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Letter from the editor
I
t was with great sadness that I
heard that after 26 years,
Friendlys has closed its Dal-
las location effective Sunday, Jan.
8 following a Chapter 11 bank-
ruptcy protection filing by its
parent company.
Sure, the restaurant chain has
been a favorite of my family for
years, but this particular location
always makes me feel nostalgic,
especially since Ive been eating
there since I was a child, when the
building was home to Franklins
Restaurant.
I grew up in the Back Moun-
tain, so Ive eaten there most
likely hundreds of times. One of
my first memories there was
having the dessert Franklins used
to offer, a split chocolate cake
with ice cream in the middle and
globs of hot fudge oozing on all
sides. I remember sitting by the
windows overlooking Route 415
and sharing the sundae
with my mom (and prob-
ably making a mess).
In high school, my
friends and I would go
there for ice cream and
fries, but my favorite
recollections came later
on; more specifically, the
several Christmas Eves
Mom and I spent there.
Since my dad worked
most Christmas Eves and
our Big Holiday Meal
came the next day, we
always tried to do some-
thing different for Dec.
24, so one year, that meant din-
ing.
We drove all around Dallas
looking for a place to have dinner,
but alas, nothing was open save
Friendlys, so in we went. There
were only a few other diners, but
the staff was, well, friendly, and
decked out in Santa hats, and
there was just a jovial feel to the
entire meal. Christmas Eve there
quickly became a quirky tradition
for us for a few years, and it was
one that I remember fondly.
The restaurants location, be-
tween Routes 309 and 415, is
prime real estate for sure, what
with the Dallas Shopping Center
and other stores nearby. But only
time will tell if a new tenant will
have staying power that Friendlys
did.
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My boyfriends homemade
chicken noodle soup. And Red
Cat.
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NOVEL APPROACH ... 31
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ARTIE FLETCHER BOOK 35
FOOD & FASHION
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DISH 37
BITCH & BRAG 41
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WHO IS 46
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MENZINGERS
SLATED
FOR EPITAPH DEBUT
The Menzingers will
release its Epitaph Re-
cords debut, On The
Impossible Past Tues-
day, Feb. 21. The Scran-
ton-bred band made up
of Joe Godino, Greg
Barnett, Tom May and
Eric Keen recorded
the album at Atlas Stu-
dios in Chicago.
When people hear the
songs from On The Im-
possible Past, I just hope people
can relate to it, and it makes
them feel the way we do when
we sing it, May stated in a press
release.
Fans can pre-order the record
at themenzingersstore.com. The
Menzingers hit the road with
Rise Against and A Day To
Remember Tuesday, Jan. 17 in
Austin, Texas. The closest date to
NEPA is Sunday, Jan. 29 at the
Bryce Jordan Center on the
campus of Penn State Uni-
versity in State College.
KITTIES & PUPPIES
NEED YOUR HELP
Leadership Wilkes-Barre
participants assisting the Blue
Chip Farms Animal Refuge in
Dallas are planning a supply
drive for the no-kill shelter.
The group partnered with Pet
Supplies Plus (555 Scott St.,
Wilkes-Barre) to hold the drive
there Saturday, Jan. 21 and Sat-
urday, Jan. 28 from noon-4 p.m.
The LWB group will collect
items necessary to care for the
animals at Blue Chip Farms.
Some animals from the shelter
that are available for adoption
will also be onsite.
The donation wish list includes
cat litter, canned cat and dog
food, trash bags, holistic clean-
ers, paper towels, vinegar, latex
gloves, mops, pails, puppy pads,
dish detergent and more.
For more info, call
570.333.5265 or visit bcfanimal-
refuge.org.
SWING SEASON
The Athletic Club (1140
Route 315, Plains Twp.) now
offers golfers of all levels the
chance to improve their game
year round with its Blue Ridge
Trail Golf Academy. The indoor
golf facility offers TrackMan
Pro and TrackMan Range golf-
simulator technology as well as
PGA professional golf lessons
and on-site physical therapy.
Professionals on staff include
Jack Digwood, a physical ther-
apist, who can tailor a workout
regimen using the program, and
Brian Llewellyn, a PGA golf
professional who will use state-
of-the-art video-assisted swing
instruction to improve technique.
A public open house will be
held Saturday, Jan. 14 from
noon-5 p.m. For info, call
570.830.0298.
COMPLIMENTARY
CULTURE
Bank of America and Merrill
Lynchs Museums on Us will
offer free access to Everhart
Museum of Natural History,
Science & Art (1901 Mulberry
St., Scranton) to cardholders.
Free admission will be offered
on the first full weekend of each
month through the end of the
year. Photo ID and a valid Bank
of America/Merrill Lynch credit
or debit card must be presented,
limited to cardholder.
Museums on Us is a national
program that includes more than
150 leading U.S. cultural in-
stitutions in 91 cities, benefiting
Bank of America and Merrill
Lynch customers. For more info,
visit museums.bankofamer-
ica.com.
FORE THE OSTERHOUT
The Rotary of Wilkes-Barre
recently donated $5,542 to the
Osterhout Free Library (71 S.
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre). The
funds were raised through the
27th Annual George Ralston
Golf Classic, held in September
at Mill Race Golf Course in
Benton. The donation will bene-
fit childrens programs held at the
library and its three branches.
For more info on the library,
visit osterhout.info.
WINNING DAY CARE
For the fourth time,
Pennsylvanias Office
of Child Development
and Early Learning has
awarded the Fricchione
Day Care Center at
Marywood University
(2300 Adams Ave.,
Scranton) a four-star
accredited quality rating
the highest accred-
itation rating in the state.
Established in 1991, the
center accommodates 82
children ages two
months to 6 years old.
For info, contact the centers
director, Gwyenn Gilbert, at
570.961.4701 or ggilbert@mary-
wood.edu.
AN ENDLESS GUIDE
The Endless Mountains Vis-
itors Bureau has released its
2012 Guide to the Endless
Mountains, which was formerly
called the Endless Mountains
Visitors Guide.
The 44-page color booklet has
a category-based layout that
makes finding information on
activities, lodgings, shops, eat-
eries, scenic sites and businesses
easy. It also includes the first-
place photos from the 2011 End-
less Mountains Visitors Bureau
Photo Contest.
The release of the guide is one
in a series of events that will
celebrate the bureaus 50th anni-
versary. For a copy of the guide,
call 570.836.5431 or
800.769.8999 or email
becky@endlessmountains.org.
AGE IS NOTHING
BUT A NUMBER
Duffy Accessories (218 Lin-
den Street, Scranton) will host
Camera For A Cures Timmy
Walsh for Februarys First Fri-
day Scranton Friday, Feb. 3.
Walsh will show a Scranton-
themed exhibit with new photos.
All funds accrued by the sale of
CFACs photography will benefit
the Lung Cancer Alliance.
Camera For A Cure is a non-
profit fundraiser started by 9-
year-old Timmy Walsh, who sells
his photography to benefit the
cancer research of the Lung
Cancer Alliance. Walsh is an
Olyphant resident and student at
Wyoming Seminary Lower
School.
For more info, visit cameraf-
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news of the weird
By Chuck Shepherd
Weekender Wire Services
OBSESSIVELY ODD
Obsessions: (1) Don Aslett, 76,
recently opened the Museum of
Clean in Pocatello, Idaho, as the
culmination of a lifelong devo-
tion to tidying up. Highlights are
several hundred pre-electric
vacuum cleaners plus interactive
exhibits to encourage kids to
clean their rooms. Aslett told
Londons Daily Mail in Decem-
ber that people who dont under-
stand his dedication must never
have experienced the satisfaction
of making a toilet bowl sparkle.
(2) Also starting early in life,
Dustin Kruse, 4, is so knowl-
edgeable about toilet models and
plumbing mechanics that the
Kohler Co. presented him with
an advanced-model dual flush
commode for Christmas. Dustin,
a fan of the Kohler showroom,
has been known to explain toilet
technology to other showroom
visitors.
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION!
-- Predator drones are an im-
portant weapon against terrorists
in Afghanistan, Yemen and other
countries, but in June, an un-
armed predator was employed
stateside to help catch cattle
rustlers. The Department of
Homeland Security owns eight
predators for surveillance and
occasionally assists local law
enforcement. The cattle rustlers
had been arrested, then jumped
bail and holed up on their vast
ranch near Lakota, N.D., but the
predator spotted their exact loca-
tion on the property, leading to a
raid that ended without blood-
shed.
-- Government Inaction: Indias
legendarily plodding government
bureaucracy had long stymied a
snake charmer named Hakkul (a
villager in Uttar Pradesh state),
who had sought a snake-conser-
vation permit, which had been
authorized at one level but de-
layed locally. In November, final-
ly exasperated, Hakkul walked
into the land revenue office in the
town of Harraiya with several
sacks of snakes (including co-
bras) and turned them loose,
sending clerks and visitors
climbing furniture or fleeing.
