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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

With pallets and lumber being piled higher and higher, the Jim Thorpe Olympians prepare for their annual bonfire before their Route 209 rivalry game with Lehighton Area High School.

This year's event will be held on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Jim Thorpe Area High School. The evening will include a special ceremony for senior football players, cheerleaders, band members and their parents.

The event begins with the Touchdown Club sponsored dinner for the football players, cheerleaders, and band members at the high school.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

It's admittedly kind of creepy going to see a concert rehearsal film about a dead pop star.

And yet, "This Is It" is filled with the charm, energy and talent of Michael Jackson.

The film, directed by Kenny Ortega, was shot April - June 2009 and is mostly footage of rehearsals for Jackson's sold-out 50 concerts in London. Alas, the King of Pop died about eight days before the first concert.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Studios tend to release some of their best films in November and December.

Here's what to expect this season:

Ÿ Nov. 6 - "Disney's A Christmas Carole" starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes. Jim Carrey plays four separate roles in this updated version of A Christmas Carol. Carrey portrays Scrooge, as well as the three ghosts.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

It's been nearly two-and-a-half decades that Tesla was formed, and four of the five original membersare still with the band.

Tomorrow night, the multi-platinum rock quintet, originallyfrom Northern California, makes a stop at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, with the concert starting at 8 o'clock. Opening will be Skidd, a band participating in the current "Forever More" tour.

Troy Luccketta, drummer for the band, spoke with us by phone from Des Moise, Iowa following sound check for a concert there on Tuesday.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Two of the regions best polka bands will be bringing their music to Penn's Peak for a "Polkafest" at 2 p.m. Sunday.

On stage will be John Stanky & the Coalminers and The Pennsylvania Villagers. Doors open at 1 p.m. and there's a general admission fee of $13.

John Stanky, the proclaimed "Gentleman Of Polkas," began his musical career in 1945. He formed his first band in 1950, changing their name to the "Coalminers" in 1962, as some of the players worked the mines.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

While the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee debates the future of the Space Shuttle and a man on the moon or Mars, the arrival of the movie, Amelia, reminds us that heroes don't look back.

Amelia tells a seemingly unvarnished, not always flattering portrayal, of Amelia Earhart, the Lady Lindy who vanished, if not into thin air, then the deep Pacific while attempting to become the first person to fly around the world.

Friday, October 23, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) Michael Jackson's mother is changing the attorneys handling her interests in her son's multimillion-dollar estate case.

Katherine Jackson's attorney, L. Londell McMillan, says the Jackson family and its matriarch have decided to bring in a new set of attorneys to handle the case.

McMillan, who is Katherine Jackson's personal attorney, declined to say who would take over the case. The change will be discussed at a court hearing Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles.

Friday, October 23, 2009

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Rock band Bon Jovi is planning a new world tour that will kick off at the new home of the New York Giants and Jets.

The two-year tour will begin May 26 with a show at New Jersey's new $1.6 billion Meadowlands football stadium. It will be the first concert inside the new venue, which is nearing completion.

The band announced the tour Thursday during an invitation-only performance for 5,000 fan club contest winners and construction workers in the new stadium's parking lot.

The tour will feature 135 shows in 30 countries.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
The Tubes will be performing tomorrow night at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe.

John Waybill, lead vocalist of The Tubes, is excited about playing at Penn's Peak tomorrow night.

"It's great," he said of the venue. "We always have a great meet-and-greet. It's one of our best meet-and-greets of all our shows."

He added, "This is the perfect place to go because the stage is big and people can get close. It's about the perfect venue for us."

He prefaced this with, "Expect a freak-out as usual."

The Tubes perform at 8 p.m. Opening for them will be NightWind. Tickets at the door are $20.

Thursday, October 22, 2009
JOE PLASKO/TIMES NEWS America (Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, from left) will perform at Penn's Peak on Thursday, Oct. 29.

Since riding onto the pop charts in 1972 with ''A Horse with No Name'', America remains as popular as ever with its many fans.

Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell are favorites of the Penn's Peak crowd as well, and they will be returning to the Jim Thorpe area venue next week, on Thursday, Oct. 29, for an 8 p.m. show.

America was originally a trio, formed by the sons of American servicemen stationed in England. The band got the idea for its name from an Americana jukebox on the base where they were living, but it also reflected their roots as well.