Poems Selected for Door Poems Project

Easton Main Street Initiative has chosen three poems for newest art installation Easton Main Street Initiative’s (EMSI) volunteer-driven Design Committee is pleased to announce the three poems and poets chosen for their newest artistic beautification efforts in Downtown Easton.  EMSI’s series of back door art installations will bring short, original poems to the City’s core. [...]

Exciting, Even Spooky Events At The Museums

Presented by the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society October through December   October, 2016-March 1, 2017  “Cabinet of Curiosities”  Exhibit, Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton St., Easton, PA. Within the depths of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society collection are never-before-seen artifacts that will ignite your curiosity and send shivers down your spine! The [...]

Island Park: Bygone Pleasure Ground

Bob Pasquini, former Locktender at the National Canal Museum, has a secret passion:  collecting facts and photos about Island Park, a 19th century 100-acre amusement center on an island in the middle of the Lehigh River, between Williams Township and Palmer Township. There really was a park with ferris wheel and many other entertainments. Bob [...]

Brewers Village Returns to Oktoberfest at SteelStacks Sept. 30-Oct. 1 & Oct. 7-8

From German-style marzens to autumn-inspired pumpkin ales, the hand-crafted beers of the Keystone State’s award-winning craft breweries take center stage as the Brewers’ Village at Oktoberfest returns for its third year Sept. 30-Oct. 1 & Oct. 7-8. Tickets for the two-hour tasting sessions, where attendees can sample more than 25 different beers, are $25 ($20 [...]

Call for Artists: Door Poems

Easton Main Street Initiative seeks poets for newest art installation series. Easton Main Street Initiative’s (EMSI) volunteer-driven Design Committee is continuing artistic beautification efforts in Downtown Easton.  EMSI is beginning a series of back door art installations that will bring short, original poems to the City’s core. EMSI is currently looking for local writers to [...]

Bethlehem’s 275th Birthday Celebration Coming Soon

Gemeinhaus by Hub Wilson Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites celebrates Bethlehem’s 275th birthday with a weekend of celebration at the 1741 Gemeinhaus September 18th & 19th.  Family activities, the annual Zug Lecture, a preview of a permanent exhibition at the Single Sisters’ House and two days of birthday cake will highlight the celebration [...]

Custom-built Tucker ’48 Auto Displayed at ArtsQuest Sept. 11

Evening also includes screening of ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ Opportunity to meet Preston Thomas Tucker’s great-grandson and car’s designer Rob Ida’s Tucker ’48 ArtsQuest is offering car collectors and enthusiasts the opportunity to immerse themselves in automotive history as it celebrates the innovative Tucker automobile, the 1940s car of the future [...]

Christmas City Artisan Pop-Up Sept. 17-18 Celebrates Centuries-old Crafts

Denise Wilz – “Peacock Platter,” redware ceramics – Macungie, PA Proceeds from Show Benefit Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites Celebrate Bethlehem’s 275th anniversary at the inaugural Christmas City Artisan Pop-Up Shop where today’s crafts meet Colonial trades in this city steeped in history.  The event, which is free and open to the public, [...]

Sigal Museum, Bachmann Publick House and Mixsell Museum Sept., and October Events

September 3, 2016-March 1, 2017  “Cabinet of Curiosities”  Exhibit, Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton St., Easton, PA. Within the depths of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society collection are never-before-seen artifacts that will ignite your curiosity and send shivers down your spine! The Sigal Museum will showcase its eerie, weird, and most curious objects from [...]

Fall in Love with Apples

3rd Annual Weekend of Family Fun at Apple Days Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites announces the third annual Apple Days weekend at Burnside Plantation, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will be held on Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11 from 10 am - 4 pm. The fall family-fun activities include apple [...]