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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...