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The famous duo, consisting of Hollywood icon Kevin and his older brother, Michael, perform on Friday, Oct. 6.

The five-day festival features songwriting, dance and poetry workshops, a performance by Jesse Rubens and an interactive performance about housing.

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Dorney Park's Halloween Haunt has a new maze called The Ghost In The Machine. It features the backstory of the upcoming Iron Menace roller coaster.

The festival is in its 36th year. It's scheduled to continue through the weekend without the Tartan Parade.

The Showing of the Tartan Parade, which has been scheduled to step off at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, has been canceled, the festival said in a release.

The 19th annual Emmaus Arts Commission Student Film Festival has opened registration, giving students throughout the Lehigh Valley opportunities to make something for the big screen with a kickoff event taking place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24 in the Emmaus Community Park's Arts Pavilion.

A movie called “Miracle in Bethlehem, Pa” will air this coming holiday season. It's one of 42 movies premiering across Hallmark’s two networks, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, along with its streaming service.

Now in its 35th year, the event — organized by the Celtic Cultural Alliance (CCA) — will feature five stages of Celtic entertainers, Irish food, beer and whiskey, a Haggis Bowl contest, a youth fiddle competition and a Tartan parade with pipe bands.

Ryan Cabrera, who had the 2004 Top 10 Pop chart singles "On the Way Down" and "True," will perform at Bethlehem's Harvest Fest — the free street fair that runs noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 14 at Main and Broad streets.

As the Pennsylvania Youth Theatre seeks a new home, the students will put on a rendition of "Wizard of Oz" at Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University later this week.

The rise of streaming platforms and labor unrest in Hollywood has forced Roxy Theatre in Northampton to change its business model. It started airing first-run films for the first time on Friday.

The Easton Chamber of Commerce held its first Easton Street Eats Festival in the West Ward on Saturday.

Rockers Orgy, with opening act Cold, will play at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Maingate Nightclub in Allentown. Tickets, at $25 in advance and $30 day of show, are available at maingatenightclub.com

Student groups fueled a good opening day for the park compared to typical rainy spring days

The annual Freddy Awards will take place at the State Theatre in Easton on May 23. Bangor Area High School's "Mean Girls: the High School Version," leads in nominations this year. Find a full list of the nominees here.

Tickets for both shows will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, May 10, at ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, or at www.SteelStacks.org.

Months after the Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion opens with Dinos Alive, another interactive dinosaur event will move into Allentown as the Agri-Plex plays host to Jurassic Quest.

The nine-man Straight No Chaser will perform at 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 7, the theater said in a release. Tickets, at $39.50-$74.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 10, on the State Theatre website.

Malina Moye, who combines influences of hip hop, rock, funk and soul and whose 2018 album “Bad As I Wanna Be” topped the Blue Albums chart, will perform at the free festival.

The 116th Bethlehem Bach Festival takes place Fridays, May 10 and 17 and Saturdays, May 11 and 18 at the Zoellner Center for the Arts, Packer Memorial Church, Moravian University and Incarnation of our Lord Church.

One of the only two remaining B-29 Superfortress bombers still airworthy today is about to land in the Lehigh Valley. It will touch down at the airport on Monday to prepare for ground and cockpit tours, as well as flight experience rides.