Saintly 2016 Parade Day t-shirt benefits Electric City Music Conference in Scranton
In 2010, Chris Ventura put out his first Parade Day t-shirt. While selling the shirt at Joe Caviston’s former venue, Eleanor Rigby’s in Jermyn, the shirt caught the eye of Caviston. From there, the two struck up a collaboration and have put out a t-shirt annually for the past seven years. This year, the duo […]
PHOTOS: U.S. Women’s World Cup Champions ticker-tape parade in New York City, 07/10/15
Even those who never watched a soccer game before tuned in to see the United States women’s team win the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup over Japan with a score of 5-2 on July 5, so thousands gathered to welcome the team home with a ticker-tape parade along the Canyon of Heroes route in lower […]
PHOTOS: Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York, 06/20/15
Coney Island in New York was swimming with mermaids on Saturday, June 20, which sounds more unusual than it really was. In fact, it seemed like everyone, dressed to the gills or not, fit in perfectly, and that’s by design. The Mermaid Parade is the largest art parade in the country, and it’s a place […]
PHOTOS: Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 03/15/15
The Wilkes-Barre St. Patrick’s Day Parade may come a day after Scranton’s parade, but that doesn’t mean there’s any less effort put into the festivities or any less fun to be had. Kicking off with the Renal Race to fight kidney cancer earlier in the morning, NEPA Scene photographer Robb Malloy captured the colorful characters […]
PHOTOS: The faces of the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/14/15
While the rain may have hurt the turnout a bit, the 54th annual Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade marched on through the streets of downtown on Saturday, March 14 as planned. Whether it was tradition or the search for good times on a gloomy day, green was donned and glasses were raised high throughout the city, […]
2015 Scranton Parade Day shirt features ‘Sons of Anarchy’ design
From a press release: For the past six year, partners Chris Ventura and Joe Caviston have released an exclusive t-shirt design for Scranton’s St. Patrick’s Parade, the second largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the country. The shirt generally revolves around pop culture, with Macklemore and Miley Cyrus-themed shirts being featured in 2013 and 2014. […]
PHOTOS: Santa Parade in Scranton, 11/22/14
Everyone from Captain America to Ronald McDonald to Penn State‘s Nittany Lion participated in the 22nd annual Santa Parade in downtown Scranton – along with some guy named Kris Kringle in tow. Kicking off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, Santa Claus made his way through downtown Scranton with 18-year-old Exeter Twp. resident and […]
PHOTOS: Christmas Parade in Wilkes-Barre, 11/22/14
Soon after Scranton’s Santa Parade ended on Saturday, Nov. 22, Wilkes-Barre’s annual Christmas Parade began at 3 p.m., culminating in a tree lighting ceremony on Public Square. Scenes from “The Nutcracker” were performed by the Dance Theatre of Wilkes-Barre and the YOUniversal Suzuki Strings played at the F.M. Kirby Center beforehand, and groups like the […]
PHOTOS: Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade, 11/09/14
Today is Veterans Day, a day when the nation takes the time to remember and honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Wilkes-Barre and Kingston made that time on Sunday, Nov. 9, holding the 68th annual Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade, the area’s largest Veterans Day celebration. NEPA Scene photographers Robb Malloy […]
PHOTOS: NYC Village Halloween Parade, 10/31/14
New York City’s Greenwich Village held its 41st annual Village Halloween Parade on Friday, Oct. 31, the largest parade of its kind worldwide. Started in 1974 by mask maker and puppeteer Ralph Lee as a simple walk from house to house, the parade now stretches over a mile with over 60,000 participants in costume and […]
