The Vintage Theater, 119 Penn Ave., Scranton, will premiere “We Pedal Uphill” by New York City filmmaker Roland Tec on Friday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. The film features a collection of vignettes that explore American lives during the time between September 11, 2001 to the election of 2008. The thirteen stories presented in “We Pedal Uphill” offer a portrait of “those who either stood bravely against...

The August First Friday Scranton art walk is scheduled for this Friday and, this month, along with all of the great exhibits and music that you’ve come to expect from the art walk, Scranton Tomorrow’s first Chalk and Walk will be held at select locations around the downtown. Chalk and Walk will allow you to express yourself in chalk at the Vintage Theater, 119 Penn Avenue; Duffy Accessories, 218 Linden Avenue;...

The Summer Concert Series got started on Saturday but there are three more weeks to catch local musical acts performing free, back-to-back concerts on Courthouse Square. Each Saturday night from 5:30-10:30 p.m. for the next three weeks, two area bands will perform – the first act from 5:30-7:30 p.m.; the second from 8:30-10:30 p.m. – as part of the Summer Concert Series. Musical styles range from big band,...

Scranton art-lovers got their Fourth of July weekend started last Friday with the First Friday Scranton art walk through downtown galleries and businesses. We were just in time to beat the heat wave and it was another great First Friday event. Photo gallery below the jump. Keep Reading

W.S. Merwin, raised in the Scranton area and honored on Courthouse Square’s Piazza dell’Arte, was just named 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry of the United States. The honorary position, awarded by the Library of Congress, recognizes the strength of a poet’s body of work and the influence he has had on American literature. Over his 60-year literary career, Merwin has published more than two dozen...

Another First Friday is upon us and the Fourth of July holiday won’t slow down tonight’s art walk. Twenty-four venues are participating tonight, including Anthology Books, 515 Center St., Second Floor; the Times Tribune, 149 Penn Ave.; The Crazy Pineapple, 317 Linden St.; Electric Theatre Company, 326 Spruce St., Second Floor; GreenBeing, 334 Adams Ave.; The Fanciful Fox, 342 Adams Ave.; and Urban Vibe Productions,...