Check out Dan Dan at the Funhouse

The Dynamic Duo at Magnolia's

Mountain Winds is at the Shawnee Inn

The Cherry Bombs are at the Maingate

Karen and Amy Jones are at the Meadows

The Sound Of Urchin is at John and Peter's

The Flutations are at Country Meadows Retirement Center

The Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society performs at Moravian Hall Square

Catch Sarah Ayers at the Riegelsville Inn

Bluzin' is at Louie's

Tower Suite is at the Vintage Restaurant

The Eric Mintel Jazz Trio is at Melt

The Patrick Poladian Jazz Duo is at the Starfish Brasserie

Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at the Blue Monkey

Check out Leechboy at the Leather Corner Post

One Cat Left at the Center Valley Tavern

Tantric is at Crocodile Rock

Craig Thatcher is solo at the Spinnerstown Hotel

The Marko Marcinko Jazz Quartet is at the State Street Grill

The Summer in the City series presents Todd Wolfe from noon-1:30 PM at PP&L Plaza

The Sellersville Theater hosts the Quicksilver Messenger Service

 Jazz guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank DiBussolo are at the Macungie Institute

The Billy Bauer Band is at Starter's Pub

The Dan DeChellis Trio does jazz at Hotel Bethlehem

The Sounds of Swing are at Upper Saucon Township Park at 7:00 PM

Scott McKenna is at PJ Whelihan's

Drew & Kyle are at the Leather Corner Post

Catch Leechboy at the Buckeye Tavern

The Cramer Brothers are at Neff's Church Grove

Bluzin is at the Train Station in Tamaqua

Jim Meck is solo at Bear Creek Mountain Resort  

Donovan Roberts is at Bethlehem's Sculpture Garden

Penn's Peak presents A Honly Tonk Tailgate Party

The 17th Annual Pocono Blues Festival is at Big Boulder, featuring Teeny Tucker, among others

The Endless Summer Jam Music Festival takes place in Hammonton, NJ. tonight through Sunday

The Billy Bauer Band is at Braveheart Pub

Catch Jazz Indigo at Easton's Centre Square

Taking Liberties at the Wired Cafe

Matt Vashlishen at the Deerhead Inn, Delaware Water Gap

The Sellersville Theater presents Terry Lee Goffee: Train Of Love

Catch The Aardvarks are at the Mezza Luna

Dave Mell is at the Blue Mountain Summit

Soul Shine is at the Leather Corner Post

Dawg Fish is at the Center Valley Tavern

Post Junction is at Porters Pub

Jake Kaligis is solo at the Terrace

Jim Meck is solo at The Chat-a-while Inn

Check out The Electric Farm at the Historic Blairstown Theatre

The Cramer Brothers are at Neff's Church Grove

A Day To Remember is at Crocodile Rock

Head to Philly for Coldplay at the Wachovia Center

Umphrey's Mc Gee at Theater Of Living Arts

Alo Brasil is at World Cafe Live

Sharrie Williams, Nappy Brown, Kenny Neal, and Sugar Pie DeSanto with Jimmie McCracklin headline today's Pocono Blues Festival at Big Boulder

Rockets' Red Glare and the Speed Kings are at Grumpy's

Penn's Peak presents Wine on the Mountain today and tomorrow

Catch Beatlemania Now! at the Sellersville Theater

Crazy Heart is at Neff's Church Grove

Dave Liebman's Standards Band does jazz at the Deerhead Inn

Uncle Dad and the Cross Family Hand-Me-Downs are at Nazareth Borough Park at 5:00 PM. 

