PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA, Scranton ‘Pokémon Go’ Edition
On Monday night, I went hunting for Pokémon on Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton. Here’s what I caught. Special thanks to Chris Hughes for telling me what species I found. P.S. I really wish I could have used all 46 photos, but it was just too much. Thanks so much, Go’ers! Goldeen and a shy […]
PHOTOS: Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, and Dustin Lynch at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/21/16
Scranton put on its big cowboy hat and dancin’ boots for a night of pop country at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Thursday, July 21 with Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, and Dustin Lynch. Bryan sold out The Pavilion for the second straight year, this time on his “Kill the Lights Tour,” […]
PHOTOS: Camp Bisco at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/15-16/16
The nonstop party of Camp Bisco took over The Pavilion at Montage Mountain and the water park next door from Thursday, July 14 through Saturday, July 16, returning for its second year to Scranton with the organized chaos of dance music, light shows, and summertime fun. Running since 1999 and curated by Philadelphia electronic jamband […]
PHOTOS: Vans Warped Tour at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, 07/11/16
America’s longest-running touring summer music festival returned to The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Monday, July 11 with a diverse lineup that attracted thousands of teenagers as well as adults feeling nostalgic for their adolescent years spent running from stage to stage to watch their favorite punk and hardcore bands play the Vans […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 3, 07/12/16
During the third week of Season 4 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent on Tuesday, July 12, two crowd favorites from last season won the audience vote at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant – one who had won before and another who was finally given his due. Scranton band Crock Pot Abduction put on […]
PHOTOS: Electric City Music Conference announcement party at Thirst T’s in Olyphant, 07/03/16
Electric City Music Conference co-producers Joe Caviston and Kenneth Norton announced the nominees for the 2016 Steamtown Music Awards and the conference’s live music lineups at all the participating venues to a packed house at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant on Sunday, July 3. Highlighted by acoustic performances by Skip Monday (with a […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 2, 07/05/16
The second week of Season 4 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent on Tuesday, July 5 saw the debut of several new faces at the open mic and talent contest at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant, and one even won the audience vote with an unexpectedly hilarious story. Dane Bower from West Wyoming was […]
PHOTOS: Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, 07/08-10/16
It has been 19 years since the first Briggs Farm Blues Festival kicked off in the beautiful farmlands of Nescopeck, and the annual event is as fresh and enthralling as ever. NEPA Scene photographers Tammy Heid and Robb Malloy of Moon’s Eye Media spent all three days of the event – Friday, July 8 through […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA, 2016 Scranton Warped Tour Edition
I worked as a “runner” for the catering staff at the Scranton stop of the Vans Warped Tour on Monday, July 11. It was a crazy, fun, and tiring 14-hour day. Here are some of the people I met backstage and beyond at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain. This is Robbie, a handyman for the […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 1, 06/28/16
We’re trying something new with Season 4 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, letting the audience at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant choose two winners each night – one in the category of comedy/poetry/spoken word/performance art and one for music/dance – and holding two separate showcases at the end to determine the winners of […]
