FRIDAY, July 15: GANGSTERS’ DAY
Capone & his mob take over the town; rival gangs face off. Three street scenes/performances. Lots of fun downtown!
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Courthouse Square, music, food, crafts and other attractions/vendors.
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Main Street -- Eliot Ness Museum open.
5:45 pm/6:45 pm/8:30 pm
Lively Street Theater! Scenes 1, 2 and 3
5:45 pm -- Long-time mobster Johnny Torrio meets his new recruit from the rough-and-tumble streets of New York at the corner of Second and East streets, near the County Jail. They walk toward Second and Main streets. Next thing you know, they open a beer garden – right in the center of town!
6:45 pm – The Irish Mob on the North Side, headed by Bugs Moran, Hymie Weiss and Dean O’Banion, agrees to meet with Capone and Torrio at the corner of Main and Third streets to see if they can settle things amicably. (This may not go well!)
8:30 pm – What’s this? A brothel operating above the Eliot Ness Museum (Main and Second streets), right in the center of town? And they’re selling booze?!? No respect for Prohibition! Townspeople are up in arms and local cops are going to have to take care of things.
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
West Second Street – Coudersport Rotary Club Beer Garden, complete with street busker/strolling entertainment.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Coudersport Theatre: Composer & musician Larry Herbstritt’s Eliot Ness: A Biographical Suite. Performance by blues/jazz band BluJayz and ‘20s dance demonstration to follow. (ticketed)
SATURDAY, July 16: ELIOT NESS DAY
Ness and his Untouchables Retake the Town. Multiple street theater scenes (details below) and other lively performances throughout the day.
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Courthouse Square, music, food, crafts and other attractions/vendors. Be sure to stop at the Law Tent, where you can meet, greet and learn about our law enforcement agencies and partners, such as the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Cleveland Police Historical Society.
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Downtown streets, four concurrent Car/Truck/Law & Emergency Vehicles Shows:
--Ness Chicago Era, pre-1934s, Main and East Second streets
--Ness Cleveland Era, 1934s – 1942s, East Third Street
--Ness Coudersport Era, 1942s-1957s, easternmost East Third Street, at Ness’s Coudersport home
--Law & Emergency Vehicles, all vintages & types, Courthouse Square
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Main Street, Eliot Ness Museum open.
9:45 am
Lively Street Theater! Scene 4
A deal has been struck, but the peace does not last for long. Capone, Torrio, O’Banion, Moran and Weiss are causing quite a ruckus in town as they gather at the Artisan Center (Main and Third streets) at O’Banion’s famous Always in Bloom flower shop next door.
10:00 am
Coudersport Theatre, Keynote Speaker, Gangsters, Guns and Honest G-men. Thomas Chittum, former Associate Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, ATF; presently VP/Analytics and Forensic Services, ShotSpotter. Free admission.
11:00 am
Coudersport Theatre, Ness Recruits his Untouchables. Stage performance. Participation by actual Untouchables’ descendants. Agents will emerge from the theater to take back the town! Greet them as they travel to the courthouse square to begin their work. (ticketed)
Noon – 10:00 pm
West Second Street, Coudersport Rotary Club Beer Garden with street busker/strolling entertainment. Two sessions of Eliot Ness Trivia Contest with subject matter experts, 4 pm and 8:30 pm.
Noon – 2:00 pm
Kids Korner. Third and North East Streets, Park United Methodist Church lot. Games, prizes and fun.
12:45 pm
Lively Street Theater! Scene 5
The Untouchables have been mustered and have set out to clean up the town. First stop is a known booze-running headquarters masking itself as the Cream ‘n Sugar delicacies store (North Main Street).
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Coudersport Theatre, Eliot Ness – Cleaning Up Cleveland, Rebecca McFarland, VP/Board of Trustees, Cleveland Police Historical Society. Free admission.
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Courthouse Square/Law Tent. Untouchables Descendants’ Reception. Welcome by Paul Vanderplow, ATF Special Agent-in-Charge, Detroit Field Division; and Scott Sroka, First Assistant U.S. Attorney/Western N.Y. and grandson of Untouchable agent Joe Leeson. Free admission.
5 pm
Lively Street Theater! Scene 6
It’s clear to see that the Rotary Beer Garden on West Second Street and the adjacent Hotel Crittenden are in the hands of the underworld, operating with immunity ever since the bad guys moved in and hijacked the town. It’s time for them to face the music!
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Courthouse Square/Law Tent. Entertaining presentation, reception and book-signing with A. Brad Schwartz and Paul W. Heimel, authors of books covering all three chapters of Ness’s life -- Chicago, Cleveland & Coudersport. Drawing for autographed books. Free admission.
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Coudersport Theatre, “How Desilu’s Untouchables Transformed Television” history/presentation, by Kelly Lynch, executive producer, “The Untouchables TV Show Retrospective.” Free admission.
10:00 pm
Downtown, Fireworks Over Town
SUNDAY, July 17: TOUCHED BY THE UNTOUCHABLES DAY
Capone gets his just desserts.
Hours TBD
Vendors/booths at courthouse square.
11 am - noon
First Presbyterian Church, Fourth Street, Go to Church with the Nesses. 1950s-style ecumenical service at Eliot Ness’s church. Period music, costumes. (Eliot and Elisabeth Ness characters to participate)
Noon to 3 pm
Sunday on the Square: We Saved Our Town! Courthouse Square. Live music, food and relaxation. Eliot Ness Fest characters on hand. (Rumor has it that there’s going to be a ruckus around 1:45 to 2:00. Ssshhh!)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Courthouse (courtroom, use Second St. entrance), “People vs Al Capone” theatrical trial re-enactment (ticketed)
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Courthouse (courtroom, use Second St. entrance), “People vs Al Capone” – repeat performance. (ticketed)
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