Arts & Culture

Total attendance figures won't be released until later in the week, but they likely were helped by a week of splendid weather. The six-day fair started last Wednesday and wrapped up, as usual, with the demolition derby at the grandstand on Labor Day.

Keith Urban at the Allentown Fair grandstand played an astounding 13 gold or platinum hits — or was it 16? — on a night that cooled off a "Long Hot Summer" day.

The Great Allentown Fair's final day is Monday. Sunday hosted the Barnyard Olympics, a homemade chocolate cake competition and a Keith Urban concert.

The team from LehighValleyNews.com lost — just barely — to a trash-talking team of 'movers and shakers' that included Mayor Matt Tuerk and County Executive Phillips J. Armstrong.

The rapper and social media sensation performed his hits "Mr. Clean" and "Betty (Get Money)" on Saturday night at the Allentown Fair grandstand.

Davenport's spin on Christmas pudding wowed the judges at the competition, which is part of the fair's farm-to-table series.

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Early-aught hip-hop hitmakers Nelly and Chingy performed Friday at third night of the Allentown Fair grandstand.

Yung Gravy on Saturday night brings his maddeningly catchy — but absurdist — raps about wooing your girlfriends ("Oops!") and your moms ("Betty (Get Money)" and "Mr. Clean") to Allentown Fair's grandstand.

Lehigh County 4-H Livestock Club members are the biggest winners at the Great Allentown Fair, which runs through Labor Day on Monday.

Brandon Harvey's songs and dance moves are meant to help engage students.

Performances will run over the next two weekends.

Wandalyn Enix was appointed to the seat vacated by Mayor William Reynolds.

Many arts groups have cut back during the pandemic, some have had to shut down.

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at Lehigh University organizes events for students who celebrate.

The collection is one part of a wider effort to make Lehigh more inclusive.

Touchstone Theatre's latest opus is part of a subscription service called 'Letters From Far.'

The conversation will center on creating meaningful rituals around rites of passage for people who identify as LGBTQ.

The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley is organizing several projects.

Zion's Reformed United Church of Christ is yet another victim of COVID-19.

The weeklong observance marks 7 guiding principles with a candle-lighting each day.

Longtime President Charlene Donchez Mowers is becoming a senior adviser.