Family fun is the name of the game at PEEPSFEST®, the annual two-day New Year’s Eve festival at the iconic SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Each year, fans arrive from all over the country to enjoy family-friendly activities and marvel at the PEEPS® Chick Drop – a 4.5-foot tall, 85-pound lit PEEPS® Chick that descends at [...]
Culinary experience to feature Girl Scout Cookie-inspired dishes and desserts created by area chefs and restaurants Get ready to sample delicious delicacies as the Girl Scout Cookie Crunch returns! In this creative food-based event chefs and restaurants create delicious and unique dishes, be they sweet or savory, all made with Girl Scout Cookies. The Girl [...]
Two dynamic exhibits that focus on inclusive programming are coming to the Banana Factory in Bethlehem this winter. The shows, “Mikayla’s Voice” and “Life Accessible,” focus on two different ways that persons with disabilities are able to experience and access the visual arts. Mikayla Resh, a young woman from Nazareth who was discovered to have [...]
As night falls faster and frost crystallizes on windows, as the air begins to bite and the clouds groan with the weight of unfallen snow, the Christmas City invites you out of the house and onto the luminous streets of The National Historic Landmark District of Historic Moravian Bethlehem, where you will uncover another side [...]
Showcases Moravian Doll Traditions Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites announces its exhibition of All Dolled Up: Polly & Her Sisters, a new temporary exhibit coming to the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem, running through March 31, 2016. The exhibition will showcase original Moravian cloth dolls alongside assorted doll furniture and clothing. Visitors will also learn about [...]
Deliciousness returns by the spoonful at ArtsQuest’s 7th annual Souper Bowl, taking place Jan. 23 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks’ Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling. Tickets for the popular fundraiser, which sells out in advance, is on sale www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378. Regular tickets cost $30 for ArtsQuest Members and $35 for the public. VIP [...]
Put on your Christmas sweater, throw on your boots and bring the children and grandchildren to SteelStacks, as the annual Breakfast with St. Nicholas is back. Tickets for the event, which takes place Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12 and 19 at 9 a.m., are on sale now at www.christmascity.org and 610-332-3378. The annual Breakfast [...]
Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites for the 13th Annual Historic Turkey Trot 5K Run and Walk on Saturday, November 28. The picturesque USATF- certified course will begin in the historic Colonial Industrial Quarter, located at 459 Old York Road, and will continue through the National Historic Landmark District of Historic Moravian Bethlehem. Registration is [...]
The Lehigh Valley Mall will offer enhanced Black Friday hours to accommodate the needs of busy holiday shoppers. Lehigh Valley will be open from 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving) through 1:00 a.m. on Friday, November 27. The mall will re-open at 6:00 a.m. on Black Friday, November 27 and will close at 10:00 [...]
The popular Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem holiday marketplace is set to return for its 23rd year, with more than 130 artisans and vendors and a plethora of holiday activities guaranteed to put everyone in the holiday spirit. Tickets for the festival, which takes place at SteelStacks weekends Nov. 20-Dec. 20, are on sale now at www.christmascity.org and [...]