Recent news accounts report that
almost all of the snakes had
been rounded up.
-- From U.S. Sen. Tom Co-
burns periodic list of the most
unnecessary, duplicative and
low-priority projects that the
federal government currently
funds (announced in December):
$75,000 to promote awareness of
the role Michigan plays in pro-
ducing Christmas trees and poin-
settias; $48,700 for promoting
the Hawaii Chocolate Festival;
$113,227 for a video game pres-
ervation center in New York; and
$764,825 to study something
surely already done adequately
by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs
how college students use
mobile devices for social net-
working. Also on Sen. Coburns
list: $15.3 million in continuing
expenses for the famous Alaskan
bridge to nowhere that was
widely ridiculed in 2005 but
apparently refuses to die.
FELICITOUS DISCOVERIES
(1) Dan DAmato, 45, partying
in an Orlando, Fla., motel room
in December, was accidentally
shot by a stranger who was hav-
ing a dispute with another party-
goer. Later, as his wounded hip
was being treated at a hospital,
doctors discovered and removed
two huge tumors in DAmatos
abdomen that had so far gone
unnoticed. The tumors were not
cancerous but had they not been
found, they would soon have
disabled him. (2) At a home in
Taylorsville, Utah, in December,
one housemate who was pursuing
a mouse in the kitchen acciden-
tally shot another housemate. As
police investigated, they discov-
ered a 13-year-old girl hiding in a
closet. A third housemate, Paul
Kunzler, 28, was then arrested
and charged with carrying on a
months-long sexual relationship
with her.
POLICE REPORT
-- John Whittle, 52, was
charged in December with rob-
bing a Wells Fargo Bank in Port
Richey, Fla. According to police,
Whittle ordered a beer at the
Hayloft Bar shortly after 1 p.m.,
then excused himself, and a few
minutes later, returned to finish
his beer. In the interim, police
said later, Whittle had walked
down the street to the bank and
robbed it.
-- In December, Russell Mace,
55, was caught soon after rob-
bing a Union Savings Bank
branch in New Milford, Conn. A
bank employee had spotted Mace
acting suspicious in the park-
ing lot, and indeed, he said, Mace
entered, robbed the bank of about
$3,000, and fled to a waiting car.
Police, however, identified the
car, which they had noted from
Maces recent arrest for shop-
lifting. (The suspicious behav-
ior the bank employee had no-
ticed, he told police, was Mace,
pants down, defecating, in plain
view among parked cars.)
LEAST COMPETENT
CRIMINALS
Rookie Mistake: Tyechia Rem-
bert, 33, was arrested and
charged with robbing a Burger
King drive-thru cashier in York,
Pa., in December but only after
making police officers job eas-
ier. After her clean getaway, she
called the restaurant to reassure
herself that none of the witnesses
had noted her cars license plate
number. None had, but using cell
phone records, police traced that
call to Rembert.
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WeirdUniverse.net,
WeirdNews@earthlink.net,
NewsoftheWeird.com and P.O.
Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679.
A December news release from the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control warned of the dangers of Campylobacter jejuni bacteria
infections on a sheep ranch, but apparently only among workers
who used an old-style (19th century) method of castrating the
animals. CDC strongly urged that workers stop biting off the
sheeps genitals and instead use modern tools.
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Looking toward
tomorrow
Scranton Tomorrow starts 2012 with
Winter in the City
By Stephanie DeBalko
Weekender Staff Writer
S
ummertime fetes get all
the good press. Patio bars
open for business, fruity
cocktails ow freely, and
light, airy fare makes the rounds to
hordes of bikini-body-conscious
attendees. But whos to say we cant
have just as good a time in our long
underwear and ear-ap hats?
Winter may not be known as the
season for parties, as most people
buck all socializing and choose to
hibernate until April, but since a
fundraising committee was formed
about 10 years ago, local organiza-
tion Scranton Tomorrow has been
working on changing that.
Alot of people in the area were
saying, We wish that we had an
event during the winter that would
get people back out and back into
the downtown, said Leslie Col-
lins, executive director of Scranton
Tomorrow. So they started talking
about, Well, what kind of events
can you do in the wintertime? And
then a cocktail party seemed to be
the concept, and there was Winter in
the City.
For the ninth year in a row, Win-
ter in the City will bring a spirited
charge to the season notorious for
its depression-inducing weather. On
Friday, Jan. 13 and Friday, Feb. 10
from 5:30-8 p.m., the 21-and-over
event will be held at the Electric
City Trolley Museum in Scranton
and will feature food, beverages,
live music and an auction.
A FROSTY FROLIC
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or a $15 cover charge, attend-
ees at Winter in the City will
have the option to sample
fare from more than 40 restaurants,
along with beer, wine, soda and
water, and will get admittance to an
auction featuring items donated
by area businesses. Local band
2 for the Road will provide
entertainment at the January
date, and Paul LaBelle and the
Exact Change will perform in
February.
The entrance fee,
along with the
proceeds from the
auction, will
funnel back
to another
Scranton
Tomorrow
initiative,
Main Street Scranton.
Main Street has arms and legs
everywhere, Collins explained.
We are designated by the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania as the
managers of the Main Street for
downtown Scranton, and that entails
a 30-block radius of the downtown.
And were really tasked with put-
ting together committees.
There are ve different com-
mittees, and we have 70 local
community volunteers serving on
those committees, which is huge. So
its going back to where Scranton
Tomorrow came from, which is
really the grassroots kind of effort
to make changes for the downtown
economy, and support the local
small businesses.
At press time, the list of vendors
for the auction was not yet nalized,
but Collins noted that the items up
for grabs will be similar to those
from last year and beyond, includ-
ing overnight hotel stays, auto de-
tailing gift certicates, local theater
tickets and more.
The restaurants participating in
Winter in the City, many of which
are returning after taking part in
previous years, will donate samples
of some of their best dishes. Al-
though the eateries arent seeing a
nancial prot from the shindig, its
a mutually benecial partnership
thanks to some unbridled publicity.
Its always hard when youre
asking for donations from local
businesses, especially when the
economy is tight, Collins ex-
plained. But what were very con-
scious of, and what we like to make
the restaurants aware of, is that this
event sees hundreds of people, so
its really great exposure for the
restaurants that participate.
For JoAnn Marianelli Finnerty,
owner and CEO of Bella Faccias
Personalized Chocolates & Gifts,
a chocolate specialties company
and bistro on Lackawanna Avenue,
thats only an added benet of get-
ting involved.
With Scranton, I have found
out I want to always be a part of
the city, I believe in it. Marianelli
Finnerty said, noting that this will
be her rst year participating in
Winter in the City after moving her
store from Old Forge to Scranton
last March. Im proud to be part
of the revitalization of this city
Whatever we can do, were always
a part of fundraising and giving
back.
LOOKING FORWARD
S
cranton Tomorrow has many
stokes in many proverbial
res, organizing a multitude
of events for the upcoming year
aimed at bringing the community
together and into the downtown
area. Fundraisers like Winter in
the City help the organization keep
many of these measures free to the
public.
Drive-in Downtown is a summer
activity on Courthouse Square
featuring a different movie each
week, and according to Collins,
Scranton Tomorrow is planning on
showing at least ve lms this year.
Another family-oriented project
the organization has taken on is the
development of Scranton-opoly, a
Scranton-themed board game based
on the iconic Monopoly game.
One of our very dedicated
board members, Bernie Maopolski,
brought the idea to our board,
Collins said. And it just took off.
Everybody thought it was a great
idea, and we were surprised how
enthusiastic the local businesses
were to participate.
To get people familiarized with
the downtown area, FAM tours
are offered every rst Saturday
between May and October from
noon-3 p.m., and Collins also noted
that a visit to the organizations
website will be quite different in the
near future.
We actually have received a
grant from the PPL Blue Ribbon
Foundation, and our website is
under construction, currently, Col-
lins stated. Were going to have a
whole new web presence.
Come spring, the Main Street
City Pride Project will encour-
age businesses to spruce up their
storefronts.
Additionally, Scranton Tomorrow
has partnered with the Chamber of
Commerce through its MetroAction
division for loan underwriting to
business owners looking to make
improvements to their buildings
facades.
For a small organization, we
Winter in the City:
Fri., Jan. 13, Feb. 10,
5:30-8 p.m.,
Electric City Trolley Museum
(300 Cliff St., Scranton).
$15. 21+.
Call 570.963.1575,
visit scrantontomorrow.com
for info.
have a lot going on, Collins noted.
