Photo by Jonathan DaviesAllentown Band Concert & Fireworks Highlight Independence Day Celebration at SteelStacks July 4-5 A free Allentown Band concert, fireworks and the new Rosie the Riveter 5k are among the highlights of the fifth-annual Independence Day Celebration presented by Embassy Bank July 4-5 at SteelStacks. All events and activities during the two-day celebration [...]
Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society Introduces New Curator of Exhibitions The Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society introduced its new Curator of Exhibitions to community leaders, historians, and museum visitors on Thursday evening at the Sigal Museum. Brittany Schrum, an artist and exhibit designer, brings with her more than six years of experience, working [...]
Enjoy extended hours until 8 p.m. on July 3, 4 Returning for its 66th year, the Kutztown Folk Festival, the oldest folklife festival in America, kicks off its 2015 season this Saturday! With activities and entertainment for the entire family, this nine-day festival, hailed by the Washington Post as a “Must See” festival and named one of "America’s [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY CEDARBROOK NURSING HOME, Allentown/Fountain Hill is looking for a volunteer to work in our small gift shop. Duties include waiting on customers, assisting residents with purchases, running the register, and keeping stock filled. Cash register experience is helpful; training will be given. Call Kerry Magliane, 610-336-5684, kerrymagliane@lehighcounty.org. [...]
BLUEBERRIES – AND SO MUCH MORE Hailed as the “Sweetest Festival of the Summer,” the 2015 Blueberry Festival promises live music, local crafters, children’s games, colonial demonstrations, beer, wine and mead tastings and, of course, blueberry pie and blueberry ice cream. Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites will host the 2015 Blueberry Festival Saturday, July 18 [...]
Olympus Partners with Habitat for Humanity for Legacy “Day of Caring” June 25 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 345 N 8th St, Allentown, PA Luke Calcraft volunteering at a Habitat Lehigh Valley construction site last year - June 2014 - at a Bethlehem construction site on Aaron St. Olympus has partnered [...]
Lehigh Valley Mall’s free Summer Music Series is well underway and attracting hundreds of attendees this season. Sponsored this year by FIAT of Lehigh Valley, the series has taken place each Thursday in June from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Outdoor Shops and features a range of the region’s top musical acts. The [...]
Monday, June 22, starting at 6 p.m. SteelStacks 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015 The soccer festivities continue at SteelStacks as the U.S. takes on Colombia during the Women’s World Cup™ Round of 16 Monday, June 22. The SteelStacks campus opens at 6 p.m. with food, drink and activities available throughout the night. At 8 [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown needs volunteers to help with registration, packet pick-up, finish line, race course, and Country Fair at the Corner Store Run at Lehigh University on August 22. Three shifts available from 6:30am-10:30am, 7:30am-11:30am, or 6:30am-11:30am. Volunteers under 18 years must have [...]
The Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre festival at Muhlenberg College announces the lineup for its 2015 summer season — the 35th in the festival's history. The season will feature the raunchy but heartwarming musical "Avenue Q," the classic matchmaker musical "Hello, Dolly!," and "Grimm!" a new musical for young audiences, based on the stories of the [...]
