NEPA Scene Staff

After sold-out opening, new Scranton speakeasy Madame Jenny’s plans weekly jazz music and 1920s fun

After sold-out opening, new Scranton speakeasy Madame Jenny’s plans weekly jazz music and 1920s fun

From a press release: The secret is out, and downtown Scranton’s speakeasy, Madame Jenny’s, is a hit with locals looking for something new to do… or, rather, something old to do again in modern times. This clandestine cocktail bar opened its doors last weekend with swingin’ sounds of the Madame Jenny’s House Jazz Band on […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

‘Star Wars’ burlesque parody strikes Sands Bethlehem Event Center on May 1

‘Star Wars’ burlesque parody strikes Sands Bethlehem Event Center on May 1

From a press release: After a sold-out, critically acclaimed tour of the United States, “The Empire Strips Back – A Star Wars Burlesque Parody” returns in 2019 for its largest run of shows ever, including a return to the U.S. and its first time in Canada. Featuring sexy Stormtroopers, a dangerously seductive Boba Fett, some […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: Electric City Tattoo Convention at the Hilton Scranton, 04/14/18

PHOTOS: Electric City Tattoo Convention at the Hilton Scranton, 04/14/18

Even after Electric City Tattoo opened a second location in Wilkes-Barre last fall and shuffled a few employees around, the popular shop in downtown Scranton found enough time to organize a bigger and better convention on Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15. For its ninth year, the Electric City Tattoo Convention took advantage of […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Philadelphia’s Peek-A-Boo Revue brings holiday burlesque show to Opera House in Jim Thorpe on Dec. 16

Philadelphia’s Peek-A-Boo Revue brings holiday burlesque show to Opera House in Jim Thorpe on Dec. 16

From a press release: Philadelphia’s premier neo-burlesque troupe, the Peek-A-Boo Revue, will take over the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe with their feisty and festive Holiday Tease-A-Thon on Saturday, Dec. 16. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $25, can be purchased on the Opera […]