Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Reading Group Discusses Roxane Gay’s “Hunger”
This featured photo, “Roxanne Gay – Montreal – 2015” by Eva Blue is licensed by CC. BY 2.0. On Tuesday, June 16th, Bethlehem community members worked through the brutally honest reflections in Roxane Gay’s memoir Hunger. The Queer Memoir Reading Group discussion was hosted by Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, and supported by Lehigh University Humanities…
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…
Chroma: A Deep Dive into the Democratic Power of Color
As many of us remain in quarantine, Southsider returns to the Banana Factory for a deeper dive into the beauty of…
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…
Women of Bethlehem Steel Series: Spotlight on Esther Lee by Hannah Provost
Southsider’s series focused on the Women of Bethlehem Steel Collection in the Beyond Steel Archives gives our readers the opportunity to…
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: Hannah Provost on Environmentalism and Covid-19
Amidst untold deaths, massive shortages of medical supplies, and inequalities in healthcare treatment, two different ways of thinking about nature have…
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…