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With Flying Colors: Repasz Band honors Al Nacinovich

WILLIAMSPORT — The Repasz Band’s April 7 concert in Williamsport will feature a specially commissioned piece written by area native Jeremy Leidhecker—and honoring the band’s long-time conductor, Albert Nacinovich. Slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Center, this year’s free concert has both a theme and a dedication. Entitled “Kaleidoscope,” the show embraces a wide selection of music focused on color: the Sousa march “White Rose”; other marches called “Purple Pageant” and “Orange Bowl”; the more recent suite “Colours”; plus additional tunes ...

Farmland Preservation Artists present work at Schlow in April

PHOTO PROVIDED “Windswept Farm Fields” by Jen Shuey of Pleasant Gap is one of the many pieces of art being exhibited at Schlow Centre Region Library in State College in April. All of the art was done by members of the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania. Schlow hours ...

Celine Dion set to perform in Paris two years after triumphant Olympics appearance

PARIS (AP) — Near, far, wherever she is … Celine Dion is heading back to Paris. Confirming clues that have been popping up, tantalizingly, on posters around the French capital, a person involved in the planning told The Associated Press that Dion will play autumn concerts at the La Defense Arena. The person spoke on condition anonymity to discuss the closely guarded preparations, and did not give details. Representatives for Dion in the United States did not immediately respond to questions. The concerts in the City of Light will come after Dion electrified the opening ...

Stephen Colbert and son will co-write a ‘Lord of the Rings’ movie

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert, famous devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, is co-writing a “Lord of the Rings” movie with his son. Warner Bros. announced early Wednesday that Colbert will script “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past” along with series veteran Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, Colbert’s son. Producer Peter Jackson revealed Colbert’s involvement in a social media video that introduced a “very special partner” on the film. “It took me a few years to scrape my courage into a pile to give you a call, but about two years ago I did,” ...

Music Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea realizes lifelong dream with solo jazz album, ‘Honora’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On his first ever solo album, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eccentric bassist Flea is full of surprises. He opens with a track that serves as an abbreviated segue between what most fans know him for and what they will get on the rest of his jazz record “Honora.” Although “Golden Wingship” doesn’t sound quite like something one would expect from the Peppers, of which Flea has been a member since the band’s founding more than four decades ago, the psychedelic instrumental blends the skronking sound of free jazz with familiar rock instrumentation, culminating ...