But we have a lot of great vol-
unteers and a lot of community part-
ners, so thats the most important
thing. Its the way were really able
to get these projects completed. W
In top two photos, revelers at previous Winter in the City events. Above, 2 for the
Road will again perform this year. At left, ScrantonTomorrows Scranton-opoly
has been well-received since it came out late last year.
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Anyone with an iTunes ac-
count has likely seen the name
SafetySuit pop up repetitively
over the past few weeks, as the
purveyor of mobile music has
been pushing the bands newest
album, These Times, like
crazy.
But like just about every
other overhyped entity in the
universe, These Times falls
far short of its expectations.
While most of the instru-
mentals on the album are pass-
able, if a little too loud at
times, the problem really lies in
the lyrics. Lacking depth and
dripping with platitudes, like on
the title track and the whiny
Staring At It, the words
plainly spell everything out for
the listener. This tactic may
work in some country-music
songs, but with a band like
SafetySuit, it results in a piece
even Justin Bieber would reject.
Case in point: Never Stop,
a superficially agreeable tune,
boasting a cushy guitar, which
becomes completely hackneyed
when one actually listens to the
words, as in, I will never stop
holding your hand / I will
never stop opening your door.
Gee, way to keep the mystery
alive.
To be fair, the album has a
few hopeful moments, like on
the surprisingly bluegrass-y
Things To Say, the pared-
down Life in the Pain and
the catchy dance-inspired Let
Go. The overall appeal of
these songs, however, isnt
enough of a penance for the
rest of the sugar-coated pop the
band is obviously trying to
pass off as hipster hymns.
All the band proves with this
offering is that its a pop
fiends version of Thirty Sec-
onds to Mars minus Jared Le-
to, which we all know is the
only redeeming part of that
band to begin with.
Sure, These Times isnt
entirely unpleasant to the ear.
But its a complete mockery of
the intellect. It might be befit-
ting for a person looking for
something very vanilla and
unoffending to play as back-
ground music at a kids party,
but thats only if said person
can get past the embarrassingly
absurd band name.
-- Stephanie DeBalko
Weekender Staff Writer
RATING:
W1/2
SafetySuit
These Times
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4. Jason Aldean: Tattoos On This
Town
5. Rascal Flatts ft. Natasha Bed-
ingfield: Easy
6. Luke Bryan: I Dont Want..."
7. Chris Young: You
8. The Band Perry: All Your Life
9. Lady Antebellum: We Owned The
Night
10. Kenny Chesney: Reality
Billboard Top Country Songs
Throughout lineup changes, experi-
ments with style and even haircuts, Metal-
lica still reigns supreme as the king of
modern heavy metal.
The San Francisco quartet recently
celebrated its 30th anniversary and also
released Beyond Magnetic, an EP with
material recorded during the sessions for
2008s Death Magnetic but not included
on that album. While the timing of the
release coincides with recent anniversary
shows in its home city, it is also a great
opportunity for Metallica to get back in
fans good graces following the generally
negative response to Lulu, its recent
collaboration with The Velvet Under-
grounds Lou Reed.
While Beyond Magnetic has just four
songs, it clocks in at nearly half an hour,
and feels like a full album rather than just
a collection of discarded singles. Album
opener Hate Train opens up with a
classic bottom-heavy Metallica riff, and
the rest of the tracks follow in that same
burly, thundering vein. Just a Bullet
Away has a gritty, industrial feel; Hell
and Back pulses with fury and lengthy
closer Rebel of Babylon feels like a
self-contained metal opera.
The only real negative aspect of any of
the material included is the production
quality. Much like the rest of the Death
Magnetic album, most of the songs on
the EP have a lot of static in the back-
ground. Whether that was intentional or
an oversight is still a subject of debate for
fans, and Beyond Magnetic will likely
stir that pot again.
The past few years have been great for
metal music, and while this latest release
is just a short taste, Beyond Magnetic is
proof positive that Metallica still has what
it takes to impress fans and critics alike.
-- Michael Irwin
Weekender Correspondent
Metallica
Beyond Magnetic
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Metallica's
` Magnetic' rebound
In the lifetime of a floating band
constantly shifting personnel, more than
a few Mothers did their inventive best
for the late Frank Zappa master
guitarist, enigmatic composer, satirical
lyricist since that bands 1965 start.
Arguably, though, this never-before-
released 1971 event (two shows, one
October night) at the venerated classi-
cal music hall featured Zappas finest,
if not weirdest, assemblage of adven-
turesome musicians and vocalists to
have embraced Motherhood.
A British session giant (drummer
Aynsley Dunbar), an improvisational
woodwind/keyboard player (Ian Under-
wood), the jazziest of original Mothers
(keyboardist Don Preston) and two
pop-singing Turtles (Flo & Eddie)
aided Zappa in some of his most cle-
verly complex compositions of the
period.
Although these Mothers cover Zap-
pas most impish psychedelic tracks
(Call Any Vegetable), oddball doo-
wop numbers (Any Way the Wind
Blows), linear instrumental workouts
(Peaches En Regalia), and avant-
classical epics (a 30-minute take on
King Kong), its the childishly comic
mini-opera Billy The Mountain and
its blues-inspired brother, The Mud
Shark, that are Carnegie Halls high-
lights. On these tunes, Flo & Eddie
show off their highest voices and sil-
liest soliloquies.
Still, as with every Zappa concert
recording, its Franks magnetically
adroit guitar playing (truly rivaling Jimi
Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page)
and dippy dramaturgy that youll re-
member most.
-- A.D. Amorosi
Weekender Wire Services
Zappa & his
mesmeric Mothers
Frank Zappa & The Mothers
of Invention
Carnegie Hall
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River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains
Sunday, January 22, 2012
5pm-2am
On December 21st 2011. Donald Murray was involved in a near fatal car accident in a work truck on the
job. He is currently in a coma at the Lehigh Valley Burn Center. 60% of his body is covered in 3rd degree
burns. He also suffers from a Broken Hip and Broken Spine. He has undergone many surgeries already
including skin graphing on most of his body and bone placements and is facing amputations as the
burns are so severe. He is fighting very hard to survive. The medical bills continue to pile up. His family
has to commute an hour and a half to and from every day just to be by his side as he fights for his life, as
well as pay for accommodation, food, necessities, and travel expenses.
Entertainment by: SUZE, LASER SEX, DESUADO & DJ OHM
Food/pasta buffet donated by the River Street Jazz Cafe
Raffles and great prizes donated from local businesses
All proceeds will go to the medical expenses of Donald Murray and his family.
A benefit for Donald Murray, Holly Ivanitch, and Family
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570-235-1037 279 South River St, Plains 18705
(located across from bakery delite)
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ALICE C. WILTSIE
PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER
700 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton
570.861.0510
www.wiltsiecenter.org
- The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Birthday
Bash ft. Mike Albert, Scot Bruce and
the Big E Band: Jan. 22, 2 p.m.,
$25-$35, $18 students. Buffet at
Genettis (1341 N. Church St., Hazle-
ton) follows, $20 adults, $12 students
THE BOG
341 Adams Ave., Scranton
Phone: 570.341.6761
- Slowdance / Cherokee Red: Jan. 21,
9 p.m. 21+
CAESARS POCONO
RESORTS
1.877.800.5380
www.CPResorts.com
- New Yorks Funniest: Jan. 14-15
- The Sensational Soul Cruisers: Jan.
14-15
- Eddie Griffin: Jan. 29
- Boogie Wonder Band: Feb. 10-11
- Hypnotist Tim Triplett: March 16-17
- Big Shot (Billy Joel tribute): March
30-31
- Keith Sweat: April 22
THE CRIMSON LION
HOOKAH LOUNGE
37 E. South St., Wilkes-Barre
- Mike Quinn / Slowdance / Mariah
Welch: Jan. 22, 7 p.m. 18+
F.M. KIRBY CENTER
71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 570.826.1100
- Jerry Seinfeld: Jan. 13, 7 & 9:30 p.m.,
$65-$80
- Darius Rucker: Jan. 20, 8 p.m.,
$52-$92
- Kathleen Madigan: Gone Madigan:
Jan. 27, 8 p.m., $27
- NEPA Philharmonic Broadway Love
Songs: Feb. 10, 8 p.m., $35.50-$73.45
- Lisa Lampanelli: Feb. 18, 8 p.m.,
$37.75
- John Pinette: Feb. 19, 7 p.m., $34.75
- Pink Floyd Experience: Feb. 21, 7:30
p.m., $28-$38
- Gaelic Storm / Enter The Haggis:
March 1, 7:30 p.m., $22-$32
- NEPA Philharmonic Beethoven
Festival: March 10, 8 p.m., $35.50-
$73.45
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo: March
15, 7:30 p.m., $26-$36
- The Fresh Beat Band: March 21, 3
p.m., 3 & 6 p.m., $32.40-$42.65
- The Best of Second City: March 23,
8 p.m., $28
- NEPA Philharmonic The Music of
Gershwin: April 14, 8 p.m., $35.50-
$73.45
- Red Green Wit & Wisdom Tour: April
17, 7 p.m., $47.50
- Bob Weir: April 27, 8 p.m., $41.85-
$52.60
MAUCH CHUNK OPERA
HOUSE
14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe
570.325.0249
mauchchunkoperahouse.com
- Kashmir (Led Zeppelin tribute): Jan.
