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 indigenas del bosque de lluvia (Indigenous Rainforest Arts & Crafts)” featuring...

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...

Anyone missing Don Pancho Villa and the one and only Javier Gonzalez? Ran into the man about town last week at Northern Lights and he informed me that he is headed to Spain and France to study contemporary techniques in exclusive water restaurants. (What next, right?) Before we say bon voyage to Javier he will be live and in living color at the Bog on Sunday afternoons. Enchiladas and PBR on tap; need I say more?