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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Get away this weekend

Some day trip suggestions:
Live jazz
The Stanley Jordan Trio plays a free concert at 8 p.m. Aug. 19 in Wiggins Waterfront Park and Marina at Mickle Street and Riverside Drive, Camden, N.J. Bring your own seating. Call (856) 216-2170.

The Paul Merrill Quartet is featured as part of the Jazz Cabaret series at Allentown Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown. The music starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $20. Call (610) 432-7961.

Beats walking
You know those skinny, two-wheeled, one-person transports that you see now and again? They’re manufactured by a company called Segway. On Saturdays, Segway Lehigh Valley, 318 E. Third St., Bethlehem teaches you how to use one, then lets you tool around the city in one at 10 a.m. Segway tour participants should weigh between 100 and 250 pounds. Cost is $80. Call (610) 691-6053.

The recently opened America on Wheels Museum, 5 N. Front St., Allentown, offers a free “Road Jamboree” outdoor display of cars, motorcycles and bicycles from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. There will also be live music, food and games and rides for children. Admission to see the inside of the museum is $7, $5 for seniors 62+ and $3.50 for students 6-16. Call (610) 432-4200.

Migration time?
Friday through Dec. 15 is the time birds of prey make their southward migration.

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road, Kempton, welcomes raptor watchers and invites them to share tallies of what they see. Trail fees are $5, $4 for seniors, $3 for children 6-12. Rates increase in September. Call (610) 756-6961 or visit www.hawkmountain.org.

Back in time
A Civil War Trails Discovery Weekend is held 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Good Field, N. Forney Ave., Hanover. Witness the events leading up to the Battle of Hanover. Interact with more than 250 living historians, collect autographs at book signings, waltz at the Civil War Dance, observe medical and cavalry demonstrations, witness a night battle, relive the battle in a guided tour and explore the camps in a candlelight tour. Call (717) 637-6130 or visit www.hanoverchamber.com.

Imagine a time before antibacterial soap and disinfectant. Brandywine Battlefield Park, Route 1 south of Route 202, Chadds Ford, presents a free “Health and Sanitation in the Colonial Period” program at 2 p.m. Sunday. Call (610) 459-3342.

Classic country
The American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, presents Charley Pride at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $65. Call (800) 648-4102 or visit www.amtshows.com.

Penn’s Peak, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe, presents Kenny Rogers at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $55 and $65. Call (866) 605-7323.

Tribal experience
The 28th annual Roasting Ears of Corn Festival is held 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Museum of Indian Culture, 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown. Admission is $5, $4 for seniors 62+ and youth 12-17. Highlights include drummers, dancers, hoop dancing, rattle songs, Aztec fire dancing and a French and Indian War program. Call (610) 797-2121 or visit www.museumofindianculture.org.

Fire power in the air
The Atlantic City Airshow is held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 20 on the beach at Florida Avenue and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J. Headlining are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Army Golden Knights. Get the full schedule and more information at www.atlanticcityairshow.com.

Singing star
Vanessa Hudgens of “High School Musical” performs songs from her debut CD at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 in Six Flags Great Adventure’s Northern Star Arena. The park is off Route 537, Jackson, N.J. The concert is free with park admission of $49.99 plus New Jersey sales tax, $39.99 if you buy online at www.sixflags.com/greatadventure, $29.99 plus New Jersey sales tax for children under 54 inches tall, free to children 2 and under. For park hours and more information on the adjoining Wild Safari and Hurricane Harbor parks, call (732) 928-2000.

Cooler on the water
Did you know that Pennsylvania has more than 50 lakes? From Lake Erie to Lake Towhee in Bucks County, look up a boating destination that appeals to you at www.visitpa.com.

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