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For an exhibit titled "The Gods and Goddesses," fashion and art share space in the GoggleWorks Schmidt Gallery with paintings by Ed Terrell, and designer dresses, prints and jewelry by Allison Shannon. The show continues through Saturday.Terrell is t...

Reading Eagle art correspondent Ron Schira's picks for must-see local exhibitions this week:"Norman Rockwell: Boy Scouts," Reading Public Museum, 500 Museum Road, through Jan. 12"Centered: GoggleWorks Artists Annual Exhibition," GoggleWorks Center fo...

If you haven't yet seen "12 Years a Slave," don't wait until it leaves town. It's the most accomplished film of the year to date, and frankly deserves to win the Oscar for best picture.Hopefully, it will still be here when you read this. However some...

Matthew Roan of Washington Township is one of the few people in Berks County still making clear toy candy, which at one point was found mainly in homes of families with German backgrounds during Christmastime and Easter.In the mid-1800s into the earl...

We publish five generation pictures if they are taken recently. Information sent with the picture should include the names of the people, the chain of relation, age of the youngest, where each person lives, and name and phone number of a contact pers...

More investors relying on target-date option

With the clock quickly ticking away before holiday celebrations, this week and for several more weeks I will eliminate my editorial to make way for one extra book review to give you more selections for holiday gift-giving/sharing.Happy holidays to yo...

There's just one way to escape the blitz surrounding Lady Gaga's new album: completely unplug from society.To kick off the release of her new album, "Artpop," the entertainer, never known for understatement, has been omnipresent.She began with a huge...

For the week of Sunday, Nov. 24, through Saturday, Nov. 30.Reviewed by Tony Lucia.Lost and Found. The second of two evenings of programming on Turner Classic Movies taken from the National Film Preservation Foundation's DVD anthology "Lost and Found:...

They've had long-standing partnerships with some of the nation's largest commercial bakeries. Now, there's a marketing arrangement with a financial services company that sells a prepaid debit card for teenagers. What gives with the Girl Scouts?For de...