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 [...]
THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION, Allentown will hold its Annual “Thanks for Giving” food drive to stock the mission’s pantry. We are looking for volunteer groups of 8-10 fun people to request donations from patrons at area food stores. All necessary materials and shirts for all volunteers will be [...]
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 [...]
Williams Township veterans will be honored at a service on Wednesday, November 11, 11 am, at the Veterans Memorial on the Williams Township Municipal campus, 655 Cider Press Rd., Easton. The public is welcome. Jeff Carstens, Pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church and St. Luke’s (Old Williams) Lutheran Church and a veteran, will offer thoughts [...]
