The 2014 Bethlehem Historic District Association (BHDA) Holiday House Tour of properties located in the Historic District of North Bethlehem takes place on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 am - 4 pm. The tour is comprised of nine residences, Central Moravian Church and the Hotel Bethlehem. Architecture and features considered for this tour showcase the [...]
Presented by Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites Bringing history to life through engaging, hands-on activities in Historic Bethlehem at our museums. Discover the collections and exhibits and come to the special programs for children. The Hunt for History Club brings local history to life with games, stories, crafts, and more, while Dolly & Me provides [...]
Registration is open for the 2014 Historic Bethlehem Turkey Trot 5k Run and Fitness Walk! Be sure to register for this fantastic annual event that supports over 300 years of history and 20 historic sites. The race begins in the historic Colonial Industrial Quarter at 459 Old York Road, Bethlehem, PA 18018 on the banks [...]
Christmas with the Celts, the Dean Ween Group and comedian Kyle Kinane are among the new shows coming to the ArtsQuest Center’s Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. Tickets for the performances are on sale at www.artsquest.org and 610-332-3378. Combining traditional Celtic music and American pop, The Celts are known for their [...]
On Thursday, November 20, musician Mikel Paris, producer of “Tune Trek,” a travel and music show that features unique historic and scenic locations around the country, will tour Bethlehem and select one of the locations featured on the Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites “Pass Into History” admission ticket for the newest episode of the show. [...]
On November 8th, Lehigh Valley Fashion Week launches "Inside Look" fashion magazine. The magazine will be issued quarterly, highlighting the seasons of Fashion (Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer). Fashion focused articles will be about local designers, models, and businesses making progressive movements. The magazine will be printed copies, and available for purchase at various boutiques and other businesses. There are advertising packages for [...]
Photo courtesy of Paul Warchol SteelStacks, the arts and cultural campus located on the site of Bethlehem’s former Bethlehem Steel plant, has been honored with an Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Award for Excellence for its role in helping to redevelop one of the largest Brownfields in the nation. The award was presented to [...]
By Erin D'Amelio It was inevitable. Time doesn’t stop when you’re engaged in something that you enjoy. In fact, it’s the opposite: it runs away from you and you spend most of your time either trying to catch it or in full amazement at its speed. It’s that nasty, not-so-secret yet still surprising phenomenon that [...]
The Moravian Single Sisters and the Wider World “Learn about the networks that connected them throughout colonial America and across the Atlantic, the women weren’t nuns!” Scott Paul Gordon Join Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites on Sunday, October 19, 2014 for the annual Jeanette Barres Zug Lecture. This year’s speaker is Professor Scott Paul Gordon, [...]
By Erin D'Amelio The rain begins to fight the heat of the day, casting raindrops onto the scorched earth in the evening hours. Eager to explore the newfound moisture, insects both familiar and unfamiliar worm their way through the well-aged cracks in the walls of our house, delighted by the dregs of our cooking not [...]