14, 8:30 p.m., $23
- Hamell On Trial: Jan. 21, 8:30 p.m.,
$18
- Last Friday Standup Comedy Event:
Jan. 27, 8:30 p.m., $18
- Commander Cody Band w/ Profes-
sor Louie and the Crowmatix: Feb. 4,
8:30 p.m., $24
- Tusk (Fleetwood Mac tribute): Feb.
11, 8:30 p.m., $23
- Savoy Brown: Feb. 18, 8 p.m., $25
- The Allentown Band: Feb. 19, 5 p.m.,
$15 adults, $10 kids
- The Eilen Jewell Band: March 4,
8:30 p.m., $20
- Noel V. Ginnity / Taylors Irish
Cabaret: March 10, 8 p.m., $27
- Montana Skies: March 16, 8 p.m., $18
- Steve Forbert: March 23, 7 p.m., $23
- Aztec 2-Step: March 24, 8 p.m., $21
- Willy Porter: March 31, 8:30 p.m., $22
advance, $25 day of
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre
Twp.
- Disney On Ice Treasure Trove: Jan.
11-16, TIMES VARY, $15.50-$55.50
- Rascal Flatts / Sara Evans / Hunter
Hayes: Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m., $25-$59.75
- Sesame Street Live 123 Imagine w/
Elmo & Friends: March 1-4, TIMES
VARY, $25.60-$37.85
- Monster Jam: March 9-11, TIMES
VARY, $34.30-$49.75
- Harlem Globetrotters: March 16, 7
p.m., $26.60-$127.05
MOUNT AIRY CASINO
RESORT
44 Woodland Rd., Mount Pocono
Phone: 877.682.4791
www.mountairycasino.com
- Tavares: Jan. 14, 8 p.m., $25-$40,
Gypsies
- Jackie The Joke Man Martling:
Feb. 4, 8 p.m., $20-$30, Gypsies
- Ed Kowalczsyk of Live: Feb. 18, 8
p.m., $25-$40, Gypsies
- Gilbert Gottfried: March 3, 8 p.m.,
$20-$30, Gypsies
- Unforgettable Fire (U2 tribute)
March 17, 8 p.m., $10, Gypsies
- Gloriana: April 14, 8 p.m., $25-$40,
Gypsies
NEW VISIONS STUDIO &
GALLERY
201 Vine St., Scranton
570.878.3970
- A Fire With Friends / Eye On Attrac-
tion / Left Coast Envy / The Riot /
Drew Breeze / Lil Jay Wirth: Jan. 21, 7
p.m. $5 at the door, free refresh-
ments.
PENNS PEAK
325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe
866.605.7325 or visit pennspeak.com.
- Air Supply: Jan. 20, 8 p.m., $38.75-
$43.75
- Parrotbeach (Jimmy Buffet tribute):
Jan. 28, 8 p.m., $25
- Edgar Winter & Rick Derringer: Feb.
4, 8 p.m., $35.75
- Rubix Kube (80s tribute): Feb. 17, 8
p.m., $28
- Tesla: Feb. 18, 8 p.m., $33
- Blackberry Smoke: Feb. 24, 8 p.m.,
$25
- Bruce In The U.S.A.: Feb. 25, 8 p.m.,
$25
- The Saw Doctors: March 2, 8 p.m.,
$32
- Satisfaction (Rolling Stones trib-
ute): March 3, 8 p.m., $22.25
- Three Dog Night: March 31, 8 p.m.,
$43.75-$49.25
PENNSYLVANIA BLUES
FESTIVAL
Blue Mountain Ski Area, Palmerton
610.826.7700
www.skibluemt.com
- July 27, 8 p.m.-midnight; 28, 1
p.m.-1:30 a.m.; 29, noon-9 p.m. Mi-
chael Iron Man Burks / Joe Louis
Walker / Big Sams Funky Nation /
more. Advance on-site camping: Up
to 3 nights w/ 2 days of festival
tickets, $80/adult, $45/kids 6-12.
Increase by 20 percent as of April 2.
Advance festival day: 1 day, $30/
adult, $9/kids 6-12; 2 day, $50/adult,
$15/kids 6-12. Increase by 10 percent
as of April 2.
REDWOOD ART SPACE
740 Jumper Road, Plains Twp.
- Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely
Estate / One Hundred Year Ocean:
Feb. 2, 8 p.m.
- Disengage / Mindset / Praise /
Peace: Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m.
- The Ataris / The Queers: Feb. 20, 8
p.m.
RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
667 N. River St., Plains
Phone: 570.822.2992
- Sector One presents Forward: Jan.
12, 8 p.m.
- Poogie Bell Band / Woody Browns
Project: Jan. 13, 8 p.m.
- Brothers Past / Beard O Bees: Jan.
14, 8 p.m.
- Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root /
XVSK: Jan. 19, 8 p.m.
- Se Acabo (Santana tribute): Jan. 20,
8 p.m.
- Royal Scam (Steely Dan tribute):
Jan. 21, 6 p.m.
- Donna Jean Godchaux Band w/ Jeff
Mattson of DSO / Mike Miz: Jan. 26, 8
p.m.
- Clarence Spady Band: Jan. 27, 8
p.m.
- Miz: Feb. 24, 8 p.m.
- Miss Melanie & the Valley Rats: Feb.
25, 8 p.m.
SCRANTON COMMUNITY
CONCERTS
Mellow Theater, 501 Vine St. Scranton
Phone: 570.955.1455, www.lackawan-
na.edu, etix.com
Prices vary, student and group rates
available
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center: Feb. 23, 7 p.m., $25-$30
- Yesterday & Today, an interactive
Beatles show: March 23, 8 p.m.,
$25-$30
- The Kingston Trio: April 20, 8 p.m.,
$25-$30
SCRANTON CULTURAL
CENTER
420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton
Phone: 888.669.8966
- Listen Local ft. Nowhere Slow /
Jeanne Zano Band: Jan. 13, 8 p.m.,
$12.50
- The Amazing Kreskin: Jan. 29, 2
p.m., $18
- Listen Local: Feb. 3, 8 p.m., $12.25
- NEPA Philharmonic Broadway Love
Songs Pops II: Feb. 11, 8 p.m., $34.50-
$73.15
- Rain, A Tribute to the Beatles: Feb.
24-26, TIMES VARY, $46.25-$65.25
- NEPA Philharmonic: The Music of
Gershwin Pops III: April 13, 8 p.m.,
$34.50-$73.15
- NEPA Philharmonic Haydn / Brahms,
A German Requiem: April 27, 8 p.m.,
$34.50-$73.15
SHERMAN THEATER
524 Main St., Stroudsburg
Phone: 570.420.2808, www.sherman-
theater.com
- Rock n Ink Expo: Jan. 13-15, $10/day,
$15/3-day pass
- Wheres the Band? Ft. Matt Pryor /
Chris Conley / Anthony Raneri / Ace
Enders / Evan Weiss: Jan. 19, 7 p.m.,
$13 advance, $15 day of
- Raymond the Amish Comic: Jan. 21,
8 p.m., $18
- Mountain Dance Concert: Jan. 22, 2
p.m., $10 kids, $12 adults
- Call Me Out / Your Turning Point /
Somewhere Sonday: Jan. 27, 6 p.m.,
$10 advance, $12 day of
- Phil Vassar: Feb. 24, 8 p.m., $26-$36
- moe.: March 4, 7 p.m., $27
- Hammer of the Gods: March 31, 8
p.m., $28
SOME KIND OF JAM 7
www.jibberjazz.com
- April 27-29, Schuylkill Haven. Music,
camping festival. Toubab Krewe /
Cornmeal / Thunder Body / Holy
Ghost Tent Revival / The Big Dirty /
Bawn in the Mash / Twiddle / Bear-
quarium / Sweet Earth / Mystery
Fyre / Jahman Brahman / River City
Slim & The Zydeco Hogs / Echoes
Talk Back / Dr. Ketchup / Karmic
Juggernaut / The Great White Caps /
Rotten Belly Blues / Underground
Horns / The Whiskeyhickon Boys /
Muppets Titanium Stardust Machine
/ Treehouse / Hot Club of Philadel-
phia / Ratboy Jr. $55 presale tickets.
