stage at 2 p.m. Starbucks of Chambersburg will provide a selection of coffee to accompany the homemade desserts provided by the Friends of Totem Pole. All of the proceeds from the concert benefit the Playhouse. Tickets for the fund-raiser are $60, but season ticket subscribers receive a $10 discount. All tickets are general admission and can be bought from the box office at 888-805-7056 or from the Playhouse’s website, www.totempole-playhouse.org.

• Dance classes at the Luhrs Center at Ship-pensburg University start on Monday Sept. 17. Re-maining dates are Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22. Beginner class is from 6 to 7p.m. and covers Swing /Tango/Cha Cha/Foxtrot; advanced class is from 7 to 8 p.m. and covers advance Swing/ Mambo /Rumba/Two-Step,Waltz. For more information or to register, email [email protected] or call 477.SHOW (7469). Also, email [email protected] or call 241-4483.

• Two area comics, Raymond the Amish Comic and Earl David Reed will be on stage at the Carlisle Theatre Sept. 15. Tickets are $30 and doors open at 7 p.m., show starts 8 p.m. This show is not appropriate for children. For more information call 582-4523.

• The USS Susquehannock STARFLEET Chapter will hold its second annual Sci Fi Day at Olde Towne Books and Brew in Mechanicsburg on Sept. 22. The event starts at 2 p.m. and is free to the public. New York Times Best Selling author Michael Jan Fried-man will speak at the event and the Capital City Jedi Knights will be performing. Participants can have their picture taken in the Klingon Jail with all pro-ceeds going to Canine Rescue of Central PA.

• Gamut Theatre Group will produce an original adaptation of “Beowulf” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14-15 and 21-22 at Gamut Classic Theatre in Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Admis-sion to all performances is “Come as you are, pay what you will” – any size donation buys admission. Additional information can be found at gamut-plays.org.

• The Carlisle Theatre Company will be performing “Annie.” Perfor-mances are 7 p.m. Oct. 12, 13, 19, 20, and 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 21.

• The Tap Dancers Collective, a newly formed tap dancing group for current and former tap dancers, will meet Sundays at 5 p.m. at Nee Danse Company, 2040 Derry St., Harrisburg. The only cost is a shared fee to cover space rental. For more information, call Jerry Bowers at 697-2748.

• Pennsylvania playwrights are encouraged to submit original, full-length scripts to York Little Theatre’s annual Pennsylvania Original Play-wright Competition. Plays should be full-length, unproduced scripts by playwrights who are currently Pennsyl-vania residents. For more information about the competition, call 854-3894 or visit www.ylt.org.

• Chambersburg Community The-atre opens its 2012-2013 season next month with the area premiere of Le-gally Blonde, The Musical. Based on the hit movie “Legally Blonde”, the play runs September 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. and September 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre, 159 S. Main St. Tickets for Legally Blonde, The Musical are $15 for adults and $10 for students (thru college with current ID). Reservations can be made online at www.cctonline.org, at the Capitol Theatre Box Office located inside the main theatre lobby at 159 S Main St., or by calling 717-263-0202.

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• “Live Music in The Garden” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., 30 W. Pomfret St., all concerts are BYOB and chairs. The schedule is as follows: Sept. 8, Acoustic Juice; Sept. 15, Sweet Leda; Sept. 22, SoulRagga; and Sept. 29, Lovewhip.

• Tickets are now on sale for “Simply Sina-tra” at The Hershey Theatre at 8 p.m. Sept. 7. Simply Sinatra will feature many of the classic hits including “Come Fly with Me,” “Luck be a Lady,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Witchcraft” and “My Way.” Tickets for Simply Sinatra tickets are $29 and $39 and are available at the Hershey Theatre Box Office by calling 534-3405 or at www.HersheyTheatre.com.

• The Perfect 5th Musical Arts Center (P5), located at 6240 Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg, will host their Fall Open House from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. For more information or to register, go to ThePerfect5th.com/QuickStart-Guitar.

• Beck and Benedict Hardware Music Theatre will present the Remington Ryde Bluegrass Band from Hershey and the Grassy Ridge Blue-grass Band from Hagerstown, Md. at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15. Admission is $13 and children 12 and under free. For more information call 762-7411 or visit www.beck-benedicthardware.com.

• Friday Folk Café presents Micah and Ab-bie Dunn from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 at Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. For more information visit www.MidtownScholar.com, 236-1680.

• Messiah College welcomes NEEDTO-BREATHE, Parachute and Drew Holcomb in concert at 8 p.m. on Sept. 15 in Brubaker Audito-rium in the Eisenhower Campus Center. Tickets are $25 for general admission and can be pur-chased by contacting the Messiah College Ticket Office at 691-6036 or [email protected].

• Hannah Bingman will perform from 8 to 10 on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. For more information visit www.MidtownScholar.com, call 236-1680.

• Greenwood Community Brass Band to present “Concert on the Green” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16 at Market and Race streets in Liverpool. Rain location is Liverpool United Meth-odist Church. A freewill offering will be shared by the Brass Band and a community need. For more information call Lois at (570)374-9533.

• Musical ensemble Celtic Thunder will per-form at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19 at The Hershey The-atre. Tickets are available now and $82.85. Visit www.ticketmaster.com to order.

• Live music with Shanna Rae from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at Smoothie Joe’s Juice and Java, 5258 Simpson Ferry Road, Mechanicsburg.

• Wynonna Judd & The Big Noise will be coming to the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. For more information visit www.luhrscenter.com or call 477-SHOW.

• Ingrid Michaelson will perform on Oct. 25 at the Whitaker Center’s Sunoco Performance Theater.

• A cappella group Straight No Chaser will bring it’s fall tour to Hershey Theatre at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22. Tickets for this show are $29, $39 and $49. To order tickets visit www.HersheyEntertainment.com, www.LiveNation.com or www.TicketMaster.com.

• Brad Paisley will bring his Virtual Reality World Tour 2012 to the Giant Center on Oct. 6. Tickets are available at LiveNation.com, Hershey-Entertainment.com, GIANT Center Box Office or by phone at 800-745-3000. Special Guests The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery will also perform.

• The Keystone Invitational Marching Band Competition will be held on Oct. 13 at the Ken Millen Stadium at Carlisle High School. There will be at least 14 bands in the competition. Also, the Penn State Blue Band will be performing in exhibition. Additional information is available on-line at: http://www.carlislehighschoolband.org. Tickets and programs will be available for pre-order online on or around Sept. 15. Online and at-the-gate ticket costs will be $11 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens. Event programs will be $6 each. An order fee will be charged for online orders. Gates will be

open at 4 p.m., event time will be determined at a later date.

• The Indigo Girls will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, at the Sunoco Perfomance Theater at the Whitaker Center, 225 Market St., Harrisburg.

• Jake Shimabukuro, a Ukulele virtuoso, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Sunoco Perfomance Theater at the Whitaker Center, 225 Market St., Harrisburg.

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For a movie about writ-ing, about the transporting nature of a compelling nar-rative and the importance of crafting something time-less and true, “The Words” is needlessly complicated.

It boasts an impressive cast and some glimmers of strong performances, no-tably from a grizzled Jeremy Irons, whose character sets the film’s many stories-within-stories in motion as a young man. And it kinda-sorta explores the notions of art, fraud and the need to sleep at night. But ulti-mately, “The Words” seems more interested in melo-drama than anything else.

The writing-directing team of Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal (who co-wrote the story for “Tron: Legacy” and are childhood friends of star Bradley Coo-per) direct for the first time here. Certainly they must be familiar with the doubts and frustrations all writers face at some time or an-other, the need to have your voice heard and the fear that what you’re offering to the world might just plain suck. But while they’ve come up with a clever nugget of a premise, they’ve couched it in a gimmicky package that keeps us at arm’s length emotionally.

“The Words” begins with celebrated writer Clay Ham-mond (Dennis Quaid) read-ing excerpts from his latest best-selling novel (titled “The Words,” conveniently enough) to an enraptured crowd. Among the audience members is the beautiful grad student Daniella (Olivia Wilde), who has come to flirt with him and eventually, in a total 180, force him to face his own truth.

While it’s always good to see both of these actors, the

film did not need this fram-ing device at all. It’s not that it makes things confusing — all the story lines are distinct and clearly delineated, and Quaid and Wilde do have some actual tension with each other — it just feels like show-offy clutter.

As Clay begins to read, the film flashes to the charac-ters in the book and their story, which is probably where the film should have started all along. Cooper plays Rory Jansen, who also happens to be a celebrated writer appearing before an enraptured crowd. What are the odds? Rory is receiving a

prestigious award for his de-but novel, the one that made him an instant literary sen-sation. Trouble is, he didn’t actually write it.

A flashback to a few years earlier, when his marriage to the beautiful and loving Dora (Zoe Saldana) was still new, reveals him hammer-ing away at his laptop and struggling to find a liter-ary agent who will take a chance on him. While in Paris on their honeymoon, though, he happened to buy an old satchel in a second-hand store. And within that satchel, a typed manuscript happened to be hidden:

the story of a young man, his bride and their baby in post-World War II France. And that typed manuscript just happened to be The Real Thing.

Rory knows it’s wrong, but he passes off the work as his own, and voila! He’s a superstar. But wait! Irons is skulking around, an old man (whose character is lit-erally called Old Man) hop-ing to talk with Rory and share his own story — which we also see in tastefully lighted, sepia-toned flash-backs. (Antonio Calvache of “Little Children” and “In the Bedroom” is the cin-

ematographer.) It’s pretty obvious who this Old Man is, but it’s still a pleasure to watch him relish in regal-ing his tale and make this punk kid squirm. Irons also has some lovely, vulnerable moments, and as Cooper showed last year in “Lim-itless,” he’s always a more interesting actor when he’s distraught than when he’s Being Bradley Cooper.

