KEYSTONE THEATRE, 601 Main St., Towanda, PA (570)268-7469

“DARK SHADOWS” “PG-13″ (1 hour, 53 min.)�
Fri. & Sat. 6:45 & 9 PM, Sun. – Thurs.  6:45 PM         �
Matinees: Sat. & Sun. 2 PM, Wed. 12:45 PM

“THE AVENGERS” “PG-13″ 2 hours, 22 min.)Flat
Fri. & Sat. 6:45 & 9:15 PM, Sun. -Thurs. 6:45 PM
Matinees: Sat. & Sun. 2 PM, Wed. 12:30 PM

SAYRE THEATRE, 205 S. Elmer Ave., Sayre, PA (570)882-9000

“BATTLESHIP”  “PG-13”  ( 2 hours, 11 min.)
Fri. & Sat. 6:45 & 9 PM, Sun. – Thurs. 6:45 PM          �
Matinees: Sat & Sun. 2 PM

“THE AVENGERS”  “PG-13″ 2 hours, 22 min.)Flat
Fri. & Sat. 6:45 & 9:15 PM, Sun. – Thurs. 6:45 PM
 Matinees: Sat. & Sun. 1:30 PM
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“THE LUCKY ONE”  “PG-13″ (1 hour, 41 min.) Scope
Fri. & Sat. 6:45 & 9 PM, Sun. – Thurs.  6:45 PM,
Matinees: Sat. & Sun. 2 PM

RIALTO THEATRE, 14 E. Main St., Canton, PA 17724  (570)673-4444

“THE PIRATES: BAND OF MISFITS”  “PG” (1 Hour, 28 min.)�
Friday &, Saturday 7 PM, Matinees: Sat. & Sun. 2 PM

“SAFE”  “R” **  (1 Hour, 34 min. )Scope
Friday & Saturday 9 PM, Sunday and Monday 7 PM

“We can recommend plants for a path, a bank, an island plot; plants for containers, window boxes, and plants for trellises,” advises Tom Maloney, Horticulture educator for the PSU Cooperative Extension. “Listening to our gardeners is a lot like hearing a grandmother describe the grandchildren… all virtue no problems! We do have proof in the perennials we grow in the 4th Street garden. We stand by our plants!”

Among the hundreds of perennials will be campanula, helenium or Helen’s flower, purple coneflowers, hosta, poppies; chelone or turtlehead, a Pennsylvania native; a wide selection of day lilies, Crazy Daisies!, Korean mums, knautia, anthemis, artemisia or wormwood and pulmonaria.

There will be a limited number of shrubs include cotoneaster, hydrangea, bridal wreath, forsythia. As always kitchen garden herbs such as oregano, chives, lovage, thyme, dill, cilantro and lemon balm will enhance your cooking for years.

In addition, PSU soil test kits will be for sale. Interested in learning more about the Master Gardener program? Applications will be available. Join the gardeners for “classes:” pick up a list of free public classes held on the 3rd Tuesdays (6:15 p.m.) from May to September at the 4th Street Garden.

New this year is uniform pricing ($3.per plant or any 4 plants for $10). This pricing encourages the buyer to try combinations, and experiment at no risk because these beautiful low maintenance plants have been grown successfully in the area.

The sale begins at 8:30 a.m. and sells out quickly. Shoppers are advised to bring cartons to carry the plants. For further information or directions to the 4th Street Garden, contact the PSU Cooperative Extension office, 265-2896, during office hours: Monday – Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Bradford County Historical Society.

The museums of Bradford County invite the community to participate in a special Bradford County Bicentennial year event entitled, “Passport Through Time,” scheduled for May 18, 19 and 20.

Bradford County is unique in that it has 10 history museums. Passport through Time will feature all of these museums. During the three day event, each museum in the county will offer free admission, giving county residents and visitors the opportunity to check out the wide variety of sites that are preserving local history in the county.

