Reader Rapture: Top-shelf authors, literary events swing by the 2017 Harrisburg Book Festival.
Last month, world-famous author Salman Rushdie stopped in Harrisburg for what may have been our area’s biggest literary event in—well,… Read More
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City More Beautiful: Images of the HBG Mural Fest
It was an event like central PA had never seen before. Over the course of 10 days last month, more… Read More
Nature’s Eye: Harrisburg’s first major Ansel Adams exhibit lands at SAM.
I’ve always been fascinated by the early works of world-famous artists, to see the genius in its formative stages. For… Read More
Family Truths: “Fun Home” tells a story of life in small-town PA, in its complexity.
“We were standing in front of the Bechdel house and we were all profoundly moved,” said Stuart Landon, director of… Read More
Discovering Boalsburg: A trove of Columbus artifacts can be found in perhaps the least likely place in the New World.
Sometimes, the roundabout way we learn things is amazing. It was quite by accident that I discovered Pennsylvania is home… Read More
Tap, Tap, Tap: The baton is raised on the new HSO season.
The 2017-18 Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra season is upon us, which got me to wondering—how exactly are the pieces chosen for… Read More
Musical Notes: Chills & Trills
Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Smell that beautiful fall air. Breathe in the cool afternoons and crispness of the… Read More
“Rebel” Without a Focus: J.D. Salinger biopic lacks structure, voice.
“You failed to turn it into a narrative.” So says Whit Burnett (Kevin Spacey), a Columbia writing professor, to a… Read More
Student Scribes: 2 Poems
2 Poems Inconceivable When I first saw you, you were a small dot on the screen, an idea I could… Read More
Student Scribes: “Palace of Art”
“This is the handsomest building I have ever saw.” – Theodore Roosevelt, at the 1906 Dedication of the Pennsylvania State… Read More