Be a guest of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Act Out Theatre in Taylor Feb. 23-March 4
From a press release: Local audiences will be able to rediscover a “tale as old as time” when Act Out Theatre Group presents Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” in Taylor on weekends starting this Friday, Feb. 23 through Sunday, March 4. Director Dan Pittman, who became the artistic director of Act Out in August, is […]
Interactive Disney Junior Dance Party adds 2nd show at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on April 27
From a press release: Due to popular demand, the high-energy “Disney Junior Dance Party on Tour” has added a second show at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, April 27 at 3 p.m. The first show announced last year is at 6 p.m. on April 27. Tickets for the 3 p.m. show, which […]
Folk rockers The Avett Brothers return to SteelStacks in Bethlehem on Aug. 17
From a press release: It will be an awesome night under the stars when chart-topping folk rock group The Avett Brothers return to the SteelStacks in Bethlehem for the 2018 Yuengling Summer Concert Series on Friday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert, which takes place at the Levitt Pavilion (789 E. 1st […]
Free movie screening and panel on human trafficking will be held at Marywood in Scranton on Feb. 22
From a press release: Marywood University’s social work club, Caritas, will host a showing of the movie “Sold” on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Comerford Theatre in the Center of Natural and Health Science on the university’s campus in Scranton. Following the movie screening, the Northeast Pennsylvania Task Force Against Human Trafficking […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icon Art Garfunkel performs at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on May 8
From a press release: It was announced today that Grammy Award-winning folk music icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Art Garfunkel will visit the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $38, $53, $78, and $98, plus fees, go on sale this Friday, Feb. […]
SHELTER SUNDAY: Meet Renesmee (bulldog/pit bull mix) and Molly (tortoiseshell cat)
Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge teams up with NEPA Scene every week for Shelter Sunday, a post that features dogs, cats, and occasionally some surprises up for adoption in the hopes of finding them a loving home. Blue Chip Farm (974 Lockville Rd., Dallas) is a no-kill shelter, a place where no animal is too […]
Grammy-winning country legend Marty Stuart plays at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on May 18
From a press release: It was announced this week that Grammy Award-winning country music icon Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives will play at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $20 for regular reserved seating or $25 for premium reserved seating, are on sale now and […]
Scranton’s Everhart Museum curator Nezka Pfeifer resigns after 12 years
From a press release: After 12 years, Nezka Pfeifer, curator of the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art in Scranton, has officially resigned from her position, effective today. During her 12-year tenure, Pfeifer has curated and overseen the installation of dozens of exhibitions. “She has shaped a strong exhibition program, creating unique experiences […]
Peach Fest and Camp Bisco jam band Twiddle plays at Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on April 21
From a press release: Regulars of both the Peach Music Festival and Camp Bisco in Scranton, jam band Twiddle will bring their spring tour to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg on Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $18 in advance or $23 the day of the show, are on sale now and […]
First Luzerne County medical marijuana dispensary opens as state’s first patients receive medication
From press releases: As Justice Grown, the first medical marijuana dispensary in Luzerne County, prepares to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow, Governor Tom Wolf issued a statement today as Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana patients received medication. “Medical marijuana is now available in the state of Pennsylvania to those patients with a valid medical marijuana […]