Visitors may start their tour at any of the museums and can continue visiting as many of the museums as they wish in any order. “Passports” will be available at each site in the form of a brochure that will list all of the museums with their locations. While visiting each museum, patrons can have a unique sticker from each site placed inside the passport brochure.

Participants may continue to collect stickers after the event until the June 22 deadline; however, not all locations will have regular hours after the three-day event is over. Therefore, in order to collect all 10 stickers, participants will need to visit all 10 museums in three days.

If all 10 stickers are collected, participants have the opportunity to fill out their contact information and submit the brochure to the Bradford County Historical Society. All entries will be placed in a drawing to take place during Bradford County Old People’s Day, scheduled for June 23. An adult and a child winner will be chosen. Winners receive a collection of local history books and products donated by each museum in the county.

Bradford County features a wide variety of museums, each specializing in a different area of the county and/or a different topic.

In Troy, participants will find the Bradford County Heritage Association and Farm Museum where an extensive history of agriculture in our region can be explored. Aside from the museum, visitors will discover the historic village including the Gregory Inn, the Carriage House, Barber Shop, Children’s Church, School House, and Sugar Shack. During this event, free admission will be granted to the museum building, however, admission will be charged for those who would like to continue on through the historic village.

In Sayre, participants can visit the Sayre Historical Society, located in the restored Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot. The museum exhibits are professionally arranged throughout the building and tell the history of Sayre with particular attention to railroad history. All railroad buffs will enjoy learning something new about our local railroad heritage.

A short drive from Sayre will take visitors to the Tioga Point Museum in Athens where they can learn about the world through the eyes of people who traveled the globe and brought home splendid examples of Native American, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, European and Middle Eastern art and cultural objects. The museum also features local and non-local Native American exhibits; Revolutionary War and Civil War collections; portraits of the early settlers of Athens and surrounding areas; exhibits on local canal and railroad history and much more.

In East Canton, the Manley-Bohlayer Farm will welcome visitors to visit various historic buildings located at the southern end of their site, such as the Blacksmith Shop, the Hoagland School, the Cider Press, and more. The farm house will not be open to the public that day. Participants should enter the gate at the southern end of the grounds.

After a 10-minute drive east of the Manley-Bohlayer Farm, patrons will arrive in LeRoy, the home of LeRoy Heritage Museum. Here, visitors will discover the story of LeRoy and Granville Townships as well as that of Bradford County’s most remote area, Barclay Mountain. The LeRoy Heritage Museum features objects from the abandoned lumber town of Laquin, exhibits about the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Game Refuge at Sunfish Pond. The collection includes a wide range of objects to please all ages and interests.

The Bradford County Historical Society is located in the former Bradford County Jail in Towanda. The building was built in 1871 and used until 1990 as the county jail. See jail cells with their original doors, inside of which are exhibits outlining the extensive history of the county as a whole. The museum exhibits include objects from over 200 years of county history. Experience the dungeon cell and see the exercise yard where executions were performed.

At French Azilum Historic Site, visitors can learn the fascinating history of the place where French exiles found refuge in the 1790′s during the French Revolution. Settlers here hoped that this would be the home of Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France, but she was executed before she could escape France. The site features the LaPorte House which was built in 1836 by John LaPorte, a son of Matthew Bartholomew LaPorte, one of the founding settlers of the colony.

The P.P. Bliss Gospel Songwriters Museum can be found in Rome. The museum is housed in the home Bliss bought in Rome where he lived before moving to Chicago to pursue his career as a gospel songwriter. Bliss is known in churches everywhere for hymns such as Rock of Ages and It Is Well with My Soul. The museum has on exhibition many items that belonged to the Bliss family, along with copies of almost all of his published music.

In Orwell is the site of the Home Textile Tool Museum. At this museum, not only can you see old spinning wheels, looms and tools of early America being used as they were 150 years ago; you can touch, and even try using them yourself. Today we live in a world where no one needs to make anything and all of us are dependent on everyone for everything. Learn what life was like when you had to make everything for yourself by hand.

