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Dec. 12—WILKES-BARRE — Joe Nardone will present "An Evening of Solid Gold," featuring Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Happenings, and Bobby Brooks Wilson at the ...
Fred Morgan Kirby (1861-1940) from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the founder of the F. M. Kirby & Co. 5 & 10-cent Store chain, [1] and a philanthropist. Kirby’s company was a major rival of the much larger F. W. Woolworth & Co. and the two businesses merged in 1912. Fred Kirby became a Vice President of the F. W. Woolworth & Co., which was ...
Throughout a majority of the 80s, the venue was mostly vacant as it was desperate need of repairs. In 1985, Albert Boscov, August L. Simms and Fred M. Kirby II raised $3.3 million to restored the theatre. Construction began on December 21, 1985. It opened September 19, 1986, as the F. M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts, after Fred Morgan ...
Wilkes-Barre has a Downtown Riverfront Park system that contains 91 acres of open space. [35] Kirby Park is a public park located along the western bank of the Susquehanna River. Kirby Park is one of the region's most valued recreational resources. Given to the city of Wilkes-Barre by the Kirby Family, the park welcomes hundreds of thousands ...
Oct. 17—WILKES-BARRE — The amazing Brit Floyd will bring their Wish You Were Here — 50th Anniversary World Tour to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday ...
Jan. 16—WILKES-BARRE — Following success of their sold-out 2023 show at the F.M. Kirby Center, Grateful Dead tribute Dark Star Orchestra will play two nights at the Wilkes-Barre theater in ...
From 1880 to 1915 a total of forty-three Victorian-style and Cottage-style houses were built by vacationers to the Glen Summit Hotel, starting with J.E. Patterson and ending with F.M. Kirby. Some of these homes were even given names, though some of them have been lost to time.
Sep. 17—WILKES-BARRE — In the fall of 1961, record industry history was made when Checker's original hit record — "The Twist" — re-entered the charts, and by January 1962, it was back in ...