Catch the BC & the Blues Crew CD release party at Shenanigan's at Lake Harmony

Wolfe is at the Mezza Luna

One Cat Left is at the Blue Monkey

The Holmes Brothers, Lurrie Bell, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Bobby Rush, and Eric Bibb headline the Pocono Blues Festival at Big Boulder

BC & the Blues Crew are at the Penn's Peak Wine Fest

Kate & Richie Roche do jazz at the Deerhead Inn from 5:00 PM ‘til 8:00 PM

The Sellersville Theater presents The Asylum Street Spankers and The Wiyos

Todd Wolfe is at the Nazareth Borough Park at 6:30 PM

Poorhouse is at the Geryville Publick House

Check out the Fleetwood Blues Festival Mark your calendar! The blues are back in Fleetwood PA for the 2nd annual Fleetwood Blues Festival on Sunday, July 27th 2008 at the Fleetwood Bandshell in Berks County Pennsylvania.

The Dynamic Duo is at the Blue Mountain Vineyards from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Halo Of Locusts is at Crocodile Rock

The King of Prussia Summer Concert Series presents The Lori McKenna Trio at 7:00 PM at the Upper Merion Township Building Park

July 29 - The Sellersville Theater and WDIY welcome The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra

July 30th - Penn's Peak presents Kenny Loggins

July 31st - Sal Ritz and Joe Mixon will perform at the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley located in Center Valley at 7:00 PM

August 1st – Musikfest Begins and runs through August 10th

August 1st - Bethlehem's First Friday - Sal Ritz and Joe Mixon will perform at Fox Optical at 7:00 PM. 

August 1st - Penn's Peak presents Gov't Mule

August 2nd - Crocodile Rock Cafe(Sponsored by USA Progressive Music) presents Dark Empire, Odin's Court, And Suspyre

August 6th - Godfrey Daniel's - Best of Open Mike at Liederplatz at Musikfest

August 6th - The McKrells, Susan Werner Trio, and The Electric Farm are all at Liederplatz at Musikfest

August 6th - The Sellersville Theater hosts Pete Seeger, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger & Guy Davis, in a sold-out Family Concert

August 6th - Godfrey Daniels presents Toby Walker

August 6th - Godfrey Daniel's - Best of Open Mike at Liederplatz

August 12th - Come join P U L S E for Bike Night and an evening of Album Oriented Classic Rock at the Maingate

Saturday July 26th, Fire in the Glen, an eclectic Celtic duo from the Lancaster area, performs an outdoor concert at 6:00 PM at the Two Mile House, home of the McLain Celtic Festival, in Carlisle, PA.  The concert is in partnership with the Cumberland County Historical Society

The Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association holds their 20th Annual Bluegrass Festival from July 31, Aug 1, 2, 3 at Mountain View Park, Wind Gap, PA. Check out their website for more information.

The 7th Annual Hickory Festival will be held at the Stony Fork Creek Campground in Wellsboro, PA from August 15-17.  Check out their website for more information.

The Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering takes place Sept. 12-14 at the Greenwood Furnace State Park.  There will be workshops, jams, contradance and concerts including the Druckenmillers.  Check out their website for more information.

The 25th Annual Lyons Fiddle Festival takes place Sunday September, 21st at the Lyons Community Park in Lyons, PA. Check out their website for more information.

The Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival will take place in Hamden, CT on Friday and Saturday, September 26-27.  Featured Performers will include Tina Bergmann & Bryan Thomas,  Dan Duggan & Tom Hodgson and Neal Hellman . 

The Festival will also include many workshops featuring both the mountain dulcimer and the hammered-dulcimer.  Workshop leaders will include: Doug Berch, Heidi Cerrigione, John Cerrigione, Michael Cicone, Bill Collins, Carrie Crompton, Amir ElSaffar, Ron Ewing, Robert Force, Rudy Gabrielson, Sandy Lafleur, Steve Miklos, Donna Missigman, Bernie Stolls, Susan Trump, Dwain Wilder, Nina Zanetti, and more! The specific list of workshops (and their times) will be posted on the website after it is finalized.

Lehigh Valley Sacred Harp Singers has a get together the 2nd Sunday of each month from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Touchstone Theater.  For more information contact Vicki Haller vickihaller@gmail.com,

The Endless Mountain Shape Note Singers meets one Sunday a month at St. Stephens Church inWilkes-Barre, PA.  Check out their website for more information.

