The combination of First Friday and the return of the Rooftop Party made for an entertaining Friday evening in downtown Scranton. There was music in the air nearly everywhere you stopped – either from the Rooftop Party band, Music for Models, or from any of the numerous musical acts performing at First Friday venues around the downtown. For a photo slideshow of First Friday and the Rooftop Party, click on the “Gallery”...

Discover your inner Lance Armstrong during the sixth Tour de Scranton, scheduled for Sunday, April 26. The Tour de Scranton bike-a-thon benefits the Erin Jessica Moreken Drug & Alcohol Treatment Fund which helps young people find treatment for their drug and alcohol addictions. The event is an annual non-competitive bike ride for riders of every age and skill level. Riders have a choice of five different routes: Beginner...

The fifth issue of Ruthless was released recently with fresh articles on Ruthless Youth events and artists from around the Electric City. The new issue features information on the upcoming Great NEPA Clean-Up, along with poetry, a spotlight of artist Anthony Johns and the latest news on the planning of this summer’s Ladyfest. Ladyfest is scheduled for July 24, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., at Nay Aug Park in the Gibson Street...

The drizzly weather couldn’t keep Scranton art-lovers from enjoying the First Friday art walk for April last Friday. This month’s theme was student artwork. High school and college student artwork was on display at galleries and business around the downtown and many of the students, their friends and family stopped by the downtown to take in First Friday. The next First Friday art walk will be Friday, May...

Don’t miss the April First Friday art walk this Friday with 22 venues around downtown Scranton exhibiting the works of local artists. Keep Reading

Following upon its successful late February show, local independent pro wrestling promotion Saturday Night Wrestling, formerly CPW, has scheduled another night of wrestling action for Saturday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. The show will be held at the Dunmore Community Center and will help raise funds for the Dunmore Senior Center. Along with a slew of local wrestling talent, WWE Raw star Manu and ECW star The Blue Meanie will...