Run! Don't walk! Be prepared to laugh your head off. Dorothy is FANTASTIC. So much rich history &…read moreso much fun to be had. She is amazing with kids as well. Truly, so funny. Also, yes it's long. Which is a DELIGHT. It's so kind of Dorothy. Be prepared for 3.5 hours or so; she has so much to cover! I think she's probably only scratching the surface.

She is very knowledgeable about harry houdini. I don't want to crap on her, she seems to have…read moreenough challenges already. However this event should have been more in the $6 range. Pro tip: don't sit down, you'll thank me later.

The Scranton Cultural Center is quite beautiful and I've been in the audience for many of their…read morelive events and shows. I was once invited to a wedding at the Cultural Center and it was the nicest reception I've ever been to. However, I am sometimes disappointed with their schedule. The F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre usually boasts a much better selection of musical acts and theater pieces. I'm quite surprised that such a beautiful venue can't attract performers of a higher-caliber. I most recently visited the Scranton Cultural Center on July 10th for their screening of "The Trouble With Cali." "The Trouble With Cali" was directed by Paul Sorvino and filmed in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The movie was partly funded with $500,000 of Lackawanna County's money. The county commissioners credited as executive producers of the film are now in prison on unrelated corruption charges. "The Trouble With Cali" was shot five years ago and never released. Sorvino claims he is unable to find distribution because of negative press the movie received in the Scranton news media. After five long years a free screening of "The Trouble with Cali" was finally arranged for Scranton taxpayers. I was a resident of Scranton for several years but moved away during the start of the city's budget problems. Driving through Scranton these days is like driving through a ghost town. The Steamtown shopping mall has gone bankrupt and many other storefronts and restaurants have gone out of business. Even the city's movie theater has closed and "The Trouble With Cali" screening was held at the nearby Scranton Cultural Center. Sometimes, things work out for the better and The Scranton Cultural Center is a much more suitable venue for a film premiere. I quite enjoyed watching a bad movie in such upscale surroundings. Sorvino stars as Ivan Bluejones, patriarch of the Bluejones family. He is a city policeman and closeted homosexual who eventually has an affair with a young man over forty years his junior. Because I was a resident of Scranton during the filming of "Cali" I hope my tax money paid for the eye shadow that Sorvino wears during a cross-dressing scene. Ivan Bluejones is also a former musical conductor. During a flashback scene, Sorvino breaks down into a blubbering mess after conducting an orchestra at the Scranton Cultural Center. "Now I can be anything I want to be!" the musical genius cries. Sorvino might have thought "The Trouble With Cali" would bring him similar fame and recognition as an esteemed director. While the film was intended as a dark family drama it is instead a treasure trove of unintentional laughter. I admit to being a lover of bad movies. I've bought tickets to numerous Rifftrax live events, attended a screening of "The Room" personally introduced by Tommy Wiseau, and worn out my DVD copy of Birdemic. "The Trouble With Cali" is the latest disasterpiece to claim a special place in my heart. While movies like "The Room" and "After Last Season" were written and directed by amateurs, "The Trouble With Cali" was made by an award-winning family with decades worth of experience in the film industry; Paul Sorvino stars and directs, Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino plays a supporting role, and Amanda Sorvino wrote the screenplay. How could a veteran actor like Sorvino make such a sausage? Though Scranton was made famous by the NBC sitcom "The Office" none of the show's 200 episodes were actually shot in Lackawanna County. A few independent movies have been shot in Scranton or surrounding areas, but brought little notice to the city's burgeoning art scene. "Forged" was shot a year after "The Trouble With Cali" and makes use of several Scranton landmarks, including the Lace Mill; the film was barely released and its distributor soon went bankrupt. Partly funded by the Scranton Cultural Center's former executive director and over three years since shooting in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre "The Paragon Cortex" about an agoraphobic superhero still hasn't hit theaters. The only profitable and award-winning recent film made in Scranton was "Blue Valentine" starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Scranton is home to many talented artists and it's very sad to see such an artistic community underrepresented on the big and small screen. Kudos to The Scranton Cultural Center for hosting such an event. "The Trouble With Cali" is a terrible movie, but it is also very entertaining and worth seeking out.

Went to the princess concert at the Scranton cultural center. First the absolute worst to…read moreunderstand the best. The cultural center was chaos. Seats were already bought and paid for. Also merchandise. They had one person handling merchandise that was already bought on a sheet with names written in at the same time selling merchandise for people that didn't purchase. Still not bad. Line confusions and no air. Great seats second row. NO AIR. the place was a sweat box. Ran out of water. Had to go downstairs with cash. Now the nasty part. Bathrooms were not flushing and were overloaded with hundreds of little princesses. But no water so upside of no bathrooms working. Seats weee great locationally. Small. Like an airplane overweight person next to me that had most of my seat. Still ok. Did I mention hot. Her deodorant wasn't working as it was. It only got worse. Okay the show absolutely spectacular. If you can see it anywhere else. Do it. They smiled and performed their hearts out in spite of the heat and the lights and the heavy gowns they were amazing. Gave a two hour show. Nonstop singing and dancing. Five plus stars for the performance. ZERO STARS Scranton cultural center. Never again. Don't care if they bring Elvis back from the dead.

So far so good. We've only had one class but my girls (who were VERY apprehensive about going) came…read moreout EXTREMELY excited and completely comfortable. The entire staff was extremely kind and welcoming. I stayed for the beginning of the class and they were really great with the kids. I also read about fundraisers they hold so that children who can't afford it can also attend. I think that is really great as this seems like an amazing program that could really benefit our children in a lot of ways. They can excel in the performing arts but also with social skills, public speaking, group effort, performance anxiety & I'm sure even more. Our city has so many art programs and features. It's really great that their is something so awesome & exciting for our "younger" artists and performers. :)

This ballet company puts on an absolutely outstanding FREE production of "The Nutcracker" every…read moreyear on the days following Christmas as a gift to the community for the past 40 plus years at Marywood University in Scranton. A gift! How amazing is that?! The complimentary tickets are first come, first serve and are available in person, at the theater only 2 hrs prior to each show. This is production is extremely professional. Having seen many different "Nutcracker" shows over the years, both here in Philadelphia and in NYC, I can say with certainty, these dancers and show are equally as wonderful as any large scale production. It's really quite amazing that this costs nothing. Our family traditions mean the world to me, especially our holiday ones and this is no different. We have been attending every year since my oldest daughter was just months old. That's 8 years now. It's absolutely one of my favorite things to do for the holidays! If you live in the area and haven't been, you're truly missing out! So excited to have my family from back in Philly join me this year! I can't wait to amaze them with this show! If you're up for a drive, it's roughly 2.5 hours from Philly. We need with a trip to the lights at Nay Aug Park! A perfect afternoon celebrating the holidays!