Children in Cambodia Benefit from Bethlehem Literacy Organization

Judith’s Reading Room Opens Libraries for “Scavenger Children” in Cambodia Robert Lucas is returned to his ancestral home in Cambodia Sunday, April 14 with two boxes full of children’s books, the latest donations from Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization in Bethlehem, PA. The books, 163 in all and written in English, include titles [...]

History and Hospitality

Bachmann Publick House hosts Colonial Tea Party It will be like “old times” when the guests of Katrinna Bachmann enjoy a springtime tea party with a colonial flair. Set in the 1753 Bachmann Publick House, the tea party will give guests the opportunity to experience the hospitality of this historic tavern, while enjoying colonial era [...]

MUSIKFEST CELEBRATES WITH 500 MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Musikfest Sands Steel Stage. Photo by Ted Colegrove MUSIKFEST CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR AUG. 2-11 WITH 500 MUSICAL PERFORMANCES ON 14 STAGES Ke$ha, OneRepublic, Peter Frampton &  B.B. King, Styx & Foreigner, Buckwheat Zydeco, Holly Williams and More to Take the Stage During Festival’s 10-day Run Ke$ha, Styx & Foreigner, OneRepublic, Darius Rucker, Carly [...]

Visit Historic Bethlehem Museums Free This Saturday

Enjoy FREE access to Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites! Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013 Time: 11am to 5pm * Moravian Museum of Bethlehem - dress-up like children during the Civil War! * 1810 Goundie House-Join Mrs. Goundie in her Kitchen as she creates a special treat * 1750 Smithy - Make an authentic colonial style [...]

Lafayette Senior Erin D’Amelio Named Fullbright Scholar

Erin D’Amelio at Good Shepherd on the occasion of Judith's Reading Room's 32nd library dedication Judith's Reading Room's 2012-2013 intern, Erin D’Amelio, a senior at Lafayette College, has recently been named a Fulbright Scholar.  Erin will travel to Malaysia in January 2014 to serve as an English teaching assistant as a part of [...]

Spring into the Season at the Lehigh Valley Zoo

Join us this Saturday for our Season Opening. We will begin the celebration at 10:45 a.m. followed by a Real Life Wolf Feed. The day will include Native American Dancing, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, S'mores samples from Pennsylvania Camping, Cabela's, Army & Navy Store, a K'NEX Tinkertoy Play Area, Radio Disney, Lehigh Valley Cloggers, Lehigh [...]

Bethlehem’s Judith’s Reading Room Military Program Expands

Book Donation Aimed at Young Vets with Children in VA Waiting Rooms Judith’s Reading Room, a nonprofit literacy organization that serves active-duty military and returning vets, expands to New York. Canandaigua VA, New York, is the eighth VA hospital to join its “VA 100” book donation program. The latest request for books came from the [...]

Coming Events at Easton’s Sigal Museum in April and May 2013

April 7 “Moon Shining: Conserving the Portraits,” illustrated talk by artist-conservator Tom Burke, 1 pm, Sigal Museum, 342 Northampton St., Easton. Free with admission to the museum or $5 donation requested. The portraits by Easton artist, Samuel Moon (1805-1860), housed in the collection of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, have been subject to [...]

Kids Invited to Lend a Hand to New Crayola Experience Project

Crayola Experience is calling all kids to take part in the creation of a permanent art installation to be unveiled at the facility's grand re-opening. For a limited time, while the Crayola Experience is closed for remodeling, children who visit the Crayola Store can contribute their own colorful handprints to the project's design. The first [...]