Chart-topping country superstar Dierks Bentley wants fans to ‘Come a Little Closer’ when he headlines Musikfest with a Sands Steel Stage performance Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Debuting with two platinum selling records - Dierks Bentley in 2003 and Modern Day Drifter in 2005 - Bentley rose to stardom on [...]
Iconic hip-hop group and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Run-D.M.C. want you to “Walk This Way” when they headline Musikfest Aug. 6, performing 7:30 p.m. at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Founded in 1981 in Queens, N.Y., Run-D.M.C. is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts [...]
Fans will be far from ‘Unconsolable’ when the X Ambassadors, along with special guests Rachel Platten and Jukebox the Ghost, headline Musikfest Aug. 5, with a performance at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. Formed in 2009, the X Ambassadors have quickly gained a following as a result of their [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical about life in the Latino community of Washington Heights, plays July 13-31 at Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights" — the precursor to his blockbuster Broadway hit "Hamilton" — runs July 13-31 as the second production of the Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre season. The [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY ARTSQUEST, Bethlehem is recruiting volunteers for Musikfest 2016. The festival runs from 8/5-8/14. Opportunities are available as ticket sellers, soda and alcohol beverage service, EcoSquad, stage hands, Street Team, and many more! We ask volunteers to do at least 2-3 shifts totaling 18 hours. Visit our website [...]
Showcase Region’s Dynamic Local Food Community From your local farm to your kitchen table, the Lehigh Valley’s diverse local food economy will be celebrated at the new “Taste” festival July 24 at SteelStacks. The event, which is free to attend, will take place noon-4 p.m. at the ArtsQuest Center, Levitt Pavilion and PBS39’s Public Media [...]
With hooks and harmonies sure to have the audience swaying in the summer breeze, Ben Folds will headline the Yuengling Summer Concert Series at SteelStacks July 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378. A multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer with a wide-ranging, genre-defying canon, Folds became interested in music at age 9 after his [...]
2nd Annual Blueberry Cooking Contest with a New Kids Baking Contest Category Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on Saturday, July 16 from 10 am – 7 pm and Sunday, July 17 from 10 am – 6 pm at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem, PA for the “Sweetest Festival of the Summer.” The Blueberry Festival is [...]
Annie Kemerer’s Dining Room Table Comes Home Photo By Dana Grubb No one at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites knew where the dining room table of Annie Kemerer, a key donor who bequeathed her collection to start the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, was until about seven months ago. Before then, the only [...]
Sunday, July 10 Is Heritage Day At the Bachmann Publick House: “Meet George Taylor and John Adams,” 1 – 4 pm. As you tour the Bachmann Publick House at 2nd and Northampton Sts., Easton, learn about Durham Ironmaster George Taylor, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as an owner of [...]
