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Lettuce, set to release its ninth studio album \u201cCook\u201d in December, leads the entertainment highlights coming to local and regional entertainment over the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
The funk band, whose 2015 album \u201cCrush\u201d topped Billboard\u2019s Jazz Albums chart and featured tracks such as \u201cPhyllis\u201d and \u201cThe Force,\u201d will play Penn\u2019s Peak.<\/p>\n
The Mahoning Drive-In Theater will hold, among other events, Vampyrty \u201925. Tim Cappello, the sax-playing beach concert star in the 1987 comedy-horror film \u201cThe Lost Boys,\u201d will attend.<\/p>\n
Wind Creek Event Center, meanwhile, hosts rockers such as Alice Cooper and David Lee Roth, plus comedians Matt Mathews, Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, the latter two on a double bill.<\/p>\n
MAUCH CHUNK OPERA HOUSE<\/p>\n
14 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n 570-325-0249, <\/strong><\/p>\n mcohjt.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Sarah Gross, 8 p.m. Friday. The Americana\/pop singer-songwriter released her third album, \u201cKilljoy,\u201d in 2023. The singer will release an EP, \u201cThe Library: In the Margins,\u201d on Friday.<\/p>\n PENN\u2019S PEAK<\/p>\n 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n 866-605-7325, <\/strong><\/p>\n pennspeak.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cRockin\u2019 4 a Cause,\u201d 5 p.m. Sunday. The event features \u201cSatisfaction\/The International Rolling Stones Show,\u201d celebrating its 25th anniversary, and The Beaten Path. The latter, a central Pennsylvania, covers from the 1960s to today. Proceeds from the event benefit Family Promise of Carbon County.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tusk, 8 p.m. Aug. 23. The group performs the music of rock band Fleetwood Mac, taking its name from Mac\u2019s 1979 album and song of the same name.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lettuce, 8 p.m. Aug. 28. Originating in Boston in 1992, the band combines funk with strains of hip-hop, rock, psychedelia, jazz, soul, jam, go-go and the avant-garde. Lettuce plans to release its ninth studio album \u201cCook,\u201d the follow-up to 2022\u2019s \u201cUnify,\u201d in December.<\/p>\n THE STITCH<\/p>\n 125 Pine St., Tamaqua<\/strong><\/p>\n 570-668-1192, tamaquaarts.org<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Sons of Skynyrd, 7 p.m. Saturday. The group pays tribute to Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.<\/p>\n VIC\u2019S JAZZ LOFT<\/p>\n AT THE STABIN MUSEUM<\/p>\n 268 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n 570-325-5588, <\/strong><\/p>\n vicsjazzloft.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Isaac Felix\/Nate Tota Quartet, 7 p.m. Aug. 22. Aside from Felix and Tota, the quartet features Gene Perla and Adam Nussbaum.<\/p>\n \u2022 Marel Hidalgo Trio, 7 p.m. Aug. 29. Aside from Hidalgo, the trio features Mike Camacho and Leonieke Schuble.<\/p>\n THE MAHONING DRIVE-IN THEATER<\/p>\n 635 Seneca Road, Lehighton<\/strong><\/p>\n 484-613-1314, <\/strong><\/p>\n mahoningdit.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Vampyrty \u201925, 5 p.m. Aug. 15 and 16. The event includes a screening of the 1987 vampire film \u201cThe Lost Boys,\u201d with shirtless sax icon Tim Cappello playing a pre-film hour-long concert each night. Each night, a secret 1980s vampire film follows \u201cThe Lost Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Video Game Night, 5 p.m. Aug. 17. The theater and Retroware present a screening of the 1995 James Bond film \u201cGoldeneye.\u201d The event also includes a pre-film retro game and vendor market, a Goleneye 007 Nintendo 64 tournament and retro consoles to play in the snack bar.<\/p>\n \u2022 Pee-Wee\u2019s Big Drive-In Adventure, 6 p.m. Aug. 22 and 23. The theater celebrates the late Paul Reubens with screenings of 1985\u2019s\u201cPee-Wee\u2019s Big Adventure\u201d and 1988\u2019s \u201cBig Top Pee Wee.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Camp Blood XI: Opening Night, 6 p.m. Aug. 28. Exhumed Films and the theater present the event, which begins with Mario Bava\u2019s 1964 proto-slasher film \u201cBlood and Black Lace.\u201d Camp Blood continues through Aug. 31.<\/p>\n WIND CREEK EVENT CENTER<\/p>\n 77 Wind Creek Blvd., Bethlehem<\/strong><\/p>\n 610-224-4625, <\/strong>windcreekeventcenter.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Alice Cooper, 8 p.m. Saturday. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, the rock band released its eighth studio album \u2014 and first in 52 years \u2014 \u201cThe Revenge of Alice Cooper\u201d in late July. Alice Cooper\u2019s hit singles include \u201cI\u2019m Eighteen\u201d and \u201cSchool\u2019s Out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 David Lee Roth, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, the rock singer fronted Van Halen from 1974 to 1985, in 1996 and then 2006 to 2020. Roth\u2019s hits with Van Halen include \u201cDance the Night Away,\u201d \u201cJump\u201d and \u201cPanama.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Matt Mathews, 8 p.m. Aug. 22. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, the comedian gained fame after posting farm-themed comedy videos on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mathews debuted his first comedy special on YouTube earlier this year, with plans to release a country album later this year.<\/p>\n \u2022 George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Clinton leads the music collective, whose origins date back to Plainfield, New Jersey. The group primarily consists of funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic.<\/p>\n \u2022 Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, 8 p.m. Aug. 24. Comedians Mandel, born in Toronto, and Garrett, born in Oxnard, California, started their standup careers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, respectively.<\/p>\n COUNTRY JUNCTION<\/p>\n 6565 Interchange Road, Lehighton<\/strong><\/p>\n 610-377-5050, <\/strong><\/p>\n countryjunction.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Wine Fest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 23. The event includes live entertainment by Gina Ross, food, wine samples. barrel racing, line dancing, grape stomping and making one\u2019s own charcuterie boards.<\/p>\n \u2022 Peach Day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 24. The event features peach ice cream, smoothies and cocktails, plus a petting zoo, carnival rides, gem mining, pony rides, and fair food and drinks featuring peaches.<\/p>\n STEELSTACKS<\/p>\n 101 Founders Drive, Bethlehem<\/strong><\/p>\n 610-332-1300, <\/strong><\/p>\n steelstacks.org<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, 8 p.m. Saturday, Musikfest Cafe. Lowe, a British pub rock\/power pop\/ new wave singer-songwriter, scored a hit with the 1979 single \u201cCruel to Be Kind.\u201d Lowe released his first full-length album with Los Straitjackets in 2024.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Struts, 8 p.m. Aug. 20, Levitt Pavilion. Formed in 2012 in Derby, England, the British glam rock band released its debut album \u201cEverybody Wants\u201d in 2014. The set featured rock-radio hits \u201cCould Have Been Me\u201d and \u201cKiss This.\u201d<\/p>\n SHERMAN THEATER<\/p>\n 524 Main St., Stroudsburg<\/strong><\/p>\n 570-420-2808, <\/strong><\/p>\n shermantheater.com<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Blackberry Smoke, 8 p.m. Aug. 28. Formed in 2001 in Atlanta, the country-rock band released its eighth studio album, \u201cBe Right Here,\u201d in 2024.<\/p>\n David Lee Roth will perform at Wind Creek Event Center on Sunday.<\/p>\n Lettuce is coming to Penn\u2019s Peak on Aug. 28. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n