Check out independent & foreign film at The 19th Street Theatre and Theatre 514. 

Reprise runs July 18 – 27 at The 19th Street and Encounters at the End of the World runs July 25 – 29

The South Side Film Festival presents independent films in its Third Thursday Series

Come to Touchstone Theatre for inspiration about acceptance, love, and coming to terms with our deepest fears. Fat Pig, a play by Neil Labute, opens Wednesday in Bethlehem, as part of the Omicron Theatre Project. This Omicron Theatre Project will be on stage at Touchstone Theatre until July 13th.

Also ongoing at Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre is the production of the rock opera, The Who's Tommy. And as an added treat for children aged four to ten,  A Year with Frog and Toad continues.

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's continues with two world classics, King Lear and Cyrano de Bergeracthrough August 3rd in this exacting summer season of theatre. And this Sunday evening only, as an added bonus, a Season Finale Cabaret, with PSF favorite actors performing scenes, songs, and Shakespeare, at 7:30 in the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, Center Valley.

The Green Show, with Renaissance music, dance, and clowning, is presented outdoors before the evening performances. And for kids of all ages, you can enjoy The Jungle Book, a musical adventure in the Indian jungle.

Wallflowers…wake up and join the fun! Come to Bethlehem Sunday evening to the The Lehigh Valley Folk Dance Society International Folk Dancing on Sundays from 6 to 8:30 pm (except holidays).  Dances will be taught during the first hour.  The festivities will be located at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley at 424 Center Street of Bethlehem.  The Society is offering circle and line dances that come from cultures around the world—most of our dances are from eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, such as Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Hungary, Albania, and Serbia, to name just a few.  No experience necessary and all ages are welcome!  For information, contact Tess at 610-923-0997 or tesshmo@yahoo.com.

OK, all you Dancing with the Stars fans…this one’s for you! Lehigh Valley USA Dance will present ballroom dancing demos, entertainment, and dancing for the public as part of SportsFest, Cedar Beach Park, Hamilton and Ott Streets in Allentown, Thursday 5:30 to 8:30PM, Friday and Saturday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Admission is free.

The Allentown Arts Park Dance Series continues Thursday evening at 5:00 PM, featuring hoop dancing with in the Arts Park, Fifth Street between Hamilton and Linden in Allentown. This event is also free.

An exhibit of new paintings by Easton artist Nancy Marshall is showing at Popmart in Bethlehem

The Second Annual Red Dot Frame & Mirror Exhibition opens Wednesday at the Ambre Studio, Broad Street in Bethlehem, showcasing unique, unusual, and antique frames that inspire artists to create new works and give collectors the ability to collect fine art frames and mirrors. There will be a reception Thursday from 6 to 9:00 PM in the studio.

For something a little different, the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum presents Ghosts of the Museum, special tours of the museum at night, Friday and Saturday from 5:30 to 9:00 PM. The exhibits will come to life, as Presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt debate who is our nation’s most admired chief executive, and Pennsylvania Germans, colonial Americans, and others reveal how the past connects with the present. The museum is located at 432 West Walnut Street in Allentown.

The Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths display of jewelry by society members will close on Friday at the Baum School of Art in Allentown.

Sunday is the final day to take in two exhibits at Lehigh University:  Richard Redd:  Encaustic Paintings—50 Years in the Lehigh Valley, as well as Elaine Ling:  Contemporary Photography of Tibet, Part II, 2007, both in the Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center.

Lilli Gettinger: Memory Transformed James A. Michener Art Museum - 138 S. Pine St. - Doylestown. The horrific experiences of World War II concentration camps evoked in pastel drawings and polychrome relief sculptures.

Elliott Erwitt: Dog Dogs is showing at the James A. Michener Art Museum - 138 S. Pine St. - Doylestown. More than 60 black-and-white photographs exploring the quirky relationships between dogs and their owners.

enLIGHTenment Work by Ryan Hulvat.  Examples of his Zen approach to photography. Prints are done on MICA paper, made from mother of pearl, which links the work to the Earth. The exhibit is at the Banana Factory Dailyn through August 22nd.

