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Another Irish weekend in Jim Thorpe

14 Thursday Mar 2013

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Jim Thorpe merchants offer plenty of options to get your Irish on.

Jim Thorpe merchants offer plenty of options to get your Irish on.

With the Tartan Terrors and the Manhattan Lyric Opera bookending shows at the Mauch Chunk Opera House this St. Patrick’s Day weekend, there is still lots to celebrate for folks of Irish descent in Jim Thorpe.

Led by Grand Marshal Peggy Sue O’Donnell, her aides – brothers , Michael  and Francis “Dubber” O’Donnell  and cousins Jean and Joan O’Donnell -and the lovely lads and lassies from the AOH and LAOH, the 16th annual Carbon County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, made its way down Broadway last Sunday.

Jim Thorpe’s shamrock bedecked store windows offer plenty of options for folks to get their Irish on before making a visit to to the Molly Maguires Pub and Steakhouse for a Guiness or a wee drop of Jameson.

If your tastes run more to the grape, there are still a few tickets available for the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail’s March Madness Passport. Goers will enjoy a food pairing for a unique way to visit each of the trail’s eight wineries.

 

 

Jim Thorpe is ripe for enjoying this weekend

08 Saturday Sep 2012

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With the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail’s Harvest Weekend and legendary musicians Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White performing tonight at the Mauch Chunk Opera House, it’s a great weekend to visit Jim Thorpe and the surrounding countryside.

While the Big Creek Vineyard store, next door to the Times House B&B on historic Race Street, is a favorite stop for locals and tourists alike, this weekend is a perfect time to visit the vineyard itself in Kresgeville – about 20 minutes outside of town. As part of Harvest Weekend festivities, goers will also get the chance to enjoy fresh, tree-ripened fruits from Heckman Orchards.

On your drive back from the vineyard, another fun stop along Route 209 in Lehighton is Country Junction, billed as the world’s largest general store. It even has a petting zoo.

The Mauch Chunk Opera House can always be counted on for a great show. Tonight will be no exception. Check out a clip of this incredible jazz fusion trio – Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey and Lenny White at a 2006 Jazz Fest in Wiesen, Austria.

 

With daily dam releases, September is also a great time for whitewater rafting down the Lehigh River. For more information and a video of a trip down the Lehigh Gorge, check out Pocono Whitewater’s website.

Next weekend: Victorian Heritage Festival and tribute artist Real Diamond at the Mauch Chunk Opera House.

 

 

A merry March in Jim Thorpe

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Though the glorious St. Patrick’s Day Parade weekend is behind us, there’s still plenty of fun to be had this March in Jim Thorpe. (Scroll down for parade video.)

As always, the Mauch Chunk Opera House has a plethora of talent lined up to entertain us this month including MCOH favorites Steve Forbert on March 23 and Willy Porter on the 31st.

On Friday, Montana Skies will take the stage with their unique pairing of guitar and electric cello. With tickets at just $18 (Times House B&B guests get an additional discount), the evening is a sure hit. Check out videos of all the performers at www.mauchchunkoperahouse.com

For those who can name the tune and the bullfrog in just three notes, you’ll be excited to hear Three Dog Night will take the stage at Penns’ Peak on Saturday, March 31. A bite to eat at Roadies before the show will definitely get you in the mood for a stroll down 70s lane.

That’s the musical ticket for March in Jim Thorpe but with this early spring, much more amusement can be found in the great outdoors – hiking and biking the trails of Jim Thorpe. Check out this video from the Jim Thorpe Chamber of Commerce for a preview of the Rail Trail that extends from Jim Thorpe to White Haven.

Bring your bike (the Times House has bike storage) or rent one from Blue Mountain Sports just down the street from us and enjoy.

Whether it’s an excursion at Mauch Chunk Lake Park, Glen Onoko or the Lehigh Gorge, hikers will enjoy views that full foliage would normally hide.

If you were lucky enough to get a now-sold-out passport to the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail’s March Madness event, you’ve got nice weather for winery-hopping. If you’re in Jim Thorpe, you can always sample what they’ll be tasting at Big Creek Winery’s Kresgeville location at the Race Street shop.

And if the warm weather has you wondering about your future, come on up to historic Race Street and Venus & the Moon on Saturday for a reading from medium extraordinaire David Miller.

Since Saturday is actually the feast of St. Patrick, here’s an encore from the Ancient Order of Hibernians. These Irish Eyes, these sons and daughters of Molly, Were Smiling. (The countdown is on until next’s years celebration and impromptu singing.)

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