From a home run derby to a chance to audition for “The Price is Right,” from gallery receptions to an invitation to dress like Santa and run as fast as you can … those are just a few of the upcoming events members of the Downtown Arts Artistic Forum discussed during a meeting early Wednesday morning.
The area will celebrate “a great piece of local folklore” on Oct. 12, Alan K. Stout from Visit Luzerne County said, when baseball fans gather at Kirby Park for the inaugural Babe Ruth “Sultan of Swat” Home Run Derby. Men and women, ages 16 and older, are invited to try to hit a home run in the vicinity of Babe Ruth’s historic homer, which was measured at more than 600 feet on Oct. 12, 1926 at Artillery Park, adjacent to Kirby Park.
Proceeds of the Home Run Derby will benefit the Geisinger Children’s Miracle Network/Janet Weis Children’s Hospital…