Allen Stone Musikfest Preview

Allen Stone Sunday, August 9 Sands Steel Stage at PNC Plaza Price: $45 / $35 / Steel Terrace: $169 5pm GATES 6:15pm Brynn Elliott 7pm Allen Stone 8:30pm O.A.R. On his third full-length album, singer/songwriter Allen Stone proves himself deeply devoted to making uncompromisingly soulful music that transcends all pop convention. Stone’s debut for Capitol [...]

Brynn Elliott Musikfest Preview

Brynn Elliott Sunday, August 9 Sands Steel Stage at PNC Plaza Price: $45 / $35 / Steel Terrace: $169 5pm GATES 6:15pm Brynn Elliott 7pm Allen Stone 8:30pm O.A.R. As an emerging artist to watch, she is in demand. Most recently, Brynn has toured with Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette, Wilson Phillips and Tyler Ward. Radio [...]

Lehigh Valley Polka Legend Jolly Joe Timmer Dies at 85

ArtsQuest Statement on Jolly Joe Timmer It is with great sadness  that longtime Musikfest performer and Polka Hall of Famer Jolly Joe Timmer has passed away. Over the years, few artists have been as closely tied to Musikfest and its history as Joe Timmer. From his first notes at the initial festival in August 1984 [...]

Banana Factory Exhibit Features Paintings of Allentown Native Joshua Franco

A retrospective by acrylic painter Joshua S. Franco of Los Rancheros, N.M. is the focus of the new exhibit, A Mine Hole Adventure, on display in the Crayola Gallery at the Banana Factory, 25 W. Third St., Bethlehem now through Aug. 9. The exhibit features vibrant images that invite viewers to bring their own experiences [...]

Culture Club Musikfest Preview

Culture Club Saturday, August 8 at Sands Steel Stage at PNC Plaza Price: Tickets: $79 / $69 / $59 / Steel Terrace: $189 6:30pm: Gates 8:30pm: Culture Club There is not a country in the world that doesn’t know the names of Boy George and Culture Club. Grammy Award winners Culture Club sold in excess [...]

Musikfest Color Me Rad 5K Preview

Musikfest Color Me Rad 5K Saturday, August 8  8 :00 AM starting at ArtsQuest Center Experience Musikfest in a whole new, extremely colorful way! The Musikfest Color Me Rad 5K will wind through the festival grounds, passing popular Musikfest venues such as Wells Fargo Festplatz, Plaza Tropical and the Sands Steel Stage. The Color Bombs [...]

TD Bank and ArtsQuest Presents 2015 LGBT Film Series at SteelStacks

Screenings, which begin Aug. 27, include “Kinky Boots,”  “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine,” “Liz in September” and more “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine,” “Liz in September” and “The David Dance” are among the award-winning films being showcased in the 4th Annual LGBT Film Series at SteelStacks, set to kick off Aug. [...]

Habitat for Humanity Lehigh Valley and ArtsQuest Partner on New Scholarship Program

Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley’s (Habitat Lehigh Valley) partner families throughout Bethlehem’s SouthSide and beyond will enjoy increased access to arts and educational programming thanks to a new partnership between Habitat Lehigh Valley and the arts and cultural nonprofit ArtsQuest. The new partnership will make available art scholarships at the Banana Factory arts [...]

A-Treat Soda Launches Customer Poll to Choose Next Flavor

Poll will run on Facebook to August 2 Based on overwhelming fan support, A-Treat is letting fans decide which flavor of the iconic soda brand will hit store shelves first. With production beginning in the next week to have product back in stores by Labor Day, A-Treat is turning to social media to pick the first [...]

Volunteer Round-Up Week of July 26

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY BETHLEHEM SPECIAL OLYMPICS is looking for a volunteer Public Relations Coordinator to be responsible for communications to establish and promote favorable internal and external relationships, as well as informing the media and the general population about special events and what the Bethlehem Special Olympics is all about. [...]