Mohegan Sun’s Boo Bash brings out the best costumes for $1,000 prize
Will it be a 7-foot tall Transformer that wins the grand prize? Perhaps it’ll be the working iPhone? One never knows when it comes to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs’ annual Boo Bash, at which the aforementioned costumes were actually present in past years. The Third Annual Boo Bash Costume Party will be held this […]
PHOTOS: Breaking Benjamin unplugged, 10/26/14
Wilkes-Barre’s Breaking Benjamin has been playing to sold-out crowds since they came back from hiatus with a new lineup, and Sunday, Oct. 26 was no different. The band’s fall acoustic tour has taken them through the tri-state area and Delaware, and they ended the eight-day jaunt back in NEPA at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg. […]
The 9 most haunted places in NEPA
Pennsylvania has some of the most famous haunted locations. From the Gettysburg battlefields to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia to the bloody handprint inside the Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe, we have our fair share of ghost stories. And as Halloween approaches, this is the best time to delve into some of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s […]
The Russello Project headlining Halloween show in Scranton, giving away Queensrÿche tickets
Just coming off the Steamtown Music Awards, where Charlie Russello won Best Guitarist and his band The Russello Project won the popular vote for Best Jam Band/Jazz Fusion Act, The Russello Project will be headlining their first show at the V-Spot in Scranton on Saturday, Oct. 25. After decades of local as well as some […]
Disney creates four ‘Worlds of Fantasy’ on ice in Wilkes-Barre
From a press release: Four Disney stories will be brought to life in January when “Disney on Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy” comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt, the production visits Wilkes-Barre from Jan. 14-19 for nine performances. Tickets go on sale Nov. 7 and are […]
Prosody keep metal alive with Black Crown Initiate, debut new music
NEPA’s own steel-belted boot to the head, Prosody, will open the show for Black Crown Initiate at The Factory: Underground in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, Oct. 24. Guitarist Chris Stroud and vocalist Ken Ebersole couldn’t be happier to give the boys from Reading a proper metallic welcome. “I’m not a fan of seven-string guitar players unless […]
Black Crown Initiate vent heavy, emotional metal in Wilkes-Barre
Reading rockers play The Factory: Underground on Friday, Oct. 24
Black Crown Initiate’s bio is as heavy as their sound. The Reading, Pennsylvania-based progressive death metal band, which recently signed to eOne Music for the release of their album “The Wreckage of Stars,” describes their sound as “a sentient being at war with itself and everything else; an entity holding on for dear life as […]
PHOTOS: Bring the Heat, 10/18/14
After forming in 2009 and playing throughout the tri-state area, Bring the Heat took a few years off. When they came back from hiatus on Oct. 18 with new members and new music, they certainly lived up to their name and made a triumphant return. The Wilkes-Barre hardcore band was just one of several acts […]
PHOTOS: Falling Hollywood and Those Clever Foxes, 10/17/14
The Factory: Underground celebrated “Rocktober” on Friday, Oct. 17 with Erie’s Falling Hollywood, who came all the way from the other side of the state to share their alternative folk rock with Wilkes-Barre. Surrounded by Halloween decorations throughout the venue, local bands Those Clever Foxes and The Red Barons (not pictured, sorry) performed that night […]