VINTAGE THEATER
119 Penn Ave., Scranton
570.589.0271
The Great Party / Starwood / Kid
Icarus: Jan. 14, 8 p.m., $7
PHILADELPHIA
ELECTRIC FACTORY
3421 Willow St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.LOVE.222
- Rebelution / The Grouch / Pep Love:
Jan. 14, 8:30 p.m.
- SOJA: Feb. 4, 8 p.m.
- Umphreys McGee: Feb. 11, 8:30 p.m.
- Big Gigantic / Adventure Club: Feb.
18, 8:30 p.m.
- The Pink Floyd Experience: Feb. 25,
8:30 p.m.
- moe.: March 9, 8:30 p.m.
- Young the Giant / Grouplove: March
10, 8:30 p.m.
- Justice: March 20, 8 p.m.
- Dr. Dog: March 24-25, 8:30 p.m.
- Needtobreathe / Ben Rector: April
20, 9 p.m.
THE FILLMORE AT THE
TLA
334 South St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.922.1011
- Moosh / Twist: Jan. 14, 8 p.m.
- Live Lava Live / Meekakitty / Nana-
lew & Friends: Jan. 15, 5:30 p.m.
- Big Head Todd & The Monsters: Jan.
19, 7 p.m.
- Wheres The Band: Jan. 20, 7 p.m.
- Collie Buddz: Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
- The Wanted: Jan. 24, 6 p.m.
- Augustana: Feb. 3, 8 p.m.
- Jacks Mannequin / Jukebox the
Ghost: Feb. 4, 6, 6 p.m.
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KESWICK THEATER
Easton Road-Keswick Ave, Glenside,
Pa.
Phone: 215.572.7650
- Burton Cummings / The Guess Who:
Jan. 18, 8 p.m.
- Demetri Martin: Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
- Jeanne Robertson: Jan. 27, 8 p.m.
- Kathleen Madigan: Jan. 28, 8 p.m.
- Vanilla Fudge / The Yardbirds: Feb.
4, 8 p.m.
MANN CENTER
52nd and Parkside, Philadelphia
Phone: 215.893.1999
- Foster the People: June 14, 7:30
p.m.
TOWER THEATER
69th and Ludlow Sts. Upper Darby
Phone: 610.352.2887
- Peter Frampton: Feb. 11, 8 p.m.
- Cedric the Entertainer and Friends:
Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
- Gabriel Iglesias: April 13, 8 p.m.
- Creed: April 16-17, 7:30 p.m.
- Straight No Chaser: April 29, 7:30
p.m.
TROCADERO
10th & Arch St, Philadelphia
Phone: 215.336.2000
- Jim Breuer: Jan. 14, 9 p.m.
- In Flames / Trivium / Veil of Maya /
Kyng: Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
- The Legwarmers (80s tribute): Jan.
21, 9 p.m.
- D.R.U.G.S. / Hit the Lights, more:
Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m.
- Lamb of God / Too Late The Hero /
The Acacia Strain: Jan. 26, 8 p.m.
- Dark Funeral, more: Jan. 31, 7:30
p.m.
- Iced Earth / Symphony X / Warbr-
inger: Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
- Machine Head, more: Feb. 2, 6:30
p.m.
- Nick Carter / Guinevere / The Midi
Mafia: Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
STATION BAR & GRILL
1550 McKean St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.467.1871
- Langor / Mike Quinn / Yellow Hum-
phrey: Feb. 4, 9 p.m. 21+
SUSQUEHANNA BANK
CENTER
1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, NJ.
Phone: 609.365.1300
- Megadeth / Motorhead / Volbeat /
Lacuna Coil: Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m.
- Tool: Jan. 29, 8 p.m.
- Rise Against: Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
WELLS FARGO CENTER
Broad St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.336.3600
- The Black Keys: March 10, 8 p.m.
- Rammstein: April 26, 8 p.m.
ELSEWHERE IN PA
CROCODILE ROCK
520 Hamilton St, Allentown
Phone: 610.434.460
- I See Stars: Jan. 16, 4:30 p.m.
- Matt Nathanson: Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m.
- Fuel: Jan. 29, 6 p.m.
- Down with Webster / Free Sol: Feb.
3, 7 p.m.
- Anthrax / Testament: Feb. 6, 6:45
p.m.
- Black Stone Cherry / Cavo: Feb. 7, 7
p.m.
- Nick Carter: Feb. 8, 8 p.m., $25-$27
- The Summer Set / The Cab: Feb. 10,
6 p.m.
- Me Talk Pretty / Hawthorne
Heights: Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m.
- Steel Panther: Feb. 17, 7 p.m.
- Attack Attack!: Feb. 23, 6 p.m.
WHITAKER CENTER
222 Market St., Harrisburg
Phone: 717.214.ARTS
- Dave Mason: Jan. 20, 8 p.m.
- Hot Tuna: March 3, 8 p.m.
- Cowboy Junkies: March 7, 7:30 p.m.
NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY
BEACON THEATER
2124 Broadway, New York, NY.
Phone: 212.496.7070
- David Garrett: Feb. 4, 8 p.m.
- 70s Soul Jam: Feb. 11, 8 p.m.
- Cedric The Entertainer: Feb. 14, 7:30
p.m.
- Peter Frampton: Feb. 18, 8 p.m.
- Nikolai Baskov: Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
- Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman:
March 23, 8 p.m.
HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
311 W. 34th St, New York, NY.
Phone: 212.279.7740
- Flogging Molly: Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m.
- Legends of Disco: March 31, 7 p.m.
THE FILLMORE AT IRVING
PLAZA
17 Irving Place, New York, N.Y.
Phone: 212.777.6800
- Live Lava Live / Meekakitty / Nana-
lew & Friends: Jan. 17, 6 p.m.
- Robert Earl Keen: Jan. 20, 7 p.m.
- Big Head Todd & The Monsters: Jan.
21, 8 p.m.
- The Wanted: Jan. 22, 7 p.m.
- Lamb of God: Jan. 24, 7 p.m.
- Falling In Reverse: Jan. 28, 6:30
p.m.
- The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Vaca-
tioner: Jan. 31, 7 p.m.
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN
7th Ave., New York, NY
Phone: 212.465.MSG1
- Romeo: Feb. 11, 23-24, 8 p.m.
- Ricardo Arjona: Feb. 26, 8 p.m.
- The Black Keys: March 12, 22, 8 p.m.
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
1260 Ave. of the Americas, NY, NY
Phone: 212.307.717
- Kelly Clarkson: Jan. 21, 8 p.m.
- Antony & The Johnsons: Jan. 26, 8
p.m.
- Lenny Kravits / Raphael Saadiq:
Jan. 28, 8 p.m.
- Barry Manilow: Feb. 10-12, 14 8 p.m.
- Aretha Franklin: Feb. 17-18, 8 p.m.
ROSELAND BALLROOM
239 52nd Street, New York, NY.
Phone: 212.777.6800
- Skrillex / Spank Rock / Zane Lowe:
Feb. 3, 9 p.m.
- Steve Aoki / Datsik: Feb. 17, 8 p.m.
THE THEATRE AT MSG
7th Ave., New York, NY
Phone: 212.465.MSG1
- Megadeth / Motorhead / Volbeat /
Lacuna Coil: Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m.
- Mike Epps: March 3, 8 p.m.
BORGATA HOTEL AND
CASINO
Atlantic City, NJ
Phone:1.866.MYBORGATA.com
- Frankie Valli: Jan. 13-15, 9 p.m.
- Anti Social Comedy Tour ft. Jim
Norton / Dave Attell / Artie Lange /
Doug Stanhope: Jan. 14-15, 8 p.m.
- Colin Quinn: Jan. 28, 9 p.m.
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Travelers of both time and space
Led Zeppelin tribute show Kashmir will return Saturday, Jan. 14
at 8:30 p.m. to the Mauch Chunk Opera House (14 W. Broadway,
Jim Thorpe).
With lead singer Jean Violet filling the shoes of Robert Plant,
Kashmir will likely perform all of the expected Led Zeppelin
material along with some deeper cuts. The band also includes
Andy Urban on lead guitar, Cary Fields on bass, keys and mando-
lin and Paul Cooper on drums.
Tickets are $23 and can be purchased by calling the box office at
570.325.0249, visiting mauchchunkoperahouse.com or at Sound
Check Records Phone (23 Broadway, Jim Thorpe).
Check out photos
from concerts at
theweekender.com
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Bar on Oak: Line Dancing
Brews Brothers: Speaker Jam feat. DJ & Karaoke duo Scott & Lynette
Chackos: K8
Cuzs Bar & Grille: Andrew Jon Sleboda acoustic jam session
Elmer Sudds: Robb Brown and Theresa on drums
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Karaoke
Metro Bar & Grill: Karaoke w/ Joe Miraglia
Ole Tyme Charleys: Open mic comedy night & DJ EFX
River Street Jazz Caf: Open Mic
Robs Pub & Grub: Beer Pong
Rox 52: Comedy Night
Sands Casino: Mr. Echo
Slate Bar & Lounge: DJ Hard Drive
Woodlands: Gone Crazy
Thursday:
Bar on Oak: The Tones
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Toolshed Jack
Careys Pub: Open Mic w/ Eric & Krysten from Crush
Chackos: Kartune
Metro Bar & Grill: DJ MO
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke
OverPour: Larry Greorge duo 6-9 p.m.
