The Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center in Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania offers meeting room facilities to accommodate social and
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Wilkes-Barre in Pop Culture
In the Collier brothers' book My Brother Sam is Dead, it is revealed in the end that Timmy and his mother move to Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre's economic plight is featured in the movie Capitalism: A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore.
James K. Morrow's book Towing Jehovah describes the body of God as being about the size of downtown Wilkes-Barre.
The Wilkes-Barre variation (or Traxler variation, as it is more commonly known) of the Two Knights' Defense is named for the Wilkes-Barre chess club.
Comic strip hero Joe Palooka was from Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre's economic plight is featured in the movie Capitalism: A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore.
James K. Morrow's book Towing Jehovah describes the body of God as being about the size of downtown Wilkes-Barre.
The Wilkes-Barre variation (or Traxler variation, as it is more commonly known) of the Two Knights' Defense is named for the Wilkes-Barre chess club.
Comic strip hero Joe Palooka was from Wilkes-Barre.
Business Friendly Services and Amenities
Choice Hotels values business travelers. That's why we offer special services and amenities designed to cater to your unique business needs.
- Banquet/Meeting Rooms
- Business Center
- Computer w/ Internet
- Convention Center * (nearby)
- Exercise Room
- Free Airport Transportation
- Free Hi Speed Internet
- Free Local Calls
- Free Wireless High Speed Internet Access
- Guest Use Copy Machine *
- Guest Use Fax Machine *
- In-Room Coffee Maker
- In-Room Desk
- Multiple Phone Lines
- Restaurant *
- Valet Cleaning Service *
- Voice Mail
- Wake-Up Service
Notable People from Wilkes-Barre
- Alexis Toth (St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre), a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church
- Douglas Carter Beane, playwright[17]
- David Bohm, quantum physicist
- Benjamin Burnley, lead singer and guitarist for alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin
- George Catlin, artist
- Britton Chance, bio-physicist and Olympic sailor.
- Mark Cohen, street photographer
- Colleen Corby, Sixties fashion model[18]
- Francis A. "Mother" Dunn, football player for the Canton Bulldogs
- Jesse Fell, early experimenter with anthracite coal
- Pat Finn, game show host whose shows include PAX's Shop 'til You Drop
- Ham Fisher, cartoonist
- Vin Gerard, professional wrestler
- George Washington Helme, businessman and founder of Helmetta, New Jersey
- Joe Hergert, former professional football player
- Qadry Ismail, former NFL wide receiver on the Baltimore Ravens
- Raghib Ismail, former NFL player and Heisman Trophy runner-up
- Florence Foster Jenkins, unconventional operatic soprano
- Candy Jones, fashion model, writer and radio talk show host[19]
- Dorothy Andrews Elston Kabis, Treasurer of the United States
- James Karen, actor
- Franz Kline, abstract expressionist painter
- Mike Konnick, former MLB player
- Mary Jo Kopechne, passenger killed in the car driven by Ted Kennedy at Chappaquidick
- Harley Jane Kozak, actress and author
- Matthew Lesko, infomercial personality
- Edward B. Lewis, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Academy Award-winning director and producer
- Mary McDonnell, actress twice nominated for Academy Award
- Edward Meneeley, painter
- Albert Mudrian, author and magazine editor
- Jozef Murgas, radio pioneer
- Amedeo Obici, founder of Planters Peanuts
- Jerry Orbach, Tony award-winning actor
- John Paluck, football player for the Washington Redskins and pro-bowler
- William Daniel Phillips, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics
- Sukanya Roy, 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee winner
- Mendy Rudolph, former NBA referee from 1953 to 1975
- Michael Schoeffling, actor who played Jake Ryan in 80s classic film Sixteen Candles
- M. Gerald Schwartzbach, California criminal defense attorney[20]
- Greg Skrepenak, former NFL player, convicted felon
- Jonathan Slavin, character actor
- Jacob Sullum, journalist and author, featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me[21]
- Bob Sura, basketball player, Houston Rockets
- Louis Teicher, pianist; member of the duo Ferrante & Teicher
- Ed Walsh, Hall of Fame pitcher; major league baseball's all-time ERA champion
- Harry Welsh, WWII first lieutenant in Easy Company
- Ira W. Wood, represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1904 to 1913[22]
- Wilkes-Barre has been a popular stop for many presidential candidates: U.S. presidents Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Services/Amenities in All Rooms
Cable/Satellite TV
Free Coffee
Free Hi Speed Internet
Hair Dryer
In-Room Coffee Maker
In-Room Desk
In-Room Safe
Individual A/C & Heat
Iron & Ironing Board
Microwave
Multiple Phone Lines
Pay-Per-View Movies *
Refrigerator
Voice Mail
Wake-Up Service
* Indicates services/amenities that may require an additional cost.
Wilkes-Barre Fun Fact
In November 1972, 365 subscribers of Service Electric Cable were the first to receive HBO's service, making Wilkes-Barre the birthplace of modern cable TV programming.
Hotel Services and Amenities
Banquet/Meeting Rooms
Bus Parking
Business Center
Computer w/ Internet
Exercise Room
Exterior Corridors
Free Airport Transportation
Free Continental Breakfast
Free Handicap Parking on Premises
Free Local Calls
Free Wireless High Speed Internet Access
Guest Use Copy Machine *
Guest Use Fax Machine *
Guest Laundry *
Hotel has Safe
Outdoor Parking
Pet-friendly Hotel *
Phone for Hearing Impaired
Ping Pong/Table Tennis
Restaurant *
Truck Parking
Valet Cleaning Service *
* Indicates services/amenities that may require an additional cost.
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