Arts & Culture

The festival will feature 61 films that cover diverse topics such as gender equality and LGTBQ+ rights.

The event featured drag performances, kids' face painting and a doggie drag.

The Hellertown concert series features live music, food trucks and adult beverage vendors. Admission is free, and attendees can purchase food and beverages on site.

The Bach Choir rings in 125th anniversary with ambitious projects.

Northampton Community College's culinary program put on its June Supper Club on June 7, 2023. It was a five course seasonal, all-vegan menu. Each dinner partners with a different local vendor to highlight their ingredients. This dinner collaborated with local brewery McCall Collective, whose head brewer is also an NCC alumni. (Photos courtesy Shannon Sigafoos)

Get to know the neighborhood at the first annual block party from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 11.

Watch a performance from the Met Opera House on the big screen at the concert hall in Allentown on Sunday, June 11.

The Independence Day bash takes place Saturday, June 10, and will feature sweet treats, a dance performance and an exhibit featuring stories from local immigrants.

Sedaris talked about his writing process, family life, time living abroad and fielded many questions from the audience after reading excerpts from yet to be published essays at the sold-out event at The End.

Regional country singer Kendal Conrad, chart-topping punk-pop group Boys Like Girls and more have been announced as Musikfest main Steel Stage supporting acts.

Opening night of Dewey Fire Company's 110th annual carnival was canceled Tuesday because of rain, and officials say maintaining the staple community event has become more challenging.

Beep Boop, Beep Boop: A Sci-Fi Film Festival will be back at ArtsQuest Center's Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas for a fourth year July 25-28, with 11 films over four days.

Pennsylvania Music Preservation Society will present Music Alive at the Ritz, a series of shows on Sundays through October.

Sponge, whose biggest hit, “Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain),” hit No. 3 on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock charts in 1994, will perform at The Gin Mill and Grill in Northampton. Sponge will top a five-act show at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 in what the venue calls a "customer appreciation pre-Xmas bash."

The Party Animals traveling circus of Banana Ball couldn’t run without its many unsung heroes — from an umpire with a background in parkour to a player director with a degree in entertainment design.

The Knauss Homestead Preservation Society is coming back for its fourth year this summer at the Knauss Homestead Farmhouse in Emmaus. The late July event is free, but registration for attendance is required.

The quaint shop on North New Street sells stones from South America, Mexico and the Middle East, as well as locally themed artwork.

Coca-Cola Park will be hosting the Party Animals for two games of Banana Ball as part of the Banana Ball World Tour this weekend.

Foreigner, which ruled the charts from 1977 to 1987 with songs such as “Feels Like the First Time," "Hot Blooded" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You," will perform at Wind Creek Event Center on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Sigal Museum held a screening of Mariska Hargitay's movie about her famous mother for staff and volunteers on Tuesday. Hargitay filmed at the museum while tracing her family tree for the film.

Thomas Riddle of Bethlehem, founder and chairman of Valley National Financial Advisors, will be recipient of the Linny Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Linny Awards ceremony on Oct. 23, ArtsQuest announced.