Still, “The Words” leaves nothing to the imagination, smothering all these story-lines in narration that spells out the actions we’re see-ing or emotions we could infer for ourselves. And the

characters themselves in all of these tales are total cli-chés: the scruffy, hungry writer in his spare Brooklyn loft; the blandly selfless and supportive wife; the wide-eyed, small-town soldier seeing the world for the first time, etc. And Hemingway is referenced ad nauseum, as if he were the only novel-ist who could possibly in-fluence anyone, ever.

Maybe this was an inten-tional acknowledgement of literary conventions from Klugman and Sternthal. Or maybe “The Words” really is that eye-rollingly hack-neyed.

A guide to area events Inside

MUSIC | D4

The Susquehanna Chorale has announced its 2012-2013 season. The musical group will team up with the Harrisburg Symphony

later this season for a special concert.

THEATER | D5Mistaken identities at the heart

of Ludwig farce, “Leading Ladies, opening Theatre Harrisburg’s new season.

MOVIES | D9-12

See movie reviews for flicks show-ing on area silver screens: “The

Words,” “The Possession” and “Call For a Good Time...”

OUT & ABOUT | D4, 8

Funny man, Raymond the Amish Comic, will make an appearance

in Carlisle on stage with two other comics at Carlisle Theatre in a show benefiting the Perry County Cham-

ber of Commerce.Also, since school is back in ses-

sion, turn your weekend entertain-ment plans into an educational

experience for the whole family, see story on D4.

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On the cover: Raymond the Amish Comic is joined by two other comics in a benefit show at Carlisle Theatre.
















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Alibis Eatery & Spirits

10 N. Pitt St.

Carlisle, 243-4151

www.alibispirits.com

Thursday Sept. 6: DJ 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7: Blue Voo-

doo Saturday, Sept. 8: DJ Trey 10 p.m. Monday, Sept.

10: Yuengs and Wings Tuesday, Sept. 11: Team Trivia 7

p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12: Open Mic 8 p.m.

Appalachian Brewing Company

50 N. Cameron St.

Harrisburg, 221-1080

www.abcbrew.com

Thursday, Sept. 6: Cornmeal 8 p.m., $10 cover Friday,

Sept. 7: Strange Design Recreating Phish Shows in Their

Entirety 8 p.m. $10 adv., $12 cover Saturday, Sept. 8: We

Were Promised Jetpacks w/ Minshara 9 p.m., $10 adv., $12

cover Sunday, Sept. 9: J Roddy Walston & The Business

w/ The Line 7 p.m. $10 , adv., $12 cover Thursday, Sept.

13: Dopapod & Jimkata 7 p.m. $7 adv. $10 cover Friday,

Sept. 14: Kilmaine Saints Halfway To St. Patricks Day Party

7 p.m. $7 adv., $10 cover

Market Cross Pub & Brewery

113 N. Hanover St.

Carlisle, 258-1234

www.marketcrosspub.com

Thursday, Sept. 6: Thirsty Thursday with Indian Sum-

mer Jars, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7: Mark Focazio Band

(classic rock, blues) 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14: That Girl

(indie, soul and eclectic) 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15: The

Willys (classic rock) 8:30 p.m.

The SceneA look at local nightlife

• the Carlisle Arts Learning Centers announces it’s fall line-up of art classes for children, teens and adults. See www.CarlisleArts.org for a full list of classes and online registration options or telephone the Center at 249-6973.

• “I Ran To Get My Camera: Photographs Resulting from Impulsive Desires for Memories” will be on display at the Yellow Wall Gallery at the Midtown Scholar, 1302 N 3rd St., Har-risburg through Sept. 9.

• Judy Diephouse, recognized painter in the decorative art field, will be teaching a three day seminar from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 7, 8 and 9 for Penn’s Woods Painters at the ramada inn, 350 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg. registra-tion fee for the three days is $195.00. Class size is limited to 26 students. For more information visit www.pennswoodspainters.com, call 766-6079 or email [email protected].

• the Art Association of Harrisburg, 21 N. Front St., will premier its fall membership exhibition “Out of the Blue” on Gallery Walk day, Sunday, Sept. 9, with a reception from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.. An awards ceremony will take place at noon, and the Melina Blackwell Acoustic Duo will provide music all afternoon. the exhibition was open to all AAH members, with all media eligible for entry and “out of the Blue” as the artwork theme. visit www.artassocofhbg.com for more information, or call 236-1432.

• the 45th annual “Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012,” exhibit runs through Sept. 9 and includes 129 works of art by 115 artists from 30 counties. Cumberland County resident Julie ober’s “Coke” was selected to be included. Her work is a watercolor street scene of Main Street in Mechanicsburg and is painted in ochre. Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admis-sion is $5 for adults, $4 for children and senior citizens.

• Keystone National 2012: Juried Works on Paper Ex-hibition will be held at the Art Center School and Galleries in Mechanicsburg. the public is invited to attend the free open-ing reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Art Center’s red barn facility located two and a half miles west of Mechanicsburg off West trindle road. the exhibition continues through oct. 19. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information on the Art Center’s up-coming events or classes, call 697-2072 or visit www.mechan-icsburgartcenter.com.

• Carlisle Arts and Learning Center and Simply Well present “the Light inside: Chakra Paintings by Kelly Griffith” through Sept. 22. the exhibit is located at Simply Well, 28 S. Pitt St., Carlisle. A “Meet the Artist” reception will be held Aug. 24 from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. at the exhibit. For more information, call 717-968-0167.

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This film image released by CBS Films shows Bradley Cooper, right, and Zoe Saldana in a scene from “The Words.”

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By Lisa CLarkeSentinel [email protected]

The season may not have officially changed, but a new semester has most certainly dawned in schools across Central Pennsylvania. Whether you’re a student, parent, or just interested in new challenges, there are plen-ty of activities that offer a chance to mix your en-tertainment with a dash of educational fun.

Gallery WalkThe Art Association of

Harrisburg offers its 24th annual Gallery Walk this weekend featuring 20 par-ticipating galleries in the City of Harrisburg. The event celebrates the “Art and Soul” of the city, and includes showings and spe-cial events at galleries and business around the city. Highlights this year include Tara Chickey: Calculated Migrations at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Art’s Curved Wall Gallery, the 4th Annual Alumni Art Show at the Capital Area School for the Arts, Art of the State at the State Mu-seum of Pennsylvania, and contemporary art by local artists at one of the scene’s most recent entries, the North Gallery. The Art As-sociation on Front Street hosts the event and will feature their latest Fall Membership Show, “Out of the Blue.”

Gallery Walk takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. The Art Association of Harrisburg

is located at 21 N. Front St. in Harrisburg. Admission to the Gallery Walk is free, maps and a complete list of participants is available at the Art Association or on-line at www.artassocofhbg.com.

Fort Hunter FestivalOn Sunday, Sept. 16, the

riverfront is the place to be for the annual Fort Hunter Festival. Held at the historic park on Front Street, the event celebrates the his-toric location’s past with children’s activities, an arts and crafts show, and stroll-ing musicians as well as hay rides and pony and carriage rides. Learn about the ar-ea’s rich history with tours of the park’s mansion and demonstrations of 18th and 19th century life including bee-keeping, soap mak-ing, distilling, rug hook-

ing, knitting, cooking and sheep shearing. Archaeolo-gists from the Pennsylva-nia Historical and Museum Commission will be exca-vating in the side yard of the mansion, and a barber-shop quartet and bagpiper will be on hand perform-ing throughout the day. Apple cider samples will be served, as well as foods for purchase.

Musical entertainment for the day will be offered on the Corncrib stage in part-nership with the Susque-hanna Folk Music Society, and includes local folk mu-sic from Mal Scoppa and the Tall Tales as well as a jam.

Fort Hunter Days take place at Fort Hunter Man-sion and Park, located at 5300 N. Front St. in Harris-burg from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the event is

free, with additional fees for mansion tours, children’s crafts, and food. For more information, visit www.forthunter.org.

Dill’s TavernThe Northern York Coun-

ty Historical Society hosts several events this month at Dill’s Tavern, a restored stone structure erected from 1794 to 1819 listed on the National Historic Reg-ister originally built by the Dill family, namesake of the town of Dillsburg.

On Saturday, Sept. 8, visit the tavern for the Balder-dash Home Brewfest from noon to 8 p.m. and sample some local home brews while listening to the live music of Tuckahoe Ridge and Fire in the Glen. Fresh rolled cigars using Dill’s Tavern home grown to-bacco will be available for

purchase along with other activities and period dem-onstrations. Tickets to the event are $15.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, visit the venue for Ag-riculture Day and enjoy watching as two hogs are dressed to make scrapple and sausage, and get hands on with wheat flailing and sauerkraut making activi-ties. For those interested in a more in-depth lesson, Linda Zeigler will present an Introduction to Hearth Cooking class teaching the basic skills of 18th and 19th century hearth cooking in the tavern’s historic kitchen hearth.

Dills Tavern is located at 227 Baltimore St. in Dills-burg, just off Route 15. For more information and a complete list of events, course and fees, visit www.dillstavern.org.

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Educational entertainment for the whole family

Fire in the Glen will perform at the Balder-dash Home Brewfest at the historic Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg this month.

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Susquehanna Chorale releases

2012-2013 season schedule

The nationally re -nowned Susquehanna Chorale, directed by Linda L. Tedford, the ensemble’s founder and artistic di-rector, will perform a va-riety of concerts in diverse venues this season.

T h e S u s q u e h a n n a Youth, Young Women’s and Children’s Chorales, directed by George H. Die-hl, Elizabeth Lins-Shoen-felt and Judith A. Shepler, will join the Susquehanna Chorale for the Annual Youth Choral Festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at The Forum, 500 Walnut St., Harrisburg. E

The Chorale will present three performances of “A Candlelight Christmas” at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 14 at First United Methodist Church, 64 W. Chocolate Ave., Hershey; at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Market Square Presby-terian Church, 20 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg; and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2000 Chestnut St., Camp Hill.