River Grille: DJ Ooh Wee
River Street Jazz Caf: Sector One presents FORWARD feat. best
local DJs
Robs Pub & Grub: Aaron Bruch
Rox 52: Beer Pong
Stans Caf: DJ Slick w/ Karaoke
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Ugly Sweater contest w/ DJ MO
Woodlands: DJ Kev (Club HD)
Friday:
Bar on Oak: Something Else
Bart & Urbys: DJ Evil Bee
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Kartune
Chackos: 3
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Jump
Elmer Sudds: Ahes for Trees playing coffeehouse rock
Grotto, Harveys Lake: The Blend
Grotto, Outside Wyoming Valley Mall: John Smith
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: DJ Justin
Kings, Mountain Top: Comedy Night featuring Artie Fletcher
Liams: Mame
Metro Bar & Grill: Classic Rock Express
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke
OverPour: DJ Short & Poor
River Street Jazz Caf: Poogie Bell Band and the Woody Brown
Project
Robs Pub & Grub: Breakdown Jimmy
Senunas: DJ Mac
Slate Bar & Lounge: Mr. Echo
Stans Caf: Jax
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Teddy Young & the Aces
Woodlands: (Evolution) DJ Kev, (Steamside) Rockabilly 45, UUU
Saturday:
Ardees: Classic Rock Express
Bar On Oak: The Chatter
Bart & Urbys: Nick Coyle formerly of Lifer & The Drama Club
Beer Boys: UFC 142
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Shorty Long & The Jersey Horns
Chackos: Strawberry Jam
Cuzs Bar & Grille: Cuzs Karaoke w/ The Commander
Elmer Sudds:Rahboo, Jimmy G and Johnny Nov
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Karaoke Party
Kings, Mountain Top: Domestic Violence benefit concert- Don Chappelle
and the Pick-Ups, John Lucas and special guest
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke and Rage! DJs
River Grille: DJ Ooh Wee
River Street Jazz Caf: Brothers Past w/ opening act Bread O Bees
(Jesse Miller of Lotus side project)
Robs Pub & Grub: Underworld
Rox 52: Iron Cowboy
Senunas: Dave & Mike of Gone Crazy
Slate Bar & Lounge: Sister Esther
Stans Caf: Lee Strumski
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Audio Affair
Woodlands: Evoloution w/ DJ Kev, Sweetwater
Sunday:
Bankos: Mr. Echo
Careys Pub: NFL Playoffs, DJ Santiago @ 9:30
Huns West Side Caf: NFL Playoffs
Kings, Mountain Top: NFL Ticket
OverPour: NFL Playoffs
River Grille: NFL Playoffs
Robs Pub and Grub: NFL Playoffs
Rox 52: NFL Playoffs
Stans Caf: Free Jukebox 9-1
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: NFL Playoffs
Woodlands: The Tones w/ DJ Godfather
Monday:
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Unplugged Monday - Open Mic
Robs Pub & Grub: NEPA Beer Pong
Tuesday:
Elmer Sudds: Les and Jonny
The Getaway Lounge: Ronnie Williams
Hops: Aaron Bruch
Huns West Side Caf: AJ Jump and Dustin Drevitch
Jim McCarthys: Karaoke
Metro Bar & Grill: Guest Appreciation Night w/ free jukebox, free pool
and free megatron games
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke and DJ EFX
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Open Mic Night
The Woodlands: Corporate Karaoke
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E X C E L L E N C E I N E D U C AT I O N S I N C E 1 8 9 7
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FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY.
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2227 Scranton Carbondale Hwy., Dickson City, PA 18519
box office, go to box office, Mercy
Hall Room 226.
Northern Tier Symphony
Orchestra (570.289.1090, north-
erntiersymphony@yahoo.com, north-
erntiersymphony.org)
Auditions: Jan. 18, 25, 5-9 p.m., Jan.
28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tunkhannock.
Principal clarinet, clarinet III, bass
clarinet, bassoon II, contrabassoon,
violin I & II, viola, bass, percussion,
substitutes.
Auditions for Assistant French
Horn: Jan. 18, 5-9 p.m., Tunkhannock
Middle School; Jan. 25, 5-9 p.m.,
Tunkhannock Middle School; Jan. 28,
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tunkhannock Baptist
Church. Call to schedule an audition.
Noxen Volunteer Fire Com-
pany Breakfast Buffet Jan. 15,
8 a.m.-1 p.m., fire hall on Stull Road,
Noxen. $7.50/adults, $4/kids under 12.
The Osterhout Free Library
events (71 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-
Barre, www.osterhout.info,
570.821.1959)
Open Computer Lab: Mon./Wed.,
5-8 p.m.; Sat., 1-4 p.m.
Pennsylvania Music Educa-
tors Association District 9
Orchestra Festival Feb. 8-10,
Northwest Area High School. Concert
Feb. 10.
Pocono Mountain Bible Con-
ference (191 Clifton Beach Rd.,
Clifton Twp.)
Youth Retreat: Feb. 10-12.Theme is
Got It? Speakers Wayne Morgan,
Jason Castelli, performances by
Transformed, LU, will entertain the
campers for the weekend. $90. Ages
12-18 regardless of race, sex, religious
affiliation. For info, call 570.842.9746,
visit camppmbc.com.
Robert Dale Chorale
(570.586.3921, robertdalechorale.org)
27th Annual NEPA Bach Festival:
March 17-18
Safe Haven Dog Rescue
(www.SafeHavenPa.org, Safe-
Haven@epix.net)
2012 Safe Haven Calendar now
available. Send check for $16/each
calendar, plus S& H charge of $2/1,
$3/2, $4/3, $5/4 or more to: Safe
Haven Calendar, RR1, Box 289-A,
Effort, PA 18330. Proceeds help SH
rescue, care for dogs from over-
crowded and high kill shelters.
Adoption Day: Jan. 15, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Tractor Supply (Rte. 209, Brodhead-
sville). Pre-adoption application with
references, home visit required prior
to adoption.
Volunteer Meeting: Jan. 17, 6:30
p.m., Cherrys Restaurant (Rte 209,
Kresgeville). Meet volunteers. Volun-
teers (adoption days, dog transport,
fundraising, clerical help, home visits,
more), fosters welcome.
Spay/Neuter Discounts
Available for Pitbulls during
Jan.-Feb. Females: $75. Males: $50.
Call 570.994.5846 to schedule. Spon-
sored by Eastern Pennsylvania Ani-
mal Alliance Spay/Neuter Clinic.
Dog/cat food to anyone who needs it.
Stop by EPAA office, back of Rainbow
Plaza, Rt. 209, Brodheadsville.
St. Faustinas Stuffed Chick-
en Breast Dinner Fundraiser
Jan. 15, noon-3 p.m. (eat in or take
out), St. Faustinas alternate site
(1030 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke). $8.
Also includes mashed potatoes,
vegetable, drink, dessert. For info,
call 570.417.3878.
St. Michaels Ukrainian Or-
thodox Church (540 N. Main Ave.,
Scranton, 570.343.7165)
Pierogi Sale every Fri., 11 a.m.-5
p.m.
St. Stephens Episcopal Pro-
Cathedral (35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.346.4600)
Food Pantry open Mon.-Fri., noon-4
p.m.
Clothing Closet: free clothing for
men, women, children. Open Tues.,
4-6:30 p.m., Wed., noon-3:30 p.m.
St. Thomas More Society (St.
Clare Church, 2301 N. Washington
Ave., Scranton, 570.343.0634, sttho-
masmoresociety.org)
Guardian of the Redeemer Fellow-
ship: First, third Mon. of month for
men interested in adult discussion of
Catholic faith.
YOUCAT Teen Group welcomes
post-Confirmation youth from all
parishes for discussion of Theology
of the Body for Teens. Meets first,
third Thurs. of month, 5:30 p.m.
Jesus of Nazareth-Holy Week Adult
Education Series: Wed., Feb. 1-April 4
(except Feb. 22), 6:15 p.m. All are
welcome to join community potluck
supper, 6:15 p.m. Evening prayer, 5
p.m.; rosary, 5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.
Welcome to arrive at any point.
Unity: ACenter for Spiritual
Living (140 South Grant St., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.824.7722)
A Course in Miracles / Holistic
Fitness-Yoga Sessions: Tues., 6:30-
8:30 p.m.
