PHOTOS: 2016 Steamtown Music Awards ceremony in Scranton (with winners list), 09/15/16
A long line wrapped around the building an hour before the third annual Steamtown Music Awards ceremony kicked off on Thursday, Sept. 15 as NEPA Scene interviewed many of the hundreds of nominated local musicians and industry professionals on the red carpet leading into The V-Spot in Scranton. With DJ Hersh spinning tracks throughout the […]
THE REAL GIG: Steamtown Music Awards remind us that musicians are local heroes too
Last night, I went to the Steamtown Music Awards at The V-Spot in Scranton. It was a great night of catching up with friends and fellow Northeastern Pennsylvania players, writers, and producers. As I got up this morning, I found myself thinking about an event that happened to me 20 years ago. I was at […]
11 out-of-town bands you need to catch at the 2016 Electric City Music Conference
One of the main goals of the Electric City Music Conference is to highlight all the incredible musicians who live and perform in Northeastern Pennsylvania, but there are also 11 diverse out-of-town acts playing this year that are just as worthy of your attention. Our local music scene is connected to many others, particularly in […]
The complete updated guide to the 2016 Electric City Music Conference
Now in its third year, the Electric City Music Conference is bigger than ever with over 150 artists performing across 12 venues, the popular Steamtown Music Awards with new categories added in 2016, and free panel discussions for musicians and music fans alike. It’s the complete package for anyone who wants to support the Northeastern […]
One-woman show ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ joins Scranton Fringe Festival at Cultural Center Oct. 1-2
From a press release: The NACL Theatre from Highland Lake, New York will present “Shakespeare’s Will” by Vern Thiessen at the Scranton Cultural Center on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. as part of the Scranton Fringe Festival. Tickets for the show in Shopland Hall at the Scranton […]
Dark comedy ‘Wonder of the World’ runs at Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton Sept. 9-18
From a press release: “Wonder of the World,” a play that premiered at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., in 2000 and then ran off-Broadway in 2001, is another “guilty pleasure” production offered by Diva Productions at the Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton that opens this Friday, Sept. 9 and runs through Sunday, […]
Nominations now open for NEPA BlogCon’s Blog of the Year Awards; new categories added
From a press release: NEPA BlogCon has announced that nominations for the 2016 Blog of the Year Awards are now open. From now until next Thursday, Sept. 15, bloggers can nominate their favorite blogs, vlogs, and podcasts to be awarded with the coveted Blog of the Year title for their chosen category. This year, NEPA […]
PHOTOS: Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, and Colt Ford in Scranton, 08/21/16
If Scranton didn’t get enough country music when Dierks Bentley came to town in June or Luke Bryan played in July, local radio station Froggy 101 was sure to make up for it with this year’s Froggy Fest at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Sunday, Aug. 21 with Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, and Colt […]
‘The Anonymous People,’ a film about recovery from addiction, screens for free in Scranton on Sept. 8
From a press release: Lackawanna County, Community Care, and the Northeast Behavioral Health Care Consortium will host a free public screening of “The Anonymous People,” a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction, on Thursday, Sept. 8 on Courthouse Square (200 N. Washington […]