Last but not least is the Wyalusing Valley Museum. In the Bixby house you will find a large collection of arrowheads, war memorabilia, and much more, all from the Wyalusing area.  In the carriage house you can find two rock-away carriages and the Wyalusing Hook and Ladder fire truck with leather buckets.  In the barn are displays of farm tools, signs, a Pennsylvania license plate collection and a replica of the old Welles Mill building.

More information including contest rules, links to each museum website and other information can be found online at www.bradfordhistory.com or call (570) 265-2240.

The Bradford County Historical Society will begin its 2012 season of Friday Night at the Museum programming on May 18.

The Bradford County Historical Society is set to begin another new season of Friday Night at the Museum programs. The first program of the 2012 season is entitled “Broadway Favorites Acapella” scheduled for Friday, May 18 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Although the event is free to attend, participants are asked to register by calling (570) 265-2240 or by email at info@bradfordhistory.com.

Join them for a wonderful arrangement of Broadway favorites performed acapella. Songs that will be included in the program are Summertime, composed by George Gershwin in 1935; People Will Say We’re in Love, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943; The Surrey With the Fringe on Top, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943; Climb Every Mountain, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1959; and Oklahoma, composed by Rodgers & Hammerstein in 1943. Music will be interspersed with stories and commentary.

The program will be presented by Ruth Eileen Bush Bly of LeRoy. Ruth has enjoyed music throughout her life and this interest has led her to perform regularly both as a soloist and with choirs. During college, she participated as a member in the summer singing tour and choir for Practical Bible Training School (now Davis College) of Binghamton, N.Y.

Singing a variety of music, Ruth has performed in several venues and has been a part of musicals, choirs, special events, and concerts in Pennsylvania, New York, Florida and California. She is the wife of Pastor Ron Bly of LeRoy Independent Baptist Church where she frequently performs as soloist.

This program is part of the 2012 “Friday Night at the Museum” programming series that is held the third Friday of each month from May through October. Each event is held in the Great Room at the Bradford County Historical Society, located at 109 Pine St. in Towanda. Free refreshments are provided at each program and the museum is open prior to the event.

Other Friday Night at the Museum programs scheduled for 2012 include: The Civil War, June 15; A Tour of American Music, July 20; The Towanda of 1972, August 17; Minnequa: A Spring, A Hotel, A County, September 21; and Towanda’s Silk Industry, October 19.

The Bradford County Historical Society is a recipient agency of the Bradford County United Way. For more information about the society and its programming schedule, museum or research center, visit www.bradfordhistory.com or check out the Bradford County Historical Society Facebook page at facebook.com/BradfordCountyHistoricalSociety.

Breakfast will be held at the pavilion starting at 7:30 a.m. Bring a breakfast item and beverage to share. Join the group for a bird walk along the path in the woods, or bring your lawn chair and relax by the river’s edge to watch the birds. Dress for the weather and be aware that due to the warm winter there will be ticks lurking in the vegetation. Sturdy shoes, long pants, long-sleeve shirt and a hat are highly recommended if you venture into the woods. In the past years, the group has seen many species of warblers and other migratory birds. A few of them will stay and breed in the area.

Visitors and beginning birders will enjoy their first look at these migratory birds. In years past, the birders delighted in watching many species of warblers, vireos, a Great Horned Owl, a Cooper’s Hawk and Black-Billed Cuckoos. Last year, Blue Birds found a home in the Purple Martin box the Susquehanna Valley Audubon Society put in the meadow near the river. Bald Eagles might be sitting in a tree along the river to watch for easy to catch fish. Spotted sandpipers will be looking for a meal along the shore or on the island. A few days ago, a huge kettle of vultures, hawks, and insect eating swallows were using that area to fuel up on their trip north. There are always beautiful surprises in store when birding at Tozer’s Landing.

For more information, contact Inga Wells at (570) 731-4396 or visit www.susquehannavalleyaudubon.org.

