Live music, s'mores and storytelling: 3 Pocono events with chill vibes

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Looking for chill vibes to send off January? Take in some live music, celebrate winter this weekend, or learn something new in February.

Catch Christian Porter at the Warrior

Stroudsburg's own Christian Porter will take the small stage at the Warrior on lower Main Street on Friday night.
Stroudsburg's own Christian Porter will take the small stage at the Warrior on lower Main Street on Friday night.

Local favorite Christian Porter will take the small stage at the Warrior at 7 p.m. Friday.

Stroudsburg native Porter is known for his appearance on Season 4 of NBC's The Voice, joining Blake Shelton's team. Porter has also collaborated with other local musicians from the Poconos such as Regina Sayles (as Porter & Sayles), and more recently: Nyke Van Wyck.

Porter's latest single, Ball + Chain, is available now on Spotify and iTunes.

The Warrior Bar & Grille, is located at 418 Main Street in Stroudsburg. Learn more at thewarriorgrill.com.

Celebrate a new year on the mountain

Shawnee is the place to be this weekend.

Head to Shawnee Mountain Ski Area, 401 Hollow Road, Shawnee on Delaware, on Sunday for "It's 2022! Let's Celebrate!"

Bring the entire family for some wintry fun starting at noon. The event will feature live music from Walter Lee and Jim Roberti, Square Fare and House of Cupcakes food trucks and more. Warm up by the outdoor fire pit and indulge in s'mores.

Learn more at shawneemt.com/events/its-2022-lets-celebrate.

Coming in February

Learn to tell your own story

We all have stories to tell. Find your best way to tell them.

Congregation B'Nai Harim will present the Zoom webinar, "Sally on Storytelling" at 7 p.m., Feb. 10.

Sally Wiener Grotta is an award-winning writer and photographer whose numerous books include "The Winter Boy" (a Locus Magazine Recommended Read) and "Jo Joe" (a Jewish Book Council Network Book). As a journalist, she has traveled on assignment throughout the world. Her hundreds of stories and essays have appeared

in scores of publications. Her soon-to-be published "Daughters of Eve" (Bayit Publishing, 2022) mines the tales of biblical Matriarchs to explore modern lives, concerns and crises.

Her fine art photography project "American Hands" has received more than three dozen grants, and the exhibits have been seen by over a quarter million people. Learn more about Grotta at SallyWienerGrotta.com.

Email spinnerjh@yahoo.com to register. Other events in the works: a Zoom Trivia Night slated for 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 20.

B'nai Harim is a small Reform Jewish congregation based in Pocono Summit. Learn more at bnaiharimpoconos.org.

Congregation B'Nai Harim in Pocono Pines is home to about 80 families, many of whom are part time residents of the Poconos.
Congregation B'Nai Harim in Pocono Pines is home to about 80 families, many of whom are part time residents of the Poconos.

This article originally appeared on Pocono Record: Pocono weekend: Live music, s'mores and storytelling