Monthly Archives: July 2012

Univest makes $5,000 donation to North Wales library

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Children at the North Wales Area Library story hour Tuesday clapped and cheered as the soft and cute Univest eaglet mascots “Buck “and “Penny” entered the room.the mascots were on hand, along with Univest Corp. President K. Leon Moyer, Annette Szygiel, executive vice president and chief experience officer and Vice President Andrew Landis to present [...]

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Assad’s ex-PR firm: ‘Regime chose to save itself rather than the country’

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Advisory Board Member for Open Hands, Mike Holtzman, greets the participants and partners at the Open Hands Initiative opening breakfast ceremony in Damascus in August 2010. (Image courtesy of ‘flickr’) Holtzman, a former White House staffer during the Clinton administration, worked with other high profile clients in the Middle East before Syria. according to his [...]

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1-1 Interview: Director Len Wiseman on ‘Total Recall’ and the Great Mars Debate

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Director Len Wiseman has big shoes to fill. This weekend, his re-imagining of Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall makes its theatrical debut. both his and Verhoeven’s versions use material from a short story by Philip K. Dick called, “We Can Remember it for You Wholesale.” but Wiseman tries to stay closer to the author’s original vision. Over [...]

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By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

We have never really liked our local cable company. Over the years, many of us have wasted time waiting for the cable guy to show up to install or replace the box that doesn’t seem to work or been placed on eternal hold while customer service takes its sweet time. And to add insult to [...]

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Short walk to a new festival stage

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

The Irish Times – Thursday, July 26, 2012 The former director of the Project has been tasked with sustaining the breadth and impact of the Dublin Theatre Festival with reduced means. His approach is to give the people of the city back their stories, writes PETER CRAWLEY  WHEN WILLIE WHITE was appointed the new artistic [...]

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SEEK: A Lesbian Fantasy Short Story–RELEASE DAY!

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Today marks the release day of my new short story, “Seek.” “Seek” is part of my forthcoming (and first!) anthology, Love Devours: tales of Monstrous Adoration, a collection of queer dark fantasy and science fiction stories. “Seek” is one of the first stories I knew that I wanted in this collection…it’s about a muse, and [...]

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Still time for summer reading

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Wichita Public Library’s summer reading programs are in full swing, and if you’re not signed up yet, it is not too late. Children up to 17 years old can register until July 26. Participants can set individual reading goals for the summer, with a minimum of one book. the program lasts until Aug. 2, and [...]

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New reading apps from actors Curtis, Burton

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

Hollywood actors Jamie Lee Curtis and LeVar Burton have each independently decided that the iPad is the next hot platform for storytelling. Jamie Lee Curtis, says she was “blown away” by the process of turning her print book Where Do Balloons Go into an interactive book app. “This is the most cutting edge and creative [...]

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Philly library features Colbert with Joyce, Sendak

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

PHILADELPHIA — Talk show host Stephen Colbert’s foray into children’s books has landed him alongside some exalted literary company. A playful new exhibit at the Rosenbach Museum & Library pairs priceless material by James Joyce and Maurice Sendak with, um, perhaps less valuable items used by Colbert to write “I am A Pole (And So [...]

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Teach Twice shares stories with the world

By admin | Published: July 31, 2012

There’s nothing like the power of a good story, says Trevor Burbank, to cross the cultural divides between countries. Skip to next paragraph Mr. Burbank is cofounder and CEO of Teach Twice, a social venture that aims to publish children’s stories from around the world in an effort to spread traditions and tales across the [...]

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