Arts & Culture

Juneteenth Lehigh Valley will be celebrated with a week of festivities in 2023.

As Lehigh Valley residents treated themselves at the Easton Farmers Market Strawberry Day on Saturday, they also reached into their pockets to help less fortunate neighbors displaced by a Memorial Day row homes fire in Easton.

Take a look at stories throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact on readers or that you might want to look at again.

Sugaray Rayford, who in 2020 won the Blues Music Awards for B.B King Entertainer of the Year and Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year, will perform at the festival, which will be held noon-10 p.m. June 24 along Hamilton Street.

Over a 19-song, hour-and-40-minute show, Live’s performance in the summer's first paid-ticket show at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks ranged from acceptably perfunctory to positively stunning, but not with the consistency the band had with its former members.

The 21st Century program is to help students with academic support and art and music enrichment.

The Lehigh Valley schools announced the change last week — a switch made to accommodate the bicentennial celebration of Lafayette College in 2025-26.

Easton held its inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Month flag-raising in Centre Square on Wednesday evening, celebrating the community and advocating for acceptance and love among more than 100 people.

The middle schoolers took the photos at a three-week class at the Easton Area Community Center.

The "You Point, We Pick" program will be back at Burnside Garden, 1461 Schoenersville Road, starting Saturday, June 3.

Hand sanitizing stations and rapid tests will be available on the festival grounds.

The plan calls for the full demolition of the Banana Factory.

The historic, all-metal structure dates back to 1860 and is a borough landmark.

The market's 'Sweet 16' celebration will pay tribute to the late Linn Walker.

The program will bring in local experts to act a resource for parents.

As region's young professional population grows, so does the call for more robust late-night entertainment.

Ice, mist and fruit- or fish-infused 'ice cakes' are being used to cool down inhabitants.

Kassie Hilgert said she's frustrated by the response from Bethlehem's Historic Conservation Commission.

Cindy Adams Dunn, secretary of the DCNR, dropped a big hint on where they'll be located.

Some on council are having a hard time justifying giving $1.5M for stadium improvements.

Take a #SelfieWithAnElfie.

The collection shares the cumulative experience of heritage, according to the museum curator.