‘All Beginnings Are Hard’ for Zach Sprowls as pianist makes Scranton Fringe Fest debut Sept. 29-Oct. 1
From a press release: The piano is Zach Sprowls’ voice. With it, he composes stories that are as much everyone’s as they are his own – affecting and true to life. Once rootless, he now proudly calls Scranton home. The full-time composer and pianist has come to identify with the relentless heart of the city, […]
Broadway in Scranton announces 2023-2024 season with 6 musicals at Scranton Cultural Center
From a press release: Today, NAC Entertainment and the Broadway Theatre League of Northeastern Pennsylvania announced the new Broadway in Scranton season – its biggest yet – coming to the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple. The 2023-2024 season features six live shows that include beloved classics, Tony Award winners, musicals for the entire […]
Live ‘Wheel of Fortune’ game show spins into Scranton Cultural Center on Nov. 14
From a press release: It was announced today that “Wheel of Fortune Live,” a new theatrical experience, will be coming to the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 PM. The live show, produced by Right Angle Entertainment in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television and UTA, is the one […]
Free ‘Wake Up with the Arts’ breakfast highlights small businesses in Lackawanna County on June 30
From a press release: The Lackawanna County Arts and Culture Department will celebrate the diverse array of small businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania with a free “Wake Up with the Arts” breakfast, workshop, and panel discussion on creative entrepreneurship on Thursday, June 30. The new shopnepatoday.com website, a local directory of creative businesses and services along […]
Immigrants tell their stories in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and Dallas in ’80 Minutes Around the World’ on April 28-30
From a press release: The Misericordia University College of Arts and Sciences will present “80 Minutes Around the World,” an event that takes audience members on an 80-minute trip around five continents as eight storytellers each share their immigration experiences at three different venues on Thursday, April 28 through Saturday, April 30. The storytellers come […]
Acoustic ‘String Fling’ at Scranton Cultural Center features Mike Miz, Bret Alexander, and more on April 8
From a press release: It was announced today that the Scranton Cultural Center’s annual String Fling event will return to the Masonic Temple with a retooled “All Acoustic Evening” on Friday, April 8. This intimate “unplugged” concert features some of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s favorite musicians performing mixed sets of original music, folklore, and more in Shopland […]
Bestselling humorist David Sedaris gives free talk and signs books at Scranton Cultural Center on March 31
From a press release: In early 2020, the Lackawanna County Library System announced that bestselling author David Sedaris, whose personal essays and humorous social commentary have earned him recognition as one of America’s greatest living humor writers, would deliver the American Masters Lecture that year. The pandemic delayed those plans a few times, but tickets […]
Scranton Cultural Center hosts Parade Day Party with Celtic rockers Kilrush on March 12
From a press release: As Scranton’s St. Patrick’s Parade returns to its rightful place in March this year, the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple will once again participate in the festivities. Outside, the parade steps off at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, so the Cultural Center’s annual Parade Day Party will begin […]
‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ cast improvises live at Scranton Cultural Center on April 29
From a press release: The current cast members of the Emmy-nominated television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will perform some hilarious improvised skits under the banner of “Whose Live Anyway?” in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on Friday, April 29. “Whose Live Anyway?” is […]
Winter Blues Guitarmageddon returns to Scranton Cultural Center with Joe Louis Walker on March 27
From a press release: After a year away, the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple will host its sixth annual Winter Blues Guitarmageddon – a one-night blues festival featuring an eclectic mix of local, regional, national, and international touring artists – in the Grand Ballroom on Sunday, March 27. Grammy-nominated, six-time Blues Music Award […]
