{"id":212755,"date":"2026-06-06T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212755\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:30:05","slug":"pittston-2nd-friday-art-walk-for-june-set-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212755\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittston 2nd Friday Art Walk for June set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>PITTSTON \u2014 Downtown Pittston is preparing for another evening of creativity, connection, and community as the 2nd Friday Art Walk returns from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 12.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and visitors are invited to spend the evening exploring Downtown Pittston, where art, music, local shopping, and dining come together to create a vibrant community experience.<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 artists, artisans, and vendors will fill Main Street and the Lower Tomato Festival Lot, offering handmade goods, original artwork, and one-of-a-kind treasures.<\/p>\n<p>The Art Walk is also an opportunity to support local businesses. Many downtown shops, boutiques, restaurants, and eateries will be open late throughout the evening, with special promotions, sales, and surprises planned for guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Art Walk is such a great opportunity to support local artists, makers, and small businesses,\u201d Mary Kroptavich, City of Pittston\u2019s Main Street manager, said. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun and welcoming night where people can explore everything Downtown Pittston has to offer, enjoy live music, discover unique artwork, and spend time with friends, family, and neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the evening\u2019s festivities, Art E Fekts Gallery, 71 S. Main Street, will host a free public artist reception featuring photography work by Kroptavich and painter and sculptor Robert Bergstrasser.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists, view their work, and explore an exhibit centered on themes of light and shadow, form and color.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re looking to shop, dine, enjoy local art, or simply take in the atmosphere, there\u2019s something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The 2nd Friday Art Walk is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>For information and updates, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtownpittston.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.downtownpittston.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; PITTSTON \u2014 Downtown Pittston is preparing for another evening of creativity, connection, and community as the 2nd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-212755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}