With an impish title that cuts to the core of its subject’s keenly tuned sensibilities,“Mark Twain: Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburgers”opened at People’s Light&Theatre in Malvern last weekend to understandably enthusiastic applause and rolls of laughter from its decidedly diverse audience of curious children, couples out on a date and elderly citizens who remember what life was like before cellphones.

As the temperature slowly drops and the leaves begin to change, we start to celebrate autumn, which is full of seasonal festivities. The whole family can join in on the fun. Among many other regional events, the Count’s Spooktacular, Lulu Shriners’annual haunted house, Morgan Log House's lantern tours, Pennypacker Mills’All Hallow’s Eve and Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls stand out this year. No matter what you plan to do, fall will be a fun-filled season bursting with Halloween spooks and sweet treats.

Some event slogans are so exaggerated that they fail to register a pulse on the Richter scale of enticement. But this year’s seventh annual Chefs of the Burbs Gala, set for Thursday, Oct. 25, in the grand ballroom of Blue Bell Country Club, cuts right to the core.

Pastor Shane Idleman is available for interviewsContact: Staff, 661-524-6610, info@wcfav.orgLOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- A recent article in The Christian Post highlights Pastor Shane Idleman's frustration with many of today's churches over their passivity and cowardice when it comes to speaking up for the truth on hot topic issues like abortion and homosexuality.A video of his sermon tackling these issues can be seen under, Pulpit Freedom: www.WCFAV.org.Source: staff

"Mr. Jackson's threats seek to squelch free speech and political discourse. Evidently, the Hollywood elite want free speech for themselves, but no-one else."-- Randall Terry Contact: Juan Lepanto, 304-289-3700, 202-531-7547; View TV ad at www.UncleTomJackson.com WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Samuel L. Jackson released a video for Barack Obama called"Wake the F*** Up."  In response, Terry for President released a TV ad t Source: Society for Truth and Justice

Soon, Ben Arnold will release“Circle’Round the Sun,”one of many albums he has issued over the last 17 years.

Very soon (and I mean VERY soon), we’ll be in the clutches of the winter doldrums and facing the holiday’s annual double whammy of the gift-giving day or week (depending on your religious bent) followed by New Year’s Eve and then nothing but the spectre of bleak, cold, short dark days ahead.

New Music Site Praise.com Launches with Worship Artist EmphasisContact: Rebekah Rogers, Praise.com, 855-772-4731, rebekah.rogers@praise.comVIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Oct. 16, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, Praise.com, a new faith-based website launches to the public. Dedicated to communicating the message of Jesus Christ to a hurting world, the site gives music lovers a unique opportunity to experience praise and worship music at a new level.Praise.com offers the latest in contempor Source: Praise.com

Lovers of new music sometimes complain that we don’t hear enough of it, but that is not really the case. The problem, if there is one, is that we rarely hear it twice. Orchestras commission new works all the time—just enough to placate their critics—and then, after a well-publicized premiere, never play them again. Time passes, and the new becomes old in a way that even the most familiar classics never do.

He was just a little boy when he became inspired by the group known as the Kingston Trio.

The New York Banjo Summit is taking to the road this fall for 10 shows throughout the Northeast and its first stop will be Glenside’s own Keswick Theatre. When New York’s finest hits the stage at 8 p.m. on Oct. 25, the crowd might just be in for something pretty special. Bringing together an entourage of the finest banjo players to come out of, or who reside in, New York state, the summit will showcase the likes of Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka and Eric Weissberg, among others.

The Arden Theatre Company begins its 25th anniversary season with“Next to Normal,”continuing on the F. Otto Haas Stage through Nov. 4.

Sherlock Holmes, that paragon of contemplative sleuthery, has been treated to nontraditional portrayals recently. Cases in point: a 2009 movie starring Robert Downey Jr. as a brawling Holmes and, currently, a downright boisterous Sherlock Holmes in“The Crucifer of Blood,”at the Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley.

Immigration is a touchy subject for many. The two quickest-growing groups in Philadelphia are the Latino and Asian immigrant communities, and both groups bring their own unique story to tell. Working toward developing the relationship between the two groups is the Asian Arts Initiative’s (AAI) latest exhibit“Illuminate Me,”created by artist collective Las Gallas.

From where does stand-up comedy originate? The North American routine has its roots in the late 19th century. Several factors come into play—minstrels, the circus and its denizens, and most importantly the humorous monologues given by the celebrities of the time. Among the most prominent early“stands-ups”is noted American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain.