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Occasional light drizzle did nothing to keep the crowd away from the opening night of the 14th Oktoberfest at SteelStacks on Friday night. The festival runs through the weekend and again Oct. 11-13.

John Legend, best known for his 14-times platinum No. 1 hit “All of Me” from 2013, will perform “A John Legend Christmas" at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 at PPL Center, it was announced.

The Grand Theater in East Greenville, Montgomery County, is throwing it back to the many decades it had been in operation this weekend as it marks the building's 100th year.

This weekend, The Mahoning Drive-In Theater will host a special two-day event with Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson. Prepare for B movie insanity!

Melissa Etheridge, who had chart-topping songs such as “Bring Me Some Water,” “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 26. She'll be joined by Joss Stone and Taylor Dayne.

Oktoberfest at SteelStacks begins on Friday, Oct. 4. The two-weekend celebration will feature four biergartens, a bratwurst eating contest, weiner dog race, polka music and a drag show.

Howie Day, whose 2004 song "Collide" sold four times platinum and helped his album "Stop All the World Now" reach platinum sales, will perform at the free annual Harvest Fest street fair. The event will be noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 20 at Main and Broad streets.

The four-day festival will feature performances by Kinetic Light, a disability arts ensemble and a Latin fest. It starts Thursday, Oct. 3, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 6.

Residents and officials came together at Samuel Balliet Stadium on Wednesday night to celebrate the newly installed lights, and the return of night games to the borough.

The playground cleanup at Stevens Park in Allentown is only one aspect of a collective mission to make all parks safe havens for the community.

The festival, in its second year, took place at ArtsQuest.

Morgan will share stores about motherhood, marriage and menopause in her standup routine Saturday, March 18 at Wind Creek Casino.

The film festival will feature seven short films that draw attention to women's issues such as gender equality and body dysmorphia. Ticket sales benefit the American Association of University Women's college scholarship fund.

Keith Sweat, a leading force in the New Jack Swing movement, will headline the main Steel Stage at the massive music festival in downtown and South Side Bethlehem at 7 p.m. Aug. 8.

ArtsQuest is using the Bethlehem Visitor Center to present comedy shows. And it plans on a new dedicated comedy club at the new Banana Factory.

The three-day festival features a fiddle competition, Irish dancing, whiskey tastings and Guinness pours.

Despite record revenues locally and across the country for golf, local municipal courses are facing heightened supply costs.

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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs showed off renovations and upgrades to Coca-Cola Park that were mandated by Major League Baseball. They're the first minor league team in the Phillies organization to complete the necessary updates, General Manager Kurt Landes said.

The YMCA hosts its 15th annual rite-of-spring event for partiers on a budget.

Organized by the Greater Easton Development Partnership (GEDP), the event offers a variety of merchandise and local foods and drinks for attendees to sample.

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