Celebrating Bethlehem's Southside Culture
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…
For Valentine’s Day, Musikfest Café presented Top of the World: A Carpenters Tribute featuring Debbie Taylor. Despite the chill in the air and the snow on the ground, music lovers poured into café seating to experience the best-selling music of the Carpenters over three decades after Karen Carpenter’s early death. It is not entirely accurate…
Since 2016, The Mellon Digital Humanities Initiative at Lehigh University has offered an annual free film series at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas that brings community members together to discuss innovative and timely cinematic works. This year’s spring series focuses on the theme of migration and gives attendees the opportunity to engage with important issues…
Over the past year, citizens of Bethlehem have learned about the surprising and exciting ways that artists can inspire civic engagement. Inspired by community interest in uniting walking paths on the North and South Side, Doug Roysdon of Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre led us in the process of imagining a pedestrian bridge for our city….