Review: Urban Achievers
What happened to Spring? This was the question I asked myself this past week as I sat in the sweltering heat that consumed the Fun House on East 4th Street in South Bethlehem. However, I was hardly bothered, as I had a frothy pitcher of beer and a fantastic seat to watch the Urban Achievers…
A Show About a Show About Reality: A Review of Touchstone’s “Dictators 4 Dummies”
Behind this façade of musical satire, Christopher Shorr’s “Dictators 4 Dummies” is grounded in some very real horrors of our current…
Lady Bird and the Economics of Love
Lady Bird is a film which should be seen by anybody who has a complicated relationship with their parents/children, which includes…
Love in A Wrinkle In Time
A Wrinkle in Time is visually stunning, but it’s not going to be remembered based on its visuals alone. Though the…
“Phantom Thread:” The Fetishization of Wealth
Phantom Thread has garnered a litany of awards and nominations in the time it has been out, and, perhaps, that’s enough…
The Fresh and Filthy Mind of David Sedaris
As I approached the ticket office, I had a bad feeling that I’d find a sold out sign taped to the…
“The Shape of Water” and the Parkland Shooter
The Shape of Water seems prophetically appropriate for our era. While watching the film, I couldn’t help but see the main…
Fab Lab Takes on Community Festival
On Saturday, April 28th from 11-3 p.m. there will be drinks, music, books, crafts, and a monstrous robot dinosaur all at…
Review: Stray Seeds put the “Jam” in “Jamgrass”
I walked into Fun House on East 4th Street in South Bethlehem on a recent Thursday knowing almost nothing about the…
Doubling Creativity: the Fab Lab at Northampton Community College
Jeffrey Boerner, director of the popular Fab Lab in Northampton Community College, is a resolute type. When I asked him about…