June 2016

As a student at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Rebecca Strzelec started as a painting major. In her classes, however, she soon realized she might need to change her major. “I realized I wasn’t as good as I thought I was at painting,” she says. “Everyone around me was so good,…

America is getting ready for its 240th birthday — and few places know how to celebrate it better than Happy Valley with Central PA 4th Fest. This year marks the 15th anniversary of 4th Fest, and, with July 4 on a Monday, the event is scheduled to run over two days — July 3-4. This…

What do you know about Riesling? If someone asked you, “What is Riesling?”, how many of you would say, “It’s a sweet white wine from Germany”? While it’s true that Germany produces 60 percent of the world’s Riesling, the grape also is grown all over the world — Canada, Alsace (France), upstate New York,…

Life for a teenager is often awkward. In Shadowland, Pilobolus Dance Theater’s newest production, it’s also surreal. Created by Pilobolus dancers and directors in collaboration with Steven Banks, lead writer for the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, Shadowland is an imaginative detour from the traditional coming-of-age story. “Our protagonist is a girl who…