Rich Howells

INFINITE IMPROBABILITY: ‘Fifty Shades’ of abuse – the gray area of Christian Grey’s behavior

Like many men who are writing about “Fifty Shades of Grey,” either the book or the movie adaptation that was released this past weekend, I have not experienced this phenomenon personally – I’m simply an observer attempting to make sense of something popular that I have no connection to or interest in whatsoever. Why write […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: Synaesthesia Social’s private Synaesthetic Birthday Celebration, 02/08/15

PHOTOS: Synaesthesia Social’s private Synaesthetic Birthday Celebration, 02/08/15

Synaesthesia Social founder Ted Michalowski celebrated his birthday in the only way an eccentric illustrator should – by holding a private Synaesthetic Birthday Celebration at the Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton on Sunday, Feb. 8, featuring live music, illustration, performance art, and even circus acts. Music was provided by the Improvisational All-Star Syntet (Jason Smeltzer, […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: First Friday Scranton, 02/06/15

PHOTOS: First Friday Scranton, 02/06/15

Freezing weather does not stop great art – nor does it stop people from attending First Friday Scranton, even in February. Michael Straub Photography provided NEPA Scene with photos from several venues throughout the art walk, which we’re very grateful for, as most of our staff were battling colds that weekend. If you were stuck […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE: Watch a video of the creative chaos of Synaesthesia Social’s private Synaesthetic Birthday Celebration

In celebration of Synaesthesia Social founder Ted Michalowski‘s birthday, he held a private Synaesthetic Birthday Celebration at the Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton on Sunday, Feb. 8, but if you missed it, don’t feel left out – NEPA Scene has your invitation right here. Before its premiere on Monday, Feb. 16 on local television station […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO: The Menzingers party like Scranton natives in ‘Where Your Heartache Exists’ music video

The Menzingers‘ latest album, “Rented World,” was released last April, but the band still has plenty more do with it, including another music video for “Where Your Heartache Exists,” which premiered yesterday on Spin. While the song recalls a heart-wrenching relationship, the black-and-white video depicted much happier times as the four guys go drinking Yuengling […]

 Rich Howells

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/27/15

PHOTOS: NEPA Scene Open Mic Night, 01/27/15

For the second week in a row, another young local musician – acoustic rocker C-Rock – won the audience vote on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the NEPA Scene Open Mic Night at The Woodlands Inn in Wilkes-Barre. East Stroudsburg native C-Rock (pictured above), who recently released an EP called “Common Cents,” has been a regular […]

 Rich Howells

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 13 – Behind-the-scenes stories of writing, recording, producing, and engineering an album

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Episode 13 – Behind-the-scenes stories of writing, recording, producing, and engineering an album

Professionally recorded every Monday at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com every Tuesday, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of acoustic cover of Weezer’s ‘The World Has Turned and Left Me Here’ by Ed Cuozzo and Dan Rosler

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of acoustic cover of Weezer’s ‘The World Has Turned and Left Me Here’ by Ed Cuozzo and Dan Rosler

Ed Cuozzo of A Social State and Dan Rosler of A Fire With Friends and Esta Coda were guests on the NEPA Scene Podcast on Feb. 2, so while we had them in The Stude at TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton, we asked them to play a few acoustic songs exclusively for us. Rosler played “Cat […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of live acoustic version of ‘Cat Sitting LA’ by Dan Rosler

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of live acoustic version of ‘Cat Sitting LA’ by Dan Rosler

Ed Cuozzo of A Social State and Dan Rosler of A Fire With Friends and Esta Coda were guests on the NEPA Scene Podcast on Feb. 2, so while we had them in The Stude at TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton, we asked them to play a few acoustic songs exclusively for us. Rosler played “Cat […]

 Rich Howells

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of live acoustic version of ‘Dizzy’ by Ed Cuozzo

EXCLUSIVE: Video and stream/download of live acoustic version of ‘Dizzy’ by Ed Cuozzo

Ed Cuozzo of A Social State and Dan Rosler of A Fire With Friends and Esta Coda were guests on the NEPA Scene Podcast on Feb. 2, so while we had them in The Stude at TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton, we asked them to play a few acoustic songs exclusively for us. Rosler played “Cat […]