Free screenwriting workshop with local director starts June 9 at Game Chateau in Wilkes-Barre
From a press release: The Game Chateau in Wilkes-Barre has announced its third community writers workshop – screenwriting with local director, producer, and screenwriter Jon YonKondy, MFA. The workshop will run weekly on Thursday nights throughout the month of June starting on Thursday, June 9. It will involve a broad survey of screenwriting as an […]
Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre explores homosexuality in the ’80s with ‘Angels in America’ June 3-12
From a press release: The Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre will present the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play “Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches” beginning Friday, June 3 and running through Sunday, June 12. Written by American playwright Tony Kushner, the three-act play contains multiple storylines and largely explores homosexuality and AIDS during the […]
Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre announces 2016-17 season, includes Patti LaBelle, 3 Doors Down, ‘Mamma Mia!’
From a press release: The lights on the old theater in downtown Wilkes-Barre are lit more than ever these days, and they will continue shining bright throughout the venue’s 30th anniversary season. The F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2016-2017 Season, which is already jam-packed with 53 new performances, ranging from […]
Wilkes-Barre publisher’s ‘Walk, Don’t Run: A Rockin’ and Rollin’ Memoir’ named ‘Indie Groundbreaking Book’
From a press release: Independent Publisher, the “voice of the independent publishing industry,” named “Walk, Don’t Run: A Rockin’ and Rollin’ Memoir” as its “Indie Groundbreaking Book” for the month of May. The reviewer, Craig Manning, declared that the book “captures the excitement and heart of the rock ’n’ roll dream.” This is the latest […]
After moving from Wilkes-Barre to Scranton last year, Arts Seen Gallery closing on May 27
In April of 2015, the Arts Seen Gallery was forced to move from its location on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre to make way for a market and café. It reopened in the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton just two months later on June 5 as the Arts Seen Gallery Co-op & […]
Legendary guitarist Joe Walsh plays at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 4
From a press release: Singer/songwriter and legendary guitarist Joe Walsh has confirmed additional tour dates that will directly follow up his co-headlining tour with Bad Company, including a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. as a part of the new PNC Celebrity Series. Tickets, which are […]
PHOTOS: Alice Cooper at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, 05/13/16
Alice Cooper, singer of “He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask),” appropriately sold out the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre for the third time on Friday the 13th, proving once again that the classics never die – except dramatically on stage, again and again. Even as the Godfather of Shock Rock […]
NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Wilkes-Barre blues rock with Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen
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 […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre bluegrass folk rock band Cabinet
Cabinet City: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Bluegrass, Americana, folk rock Years active: 2006-present Sounds like: This is bluegrass for people who didn’t know they loved bluegrass and for longtime fans of the genre who want to experience something more organic and experimental live, like a jam band with country roots. It’s the kind of music that makes […]
