Added on 04/25/2022
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actor , improv comedy , Ritz Theater , Scranton , stand-up comedy , TV show

From a press release: Lock up your “hamberders,” America – Randy Bobandy is back on the road for another greasy “Cheeseburger Picnic.” Randy (played by Patrick Roach) will be bringing his unique comedy performance to the venues across the country. Based on the character from the hit TV series “Trailer Park Boys,” Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic […]
Added on 03/31/2022
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actor , film festival , horror , New York , Ritz Theater , Scranton , screening

From a press release: Following the February release of the latest entry in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” franchise on Netflix, the Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival is going back nearly a decade to present “Texas Chainsaw” with one its main stars. On Saturday, April 2, the festival will begin screening films at 11 a.m. at […]
Added on 03/30/2022
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Clarks Summit , documentary , film festival , Jim Thorpe , Lancaster , Philadelphia , Ritz Theater , Scranton , screening

From a press release: The fifth annual Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival will wrap up this Sunday, April 3 with a screening of “Marionette Land” from 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at The Ritz Theater in downtown Scranton. The showing includes a special Q&A with director and Clarks Summit native Alexander Monelli, along with his subject, Robert Brock. […]
Added on 03/26/2022
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Clarks Summit , film festival , horror , Lancaster , New York , Ritz Theater , Scranton , screening , Waverly , WVIA

From a press release: After hosting a smaller event last year, the Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival is back for a fifth year with three full days of screenings and programs at the Waverly Community House and The Ritz Theater in downtown Scranton. Dedicated to nurturing emerging and independent filmmakers from Northeastern Pennsylvania and around the […]
Added on 03/17/2022
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actor , Dalton , Finnegan's , horror , Jermyn , metal , New York , punk , Scranton , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: Chicago heavy metal/punk band First Jason, fronted by singer and actor Ari Lehman, who played the role of young Jason Voorhees in the classic 1980 horror film “Friday the 13th,” will return to Finnegan’s Irish Rock Club in Scranton on Thursday, March 24. Wilkes-Barre’s own horror rockers All the Damn Vampires […]
Added on 03/14/2022
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Wilkes-Barre , wrestling , WWE

From a press release: It was announced today that WWE and the Superstars of “Friday Night SmackDown” will return to Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township on Friday, May 13 at 7:45 p.m. Roman Reigns will go up against Drew McIntyre for the Universal Championship, and Ronda Rousey and Naomi will take […]
Added on 02/09/2022
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Circle Drive-In , Dickson City , films , horror , NEPA Horror Film Festival , punk

From a press release: On Saturday, June 25, the NEPA Horror Fest and Scranton DIY Punk Collective will host 2022’s scariest summer celebration, Spooky Summer II, from noon until midnight at the Circle Drive-In Theatre in Dickson City. During the day, the bi-annual (June and October each year) NEPA Horror Fest combines a punk rock […]
Added on 02/02/2022
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Berwick , Bloomsburg , Danville , documentary , environment , Forty Fort , history , Milton , nature , Pittston , Selinsgrove , Towanda , Tunkhannock , West Pittston , Wilkes-Barre , WVIA

From a press release: This June marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Agnes’ devastation of Northeastern Pennsylvania. WVIA will commemorate the day with “Agnes 50,” a multi-platform initiative that will explore the events of June 23, 1972, as well as the response in the years after. The initiative will include the original documentary film “Agnes […]
Added on 01/06/2022
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Albright Memorial Library , author , books , Carbondale , Danville , Moscow , North Pocono Public Library , Osterhout Free Library , Pottsville , Scranton , Taylor , TV show , Wilkes-Barre , Williamsport

From a press release: After spending several years largely out of the public eye, former WNEP-TV news anchor and lead producer Marisa Burke is back to tell her side of a scandal that upended her life and broadcasting career as she knew it. Her new 221-page memoir, “Just Checking Scores: TV Anchor Publicly Shamed by […]
Added on 12/13/2021
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F.M. Kirby Center , musical , TV show , Wilkes-Barre

From a press release: Today, Montreal-based production company Monlove and Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment announced new tour dates for “Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold,” including a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, Feb. 20. Created by Ella Louise Allaire and Martin Lord Ferguson, this show is a “live musical […]