There’s no shortage of great New Year’s Eve parties going on around Northeastern Pennsylvania tonight, beginning, of course, with First Night in downtown Scranton; but here are a few other spots to ring in 2009. The Colosseum Nightclub, 120 Adams Ave., Scranton, will host an all-inclusive New Year’s Eve celebration with hot and cold buffet from Bari’s Pork Shop in Brooklyn, N.Y.; appetizers; complimentary...

You’ll probably need some time to recover after Scranton’s First Night celebration but you should be ready to party again just in time for the Winter in the City cocktail party on Friday, Jan. 9, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Electric City Trolley Museum. Winter in the City is a fundraiser for Scranton Tomorrow and will feature entertainment by 2 for the Road as well as cocktails and hors d’oeuvres from Northeastern Pennsylvania...

First Friday Scranton will take a month off in January. And though there won’t be an art walk on the first Friday in January, the group is planning a First Friday Mixer, instead, on Thursday, Jan. 15, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The first ever First Friday Mixer will be held at the Radisson Lackawanna Hotel with hors d’oevures and a cash bar. It will be a great opportunity to mingle with local artists, art lovers...

A few weeks ago we brought you the first issue of a new Scranton zine, Ruthless, run by Marywood University student Jessica Meoni. Now the second issue has arrived along with the announcement of some interesting upcoming events for the organization. Since publishing the first issue, Meoni has solidified the details on Ladyfest 2009, Scranton’s first annual festival celebrating the musical and artistic talents of...

Electric Theatre Company will get 2009 started with “The Syringa Tree,” performed by Scranton native, Maura Malloy. The production is part of ETC’s annual festival of the monodrama, Acting Alone 2009. “The Syringa Tree” by Pamela Gien views apartheid South Africa through the eyes of a white girl. Malloy will play 24 characters, black and white, young and old, in this examination of the relationships that form...

A new multimedia art space is coming to the Scranton area in January. The Vintage Theater, 222 Wyoming Ave., will feature weekly screenings of classic films, while also regularly hosting music, poetry, stage productions and more. Events planned at The Vintage Theater in January include: January 3, CD release show for So Long Pluto from 6:30-10:30 p.m. January 4, three local bands – Empty Cases, Tearable and Satellite...