Archive for January, 2009

Clarks Summit Festival of Ice

While you’re cursing the ice storms that plague us this time of year, why not remember all the fun that can come from ice and prepare yourself for the Clarks Summit Festival of Ice. This year’s festival is scheduled for February 12-16 through Clarks Summit and the Abingtons. The festival will begin on Thursday, Feb. 12, with a parade to welcome the ice to downtown Clarks Summit, beginning at 7 p.m. at Clarks...
January 8th, 2009 | Events | Keep Reading

Electric Theatre revives Rent Party tradition

Electric Theatre Company is bringing a New York City tradition to Scranton with a Rent Party Revival on Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the theatre on 326 Spruce St., 2nd Floor. Rent parties started in Harlem in the 1920′s and when they fell out of fashion after the Second World War, they were revived in Greenwich Village during the Beat Era. Now, Electric Theatre Company is hosting a Rent Party featuring a Battle of the...
January 6th, 2009 | Downtown | Keep Reading

Paranormal Researchers plan online investigation tonight

To help celebrate the one-year anniversary of the group’s founding, the Paranormal Researchers of Scranton will be hosting a unique web event tonight. P.R.O.S. will conduct its first live, interactive investigation tonight from 11 p.m. until dawn on the group’s MySpace page. P.R.O.S. has declined to reveal the location of tonight’s investigation to prevent interference but they will be answering questions,...
January 5th, 2009 | Events | Keep Reading