Letort Festival, Carlisle PA - May 8

3rd Annual LeTort Festival
Carlisle PA

May 8 9am - 3pm

Come stay at the Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast and celebrate the LeTort Festival Day just 2 blocks away.

The Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), based out of Dickinson College, is
collaborating with the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited, and the LeTort Regional Authority (LRA) to host the Third Annual LeTort Festival. This is a community event with entertainment, food, kids’ zone, art zone, educational LeTort zone, and more.
If you have questions about the festival, or would like to help, please contact us at
allarm@dickinson.edu.

Joe Bonamassa @ Harrisburg Whitaker Cen - Apr 25

Sunday, April 25, 7:30pm

Sunoco Performance Theater at the Whitaker Center
Harrisburg, PA

Tickets are $55 for the Gold Circle and $32.50 for all others.

We still have rooms available at the Carlisle House on this Sunday! Come enjoy dinner at one of Carlisle's wonderful restaurants, the Bonamassa concert and a luxurious night at the Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast.

Bonamassa is winner of the BluesWax Artist of the Year Award, Joe Bonamassa, returns to Whitaker Center with his mind-blowing guitar wizardry and electrifying stage presence. He has the reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players and is also evolving into a charismatic blues-rock star and singer-songwriter of stylistic depth and emotional resonance.

Carlisle All-Ford Nationals: Jun 4 - Jun 6, 2010

Carlisle All-Ford Nationals: Jun 4 - Jun 6, 2010

Book your rooms NOW for the Ford Show!! Everything Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, this show attracts new-car buyers and vintage lovers and provides customers with a vendor shopping experience that is second to none.

We still have rooms available! Come enjoy Ford weekend, dinners at Carlisle's wonderful restaurants, the Carlisle downtown and a luxurious room at the #1 Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast. We are just a mile from the Fairgrounds in the Downtown Carlisle Historic District.

Turtle Island Quartet, Carlisle PA - Apr 9

Turtle Island Quartet
Carlisle Theatre, Carlisle PA
Apr 9 @ 8pm

Winner of the 2006 and most recently, the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles, and by devising a performance practice that honors both, the state of the art has inevitably been redefined. Cellist nonpareil Yo-Yo Ma has proclaimed TIQ to be “a unified voice that truly breaks new ground – authentic and passionate – a reflection of some of the most creative music-making today.”

Come stay at Carlisle's best Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast. We still have rooms available for this concert and are just 2 blocks away. PLUS, we offer a 10% theatre discount!!

Come enjoy dinner at one of Carlisle's wonderful restaurants, the show and a luxurious night at the Award Winning Carlisle House!

Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast, PA - 6th Anniversary

Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast Begins 7th Year!

A Carlisle House milestone - 6 years ago today we welcomed our first guest in the Carlisle House, just eleven days after completing the purchase of a totally empty building! Since then we have received almost 5,500 guests and their partners, friends, and children from 48 different States and 28 countries all around the world. Truly, all roads lead to Carlisle!

All through this we have enjoyed every day and are happy to call many of our guests our friends. Other friendships made around our breakfast table have endured and we constantly hear news from guests old and new about their families, lives, and careers. To all of you we say "Thank you"!

We have also been voted "Best of Carlisle" for six years, and achieved the position of #1 Bed & Breakfast in Pennsylvania, as rated by our guest reviews on TripAdvisor.com.

If you have never visited us, please come and stay with us during our 7th year. If you have been our guest, we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Thank you again to all of you,

Alan & Mary Faller Duxbury

Titanic Exhibit - Whitaker Center - Harrisburg PA; Opens March 27

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
Beginning March 27

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition offers an opportunity for everyone to learn about an important historical event ─ as well as delve into the culture of the period and personal perspective of a passenger aboard the grandest Ship to set sail in the early 20th Century. Beginning on Saturday, March 27, guests will have the opportunity to relive the compelling human stories ─ this time through a larger version of Whitaker Center’s 2005 exhibition. Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition features 150 legendary artifacts, none of which have been seen in Harrisburg before, and 11 of which have never been seen anywhere before; dramatic recreations of First-Class and Third-Class cabins; the famous iceberg wall; and authentic personal items recovered after 80 years on the ocean floor.

