Dust Nuggets is a film about a band called the Dust Nuggets. They went from the garage to the stadium. The band manager acquired a nasty drug habit and is currently in a coma, retelling the story. She’s not quite accurate in her account and reality keeps rearing its ugly head. Will she ever wake up?

It’s all about KK, (to be played by Linnea Sage) a wound-up band manager who’s currently lying in a coma and trying to decide if she should wake up and live or just stay dead. She’s reliving the events that led to a nasty drug overdose and subsequent deep sleep.

The thing is, she’s not being honest about it. Bits of reality commingle with a narrative that she’d like to believe but is mostly untrue. She’d like to stay pure and innocent, but out in real life she’s too far gone for that. Every story has two sides and KK is telling herself both.

Dust Nuggets is a local film with Hollywood ties. In April, the production team announced Robert Picardo and Eric Roberts will be joining the cast. Picardo is best known as the doctor in Star Trek Voyager and as Coach Cutlip in The Wonder Years. Roberts is best known for his roles in such films as Dark Night, Inherent Vice, and Pope of Greenwich Village, and the television series Less Than Perfect, Suits, and Heroes. He was nominated for Golden Globes for the films King of the Gypsies and Bob Fosse’s Star 80. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Runaway Train.

A Schott Productions film, Dust Nuggets is the first feature production by filmmakers Sue Lange and Andrew Pochan. After a pilot was shot, Lange and Pochan realized they had a complicated story that needed a feature length film to tell it. Upon receiving a grant from the Berks County Community Foundation’s Rural Arts Grant Program, they began pre-production.

Extras Needed

Dust Nuggets is currently accepting applications to participate in the film as a background extra. Extras are needed: June 10, 13, 17, 18, and 24. For additional details contact the production team: neighborjenr@gmail.com

The Olivet Boys and Girls Club announced today that its board of directors has appointed Christopher Winters as CEO for the organization effective June 10, 2019. Winters, who has served for 21 years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives most recently as a Legislative Chief of Staff, will oversee operations at all 11 sites.

Winters is a Reading native and a long-time resident of Berks County. He graduated from Alvernia University and served our country in the U.S. Navy. In addition to his experience working with and for the people of Berks County, Winters has significant tenure in non-profit management and governance, having served on over a dozen non-profit boards and committees over the past 20 years.

Winters replaces interim CEO, Angel Helm, who expertly led the organization for the past five months. Gary Redner, Chairman of the Olivet Board, commented, “Ms. Helm has provided leadership, financial and personnel stability and a genuine sense of caring to our organization. We simply cannot thank her enough for the time, wisdom and expertise she has given to the staff, board and most importantly, the children we serve.”

A committee comprised of board members and community partners conducted an extensive search of potential candidates from Berks County over the past five months. Rachel Kuhn, search committee chairperson, noted, “Our search process was highly competitive and revealed the high caliber of non-profit professionals in our community. Mr. Winters was unanimously appointed by our board to this position, and we look forward to the energy, expertise and enthusiasm he will bring to our organization.”

Winters said, “I am excited to begin working for the future of the Olivet organization and collaborating with our team to inspire hope and ignite a bright future for the children of Olivet and the Greater Reading community.”

Winters begins his tenure on the heels of the inaugural Leaders and Legends dinner to benefit Olivet Boys and Girls Club held on May 16, 2019. The event featured former Eagles tight end Brent Celek and alumni speaker, Rick Perez.

Paul Rosa was honored as the 2019 Champion of Youth, and Penske was recognized as the Partner for Great Futures. The event raised over $450,000 to support youth programs at Olivet, most specifically summer camp and summer learning activities.

Laurie Waxler, Development Director, shared, “We are thrilled with the outcome of the very first Leaders and Legends dinner. Thanks to the generous and committed donors in Berks County, we are able to continue to offer high quality programming to at-risk youth in our community who need us most.”

Olivet Boys and Girls Club has been serving the youth of Reading and Pottstown since 1898 by providing youth with a safe, fun and positive environment where they can thrive.

A new documentary featuring local Halloween enthusiast Branden Moyer will soon premiere on the big screen in Reading. The documentary follows the Kenhorst resident on his quest to build a professional haunted attraction in the middle of the Kenhost Shopping Plaza. Moyer, known for his backyard haunted house, Cornstalkers, went back to the drawing board in 2018 to develop a new haunted attraction, which he titled: Moonlight Massacre.

With thousands of guests visiting his backyard, Moyer teamed up with Retro Fitness of Kenhorst to take his hobby to a new level. Building a massive 4,000 square foot haunted attraction in the middle of the busy shopping plaza wasn’t easy for Moyer, the process took over 5 months from blueprints to completion.

A ‘big screen premiere’ of the documentary is scheduled for June 28th. The screening will be be held at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania. The local premiere includes a photo opp with the haunt actors from 6-7pm, screening of the film at 7pm, and filmmaker/ actor meet and greet after the showing.