Month: December 2013

By Bob Carey What is it about inaccessible places that make our imagination churn and call out to our other selves? Santa’s helpers may be seen in the middle of the Mall of America, but […]

By Luke Rettig A Day in the Life of a Public Defender On the second floor of a downtown government building, in an office just big enough for a desk, Petra Gross is stuffing manila […]

By M. Diane McCormick Claudia Himes lays down a swatch of “Rio” – deep teal taffeta embroidered with sea-glass aqua sequins and gold thread. Himes loves Rio for event tables, “but a whole room of […]

By Scott Campbell As painter Mark Topp discusses the elements of his craft, both comprehensible and oblique phrasing peppers his speech. There is “You learn by doing.” Or, “I do my best work when I’m […]

By Harvey Freedenberg If we’ve connected on Twitter or Facebook, you know this column isn’t the only place I’m reviewing books. Annually, one of those other publications asks me to compile a list of my […]

By M. Diane McCormick Every family has one – the burly uncle who hugs you hard enough to break a rib. The difference between Uncle Burly and a 10-foot python? Uncle Burly understands the words, […]

By Jadrian Klinger Pro Bono Work in Dauphin County The path to becoming an attorney is one of hard work and dedication, filled with hundreds if not thousands of hours of study as well as […]

By Scott Campbell “Being here is a privilege,” says Jodie Smiley. “Here” is Paxton Ministries, located in a mixed commercial and residential neighborhood along Harrisburg’s busy Paxton Street. Originally constructed by the Brethren in Christ […]

By Rick Dapp The Peripatetic Monument By their very nature, monuments are solid objects permanently placed to remind us of the past, and Harrisburg, as well as the Central Pennsylvania area, is rich with granite and […]

By Jadrian Klinger Just off of Hershey Park Drive in the Park Village Plaza, mere minutes from the numerous Hershey attractions and Penn State Hershey Medical Center, the latest Arooga’s location is poised to open […]