NEPA Scene Staff

2015 Country Megatickets for The Pavilion at Montage Mountain go on sale Jan. 31

From a press release: The Pavilion at Montage Mountain announced the 2015 Country Megaticket today, a three-show “package” featuring the summer’s hottest country shows at The Pavilion in Scranton, available online only through megaticket.com. The 2015 Country Megaticket gives concertgoers the chance to buy tickets first, weeks before the individual show tickets are available. The […]

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Lackawanna Historical Society sponsors one-act play ‘A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head’ on Feb. 1

Lackawanna Historical Society sponsors one-act play ‘A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head’ on Feb. 1

From a press release: The Lackawanna Historical Society will sponsor an original one-act play entitled “A Closed Mouth – A Wise Head” on Sunday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. at the Rossetti home (1005 Vine St., Scranton). Join master storyteller Robert Hughes for a dramatic reading of a true-to-life death bed teaser. The performance will […]

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PODCAST: NEPA Scene founder/editor Rich Howells on Business Leaders Radio on 94.3 FM The Talker

PODCAST: NEPA Scene founder/editor Rich Howells on Business Leaders Radio on 94.3 FM The Talker

NEPA Scene founder/editor Rich Howells was the special guest on Business Leaders Radio with host Marty Wolff on 94.3 FM The Talker on Jan. 10 and Jan. 17, and the Scranton-based station was kind enough to provide podcast versions of both shows for those who missed the initial air dates. During the programs, they discuss […]

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Slipknot and Hatebreed tell Scranton to ‘Prepare for Hell’ on May 13

Slipknot and Hatebreed tell Scranton to ‘Prepare for Hell’ on May 13

From a press release: Roadrunner recording group Slipknot has announced details of their upcoming spring headlining tour. The next North American leg of the Grammy Award-winning rock juggernaut’s phenomenally successful “Prepare for Hell” world tour, featuring special guests Hatebreed, gets underway this April and stops at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton on Wednesday, […]

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New Vintage Theater Ensemble calls for original scripts for ‘Shut Up & Read’ series

New Vintage Theater Ensemble calls for original scripts for ‘Shut Up & Read’ series

From a press release: The New Vintage Theater Ensemble is seeking script submissions for their upcoming spring staged reading series, “Shut Up & Read.” The ensemble invites playwrights to submit their original works by Friday, Feb. 6 for consideration. Based on the 2014 staged reading series held at the former Vintage Theater in Scranton, “Shut […]

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Wegmans Chef Paul Comishock teaches you how to make the perfect ‘Big Game Day’ spread at the Scranton Cultural Center

From a press release: Chef Paul Comishock of Wegmans in Dickson City will return to the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple for this month’s installment of “the Menu” on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Comishock and the Wegmans team will present “Big Game Day Favorites,” featuring menu items perfect for entertaining guests […]

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Auditions for K.K. Gordon’s ‘Short Works by the Big Guy’ to be held Jan. 18 in Scranton

Auditions for K.K. Gordon’s ‘Short Works by the Big Guy’ to be held Jan. 18 in Scranton

From a press release: Diva Productions at the Olde Brick Theatre in Scranton brings six original shorts by local playwright K.K. Gordon to the stage next month with “Short Works by the Big Guy.” Auditions will be held at the theater (126 W. Market St., Scranton) on Sunday, Jan. 18, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. There […]

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Bryan Brophy reissues acoustic album ‘Songs for a Lonely Night’ as An Autumn Sunrise

Bryan Brophy reissues acoustic album ‘Songs for a Lonely Night’ as An Autumn Sunrise

From a press release: Scranton native and NEPA musician Bryan Brophy is reissuing his acoustic album, “Songs for a Lonely Night,” under the project name “An Autumn Sunrise” on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Brophy is currently taking pre-orders for the album on An Autumn Sunrise’s Bandcamp page. The album was tracked in 2009 and originally released […]

 Rich Howells

VIDEO PREMIERE: Watch one-man reggae band George Wesley play ‘Sittin’ and Watchin” as the Small Axe Orchestra

When Wilkes-Barre reggae musician George Wesley isn’t playing with his three-piece jam band, he performs as George Wesley’s Small Axe Orchestra, a solo act that sounds just like a full band thanks to some live looping and pure talent. Local television station ECTV will be airing a full one-hour program next week that was shot […]

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‘Boys of Zummer’ tour with Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa rolls into Hershey and Scranton July 3-4

From a press release: Multi-platinum-selling artists Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa announced today their “Boys of Zummer” co-headlining tour in support of their respective hit albums “American Beauty/American Psycho” and “Blacc Hollywood.” The summer tour will kick off on Wednesday, June 10 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden and continue through 40+ cities, […]