Arts

WVIA launches the local portion of the PBS KIDS GO!® Writers Contest, a national competition designed to promote the advancement of children’s reading skills through hands-on, active learning. more»

LIFE OF PI: Dazzling, clever, gorgeous -- and maybe this year’s Best Picture-winner

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If there remains any doubt that you can make a great film out of a great book, “Life of Pi” will put it to rest.

Films like “Pride and Prejudice,” “Holes” and “Hunger Games” made it seem do-able; “Life of Pi” makes it downright miraculous. more»

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Best Picture, Director, Actor, Music, Supporting Actor and Actress, Cinematography, Costumes and Production Design.

Those are the Oscar noms that will likely go to Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”; as for winning -- Daniel Day-Lewis just might become the first man ever to grab a third statue for Best Actor. more»

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“Skyfall” is the first James Bond film that feels like it’s actually about something -- something other than cars, guns, girls and bombs.

Director Sam Mendes’ cerebral resume -- “Road to Perdition,” “American Beauty,” “Revolutionary Road” -- suggests he was an unlikely candidate for a film about the world’s most famous spy. more»

Bombadil

The musical act Bombadil will perform a free show, live at Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport, at 8 p.m. Nov. 25. more»

Judith Cole Youngman, author of Amadeus Quilts: A Journal of Encouragement, will be at Otto's Book Store.

Otto's is turning 171 and you're invited to the party Friday, November 16 from 5 to 8 (or 9) PM. We will have six authors here to meet their readers and sign their books: more»

Denzel in FLIGHT: Not your average airplane movie

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Despite its dazzling crash sequence, “Flight” is not an air-disaster tale; it’s a film about alcoholism -- one of the best ever made on that subject. more»

After a successful relaunch of Spoken Word in October, the Converge Gallery is pleased to announce another night of Spoken Word is scheduled for Friday, November 9, 2012 from 7-9pm. Spoken Word offers a judgment-free environment to share your talents and welcomes all talents that pertain to the word. more»

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How would you like to see Hugh Grant as a savage cannibal? How about Hugo Weaving as a woman?

Tom Hanks with aboriginal facepaint? Hanks as a buck-toothed quack doctor? Or an expletive-spouting Welsh murderer?

“Cloud Atlas” has all this and more; the terms courageous and original come readily to mind. more»

Watercolor by artist Robert Olmstead

The sixth annual Regional Invitational Artists Exhibition and Sale will be held on Friday, November 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, November 3, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The show, at its new location, takes place in the Pennsdale Civic Center Social Hall, 261Village Road, Pennsdale, PA. more»

Converge Gallery is pleased to announce their latest show Sinners & Saints, a series of new work by artists Mark Kostabi, Paul Kostabi, Rick Prol, Mark May, Roger Shipley, Samuel Stabler, Ted Walke, Jeremiah Johnson, Liz Parrish, Danielle Charette, Misako Oba, Joanne Landis, Tim Allen Miller, and Josh Dannin in what will be their latest exhibition in Williamsport.  more»