Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
“Magical Melanin” Oh yes I love this magical melanin on this skin. The way the moon creates pathways for the stars to shimmy down and around like a snake shedding. The deep dark prayers written upon this parchment that talks and screams. Oh yes, yes! I was walking down 6th street when a man drove…
Written by: Mary Foltz, Lehigh UniversitySusan Falciani Maldonado, Muhlenberg CollegeKristen Leipert, Muhlenberg College In this moment in Bethlehem history, Le-Hi-Ho, the first organized group for gays in the Lehigh Valley, held its first meeting As the Lehigh Valley concludes the celebration of Pride month and Allentown’s Pride Festival in August, the Lehigh Valley LGBT Community…
“The American Dream” I woke up today in the dark… Where other people’s words were clouding my judgement… Where every mirror was either blacked out or shattered… To them my wounds don’t matter as long as they can keep their stature… I WOKE UP TODAY… IN THE DARK.. I couldn’t feel my heart..beat As I…
On June 25th, Artsquest and Steelstacks hosted another “Levitt in Your Living Room” free concert to share the “sultry sound, clear tone, [and] funky groove” of Gina Chavez. The concert, shared on a live stream from Gina Chavez’s living room, featured Chavez playing as a one-woman band, and interacting with listeners through chat on Facebook….
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…
As many of us remain in quarantine, Southsider returns to the Banana Factory for a deeper dive into the beauty of one of their digital exhibits.