Some businesses may have the day off, but the First Friday art walk is definitely on this Friday, July 3, from 6-8 p.m.
Start your Independence Day weekend off right with a walk through 22 different venues around Downtown Scranton displaying the works of talented local artists.
Some of the exhibits you won’t want to miss this month include eMAC Designs handmade jewelry featuring found and recycled items by Emily Machovec at Outrageous, 515 Center St.; “A Winning Combination”: watercolor, pastel and oil by Joanne Benson, Phyllis Rennie and Maryann Williams at Creedon’s Flower Shop, 323 N. Washington Ave.; “Natural Construct” : Photography by Amy Ahearn and Michael Meyer at AFA Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Ave.; and “On the Surface”: Photography by Bernd Reinhardt and Giancarlo Mori in the Camerawork Gallery at Marquis Art & Frame, 515 Center St.
Music this month will include Brenda Fernandes at Anthology Books, 515 Center St.; Jim Cullen at City Cafe, 309 N. Washington Ave.; Harmony Constant at The Crazy Pineapple, 317 Linden St.; Tony Vergenetti at Dionysus Downtown, 244 Penn Ave.; Gallucci Music students at Gallucci Music, 224 Wyoming Ave.; John Carpenetti at GreenBeing, 334 Adams Ave.; Daiyana Rodriquez at The MAC, 123 Wyoming Ave.; Paul Martin at Northern Light Espresso Bar, 536 Spruce St.; and Kid Icarus performing at Piazza dell’ Arte on Courthouse Square.
Perennial overachievers St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 232 Wyoming Ave., will host “A Celebration & Tribute to Our Military Forces!” in honor of the Fourth of July holiday. St. Luke’s will offer a displays of “Independence Day”
works by Keystone Community Resources – PEP Program and of military memorabilia provided by St. Luke’s Parishioners; artwork by local artists Keelin Evans, Leslie Bacinelli, Cayla Boezi and Corey Lucas; free blood pressure
screenings by Hospice of the Sacred Heart; and a drum circle with Michael Kenny.
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This weekend, Honesdale will host one of the area’s best music festivals with the Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival on Saturday.
The festival is free and will feature Main Street performances Saturday morning leading up to the main event in Central Park at 1:30 p.m. This year’s headliner is Junior Brown, a legendary [...]
The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority (LHVA) will hold a Public Information Meeting about the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail and the Lackawanna Greenway on Tuesday, June 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Steamtown National Historic Site.
The public is invited to come and view maps and displays of trail routes for undeveloped sections of the Lackawanna River Heritage [...]
On Saturday, June 20, the City of Carbondale will continue its annual Summer Celebration, this year, ushering in a new tradition with the inaugural Music & Wine Festival.
The Steamtown National Historic Site will run a train excursion to the Music & Wine Festival leaving Scranton at 10 a.m.
This year’s festival, which runs from 10 a.m. [...]
The combination of First Friday and the return of the Rooftop Party made for an entertaining Friday evening in downtown Scranton.
There was music in the air nearly everywhere you stopped – either from the Rooftop Party band, Music for Models, or from any of the numerous musical acts performing at First Friday venues around the [...]
The 300 block of Adams Avenue in Scranton is hosting a green-minded block party, “Re:Cycle on Adams,” on Saturday, June 20, from noon to 8 p.m.
Re:Cycle on Adams is dedicated to the local community, sustainability and promoting alternative transportation and will feature Scranton-area musicians, vendors and children’s activities.
Participating musicians include Cabinet, Das Black Milk, Kid [...]
This weekend, Tunkhannock’s little theater, the Dietrich, will get a bit bigger with the opening of its new expansion project including two new screens.
The Dietrich will break in its new screens with first-run screenings of “Land of the Lost” and “The Hangover.” The two additional screens give the Dietrich a total of four screens on [...]
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