Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority announces the arrival of “Wings and Wheels” Day at Queen City Airport on Saturday, August 20 (Rain date – Aug. 21). The event runs from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and admission to this family event is FREE. Aviation activities include a Fly-in event, static aircraft display, education exhibits, plus an Airport [...]
Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization established in 2010, donated more than 1,000 new books valued at $5,000 to honor its 2016 Grand Prize “Freedom Through Literacy” Award winner, Kelly Stoops. Kelly, a beloved Allentown teacher, passed away in July, 2015. In her memory, teachers at Roosevelt Elementary School celebrated Kelly’s award winning literacy [...]
Love ’festing? Don’t want to miss all the action from Brazil? Musikfest has you blanketed in Red, White and Blue this August as it hosts a “Summer Games Viewing Party” at Spark Orthodontics Familienplatz! From Aug. 5-14, fans can ‘fest and cheer on the U.S., courtesy of a large outdoor LED television screen at Familienplatz [...]
Line of Fire performing in the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts’ When attendees visit Musikfest this summer, they’ll enjoy performances by groups from around the globe. Included among the 350-plus performers this year are four that have been booked by a rather unlikely source – students from a high school [...]
Firefighters, police officers and EMTs perform heroic actions across our nation every day, and this September Embassy Bank is honoring our local “heroes” by recognizing them in the “Our Hometown Heroes – First Responders” display at SteelStacks. From now through Aug. 5, Embassy Bank invites the community to submit photos of family members, neighbors and [...]
Photo By Jesse Faatz It’s a tribute to two of rock’s most iconic and influential artists as Musikfest celebrates the lives and legacies of the late David Bowie and Prince during a double bill at the festival’s Sands Steel Stage Aug. 8. The show, which is free to attend, features David Bowie tribute [...]
'Festers Night is Thursday, August 4th at Coca-Cola Park! (Mitman DPI) Two of the Lehigh Valley's most recognizable and iconic brands - the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Musikfest - have joined forces for the first time ever as the IronPigs will change their name to the 'Festers in anticipation of Musikfest 2016 for [...]
Where can you go to see the first piece of steel rolled at the Bethlehem Iron Company or the longest commercially operated portable steam engine? America’s newest museum and the Lehigh Valley’s latest attraction, the National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH) will be opening its doors for the first time on Tuesday, August 2nd. Museum [...]
As the mercury starts to soar, ArtsQuest’s hottest deals of the year are set to kick in with the ArtsQuest One Day Sale at SteelStacks July 8th. The event, which takes place at the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, features special offers on all Musikfest and Yuengling Summer Concert Series shows, as well as select [...]
Chart-topping folk-rock group The Avett Brothers will send Musikfest out with a bang when they perform Aug. 14, 8 p.m., on the Sands Steel Stage. Tickets are available at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378. The North Carolina-based Avett brothers have been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as having the "heavy sadness of Townes Van Zandt, the light pop [...]
