There isn’t much time left to plan your New Year’s Eve. Luckily First Night Scranton organizers have already planned your celebration. Here’s a rundown of everything that’s going on next Thursday.
First Night Scranton 2010 will run from 6 p.m. to midnight on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Admission buttons cost $10 if purchased before Dec. 25 [...]

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 to helping individuals explore their creative potential and expand their horizons” [...]

The December First Friday, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, will cap a great year for local art and music with 25 downtown business participating in this month’s art walk.
Several venues will host holiday-themed displays including a Children’s Holiday Art Show at The Electric City Tattoo Gallery, 620 Spruce St., with children’s art from the Howard [...]

While many of you are already a few hours into your Black Friday shopping, consider buying local this holiday season and supporting local business owners. A great tool for locating local products and services launched recently: Visit Downtown Scranton.
The site provides directory listings of downtown Scranton businesses broken out by categories – Eat, Shop, Play, [...]

It’s been some time in coming but the Lackawanna Avenue Bridge Project opened this morning with local officials on hand to cut the ribbon and open the bridge to traffic. View more pictures from the opening inside.

Tomorrow night you can support Scranton’s biggest and best New Year’s Eve celebration – First Night Scranton – with a Celebrity Bartender event at The Bog, 341 Adams Ave., Scranton, from 7-10 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 18, drinks will be served by local celebrities like Scranton Mayor Christopher Doherty, Recorder of Deeds Evie Rafalko McNulty and Damian [...]

With First Friday joining forces with POWER! Scranton to present two great events in one night, Friday was a great night out in downtown Scranton. The weather was excellent for November and there was plenty of local art and music to enjoy.
Find a photo recap inside and on the Electric City Renaissance Flickr page.
To sign [...]

While the weather outside may be turning damp and rainy, the local theater scene is set to heat up with the start of the winter months. November will see a slate of exciting productions brighten up the Electric City, so take a look and grab a show when the curtain comes up…
Vintage Theater presents “Pride [...]

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 6, at 7 p.m.
Composed of children from various [...]

The November First Friday art walk is nearly here and it’s shaping up to be another great night of local art and music. Thirty venues are scheduled to take part in the November First Friday, set for Friday, Nov. 6, from 6-9 p.m.
New and notable this month are Aglio Restaurant, 341 N. Washington Ave., featuring [...]

Support the Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania during its Come Out for the Kids event on Monday, Nov. 2, from 5-8 p.m. at Trax in the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton.
There will be food and drink specials, basket raffles, entertainment and more. Donation is $10 and all proceeds to benefit child [...]

Following up on our list of the area’s best Haunted Houses, today we bring you a rundown of Halloween activities for the over-21 crowd at bars and nightclubs in and around the Electric City.

Kildare’s will be hosting their “Kill”dare’s Haunted Pub Party on October 31. Featuring a $1,000 grand prize for the best costume, Bud [...]

Every October, a wave of literary appreciation and indulgence makes its way to the Electric City. Inspiring the renewed love of reading is a book, chosen well in advance to appeal to the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. 2009 is no different, as the latest edition of Scranton Reads is now underway.
This year’s book is the [...]

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s After School program will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool event on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 5 p.m. at the central club location on 609 Ash Street, Scranton. It will be one of more than 7,500 such events around the nation that day.
The event will highlight three of [...]

This Saturday, Dionysus Downtown, 244 Penn Ave., Scranton, will host a day-long Winefest from 1-9 p.m.
Six flights of wines from around the world will be available. Taste for yourself how wines vary by region; experience the range of flavors that are found in different varietals. Tasting times are 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and [...]

Along with another great First Friday Scranton event, last Friday kicked off the weekend’s Pages and Places literary festival in downtown Scranton.
Find a photo recap inside and on the Electric City Renaissance Flickr page.
To sign up as an artist or venue for the November First Friday art walk, visit www.firstfridayscranton.com.

Celebrate the 180th anniversary of America’s Oldest Brewery, Pittston’s own Yeungling Brewery at the Anthracite Heritage Museum, 22 Bald Mountain Rd., McDade Park, Scranton, on Friday, Oct. 9, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
It was 1829 when David G. Yuengling opened the Eagle Brewery (later to become Yuengling) on Centre Street in Pottsville. You can celebrate the anniversary [...]

The leaves are changing, weather is getting cooler, and school is back in session. For those of you who pound the pavement in search of a rewarding fitness experience, it can only mean one thing – the Steamtown Marathon is back.
For the 14th straight season, runners from around Northeast Pennsylvania and the East Coast will [...]

Dionysus Downtown’s first trip to the Finger Lakes wine country was a success and the second trip is planned for this weekend.
Departing from Dionysus Downtown, 244 Penn Avenue, Scranton, at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday, the trip will take visitors to Ithaca and the vineyards along the shores of Lake Cayuga, NY. The trip will return [...]

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 of Scranton as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant. While residing in the [...]

The annual Lebanese Festival returns to St. Ann Maronite Church, 1320 Price Street in West Scranton on Sunday, September 20.
After the Sunday Mass you can enjoy games and delicious homemade Lebanese food including Tabouli, kibbee, hummus and special grape leaves. Additionally the festival which attracts visitors from across the state each year,  will feature Lebanese [...]

If you’ve been watching and wondering what to expect from the renovations going on in the 500 Block of Lackawanna Avenue, POWER! Scranton will give you a sneak peek on Monday, Sept. 28.
The POWER! Outage, scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m., will begin at P.J.’s Pub inside the Hilton Scranton and Conference Center with entertainment provided by [...]

There was no shortage of activities going on around Scranton over Labor Day weekend with La Festa, Railfest, the opening of the Hexagon Project, First Friday and more.
We’ve got a photo recap of some of the weekend activities in our photo gallery below and on the Electric City Renaissance Flickr page.

If you’re a jogger, walker, biker or care about the area’s trails and open spaces, you’ll want to take part in the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority (LHVA) Greenway & Trail Public Information Meeting on Tuesday, September 22.
The meeting will be held at Steamtown National Historic Site at 6:30 p.m. Topics will include proposed trail routes [...]

This Friday, Chef Jeff Diaz opens a new restuarant, Comida Grill, bringing authentic Tex-Mex and Cajun cuisine to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Located at 116 North Washington Ave., Scranton, Comida Grill opens its doors at 11 a.m. on Friday. Every dish is made to order with only the freshest ingredients.
The menu includes Mexican specialties like tacos, fajitas and [...]

During this Friday’s First Friday, the Melberger Art Center, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, will host the opening of the Hexagon Project Exhibit starting at 6 p.m.
The Hexagon Project which began three years ago with local educator Beth Burkhauer, is part of the area’s Interdependence Day Celebration. Interdependence Day 2009 will be celebrated on Thursday, September [...]

What better way to kick off your Labor Day weekend than with First Friday in downtown Scranton? The next First Friday is set for Friday, Sept. 4, and will provide the perfect lead-in to a weekend dominated by La Festa Italiana in Scranton.
Scranton’s vegan cafe, Eden, 344 Adams Ave., will host an interesting exhibit, “Artesania [...]

Earlier this month The Vintage Theater held the final performance at its 222 Wyoming Avenue location. The theater is moving to 119 Penn Avenue and they’ll celebrate the move with a grand opening party on Saturday, September 12.
The new location is larger, allowing The Vintage Theater to offer even more cultural and artistic events to [...]

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 Council on the Arts, has written 10 plays that have [...]