During last Friday’s First Friday Scranton, many local art lovers received their introduction to a newly opened downtown artspace, the ArtWorks Gallery at 503 Lackawanna Ave. Artworks is a community art center with an exhibition space, art studio and multi-purpose room. The gallery is “dedicated...

After enjoying the sights and sounds of First Friday, take a quick shot up the hill to enjoy some truly unique music when the world-renowned African Children’s Choir performs at the Hickory Street United Methodist Church, 435 Hickory Street in Scranton’s Hill Section, on Friday evening, November...

A new exhibit opened recently at the University of Scranton Hope Horn Gallery, “Landscape In Situ: Paintings by Andres Alvarez.” The exhibition features local landscapes painted on cereal boxes, produced during the time that Alvarez, an artist from Medellin, Colombia, worked at the University...

Scranton playwright Nancy Hasty recently earned first place in the 2009 Jerry Kaufman Playwrighting Competition in New York City for her latest play, “Lawnchairs,” and the Electric Theatre Company will perform the play in its world premiere in March. Hasty, a rostered artist with the Pennsylvania...

This Thursday, July 30, the Electric City Trolley Museum will host an opening reception for a new photographic exhibit by Sally Wiener Grotta, “Pennsylvania Hands.” “Pennsylvania Hands” is part of “American Hands,” Grotta’s ongoing narrative photo project of...

This weekend, Honesdale will host one of the area’s best music festivals with the Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival on Saturday. The festival is free and will feature Main Street performances Saturday morning leading up to the main event in Central Park at 1:30 p.m. This year’s...