We recently discovered PaAdventure, the official blog of the Pennsylvania Tourism Office, that shares many of the goals of the Electric City Renaissance. Now, on a weekly basis, we’ll be bringing you articles from the PaAdventure site we think Northeastern Pennsylvania readers need to check out. Keep Reading

Northeastern Pennsylvania writers and readers might not realize that Keystone College owns its own small publishing company, Nightshade Press. On Thursday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 p.m., Keystone will host a poetry reading by four Nightshade-published poets in Evans Hall at the school’s Hibbard Campus Center. Keep Reading

The Melberger Arts Center is preparing to open a new exhibit at the gallery on 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. “Painted Faces,” featuring works by local artist Marylou Chibirka, will open on November 14 and run through February 6. According to the artist’s statement: “I find when someone gets up close and ‘in your face’ something unique happens…my reaction and assessment of the subject changes. As I study...

The combination of one of the Northeastern Pennsylvania’s best bands and one of Scranton’s best venues for live music adds up to a show you don’t want to miss – the Sw!ms will play an acoustic show at Northern Light Espresso Bar on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.

If you’ve never been, now is the perfect time to visit local landmark the Psychic Theater of Scranton, 1433 N. Main Ave., with Halloween right around the corner. The more than 100-year-old theater has been featured on the Discovery Channel’s “Exploring The Unknown,” The Biography Channel, and the BBC’s Dead Famous. During winter months, the theater hosts tours of its Houdini Museum with a...

Check out the new website for Anthology New & Used Books, 515 Center Street, Scranton: www.scranthology.com. Keep Reading