Arts & Culture

The First Friday events started in 1998. For the last celebration, students from Bethlehem Area School District and local artists will showcase their works of painting, drawings and podcasting.

The third annual Winter WonderJam, presented by the "Your Next Favorite Band" podcast, will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at the listening room venue at 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem. Doors open at 7.

Shye Roberts will compete on the season 26 finale of "The Voice" on Dec. 9 on NBC.

Marshall Tucker Band, which had its first hit in 1973 with “Can’t You See,” will perform Feb. 14. And The Chippendales, the 45-year-old male dance troupe best known for its striptease performances, will perform April 5. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Shye Roberts, the Bethlehem teen and graduate of Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, has a real chance to win Season 26 on NBC's "The Voice."

The Avett Brothers, which blends folk, rock and country, will headline Musikfest's main Steel Stage on Saturday Aug. 2.

Darius Rucker, who has had almost as successful a solo career as he had as frontman of Hootie and The Blowfish in the 1990s, will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 3, making him the second headliner announced for Musikfest’s 41st year.

Popular Celtic groups, Christmas Vespers, the Allentown Symphony and church choirs help spread holiday cheer this December in the Lehigh Valley.

Bethlehem native and Hollywood actor Danny Roebuck, dressed as Santa Claus, delighted attendees of his heartwarming holiday film, shot entirely in the Lehigh Valley.

Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA, will play Miller Symphony Hall on July 18, and Brass Transit, which describes itself as "The Musical Legacy of Chicago," on July 12.

The 7th iteration of the Nazareth Adult Soap Box race brought many celebrating the legacy of racing in the borough, while others came to celebrate the childlike silliness of the event and the creative cars.

June is Pride Month, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ community. There are many Pride events in and around the Lehigh Valley this year.

The Bayou, a southern food restaurant in Easton and Bethlehem, features food flights twice a week. The restaurant embraces Fat Tuesday each week with its mac and cheese flight, and celebrates Waffle Wednesday with chicken and waffle flights.

It's hard to miss the new mural on Third Street in South Bethlehem. The artists, William Nieves and Jermel Fountain, painted and designed the mural with help from seven fifth-graders from Donegal Elementary School.

Chris Nee’s Comedy to Break the Stigma will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Civic Theatre of Allentown, 527 N. 19th St.

Allentown businesses and high school students were honored at the Allentown Chamber of Commerce annual awards reception at the Renaissance Allentown Hotel on Thursday.

Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail has returned for its 7th year, taking Pennsylvanians on a tasty tour of the Keystone State.

The sale, which will be offered in person only, will be noon to 1 p.m. for ArtsQuest Circle donors and ArtsQuest members. It will open to the general public from 2-5 p.m.

Leaders in the arts discussed the cultural and economic impacts of the industry at the Lehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance's 2024 conference at Lafayette College.

ArtsQuest's annual TacoFest is returning again this year. It will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2, on the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem.

Visitors can sample a wide variety of local craft brews while enjoying barbecue and a Grateful Dead tribute band this 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1. Samples are included in ticket prices: $40 in advance; $45 at the entrance.

"The Play That Goes Wrong," will begin on Wednesday, May 29 through June 16 as part of Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University. The season also includes productions of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Winnie the Pooh and Friends," and "The Color Purple."