The ESU Theater Department continues its success with 'One Thousand Cranes.' In this children's play, the story of a girl, Sadako, who faces leukemia after the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, and the story of a boy, Buddy, who faces his fears of...

Tyler Perry's latest project, 'For Colored Girls', released Nov. 5, 2010, is not one that will have everyone laughing. In fact, his latest movie elicits the complete opposite emotion. ...

The Trapps sprinkled some hope throughout the Poconos as they made a tour stop on Nov 12. This distinct and persevering Americana/rock/folk band brought their 35-city and lsquo;Cheap Seats' tour to three different venues in one crisp day. ...

The Department of Music at East Stroudsburg University (ESU) presented a Salute to Veterans at its 7^th annual Band-O-Rama, a fundraiser for University Bands, at the Notre Dame High School Auditorium on November 7, 2010 to honor and thank vet...

With her quitar case embellished with balloon string lights and her name proudly displayed inside it, New York City native Natalie Gelman serenaded late night goers at Dansbury Commons on Wednesday night. The singer and songwriter, whose musi...

If you like creepy, startling, confusing, low budget, homemade movies - you might enjoy Paranormal Activity 2. This time around, there is a new set of people haunted by the same 'demon' from the first movie. Paranormal Activity 2 has a clever way t...

'Oogy' is truly an amazing experience, especially for animal lovers, much like myself. And let's be honest, that's what lead me to this book in the first place. The author, Larry Levine and his two adopted sons, Dan and Noah, will never forge...

Driving to Montale, Pennsylvania, I found myself wondering why I had agreed to this trip. Not only do I not like Halloween, but also, I strongly dislike being scared. Needless to say, the 45-minute drive went way too fast for my liking. Some people...

311 killed it at the Sherman Theater during their Oct. 20 performance. Being a child of the 90's, I would be a traitor to my generation had I not have know about 311. Growing up, I remember hearing about my older cousins going to see them l...

'That was epic,' said ESU senior Marlea Lewis as she and I walked out of Ke$ha's sold out concert at the Sherman Theater last Thursday night. The party girl herself performed for a sold out crowd of 1,800 along with two opening acts. I decid...

Besides the group of people who are adamant about retaining concrete texts and nothing else, there are those interested in maintaining a balance between the ease and usefulness for an e-reading device and the benefits of an actual, printed book, of whi...

On a fourteen hour plane ride home from Australia, I watched six movies before I boarded a domestic flight home. I was 'movied' out. I enjoyed one out of six movies I watched: 'Animal Kingdom,' an Australian drama. Granted, I watched a majority of roma...

The Social Network, which many people know as 'the Facebook Movie,' has already been considered a film that 'brilliantly defines the decade,' by Rolling Stone magazine. The Social Network is a film, directed by David Fincher, which explores wh...

The IFC Channel has a new comedic mini-series that's holding its own. Three episodes in and I'm hooked. 'The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret' is about a salesman with the unfortunate name of Todd Margaret (David Cross, 'Arrested Developmen...

The eclectic comedy Modern Family sounds like a quaint, lovely show about a modern family, but it is much more complex than the title indicates. The now critically acclaimed show made its debut last October and quickly became contagious with ...

As a sci-fi buff, I'm pretty open to trying new sci-fi shows. When I started seeing trailers for ABC's 'No Ordinary Family,' I figured it was an attempt to fill in the gap left behind by NBC's 'Heroes'' flagging last season. 'Heroes' had been original ...

Our generation that obsesses over movies like 'Superbad' and 'The Hangover,' and shows like MTV's 'Jersey Shore,' has been missing out on the more enlightening entertainment. Typical 'frat humor' movies all centralize their themes based on juvenile and...

The dangers of the Th and eacute; and acirc;tre Illuminata are nothing compared to those of the real world, and Beatrice Shakespeare Smith is about to find out just how dangerous the real world can be. ...