Children’s programs to warm the soul during this cold winter snap in the Lehigh Valley Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Bethlehem, PA February 1 and March 1, 2014 Put your sleuthing cap on at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts on Saturday, February 1 from 12am – 4pm for the Hunt for History Club! This [...]
1860 photo of the Dorneyville Hotel, showing John Dorney seated on the bench surrounded by family and employees
By Erin D'Amelio Entering Kuantan, capital of Pahang During my excessive anticipation of my trip to Malaysia (which now seems forever ago), I discovered an article, “English is a Dialect With an Army,” written by Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic whose message resonated with me so strongly today. The premise of his article highlights [...]
Contributed by Jim Yeager I'm sitting here at my home in North Carolina feeling like I'm losing a member of the family. My Yeagers are from Allentown. My great grandfather was James A. Yeager, who owned the "Dorneyville Hotel" (and the Cetronia Hotel-Trinkles) for many years at the end of the 19th century and 35 [...]
Erin with her Bahasa Malaysia class. By Erin D'Amelio Us ETAs have finally left the big capital of Kuala Lumpur and have made it to our respective states, but that still doesn’t mean that we’re done with orientation. For the past two and a half weeks, we have been sitting in a conference [...]
By Erin D'Amelio I walked into a food court of sorts Monday on Jalan Petaling, the heart of China Town in Kuala Lumpur (KL), surveying the open stalls with sizzling curry, pungent sauces, and unidentified meats, and I wondered to myself how adventurous I would be that night for dinner. Only a few days into [...]
By Erin D'Amelio By the time you read this article, I’ll be on a plane to Hong Kong, or maybe on my layover... I still haven’t really figured out this whole time difference thing. The only guarantee here is that I’ll be exhausted. So, this will be the final article before I actually begin my [...]
Hunt for History at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Do you remember your first house? Use your memory or bring along a photo to work with on January 4th as you create your own acrylic painting of your very first house. Learn to mix acrylic paint colors and use several types of brush techniques [...]
By Erin D'Amelio When you apply for a grant, any grant, you must accept that as soon as you submit the final copy, your next step is to wait. That dreaded delay in action that accompanies you everywhere, most annoyingly in conversations with others who ask you what your plans are after graduation. You smile [...]
By Erin D'Amelio Before we start talking about moving forward with Malaysia, let’s take a step back to see how I got the grant in the first place. Erin working with students in Madagascar So you may be wondering, why, of all the countries in the world, did I choose Malaysia? In my [...]
