Published May 11, 2008, 12:12 AM EST

by PAUL FRANZ, Staff

COMMENTARY - "Grand Theft Auto IV" is everything it promised to be and more. It's an action-shooter game inside a criminal thriller inside a vast, almost lifelike three-dimensional world. "GTA" is a jack of many trades, and unlike other games that attempt the same, it performs w......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:11 AM EST

by Melissa Julius

EVENTS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA -   TODAYAcoustic jam session. Lancaster County Folk Music & Fiddlers' Society, Friends Meeting House, 110 Tulane Terrace, 2-5 p.m.; free. Call (610) 777-7922. Dance. USA Red Rose Dance, Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, 4:30 p.m.; ......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:10 AM EST

by JUDITH S. GILLIES, Washington Post

COMMENTARY - Seeing a pride of lions during the day was very lucky, their guide told them, and because they didn't have to be back at camp for a couple of hours, they might as well sit and see what happened. "And nothing happened for 20 to 30 minutes," said David Budzinski, "but when I sa......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:08 AM EST

by JOHN DUFFY, Correspondent

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - A critic once called Josh Ritter "atypically talented," and the label certainly fits. He's verbose beyond reason, bending language with apparent ease, not struggling as many songwriters do. If, indeed, Ritter has to work prodigiously at his craft, he hides it well. "The Histo......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:06 AM EST

by ERIC STARK, Stark Ravings

COMMENTARY - Here's another one of those words that's become all too common. A few years ago the "in" expression was "old school," as in "He's old school." That usually meant the person was a throwback to a prior time, maybe demonstrating a different work ethic....

Published May 11, 2008, 12:04 AM EST

by MARTY CRISP, Staff

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Count the doors on the set of Rainbow Dinner Theatre's new show, "Hold That Thought," to figure out how much comic clowning will ensue. There are six doors visible on stage, but here's the twist: Three of them are on revolving platforms, so the audience can see characters dash......

Published May 11, 2008, 12:02 AM EST

by JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent

LANCASTER, Pa. - In the late 1990s, when pianist and conductor Ian Hobson was trying to win recognition for his music, he found the vision of classical music executives lacking. So he became his own executive. "In those days, the big classical music record companies only seemed to be interested in doi......

Published May 9, 2008, 2:58 AM EST

by CARLA DI FONZO, Staff

LANCASTER, Pa. - Because Jerome Hershey's studio on Queen Street doubles as his personal gallery, the artist has to tidy up for shows.Mostly, this arrangement benefits visitors, who not only get to see where Hershey works but also what amuses him.On one wall is a collection of pencils that have ......

Published May 9, 2008, 2:51 AM EST

by JON FERGUSON, Staff

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sarah Lee Guthrie remembers being 5 years old and pining to be on the road with her dad.Her father, singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, a liberal sort who liked having kids around and didn't mind yanking them out of school to spend some time in the tour bus, often obliged."Goin......

Published May 9, 2008, 2:46 AM EST

by LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff

LANCASTER, Pa. - In February 1964 four British lads from Liverpool with pudding-bowl haircuts and collarless jackets disembarked from an airplane at Kennedy International Airport in New York City. They were greeted by a mob of screaming girls screaming their names."John! Paul! George! Ringo!"......