The Chorale will con-tinue its season with three performances of “So-journ,” including a spring debut concert at the new High Center for Worship and the Performing Arts at Messiah College and a summer performance by invitation at the national-ly renowned Chautauqua Institution. Performances will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at First United Method-ist Church, 64 W. Choc-olate Ave., Hershey; at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013, High Center, Messiah

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By FraNk sCHeCkthe hollywood reporter

LOS ANGELES — We’ve had zombies, demons, va m p i re s a n d g h os ts. Why shouldn’t a dyb-buk — the Judaic version of the possessing spirit — have a chance to fi-nally shine again on the big screen? Representing a sort of equal opportu-nity religious variation on an all-too-familiar theme, “The Possession” is a Jewish-themed “Ex-orcist” that, if nothing else, should discourage the practice of buying antique wooden boxes at flea markets.

Such a box, carved with H e b rew i n s c r i p t i o n s, causes no end of havoc in this low-rent horror film receiving a typical dog days, end of summer re-lease. It comes into the possession of the Brenek fa m i ly, o r ra t h e r t h e splintered Brenek family, since father Clyde (Jef-frey Dean Morgan) has been separated from his ex-wife Stephanie (Kyra Se d g w i c k ) fo r a yea r, causing predictable emo-t i o n a l d i f f i c u l t i e s fo r young daughters Hannah (Madison Davenport) and 10-year-old Em (Natasha Calis).

Em persuades her dad to buy her the ominous looking box, unaware that its previous owner, an el-derly woman, has wound up immobilized in bed af-ter being handled rather violently by the dybbuk inside it.

Said dybbuk soon finds a new host in the inno-ce n t yo u n g g i rl wh o, like Linda Blair’s Regan, starts displaying violent, anti-social behavior. But while at first her symp-

toms prove hardly distin-guishable from those of a typical troubled adoles-cent, an invasion of giant moths in her bedroom prove the need for dras-tic measures, or at least a good exterminator.

After a quick consul-tation with a professor, Clyde heads to Borough Park, Brooklyn, here de-picted as so awash in Ha-sidim that it resembles a 19th century Polish shtetl. There he enlists the aid of a rabbi’s son, Tzadok (played, in a can-ny bit of casting, by the Hasidic hip-hop/reggae star Matisyahu).

After a medical proce-dure that reveals that dy-bukks are visible on MRIs, they get down to the inev-itable business of a Jewish exorcism, performed in perhaps the most poorly securitized, empty hospi-tal in North America.

Director Ole Bornedal (“Nightwatch”) indulges in the usual cheap scares i n d u ce d by ea r- s h a t-tering bursts of volume, frequently punctuating scenes with blackouts and ominous piano chords. But despite young thespi-an Calis’ impressive abil-ity for malevolent staring, her character is never all that frightening, with her possession often signaled by dark eye shadow that makes her look mainly like a young goth chick.

The adult performers go through their proper-ly anguished paces with p ro fe ss i o n a l i s m , w i t h Morgan displaying his usual relaxed charisma and Sedgwick displaying even more levels of an-ger than she did as the hard-boiled deputy po-lice chief in “The Closer.” But Matisyahu, while a likable screen presence,

seems to have been cast less for the quality of his acting than for his copi-ous facial hair.

Much is made of the fact that the film is “ based on a true story,” with the

press notes even includ-ing an excerpt from the original ad on eBay at-tempting to sell the infa-mous box. But there sure-ly must be easier ways to drum up the price.

“The Possession,” a Li-onsgate release, is rated PG-13 for mature the-matic material involving violence and disturbing sequences. Running time: 93 minutes.

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‘The Possession’ offers low-rent horror

Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as Clyde in the film, “The Possession.”Below: Natasha Calis stars as Em in the film, “The Possession.”

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By BarBara Trainin BlankSentinel [email protected]

From the way they fin-ish each other’s sentences, you’d think Kerry Mowery and Preston Schreffler had known each other for years.

In reality, though they were familiar with each oth-er’s stage work, the two met just a few weeks ago during rehearsals for “Leading La-dies” at Theatre Harrisburg. The Ken Ludwig comedy is opening this year’s season.

The quick rapport be-tween the actors ties in well with the premise of the play: Two down-and-out Shake-spearean actors, reduced to performing at a Moose Lodge near York, concoct a scheme to deceive a dy-ing and weak-sighted old woman. They will pose as her long-lost nephews, and inherit her fortune.

Or rather, Leo, played by Schreffler, thinks up the plot — and Jack (Mowery), after protesting some and getting his arm twisted, goes along.

“It’s kind of like Jackie Gleason to Art Carnie (of “The Honeymooners”),” says Schreffler.

“Or maybe more like Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in ‘The Producers,’” says Mowery.

Only Mostel and Wilder never “became” women. The catch in “Leading La-dies,” as the title implies, is that Leo and Jack dis-cover that the old woman’s “nephews” are really niec-es. Rather than give up the scheme — of course — they disguise themselves as “Maxine and Stephanie.”

This being a farce, they fall in love with women. Leo is enamored of Meg, who is not only the dying lady’s niece but engaged to the lo-cal, stodgy minister.

“Leading Ladies” pays

tribute to such cross-dress-ing films “Tootsie,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and the classic “Some Like it Hot.”

“I like comedies, espe-cially those a little over the top,” says Dave Olmsted, who is directing. “‘Leading Ladies’ is a farce, with a lot of movement, and slightly Period. It’s a homage to the screwball comedies I like, such as ‘My Man Godfrey’ and ‘Bringing up Baby,’ with a touch of Norma Desmond in ‘Sunset Boulevard.’ “

Ludwig is also the au-thor of “Lend Me a Tenor,” “Moon over Buffalo,” and “Crazy for You.” Mowery performed in the latter in a recent Theatre Harrisburg season.

As in his play “Shake-speare in Hollywood,” the author displays his love of

the Bard in “Leading La-dies.” It incorporates a performance at the Moose Lodge, “an amalgamation of scenes from Shakespeare not connected to one an-other,” says Olmsted.

“And the audiences (in-side the play) don’t know or care,” laughs Mowery. “They’re there for the food, beer, and camaraderie.”

What brings “Leading La-dies” closer to home than the playwright’s other works is its setting in York County — where he grew up.

Though the play is defi-nitely a farce, with multiple set levels, doors, mistaken identities, secrets, and slap-stick, it’s “still character driven,” says Olmsted.

But farces do have the unique, such as physi-cal comedy. Schreffler and

Mowery, however, like the characters they play, come with resources.

“I like doing imperson-ations and accents, says Mowery, who went British to play the detective in The-atre Harrisburg’s produc-tion of “Dial M for Murder.” “And cross-dressing makes it worthwhile,” he laughs.

Schreffler, whose previous comic roles include the ped-dler in “Oklahoma,” is alter-ing his natural bass quite a bit for “Maxine.” “I’m aim-ing for something between Julie Andrew and Monty Python,” he says.

But the tough part isn’t so much the voices as “trying to make a convincing wom-an who convinces the other characters but lets the audi-ence in on the joke.”

One could say there are

“serious” issues behind “Leading Ladies,” such as when Meg, like the Jes-sica Lange character in “Tootsie,” thinks she’s falling for “Maxine.” That love is really about the in-ner person, and that mar-rying out of obligation,

like Meg thought she would do, doesn’t work out.

The actors, meanwhile, are thinking about another “issue” — quick dressing changes. At least they get dressers.

Also in the cast are Car-ole M. Olsted, Chris Fish-er, Christine Shindel, Juan Carlos Morales, Rob Kopko, and Kimorie Cherry. Marcie Warner is stage manager.

College, One College Ave., Grantham; and on Satur-day, Aug. 4, 2013, Chautau-qua Institution, One Ames Ave., Chautauqua, N.Y. For information about the Chautauqua performance, call 1.800.836.ARTS or visit www.ciweb.org.

Also performing this sea-

son with Stuart Malina and the Harrisburg Sympho-ny Orchestra (HSO), the Susquehanna Children’s Chorale will be among the guest artists for “Mistle-toe Magic,” a family holi-day musical that will also feature the Messiah College Concert Choir, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, And in

early spring, the Susque-hanna Chorale will per-form with Malina and the HSO for a stage concert of “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi at 8 p.m. on Satur-day, March 23 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Both concerts will take place at The Forum, 500 Walnut St., Harrisburg. For tickets, call the HSO at 544-5527.

about the Susquehanna ChoraleFounded in 1981, the

Susquehanna Chorale seeks to develop and promote public appreciation for the highest artistic levels of the choral art. Ensemble-in-residence at Messiah College since 2009, the Chorale is a winner of the

prestigious Margaret Hil-lis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence and a member of Chorus Amer-ica, the national associa-tion for the choral art. In 2011, the choir’s Founder, Artistic Director and Con-ductor Linda L. Tedford was honored by the Ameri-can Choral Directors As-sociation of Pennsylvania

with the prestigious Elaine Brown Award for lifelong commitment to excellence and leadership in the choral art.

The Susquehanna Cho-rale is funded in part by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, a regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

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Chorale

Mistaken identities at heart of Ludwig farce, Theatre Harrisburg opener

Theater Preview

“leading ladies” runs Sept. 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 at the krevsky production center of theatre Harrisburg, 513 Hurlock St., uptown Harrisburg.

tickets are $25. for infor-mation, call 232-5501.

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“i like doing impersonations and accents... and cross-dressing makes it worthwhile.”

kerry mowery“leading ladieS”

By STaCy BrowntHe [email protected]

Raymond the Amish Comic won’t tell you whether or not he’s really Amish.

“It’s up to the audience to figure that out,” he says.

But, whether or not he is, the comedian has long since left tradition values, proudly quipping about his “Amish iPhone,” and regularly up-dating his Facebook page.

“Raymond used to be Amish and he still dresses the part,” said comedian Tom Sanford. “He talks about all of that in his set and by the end of the show, his observation about every day life is hilarious.”

Sanford, a local comic who in 2006 won the 105.7 FM biggest joke comedy com-petition, will open for Ray-mond and another nation-ally acclaimed comedian, Earl David Reed, at a fund-raiser for the Perry County Chamber of Commerce.

The show is scheduled for 8 p.m., Sept. 15 at the Carlisle Theater on West High St. in Carlisle.

