Made famous by ‘The Office,’ Penn Paper & Supply celebrates 100th anniversary as Scranton’s real Dunder Mifflin
From a press release: NBC’s hit sitcom “The Office” opens on the red brick tower of Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company, a Scranton institution and family business that is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Friday, May 20 with a ribbon cutting ceremony to symbolize the opening of a new century of serving its customers and […]
‘Trailer Park Boys’ Randy hosts ‘Cheeseburger Picnic’ comedy show at Ritz Theater in Scranton on April 27
From a press release: Lock up your “hamberders,” America – Randy Bobandy is back on the road for another greasy “Cheeseburger Picnic.” Randy (played by Patrick Roach) will be bringing his unique comedy performance to the venues across the country. Based on the character from the hit TV series “Trailer Park Boys,” Randy’s Cheeseburger Picnic […]
‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ cast improvises live at Scranton Cultural Center on April 29
From a press release: The current cast members of the Emmy-nominated television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will perform some hilarious improvised skits under the banner of “Whose Live Anyway?” in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on Friday, April 29. “Whose Live Anyway?” is […]
Folk trio Girl Named Tom, winners of ‘The Voice,’ perform at F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on June 4
From a press release: It was announced today that Girl Named Tom, the first-ever trio to win NBC’s singing reality competition “The Voice,” will perform at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, June 4. The group’s folk sound is built on the palpable voice of Bekah Grace and her two brothers’ beautiful harmonies. […]
‘Long Island Medium’ Theresa Caputo returns to F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on May 27
From a press release: It was announced today that Theresa Caputo from TLC’s hit television show “Long Island Medium” will return to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, May 27. Caputo will share personal stories about her life and explain how her alleged gift works. She will “deliver healing messages to audience members […]
Former WNEP-TV anchor Marisa Burke chronicles public shame of ‘Husband’s Secret Life’ in new memoir
From a press release: After spending several years largely out of the public eye, former WNEP-TV news anchor and lead producer Marisa Burke is back to tell her side of a scandal that upended her life and broadcasting career as she knew it. Her new 221-page memoir, “Just Checking Scores: TV Anchor Publicly Shamed by […]
Scooby-Doo musical explores ‘Lost City of Gold’ live at F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 20
From a press release: Today, Montreal-based production company Monlove and Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment announced new tour dates for “Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold,” including a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, Feb. 20. Created by Ella Louise Allaire and Martin Lord Ferguson, this show is a “live musical […]
PHOTOS: ‘The Office’ star Brian Baumgartner at Backyard Ale House in Scranton, 11/18/21
The Scranton party doesn’t stop when Brian Baumgartner is in town. The actor who portrayed the lovable Dunder Mifflin accountant Kevin Malone on the hit NBC sitcom “The Office” visited the real Electric City on Thursday, Nov. 18 to sign copies of his new book, but this was no stiff literary event. After stops at […]
‘The Office’ star Brian Baumgartner will return to Scranton to sign new book ‘Welcome to Dunder Mifflin’ on Nov. 18
Brian Baumgartner, who played Dunder Mifflin accountant Kevin Malone on the hit NBC sitcom “The Office,” is returning to Scranton in more ways than one. First, he is revisiting the fictional Electric City of the show in a new book called “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office,” which is set […]
PHOTOS: WWE SmackDown at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, 10/29/21
They may have been a few days early for Halloween, but the colorful tights, big personalities, and dramatic theatrics of the WWE Superstars topped anything you could possibly see trick-or-treating that weekend. After going virtual last year, “Friday Night SmackDown” was finally able to return to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre […]
