Allentown Art Museum

WDIY executive director to retire WDIY Executive Director Bill Dautremont-Smith has announced his retirement at the end of summer. Dautremont-Smith has been involved in the Lehigh Valley community public radio station since February 2003, and has been...

To Paul Firos, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was more than just the most significant of the French Post-Impressionist artists. Through his posters that were splashed across Parisian buildings in the late 1800s heralding upcoming events, he was the first...

In two weeks, the Allentown Art Museum opens its highly anticipated exhibit of prints and posters by French Post Impressionist Henri deToulouse-Lautrec. On Sunday, May 12, get an introduction to "Toulouse-Lautrec and His World" by the man who knows...

In a typical primary election, voters often have to look around the edges to find differences between the same-party candidates. But Lehigh County executive candidate Scott Ott, a self-styled reformer, and Dean Browning, a traditional conservative,...

DAY TRIPPIN' •Broadway Show, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," $110, May 18. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium, section 233, June 22. $80. Pippin, Broadway musical, Aug. 21. $124. St. Thomas More, Lori, 484-951-0440. •"Motown" or "Kinky...

More than 320 people attended the Allentown Art Museum's annual fundraising Gala on April 13. The up-tick in this year's attendance was perhaps a sign of admiration and support for 2013 Gala honoree James P. Musselman, an artist and longtime art...

INVISION PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL COMPETITIONS The 4th annual Olympus InVision Photography Festival presented by ArtsQuest is accepting submissions for two competitions. College students can submit photography for the College Photography Competition...

An Allentown couple given special recognition at the 25th annual Allentown Arts Ovation Awards for their support of the arts in Allentown asked others to do the same so future generations can continue to benefit. Charlie and Ruth Marcon, both Lehigh...

Wittry to receive USC Alumnus Award The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music will present Allentown Symphony Orchestra Conductor Diane Wittry with the Outstanding Alumnus Award on May 16 for her work as a music director, guest...

Explore interests and a new fashion academy Baum School of Art The Baum School of Art's Summer Art Camps and Fashion Academy allow students to have a blast while learning how to create art and fashion and inspire imagination. One week and two week...

People still look at me funny when I say Rodale is headquartered in the Lehigh Valley. Sometimes I'll say Emmaus, sometimes Allentown or Bethlehem. But unless they are longtime organic gardeners or farmers, in which case Emmaus (the birthplace of the...

For the past 15 years, it has been my honor to preside over the fastest growing Chamber of Commerce in the United States. Serving 800 members in 1998 when I began this journey through today, we now close in on 6,000 members strong, and there is no doubt...