Gerald Rowan: Houses of the Spirit is on exhibit at Muhlenberg College, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts - 24th and Chew streets - Allentown Drawings, adobe vessels and sculpture/spirit houses framed within the vocabulary of geometric abstraction.

A 40 Year Retrospective Connexions Fine Art & Antiques - 213 Northampton St. - Easton. Photography by Jett U

Alumnae Art Show Cedar Crest College, Tompkins College Center - Allentown Cedar Crest. Exhibits of alumnae original works of art.

Just Sew! Clinton Quilts: 1860 to Today at the Tomson Gallery, Second Floor, Red Mill Museumm in Clinton, NJ. Through October 9, 2008.  A handmade quilt is a satisfying creation of color and warmth to wrap around one's loved ones. The quilts on view are local Clinton quilts, made by everyday women for their families. They used the fabric that was at hand. At first, it was homespun. Later they bought fabric, reused old clothes, and recycled flour and feed sacks. Some of these well-used quilts have tales we can deduce from their fabric and wear patterns; others have back stories that have been passed down via friends or family. Today quilts are made for the same, age-old reasons. In this exhibit, local quilters, inspired by the traditional quilts on view, have reproduced old patterns with modern fabrics, both reproduction and contemporary.

Parkland Art League Exhibit: Cathy Rhoades Lehigh County Senior Center - 1633 Elm St. - Allentown July 22nd

The spoken word and visual art are woven together in a new exhibit at the Allentown Art Museum, which opens Sunday with an afternoon reception. Transitions IV: A Collection of Fiber Art and Poetry grew out of an artist residency at Program for Women and Families, led by artist Cassandra Stancil Gunkel and poet Marilyn Hazelton.

Color digital photography is being unveiled Wednesday at Muhlenberg College in Allentown. The show Paul McEwan: Everyday Abstractionscan be seen at the Galleria Lobby in the Baker Center for the Arts.

Enjoy an evening reception Friday for the debut of Fox Optical & Gallery’s latest exhibit, entitled Sook Kim. The display of calligraphy and other prints are on view at the south Bethlehem venue.

Continuing at the Monsoon Gallery sculptures made of cut and shaped crayons. This colorful exhibit is the creation of Herb Williams.

At the Banana Factory in South Bethlehem is Trench Cuisine: A Rock Band's Recipe for Semi-success. Craig Matis chronicles the journey of his band, Uzizi, with lyrics, 25 visual panels, and audiotapes.

Paintings by Seymour Boardman and Other Abstract Expressionists is at the Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation in Jim Thorpe with musical performances, poetry readings, and arts discussions. The exit runs May 24 - Labor Day

The Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center, on Lehigh University’s campus continues several exhibits:

Elaine Ling’s Photography of Tibet, Part II The Artist-in-Residence provides documentation of travels to Tibet. Supported by the Visiting Lecturer's Committee of Lehigh University In conjunction with the university visit of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, July 10–15

Pok Chi Lau: Time-lapse Diptych Visions: The Chinese Cultural Revolution The exhibit runs May 7–July 27

SEE NO EVIL: Monks and Friars by WYSO.  WYSO imagines the humorous antics of monks and friars in watercolor, pen & ink, and wax resist. Zoellner, Girdler Student Gallery. The ezhibt runs June 6 2008 thru Feb 27 2009 :

Richard Redd: Encaustic Paintings Celebrating 50 years in the Lehigh Valley. Abstracted images and motifs, including the earth, roots and cycle of life, use the ancient classical method that combines beeswax and pigments. The exhibit runs May 7–July 27

The Rauch Business Center Gallery, features David Haas Photography: The Mack Truck Project, a collection of Black and white photographs continue on exhibit.

