Arts & Culture

This time of year is popular for pizza and among the busiest for pizzerias. Readers checked in with some of their favorites of the Lehigh Valley. Here's a rundown.

Peepsfest drew thousands of people to the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem over two days, culminating in Sunday night's Peeps drop and fireworks display.

The staff at Bethlehem Area Public Library has taken out the time to tell us their favorite chapters of the entire year that has just passed.

Take a look at stories that ran throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact on readers or that you might want to look at again.

Mahogany Reynolds-Clarke, founder and executive director of Just Be You Academy & Performing Arts, held a presentation on Kwanzaa at Easton Area Public Library's Palmer Branch Thursday evening.

The Winter Light Spectacular features 1.2 million lights in holiday displays, fire pits for s’mores, hot chocolate and live performances by princesses Anna, Elsa, Belle and Cinderella.

Chuck D, one of the founders of seminal rap group Public Enemy, will present "A conversation with Hip Hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy" at 7 p.m. April 16 in NCC's Spartan Center.

Looking for a fun way to ring in the New Year? We've got you covered with some local events that are fun for the whole family.

The Lehigh Valley tradition started in 2009. The family-friendly New Year's celebration returns this Saturday and Sunday at the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem. Fireworks are set for both nights.

The flagship store for Dave Phillips Music & Sound will close in the coming days, owner Joe DiMarco wrote on Facebook. On Wednesday, customers who flooded the store lamented the loss.

The Roaring '20s Ball is coming back to the Historic Hotel Bethlehem, for the first time since the pandemic.

ArtsQuest will hold the first Upper Mac Days will be held Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25, in the Grange Park, the township's 165-acre open space.

Faculty members from Moravian's office of equity and inclusion are discussing how Black filmmakers are changing history and the role women played in the civil rights movement.

Members of the city's Dominican community gathered to raise the Dominican flag over Allentown City Hall on Sunday. The city counts roughly 20,000 Dominicans as residents — nearly one out of every six people.

February 24 is now Clyde Bosket Day in the City of Allentown and Lehigh County.

The 1780 register was last seen by historians more than 160 years ago, and was thought to have been lost. Here's what we can learn from it.

Rachael and Luke Prosseda are siblings that took over the Vineyard di Norma last year, giving it a second life in the Lehigh Valley.

The restaurant at the Wilbur Mansion has won an award for ambiance and special occasions in the Lehigh Valley.

With a recent album, "Anthem," and a new EP, "When the Anarchy's Been Restored," set to be released, Flogging Molly will play Wind Creek Event Center on Saturday, Feb. 25.

The Black History Month celebration at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown will feature music, an awards ceremony, a fashion show and free samples of African and Caribbean eats.

Fountain Hill, East Penn, Northampton and other restaurant weeks look to bring together various local restaurants and attract people to locally owned and operated businesses

Richard Thompson, who as a teenager played and sang with Fairport Convention — perhaps behind only Bob Dylan as seminal to the folk-rock genre — will perform at 8 p.m. May 17.