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Zach Sprowls, musician and composer, speaking about his new album, "All Beginnings Are Hard," in advance of the launch concert/event on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 7 pm at The Shakes Space at the Marketplace at Steamtown, 300 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton. There will be music, visual arts and live performance. For information: ZachSprowls.com/shows
Michael Cavalieri, award-winning filmmaker, speaking about his recent documentary, "Il Porta Dell'Inferno" (The Door To Hell), about sulfur miners in central Sicily in the late 1800s and early 1900s, in anticipation of a screening at the Art Haus, 301 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton. There will be a reception at 6:00 and the screening at 7:00. After the film is shown, Michael Cavalieri will take part in a Q & A session. For more information: www.unicoscranton.org. You can find Michael Cavalieri on Facebook.
Simone Daniel, director, and Elizabeth Powell, cast member, speaking about the premiere of the new play "Mimosas" by Ruth Connors, as part of the 2024 Scranton Fringe Festival. The production is presented by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and will run October 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm; October 5 at 4:30 and 8:00 pm. at the Shakes Space in the Marketplace at Steamtown, 300 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton. The play is rated R. For tickets and information: scrantonfringe.org/
Rose Randazzo Pizzuto, Chairperson of Scranton Tomorrow's Mural Arts Program, speaking about "The Office: The Story of Us" mural by Hagopian Arts, to be dedicated in a ceremony on Friday, October 6, 2023, at 5:30 pm, at 503 Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton. There will be a Meet and Greet with the artist to follow. For more information: www.scrantontomorrow.org/theofficemural/
Attorney Jan Lokuta speaking about the 15th Annual Tour of Historic Churches of Northeastern Pennsylvania, on Sunday, July 26, 2020, at 1:00 in Dupont, PA, beginning at Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, 215 Lackawanna Avenue. There is no charge for the tour. For information: 570-655-3437
2:48:34 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: PB Max, Train Crap & Blood, The Motor Excursion Ruffians, philosophy of zaniness, Tape Land, weird perceptions, phone company hijinks, old train service, Al Haig, blinds hassles, Lackawanna Avenue, gun range, Orange Crush, Cosmic Crisp apples, Gentle Giant – In a [&hellip
Author Amye Archer, Co-Editor with Loren Kleinman of "If I Don't Make It, I Love You: Survivors in the Aftermath of School Shootings" issued by Skyhorse Press, speaking with VIA's Mindy Cronk in anticipation of an author talk/event on Friday, November 1, 2019, at the Library Express Bookstore, at the Marketplace at Steamtown, 300 Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton. Admission is free. www.ifidontmakeitthebook.com
Richard Huck, Award-winning Artist, speaking about his work in connection with an exhibition at the Artists for Art Gallery, 514 Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton, October 4 through October 26, 2019. Also featured: Photographs by Winifred Helton-Harmon. Gallery Hours: Thursday - Saturday 12-5 pm www.artistsforart.org
Marko Marcinko, SJF Artistic Director, and Robert Shlesinger, SJF Producer, speaking about the 15th anniversary of the Scranton Jazz Festival, August 2, 3 & 4, at the historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, 700 Lackawanna Avenue in Downtown Scranton. 570-575-5282 www.scrantonjazzfestival.org
Artist Travis Prince speaking about his work in connection with exhibits of his work in Lackawanna County through February 2019: His paintings are displayed at the Abington Community Library, Grove Street in Clarks Summit, and as part of the exhibition presented by the Black Scranton Project at the Marketplace at Steamtown, 2nd Floor, 300 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton. The Black Scranton Project will host a Paint and Sip event on Tuesday, February 26 at 6:30 pm, at the pop-up gallery at Steamtown facilitated by Travis Prince. For more information: www.blackscranton.com www.paintingsbytheprince.com
Glynis M. Johns, Founder of The Black Scranton Project, speaking about her research and the current exhibition titled, "Remembering and Understanding the Heritage of Black Scrantonians" running February 1 through February 28, 2019 at the Marketplace at Steamtown, 2nd Floor, 300 Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton. For information on the exhibit and related programs: www.blackscranton.com
On an August morning in 1877, a dispute over wages exploded between miners and coal company owners. A furious mob rushed down Lackawanna Avenue only to be met by a deadly hail of bullets. With its vast coal fields, mills and rail lines, Scranton became a hotbed for labor activity. Many were discontented by working endless and dangerous hours for minimal pay. The disputes mostly ended in losses for labor, but after a strike that lasted more than one hundred days, John Mitchell helped win higher wages, a shorter workday and better working conditions for coal miners. The legendary 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike Commission hearings began in Scranton, where famed lawyer Clarence Darrow championed workers’ rights. Margo L. Azzarelli, a historian and researcher, has written four local history books for Arcadia Publishing and The History Press and is the local history columnist for “Our Town, Lackawanna County.” Marnie Azzarelli is a local historian and docent for the Lackawanna Historical Society. In 2014, she graduated from Marywood University with a bachelor’s degree in English and received the J. Harold Brislin award for distinction in creative writing.