Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Simcoe Nerd Extra IPA by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Simcoe Nerd Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: Extra IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 7.50% This week, we have some close-to-home, sole-crushing Pittston goodness courtesy of Søle Artisan Ales – Simcoe Nerd! This is a single-hopped take on their excellent Turbo Nerd, which we reviewed back in April. Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Kushy Clouds Oatmeal Pale Ale by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Kushy Clouds Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: American Pale Ale Age: 2016 ABV: 5.30% Some more local boys making goodness on today’s MBR with Kushy Clouds, a sessionable Oatmeal Pale Ale by Søle Artisan Ales, a gypsy brewer out of Pittston! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer review, brewery, and culture show […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: 3 Doors Down and Candlebox at Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 05/19/16

PHOTOS: 3 Doors Down and Candlebox at Sands Bethlehem Event Center, 05/19/16

Multi-platinum-selling 3 Doors Down, known for No. 1 hits like “Kryptonite,” “Duck and Run,” “Loser,” “Be Like That,” “When I’m Gone,” and “Here Without You,” returned to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in support of their latest album, “Us and the Night,” on Thursday, May 19. The Mississippi rockers were joined on this particular night […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Turbo Nerd Extra IPA by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Turbo Nerd Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: Extra IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 7.50% This week, we have some more locally born goodness in the form of Søle Artisan Ales’ newest IPA, Turbo Nerd! Let’s get nerdy with this Pittston brew! Massive Beer Reviews is an award-winning YouTube beer review, brewery, and culture show based […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

Shavertown metalcore band Toothless unleash taste of new EP at NEPA Metal Meltdown on April 16

Shavertown metalcore band Toothless unleash taste of new EP at NEPA Metal Meltdown on April 16

From a press release: Shavertown-based metalcore band Toothless certainly don’t live up to their name. Their intense music is far from lacking in sharpness or bite. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Crisco of 97.9X WBSX-FM described the band as “a heavy assault on the senses; it’s the kind of music that could knock your […]

 Rich Howells

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: NEPA Metal Meltdown in Pittston with Beyond Fallen and SpaceJunk

NEPA SCENE PODCAST: NEPA Metal Meltdown in Pittston with Beyond Fallen and SpaceJunk

Professionally recorded on Mondays at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com on Tuesdays, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]

 Rich Howells

NEPA Metal Meltdown festival returns for third ‘killer’ year to Diane’s Deli in Pittston on April 15-16

NEPA Metal Meltdown festival returns for third ‘killer’ year to Diane’s Deli in Pittston on April 15-16

The official lineup for the 2016 NEPA Metal Meltdown festival has been announced, gathering local and underground heavy metal bands for two nights of brutality in Pittston on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. Held once again at Diane’s Deli & Internet Cafe (206 S. Main St., Pittston), the festival was founded by Beyond […]

 Mathew Dapkins

MASSIVE BEER REVIEWS: Good Good Double IPA by Søle Artisan Ales

Beer: Good Good Brewery: Søle Artisan Ales Style: Double IPA Age: 2016 ABV: 8.00% IBU: 60 We’ve got a little gypsy brewing dankness from those good folks over at Søle Artisan Ales, a nomadic brewer shipping out of Pittston, with their Double IPA Good Good! How good is it? Watch and learn! Massive Beer Reviews […]

 NEPA Scene Staff

New Homegrown Music Concerts season begins May 31 on WVIA-TV, features Bog Swing Group, Tauk, and more

New Homegrown Music Concerts season begins May 31 on WVIA-TV, features Bog Swing Group, Tauk, and more

From a press release: WVIA-TV’s “Homegrown Music Concerts” will air an all-new season beginning on Thursday, March 31. Recorded at WVIA Public Media Studios in Pittston, the six episode series airs Thursday nights at 9 p.m. on WVIA-TV. The season premiere features the television debut of jazz ensemble The Tom Hamilton Band. Other acts included […]

 Keith Perks

PHOTOS: Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/05/16

PHOTOS: Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade, 03/05/16

It may not be as long-running or as well-known as the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre parades, but there was just as much green attire and Irish spirit on display at the third annual Pittston City St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 5. After it disappeared for decades, the parade returned to downtown Pittston on March 8, […]

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