Arts community rallies as Lackawanna County Commissioner Laureen Cummings looks to cut and control arts funding
Lackawanna County Commissioner Laureen A. Cummings is coming under fire for her public comments once again, this time regarding the county’s annual arts and education tax. Cummings, who founded the Scranton Tea Party before being elected the Republican minority commissioner in 2015, said at yesterday’s bi-weekly commissioners meeting in Scranton and in a Times-Tribune interview […]
Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin cracks Top 200 bestselling North American tours in 2016 with Disturbed
Pollstar, a leading concert industry publication, released its year-end report on 2016 concert ticket sales last week, which had some good news for some of the biggest venues in Northeastern Pennsylvania – the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township ranked at No. 141 in the Top 200 arenas in worldwide ticket sales, […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA, Scranton Police Department, 01/11/17
This week’s Beautiful People of NEPA is in honor of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which was held on Monday, Jan. 9. Members of the Scranton Police Department posed for these portraits on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at police headquarters on South Washington Avenue in downtown Scranton. Dedicated to Patrolman John James Wilding (722.) End of Watch: […]
After 10 years, keyboardist Josh Balz is leaving Scranton metal band Motionless In White
In a surprise announcement today on his Twitter and Instagram page, keyboardist Josh Balz has said that he is leaving Motionless In White. The lengthy message was posted along with an early picture of the Scranton metal band, which he joined in 2006, about a year after the group was formed. Balz has been an […]
STREAMING: Scranton’s The Menzingers debut imagery-filled title track of ‘After the Party,’ due out Feb. 3
As we get closer to the anticipated release of “After the Party” on Friday, Feb. 3, fans of Philadelphia punk band The Menzingers have been piecing together the new album through various song and video premieres since last summer, when they returned to their hometown of Scranton for an outdoor concert and debuted two of […]
Scranton’s Motionless In White plays with Falling In Reverse and Issues in NYC Jan. 27 and Philly Jan. 28
From a press release: Las Vegas post-hardcore band Falling In Reverse is bringing Scranton metal band Motionless In White, along with Issues, Dangerkids, and Dead Girls Academy, on their national “The End Is Here” tour, which stops at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Friday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. and The Fillmore […]
PHOTOS: Beautiful People of NEPA (returning in 2017), 01/04/17
You may or may not have noticed there has not been a new Beautiful People of NEPA in almost six months. The last installment was a single picture of my dog, Fritz, who passed away in July. Well, everybody, meet Ted. Tedward if you’re nasty. I adopted him from Griffin Pond Animal Shelter in South […]
NEPA ’60s band Glass Prism plays Edgar Allan Poe-themed rock at Theater at North in Scranton on Jan. 28
From a press release: Many have been asking about the next Glass Prism event ever since the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site show in Philadelphia in 2007 and their Scranton Cultural Center performance in 2012. The Northeastern Pennsylvania rockers have since taken their Edgar Allan Poe concept, along with some of the most powerful […]
Heil’s Place in Scranton closes this week after 43 years; Village Idiots play one last Wednesday
After 43 years, the legendary Heil’s Place in East Scranton is closing its doors this week, so what better way to say goodbye than with one last Wednesday night jam with the Village Idiots? Opened on Aug. 15, 1973, the Hill Section bar and restaurant owned by John Heil, Sr., who is retiring this year […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton hard rock band Hearts Unknown
Hearts Unknown City: Scranton/Duryea Genre(s): Hard rock, alternative rock, metal Years active: 2015-present Sounds like: Hearts Unknown takes the best elements of the early 2000s “nu-metal” era and builds on its melodic foundations to create crisp, clear, and catchy hard rock that feels fresh with youthful headbanging angst. With a new name and debut album […]
