This purpose of this blog is to put together a virtual list/collection of memorable (if fleeting) references to the cities of Wilkes-Barre, PA or Scranton, PA in movies/TV/music/Broadway/books (in the script, setting, lyrics, etc). We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and suggestions for the Entertainment blog. I'll continue adding these as blog entries as time permits.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Author Sebastian Junger To Speak in Scranton Thursday, October 3rd; Referenced Scranton in His Book "War"
The 2013 selection for the Matthew F. Flynn Library Lecture Series American Masters Lecture is Sebastian Junger, the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm and War, and the co-director of the 2010 documentary Restrepo.
Mr. Junger will speak at the Scranton Cultural Center on Thursday, October 3rd at 7 PM.
War features a brief reference to Scranton.
In 2000 his book The Perfect Storm was adapted into a hit film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Tickets are free with your library card and will be available in September at all libraries in the Lackawanna County Library System, as well as the Scranton Cultural Center box office.
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Saturday, July 06, 2013
Gasland Part II, Directed By Wayne County Native Josh Fox, To Premiere on HBO Monday, July 8th
Gasland Part II, directed by Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Josh Fox, will have its television premiere Monday, July 8th at 9 PM on HBO.
Fox is a native of Wayne County; his original 2010 documentary Gasland was a Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature and won an Emmy Award winner in 2011 for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming.
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