Added on 11/22/2017
NEPA Scene Staff
Berwick , Bethlehem , Christmas , Hazleton , Jim Thorpe , Mauch Chunk Opera House , Musikfest , New Jersey , Theater at North , tribute
From a press release: Twelve Twenty-Four is celebrating their sixteenth year bringing their high-energy, full-scale holiday rock orchestra concert to venues across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including several in their native Northeastern Pennsylvania. The shows feature everyone’s favorite holiday music with a rock edge, as well as their own festive creations. Established in Hazleton in […]
Added on 07/27/2017
Rich Howells
Berwick , Dallas , Hazleton , NEPA Music Notes , Scranton , streaming , Stroudsburg , Wilkes-Barre
Every day, so much great original music is being created and performed in Northeastern Pennsylvania, but the average resident may not know it or be able to keep up with it all. NEPA Scene would need 10 times the resources we have now to cover everything thoroughly, so rather than gloss over the hard work […]
Added on 01/02/2017
Rich Howells
Berwick , Wilkes-Barre
A new year brings new opportunities, and local singer/songwriter Nick Coyle is embracing his. The Berwick native, who was formerly in Lifer, The Drama Club, and Stardog Champion, is the current frontman of Death Valley Dreams and also plays in his own solo project, Electracoustica. Additionally, he composes music for television and film production company […]
Added on 01/27/2016
Brad Patton
author , Berwick , history , Mocanaqua , Osterhout Free Library , Pottsville , Sheppton , Wilkes-Barre
Mocanaqua author signing books in Berwick, Wilkes-Barre, and Pottsville
As a lifelong resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania, music journalist and author Maxim W. Furek has always been interested in finding out what really happened during the Sheppton mine disaster. And since he didn’t see anyone else delving into the mystery of the August 1963 disaster, he decided to take on the subject himself. Furek, a […]