“If you’re a fan of com-edy, if you’re a comic and if you’ve seen either of these comedians, you have to see this show,” Sanford said. “If you love to laugh, if you’ve never laughed, if you’re breathing right now, you have to see this show.”

Reed has performed at over 100 comedy clubs and colleges from Pennsylva-nia to Las Vegas. Currently, Reed is heard each morning

on 105.7’s Nipsey, Earl and Jen Shade Show.

Reed has starred in several films including “Bill Engvalls All-Stars of Country Com-edy,” a compilation of the country’s top comedians.

He’s also appeared in “Laffs from the Hood,” and “Straight Trippin’ 2.” Twice a Star Search winner, Reed has also appeared on NBC’s Friday Night Videos, Show-time at the Apollo and Car-oline’s Comedy Hour.

“I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the country, but it is a treat to have Ray and Earl in this area,” Sanford said.

He does, however, caution that the language can often get blue at these shows.

“It is very much an 18 and older crowd that should only come because there will definitely be some lan-guage. It won’t be a Barney show. It’ll be comedy with some creative language be it blue or purple or what-ever.” Sanford said.

“These are two of the most popular comedians in our area and we’re lucky to have them. They’ve been filling rooms, clubs, theaters, attics, living rooms, backyards, and fire halls individually for years.

They are great and to work with them is a privilege.”

Raymond has been doing stand up comedy for 20 years and was part of Sony Entertainment’s theatrical production of The Gong Show Live, cast in the role previously played by the Unknown Comic.

The Gong Show Live had an off-Broadway Run in 2011 and this year.

Recently, Raymond was a contestant on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, but didn’t fare as well as he’d hope.

He noted in his biog-raphy that he is still bit-

ter about not winning the million dollars. Raymond recently appeared on the Real Housewives of New Jersey and has been on MTV and Comedy Cen-tral.

His movie credits include the Tim Allen Film, “For Richer For Poorer.”

Some of the comics up-coming projects include a documentary for the Travel channel called “Road Kill” where four Comedians will travel back to places where they performed early in their careers.

Raymond is also writing and planning to star in his

own web series, “Big City Amish.”

The show will be a hit, Sanford promises. “It’s al-ready exciting and I can’t wait,” he said. “Live is the best way to see these guys and I’ve been dreaming about trying to get these two guys together on the same night at the same lo-cal venue. This will be per-fect for the audience.”

Tickets for the show are $30 and can be purchased through the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 14 B West Main St., New Bloomfield; or by calling 582-4523.

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Raymond the Amish Comic will be joined by two other comics in benefit show

Raymond the Amish Comic performs on “Amer-ica’s Got Talent.”

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By Matthew CiCCoCioppoThe [email protected]

Can dogs be authors? Maybe they can’t physically write a book, but they can certainly be co-authors.

Local author, Tracey Jones, says her rescue dogs are the true au-thors and motivation behind her books; she is simply the “ghost au-thor” that actually puts the pen to the paper.

Well behaved people and dogs alike will have the opportunity to meet national dog authors Mr. Blue and Ruby Red from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Tremendous Life Books in Mechanicsburg, at 118 W. Allen St.

Kimba, a pure white German Shepherd, and author of “Sit, Stay, Succeed” will also be at the event with her human counterpart; na-tional speaker, trainer and author, Michael Patterson.

The famous dogs (Mr. Blue and

Ruby Red) work directly with Jones to create unique motiva-tional books that make connec-tions between human leadership and canine characteristics. The books carry titles such as, “True Blue Leadership: Top 10 tricks from the Chief Motivational Hound,” “From Underdog to Wonderdog: Top 10 ways to lead your pack,” and “Saucy Aussie Living: Top 10 tricks for getting a second leash on life.”

According to Jones, the books make clever connections between people and dogs like the topic of learning at the feet of your master in “True Blue Leadership” or pull-ing through a traumatic and pain-ful experience in “Getting a Second Leash on Life.”

Ruby Red is an Australian Shep-herd that Jones found at Follow Your Dreams Rescue in Carlisle. Jones said Ruby spent the first part of her life delivering litter after lit-tler before being deemed no longer useful and dropped at a “high kill”

shelter where she was labled “un-adoptable.” Ruby was then taken into her foster home in Carlisle.

Jones describes Ruby as being, “A reformed out-of-bounds hound, her lessons teach how hurt can make you better, not bitter.” In ad-dition to her literary skills, Ruby currently enjoys the position of Chief Excitement officer at Tre-mendous Life Books, Jones said.

“She really helped me through a very difficult time in my life,” Jones said about Ruby. “I started talking to other people with similar expe-riences and decided to do a book about it.”

Blue is a Blue Merle Aussie/Bas-sett Hound mix that Jones found with 10 littermates in a field in Austin, Texas, 11 years ago. Jones said Blue started life as an under-dog; dirty, full of fleas and worms. Blue has come so far that Todd Mi-

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Mechanicsburg goes to the dogsThat is, famous dog authors Mr. Blue and Ruby Red

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lano, President of Central Penn College, will present Blue with an honorary “Dogtorate.”

Jones said Blue’s book was so popular they put together a kids’ version, “From Underdog to Wonderdog,” and Blue travels to elementary schools and Bible camps teaching principals to young kids.

“The kids just love him,” Jones said. “It’s like he is a rock star.”

Also at the Pawtograph event, there will be an artist doing free caricatures with the dogs, a photographer doing free photos with the dogs as well as free snacks and drinks. But the fun doesn’t stop there; guests can also pay witness to a doggie wedding. That’s right, Jones’s dogs Ginger and Indigo will be married at Pawto-graph.

“It’s been amazing,” Jones said regarding peo-ple’s reactions to the books. “If you’re an animal love then you will just love the story.”

about JonesJones, daughter of the late founder of Tre-

mendous Life Books, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, stepped into the role of president of the company when her father pasted away in 2008. Jones spent 12 years living all over the world af-ter graduating from the United States Air Force Academy, prior to her current position.

Jones said that when she took over at Executive books (she changed the name on the one-year anniversary of her father’s death) she started to write about administrative and organizational things on a company blog. At the time, there was a stark lack of participation, she said.

I started including the dogs in my postings and all of the sudden there was a ton of participation and that got me thinking, Jones said.

“People can relate to dogs,” Jones said. “They are not religious, political, they always forgive, they always love and they are not biased in any way. They are completely neutral.”


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Mr. Blue, author of “From Underdog to Wonderdog: Top 10 ways to lead your pack.”

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Ruby Red, author of “Saucy Aussie Living: Top 10 tricks

for getting a second leash on life.”

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By Matthew CiCCoCioppoThe [email protected]

Can dogs be authors? Maybe they can’t physically write a book, but they can certainly be co-authors.

Local author, Tracey Jones, says her rescue dogs are the true au-thors and motivation behind her books; she is simply the “ghost au-thor” that actually puts the pen to the paper.

Well behaved people and dogs alike will have the opportunity to meet national dog authors Mr. Blue and Ruby Red from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Tremendous Life Books in Mechanicsburg, at 118 W. Allen St.

Kimba, a pure white German Shepherd, and author of “Sit, Stay, Succeed” will also be at the event with her human counterpart; na-tional speaker, trainer and author, Michael Patterson.

The famous dogs (Mr. Blue and

Ruby Red) work directly with Jones to create unique motiva-tional books that make connec-tions between human leadership and canine characteristics. The books carry titles such as, “True Blue Leadership: Top 10 tricks from the Chief Motivational Hound,” “From Underdog to Wonderdog: Top 10 ways to lead your pack,” and “Saucy Aussie Living: Top 10 tricks for getting a second leash on life.”

According to Jones, the books make clever connections between people and dogs like the topic of learning at the feet of your master in “True Blue Leadership” or pull-ing through a traumatic and pain-ful experience in “Getting a Second Leash on Life.”

Ruby Red is an Australian Shep-herd that Jones found at Follow Your Dreams Rescue in Carlisle. Jones said Ruby spent the first part of her life delivering litter after lit-tler before being deemed no longer useful and dropped at a “high kill”

shelter where she was labled “un-adoptable.” Ruby was then taken into her foster home in Carlisle.

Jones describes Ruby as being, “A reformed out-of-bounds hound, her lessons teach how hurt can make you better, not bitter.” In ad-dition to her literary skills, Ruby currently enjoys the position of Chief Excitement officer at Tre-mendous Life Books, Jones said.

“She really helped me through a very difficult time in my life,” Jones said about Ruby. “I started talking to other people with similar expe-riences and decided to do a book about it.”

Blue is a Blue Merle Aussie/Bas-sett Hound mix that Jones found with 10 littermates in a field in Austin, Texas, 11 years ago. Jones said Blue started life as an under-dog; dirty, full of fleas and worms. Blue has come so far that Todd Mi-

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Mechanicsburg goes to the dogsThat is, famous dog authors Mr. Blue and Ruby Red

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lano, President of Central Penn College, will present Blue with an honorary “Dogtorate.”

Jones said Blue’s book was so popular they put together a kids’ version, “From Underdog to Wonderdog,” and Blue travels to elementary schools and Bible camps teaching principals to young kids.

“The kids just love him,” Jones said. “It’s like he is a rock star.”

Also at the Pawtograph event, there will be an artist doing free caricatures with the dogs, a photographer doing free photos with the dogs as well as free snacks and drinks. But the fun doesn’t stop there; guests can also pay witness to a doggie wedding. That’s right, Jones’s dogs Ginger and Indigo will be married at Pawto-graph.

“It’s been amazing,” Jones said regarding peo-ple’s reactions to the books. “If you’re an animal love then you will just love the story.”

about JonesJones, daughter of the late founder of Tre-

mendous Life Books, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, stepped into the role of president of the company when her father pasted away in 2008. Jones spent 12 years living all over the world af-ter graduating from the United States Air Force Academy, prior to her current position.

Jones said that when she took over at Executive books (she changed the name on the one-year anniversary of her father’s death) she started to write about administrative and organizational things on a company blog. At the time, there was a stark lack of participation, she said.