Meditation Chakra Clearing
Deeksha: 2nd, 4th Mon., 7-8:30 p.m.
$8. Oneness meditation, chakra
clearing/energization, transfer of
Divine Energy. Welcome beginning,
experienced meditators, all paths.
Info: 587.0967, ernie@divinejoymi-
nistry.com.
Valley Lodge #499 Roast
Beef Dinner Jan. 14, 4-7 p.m., St.
Johns Lodge (Yatesville Road, Yates-
ville). $8/adults, $4/kids under 12.
Waverly Community House
(1115 N. Abington Rd., Waverly,
570.586.8191, www.waverlycomm.org)
events:
Ballroom Dancing Lessons: Wed.,
7:15 p.m., Comm auditorium. Basic &
advanced ballroom, swing. $15/per-
son. For info, call Vince Brust at
489.3111.
Wilkes-Barre Barbershop
Harmony Society events:
Singing Valentines: Feb. 14, 10
a.m.-5 p.m., will be delivered by
quartets complete with songs, card,
rose, candy. $50/surprise presenta-
tion. Call 570.709.3716 or 696.3385
Wyoming County Chamber
Of Commerce
Launch of 2012 Luncheon Series:
Jan. 11, 11:45 a.m., Purkeys Pink Apple,
Tunkhannock. Free to members,
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By Nikki M. Mascali
Weekender Editor
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his week, Im kicking off a
new aspect of Dish, a
segment called In the
kitchen with , which will
give us an inside look at some of
the chefs that make dining in
Northeastern Pa. so dynamic.
Were starting off with John J.
Hudak Jr., the executive chef at
Vanderlyns (239 Schuyler Ave.,
Kingston). The Dallas native
opened the restaurant with his
sister, Suzanne Rismondo, in
October 2010, in the location
formerly occupied by Kazimis.
Whats the story behind the
name? Its named after my ma-
ternal grandfather, his name was
Louis V. Ide, and the V stood for
Vanderlyn I always just
thought it was a cool name. Its
non-descript, per se, and I
thought it had class.
What would you say your
signature dish is? Its hard to
pinpoint just one; we do some
things we call signatures, we
have the Louis V, named after my
grandfather, which are med-
allions of veal, prosciutto, golden
sherry sauce, smoked mozzarella
cheese we have certain things
on our menu page that we denote
as signature.
Why do you do the tableside
Caesar salads? Its something
that was done by (Kazimis), and
we carried it through. People like
the idea that its being made
tableside, they like the interaction
with the wait staff, and our wait
staff are trained to do that
even me if I have to in a pinch
(laughs).
Whats your most-used in-
gredient? Onions or some form
of onion or garlic goes into a lot
of things.
Do you cook at home? I do
when Im home.
Three things always in your
fridge: Milk, iced tea, wine.
Favorite meal to eat: Tradi-
tionally, I just like a good steak.
If I was to go out, Ill try some-
thing different.
Guilty food pleasure: Nothing
particular, usually something
sweet. You cant trust a skinny
chef (laughs).
Favorite restaurant outside
NEPA? I dont get to travel too
much, but I went to Chicago and
went to some neat places out
there, one was a chophouse.
Where we would bring out a
dessert tray, they would bring out
a meat tray, and show you an
8-ounce filet, a 10-ounce, a 20-
ounce rib chop it was a Fred
Flintstones dream!
Do you ever eat fast food?
Sometimes, usually its late at
night after Ive worked ump-
teenth hours. Usually its a burger
and fries, theres never a bad time
for a Frosty.
Do you watch food-related
TV? I watch the Food Network.
Its not exactly what a chefs life
is about, but its cool. I like
watching Chopped, but theyre
put in such a situation with such
bizarre ingredients, its kind of
unique. I watch food, but I like
sports.
How do you think youd fare
on a food show? It depends.
Iron Chef is kind of cool be-
cause theres definitely more to
that than you see in the 60 min-
utes, Id love to see the behind-
the-scenes on how much they
know because in 10 minutes
lapsed time, they already have 15
things going. Its like, How did
you not know this?
Why become a chef? I just
love to cook, its pretty simple. I
was a typical kid who graduated
high school and didnt know
what I wanted to do. My friends
were going to college, so I
thought Id better go to (Luzerne
County Community College). At
the time, there was a six-month
program, and I learned that I was
good at it, and that I enjoyed it,
and I went on from there. Its
nice when you love what you do.
(Info: vanderlyns.com,
570.283.6260)
CALLING ALL DIVAS
Bar Louis inside the Hotel
Fauchere (401 Broad St., Mil-
ford) will host a Women On
Wednesdays Diva Night, Jan.
11.
The evening, hosted by Amy
Ferris, features a $15 three-
course dinner special that in-
cludes a salad, farfalle with
grilled kale and pesto, a croquet
monsieur (housemade white ham
and brioche with Swiss) or the
weekly dinner special along with
the patisserie dessert du jour.
Visit hotelfauchere.com or call
409.1212 for info.
WINE & DINE
Le Sorelle Cucina inside
Mount Airy Casino Resort (44
Woodland Road, Mount Pocono)
is hosting a Gallo wine dinner
Friday, Jan. 13.
Cost is $65 per person; seat-
ings are at 6 and 9 p.m. Call
877.682.4791 for reservations. W
Send your food & drink news
to nmascali@theweekender.com
or call 570.831.7322.
In the kitchen with ...
Vanderlyns Executive Chef John J. Hudak Jr.
Open Mon-Tue 12pm to 6pm
Wed-Sat 12pm to 8pm
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Packaged Lingerie
Leather & Vinyl
Romance Enhancement
Essentials
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Gift Certicates
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ed, one representative per company.
To reserve, call 570.836.7755, e-
mailRobin@wyccc.com. For info, visit
wyccc.com.
HISTORY
Lackawanna Historical So-
ciety (The Catlin House, 232 Monroe
Avenue, Scranton, 570.344.3841)
Looking for teams for 3rd Annual
You Live Here You Should Know This
Local History Quiz Show: Teams of 3.
To apply send list of team members,
organization affiliation, short bio for
each person to: The Lackawanna
Historical Society, Catlin House, 232
Monroe Ave., Scranton, by Jan. 13.
Lycoming County Historical
Society Thomas T. Taber
Museum(858 W. Fourth St., Wil-
liamsport, 570.326.3326, www.lycom-
ing.org/lchsmuseum)
Doll exhibit: through Jan. 27.
Steamtown National Histor-
ic Site (I-81 to Exit 53, Scranton:
570.340.5200 or 888.693.9391,
www.nps.gov/stea)
Ongoing: Interpretive programs,
visitor center, theater, a history
museum. Open daily, 9-5 p.m. $7
adults, $6 senior citizens, $2 children
ages 6-12.
LEARNING
A.C. Moore (2190 Wilkes-Barre
Twp. Marketplace, 570.820.0570)
Mom and Me art classes: every Fri.,
noon-1 p.m. $15, includes supplies.
Sign up 24 hours in advance, call to
register.
Academy of Northern Mar-
tial Arts (79 N. Main St., Pittston)
Traditional Kung Fu & San Shou. For
Health and Defense. Adult & Chil-
drens Classes, Mon.-Thurs., Sat. First
class free. Walk-ins welcome, call
371.9919, 817.2161 for info.
Adult Kung Fu (Kung Fu & Tai Chi
Center, Wilkes-Barre: 570.829.2707)
Ongoing classes. Tues./Thurs., 6:30
p.m. Study of Chinese Martial Art
open hand, weapons sets. Mon., Wed.,
6:30 p.m. Covers Chinese style theo-
ries, concepts, applications. Sport
fighting concepts explained, prac-
ticed.
ArtWorks Gallery & Studio
(502 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton.
570.207.1815):
Childrens Art Start: Sat., through
Feb. 18, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $80, supplies
included. Sign up with friend, save $5.
Pre-registration encouraged.
Aikido of Scranton, Inc. (1627
N. Main Ave., Scranton, 570.963.0500)
Self-Defense Class taught by
Aikido Master Ven Sensei, every Mon.
& Wed., 7-9 p.m. $10.
Traditional Weapons Class, Thurs.,
7-9 p.m. $10.
Art Classes at the Georgia-
na Cray Bart Studio (123 Brader
Dr., Wilkes-Barre, 570.947.8387,
gcraybart-artworks.com)
Adult (Ages 13+): Mon., noon-4 p.m.
(3 hrs painting, 1 hr group critique),
$30/class payable monthly. Wed., 6-9
p.m. (student chooses length of
time), $15/1 hr, $18/1 1/2 hrs, $20/2 hrs,
$25/2 1/2 hrs, $30/3 hrs, per class
payable monthly.
