Fowler planning $100K donation to Oklahoma relief

(AP) Artist Jack Zajac said learning earlier this year that his bronze sculpture was among the last works of art ever seen by President John F. Kennedy left him feeling...

(AP) President Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House.

(AP) Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco Jr. sexually assaulted her.

(AP) Candice Glover spent more time on season 12 of "American Idol" than she will on creating her debut album.

(AP) James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf and a very respectable one, at that.

(AP) Shakespeare, the Magna Carta and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The august British Library has added substantially to its already formidable collection with...

(AP) A close ally of Toronto mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking...

(AP) Piers Morgan is going behind the scenes.

(AP) Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

(AP) A close ally of Toronto mayor Rob Ford said Wednesday that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking...

(AP) Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All is Lost."

(AP) The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself.

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(AP) Robin Roberts will tell the story of her battle with a life-threatening illness in a new memoir.

BAZAARS/FESTIVALSEndless Mountains Nature Center(280 Vosburg Road, Tunkhannock. 570.836.3835.)• Vosburg Neck Festival: June 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Peculiar Music Fest

POETICDietrich Theater(60 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock: 570.996.1500)• Breaking Ground Poets Poetry Slam: May 26, 5-8 p.m. $5. Ages 14 and up.Library Express

Dietrich Theatre(60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, 570.996.1500, dietrichtheater.com)• Dietrich Radio Players Performance: June 4, 7 p.m.Jason Miller Playwrights Project

16TH ANNUAL BRIGGS FARM BLUESFEST(88 Old Berwick Hwy., Nescopeck)570.379.3342, briggsfarm.com• Featuring Lurrie Bell, more: July 12-13, $28-$90

(AP) The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling.

(AP) Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner with the unveiling Wednesday of a monument in the composer's birthplace of Leipzig.

(AP) Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers and even sits on the toilet in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled,...

(AP) Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

I'd love to claim that this wonderful recipe required hours of arduous research and testing (not to mention the expert application of all of my hard-won culinary skills) before I was able to settle on the exact proportions of its ideal ingredients. But I'd be...

PORTLAND, Maine — There's no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to.

There is something about a burger.

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(AP) Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further...

(AP) Bolivia's culture minister calls it actor-activist Sean Penn's "worst performance" ever. He isn't talking about a movie.

(AP) For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world.

(AP) For the past decade, the "American Idol" season finale has been one of television's biggest events of the year. Now it's not even TV's biggest event of the week.

On May 26, join the Breaking Ground Poets at the Dietrich Theater as they present their annual Breaking Ground Poets Poetry Slam. In this live competition, members of the Breaking Ground Poets will perform original poetry over the course of three rounds before a panel of...

The Lakeside Players think Grace Episcopal Church Parish Hall is the perfect venue for their latest production, “The Hallelujah Girls.”

The Abington Community Library will be closed Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27 in observance of theMemorial Day holiday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28 (9 am to 9 pm).New Fiction for Adults

Carmel Ardito, director, choreographer and owner of The Carmel Ardito School of Dance in Moscow and Peckville will celebrate her 50th anniversary instructing dance. In celebration the 50th anniversary, the dance school is hosting “The Golden Gala,” May 31, 9...

The Dietrich Children's Theatre recently delighted families and young children at the theater with their stage version of “Peter and the Wolf.” It was absolutely enchanting! I loved the music, colorful set and costumes, of course, the beautiful story.

Clarks Summit-based Ghostlight Productions will present its fifth annual Shakespeare in the Park production with the light-hearted “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” giving the Bard's classic comedy a modern-day makeover with a “real housewives”...