Family fun at the mall

Completely unpretentious, but a really nice service. The Columbia Mall in nearby Buckhorn hosts a series of lighthearted children's shows through the summer in the BonTon Court. Here's what's planned:

Tuesday, June 26, 11 a.m.: John Cassidy, magic, comedy and balloons.

Tuesday, July 10, 11 a.m.: Sadecky's Puppets.

Tuesday, July 17, 11 a.m.: The Turtlesinger Show.

Tuesday, July 24, 11 a.m.: Pat Davidson, magic show.

Tuesday, July 31, 11 a.m.: Eric Dasher, game show.

Tuesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m.: Tucker's Tales Puppet Theatre.

Celebrate Bloomsday June 16 (as in Leopold)

Named not for the town, but for the hero of James Joyce's Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, and the day of the novel's events, June 16, 1904.

Members of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble will give a reading at the Cloak and Dragon bookstore on Main Street from 10 am to 12:30 pm.

Also in honor of Bloomsday: There will be a scavenger hunt throughout downtown beginning with registration at 9:30 am at the Moose Exchange.

On the poetry front: Troubadour-poet Lester Hirsh will perform at Edith's Kitchen, June 16, from 6 to 8 pm. Edith's Kitchen is located at 119 Pine Street, Catawissa, AKA the Whistle Stop by the River.

An English major in college, my take on Ulysses was: Joyce is a female supremacist because women are the gatekeepers in relationships. Bloom tries to upset that natural balance by denying his wife for 10 years and having a correspondence relationship with a woman, who he refuses to meet in person (to deny her the ability to decide if they meet again). Spoiler alert: After several hundred pages of a fairly miserable day for Leopold, the fate of his marriage is determined by his wife in a half-asleep haze in the very last pages. — EGF.

Town Park concerts return

Concerts in Bloomsburg Town Park are returning for the summer.

The schedule of the remaining (generally) Wednesday night shows:

Wednesday, June 13,  7 pm to 8:30 pm
DANVILLE COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND
Ted McCafferty, Director

Wednesday, June 20,  7 pm to 8:30 pm
SEASONED SOUNDS (Music of the Big Band Era)
Todd Hunter, Director

Wednesday, June 27,  7pm to 8:30 pm 
CABIN RUN (Pennsylvania Bluegrass)
Bob Knorr, Leader

Wednesday, July 4, 8 pm to Dusk
CATAWISSA MILITARY BAND (Fourth of July Holiday Music)
Jessica Martz, Conductor
Fireworks by Skyshooters/Pyrotechnics at dusk

Wednesday, July 11,  7 pm to 8:30 pm
 COUNTRY MEMORIES (Classic country music and gospel)
Dave Slusser, Leader

Wednesday, July 18, 7: pm to 8:30 pm
MEMORY LANE (Music of the 50's, 60's and 70's)
Fritz Dabulis, Leader

Wednesday, July 25,  7 pm to 8:30 pm
GIFT, TROUTMAN AND GIFT (A Trio Well-Known for Vocal Harmonies and Songs from the 40's to the Present)
  
Thursday, August 9, 5 pm until dark
55th ANNUAL ICE CREAM & CAKE FESTIVAL
Featuring the Catawissa Military Band and Covered Bridge Cloggers Bill Bitler, director