Reflections on Civic Life and the Pandemic: Danny Digitall and the Photography of Living Six-Feet-Apart
Featured photo by Danny Digitall. With the Covid-19 virus among us, most of the world has come to a halt. Adjustments to our daily lives had to be made. We’re advised to stay inside, wash our hands constantly, stay six feet apart from one another, and wear protective attire in the event we must associate…
BAPL Feature Movie of the Month: A Review of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Joe Talbot’s debut film, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” is a whimsical love letter to Talbot’s childhood friend Jimmie Fails and Talbot’s home, the San Francisco Bay Area. Closely mirroring the life of Jimmie Fails, who played himself in the film, the story takes up considerations of male friendship, toxic masculinity, identity, home…
Iso/Nation Presents: A Radio Play by Touchstone Theatre
As part of their digital events series during the Covid-19 period, Touchstone Theatre is offering “deep listeners of the Lehigh Valley…
Bethlehem Area Public Library Offers Anti-Racist Programming
This featured photo, “Southside Public Library,” by Ryder Griffith at Southside Proud, is licensed by CC. BY-NC 2.0. Bethlehem Area Public…
Steelstacks in Your Living Room With Gina Chavez in Concert
On June 25th, Artsquest and Steelstacks hosted another “Levitt in Your Living Room” free concert to share the “sultry sound, clear…
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…
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…
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…