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Around Town: It’s not too early to start thinking about CASAblanca
Lift up a child s voice. Lift up a child s life.
Tell Giselle: Must I always support a relative’s artistic expression?
I have been invited to a gallery showing of paintings by my cousin. We are close in age. He has been in the art business for decades and in past years I enthusiastically attended. His events were alwa
Frozen embryos and family dysfunction
The Oppenheimers are a wealthy New York City family who live in Brooklyn. Salo, the father is an art dealer who lives with the memories of a tragic accident he had as a teenager, causing the death of
Klondike discontinues Choco Taco
Choco Taco, a favored poolside cuisine for generations, will soon be no more after owner and ice cream maker Klondike decided to discontinue the summer treat.
Make your bite-size chicken pop(corn)!
Let me start by noting our very picky newsroom eater/executive editor Joe Soprano, who rarely opts to join the test kitchen tasting crew, agreed to try this version of popcorn chicken. Of course, I wa
Tres Bien Roast Chicken Provencal for Bastille Day
With Bastille Day this Thursday I briefly looked for new French-related recipes to try, but quickly remembered there was one left over from several I downloaded for last year s Bastille period: Roas
Quick, light, cool and fresh: A cucumber salad for hot summer days
Don t remember ever coming across a cucumber salad I really liked, and don t remember where I got this one found in my computer recipe files. But I really liked it when I tried it first as part of mom
Lobster Newburg for Mom’s 98th birthday
It is a bit amazing that mom is still with us, celebrating her 98th birthday last Friday. It s also amazing that we spent decades having her birthday dinner and cake on June 30 because she told us tha
To Your Health: Recognizing sports-related injury
Last week, we discussed concussions, but there are many other sports-related injuries to which your young athlete could be susceptible during upcoming sports seasons.
Success pulling off a special occasion celebration requires heart
Tell Giselle: Success pulling off a special occasion celebration requires heart
Around Town: Don’t miss out on these awesome free shows
I had the pleasure of attending my first Party on the Patio show of the year last week at Mohegan Sun Pocono.
What’s new in downtown Wilkes-Barre?
Instead of a Y Walk Wednesday, this is going to be more like a Y Amble Wednesday, YMCA staffer Michele Schasberger predicted with a laugh as about 15 people braved the mid-week, 90-something tempe
Scranton Tennis Club announces winners in Lackawanna County Open
Will Cohen, Alyssa Wigley, and Scott Gower won singles crowns in the Lackawanna County Open tennis tournament, which was held July 7-10 at the Scranton Tennis Club. Cohen completed the Sinclair Bifect
Wonderful baked goods emerged from the old coal stove
Talk all you want about why the Roman Empire fell or whatever happened to that fellow who jumped out of a plane back in 1971 with tons of cash in a satchel.
‘House of Gucci’ offers some juicy moments
If you happened to miss the big budget Ridley Scott-directed spectacle on the big screen, the wait is over as it is finally streaming for your home viewing pleasure. House Of Gucci, led by an always
Hot or cold, Zucchini Bake is quick, easy and delicious
Hmmm. Where did that big chunk of Zucchini Bake go?
Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ comes to Nuremberg
If an acting troupe presented an uncut version of Hamlet, director Adam Randis said, it might last five hours.
Conrad Baut, craftsman known for ecclesiastical art, trolley restoration, dies at 62
As family members shared memories of Conrad Baut on Tuesday, two days after the 62-year-old Shavertown man s untimely death from a heart attack, it became clear he had been devoted to carrying on the
Scranton U students wins Chinese Language Immersion Scholarship[
University of Scranton student, Alex Chan 23, Wilkes-Barre, was awarded a 2022 Huayu Enrichment Chinese Language Immersion Scholarship from the Education Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Offi