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Monday, May 7, 2012

Concert events every weekend during June at Penn's Peak

Dennis DeYoung - The Music of Styx is the next featured concert at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe. The event is Friday at 8 p.m.

The line-up of concert events at Penn's Peak keeps on growing, with three shows recently added.

They are Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone on Oct. 5, country star Tanya Tucker on Oct. 14, and another country great Travis Tritt, who will be bringing his Christmas show to the venue on Nov. 30.

Coming up next to Penn's Peak is Dennis DeYoung - The Music of Styx on Saturday, May 12.

Dennis DeYoung has the distinction of having one of the most recognizable voices in the world.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Three concerts in three nights this weekend at Penn's Peak

The band Survivor, best known for "Eye of the Tiger," is making a visit to Penn's Peak Sunday night. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Performing with Survivor is the Pat Travers Band

If you like the songs of the Beatles, then a show at Penn's Peak Friday night is what you're sure to enjoy.

Are you a Led Zeppelin fan? Then get to the venue on Saturday night to see a tribute band which always attracts large crowds.

Remember "Eye of the Tiger" from the movie Rocky III? The group that had the hit with it, Survivor, is at the elaborate Jim Thorpe concert hall on Sunday night.

Three concerts in three nights will occur at Penn's Peak this weekend.

They are:

Ÿ Friday - Beatlemania Now, 8 p.m. Tickets $22 at the door.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Open stage event held at Tamaqua arts center

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Performers from left are Dave Shiffert, Lehighton; Kathy Rimm, Hazleton; Ivan Munoz, 17, Hometown; Faith Roberts, 12; Damian Munoz, 16, Hometown; Steven Moyer, 18, West Penn; Nathan Gerace, 14, Tamaqua; and Jack Kulp, Tamaqua.

Numerous youth and adult performers took to the stage during the Tamaqua Community Arts Center free Open Stage event held recently at the center.

The next free open stage event will be held May 3 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the center, 125 Pine Street.

Registration starts at 5:30 p.m.

For more information or to volunteer, contact center director Micah Gursky at (570) 668-6899 or via the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership website, www.tacp.info

Monday, April 30, 2012

Aaron Tippin, Nicole Donatone give high-energy country show

Ron Gower/TIMES NEWS Country singer Aaron Tippin, left, completes assembly of a bicycle after singing a song at Penn's Peak, Friday, while looking on are Marine Sgt. Andrew Rawcliffe of York and local country singer Nicole Donatone. At all his concerts, Tippin puts a bicycle together and then donates it to the Marine Corps League Toys-for-Tots campaign.

Aaron Tippin put on quite a performance on Friday night at Penn's Peak.

The country singer had sang all his charted hits, presented a full sack of humor, bantered with the crowd, and at one point, put together a two-wheel bicycle - doing the feat in under three minutes - while singing a song.

The bicycle will be donated to the local Toys-for-Tots campaign, an annual program by the Marine Corps League that gives toys to children.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Aaron Tippin's return to Penn's Peak means another bike for Toys for Tots

Country singer Aaron Tippin ("You've Got To Stand For Something") will be making an appearance at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, April 27.

Country singer Aaron Tippin will be bringing more than his suitcase full of country hits to Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe when he performs Friday night.

Tippin, whose hits include "Ain't Nothing Wrong With the Radio" and the motivational "You've Got To Stand For Something," does something unique at each of his shows. He brings on stage with him a cartoned bicycle and without missing a beat while singing, assembles the two-wheeler. He donates the bike to the local Marine Corps League "Toys for Tots" campaign.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

'Titanic 3D' an epic worth rediscovering

"Titanic" is worth a second look, especially in 3D on the big screen.

The 3D enhancement of the 1997 blockbuster gives the moviegoer even more of a visceral sense of peril, with rushing water, claustrophobic halls, and the sinking ship breaking apart.

Writer-director James Cameron was mocked when, at the podium when "Titanic" received 11 Oscars at the 1998 Academy Awards including best picture and director, he announced, "I'm king of the world," repeating a famous line of dialogue by Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) from the movie.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

American Cancer Society Telethon set for April 14, 15 at Penn's Peak

The 33rd annual Carbon-Tamaqua ACS Telethon airs Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 live from Penn's Peak beginning at noon and continuing until midnight each day.

The telethon can be found on Blue Ridge Cable TV 13 and Service Electric TV channel 22, but area residents are encouraged to come and see the live performances of some of the area's best talent, while supporting the ACS at Penn's Peak, located on Maury Road in Jim Thorpe.

There is no charge for admission and dining services are available at Roadies Restaurant located at The Peak.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Funhouse 'Mirror' is Grimm, no less

"Mirror Mirror" holds the reflecting glass up to a classic fairy tale and the resulting image yields mixed results.

Julia Roberts as The Queen is great fun tearing through the scenery in her gorgeous costumes (the last completed by the late costume designer Eiko Ishioka). The evil queen's mission in life seems to be making Snow White's life miserable.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Is 'Hunger' a Capitol offense?

"The Hunger Games" is set in a future where the government, known as The Capitol, holds an annual contest where 12-18-year-olds fight to the death for fame and fortune.

"The Hunger Games" is an odd mash-up of TV reality shows ("Survivor") video games ("Mortal Combat") with a bit of "American Idol" thrown in.

Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) has the Steven Tyler role, judging from her flamboyant getup (Lady Gaga meets a Helena Bonham Carter character from a Tim Burton film).

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Will you 'Friends' this movie?

"Friends with Kids" is "When Harry Met Sally" (1989) meets the "Friends" TV show (1994-2004) meets a comedy by Judd Apatow.

It's also "Bridesmaids" Post-Graduate since four actors in leading roles appeared in that movie.

In "Friends with Kids," Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt, who wrote and directed the film) and Jason (Adam Scott) have been best friends for most of their lives. They see their married New York City friends' lives go from marital bliss to martial law when the babies arrive.

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