THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY ARTSQUEST, Bethlehem is recruiting volunteers for Musikfest 2016. The festival runs from 8/5-8/14. Opportunities are available as ticket sellers, soda and alcohol beverage service, EcoSquad, stage hands, Street Team, and many more! We ask volunteers to do at least 2-3 shifts totaling 18 hours. Visit our website [...]
Showcase Region’s Dynamic Local Food Community From your local farm to your kitchen table, the Lehigh Valley’s diverse local food economy will be celebrated at the new “Taste” festival July 24 at SteelStacks. The event, which is free to attend, will take place noon-4 p.m. at the ArtsQuest Center, Levitt Pavilion and PBS39’s Public Media [...]
With hooks and harmonies sure to have the audience swaying in the summer breeze, Ben Folds will headline the Yuengling Summer Concert Series at SteelStacks July 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378. A multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer with a wide-ranging, genre-defying canon, Folds became interested in music at age 9 after his [...]
2nd Annual Blueberry Cooking Contest with a New Kids Baking Contest Category Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on Saturday, July 16 from 10 am – 7 pm and Sunday, July 17 from 10 am – 6 pm at Burnside Plantation in Bethlehem, PA for the “Sweetest Festival of the Summer.” The Blueberry Festival is [...]
Annie Kemerer’s Dining Room Table Comes Home Photo By Dana Grubb No one at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites knew where the dining room table of Annie Kemerer, a key donor who bequeathed her collection to start the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, was until about seven months ago. Before then, the only [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BIKE WORKS, Allentown needs “Earn-a-Bike” instructors for children ages 9-17. Volunteers will mentor and assist children in repairing bicycles. Commitment is 6-8pm one night a week for 12 weeks. No experience necessary. Training provided. Call James Williams, 610-434-1140, james@communitybikeworks.org. EQUI-LIBRIUM, INC., Nazareth needs volunteers (14+) to [...]
2015 Taste of Elegance first place winner Chef Cristian Gonzalez of The Hamilton Kitchen and Bar prepared sweet potato gnocchi with pork neck ragout, pan seared pork belly, bacon black garlic foam, almond puree, crispy guanciale and cilantro. Source: Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council The Pennsylvania TASTE OF ELEGANCE is turning 21 this year! [...]
The 67th annual Kutztown Folk Festival will return on July 2, 2016 with the launch of new a new one-room school house. In conjunction with the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University, a one-room replica school house will make its return after nearly a 20-year absence. The 15’x 20’ replica will feature a bell tower, [...]
New Musikfest Concert Photography Experience and ‘Young Artist Intensives’ Highlighted An opportunity to be a rock star concert photographer at Musikfest and new Teen and Pre-teen Young Artist Intensives featuring glassblowing, street photography, graffiti art and more highlight the dynamic camp lineup at ArtsQuest’s Banana Factory arts center this summer. The 2016 summer session, featuring [...]
Musikfest’s 2016 main stage lineup will take on a slightly different look in the coming weeks as the Aretha Franklin show on Aug. 8 has been cancelled. According to Franklin’s management, the concert at the Sands Steel Stage was cancelled due to unforeseen logistical issues. As a result of the lineup change, Musikfest is looking [...]