I started including the dogs in my postings and all of the sudden there was a ton of participation and that got me thinking, Jones said.

“People can relate to dogs,” Jones said. “They are not religious, political, they always forgive, they always love and they are not biased in any way. They are completely neutral.”


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photo courtesy of mr. blue’s Facebook page

Mr. Blue, author of “From Underdog to Wonderdog: Top 10 ways to lead your pack.”

photo courtesy of ruby red’s Facebook page

Ruby Red, author of “Saucy Aussie Living: Top 10 tricks

for getting a second leash on life.”

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By BarBara Trainin BlankSentinel [email protected]

From the way they fin-ish each other’s sentences, you’d think Kerry Mowery and Preston Schreffler had known each other for years.

In reality, though they were familiar with each oth-er’s stage work, the two met just a few weeks ago during rehearsals for “Leading La-dies” at Theatre Harrisburg. The Ken Ludwig comedy is opening this year’s season.

The quick rapport be-tween the actors ties in well with the premise of the play: Two down-and-out Shake-spearean actors, reduced to performing at a Moose Lodge near York, concoct a scheme to deceive a dy-ing and weak-sighted old woman. They will pose as her long-lost nephews, and inherit her fortune.

Or rather, Leo, played by Schreffler, thinks up the plot — and Jack (Mowery), after protesting some and getting his arm twisted, goes along.

“It’s kind of like Jackie Gleason to Art Carnie (of “The Honeymooners”),” says Schreffler.

“Or maybe more like Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in ‘The Producers,’” says Mowery.

Only Mostel and Wilder never “became” women. The catch in “Leading La-dies,” as the title implies, is that Leo and Jack dis-cover that the old woman’s “nephews” are really niec-es. Rather than give up the scheme — of course — they disguise themselves as “Maxine and Stephanie.”

This being a farce, they fall in love with women. Leo is enamored of Meg, who is not only the dying lady’s niece but engaged to the lo-cal, stodgy minister.

“Leading Ladies” pays

tribute to such cross-dress-ing films “Tootsie,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” and the classic “Some Like it Hot.”

“I like comedies, espe-cially those a little over the top,” says Dave Olmsted, who is directing. “‘Leading Ladies’ is a farce, with a lot of movement, and slightly Period. It’s a homage to the screwball comedies I like, such as ‘My Man Godfrey’ and ‘Bringing up Baby,’ with a touch of Norma Desmond in ‘Sunset Boulevard.’ “

Ludwig is also the au-thor of “Lend Me a Tenor,” “Moon over Buffalo,” and “Crazy for You.” Mowery performed in the latter in a recent Theatre Harrisburg season.

As in his play “Shake-speare in Hollywood,” the author displays his love of

the Bard in “Leading La-dies.” It incorporates a performance at the Moose Lodge, “an amalgamation of scenes from Shakespeare not connected to one an-other,” says Olmsted.

“And the audiences (in-side the play) don’t know or care,” laughs Mowery. “They’re there for the food, beer, and camaraderie.”

What brings “Leading La-dies” closer to home than the playwright’s other works is its setting in York County — where he grew up.

Though the play is defi-nitely a farce, with multiple set levels, doors, mistaken identities, secrets, and slap-stick, it’s “still character driven,” says Olmsted.

But farces do have the unique, such as physi-cal comedy. Schreffler and

Mowery, however, like the characters they play, come with resources.

“I like doing imperson-ations and accents, says Mowery, who went British to play the detective in The-atre Harrisburg’s produc-tion of “Dial M for Murder.” “And cross-dressing makes it worthwhile,” he laughs.

Schreffler, whose previous comic roles include the ped-dler in “Oklahoma,” is alter-ing his natural bass quite a bit for “Maxine.” “I’m aim-ing for something between Julie Andrew and Monty Python,” he says.

But the tough part isn’t so much the voices as “trying to make a convincing wom-an who convinces the other characters but lets the audi-ence in on the joke.”

One could say there are

“serious” issues behind “Leading Ladies,” such as when Meg, like the Jes-sica Lange character in “Tootsie,” thinks she’s falling for “Maxine.” That love is really about the in-ner person, and that mar-rying out of obligation,

like Meg thought she would do, doesn’t work out.

The actors, meanwhile, are thinking about another “issue” — quick dressing changes. At least they get dressers.

Also in the cast are Car-ole M. Olsted, Chris Fish-er, Christine Shindel, Juan Carlos Morales, Rob Kopko, and Kimorie Cherry. Marcie Warner is stage manager.

College, One College Ave., Grantham; and on Satur-day, Aug. 4, 2013, Chautau-qua Institution, One Ames Ave., Chautauqua, N.Y. For information about the Chautauqua performance, call 1.800.836.ARTS or visit www.ciweb.org.

Also performing this sea-

son with Stuart Malina and the Harrisburg Sympho-ny Orchestra (HSO), the Susquehanna Children’s Chorale will be among the guest artists for “Mistle-toe Magic,” a family holi-day musical that will also feature the Messiah College Concert Choir, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, And in

early spring, the Susque-hanna Chorale will per-form with Malina and the HSO for a stage concert of “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi at 8 p.m. on Satur-day, March 23 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24. Both concerts will take place at The Forum, 500 Walnut St., Harrisburg. For tickets, call the HSO at 544-5527.

about the Susquehanna ChoraleFounded in 1981, the

Susquehanna Chorale seeks to develop and promote public appreciation for the highest artistic levels of the choral art. Ensemble-in-residence at Messiah College since 2009, the Chorale is a winner of the

prestigious Margaret Hil-lis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence and a member of Chorus Amer-ica, the national associa-tion for the choral art. In 2011, the choir’s Founder, Artistic Director and Con-ductor Linda L. Tedford was honored by the Ameri-can Choral Directors As-sociation of Pennsylvania

with the prestigious Elaine Brown Award for lifelong commitment to excellence and leadership in the choral art.

The Susquehanna Cho-rale is funded in part by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, a regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.


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Mistaken identities at heart of Ludwig farce, Theatre Harrisburg opener

Theater Preview

“leading ladies” runs Sept. 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 at the krevsky production center of theatre Harrisburg, 513 Hurlock St., uptown Harrisburg.

tickets are $25. for infor-mation, call 232-5501.

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“i like doing impersonations and accents... and cross-dressing makes it worthwhile.”

kerry mowery“leading ladieS”

By STaCy BrowntHe [email protected]

Raymond the Amish Comic won’t tell you whether or not he’s really Amish.

“It’s up to the audience to figure that out,” he says.

But, whether or not he is, the comedian has long since left tradition values, proudly quipping about his “Amish iPhone,” and regularly up-dating his Facebook page.

“Raymond used to be Amish and he still dresses the part,” said comedian Tom Sanford. “He talks about all of that in his set and by the end of the show, his observation about every day life is hilarious.”

Sanford, a local comic who in 2006 won the 105.7 FM biggest joke comedy com-petition, will open for Ray-mond and another nation-ally acclaimed comedian, Earl David Reed, at a fund-raiser for the Perry County Chamber of Commerce.

The show is scheduled for 8 p.m., Sept. 15 at the Carlisle Theater on West High St. in Carlisle.

“If you’re a fan of com-edy, if you’re a comic and if you’ve seen either of these comedians, you have to see this show,” Sanford said. “If you love to laugh, if you’ve never laughed, if you’re breathing right now, you have to see this show.”

Reed has performed at over 100 comedy clubs and colleges from Pennsylva-nia to Las Vegas. Currently, Reed is heard each morning

on 105.7’s Nipsey, Earl and Jen Shade Show.

Reed has starred in several films including “Bill Engvalls All-Stars of Country Com-edy,” a compilation of the country’s top comedians.

He’s also appeared in “Laffs from the Hood,” and “Straight Trippin’ 2.” Twice a Star Search winner, Reed has also appeared on NBC’s Friday Night Videos, Show-time at the Apollo and Car-oline’s Comedy Hour.

“I’ve worked with some of the biggest names in the country, but it is a treat to have Ray and Earl in this area,” Sanford said.

He does, however, caution that the language can often get blue at these shows.

“It is very much an 18 and older crowd that should only come because there will definitely be some lan-guage. It won’t be a Barney show. It’ll be comedy with some creative language be it blue or purple or what-ever.” Sanford said.

“These are two of the most popular comedians in our area and we’re lucky to have them. They’ve been filling rooms, clubs, theaters, attics, living rooms, backyards, and fire halls individually for years.

They are great and to work with them is a privilege.”

Raymond has been doing stand up comedy for 20 years and was part of Sony Entertainment’s theatrical production of The Gong Show Live, cast in the role previously played by the Unknown Comic.

The Gong Show Live had an off-Broadway Run in 2011 and this year.

Recently, Raymond was a contestant on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, but didn’t fare as well as he’d hope.

He noted in his biog-raphy that he is still bit-

ter about not winning the million dollars. Raymond recently appeared on the Real Housewives of New Jersey and has been on MTV and Comedy Cen-tral.

His movie credits include the Tim Allen Film, “For Richer For Poorer.”

Some of the comics up-coming projects include a documentary for the Travel channel called “Road Kill” where four Comedians will travel back to places where they performed early in their careers.

Raymond is also writing and planning to star in his

own web series, “Big City Amish.”

The show will be a hit, Sanford promises. “It’s al-ready exciting and I can’t wait,” he said. “Live is the best way to see these guys and I’ve been dreaming about trying to get these two guys together on the same night at the same lo-cal venue. This will be per-fect for the audience.”

Tickets for the show are $30 and can be purchased through the Perry County Chamber of Commerce at 14 B West Main St., New Bloomfield; or by calling 582-4523.

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Raymond the Amish Comic will be joined by two other comics in benefit show

Raymond the Amish Comic performs on “Amer-ica’s Got Talent.”

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By Lisa CLarkeSentinel [email protected]

The season may not have officially changed, but a new semester has most certainly dawned in schools across Central Pennsylvania. Whether you’re a student, parent, or just interested in new challenges, there are plen-ty of activities that offer a chance to mix your en-tertainment with a dash of educational fun.

