Local art and music was on display at 18 galleries and businesses around Downtown Scranton during last week’s First Friday event. Northern Light Espresso Bar hosted an exhibit by Jess Confer and Matt Artz. The artists’ work was on sale with proceeds going to the Panamanian Hacienda La Esmeralda social program. You can stop by Northern Light for the next few weeks, buy their work and benefit the program. It...

This week with our artist profile we take a closer look at one of the area’s up and coming artists with an eye for the issues. Jess Confer, a Gouldsboro native, and current Scranton resident, is a Marywood University undergraduate. There at Marywood, this 2009 prospective graduate, is working towards a BFA in graphic design, and has resultantly enrolled in her senior capstone class, advanced graphics. In this...

The November First Friday map is out with 18 local businesses and galleries hosting events this Friday. 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...

Scranton’s own Electric Theatre Company will host the world premiere of “The Men of Mah Jongg” written by Richard Atkins and directed by Tony Award winner Mark Medoff. See it in NEPA first. Following its Scranton premiere, the production moves directly into New York for a co-production with Queens Theatre in the Park. “The Men of Mah Jongg” is a charming tale of four elderly men who secretly...

Opening November 7, the Bracken Theatre Company will present David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Phoenix Performing Arts Centre, 409 Main St., Duryea. The play tells the story of real estate agents under the tremendous pressure of being top dog in 1980s Chicago. When the office is robbed and he highly prized Glengarry leads are stolen, tempers flare, suspicions are raised and a ferocious battle...