Arts

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.

Having polio meant David Emerson Baum spent a lot of time with his grandfather, painter Walter Emerson Baum, who created endearing portraits.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Body Worlds Rx, Craft Beer Festival and ‘First Saturdays’.

Ja'Siah Young is the star of 'Raising Dion.' He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program. He and the show were nominated for a total of six Emmys.

Bradbury-Sullivan Center is hosting four free art history classes in December and January.

Actor, musician and children’s author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children’s show “Sesame Street,” Bob McGrath, has died at the age of 90. McGrath’s passing was confirmed by his family who posted on his Facebook page on Sunday. Sesame Workshop tweeted Sunday evening that it “mourns the passing of Bob McGrath, a beloved member of the Sesame Street family for over 50 years.” McGrath was a founding cast member of “Sesame Street” when the show premiered in 1969. He is survived by his wife, Ann Logan Sperry, and their five children.

The funding was announced at an event in the symphony hall Monday morning.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including SoccerFest, Museum Store Sunday and Winter Wonderland Extravaganza.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including Easton Winter Village, Christkindlmarkt and Steelworkers’ Archives Walking Tours.

This week, the LehighValleyNews.com digital desk has handpicked three events for you to enjoy, including a comic book exhibit by a Lehigh Valley artist, wooden huts in Downtown Bethlehem and Winter Light Spectacular at Lehigh Valley Zoo.

George Gray was the founder of the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program and a combat artist during World War II and in Vietnam. Gray painted 233 murals for hotels across the country. Historic Hotel Bethlehem is the only hotel that still retains Gray's work, and has gained national recognition.

There are five dates left to see thousands of antique miniatures, including 44 dollhouses, all kept in a climate-controlled vault inside the Kemerer Museum. The dollhouses once belonged to Elizabeth Johnston Prime, whose grandfather was Bethlehem's first mayor and Bethlehem Steel chairman.

Arts Academy Charter Middle School in Salisbury Township dedicated the school building in honor of outgoing executive director William Fitzpatrick.

A mural reflecting the dreams of young Allentown teenagers was unveiled at the Boys and Girls Club of Allentown on Wednesday.

The fifth location in Pennsylvania, on West Broad Street, is owned by a longtime business owner and mom of four. The eatery’s menu includes coffee, cakes, tarts, donuts, and sandwiches.

The youth group's spring production of "Mary Poppins" begins on Friday, May 9, at the Charles A. Brown Ice House in Bethlehem.

Students from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts will have their creations showcased at a new "Industrial Chic" exhibition at the school's Corpora Gallery. There will be a free reception Friday evening on May 2.

More than 80 Dieruff High School 10th-graders worked together to create a mural, displayed on the wall of a second-floor hallway. This is the second student-led mural to be completed in the Allentown School District series funded by PA State GEAR UP.

Kay Haring will read from her children's book, "Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing," at the Sigal Museum on Saturday, April 12.

This year's Greater Lehigh Valley Film Festival will feature 27 short films by some of the areas greatest talent, as well as student pieces from The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.

The free expo is now in its seventh year and will occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Penn State Lehigh Valley.

Formed in 2008, local weekend event in May features separate day of beer and wine tastings, followed by a for-kids-only day of art and science fun.