Added on 05/06/2022
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , metal , New York , Scranton , V-Spot

From a press release: In 2019, Carbondale-based drummer Carl Canedy, best known as a founding member of classic heavy metal band The Rods, played his first show with a new band formed around his solo project, simply called Canedy. Following their live debut in New York, they released an album together in 2020 called “Warrior” […]
Added on 01/20/2022
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , Finnegan's , metal , New York , Philadelphia , Scranton

From a press release: In 2019, Carbondale-based drummer Carl Canedy, best known as a founding member of classic heavy metal band The Rods, played his first show with a new band formed around his solo project, simply called Canedy. Following their live debut in New York, they released an album together in 2020 called “Warrior” […]
Added on 01/06/2022
NEPA Scene Staff
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 09/08/2021
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , market , Scranton

From a press release: Following the grand opening of its Carbondale Farmers Market this week, United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania will host the kickoff to its annual “Welcoming Scranton” event at the South Side Farmers Market on Saturday, Sept. 11. The summer market (526 Cedar Ave., Scranton) will have a variety of special guest […]
Added on 08/31/2021
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , market , Scranton

From a press release: A new market for fresh produce and local foods is coming to Carbondale. With a grant from the Moses Taylor Foundation, United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania is opening a farmers market at its Fallbrook housing community (185 Fallbrook St., Carbondale). The year-round market will be open on Thursdays starting Sept. […]
Added on 01/21/2021
Rich Howells
Allentown , Carbondale , Dunmore , Emmaus , hip-hop , Lehigh Valley , metal , Nazareth , NEPA Music Notes , Olyphant , pop , punk , rap , Schuylkill Haven , Scranton , Stroudsburg , Sunbury , Wilkes-Barre

After a few years away, the NEPA Music Notes column received a warm welcome back last week, so I’ll take that as a sign that you want to see more roundups of new and noteworthy local songs, albums, and shows. Let’s dive right in! 🎶🎶 Schuylkill Haven guitarist John Hahn, who got his start touring […]
Added on 12/17/2020
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , metal , New York , Scranton

After undergoing some major lineup changes earlier this year, heavy metal band The Rods are going back to their classic roots. High Roller Records, a German label that specializes in traditional heavy metal, will reissue all their music for the group’s 40th anniversary, starting with a new version of “Crank It Up” mixed by Fred […]
Added on 11/23/2020
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , Christmas , history , Lackawanna Historical Society , Scranton

From a press release: Like so many things this year, the holidays are going to be a bit different at the Lackawanna Historical Society’s Catlin House in Scranton. However, there will be new holiday happenings this season, some virtually and others socially distanced. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, the LHS will be teaming up with Brookvalley […]
Added on 11/19/2020
NEPA Scene Staff
Carbondale , Christmas , Nay Aug Park , Scranton

In a time where social distancing is so important, the annual holiday light display at Nay Aug Park is the perfect event for families and their loved ones looking for a safe way to celebrate the season. Scranton’s largest park will begin hosting the Christmas light spectacle a week earlier this year, starting this Friday, […]
Added on 10/09/2020
Scott Kucharski
Carbondale , Circle Drive-In , coronavirus , Dickson City

The Allman Betts Band carries on the legacy of The Allman Brothers Band, and on Saturday, Sept. 19, the group made up for the Brothers’ annual tradition of the Peach Music Festival in a way with a live performance at the Circle Drive-In Theatre in Dickson City. Led by Devon Allman, son of founding Allman […]