Arts & Culture

Chinese Lunar New Year on Sunday, Jan. 22, starts the year of the Rabbit.

Jerry Blavat was known as “The Geator” during an eight-decade career as one of the Philadelphia-area’s best known disc jockeys and who had strong ties to the Lehigh Valley.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Disney On Ice, Drive-In Double Feature and Hellertown - Lower Saucon Restaurant Week.

The city's first major running festival since Runner's World's in 2019 will include a 5K, 10K and half-marathon.

Country music star Walker Hayes will perform at Musikfest on Aug. 7, it was announced.

Once a nationally touring musician, the alt-folk artist found a home and contentment here in the Lehigh Valley's original music scene, which he said supports him and other artists like no other outside major cities. His new show traces his path.

The Allentown Art Museum hosted performances celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Sunday, setting alongside its works by Black artists.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day has become a day of service each year, as people come together to take action and make their communities better. Here are volunteer opportunities and events taking place in the Lehigh Valley.

Celebrations are set to take place throughout the Lehigh Valley while volunteer efforts focus on forming an ongoing connection with the community.

Nkasso, a West African family-owned eatery, held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening on Friday at 44 N. 8th Street in Allentown. It offers bissap, a drink made out of the flowers of the Roselle plant (a variety of Hibiscus), along with other cultural staples.

Local soccer offical says women should be paid the same as men in sports and in business.

Ukranian playrights have collaborated to share their war-time experiences.

From painting to planting, designers are invited to create a masterpiece in their space.

Many who came to SteelStacks in Bethlehem found their roots in gardening during the pandemic.

The local nonprofit group was among 7 organizations statewide to receive a share of $89,000 in grants.

The center will feature an exhibit of live otters and a 3-pond habitat.

The glass must be heated to at least 1,000 degrees or it will crack.

Two years after the start of the pandemic, they're ready for a full return of visitors.

Each session starts with a "mindful minute."

Some groups use a patriotic look to promote supremist ideology, says an Anti-Defamation League official.

The students who had been studying in Ukraine were mostly from Ghana and Nigeria.

The four-day Slainte Irish festival kicks off Thursday night at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.