Christmas Tree Lightings in Your Town

Alburtis: 5:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Main and School streets. Hot chocolate and cookies. Allentown: 4-7 p.m. Dec. 5, PPL Plaza. Carriage rides, music by Dave Fry, candy, Santa. Emmaus: 6 p.m. Dec. 7, The Triangle. Community sing-along, tree lighting ceremony, arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus.  http://www.emmausmainstreet.org. Forks Township: 7 p.m. Dec. 8, Forks Township [...]

Dolly and Me and Thanksgiving at the Kemerer

“Dolly and Me” at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Giving Thanks - Saturday, November 23, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Very young learners, Pre-K to Grade 1 will enjoy the engaging story Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland. Next they will make pilgrim’s hats, one for themselves and one for their [...]

Boo Bash this Saturday

Enjoy Costumes, Candy and the Creativity of Halloween at Lehigh Valley Mall Families can join local shopping center for a special Boo Bash Event, October 26 With nearly 158 million consumers participating in Halloween activities this year, Lehigh Valley Mall is hosting an exciting Boo Bash event to celebrate this eerie holiday on Saturday, October [...]

Scarecrow Winners Announced

ARTSQUEST ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF INAUGURAL STEELSTACKS SCARECROW COMPETITION A colorful, creative cat by Colleen Williams of Catasauqua and a Girl Scout-inspired recreation of Jack Skellington from ”The Nightmare Before Christmas” have been named the winners of the inaugural SteelStacks Scarecrow Competition and Exhibit. Williams’ “Purrfect Crow Swatter” took first place in the Contemporary Scarecrow category, [...]

Crayola Experience to Host Costume Contest

Winner will receive a $100 Crayola prize pack The Crayola Experience will host a Halloween costume contest for kids of all ages now through Sunday, October 27. Guests visiting the Crayola Experience dressed in their most creative costume will get their picture taken at the Say Crayola! attraction. Five semi-finalists will be selected on Monday, [...]

Brownie Day at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts

On Sunday, October 20th Brownies are admitted free to the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts with any adult Pass Into History ticket. Don't miss your opportunity to meet the Betsy and Annie dolls, made exclusively for the Kemerer Museum and play in the Once Upon A TreeHouse interactive dollhouse room! Provided by Once Upon A TreeHouse, [...]

Kemerer Museum’s Latest Offerings

Stitched Together: Samplers from Past and Present, is one of two opening exhibitions at The Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts. This exhibition features work by members of the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Museum guests will explore the connection between needlework artists from past and present and how their work has [...]

PEEPS COMPETITION!

SCHOOLS INVITED TO ENTER LEHIGH VALLEY PEEPS® SCHOLASTIC DIORAMA COMPETITION Grand-prize winner will drop giant PEEPS® Chick during PEEPSFEST™ Dec. 31 at SteelStacks Just Born Quality Confections and ArtsQuest invite area schools to enjoy some PEEPS®-tacular fun by entering the 2013 Lehigh Valley PEEPS® Scholastic Diorama Competition.  Deadline to register for the competition has been [...]

Annual Jeanette Barres Zug Lecture

Featuring Ken Schwartz Master Blacksmith at Colonial Williamsburg Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on October 6, 2013 for the annual Jeanette Barres Zug Lecture. This year’s speaker is Ken Schwarz, Master Blacksmith at Colonial Williamsburg. Mr. Schwarz will be speaking about the metalworking of the early Moravians in Bethlehem. Mr. Schwarz began blacksmithing in [...]