Arts & Culture

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.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Easton Restaurant Week, the 'Of Portraiture & Polio' exhibition and Positively Picturesque.

The symphony is asking composers in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding area to submit works for string quartet or any combination of traditional string quartet instruments.

Sit-down dining and over-the-counter food on the menu for Easton Restaurant Week, starting Jan. 15.

Third generation Lehigh Valley resident Ashley Coleman will lead the Bradbury-Sullivan Center as it expands its programming over the next few years.

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, best known for his Comedy Central channel specials “I’m Not Fat … I’m Fluffy,” will headline the main stage at Bethlehem's Musikfest festival in August, it was announced Monday.

Maren Morris, who has topped the country charts but may be best known for her dance music collaboration "In the Middle" with Grey and Zedd, will headline the main stage at Bethlehem's Musikfest festival in August, it was announced Monday.

Allentown’s Halloween parade is this Saturday, and it’s a lot larger than the last time it was held, before the pandemic. The cost for the event has skyrocketed and that caused a heated debate in city council this week.

As political lines will be literally redrawn and vaccination efforts offer a possible turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinos in the commonwealth are looking to how they can ensure an equitable and just future.

The sounds of the Scottish Highlands return every year with the Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival. They’ve filled the air for more than three decades.

Bethlehem is joining three other international Moravian communities for a once-in-a-lifetime recognition by the United Nations.

September 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates the culture and contributions of the Hispanic community in the United States.

More than 20 vegan-themed vendors shared their plant-based products at VegFest over the weekend in Easton.

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More than 1 million people attended about 500 performances during Musikfest 2021 which ran Aug. 5-14, according to ArtsQuest, the organization that coordinates the annual festival.

The noise and danger of fireworks has one Lehigh Valley lawmaker fired up. State Rep. Bob Freeman (D-Northampton) says he wants tougher rules on consumer pyrotechnics.

The 12th season of the PBS program “A Taste of History” began filming this week in the Lehigh Valley after taking a break during the pandemic.

Juneteenth festivities were held across the Lehigh Valley this past weekend. The now federal holiday marks what is often considered the end of slavery in the U.S.