NEPA Scene Staff

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 24-March 2

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 24-March 2

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Tuesday, Feb. 24 Event: Wyoming Valley Art League Artists Social Time: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Wyoming Valley Art […]

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Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 17-23

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 17-23

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Tuesday, Feb. 17 Event: Wyoming Valley Art League Artists Social Time: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Location: Wyoming Valley Art […]

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Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 10-16

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 10-16

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Tuesday, Feb. 10 Event: Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber Women in Business Networking Luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m. Location: […]

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Steamtown NHS presents ‘A Cool Look at the Ice Industry,’ starting Feb. 7 in Scranton

Steamtown NHS presents ‘A Cool Look at the Ice Industry,’ starting Feb. 7 in Scranton

From a press release: To celebrate winter and the tradition of ice harvesting in the Pocono Mountains, including the 22nd annual Tobyhanna Ice Harvest on Mill Pond No. 1, the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton will feature an exhibit entitled “A Cool Look at the Ice Industry.” Through historic artifacts and images from local […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 3-9

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Feb. 3-9

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Tuesday, Feb. 3 Event: Wyoming Valley Art League Artists Social Time: 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Location: Wyoming Valley […]

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Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Jan. 27-Feb. 2

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Jan. 27-Feb. 2

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Thursday, Jan. 29 Event: Artist’s Opening Reception for Dale Threlkeld: End of Illusion Time: 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Location: […]

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Lackawanna Historical Society sponsors one-act play ‘A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head’ on Feb. 1

Lackawanna Historical Society sponsors one-act play ‘A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head’ on Feb. 1

From a press release: The Lackawanna Historical Society will sponsor an original one-act play entitled “A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head” on Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. at the Rossetti home (1005 Vine St., Scranton). Join master storyteller Robert Hughes for a dramatic reading of a true-to-life death bed teaser. The performance will […]

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Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Jan. 20-26

Events happening this week in downtown Wilkes-Barre: Jan. 20-26

Every Tuesday, the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association and Diamond City Partnership release a list of events happening in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Subscribe here to receive this list via e-mail or just check NEPA Scene each week. Downtown events Tuesday, Jan. 20 Event: The Art and Architecture of Paris Cemeteries Time: 6 p.m. Location: Le Manhattan Bistro […]

 Rich Howells

Auction includes rare photos of NEPA 100 years ago and historical portraits, books, and letters

Auction includes rare photos of NEPA 100 years ago and historical portraits, books, and letters

Pieces of history will be auctioned off on Saturday, Jan. 3 in Archbald

As everyone looks forward to 2015, a collection of old photos that is about to be sold at auction takes a leap back almost 100 years and gives the public a chance to see a very different and largely undeveloped Northeastern Pennsylvania once again. The photos at Savo Auctioneers in Archbald, which were allegedly picked […]

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Swetland Homestead celebrates ‘A Civil War Christmas’ with reenactors

Swetland Homestead celebrates ‘A Civil War Christmas’ with reenactors

From a press release: The Luzerne County Historical Society and the 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment Co. A will present “A Civil War Christmas at the Swetland Homestead” from Dec. 4-7. Witness how units would use homes for winter quarters and field hospitals during the Civil War. Explore the house (885 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming) in this […]