NEPA Scene Staff

NES Trail raises nearly $1,000 for charity with ‘Super Smash Bros.’ tournament, sets next event for Feb. 28

NES Trail raises nearly $1,000 for charity with ‘Super Smash Bros.’ tournament, sets next event for Feb. 28

From a press release: NES Trail, a local group of video gamers and collectors, hosted a “Super Smash Bros.” Wii U tournament at the Forty Fort municipal building on Sunday, Nov. 1, with proceeds benefiting the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association and its Together We Grow Preschool. The next tournament will be held on Sunday, Feb. […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Doug Menuez, award-winning photographer of Steve Jobs, gives free lecture in Kingston on Dec. 1

From a press release: Award-winning photographer Doug Menuez will present a lecture on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the Kirby Center for Creative Arts at Wyoming Seminary (201 N. Sprague Ave., Kingston), describing his historic insider images and stories from Silicon Valley that reveal the untold struggles of the greatest innovators of the Digital Revolution, including […]

 Bill Thomas

NEPA ‘black sheep’ musicians hit Indiegogo to fund psychedelic pop project Kali Ra

NEPA ‘black sheep’ musicians hit Indiegogo to fund psychedelic pop project Kali Ra

“We’re kind of black sheep.” Jami Kali doesn’t sugarcoat her thoughts on how she and Ray Novitski fit into Northeastern Pennsylvania’s music scene. She is vocalist for the dreamy folk pop duo Mock Sun and has also released a solo album of trippy trance music under the name Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms. […]

 Rich Howells

Can’t find an all-ages music venue? Throw a DIY show in a Curry Donuts parking lot!

Can’t find an all-ages music venue? Throw a DIY show in a Curry Donuts parking lot!

Young musicians improvise and keep the scene alive

The lack of all-ages venues for concerts in Northeastern Pennsylvania is an ongoing detriment to the local music scene, but when there’s a problem, you either adapt or die. As Derek Jolley of Social Loafers and Cody Novitski of Black Diamond have proven, the scene is alive and kicking ass. For the last few years, […]

 Kelly Grebeck

Gaslight Theatre Company gets comfortable and intimate in ‘Master Bedroom’

Gaslight Theatre Company gets comfortable and intimate in ‘Master Bedroom’

Series of short plays runs July 30-Aug. 9 in Kingston

In the fourth installment of the “Playroom” series, Gaslight Theatre Company enters the “Master Bedroom” with seven one-act plays. This will open the company’s new season tonight, July 30, and run through Sunday, Aug. 9 at the Gateway Shopping Center in Kingston. Matthew Hinton, artistic director of Gaslight, created this series to highlight regional talent […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Gaslight Theatre Company’s one-act ‘Playroom’ series returns with ‘Master Bedroom’ July 30-Aug. 9 in Kingston

Gaslight Theatre Company’s one-act ‘Playroom’ series returns with ‘Master Bedroom’ July 30-Aug. 9 in Kingston

From a press release: The Gaslight Theatre Company will open their 2015-­16 season with “Playroom: Master Bedroom” on July 30 and run through Aug. 9 at the Gateway Shopping Center in Kingston. “Master Bedroom” is the fourth installment in the original series created by Gaslight Board of Directors member and current artistic director for the […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Call to artists and animal lovers to support Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge art sale on May 9

Call to artists and animal lovers to support Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge art sale on May 9

From a press release: The call to artists to donate a piece of original art to the Compassionate Connections Art Sale in support of Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge in Dallas ends this Wednesday, May 6, and the opening reception for the sale at Mainstreet Galleries in Kingston is Saturday, May 9 from 5 p.m.-8 […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: Title Fight ‘Hyperview’ record release show, 02/03/15

PHOTOS: Title Fight ‘Hyperview’ record release show, 02/03/15

Since signing with Anti- Records and being covered by major media outlets like NPR, Vogue, and Pitchfork, Title Fight may have reached a new level of popularity recently, but their Northeastern Pennsylvania roots remain strong. The Kingston punk/shoegaze band held a free all-ages record release show right at home at the Gallery of Sound in […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO: Watch Title Fight create a reflective mural in downtown Wilkes-Barre

Last month, Kingston punk rockers Title Fight posted a short video documenting the process behind the creation of a mural in downtown Wilkes-Barre that would become the band’s album cover for “Hyperview,” due to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 3 via Anti- Records. Filmed in black and white with a GoPro Hero 3+, the video […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO: Title Fight release haunting new music video for ‘Rose of Sharon’

Kingston’s Title Fight has been gearing up for the Feb. 3 release of “Hyperview,” debuting the first music video from the new album, “Chlorine,” last month, and releasing a second video for “Rose of Sharon” today via Pitchfork: Directed by Hannah Roman, the gloomy video contrasts aqua-hued performance clips with footage of a lethargic young […]