Published July 3, 2009, 8:32 PM EST

by TAYLOR BUNDY, 18, Freestyle

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - REVIEW: TheaterMargaret Tate is so inhumanly power hungry that she's got the whole staff of her publishing company calling her "It." She's so uptight that her ponytail hardly dares to swing, and she's so career-driven she'd just as easily fake an engagement and marriage to ...

Published July 3, 2009, 8:31 PM EST

by COLIN VANDEN BERG, 17, Freestyle

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - REVIEW: Movie"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is completely honest and unapologetic about its two primary purposes: being the quintessential summer blockbuster, and selling toys. This frankness is pretty much what makes the movie so enjoyable.The Transformers franchise is unique in th...

Published July 3, 2009, 9:25 AM EST

by JANE HOLAHAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Charles Demuth ran with a sophisticated crowd. The people in his circle — Georgia O'Keefe, Marcel DuChamp, Marsden Hartley, Alfred Steiglitz — were turning their backs on tradition to create a new American art form.They sat in cafes, bars and salons and talked and worked and saw what...

Published July 3, 2009, 9:16 AM EST

by JANE HOLAHAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Julia Swartz paints in the heart of downtown Lancaster. From her second floor studio and gallery above the Prince Street Cafe, filled with huge windows, she can see all the hustle and bustle of the city.But on the canvas, she's taken herself to a quieter, simpler place in the county.Swartz's...

Published July 3, 2009, 9:00 AM EST

by JON FERGUSON

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Part Hispanic, part black and all female, Danielia Cotton is not your prototypical rocker.Most people still associate rock music with white males and many resist the notion of a woman, especially one of mixed race, slinging an electric guitar over her shoulder and belting out a song that sounds more...

Published July 3, 2009, 9:00 AM EST

by JACK ROBERTS & ALEJANDRO RIOS, R&R with R&R

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - OK, here's what's happening on the local music scene. • The Dan Emrey Band is working on a 10-song demo that Emrey says he hopes to release in early September. The CD will include four original tracks — "I Will," "Blue: The Time of Day," "Black Creek"...

Published July 3, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

by KATHLEEN DAMINGER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Of course there's fireworks aplenty during this weekend's 4th of July celebrations. That's to be expected.But who knew Independence Day would give folks the opportunity to hear so much — and such varied — live music?We're not talking about the annual Freedom Fest at Mario...

Published June 29, 2009, 12:00 AM EST

by KATY HOPKINS

LANCASTER, Pa. - Sue Welsh swears she isn't a groupie, but her track record of following Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers suggests otherwise. A fan of the Pittsburgh band since the late '80s or early '90s — she's lost track — the Hershey resident has traveled from Pittsburgh to New Jers...

Published June 28, 2009, 12:12 AM EST

by JAMES BUESCHER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - When it comes to being a professional musician, there are plenty of challenges, especially when it comes to marriage.And, especially when one of you works a standard 9-to-5 job and the other is constantly touring."It's hard. But going into this field you kind of have an idea that it comes w...

Published June 28, 2009, 12:10 AM EST

by ERIC STARK, Stark Ravings

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - I field calls from readers with questions about the Sunday News' TV Week.For production reasons, we put the book together a week in advance, which means television channels may change programming after we publish the book and we are unable to print the updates.We strive to have the most accurate TV ...