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PLAYOFF PIONEERS
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers will host the Kentucky Horsemen in the af2’s American Conference semifinals Saturday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. at Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. The Pioneers, coming off the largest-margin playoff victory in league history, lost to the Headhunters during the regular season. If they win, the Pioneers will advance to the American Conference Championship game.
Jared Lorenzen, a former star at University of Kentucky and backup quarterback on the New York Giants Super Bowl championship team, plays for the Horsemen.
Tickets ($20-$60) are available at the arena box office and all Ticketmaster outlets, including ticketmaster.com and charge-by-phone at 570.693.4100.
LIGHT IN AUGUST
The North Light Loft (214 Sixth St., Honesdale), will host “Artography: New Media Works by Charles Gregory Woods” Friday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 10 p.m.
The mixed-media show will feature Woods’ work in photography, drawing, painting, collage and digital manipulation.
Woods is one of the Weekender’s Artistic License art columnists and critics.
For more info, contact the gallery at 570.251.8113. To see some of Woods’ work, visit www.charlesgregorywoods.com.
NEW TRADITIONS
McGee and Youngblood’s New Traditions, featuring multi-instrumentalist Tommy Youngblood and guitarist/vocalist Brian McGee, will perform Friday, Aug. 7 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bakehouse (United Penn Plaza,152 S. Wyoming Ave., Kingston). The band plays everything from blues and reggae to Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.
The show is free and open to all ages.
PITCHING IN FOR CHRISTY
Christy Mathewson Days, a weekend of festivities celebrating Factoryville native Christy Mathewson, one of the five original inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, will be held Friday Aug. 7 and Saturday Aug. 8 at Keystone College in La Plume, PNC Field in Moosic and Christy Mathewson Park in Factoryville.
For more information, call 570.945.8169 or visit www.factoryville.org, where forms for the run/walk can be found.
LAVENDER MEDAL
Scranton’s Danielle and Company, which manufacturers organic bath, body and home products, has been selected as the “Lavender Pick of the Month” by Organic Spa Magazine in its August edition.
Danielle and Company’s Pure Lavender Organic Body Wash and Organic Hand & Body Lotion were chosen by the editors because of its pure and authentic lavender aroma obtained from the use of pure lavender essential oil.
Danielle and Company is located at 831 Adams Ave. For more info, call 1.800.893.5950 or visit www.DanielleandCompany.com.
KELLER COMES BACK
Keller Williams will return to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg Thursday, Oct. 8. Tickets are $21 in advance and $23 on the day of the show, plus fees, and available at www.shermantheater.com. For more info, visit the Web site or call 570.420.2808.
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