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TRUE BLOODSM A Series to Sink Your Teeth Into The HBO® hit returns for its third season new season BEGINS june 13, 9 pm ET

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When summertime finally arrives, it seems all is right in the world. Here are In a word... some events in our area that can help you enjoy the nice days ahead.

ARTHRITIS WALK May 23, registration starts at 11 am quality. Lehigh Valley Zoo www.lvwalk.kintera.org

Join over 400 participants at this fundraising walk to support the And if you ask our customers, they’ll say a few more words. programs, information and services of the Arthritis Foundation. Registration opens at 11 am with a DJ, clown and the Children’s Activity Area open. The Kids Fun Run kicks off first at 12:45 pm, MAYFAIR FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS followed by the Main Event at 1 pm. The main walk trail is inside Advanced Amazing Strong May 27–31, starts at noon until the Zoo and then throughout the Nature Preserve. Upon their re- last performance is over Technology Entertainment Community Spirit turn, participants will enjoy lunch, music, and an awards ceremony. Cedar Beach Park, Allentown UNITED WAY JAWS YOUTH FUND FOOTBALL CLINIC www.mayfairfestival.org June 12, 8 am–noon For five days in May, Mayfair transforms Presented by RCN and Powered by USA Football Allentown’s scenic Cedar Beach Park into a Frank Banko Field at Bethlehem School District kaleidoscope of sights, sounds, and savory www.jawsyouthfund.org/jawsfootballclinic aromas. Enjoy dancers, storytellers, art exhibits, Visit the website for more details on this event and to register your local and national musical acts, hands-on crafts child for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. All proceeds benefit the demonstrations, and culinary delights. Come Jaws Youth Fund and the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. out and watch the Breakdance Challenge or run in the Mayfair 5k, back for the first time JUSTIN SHEFTEL MEMORIAL in several years. Also returning in 2010 is SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT “I get more HD “It’s awesome! I get “We see RCN at lots of Reggae Night, with headliner Matisyahu. with RCN. If you to watch all kinds of community events. June 26 (rain date June 27), 9 am–9 pm Perfectly blending visual art and musical Parkland High School softball fields entertainment while offering dozens of other love sports, you’ve kids’ shows for free It’s great that they’re www.justinsheftel.com activities, Mayfair is a fun two-day event for gotta have it.” ON DEMAND.” so involved. It’s what the entire family. Watch as 22 teams compete in this annual tournament that benefits you’d expect from a Not to be missed: 2 Days in the Cube con- local company.” several Lehigh Valley charities and a scholarship fund for Parkland test, beginning noon, May 29. Watch as five High School students in memory of Justin Sheftel. Bid on items people compete to win a Nissan Cube (courtesy in the silent auction, taste-test delectable drinks in the Red Robin of Rothrock) by living in it for 48 hours. The mocktail contest (all drinks are non-alcoholic) and meet officers from contest will take place at the RCN/The Morn- the South Whitehall Township Police who will offer fingerprinting ing Call space in the Mayfair Marketplace near for kids and information about the effects of drinking and driving. Cabaret Stage. Visit www.2daysinthecube.com Quality across the board. Event times subject to change. for more information. It’s why people come home to RCN.

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Avatar Valentine’s Day premieres may 9 | Rated PG-13 premieres May 18 | Rated PG-13 Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana—An ex-Marine finds himself thrust into Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Garner—An all-star ensemble cast comes hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, together in Valentine’s Day, which follows the intertwining storylines he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his of a diverse group of Los Angelenos as they navigate their way own survival and that of the indigenous people. through romance.

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Tooth Fairy Dear John premieres May 11 | Rated PG premieres MAy 25 | Rated PG-13 Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd—A bad deed on the part of a tough Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried—While on leave from the army, minor-league hockey player (Dwayne Johnson) results in an unusual John Tyree falls in love with the vivacious Savannah Curtis. Over the sentence: he must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy. next seven years, the couple find themselves frequently separated by John’s deployments.

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Avatar © 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. • An Education © 2009 An Education Distribution Limited. All Rights Reserved. • Invictus © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Valentine’s Day © 2010 New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. • When In Rome © Touchstone Pictures. All Rights Reserved. • Dear John © 2010 DEAR JOHN, LLC. All rights reserved. • Leap Year © 2009 Spyglass Entertainment Funding, LLC. All rights reserved. • Tooth Fairy © 2009 Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. • The Spy Next Door © 2009 Spy Next Door, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Universal Studios and Spyglass Entertainment Funding, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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action/thriller Make a Date With Entertainment Edge of Darkness premieres May 11 | Rated R Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone—When a police detective’s daughter is murdered on his front steps, his solitary search to find her killer takes him to a dangerous, looking-glass world of corporate cover-ups. May 2010 Can’t — Miss Picks

S M T W T F S 11 Daybreakers 1 14 An Education 18 Valentines Day, The Spy Next Door, Invictus 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 23 WWE Over The Limit, French Open on Tennis Channel - 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Free Preview Begins 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 Dear John, The Road 29 UFC 114 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 Memorial Day 30 31

The Road 1 The Wolfman premieres May 25 Also Also available in available in Rated R 4 French Open on Tennis Channel - Free Preview Ends HD! HD! June 2010 7 SHOWTIME Original Series Nurse Jackie & United States of Tara™ - Season Finales S M T W T F S 8 From Paris with Love horror 1 2 3 4 5 10 Legion 11 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 World Cup™ Begins, Alice in Wonderland Daybreakers 12 UFC 115, Philippine Independence Day premieres May 11 | Rated R 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 HBO True Blood - Third Season Begins Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe—The year is 2019, and a plague has transformed the world’s population into vampires. As humans and 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SHOWTIME Original THE TUDORS - Final episode their blood become more scarce, vampires must search for new ways to satisfy their craving. 27 28 29 30 15 The Book of Eli, When in Rome 16 Dragon Boat Festival - China RCN MOBILE 20 WWE Fatal Four Way Father’s Day BE A HOLLYWOOD 29 Green Zone INSIDER! Get ON DEMAND text alerts sent to your mobile phone to let you know what’s coming up. Text MOVIES to 88228 to sign up today! More categories available on www.rcn.com/mobile

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WWE: Over the Limit Sunday, May 23 Countdown Show: 7:30 pm ET Live Event: 8–11 pm ET Available in HD! $44.95 for an additional $5. Anything can happen when WWE Superstars are pushed over the limit. Don’t miss Edge, John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, and all your favorite Superstars at WWE Over the Limit. A World Wrestling Entertainment Production.

UFC 114 Saturday, May 29/10 pm ET Available in HD! $44.99 for an additional $5. Ever since they competed against each other as coaches on season ten of The Ultimate Fighter, light heavyweight superstars Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “Suga” Rashad Evans have had one of the most heated rivalries in the history of the UFC. These two former 205-pound champions finally get their chance to settle the score in the main event of UFC 114, and it promises to be one of the most intense showdowns of 2010. UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans— Saturday, May 29, live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

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