Event, presented by Tri Outdoor, set for March 6 at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks Nominations for the 17th Lehigh Valley Music Awards presented by Tri Outdoor kick off today at www.lehighvalleymusicawards.org. Nominations will be accepted through Nov. 16, with voting scheduled to begin Dec. 7. A partnership between the nonprofit Greater Lehigh Valley Music Association [...]
Photo is the iconic Walker Evans image, Bethlehem Graveyard and Steel Mill, Pennsylvania, 1935, appearing in the Lehigh University exhibit “Revisting South Bethlehem: 150 Years of Photography.” The image is courtesy of Lehigh University Art Galleries/Teaching Museum. Photography aficionados and arts enthusiasts are invited to celebrate the art of photography during the 5th [...]
With Halloween just around the corner, a popular sight is an image of a bat as a spooky creature. However, bats are vital to our ecosystem. One of the things bats do best is manage the insect, mosquito and crop pest population. In just one hour, a bat can eat nearly 1,200 insects. This is [...]
ArtsQuest announced the winners of the 2015 Greater Lehigh Valley Filmmaker Festival held at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas in the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks. This year’s festival featured 25 submissions split into three viewing blocks. Amy Unger of Allentown took home two awards - Best Documentary and the Audience Award - for her film [...]
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer survivor Leah Walia at Lehigh Valley Mall In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lehigh Valley Mall teamed up with the local chapter of Susan G. Komen and Lehigh Valley Health Network to host Survivor Shopping Sprees. This past Saturday, October 24, Leah Walia visited Lehigh Valley Mall [...]
Public Invited to Submit Photos for New Exhibit & Contest Deadline to submit images is Nov. 4; winner will receive a new Olympus OM-D Camera Are you passionate about photography? Think your images are gallery quality? For the first time in its history, the Olympus InVision Photo Festival is inviting members of the public to [...]
Photo by Olaf Starorypinski ArtsQuest announced that Charles Kuczynski has been named the organization’s new Director of Donor Relations. As Director of Donor Relations, Kuczynski works with both ArtsQuest and the ArtsQuest Foundation to develop and implement donor strategies designed to help support the long-term sustainability of the nonprofit arts organization. Kuczynski is [...]
Oktoberfest presented by Yuengling announced the winners of its third-annual scarecrow competition. This year’s competition featured winners in four categories: Contemporary Scarecrow, Traditional Scarecrow, Kids/Family Scarecrow and the new Rockin’ Scarecrow category. Winners were selected based on public voting during the festival. Contemporary Scarecrow: 1st Place: recyCROW ($150 first prize) - Marie and Pete Brown, [...]
Come if you dare to Centre Square. Haunted House meets Ghost Tour! Join our guides and ghouls for hysterics and history in the labyrinth streets of Easton; reaping centuries of fact and fiction on this wicked weekend. For over 200 years, Easton, Pennsylvania has been the home of many fine businesses, institutions and people. Lafayette [...]
New exhibitions to highlight ‘100 Years of Gift Giving’ traditions, German doll making and dollhouse treasures Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites has announced a robust slate of Christmas tours and programming for the 2015 Christmas season. Beginning Nov. 16 and running through Jan. 10, 2016, visitors can go behind the doors of Bethlehem’s museums and [...]