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Mystery Science Theater Comes to the F.M. Kirby Center for a Brilliant Performance Image
Mystery Science Theater Comes to the F.M.
The award-winning TV comedy, Mystery Science Theater 3000, is coming to Wilkes-Barre in an all-new, live show featuring Joel Hodgson, the original host and creative vision behind the beloved TV and Netflix comedy series for more than three decades, in his final live tour. Following the wildly...
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Hang Out with Mary Sanderson Herself When Kathy Najimy Presents a Screening of Hocus Pocus Image
Hang Out with Mary Sanderson Herself When...
Get into the Halloween spirit by bringing the Sanderson sisters back to life one more time! Join actress Kathy Najimy for a live discussion and Q&A before a screening of the classic Halloween movie Hocus Pocus, at the F.M. Kirby Center on Friday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. Kathy Najimy is best...
Columbus Day
Columbus Day commemorates Columbus' famed expedition across the Atlantic Ocean, in which he hoped to find a naval route to India. Instead, he found an entire continent that was mostly unknown to Europeans at the time. While other Europeans had sporadically visited the Americas earlier, and there are varied theories of even earlier contact by East Asians, Phoenicians, and others, Columbus' expedition triggered the great wave of European interest in the New World. Unlike the earlier visitors, Columbus aggressively popularized his discoveries and arranged for return voyages. Columbus day is...