Wednesday, April 17, 2013
An exhibit of fashions from the Roaring 20s at the Allentown Art Museum ends Sunday.
The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is offering two special exhibitions that allow visitors to experience the colorful styles of the 1920s along with exotic, tropical scenes from the heart of the Caribbean. Related story: Toulouse-Lautrec Show Coming to Allentown Art Museum Fabulous Flappers: Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection and Haitian Art from the Rodale Family Collection will run through April 21. Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection Step into the Museum’s Scheller Gallery and be transported back in time to the fascinating decade of the 1920s, renowned for its energy, excitement, and ostentation. The clothing, accessories, and jewelry of the period, presented in this exhibition, show off in dramatic fashion the …
Friday, April 12, 2013
America on Wheels Museum in Allentown celebrates its 5th anniversary with pedal cars exhibit.
America on Wheels Museum celebrates its 5th anniversary with the opening of a new exhibit Saturday, "Wonderful Woodies of Years Gone By." The replicas of automobiles of the early 1900s were built of expensive materials and propelled by pedal mechanisms, according to the museum. The cars on exhibit will include: The museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays noon-5 p.m. Museum admission is $8, adults; $6, seniors; $4, ages 6 to 16; free to ages 5 and under.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Martin and his band the Canyon Rangers will perform a bluegrass show April 28.
Actor, author, comedian and musician Steve Martin returns to the State Theatre later this month to perform with The Steep Canyon Rangers in an evening of Bluegrass and Banjo. The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. The show had been originally been scheduled for November 2012, but was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. Tickets from that show will be honored. Martin will perform bluegrass and banjo tunes from his Grammy-winning album "The Crow” as well as his second full-length bluegrass album "Rare Bird Alert" that was released in March 2011. Tickets are $60-80 and can be purchased by visiting the theater box office, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Legendary jazz singer scheduled to perform in Bethlehem on July 26.
Legendary singer Tony Bennett is scheduled to play a show at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on Friday, July 26 at 8pm. Tickets range from $80.50 to $126 and are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased at sandseventcenter.com, the Event Center box office, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000. With a career spanning more than 50 years during which he has won 17 Grammy Awards, Bennett most recently added a third installment to his Duets project, entitled Viva Duets. His first two duet-themed disks achieved platinum record sales, and featured Bennett pairing his vocals alongside mega hit-makers such as Lady Gaga, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill, Josh Groban, Willie Nelson and Aretha Franklin, among others. The …
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Zionsville native Dane DeHaan is busy filming 'Spiderman 2' as his new epic crime drama 'The Place Beyond the Pines' opens.
A new crime drama starring Emmaus High School graduate Dane DeHaan has opened in select cities and will be shown widely starting April 12. "The Place Beyond the Pines" includes Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes, who play DeHaan's parents, and Bradley Cooper. Examiner.com features an interview with DeHaan in which he says, "..the opportunities keep getting better and the scripts keep getting more interesting and the people I get to work with get more and more like awesome and it's kind of whirlwind." The interview includes DeHaan talking about his training as an actor, his mentors, how he develops a character and what it was like working with Cooper and Mendes in this latest movie. DeHaan, a native of Zionsville, graduated from North Carolina …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Crayola Experience in Easton will reopen in May with new activities and displays that the company hopes will attract 150,000 more visitors a year.
Ink that puffs up when you heat it. A 40-foot wall of crayon bins. An 85-foot water attraction. Those are all among the new features kids will be able to see and take part in when the Crayola Experience reopens in May. Easton's main tourist destination closed for renovations in mid-February, but on Tuesday, the company gave a tour of its soon-to-be-upgraded building to members of the media and local officials. "This really is going to be a reimagined facility," said Victoria Lozano, Crayola's VP of corporate strategy and development, who led the tour. Stops along the way included a look at a new two-story playground, and the Water Works, an 85-foot-long table featuring a small river running through the city of Crayonopolis (where Crayola's…
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Country music icon Willie Nelson is coming to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center on June 16 as part of a tour that will celebrate the legendary singer-songwriter’s 80th birthday.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Two of classic rock's biggest acts will play a double-billed show at Musikfest's main stage in August.
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Grammy award-winning artist John Mayer will perform at the Great Allentown Fair for the first time, and on opening night.
Grammy award-winning artist John Mayer will perform at the 2013 Great Allentown Fair on its opening night. Tickets for Mayer’s first-ever performance at the fair are $46 and $66. They go on sale as part of a special launch of Mayer’s “Born and Raised Tour,” starting at 10 a.m. on Friday. Tickets will be available Friday only through Ticketmaster online and phones. Mayer and his guest, 2012 American Idol winner Phillip Phillips, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Tickets that are still available for the concert and previously announced fair shows will be sold at the Fair Box Office when hours resume Tuesday, April 2, through Friday, April 5, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. After that, regular Box Office hours will continue Mondays and …
Friday, March 8, 2013
Gary Jones of Lower Saucon Township designed costumes for hundreds of characters in the new Disney film 'Oz The Great and Powerful.'
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