Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
Tony Silvoy considers himself “just a humble sandwich maker,” according to his twitter account (@thegoosemen); however, to call Tony the guy who makes sandwiches, or the guy who owns The Goose does not accurately describe his character or influence on the South Side Bethlehem community. For a number of people, Tony is the first connection…
Trevor Van Ackeren is an extremely accomplished distance runner native to Bethlehem. His tremendous collegiate achievements include winning Ivy League and Big-12 Conference individual titles, leading multiple relay teams to victory at the Penn Relays, and running the 1500 meter-run in 3 minutes and 39 seconds (converts to 3:57 mile), a time that was well…
Right across from the blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel stands a glass-exterior building with a giant “PBS39” logo on its roof. Inside the PPL Public Media Center, you’ll find television studios, a small kitchen, autographed pictures of the Muppets, and journalists hard at work in a miniature newsroom. PBS39 is a publicly owned broadcasting station…
In the crisp days of early November, photographers (as well as other image-based artists and enthusiasts) gathered in South Bethlehem for the 2017 InVision Photo Festival at the Banana Factory Arts Center and SteelStacks. The festival combined contests, talks, workshops, and exhibitions to provide a unique experience for artists, one rife with educational, professional, and…
For Banana Factory Arts Center resident artist Stephanie Smith, Bethlehem ties run deep. Both sides of Smith’s family are from South Bethlehem, and steel workers dot her family tree. Arriving in the US in 1890, her paternal great grandfather was one of the South Bethlehem’s earliest Slovak immigrants and worked at Bethlehem Steel. He also…