Gallery WalkThe Art Association of

Harrisburg offers its 24th annual Gallery Walk this weekend featuring 20 par-ticipating galleries in the City of Harrisburg. The event celebrates the “Art and Soul” of the city, and includes showings and spe-cial events at galleries and business around the city. Highlights this year include Tara Chickey: Calculated Migrations at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Art’s Curved Wall Gallery, the 4th Annual Alumni Art Show at the Capital Area School for the Arts, Art of the State at the State Mu-seum of Pennsylvania, and contemporary art by local artists at one of the scene’s most recent entries, the North Gallery. The Art As-sociation on Front Street hosts the event and will feature their latest Fall Membership Show, “Out of the Blue.”

Gallery Walk takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. The Art Association of Harrisburg

is located at 21 N. Front St. in Harrisburg. Admission to the Gallery Walk is free, maps and a complete list of participants is available at the Art Association or on-line at www.artassocofhbg.com.

Fort Hunter FestivalOn Sunday, Sept. 16, the

riverfront is the place to be for the annual Fort Hunter Festival. Held at the historic park on Front Street, the event celebrates the his-toric location’s past with children’s activities, an arts and crafts show, and stroll-ing musicians as well as hay rides and pony and carriage rides. Learn about the ar-ea’s rich history with tours of the park’s mansion and demonstrations of 18th and 19th century life including bee-keeping, soap mak-ing, distilling, rug hook-

ing, knitting, cooking and sheep shearing. Archaeolo-gists from the Pennsylva-nia Historical and Museum Commission will be exca-vating in the side yard of the mansion, and a barber-shop quartet and bagpiper will be on hand perform-ing throughout the day. Apple cider samples will be served, as well as foods for purchase.

Musical entertainment for the day will be offered on the Corncrib stage in part-nership with the Susque-hanna Folk Music Society, and includes local folk mu-sic from Mal Scoppa and the Tall Tales as well as a jam.

Fort Hunter Days take place at Fort Hunter Man-sion and Park, located at 5300 N. Front St. in Harris-burg from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the event is

free, with additional fees for mansion tours, children’s crafts, and food. For more information, visit www.forthunter.org.

Dill’s TavernThe Northern York Coun-

ty Historical Society hosts several events this month at Dill’s Tavern, a restored stone structure erected from 1794 to 1819 listed on the National Historic Reg-ister originally built by the Dill family, namesake of the town of Dillsburg.

On Saturday, Sept. 8, visit the tavern for the Balder-dash Home Brewfest from noon to 8 p.m. and sample some local home brews while listening to the live music of Tuckahoe Ridge and Fire in the Glen. Fresh rolled cigars using Dill’s Tavern home grown to-bacco will be available for

purchase along with other activities and period dem-onstrations. Tickets to the event are $15.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, visit the venue for Ag-riculture Day and enjoy watching as two hogs are dressed to make scrapple and sausage, and get hands on with wheat flailing and sauerkraut making activi-ties. For those interested in a more in-depth lesson, Linda Zeigler will present an Introduction to Hearth Cooking class teaching the basic skills of 18th and 19th century hearth cooking in the tavern’s historic kitchen hearth.

Dills Tavern is located at 227 Baltimore St. in Dills-burg, just off Route 15. For more information and a complete list of events, course and fees, visit www.dillstavern.org.

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Educational entertainment for the whole family

Fire in the Glen will perform at the Balder-dash Home Brewfest at the historic Dill’s Tavern in Dillsburg this month.

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Susquehanna Chorale releases

2012-2013 season schedule

The nationally re -nowned Susquehanna Chorale, directed by Linda L. Tedford, the ensemble’s founder and artistic di-rector, will perform a va-riety of concerts in diverse venues this season.

T h e S u s q u e h a n n a Youth, Young Women’s and Children’s Chorales, directed by George H. Die-hl, Elizabeth Lins-Shoen-felt and Judith A. Shepler, will join the Susquehanna Chorale for the Annual Youth Choral Festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, at The Forum, 500 Walnut St., Harrisburg. E

The Chorale will present three performances of “A Candlelight Christmas” at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 14 at First United Methodist Church, 64 W. Chocolate Ave., Hershey; at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Market Square Presby-terian Church, 20 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg; and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2000 Chestnut St., Camp Hill.

The Chorale will con-tinue its season with three performances of “So-journ,” including a spring debut concert at the new High Center for Worship and the Performing Arts at Messiah College and a summer performance by invitation at the national-ly renowned Chautauqua Institution. Performances will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at First United Method-ist Church, 64 W. Choc-olate Ave., Hershey; at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013, High Center, Messiah

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By FraNk sCHeCkthe hollywood reporter

LOS ANGELES — We’ve had zombies, demons, va m p i re s a n d g h os ts. Why shouldn’t a dyb-buk — the Judaic version of the possessing spirit — have a chance to fi-nally shine again on the big screen? Representing a sort of equal opportu-nity religious variation on an all-too-familiar theme, “The Possession” is a Jewish-themed “Ex-orcist” that, if nothing else, should discourage the practice of buying antique wooden boxes at flea markets.

Such a box, carved with H e b rew i n s c r i p t i o n s, causes no end of havoc in this low-rent horror film receiving a typical dog days, end of summer re-lease. It comes into the possession of the Brenek fa m i ly, o r ra t h e r t h e splintered Brenek family, since father Clyde (Jef-frey Dean Morgan) has been separated from his ex-wife Stephanie (Kyra Se d g w i c k ) fo r a yea r, causing predictable emo-t i o n a l d i f f i c u l t i e s fo r young daughters Hannah (Madison Davenport) and 10-year-old Em (Natasha Calis).

Em persuades her dad to buy her the ominous looking box, unaware that its previous owner, an el-derly woman, has wound up immobilized in bed af-ter being handled rather violently by the dybbuk inside it.

Said dybbuk soon finds a new host in the inno-ce n t yo u n g g i rl wh o, like Linda Blair’s Regan, starts displaying violent, anti-social behavior. But while at first her symp-

toms prove hardly distin-guishable from those of a typical troubled adoles-cent, an invasion of giant moths in her bedroom prove the need for dras-tic measures, or at least a good exterminator.

After a quick consul-tation with a professor, Clyde heads to Borough Park, Brooklyn, here de-picted as so awash in Ha-sidim that it resembles a 19th century Polish shtetl. There he enlists the aid of a rabbi’s son, Tzadok (played, in a can-ny bit of casting, by the Hasidic hip-hop/reggae star Matisyahu).

After a medical proce-dure that reveals that dy-bukks are visible on MRIs, they get down to the inev-itable business of a Jewish exorcism, performed in perhaps the most poorly securitized, empty hospi-tal in North America.

Director Ole Bornedal (“Nightwatch”) indulges in the usual cheap scares i n d u ce d by ea r- s h a t-tering bursts of volume, frequently punctuating scenes with blackouts and ominous piano chords. But despite young thespi-an Calis’ impressive abil-ity for malevolent staring, her character is never all that frightening, with her possession often signaled by dark eye shadow that makes her look mainly like a young goth chick.

The adult performers go through their proper-ly anguished paces with p ro fe ss i o n a l i s m , w i t h Morgan displaying his usual relaxed charisma and Sedgwick displaying even more levels of an-ger than she did as the hard-boiled deputy po-lice chief in “The Closer.” But Matisyahu, while a likable screen presence,

seems to have been cast less for the quality of his acting than for his copi-ous facial hair.

Much is made of the fact that the film is “ based on a true story,” with the

press notes even includ-ing an excerpt from the original ad on eBay at-tempting to sell the infa-mous box. But there sure-ly must be easier ways to drum up the price.

“The Possession,” a Li-onsgate release, is rated PG-13 for mature the-matic material involving violence and disturbing sequences. Running time: 93 minutes.

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‘The Possession’ offers low-rent horror

Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as Clyde in the film, “The Possession.”Below: Natasha Calis stars as Em in the film, “The Possession.”

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For a movie about writ-ing, about the transporting nature of a compelling nar-rative and the importance of crafting something time-less and true, “The Words” is needlessly complicated.

It boasts an impressive cast and some glimmers of strong performances, no-tably from a grizzled Jeremy Irons, whose character sets the film’s many stories-within-stories in motion as a young man. And it kinda-sorta explores the notions of art, fraud and the need to sleep at night. But ulti-mately, “The Words” seems more interested in melo-drama than anything else.

The writing-directing team of Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal (who co-wrote the story for “Tron: Legacy” and are childhood friends of star Bradley Coo-per) direct for the first time here. Certainly they must be familiar with the doubts and frustrations all writers face at some time or an-other, the need to have your voice heard and the fear that what you’re offering to the world might just plain suck. But while they’ve come up with a clever nugget of a premise, they’ve couched it in a gimmicky package that keeps us at arm’s length emotionally.

“The Words” begins with celebrated writer Clay Ham-mond (Dennis Quaid) read-ing excerpts from his latest best-selling novel (titled “The Words,” conveniently enough) to an enraptured crowd. Among the audience members is the beautiful grad student Daniella (Olivia Wilde), who has come to flirt with him and eventually, in a total 180, force him to face his own truth.

While it’s always good to see both of these actors, the

film did not need this fram-ing device at all. It’s not that it makes things confusing — all the story lines are distinct and clearly delineated, and Quaid and Wilde do have some actual tension with each other — it just feels like show-offy clutter.

As Clay begins to read, the film flashes to the charac-ters in the book and their story, which is probably where the film should have started all along. Cooper plays Rory Jansen, who also happens to be a celebrated writer appearing before an enraptured crowd. What are the odds? Rory is receiving a

prestigious award for his de-but novel, the one that made him an instant literary sen-sation. Trouble is, he didn’t actually write it.

A flashback to a few years earlier, when his marriage to the beautiful and loving Dora (Zoe Saldana) was still new, reveals him hammer-ing away at his laptop and struggling to find a liter-ary agent who will take a chance on him. While in Paris on their honeymoon, though, he happened to buy an old satchel in a second-hand store. And within that satchel, a typed manuscript happened to be hidden:

the story of a young man, his bride and their baby in post-World War II France. And that typed manuscript just happened to be The Real Thing.

