Arts & Culture

Volunteers from the Lehigh Valley Garden Railroaders operate the largest train display at Allentown's America on Wheels museum this holiday season.

Re-serving your holiday favorites need not be boring, dried up or a chore. Here are some ideas to enjoy them for a little while longer.

The event will feature entertainment, food and more to celebrate the holiday season.

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

The 94-year-old tradition will set off from Macungie Volunteer Fire Department promptly at 5:45 a.m. and will feature a sunrise service at the Sheeprock landmark.

Record Store Day — or RSD, as it is called — was born in 2007 as a way to celebrate the few independent record stores left in the country.

Kids, healthcare workers and former children's hospital patients had first dibs on lacing up as Bethlehem's mayor cut the ribbon and the IronPigs' MeLVin entertained.

Allentown's tree lighting will include musical performances, dance acts, horse-drawn carriage rides, face painting, hot chocolate, s'mores making and a photo booth

The founder of Godfrey Daniels, a storied folk music club in Bethlehem, has published a new book chronicling its 47-year history

Several dozen people, bundled up against the cold, memorialized transgender people killed across the country in the last year. That included 48 people the event’s organizers could identify, and many others whose deaths garnered less attention.

Author Elin Hilderbrand's boyfriend, Tim Field, of Palmer Township, passed away on Aug. 15, 2024.

The Celtic Classic returned to Bethlehem Sunday, overcoming financial strife organizers said last year could spell the end of the festival celebrating Celtic cultures and heritage.

The Doobie Brothers played Allentown's PPL Center on Saturday, Sept. 28. One of its biggest hits, the band tells everyone to "Listen to the Music." That song was sage suggestion for those who saw the band Saturday at PPL Center. The story of the show could be told in the song's lyrics.

Mike Darrell, haggis-eating runner-up who also placed third in the same event last year, had one word to describe Wagner, the back-to-back champion: “superhuman.”

Dorney Park has announced they will release a new horror short film "Tick Tick Tick" on October 1, just in time for Halloween and their beloved Halloween Haunt attraction.

The Doobie Brothers tour stops at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Allentown's PPL Center. Tickets, at $39-$250, remain available at the PPL Center website.

A discussion was held at the Univest Public Media Center after a screening of "Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life" — a documentary about the community response to the deadly Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018.

It was a packed house at the Emmaus Theatre for a special early screening of the documentary film "War Game" starring former government officials Wednesday.

Alan Doyle, a singer-guitarist for Great Big Sea, will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 6 — a week before St. Patrick's Day — at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center. Tickets go on sale Friday.

An art exhibit and auction are set to raise funds for a program that teaches children and adults about mindfulness. The Shanthi Project aims to use the funds to expand their programming in Lehigh Valley schools.

College Hill PorchFest is back on Sunday, September 29, with its largest event yet, featuring around 70 performers across 35 porches, along with plenty of other community-based activities.

The Temptations, who from 1965-89 had 45 Top 10 R&B hits, will perform at 8 p.m. April 25. They will be joined by The Four Tops, who from 1965-72 had 15 Top 10 hits on the R&B chart.