The Allentown Art Museum continues it's exhibit entitled The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche and the Council of the Gods. Fourteen etchings by German printmaker Susanna Maria von Sandrart reproduce fresco designs by Raphael. William Wegman's exhibt Faym is at the Kress Gallery through September 7, 2008

The World We Built features the pen and ink drawings as well as photography of Bethlehem Steel and surrounding areas by Will Cooney. The exhibit is at Visualize 4146 East Rock Road in Allentown.  For more information call 610-709-8669.

The Lehigh County Historical Society's Heritage Museum is hosting World War II: Together in Victory, the human drama of the war recounted through personal stories, original uniforms worn by military personnel and by civilian home-front volunteers, official posters used to inspire the American public, authentic newsreel reports of the war, archival photographs and other military and home-front memorabilia are on display.

Treasured Memories: Scrapbooks, Keepsakes & Souvenirs Pennypacker Mills - Route 73 and Haldeman Road - Schwenksville Exhibit highlights personal keepsakes and memorabilia from the early 1900's.

Trench Cuisine: A Rock Band's Recipe for Semi-success Music and art meld together to chronicle the life of Cleveland-based artist/musician Craig Matis' band Uziz. at the Banana Factory.

Plainfield Farmer's Fair July 22 : 9 a.m. July 23 thru July 26 Event Phone Number: 610-588-7041 Plainfield Farmers' Grove Route 191, 5 miles south of Bangor. Livestock exhibits, baking contests, tractor pulls, demolition derby, entertainment by Randy Simpson (July 22), Crazy Heart (July 23), Steel Creek (July 24), New Individuals (July 25), Farmer's Daughter (July 26).

I Reach for a Dixie Elaine and Peter Emrick Technology Center at Hugh Moore Park - Lehigh Drive - Easton Artifacts, documents and machinery highlighting the history of the Dixie Cup Company.

Saturday is the final opportunity to take part in John Adams's Bethlehem Walk sponsored by the Historic Bethlehem Partnership. For a look at the city during the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of the famous patriot, meet at the Welcome Center on Main Street. The walk departs at 2:30 PM.

The main event for this week's classical programming is the Valley Vivaldi concert on Sunday, July 27th. The Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra will performs Purcell's - Chacony in G, Albinoni's - Balletto in G, Vivaldi's - Guitar Concerto in D, Bach's- Suite in b for flute and strings and the special piece on the program will be Chardon's - Sonata for trumpet and cello. The concert will be performed at Wesley Church in Bethlehm. For tickets or more information call 610-434-7811.

John Arnold, classical guitarist and professor of music at Moravian College will be a part of the Summer Music at Central Moravian Church on Sunday, July 27 – For more information about that concert call the Church Office at: 610-866-5661.

July 23: Catasauqua Band, North Catasauqua Park, Grove Street, 7 p.m. rain date July 30

July 24: Pioneer Band Of Allentown atCedarbrook, 724 Delaware Ave., Fountain Hill, 7

July 25: Macungie Band West Park, Allentown, 7:30 p.m.

July 25: Allentown Band at West Park, 16th and Turner St., 7:30 p.m.

July 25: Pioneer Band of Allentown at the Bethlehem Rose Garden, 7:30 p.m.

July 26: Pioneer Band Of Allentown at Emmanuel Church, Allentown, 7 p.m

July 26: Slate Belt Band at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Procession, 6:15 p.m.

July 26: Allentown Municipal Band, Irving Park, 7 p.m.

July 27: Slate Belt Band at Meuser Park Concert, 7 p.m.

July 27: Bethlehem Municipal Band at the Bethlehem Rose Garden, 7:30 p.m.

July 29: Music will be resonating through West Park, 16th and Turner Streets in Allentown as the Allentown Band, under the direction of Ronald Demkee continues their summer series. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.

