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Originally designed as a nine hundred-seat concert hall with a farmers' market on the first floor, the Mauch Chunk Opera House was one of the earliest Vaudeville theaters in America, and was managed earlier on by W. D. White, who was succeeded in 1886 by Moses H. Burgunder (1852-1900), a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania who achieved fame for his management of entertainment venues across ...
Penn's Peak is a hilltop live concert and entertainment venue located within the Pocono Mountains of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. [1] It can seat 1,500 concertgoers with reserved seating and up to 2,000 concertgoers with general admission seating.
Apr. 10—JIM THORPE — The Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (JTIFF) returns for its seventh season from April 18 to 21 at the historic Mauch Chunk Opera House. ... including a block for PA ...
Clay County Regional Events Center April 15, 2012 Ames: Stephens Auditorium: 1,564 / 2,291 $77,700 April 18, 2012 Alexandria: The Birchmere — — April 19, 2012 Jim Thorpe: Penn's Peak April 20, 2012 Verona: The Showroom Turning Stone: April 21, 2012 Peekskill: Paramount Hudson Valley Theater April 26, 2012 Kansas City: Uptown Theater: April ...
Notable buildings include the I.O.O.F. Hall (1844), Lehigh Coal and Navigation Building (1882), Jim Thorpe National Bank (1870s), Carbon County Courthouse (1894), Dimmick Memorial Library (1889), Capitol Theater (Mauch Chunk Opera House) (1882), 1855 School, Weiksner's Taproom (1860s), "Stone Row," Webster House, New American Hotel, and Hooven ...
In the last week of August 2008, alt-folk group The Wailin' Jennys arrived at the Mauch Chunk Opera House with the goal of laying down a live recording to capture their performances in the famous Mauch Chunk Opera House, in the town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. "Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House" was recorded during a single day, rather than ...
Nicole Kidman is paying homage to her Babygirl character. While accepting the award for best actress at the National Board of Review Gala in New York City Tuesday, Jan. 7, the actress, 57 ...
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station in Jim Thorpe, now a visitors center. Jim Thorpe was founded in 1818 as Mauch Chunk (/ ˌ m ɔː k ˈ tʃ ʌ ŋ k /), a name derived from the term Mawsch Unk, meaning Bear Place in Unami, the language of the native Lenape, possibly a reference to Bear Mountain, an extension of Mauch Chunk Ridge that resembled a sleeping bear, or perhaps the original ...