An evening of high-stakes fun and historic preservation will come together on April 18 as Preservation Williamsport hosts its annual “Casino Evil” fundraiser, a “roaring 20s Great Gatsby” themed casino night designed to support the city’s rich Victorian architectural heritage. This year’s fundraiser will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to
What I am about to write is one of the most freeing principles we will experience as we share life together on planet Earth: As a child of God, you are free to love everyone — yes, everyone. That powerful principle, like an onion, has many layers. To live it, we must peel through the
As regular readers of “Weird Words” know, your local lexicographer keeps a massive running-list of oddball vocab. Laid out in space-saving, three-column format, it currently totals nearly 3,200 terrific terms. For April — since it is of course the year’s fourth month — I simply flipped to page four and selected a dozen: Bindi (BIN-dee,
We just got through Easter weekend, and boy, was it wonderful. Busy, but lovely. Thursday and Good Friday were run, run, run. You know how it is. Get all your food menu items purchased and get ready for the Easter bunny’s arrival! Saturday, my mother-in-law hosted an Easter lunch in her beautiful new kitchen. It
Before the summer movie season kicks into full gear, you may wish grab some recent releases that you missed in theaters. For folks who like thrillers, here are three solid picks now available for streaming: Dead of Winter – Having played theatrically in our area for exactly one week, this good-not-great drama is saved by
Do you know the best part about being with someone for so long? You have all these inside jokes that only the two of you understand. It could have been something that happened twenty years ago, and you can still laugh about it because it feels like it happened yesterday. My husband Chris and I
Spring is here, and it seems like we might be past the dreary days and chilly temperatures. However, spring is ever changeful with the wind turning in an instant. The best defense against weather shifts is outerwear, and this time of year has me looking toward transitional coat options to throw on over my outfit
Though I’ve spent decades studying and teaching American lit., I never cared much for Death of a Salesman … until I saw Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf do it on Broadway. When someone later asked how it was, I borrowed from a long-ago critic and said, “It was like getting hit by a truck —
