New Interactive Musikfest Camp

An interactive Musikfest camp featuring hands-on sessions with the festival’s performers and new STEAM-based art camps highlight the dynamic camp lineup at ArtsQuest’s Banana Factory arts center this summer. The 2017 summer session, featuring weeklong camps for ages 4-17, runs June 12- Aug. 11. New this year, the arts center is also offering sessions from [...]

Tee Off in Support of Musikfest

Photo by Bob Yurko Fore! Golf aficionados and Musikfest fans are coming together in support of the nation’s largest free music festival when the 5th annual Musikfest Golf Tournament presented by B Braun Medical and Tri Outdoor tees off July 10 in Bethlehem. The event, which starts at 11 a.m., takes place at [...]

Strut Your Mutt Dog Show Returns June 11

Photo by Craig Roberts Calling all canines! The 2nd Annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Show returns to the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks June 11, 4-7 p.m., for a pup-friendly event celebrating the cutest and most talented furry friends. Individuals can enter their dogs to compete for prizes in several contests including Best Rescue, [...]

Volunteer Round-Up Week of May 28

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AMERICA ON WHEELS MUSEUM, Allentown is looking for summer volunteers (18+ years) to assist with a variety of fun activities at Summer Camp for children ages 6-12 on Tuesday through Friday for the weeks of July 11th (12:30-4pm), July 25th (8:30am-12pm), and August 1st (9am-12pm).   Volunteers will [...]

Volunteer Round-Up Week of May 21

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY COMPEER OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown needs volunteers for one-on-one friendship matches.  Compeer matches volunteers from the community with members who are in stable, mental health recovery.  Volunteers spend time with the member doing things like talking over a cup of coffee, taking a walk, going to [...]

Step Outdoors Festival Coming to Bethlehem June 3-4

The return of the high-flying Keystone DockDogs competition; the “Taste of the Wild“ culinary event featuring delicacies like rattlesnake sausage and mini elk kabobs; and new activities designed to immerse kids in the wonders of the great outdoors highlight the third Step Outdoors Lehigh Valley festival at SteelStacks June 3-4. The festival, which is free [...]

New Summer Concerts Series Highlights Easton’s Scott Park

Guest local breweries and food trucks will join live music for Live at the Falls Easton Main Street Initiative announces Live at the Falls, a new concert series featuring local breweries, food trucks, and live music in Scott Park. The series, formally held at Riverside Amphitheatre, is moving to the new venue to make way [...]

LOCAL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS TO COMPETE IN COMMUNITY CANVAS FINALE

Cheer on local students at Lehigh Valley Mall – Elevator Court Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Community Canvas finale. Winners from the six preliminary events, which took place from November 2016 to May 2017, will have just 45 minutes to create a work of [...]

Volunteer Round-Up Week of May 14

THIS WEEK'S VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY, Allentown is hosting an information session on Wednesday, May 24 at 6pm at their 3939 Broadway, Allentown site.  Learn about their mission and how you can get involved.  Many opportunities are available in Disaster Services, Community Disaster Education, Financial [...]

Community Heritage Day

A Day in the Life of a Moravian Photo Credit Scott Piccotti Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites (HBMS) for a day full of fun, exploration, and learning at their 6th annual Community Heritage Day on May 6, 2017 from 10 am - 4 pm in the Colonial Industrial Quarter located along the [...]