Entertainment

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Those looking for some entertainment and a bit of a history lesson will soon have just that chance thanks to the Liberal High School Drama Department.

The LHS Drama Department will be performing the play “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 16. All performances will be in James W. Maskus Auditorium at Liberal High School, and tickets are $5 each for both students and adults.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

The movie industry saw multiple ups and downs throughout 2024, and as Mitchell Theatres owner Brian Mitchell tells it, Liberal’s Southgate Cinema 6 was not completely immune from those.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

For almost a decade, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín has been focusing films on important women of the 20th century, with subjects including former U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

His most recent subject is one for the musical world with the late opera diva Maria Callas with his film “Maria,” which focuses on Callas’ last week of life while living in Paris.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

The holiday season is in full swing and throughout the month so far, there’s been a lot of  Christmas-themed media I’ve been viewing, all of which has been delightful, whether it’s a classic that’s on my must-watch list every year or a new discovery.

One of my more recent discoveries came from Disney+ with “An Almost Christmas Story,” which follows a young owl named Moon (voiced by Cary Christopher) as he unexpectedly finds himself in a Christmas tree destined for New York’s Rockefeller Center. In his attempts to get home, he forms a bond with a lost girl named Luna (voiced by Estella Madrigal). The pair’s adventure throughout NYC is narrated by a folk singer (voiced by John C. Reilly)