Kevin Stairiker

2 months ago | lancasteronline.com | Kevin Stairiker

The world of cinema has no shortage of iconic bars — think the iconic Overlook Hotel bar in “The Shining,” or Flanagan’s Cocktails & Dreams, the bar from the Tom Cruise-led ‘80s bartender classic “Cocktail.” For the new Penn Cinema Beer Wall & Bar, managing partner of Penn Cinema, Penn Ketchum said that he is taking a page from the Mos Eisley Cantina from the “Star Wars” films.

2 months ago | mahoningmatters.com | Kevin Stairiker

The last time that Mike Hopes booked his own pro wrestling show, the stars that fought in the middle of the squared circle were action figures and the venue was his bedroom. He was also 10 years old. More than a quarter-century later, Hopes, 37, is now booking his first official promotion, WrestleParty, which will host its inaugural show, the aptly titled "Happy Hour," at Tellus360 on Sunday.

2 months ago | lancasteronline.com | Kevin Stairiker

The last time that Mike Hopes booked his own pro wrestling show, the stars that fought in the middle of the squared circle were action figures and the venue was his bedroom. He was also 10 years old. More than a quarter-century later, Hopes, 37, is now booking his first official promotion, WrestleParty, which will host its inaugural show, the aptly-titled “Happy Hour,” at Tellus360 on Sunday.

2 months ago | lancasteronline.com | Kevin Stairiker

In the 2016 documentary “Hayao Miyazaki: The One Who Never Ends,” there is a short scenethat features a production team showing an early tech demo for the power of artificially intelligent generative animation. After briefly viewing the animation, which shows a grotesque zombie flailing around a white background, the titular Miyazaki proclaims that he "can't watch this stuff and find [it] interesting.”He goes on, to the clear dismay of the presenters.

2 months ago | lancasteronline.com | Kevin Stairiker

For nearly a dozen years across untold numbers of Lancaster County bars, restaurants and concert venues, one multi-instrumentalist cast a larger-than-life shadow, playing with hundreds, if not thousands, of musicians. Albert “Albie” von Schaaf moved here from Albany, New York, in 2013 and almost immediately created a connection in the local music scene that stretched across genres and ages.