Scranton area socialites will soon have a new destination in the downtown for food and drinks – the Backyard Ale House will hold its grand opening on Friday, November 21. The Backyard Ale House is located on 523 Linden Street, near Tink’s. They’re advertising a “Backyard Patio” that will open in the spring. So check it out this Friday and you may discover a new favorite downtown bar.

Get into the holiday spirit with Electric Theatre Company‘s word-for-word rendition of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is Dickens’ complete story with every word in place. Three performances are scheduled on December 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. and December 14 at 3 p.m. Ten actors portray more than 60 characters in this orchestration for voices by Electric Theatre’s producing artistic...

Thursday, Nov. 20, Scranton-area professionals will gather for a POWER! outage at Danielle & Co., 831 Adams Ave., from 7-9 p.m. Danielle Fleming, Founder and CEO of Danielle and Co., will be the guest speaker. With live music by Absolute Trust and a  Make-Your-Own Organic Body Wash station and $200 Gift Basket Giveaway. Danielle and Co. will donate 15% of the sales from purchases at the event to the Honeybee Research...

The Scranton Business Alliance, a project of Scranton Tomorrow, has released a guide to the Holidays in Downtown Scranton with a list of all the events and activities you won’t want to miss over the next two months. The list includes: Greater Scranton Jaycees 16th Annual Santa Parade Saturday, Nov. 22 at 9 a.m. Breakfast with Santa at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center Saturday, Nov. 22, immediately following...

Forget Thanksgiving, the holiday season will soon be kicking off in Scranton with local tradition, the 16th Annual Scranton Jaycees Santa Parade on Nov. 22 at 9 a.m. The parade route travels down Spruce Street from Franklin Avenue to Wyoming Avenue, then right down Wyoming to Lackawanna Avenue and follows Lackawanna to Adams Avenue. The Santa Parade will be shown live in its entirety on WNEP. After a three-year hiatus,...

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...