Contributed photo “The Beautiful Country” will kick off the CineArt season on Friday, September 21.

Malick starts CineArt season

CALLICOON, NY—The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater re-open the 2006 CineArt season September 21 through 25 with The Beautiful Country(R), starring Nick Nolte and Damien Nguyen.

Binh (Nguyen), the son of an American soldier and a Vietnam native woman, is an outcast in his small village and is forced to leave when his aunt’s new husband moves in, taking his place. Binhs travels in search of his lost father lead him first to Saigon in pursuit of his mother and then to America where he searches for his father (Nick Nolte).

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‘Exorcism of Emily Rose’ a superfluous courtroom melodrama

“The Exorcism of Emily Rose” is one of those rare films that not only discourages its audience from looking deeper into it, but also expends its energy in making you so confused and intimidated that you won’t dare try to put a single thought into it.

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Party in a meadow by the river

MILANVILLE, PA—The Delaware Highlands Conservancy will hold its 9th Annual Meadow Party on Saturday, September 17 from 12:00 noon until 5:00 p.m. on the Yeaman Farm on River Road, one mile south of Milanville.

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Other stories in this issue:

• ‘Cyrano’ at the Western Hotel
• Journey of a family
• Celebrate the equinox at Lacawac
• Murder at the church fair
• Starting a nature journal
• Ghost story debuts in Scranton
• O&W Day at Mountaindale
• Phantastisch Von Steuben is coming