Activities from noon to 1 p.m., Hawaiian visitor will be introduced to an Aloha welcome (introduce Hawaii), Hula (adult dance), explain children’s dance, Hula (children dance), teach audience the children’s dance, Iaorana welcome (introduce Tahiti), Tamure (Tahitian dance), Bula welcome (introduce Fiji), Feafea (women’s dance) or  Meke-I-Wau Meke-I-, Maloelele welcome (introduce Tonga), and -Tongan dance (adult dance).

From 1 to 2:45 p.m., guests will enjoy Luau games and activities to include “Pin the Apple on the Pig”, a Pineapple Relay, a Hula Hoop contest, Pineapple Bowling, a Limbo Contest, “Spear” Throwing, Foot Races, “Tacky Tourist Relay”,  Musical Beach Towels, Pass the Coconut, Hula Around the Island a Sand Bucket Toss, Beach ball Pass and Ula Maika.

There will be other activities throughout the day to include a scholastic book fair, bake sale, raffles and music. Admissions is $3 per person.

In addition to scheduled programs, group programming can also be arranged.  For more information about programming or the park, contact the office at (570) 297-2734.

Mt. Pisgah State Park is located 3-miles off Route 6 between Troy and Towanda.  The park is open daily from sunrise to sunset for hiking and other environmentally related activities. If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, contact the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks: 1-888-PA-PARKS (voice), 1-888-537-7294 (TTY), 1-717-558-2711 (local or international TTY), or make inquires through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1-800-654-5984 (TDD). The Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks will gladly discuss how to accommodate your needs.

Calvin Yoder is the Lay Minister of the community of faith.

Menu for the evening is ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, cole slaw, Jello salad, assorted homemade cakes, rolls and butter, coffee, tea and milk.

The cost is $7.50 per person plus offering.

The meeting includes business and reports from the East Central District Christian Men’s Fellowship and Christian Men’s Fellowship in the congregations.

The program is Hezekiah’s Hands, which is a Bradford County group of volunteers doing home repairs for those in need.

For reservations, call Jeanne Smith at (570) 662-7179, Eleanor Trask at (570) 662-2423, or Calvin Yoder at (570) 850-5809 by Monday, May 14 at noon if you plan to attend.

All men of all ages and boys (ages 12 -18) from anywhere are invited and welcome.

The day’s schedule is as follows: 4:30 am -  Bus departs from  Mansfield / Wellsboro at the parking lot of Dandy Mini Mart, Mansfield; 5:00 am – Bus departs from the parking area (Canton Street) of the First United Methodist Church, Troy; 5:30 am  – Bus departs from the parking area (corner of East Union Street and North  Minnequa  Avenue) of the Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ), Canton; 6:00 am -  Bus departs from Sunoco Gas Service Center, Foy Avenue, Williamsport; 7:00 a.m. – Breakfast at McDonald’s Restaurant, Danville (Pre-Order On The Bus); 10:30 a.m. – Arrival at Times Square, New York City, New York; 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Shopping / Sight Seeing for about four to five hours; 4:00 p.m. – Cirque Du Soleil’s “Zarkana”, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y.; 5:30 p.m. – Depart from Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y.; 7:00 p.m. – Supper Stop at Mall Food Court; 8:00 p.m. Sleep; 11:00 p.m. – Arrive in Williamsport; 11:30 pm -  Arrive in Canton; Midnight – Arrive in Troy; 12:30 a.m. -  Arrive in Mansfield – Wellsboro.

Transportation will be provided by  Benedict’s  Bus Company, Wellsboro, Pa.   (Coach – Air Conditioned and Rest Room Equipped and Video Screens).

The trip is sponsored by the Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ), Canton, Pa., with Bonnie L. Browning as Host Minister, and David B. Morris as Tour Director / Leader.

The cost is $165.00 per person (does not include lunch or dinner). Pay half by May 14, and pay the other half by June 30 (non-refundable).

For more information, call (570) 250-3057 or (570) 673-3156. Make checks payable to the Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ) and send it to 170 North Minnequa Ave., Canton, Pa. 17724.