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Marywood Website Goes “Nuts” on April Fool’s Day
April 1, 2011 | No Comment
Marywood Website Goes “Nuts” on April Fool’s Day

While students at Marywood University in Scranton may have seen it coming, few others could have anticipated the squirrel uprising.
As an April Fool’s Day prank, the school changed its website’s homepage into digitally edited pictures …

Interview with Guitarist Will Perna of Absolution
March 31, 2011 | No Comment
Interview with Guitarist Will Perna of Absolution

Metalheads tend to form a community wherever they go, so I’ve known Will Perna for several years both on and off the stage. The 25-year-old guitarist of Wilkes-Barre, PA metal act Absolution scored his first …

Interview with Martin Glyer, Sir Robin in Monty Python’s Spamalot
March 29, 2011 | No Comment
Interview with Martin Glyer, Sir Robin in Monty Python’s Spamalot

Monty Python may have reached its peak during the ’70s and ’80s, but that doesn’t mean that their popularity or influence has diminished over the years. Martin Glyer, a 25-year-old actor from Southern California, has …

Pleasure and Pain in the Printed Return of ‘Hellraiser’
March 27, 2011 | No Comment
Pleasure and Pain in the Printed Return of ‘Hellraiser’

When it comes to movie franchises, very few sequels hold up as well as the original film, and this is especially true of most horror films. The “Hellraiser” series, created by horror fantasy author Clive …

Bouncing Souls Harness the ‘Positivity’ of Punk
March 27, 2011 | No Comment
Bouncing Souls Harness the ‘Positivity’ of Punk

Unlike many short-lived ‘80s punk rock acts that burnt out as quickly as they lit up, The Bouncing Souls have been inextinguishable for over two decades. As singer Greg Attonito picked up his phone for …

Filming for ‘Rocky’-Themed Documentary Begins
March 27, 2011 | No Comment
Filming for ‘Rocky’-Themed Documentary Begins

Sylvester Stallone may have shot his last Rocky film, but another Rocky’s story has just begun.
On March 19, a small film crew drove into the city of Scranton to embark on their second day of …