Arts & Culture

In a stripped down production that felt custom-made for the Musikfest stage, Morris capped a 17-song set with three songs that put a rush of energy into the crowd as the skies opened up over Bethlehem.

Musikfest attracts tens of thousands of people to the city each day during its 10-day run. Officials said they’re continuously working to lessen the event’s impact on the environment.

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Here are the Musikfest acts and more you should see today, Saturday, Aug. 12.

The final weekend of Musikfest is upon us, and while the festival is perhaps its best-know attractions, its "spectacles" — as Musikfest calls them — and street performers have become important to the environment of the ‘Fest.

Recently retired Parkland art teacher Linda La Due said her students were her greatest masterpieces.

Alt-rock band Wheatus, known for its 2000 hit "Teenage Dirtbag, will play Musikfest's Americaplatz stage at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 11

Participants can learn to hand-blow a glow-in-the-dark jellyfish orb or paperweight.

As the third comedian to headline Musikfest, the Mexican-American jokester didn't disappoint.

Here are the Musikfest acts and more you should see today, Friday, Aug. 11. One of them is "probably the best free-stage show at Musikfest this year," says John J. Moser.

After Easton Space Fest was canceled due to weather in 2019, the organizers are coming back with something even bigger for the spring.

Some of the bigger trends these “food forecasters” are eyeballing for 2023 have already arrived in the Lehigh Valley.

A popular music venue that offered national touring acts in downtown Easton for the past five and a half years is closing. It will have its final show on Saturday — an open-to-the-public New Year's Eve party with Loudmix and DJ June.

The staff at Bethlehem Area Public Library has released its list of favorite books for 2022.

The family-friendly two-day event from ArtsQuest and Just Born Quality Confections celebrates the New Year with candy, performances, games and the Peeps Chick Drop.

There isn’t a waitlist for tickets, but there will be a livestream of the Peeps Chick Drop.

Activities are scheduled throughout Saturday at The Crayola Experience on Centre Square in Downtown Easton.

Representatives from ArtsQuest, organizers of this year's Peepsfest at SteelStacks, are warning the public that there could be fake tickets out there. They say the only official tickets are available directly from ArtsQuest.

A team effort stretched across the Lehigh Valley to design, assemble and transport the world's largest hockey puck. It will be dropped outside of the PPL Center in downtown Allentown to ring in the New Year on Saturday night.

The hottest and most family-fun places to celebrate the New Year.

Before his four Super Bowl championships and Hall of Fame career, Harris played at Penn State with Bethlehem native and Liberty High great Tom Donchez, who recalls his backfield mate fondly.

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms host a game Saturday night, then will take part in a celebration outside the PPL Center at Hamilton Street Plaza.