Plan a historic visit to the Titanic Exhibit and a spend a night or weekend in Historic Carlisle PA at the luxurious and Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast. We have rooms available for your visit!

George Benson -Apr 9, Luhrs, Shippensburg PA

An Evening with George Benson
April 9, 8pm
Luhrs Center, Shippensburg U, PA

Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of music's most enterprising and engaging stars. Appreciated as both musician and performer by millions, he has always had the duel personae of expert improviser and vibrant entertainer. His soulful update of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade," which featured the guitarist scatting along, was a pop smash. His sultry version of “On Broadway,” and the irresistible “Give Me The Night," thrilled many dancers. He has topped the U.S. Pop and R&B charts for decades including hits like “The Greatest Love of All,” “On Broadway,” “Give Me the Night” and “Turn Your Love Around”.

WE HAVE ROOMS AVAILABLE APRIL 9!! Come enjoy dinner at one of Carlisle's wonderful restaurants, the lively concert with George and a luxurious night at Carlisle's Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast with delicious breakfast in the morning.

Spring is here in Carlisle, PA and a NEW Carlisle House Website!

Spring is here in Carlisle, PA!
What a great sight! Very different from a month ago!

Pennsylvania’s Award Winning Carlisle House Bed & Breakfast is celebrating Spring with a wonderfully informative and colorful NEW website.

We now have an ACTIVITIES page with links to sports, parks, trails and walking, cycling and driving tours. On our ATTRACTIONS page, we include information and links to shops, galleries, antiques, museums and of course the world-renowned Carlisle car shows.

On our HOME page, there is a special Dickinson College link with suggestions on touring Dickinson and the other area colleges nearby. Another HOME page link showcases Carlisle's delightfully delicious restaurants and their diversity...more than a dozen within easy walking distance.

There is something for everyone so plan a return visit for one of the many interesting concerts, events and happenings in the Carlisle area. You can get information on these dates here in Carlisle by becoming our Facebook Fan, visiting our Blog or following us on Twitter.

We are here at the Carlisle House to make your Central Pennsylvania stay
relaxing, exciting and enjoyable. See you soon!

Etta May and the Southern Fried Chicks - Mar 27, Luhrs, Shippensburg, PA

Etta May and the Southern Fried Chicks
Mar 27, 8PM @ Luhrs Center, Shippensburg, PA

Enjoy the show and the Carlisle House Bed and Breakfast!

The Southern Fried Chicks Comedy Tour starring Etta May and featuring Karen Mills and Sonya White will make you laugh all night! The Southern Fried Chicks is the story of four different women, all from the South, and their hilarious take on life, love and the pursuit of happiness. It is where the Old South, the New South, and the Deep South come together for an evening of clean, clever story-telling for every generation. Life and love in the USA has never been funnier as when the original “desperate housewives” give their points of view. You’ll leave the theater wiping your eyes, holding your sides and waiting for your next helping of the Southern Fried Chicks.

We still have rooms available on Mar 27! Come enjoy dinner at one of Carlisle's great restaurants, the CHICKS Show and a luxurious night at the Award Winning Carlisle House Bed and Breakfast.

US Army War College: XXI Annual Strategy Conference: Apr 6-8

U.S. Army War College will host its 21st Annual Strategy Conference from April 6-8, 2010

The CARLISLE HOUSE Bed & Breakfast in the Downtown Carlisle Historic District offers Per Diem Lodging Rates at its award winning inn and has rooms available for the conference dates. Carlisle House is rated the #1 B&B in PA on TripAdvisor.com!

The U.S. Army and the other Armed Services exist to fight and win America's wars. In the current operational environment, the definition of "fighting and winning America's wars" is the subject of intense debate. In its ongoing effort to stimulate intellectual discourse, to foster informed policymaking processes, and to develop effective U.S. strategy in the post-September 11 world, the U.S. Army War College will host its 21st Annual Strategy Conference from April 6-8, 2010. Many of the world's foremost experts on the changing nature of war will attend and participate in this year's conference titled, "Defining War for the 21st Century," with the goal of clarifying the issues, outlining the debates, and generating strategic options.

Come and learn at the conference and enjoy a luxurious night at the Carlisle House. Call 717-249-0350 or visit www.thecarlislehouse.com.