The LEHIGH VALLEY HAPPENING LIST IS HERE! The Lehigh Valley Happening List is a people’s choice award granted to the most happening people, places, events, personalities, and establishments throughout The Lehigh Valley. Over 450 of the best people and places in The Lehigh Valley have already been nominated but you can still nominate your favorites. [...]
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 [...]
Cedarbrook Resident Carmen Martinez Lutheran Home Care & Hospice, Inc., sponsored a two day pet therapy “Photos with Santa’s Jingle Dogs” event for the holidays at Cedarbrook Nursing Home in Allentown for residents and their families to participate. A total of 119 Cedarbrook residents participated in the pet therapy photo sessions. A total [...]
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 [...]
LISA MARIE PRESLEY, COWBOY JUNKIES, KEVIN DEVINE & BRIDGMAN|PACKER DANCE PERFORMANCE COMING TO STEELSTACKS Lisa Marie Presley, alt-country and roots rock band Cowboy Junkies, singer-songwriter Kevin Devine and a multimedia dance performance by acclaimed dance choreographers Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer are among the new shows announced for the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. [...]
Olympus of Center Valley, PA and The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC is unveiling a new first-of-its-kind permanent exhibit in which Olympus has donated over 50 microscopes for teens/tweens to explore the museum's artifacts. The exhibit, called Q?rius (pronounced “Curious”), a new hub of scientific activity and education based at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) [...]
HALF-PRICE MUSIKFEST CAFÉ TICKETS HIGHLIGHT ARTSQUEST’S FIRST CYBER MONDAY SALE DEC. 2 Sensational deals on Musikfest Café and select Blast Furnace Blues Festival tickets, plus great savings on ArtsQuest Gift Cards and merchandise, highlight the first ArtsQuest Cyber Monday Sale Dec. 2 at www.artsquest.org. The sale gets underway beginning at noon; promo code for the [...]
Skiing is a great winter activity for locals of Lehigh Valley, but it can become a pricey adventure fairly quickly. Here are a few tips and tricks on how to get the most for your dollar when skiing on a budget: Look out for ski packages. Often, hotels and ski resorts are struggling last minute [...]
