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  • Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Reneé Rapp and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson, and Shane O'Neill
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  • Al Monelli & Tim Novotney, award-winning filmmakers onthe WVIA Public Media staff, speaking about theirexperience at the NEPA Film Festival and talkingabout the workshops they will offer at the 2025Festival presented by the Waverly Community Housein partnership with WVIA & supported by the F. LammotBelin Arts Foundation. The 9th annual Festival will beheld at the Waverly Community House in Waverly, PAApril 4th, 5th & 6th. There will be an opening nightreception and panel discussion led by WVIA's JulieSidoni & screenings of films of different genreson Saturday & Sunday. Novotney's workshopwill be held at 5 pm April 5th; Monelli's workshopwill take place Sunday, April 6th at 2 pm.WVIA's Ron Andruscavage will present aproduction management workshop on April 5th at 3 pm,& Chris Zellers will offer a workshop about ways todemystify distribution. Sunday will also featureWVIA's Student Film Showcase. For information:nepafilmfestival.com/
  • Richard Stanislaus, artist, collector and guest curator for the Hope Horn Gallery exhibit; Chester Kulesa, retired Historic SiteAdministrator of the PA Historical & Museum CommissionAnthracite Heritage Museum & Scranton Iron Furnaces &guest essayist for the catalogue of the show, & DarleneMiller-Lanning, Director of the Hope Horn Gallery at theUniversity of Scranton, speaking about the currentexhibition titled, "The Anthracite Coal Industry ofNortheastern Pennsylvania: Selected Paintings,Sculptures, & Works on Paper from Public & PrivateCollections: 1829 - 1959."The show will run at the Hope Horn Galleryfrom October 20 through December 12, 2025,with a talk at 5:00 on October 24 & a receptionfrom 6:00 to 8:00 pm. And another program onNovember 7th at 5:00 with a reception at 6:00.www.scranton.edu/academics/hope-horn-gallery/index.shtml/
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