Children: Ages 9-12, Mon., 4:30-5:30
p.m., $15/class payable monthly. Ages
13+, Wed., 6-9 p.m., joins adult class,
individuals select amount of time to
participate. Portfolio prep instruction
available for college bound students.
Private lessons available.
Back Mountain Martial Arts
Center & Mountaintop Kar-
ate Center
For info, call either location, Back
Mountain (4 Carr Ave., 570.675.9535)
or Mountaintop (312 S. Mountain Blvd.,
466.6474): Visit Website at www.fu-
doshinkai1.com.
Instruction in Traditional Karate,
Jujutsu, Sivananda Yoga (Back Moun-
tain): Tues., Wed., Thurs., 4:30-9 p.m.,
Sat., 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (Mountaintop
Karate Center Mon., Weds., Fri., 4:30-9
p.m.
Instruction in Traditional Karate,
Jujutsu, Sivananda Yoga (Mountain-
top): Mon., Wed., Fri., 4:30-9 p.m.
Carbondale Chiropractic
Center (267 Brooklyn St.,
570.282.1240, www.carbondalechi-
ropractic.com).
Run with Doc: Sun. 9-10 a.m. at
Lake Scranton. Jog around Lake
Scranton with Dr. Andrew Rivera.
Visit Website for info.
Dance Contours (201 Bear Creek
Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, 570.208.0152,
www.dancecontours.com)
Adult classes: ballet, tap, lyrical,
CardioSalsa, ballroom dance.
Children/teen classes: ballet, tap,
CheerDance, HipTech Jazz, a form of
dance blending basic Jazz Technique
with styles of street dance, hip hop.
Zumba classes for adults: Tues., 6
p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. First class free.
Adult ballet: Sat. morn.
Dankos Core Wrestling
Strength Training Camp
(DankosAllAmericanFitness.com)
Four sessions/week, features two
clinics, two core strength. 4 sessions/
week. Increase power, speed, agility.
Group discounts, coaches, teams,
clubs, free stuff. Visit website or call
Larry Danko at 570.825.5989 for info.
Downtown Arts at Arts
YOUniverse (47 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, 570.970.2787, www.art-
syouniverse.com)
Kids Craft Hour with Liz Revit: Sat.,
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Make jewelry, paper
mache, more. $15, includes supplies.
For info or to register, call 817.0176.
Traditional Egyptian Belly Dance:
Wed., beginners 6-7 p.m.; intermedi-
ate 7-8 p.m. intermediate. $10. Call
343.2033 for info.
Tribal Fusion Dance: Thurs., begin-
ners 6-7 p.m.; intermediate 7-8 p.m.
$10. Call 836.7399 for info.
Cabaret with Helena: Sat., 4:30 p.m.
Pre-registration required. Call 553.2117
for info.
African Dance: Wed. & Sun., 1 p.m.
Traditional African moves with jazz
and hip-hop. $10, registration re-
quired, call 212.9644 or visit hipbody-
soul.com for info.
Downtown Dojo Karate A-
cademy (84 S. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre, 570.262.1778)
Offering classes in traditional karate,
weapons, self defense. Mon-Thurs.,
5:30-8:45 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-noon.
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tech talk
By Nick Delorenzo
Special to the Weekender
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Nevada, and you cant
have themyet.
The Consumer Electronics Show
is just getting under way in Las
Vegas. CES, as its more commonly
known, is a showcase of all the
hottest electronics currently under
development.
Top electronics manufacturers
fromaround the world showoff all
of their latest TVs, phones, tablets,
computers and gadgets in general,
and when vendors offer live
streams fromtheir booths, all gad-
get lovers can do is drool with envy
over all of the thinner, lighter, cool-
er, more powerful things they cant
get their hands on.
Among some of the highlights:
Aslewof newTVs fromLG, a
gaggle of cameras fromCanon, and
tablets, routers and laptops galore.
Theres just one bit of dust on this
rosy picture of electronic intrep-
idity, and its a big one: Microsoft.
Claiming that its development
cycle is not compatible with the
CESshow, and noting that its re-
leases are often drowned out by a
cacophony of other vendors and
products at CES, Microsoft has
said this year will be its last as a
participating vendor.
And its not that it doesnt have
anything to talk about Windows
8, Windows Phone 7.5, a newXbox
say what you will about the
mega corporation, its got things in
the pipeline that people want to see.
It also has a point.
I may not be a grizzled, veteran
reporter, but Ive been keeping
enough of an eye on the industry to
knowthat a substantial portion of
the most buzz-worthy products
tend to disappear or just plain dont
generate any enthusiasmoutside
the industry. So fromMicrosofts
standpoint, it doesnt make sense to
rush its products or invest capital in
the showwhen it can focus on other
methods of marketing.
And theres a really simple rea-
son that this is a good idea: Al-
though CESis fairly glamorous, at
the end of the day, its still a trade
showproducts are being re-
viewed and played with by industry
people, and what is most impres-
sive to themmight fall flat with the
consumer.
Maybe Microsoft is going to use
the Apple example: Why announce
or showoff products at a trade show
when you can give your products
the Steve Jobs treatment? W
NickDeLorenzois director of
interactive andnewmedia for The
Times Leader. E-mail himat
ndelorenzo@timesleader.com.
Gadgets of the future arrive
Joe Stinziano, senior vice president for Samsung
Electronics America, introduces the Samsung 55-inch
Super Oled TV Monday at CES in Las Vegas. The TV
uses organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) instead of
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Performing live at:
Metro Bar & Grill, Dallas Highway - Friday, January 13 - 9:30PM-12:30AM
Ardees, Falls by the Bridge - Saturday, January 14 - 9PM-1AM
Lovelton Hotel, Mehoopany - Saturday, January 21 - 8PM-12AM
Suzies, Birney Ave. Scranton- Saturday, February 25 - 8PM-11PM
Old # 7, Country Lanes, Blue Shutter Road, Elmhurst - Saturday, February 4,
9PM-1AM
Zumba Classes: Tues., Thurs., 7-8
p.m.; Sat., 12:30-1:30 p.m. $5/class. Call
for info.
Drawing and Painting Les-
sons: Realist painter teaches tech-
niques of old masters. Private les-
sons Fri.-Sun. To schedule, call
570.820.0469, e-mail bekshev@ya-
hoo.com or visit www.artistvs.com.
Everhart Museum(1901 Mulberry
St., Scranton, 570.346.7186, www.ever-
hart-museum.org)
Everybodys Art New Series of
Adult Art Classes: $25/workshop
members, $30 non-members. Pre-
registration required.
Rosen Method easy movement
program, Thurs., 2-3 p.m., Folk art
gallery, $5/class, free to members.
Must pre-register.
Early Explorers: Mon., 1-1:45 p.m.
Free, suitable for ages 3-5. Pre-
registration required, groups wel-
come. For info, to register, call or
e-mail education@everhart-mu-
seum.org.
The Exercise Lady, Doreen
Rakowski (Theeexercisela-
dy0@aol.com, 570.287.9801)
Yoga, Pilates, Thai Chi Classes
Extreme M.M.A.(2424 Old Ber-
wick Rd., Bloomsburg. 570.854.2580)
MMA Class: Mon., Wed., 6-7 p.m.
First visit free. Wrestling funda-
mentals, basic Brazilian Ju-Jitsu No
Gi. Call for info.
Boxing/Kickboxing Fitness Class:
Mon., Wed., 7-8 p.m. First visit free.
Non-combative class.
Personal Training: Call 317.7250 for
info.
Fazios Hapkido Do Jang (61
Main St., Luzerne, 570.239.1191)
Accepting new students. Children
(age 7-12) Mon./Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Teen/adult Mon./Wed., 6:45-8:15 p.m.;
Tues.-Thurs., 6:30-8 p.m. Private
lesson also available.
Learn Hapkido. Self defense applica-
tions. $50 monthly, no contract.
GreenBeing (334 Adams Ave.,
Scranton, info@shopgreenbeing.com)
Not Your Grannys Sewing: one-on-
one lessons: $40/lesson, $140/4
sessions, 2-3 hour sessions. Tailored
to individual needs.
GregWorks Professional
Fitness Training (107 B Haines
Court, Blakely, 570.499.2349, gregs-
bootcamp@hotmail.com, www.vip-
fitnesscamp.com)
Beach Body Bootcamp: Mon.-Fri.,
6:30 & 8 p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m.
Bridal Bootcamp: Mon.-Fri., 6:30 &
8 p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m. Bridal party group
training, couples personal training
available.
Fitness Bootcamp: 4-week ses-
sions, Mon.-Fri., 6:30 & 8 p.m.; Sat., 1
p.m.
New Years Resolution Flab to Fab
Bootcamp: Mon.-Fri., 6:30 & 8 p.m.,
Sat., 1 p.m. Guaranteed results.
Private/Semi-Private sessions
available, e-mail for info.