Rory knows it’s wrong, but he passes off the work as his own, and voila! He’s a superstar. But wait! Irons is skulking around, an old man (whose character is lit-erally called Old Man) hop-ing to talk with Rory and share his own story — which we also see in tastefully lighted, sepia-toned flash-backs. (Antonio Calvache of “Little Children” and “In the Bedroom” is the cin-

ematographer.) It’s pretty obvious who this Old Man is, but it’s still a pleasure to watch him relish in regal-ing his tale and make this punk kid squirm. Irons also has some lovely, vulnerable moments, and as Cooper showed last year in “Lim-itless,” he’s always a more interesting actor when he’s distraught than when he’s Being Bradley Cooper.

Still, “The Words” leaves nothing to the imagination, smothering all these story-lines in narration that spells out the actions we’re see-ing or emotions we could infer for ourselves. And the

characters themselves in all of these tales are total cli-chés: the scruffy, hungry writer in his spare Brooklyn loft; the blandly selfless and supportive wife; the wide-eyed, small-town soldier seeing the world for the first time, etc. And Hemingway is referenced ad nauseum, as if he were the only novel-ist who could possibly in-fluence anyone, ever.

Maybe this was an inten-tional acknowledgement of literary conventions from Klugman and Sternthal. Or maybe “The Words” really is that eye-rollingly hack-neyed.

A guide to area events Inside

MUSIC | D4

The Susquehanna Chorale has announced its 2012-2013 season. The musical group will team up with the Harrisburg Symphony

later this season for a special concert.

THEATER | D5Mistaken identities at the heart

of Ludwig farce, “Leading Ladies, opening Theatre Harrisburg’s new season.

MOVIES | D9-12

See movie reviews for flicks show-ing on area silver screens: “The

Words,” “The Possession” and “Call For a Good Time...”

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Funny man, Raymond the Amish Comic, will make an appearance

in Carlisle on stage with two other comics at Carlisle Theatre in a show benefiting the Perry County Cham-

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10 N. Pitt St.

Carlisle, 243-4151

www.alibispirits.com

Thursday Sept. 6: DJ 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7: Blue Voo-

doo Saturday, Sept. 8: DJ Trey 10 p.m. Monday, Sept.

10: Yuengs and Wings Tuesday, Sept. 11: Team Trivia 7

p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12: Open Mic 8 p.m.

Appalachian Brewing Company

50 N. Cameron St.

Harrisburg, 221-1080

www.abcbrew.com

Thursday, Sept. 6: Cornmeal 8 p.m., $10 cover Friday,

Sept. 7: Strange Design Recreating Phish Shows in Their

Entirety 8 p.m. $10 adv., $12 cover Saturday, Sept. 8: We

Were Promised Jetpacks w/ Minshara 9 p.m., $10 adv., $12

cover Sunday, Sept. 9: J Roddy Walston & The Business

w/ The Line 7 p.m. $10 , adv., $12 cover Thursday, Sept.

13: Dopapod & Jimkata 7 p.m. $7 adv. $10 cover Friday,

Sept. 14: Kilmaine Saints Halfway To St. Patricks Day Party

7 p.m. $7 adv., $10 cover

Market Cross Pub & Brewery

113 N. Hanover St.

Carlisle, 258-1234

www.marketcrosspub.com

Thursday, Sept. 6: Thirsty Thursday with Indian Sum-

mer Jars, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7: Mark Focazio Band

(classic rock, blues) 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14: That Girl

(indie, soul and eclectic) 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15: The

Willys (classic rock) 8:30 p.m.

The SceneA look at local nightlife

• the Carlisle Arts Learning Centers announces it’s fall line-up of art classes for children, teens and adults. See www.CarlisleArts.org for a full list of classes and online registration options or telephone the Center at 249-6973.

• “I Ran To Get My Camera: Photographs Resulting from Impulsive Desires for Memories” will be on display at the Yellow Wall Gallery at the Midtown Scholar, 1302 N 3rd St., Har-risburg through Sept. 9.

• Judy Diephouse, recognized painter in the decorative art field, will be teaching a three day seminar from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 7, 8 and 9 for Penn’s Woods Painters at the ramada inn, 350 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg. registra-tion fee for the three days is $195.00. Class size is limited to 26 students. For more information visit www.pennswoodspainters.com, call 766-6079 or email [email protected].

• the Art Association of Harrisburg, 21 N. Front St., will premier its fall membership exhibition “Out of the Blue” on Gallery Walk day, Sunday, Sept. 9, with a reception from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.. An awards ceremony will take place at noon, and the Melina Blackwell Acoustic Duo will provide music all afternoon. the exhibition was open to all AAH members, with all media eligible for entry and “out of the Blue” as the artwork theme. visit www.artassocofhbg.com for more information, or call 236-1432.

• the 45th annual “Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012,” exhibit runs through Sept. 9 and includes 129 works of art by 115 artists from 30 counties. Cumberland County resident Julie ober’s “Coke” was selected to be included. Her work is a watercolor street scene of Main Street in Mechanicsburg and is painted in ochre. Museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admis-sion is $5 for adults, $4 for children and senior citizens.

• Keystone National 2012: Juried Works on Paper Ex-hibition will be held at the Art Center School and Galleries in Mechanicsburg. the public is invited to attend the free open-ing reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Art Center’s red barn facility located two and a half miles west of Mechanicsburg off West trindle road. the exhibition continues through oct. 19. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information on the Art Center’s up-coming events or classes, call 697-2072 or visit www.mechan-icsburgartcenter.com.

• Carlisle Arts and Learning Center and Simply Well present “the Light inside: Chakra Paintings by Kelly Griffith” through Sept. 22. the exhibit is located at Simply Well, 28 S. Pitt St., Carlisle. A “Meet the Artist” reception will be held Aug. 24 from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. at the exhibit. For more information, call 717-968-0167.

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• The Shippen Squares Square Dance Club will be hosting “new dancer dances” at 7:30 p.m. on Mon-days, beginning Sept. 10 at Elmcroft of Shippensburg. For more information call Dennis and Karen Statler 369-3831 or [email protected].

• The Harrisburg Camera Club will be present-ing a program by photographer Karen Keating of Bethesda, Md. The program will be held in the second floor large community room in the Giant grocery store at the Camp Hill Shopping Center located at the intersection of Route 11/15 and Trindle Road in Camp Hill. The program is free and will run 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11.

• Totem Pole Playhouse will host a special af-ternoon picnic and concert on the grounds of the Playhouse on Sept. 16. Robbie Limon and his band return to the stage to provide the music, and Cham-bersburg eatery The Cottage Pub and Restaurant will provide catering for the picnic. The picnic kicks off at 1 p.m. and Limon takes the stage at 2 p.m. Starbucks of Chambersburg will provide a selection of coffee to accompany the homemade desserts provided by the Friends of Totem Pole. All of the proceeds from the concert benefit the Playhouse. Tickets for the fund-raiser are $60, but season ticket subscribers receive a $10 discount. All tickets are general admission and can be bought from the box office at 888-805-7056 or from the Playhouse’s website, www.totempole-playhouse.org.

• Dance classes at the Luhrs Center at Ship-pensburg University start on Monday Sept. 17. Re-maining dates are Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22. Beginner class is from 6 to 7p.m. and covers Swing /Tango/Cha Cha/Foxtrot; advanced class is from 7 to 8 p.m. and covers advance Swing/ Mambo /Rumba/Two-Step,Waltz. For more information or to register, email [email protected] or call 477.SHOW (7469). Also, email [email protected] or call 241-4483.

• Two area comics, Raymond the Amish Comic and Earl David Reed will be on stage at the Carlisle Theatre Sept. 15. Tickets are $30 and doors open at 7 p.m., show starts 8 p.m. This show is not appropriate for children. For more information call 582-4523.

• The USS Susquehannock STARFLEET Chapter will hold its second annual Sci Fi Day at Olde Towne Books and Brew in Mechanicsburg on Sept. 22. The event starts at 2 p.m. and is free to the public. New York Times Best Selling author Michael Jan Fried-man will speak at the event and the Capital City Jedi Knights will be performing. Participants can have their picture taken in the Klingon Jail with all pro-ceeds going to Canine Rescue of Central PA.

• Gamut Theatre Group will produce an original adaptation of “Beowulf” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14-15 and 21-22 at Gamut Classic Theatre in Strawberry Square, Harrisburg. Admis-sion to all performances is “Come as you are, pay what you will” – any size donation buys admission. Additional information can be found at gamut-plays.org.

• The Carlisle Theatre Company will be performing “Annie.” Perfor-mances are 7 p.m. Oct. 12, 13, 19, 20, and 2 p.m. Oct. 14, 21.

• The Tap Dancers Collective, a newly formed tap dancing group for current and former tap dancers, will meet Sundays at 5 p.m. at Nee Danse Company, 2040 Derry St., Harrisburg. The only cost is a shared fee to cover space rental. For more information, call Jerry Bowers at 697-2748.

• Pennsylvania playwrights are encouraged to submit original, full-length scripts to York Little Theatre’s annual Pennsylvania Original Play-wright Competition. Plays should be full-length, unproduced scripts by playwrights who are currently Pennsyl-vania residents. For more information about the competition, call 854-3894 or visit www.ylt.org.

• Chambersburg Community The-atre opens its 2012-2013 season next month with the area premiere of Le-gally Blonde, The Musical. Based on the hit movie “Legally Blonde”, the play runs September 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. and September 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre, 159 S. Main St. Tickets for Legally Blonde, The Musical are $15 for adults and $10 for students (thru college with current ID). Reservations can be made online at www.cctonline.org, at the Capitol Theatre Box Office located inside the main theatre lobby at 159 S Main St., or by calling 717-263-0202.

