Hi folks! What’s shaking? I’m finally in town this weekend, planning to visit the new Cocoa Beanery, see Tropic Thunder - and maybe The Wackness - and go to dad’s for Sunday sauce. Looking for something a little more exciting?…

From the folks at Art House Lounge: Starting Friday, August 1 and continuing through the fall, ArtHouse Lounge will be host Solo Exhibitions on the sidewalk in front of the gallery from 3-9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Artists can…

Rob Nease, promotions manager for HarrisburgatHome.com, has a few extra passes good for two people to watch the movie screening of Mamma Mia!WHEN? Tuesday, July 15 at 7:30 pm (Arrive early since a pass does not guarantee a seat at the movie – first c…

Heard about this massive ten day festival on the radio this morning, I can’t believe this is the first I’ve heard of it! This will apparently be the first year of the Gettysburg Festival “Celebrating America” and will be no small event - over 60 events are scheduled from dance to theater to jazz. [...]

Before I sneak out of town again to the County of Elk, I wanted to make sure ya’ll know what’s going on this weekend, heat or no heat. Spend the day poolside, and then try one of these: My favorite…

The back room of The Linglestown Chocolate Cafe was converted into an art gallery Wednesday to display the work of David Russell (pictured, right side of photo), a Lower Paxton Twp. resident who served as a combat artist for the Army National Guard. Th…

When I saw that the Gamut Theatre Group had chosen to put on Love’s Labour’s Lost as their annual Shakespeare in the Park show, I was, um… surprised. First of all, let’s get this out on the table, yes, I was English major and I have read plenty of Shakespeare. Snicker, snicker. Let’s move on. Anyway, I was surprised by the selection because it’s not a show that most companies will put on, largely because it’s nearly incomprehensible.

That’s not to say that the story isn’t a good one and that the show isn’t funny — it is and it is. It’s just that almost any Shakespeare scholar will tell you that while Love’s Labour’s Lost is Shakespeare’s first work of true genius, it is also one of his most difficult reads. The play is about the King of Navarre and companions Berowne, Dumaine and Longaville who swear off women for three years in order to concentrate on study. At least they say they are going to until Princess of France and some of her ladies pay a visit. Sexy right? Decidedly less sexy are the pages upon pages of highly-intellectual Latin puns. Even wikipedia calls the play “pedantic.”

But after reading in the Patriot-News that director J. Clark Nicholson had edited the play heavily and taken inspiration from the John Hughes comedies of the 80’s I was intrigued. I gave Nicholson a call and he assured me that he has nixed the archaic wordplay and left behind a pretty good story. He’s got me convinced and I’d like to go see the show, which opens its two-week run tonight. Here’s what he had to say: