This weekend the city of Stroudsburg will host Northeastern Pennsylvania’s biggest bluegrass festival when the Pocono Bluegrass and Folk Society holds it Winterfest, Jan. 30-Feb. 1. Venues across the Stroudsburg area will feature bluegrass bands and workshops, music and food, all weekend long. You can come out to listen to great local bluegrass musicians or play along during what’s set to be the biggest and best Winterfest...

Beginning in February, the Everhart Museum will host three exhibitions featuring art from and inspired by Fairy Tales. Opening Feb. 6, “Fairy Tale Art: Illustrations from Children’s Books” features art that honors the symbolic and metaphoric language of stories that span thousands of years and cultures from across the globe. The exhibit includes traditional versions of:  “Jack and the Beanstalk,”...

Beginning February 9, The University of Scranton will host national traveling exhibition “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” which details Lincoln’s quest to restore a Union divided by Civil War. The exhibit will be hosted in the Heritage Room of the University of Scranton’s Weinberg Memorial Library through March 22 and will feature reproductions of rare historical documents and photographs...

Now that Mickey Rourke has made pro wrestling respectable again, it’s the perfect to see a show in Northeastern Pennsylvania and help out a good cause. Independent NEPA pro wrestling promotion Saturday Night Wrestling, formerly CPW, will sponsor a night of family friendly wrestling on February 28 at 7 p.m. at the Dunmore Community Center. The show, which will help raise money for the Dunmore Senior Center, will...

In our continuing effort to highlight the social, economic and artistic Renaissance taking place in Northeastern Pennsylvania, today we’re showcasing some upcoming events at the New American Vic, the theater at The 411 Studio, 411 Lackawanna Ave., Olyphant. In February, the New American Vic will present “Macbeth, Inc.”, an adaptation of Shakespeare by Stephen R. Pastore that relocates the play to Wall...

Electric Theatre Company‘s Zuppa del Giorno will put their unique spin on a Shakespeare classic with “The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo and Juliet,” playing Feb. 4-22. Zuppa del Giorno is Electric Theatre Company’s contemporary American commedia dell’arte troupe. “The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo and Juliet” is Zuppa’s eighth production and will feature international...