Along with the announcement that the Northeast Theatre was changing its name to the Electric Theatre, it was also revealed that the Scranton theater group will establish a resident artistic company. In conjunction with the Electric Theatre, we will introduce you to the six members of that company in...

A local Scranton landmark is celebrating a historic birthday this year – the former Lackawanna Station (now the Radisson at Lackawanna Station Hotel) will mark its 100th anniversary this year. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad built a new passenger depot in Scranton in 1908 to replace a smaller...

The Greater Scranton area’s literary community should be marking its calendars for the second annual The Gathering: A Literary Conference for Readers, Writers and Thinkers to be held at Keystone College, La Plume, on August 7-10. The theme for this year’s event will be “Setting the Table: Imagination...

In our continuing series exploring the lives and works of the artists featured on the Piazza dell’Arte at Scranton’s Courthouse Square, we will profile violinist and conductor Florian ZaBach. ZaBach, who would come to be known as “The Poet of the Violin,” studied music and learned to play the...

The great Tuesdays on Center Street series held on the 500 Block of Center Street, Scranton, will continue tonight with an African-American Appreciation Day celebration from 5-7 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Shenay Brown and The Minor White, as well as dancers from the Latin Cultural Diversity...

Scranton’s premier theater company, The Northeast Theatre, will soon be changing its name and website. Effective July 1, The Northeast Theatre will become Electric Theatre Company. The name change, according to producing artistic director, David Zarko, will help identify the theater company its Electric...