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  • Up, Up and Away! A Superman for the 21st Century0

    Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … what?! Another Superman??? Yes, summer 2025 offers yet one further iteration of the beloved Big Blue Boy Scout; and it’s no surprise if viewers can’t keep count of actors who’ve played the Man of Steel — going all the way back to

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  • Pooches, Penguins & Promises: A Tribute to Naomi Watts0

    Your Webb critic has two favorite actresses. One — though she’s really before my time — is Golden Age golden-girl Myrna Loy. For years America’s favorite wife, Loy starred in the marvelous Thin Man movies, and was partly responsible for the bullet-riddled end of John Dillinger’s criminal career. (Look it up!) My other fave is

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  • Repasz Band Wagon: Williamsport Ensemble Opens Fund Drive0

    Now nearly 200 years old, Williamsport’s world-famous Repasz Band has announced a new Endowment Fund to help the group continue its popular slate of free local concerts. “Never before has the band’s existence to continue been directly threatened,” says Repasz treasurer and past president Nancy Eischeid. “Previous to COVID, our 10-18 concerts every summer provided

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  • Aslan on the Move: C. S. Lewis Institute in Central PA

    Aslan on the Move: C. S. Lewis Institute in Central PA0

    The C. S. Lewis Institute is coming to Central PA. With branches in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — along with 11 other states, plus such countries as Ireland, Japan and Kenya — CSLI was named for the British writer whose radio talks and bestselling novels made him one of the 20th century’s most beloved Christian figures.

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  • Hot-Diggity “Dog Man”: DreamWorks Fetches a Tail-Wagger0

    At age 64, I remain convinced that deep in the soul of every middle-aged man, there’s a 12-year-old boy who never grew up. That’s why grandpas still crack gas-gags with their grandsons. And it’s also why Dav Pilkey’s riotous “Captain Underpants” books were a hit with kids and grown-ups alike. (After all, that series features

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  • From Z to Shining Z: Finishing the End!0

    In most English-speaking countries, the letter Z — our recent focus here in Webb’s “Weird Words” — is pronounced “zed”; and that’s because it originally derives from the Greek letter zeta. In some regional dialects, Z can even be styled as “izzard”; but of course, American English uses “zee.” In this way, Z rhymes with

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