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Arts and Culture

‘The Twelve Kingdoms:’ An obscure gem

I’m going to be honest, I’m doing this one for me. This show is very obscure, but also excellent. It’s also an anime, but…hear me out. “The Twelve Kingdoms” is an anime series based off of a light novel series by Fuyumi Ono, who I will also shamelessly plug — all of her stuff is ...

Studio Ghibli makes incredible films

On a recent episode of The Express Compressed, Laura and I spoke about a couple of my favorite Studio Ghibli movies. As she said during the podcast, I’m not going to ramble on for TOO long about these movies (I do have a word limit, after all) but I did want to highlight some of my ...

WPSU music festival to showcase local talent, benefit station

BOALSBURG — Celebrate the best of Pennsylvania sounds, tastes and fun at the Local Groove Music Fest, presented by WPSU. The festival will be held from 2–8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8, at Tussey Mountain Ski and Recreation in Boalsburg. Musicians scheduled to perform at Local Groove Music ...

Local writer offers tips on train travel in Williamsport

WILLIAMSPORT — “I’ve always wanted to take a long train trip.” Local travel-writer Joseph W. Smith, III, hears this wistful wish about once a week, especially from folks who’ve seen one of his social-media posts about riding Amtrak through the Southwest, the Rockies or the ...