The Family Library at Community Services for Children, Allentown, provides a free summer reading program for children ages 3 to 7.  The program runs about an hour beginning at 11:30 am on Mondays, and includes a story and fund hands-on project.  Children of all ages are also invited to join the Summer Reading Club.  Prizes will be given for each 10 picture books (younger readers) or 100 pages of reading (older children).  A reading log may be picked up at the Library or by visiting their website www.cscinc.org and check under the link “Parents”.  The Library’s summer hours are weekdays, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (open until 7:30 PM on Tuesdays).  Parents may call for further information: 610-437-6000 ext. 3140. 

Have you got rhythm? Well, the Riverview Arts Center in Phillipsburg, NJ has music and clogging! All children between ages 6 and 12 have been invited to join the Lehigh Valley Cloggers (as seen at at Musikfest, Hunterdon County 4-H Agricultural Fair, and New Jersey State Fair)  

Need a good excuse to get moving? Walk, run, or volunteer for the Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon for Via, Sunday, September 7th. Run the whole 26-mile distance, or run or walk part of it. Or, run as a team. 610-317-8000.

The American Cancer Society is looking for a volunteer summer intern, to work weekdays, at least ten to 12 hours per week. Work will include computer entries, and a variety of projects such as Daffodil Days, the Relay for Life, and Perimeter Ride. The office is located off SR 512 in an industrial park. To apply, please call Rosemarie at 610-921-2329  ext 3109.  

Name that butterfly! On Saturday July 26th, come to Hawk Mountain and learn the common names of butterflies with Karl Gardner followed by a walk in the outdoors. Also, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is now accepting applications for its 2008 Raptor Camp.  Young nature enthusiasts who are entering fourth and fifth grade have to opportunity to learn about incredible birds of prey through hands-on lessons, outdoor exploration, and other crafts and activities.  Parents may select from two sessions, July 21 through July 25 or August 4 through 8. 

For its support, the Youth Media Project thanks the Crayola Company, enhancing learning opportunities for young people.

Women in Art in Pennsylvania will be hosting a Summer Spiritual Holistic Health Fair on Saturday August 2, 2008 at the Merchant’s Square Mall located at 1901 South 12th Street.  The fair will feature lectures, jewelry, crystals, clothing, and more.  For more information call (610) 797-8052

Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg will hold their summer festival on the hospital grounds located at 2545 Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem from August 13-16th.  The festival will feature craft tents, rides, games, a bake sale, attic treasures, penny candy, and more. 

Segway tours of Historic Bethlehem will continue to be held through the month of August on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th.  The tours will leave at 10 AM from Segway of the Lehigh Valley located at 318 East 3rd Street in Bethlehem. The tour will last approximately 2-2 and a half hours.  For more information (610) 691-6055.

The Day Camp of the Singing Boys of Pennsylvania and Keystone Girls Choir is ideal for those who have experienced success in music and enjoy singing, music, stimulating challenges, and wish to broaden their musical skills.  The camp will be held for children ages 8-15 from August 18th-23rd from 8:30 AM- 5 PM daily at the First Methodist Church in Bangor.  For more information or to register the number is (610) 759-6002

The Bethlehem Farmer's Market continues to run Thursdays from 12-5 PM at Campus Square.  The market supports local farming and businesses in the Lehigh Valley and is part of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's Buy Fresh Buy Local Program.

The Bethlehem Parent Tree Parent Support Group is up and running.  It is held Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8:0-0 PM at Fritz Memorial Methodist Church located on the corner or Montclair and Packer Avenue just to the north and west of Lehigh's campus in South Bethlehem.   The group is offered free of charge by Project Child and Valley Youth House.  Refreshments will be provided and childcare is available and free of charge.  For more information, please contact Project Child at (610) 954-9561 X37

Lower Saucon United Church of Christ located at 1375 Third Avenue in Hellertown is seeking a part time dynamic musician with keyboard skills to provide an uplifting worship experience.  All interested parties should submit their resume and salary expectations to
Music Search Committee
Lower Saucon UCC
1375 Third Avenue
Hellertown PA 18055
Or fax your interest and qualifications to (610) 838-8821