Best of the potential blockbusters
Published April 27, 2008, 12:10 AM EST
by ANN HORNADAY, Washington Post
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Are you ready for summer? For outdoor types, that means plenty of hats, sunscreen and various and sundry sports equipment. For movie fans, it means Visine, Fandango on speed dial and plenty of those funny-shaped pillows for lower-back support. Nearly 100 movies are going to open between the beg......
Symphony puts on successful program of audience requests
Published April 12, 2008, 1:42 AM EST
by NICOLETTE M. NORRIS, Correspondent
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REVIEW: Symphony"If you're wearing a tie, loosen it — and we hope you enjoy the concert."These were the final words of Maestro Stephen Gunzenhauser's introductory remarks Friday night at the Fulton Opera House....
Orchestra and chorus present spectacular program at Fulton
Published March 29, 2008, 1:45 AM EST
by NICOLETTE M. NORRIS, Correspondent
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REVIEW: SymphonyA trumpet fanfare. The chorus' magnificent command: "Behold the sea!" And with that, the anchor was lifted, the sails were hoisted and the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and Chorus set off on a voyage of unprecedente......
Culture Shocked!
Published March 21, 2008, 1:43 AM EST
by CARLA DI FONZO, Staff
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Don't freak out, it's only the end of the world — again.If you've been keeping an eye on cinema (and what passes for cinema), you'll find that the apocalypse never goes out of style.Currently, at a theater near you, there's Neil Marshall's "Doomsda......
Moody soundscapes of Grieg and Sibelius transport listeners
Published February 16, 2008, 2:15 AM EST
by NICOLETTE M. NORRIS, Correspondent
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REVIEW: SymphonyConiferous forests, emerald waters of the fjords, majestic mountains, shifting clouds across gray skies and melting glaciers — this backdrop forms the canvas upon which Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg painted his tonal lan......
After seeing “The Bucket List,” movie-goers tell how they’d respond to terminal illness.
Published January 19, 2008, 12:12 PM EST
by DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff writer
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No one facing death ever regrets not spending more time at work.
But virtually everyone would want to make sure nothing was left unsaid to loved ones.
"Any loose ends, you would need to tie 'em up," one man said.
And a few wouldn't mind traveling to places they had n......
‘Tango Meets the Blues’ program brings three standing ovations
Published January 12, 2008, 3:03 AM EST
by NICOLETTE M. NORRIS, Correspondent
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REVIEW: SymphonyThis weekend, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra embraces head-on an ambitious program of 20th-century rhythmic works. Entitled "Tango Meets the Blues," the performance fuses classical forms with dance rhythms.The ecl......
Published December 2, 2007, 12:08 AM EST
by CHARLES McGRATH, New York Times
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Philip Pullman's novel "The Golden Compass," the basis for the new movie of the same name, is set in a parallel universe that runs on something called anbaric power instead of electricity, and where people travel in hot-air balloons and enormous, slow-moving zeppelins. Landing the movi...
Published November 25, 2007, 12:10 AM EST
by KELLY L. WATSON, Correspondent
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Once upon a Christmas past, families gathered by the fireside for a nighttime reading of "The Night Before Christmas" or "The Gift of the Magi." These days, books have been replaced by holiday blockbusters. Why read Charles Dickens' classic "Christmas Carol" wh......
Published October 21, 2007, 12:02 AM EST
by JO-ANN GREENE, Books editor
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Nellie Mae Fisher and Caleb Yoder aren't exactly Juliet and her Romeo, but they might be as close as you can get if you're Amish. In her latest novel set here, Lancaster County native Beverly Lewis mixes sect history with the usual chaste romance that is the trademark o......
