A Celebration of Latinx Stories at Bethlehem Area Public Library: from 1976-Today
In 1976, Bethlehem Area Public Library’s (BAPL) South Side Branch became an intellectual haven for Bethlehem’s Latinx residents and a “fiesta para todos” would celebrate the library’s new multi-cultural vision and resources available for the Hispanic community. In 2019, through a Mellon Grant from Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium and in partnership with Lehigh University‘s…
Women of Bethlehem Steel Series: Spotlight on Mary and Lewis Kozo by Hannah Provost
Southsider’s series focused on the Women of Bethlehem Steel Collection from the Beyond Steel Archives, gives our readers the opportunity to explore the stories of women in our community who worked in the steel industry. Each article in the series will feature an introduction to one oral history, a link that allows our readers to…
Bethlehem’s Climate Action Plan: An Overview of a Public Meeting to Support Civic Change
Inspired by Bethlehem’s previous successes in implementing more energy efficient utilities and infrastructure into municipal buildings, the city of Bethlehem is…
Bethlehem Area Public Library Offers Workshops for Residents in Writing Memoir
Despite my fear of sharing personal stories, Waxler created a space where vulnerability was not something to be feared, but something…
Reflections on Civic Life and the Pandemic: Sara McCartney on Gratitude
After leaving Lehigh University due to the pandemic, I have been spending my quarantine in an affluent Minneapolis suburb with my…
Reflections on Civic Life and the Pandemic: Tom Golden on Empty Parking Lots and Dive Theaters
I have this fear that the Sayville Theater and many others like it won’t be here on the other side of…
Costume Design Sets the Stage
for Noël Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit
This season Lehigh University’s Department of Theatre presented the famous British play Blithe Spirit, written by Noël Coward. Director Augustine Ripa…
Community Voices Spotlight: Jill Schennum
One of Bethlehem’s most defining landscapes is the Bethlehem Steel factory. Approaching South Bethlehem from any direction, the retired steel stacks…
A Night in the Octopus Museum with Poet Brenda Shaughnessy
During her Notations lecture in the Lower Gallery at Zoellner Arts Center, poet Brenda Shaughnessy posed a question the audience could…
Community Comes Together through the Global Youth Climate Declaration (GYCAD)
On October 30th, Lehigh University students and members of the community came together for public discussion of the Global Youth Climate…