Event is largest fundraiser benefitting cinema program at ArtsQuest’s Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas Wegmans is partnering with ArtsQuest to present a dynamic experience on Oscars® night as the community comes together to watch the 88th Academy Awards® during a Red Carpet Party at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. The evening will [...]
Showcases dance works by acclaimed guest artists and faculty Concert features restagings of three major works by internationally acclaimed choreographers and four world-premiere pieces including aerial acrobatics, tap, modern, and ballet This season's "Master Choreographers" concert at Muhlenberg College will feature restagings of three major works by world-renowned choreographers and four world-premiere works by faculty [...]
SteelStacks will sound pretty smooth as the music of the region’s high school jazz bands fills the air during the fifth-annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC, set for Feb. 14-March 20 at the ArtsQuest Center’s Musikfest Café in Bethlehem. Tickets for the event’s preliminary rounds [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, hold on to your hats (and shades) because Blues Brothers tribute band The Blues Brotherhood, along with The Nerds and high-energy Celtic-folk band Burning Bridget Cleary, are coming to the ArtsQuest Center’s Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling this winter. Tickets for the performances are on sale at www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378. The Blues [...]
Community invited to contribute to Museum’s artifact conservation efforts A Corliss steam engine, the premiere artifact in the Adopt-an-Artifact campaign, is awaiting conservation in the National Museum of Industrial History. In its heyday, the engine pumped 8 million gallons of water a day to the town of York, Pennsylvania. It ran continuously from 1915 [...]
Acrylic painting by Gina Triplett Celebrates Festival’s 33nd Year, set for Aug. 5-14 With its sunny disposition and unique hand-painted style, the 2016 Musikfest artwork focuses on the creative essence of the festival, as well as the event’s main attraction - music. The acrylic work, which goes on sale today at www.musikfest.org, was created by [...]
Bringing Schematics to Life Historic Bethlehem announces Bethlehem by Design, the newest exhibition at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, opening on February 6, 2016 and going through May 15. In honor of the 275th anniversary of Bethlehem, PA, this exhibition will showcase a variety of maps, diagrams, drawings, and models that trace Bethlehem’s development [...]
Dave Fry & ‘Jolly’ Joe Timmer to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at March 6 Awards Ceremony at SteelStacks Folk musician and Godfrey Daniels co-founder Dave Fry and Polka legend “Jolly” Joe Timmer are among the artists who will be honored for their outstanding contributions to the region’s music scene during the Lehigh Valley Music Awards [...]
PEEPSFEST® ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF SCHOLASTIC DIORAMA COMPETITION Area students had a sweet start to the New Year when their dioramas were chosen as winners in the 2015 PEEPS® Scholastic Diorama Competition during PEEPSFEST®, the free family festival presented by Just Born Quality Confections and ArtsQuest Dec. 30-31. More than 140 dioramas incorporating PEEPS® candy were [...]
"Love Songs" concert on Feb. 5 Tenor Michael Bodnyk will be accompanied by pianist Bethany Porter as they present a concert, "Love Songs" on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, 3355 MacArthur Road, Whitehall. It is free and open to the public; the venue is handicapped [...]