Now showingDigiplex Cinema Center - Camp Hill

3431 Simpson Ferry Road

2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu.-Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:45, 6:50, 9The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 12:40, 3:40, 7:05, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 7:05, 9:45The Campaign (R) Thu. 11:30 a.m., 1:25, 3:20, 5:35, 7:45, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 1:25, 3:20, 5:35, 7:45, 9:40The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 6:15, 9:25, Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 2:50, 6:15, 9:25The Expendables 2 (R) Thu.-Thu. 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50Hit & Run (R) Thu. 1:30, 3:50, 7:25, 9:40Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:40, 4:05, 6:40, 8:50Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) Thu. 11:20 a.m., Fri.-Thu. 12:10Lawless (R) Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45, Fri.-Thu. 11:35 a.m., 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu. 11:25 a.m., 1:50, 4:15, 7, 9:25, Fri.-Thu. 11:30 a.m., 1:50, 4:15, 6:55, 9:20The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu. 11:50 a.m., 1:55, 4ParaNorman 2D (PG) Thu. 12, 2:10, 6:50, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:10ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu. 4:30, 9, Fri.-Thu. 4:30The Possession (PG-13) Thu. 1, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 1, 3:10, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu. 12:10, 2:30, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35, Fri.-Thu. 2:30, 5:05, 7:20, 9:30The Words (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7, 9:10

Flagship Cinemas Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg

The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 9, Fri.-Thu. 10The Expendables 2 (R) Thu.-Thu. 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30Hit and Run (R) Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40


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Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 10Lawless (R) Thu. 12:50, 3:40, 7:20, 10:05, Fri.-Thu. 12:50, 3:40, 7:25, 10:05The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu.-Thu. 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu. 11:40 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:40Paranorman 2D (PG) Thu.-Thu. 11:50 a.m., 4:30, 9:10Paranorman 3D (PG) Thu.-Thu. 2:10, 6:50The Possession (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50The Words (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40

Event information can be submitted via email to [email protected], by mail, 457 E. North St., Carlisle, PA 17013 or by fax at 243-3121. For more information, visit www.cumberlink.com/entertainment

• “Live Music in The Garden” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., 30 W. Pomfret St., all concerts are BYOB and chairs. The schedule is as follows: Sept. 8, Acoustic Juice; Sept. 15, Sweet Leda; Sept. 22, SoulRagga; and Sept. 29, Lovewhip.

• Tickets are now on sale for “Simply Sina-tra” at The Hershey Theatre at 8 p.m. Sept. 7. Simply Sinatra will feature many of the classic hits including “Come Fly with Me,” “Luck be a Lady,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Witchcraft” and “My Way.” Tickets for Simply Sinatra tickets are $29 and $39 and are available at the Hershey Theatre Box Office by calling 534-3405 or at www.HersheyTheatre.com.

• The Perfect 5th Musical Arts Center (P5), located at 6240 Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg, will host their Fall Open House from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9. For more information or to register, go to ThePerfect5th.com/QuickStart-Guitar.

• Beck and Benedict Hardware Music Theatre will present the Remington Ryde Bluegrass Band from Hershey and the Grassy Ridge Blue-grass Band from Hagerstown, Md. at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15. Admission is $13 and children 12 and under free. For more information call 762-7411 or visit www.beck-benedicthardware.com.

• Friday Folk Café presents Micah and Ab-bie Dunn from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 at Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. For more information visit www.MidtownScholar.com, 236-1680.

• Messiah College welcomes NEEDTO-BREATHE, Parachute and Drew Holcomb in concert at 8 p.m. on Sept. 15 in Brubaker Audito-rium in the Eisenhower Campus Center. Tickets are $25 for general admission and can be pur-chased by contacting the Messiah College Ticket Office at 691-6036 or [email protected].

• Hannah Bingman will perform from 8 to 10 on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg. For more information visit www.MidtownScholar.com, call 236-1680.

• Greenwood Community Brass Band to present “Concert on the Green” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16 at Market and Race streets in Liverpool. Rain location is Liverpool United Meth-odist Church. A freewill offering will be shared by the Brass Band and a community need. For more information call Lois at (570)374-9533.

• Musical ensemble Celtic Thunder will per-form at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19 at The Hershey The-atre. Tickets are available now and $82.85. Visit www.ticketmaster.com to order.

• Live music with Shanna Rae from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at Smoothie Joe’s Juice and Java, 5258 Simpson Ferry Road, Mechanicsburg.

• Wynonna Judd & The Big Noise will be coming to the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at Shippensburg University at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. For more information visit www.luhrscenter.com or call 477-SHOW.

• Ingrid Michaelson will perform on Oct. 25 at the Whitaker Center’s Sunoco Performance Theater.

• A cappella group Straight No Chaser will bring it’s fall tour to Hershey Theatre at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22. Tickets for this show are $29, $39 and $49. To order tickets visit www.HersheyEntertainment.com, www.LiveNation.com or www.TicketMaster.com.

• Brad Paisley will bring his Virtual Reality World Tour 2012 to the Giant Center on Oct. 6. Tickets are available at LiveNation.com, Hershey-Entertainment.com, GIANT Center Box Office or by phone at 800-745-3000. Special Guests The Band Perry and Scotty McCreery will also perform.

• The Keystone Invitational Marching Band Competition will be held on Oct. 13 at the Ken Millen Stadium at Carlisle High School. There will be at least 14 bands in the competition. Also, the Penn State Blue Band will be performing in exhibition. Additional information is available on-line at: http://www.carlislehighschoolband.org. Tickets and programs will be available for pre-order online on or around Sept. 15. Online and at-the-gate ticket costs will be $11 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens. Event programs will be $6 each. An order fee will be charged for online orders. Gates will be

open at 4 p.m., event time will be determined at a later date.

• The Indigo Girls will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, at the Sunoco Perfomance Theater at the Whitaker Center, 225 Market St., Harrisburg.

• Jake Shimabukuro, a Ukulele virtuoso, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Sunoco Perfomance Theater at the Whitaker Center, 225 Market St., Harrisburg.

Great EscapeApparition (PG-13) Thu. 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:45, 9:50, Fri.-Thu. 7:05, 9:10The Avengers (PG-13) Thu. 6:30, 9:40, Fri.-Thu. 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45Brave (PG) Thu. 1:10, 3:55The Campaign (R) Thu. 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:50, 9, 10:10, Fri.-Thu. 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:50, 10The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:35, 9:55The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 1, 4:30, 8The Expendables 2 (R) Thu.-Thu. 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05Hit and Run (R) Thu. 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:35, 9:55, Fri.-Thu. 6:40, 9Lawless (R) Thu.-Thu. 12:45, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu.-Thu. 12, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu. 12:20, 2:25, 4:35, 6:50Paranorman 2D (PG) Thu. 12:05, 4:50, 9:25, Fri.-Thu. 12:55, 3:30Paranorman 3D (PG) Thu. 2:30, 7:05, Fri.-Thu. 12:05, 2:30, 4:50


Regal Carlisle Commons Noble Boulevard

2016 Obama’s America (PG) Fri.-Sun. 2:20, 5, 7:30, 9:45, Mon.-Thu. 2:20, 5, 7:30The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 4:30, Fri.-Thu. 1:50, 7:10The Campaign (R) Thu. 2:10, 4:40The Expendables 2 (R) Thu. 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, Fri.-Sun. 2:10, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15, Mon.-Thu. 2:10, 4:40, 7:40Hit & Run (R) Thu. 7:10Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. 2, 7:30, Fri.-Sun. 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20, Mon.-Thu. 1:40, 4:10, 6:50Lawless (R) Thu. 2:20, 5, 7:50, Fri.-Sun. 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10, Mon.-Thu. 1:30, 4:20, 7:20The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu. 1:50, 4:20, 7, Fri.-Sun. 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30, Mon.-Thu. 2, 4:30, 7The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu. 1:40, 4:10, 6:50The Possession (PG-13) Thu. 2:50, 5:20, 8, Fri.-Sun. 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:30, Mon.-Thu. 2:40, 5:20, 8Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu. 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, Fri.-Sun. 4:50, 10:20, Mon.-Thu. 4:50The Words (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:10, Mon.-Thu. 2:30, 5:10, 7:50


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Possession (PG-13) Thu. 12, 2:15, 4:40, 7:30, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12, 2:15, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 12:50, 4:10, 7, 9:15Sparkle (PG-13) Thu. 12:40, 4, 7:20, 10, Fri.-Thu. 12:40, 4, 6:50, 9:30The Words (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:45, 10

Regal Harrisburg 14 1500 Caughey Drive

2016: Obama’s America (PG) Thu.-Thu. 2:15, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10The Avengers (PG-13) Thu. 6:40, 9:50The Bourne Legacy (PG-13) Thu. 1:30, 7:20, Fri.-Thu. 1, 3:50, 7:20, 10:30Branded (R) Fri.-Thu. 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:40Brave (PG) Thu. 1:35, 4:10The Campaign (R) Thu. 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8:20, 10:30, Fri.-Thu. 1:20, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:20Celeste and Jesse Forever (R) Thu. 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05The Cold Light of Day (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 2, 4:20, 7:30, 9:50The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) Thu. 8:30, Fri.-Thu. 1, 4:40, 8:50The Expendables 2 (R) Thu.-Thu. 1:55, 4:25, 7, 9:30Hit & Run (R) Thu. 2, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40Hope Springs (PG-13) Thu. 4:50, 10:20, Fri.-Thu. 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40Lawless (R) Thu.-Thu. 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:25The Odd Life of Timothy Green (PG) Thu. 3:20, 6:10, 9, Fri.-Thu. 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:25The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (G) Thu. 2:10, 4:20, 6:30, 8:50ParaNorman 2D (PG) Thu. 1:40, 6:20, Fri.-Thu. 1:40, 4, 6:20, 8:40ParaNorman 3D (PG) Thu. 4, 8:40The Possession (PG-13) Thu.-Thu. 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:15Premium Rush (PG-13) Thu. 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45Ruby Sparks (R) Fri.-Thu. 1:05, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35Sparkle (PG-13) Thu. 2:55, 5:40The Words (PG-13) Fri.-Thu. 2:25, 4:50, 7:45, 10:10

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