Upcoming Events

In Cojunction with Eastern State Penitentiary

We will be promoting our house beer, Willie Sutton Lager with specials and Trivia Wheel of Fortune for prizes all weekend

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Join us for family events all weekend long!  Learn first hand about some of the nearly 100 daring escape attempts that happened during Eastern State’s 142 years in operation, including the famous 1945 tunnel escape. Two actors—one portraying tunnel mastermind Clarence Klinedinst and one portraying bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton— will give their conflicting accounts of who designed the 1945 tunnel, how it was built, and why the escapees got caught.  Meet each inmate and see how their accounts vary.  Based on actual conflicts in the accounts of Willie Sutton and Clarence Klinedinst.  Kids and brave adults will even have the chance to try crawling through a replica of the narrow escape tunnel, which measured only 2 ft x 2 ft.

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