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The WDIY Culture Calendar

The Culture Calendar is produced by George VanDoren, with assistanc from Charles James and Alison DelRe

The Classical Calendar is produced by Michael Dlugosh

The Community Bulletin Board is produced by Stacy Alexander.

The Theatre and Lively Arts Calendar is produced in cooperation with the Lehigh Valley Arts Council. For a complete listing please check their website.

The Celtic Calendar is produced by Rick Weaver, with the assistance of Megan Everett, from Lehigh Valley Celtic Music

The WDIY Youth Media Project includes The Youth Media Calendar.

The WDIY Youth Media Project thanks the Crayola Company, the Century Fund, the Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Trust, and Mike and Sharon Gausling for their support, enhancing learning opportunities for young people.

Website updated by Mike Dlugosh

Call Alison DelRe at WDIY (610)-694-8100, ext 4 for additional information about the Calendar.

You can check out the calendars anytime by visiting WDIY's MySpace Page and WDIY's Facebook Page.

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Sept 2nd thru Sept 8th

Thursday	Allentown's Summer in the City Series continues with the BC Combo at 11:45 AM at PPL Plaza Steve Brosky & Jimmy Meyer, The James Supra Blues Band and Mike Dugan & The Blues Mission are at the Music Tent at The Great Allentown Fair The Craig Thatcher Band is at the Penn's Peak Deck Party from 6:30-9:30 Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at the Brick Tavern The BC Combo is at the Tamaqua Summer Concert Series at the Tamaqua Train Station The Go Trio with Jeannie Brooks is at Malcolm X Park in Philadelphia from 7-9
Friday	The Sellersville Theatre presents Craig Thatcher's Eric Clapton Retrospective Crazy Heart and The B Street Band are at the Music Tent at the Allentown Fair The Organik Vibe Trio does jazz at the Deer Head Inn The BC Combo is at the Tap and Table The Dynamic Duo is at Rookie's Friends of Tom are at Blue Mountain Summit in Andreas. Mary Hawkins and Doug Landis are at McCoole's Red Lion Inn, Quakertown All Star Weekend and the F.N. Nobodies are at Crocodile Rock Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at the Lazy Dog Coffeehouse in Minersville
Saturday	The Sellersville Theatre features Get The Led Out The Sherman Theater presents Weird Al Yankovic Connie Eddinger is at Grumpy's Will Knox is at the Creekside Cultural Center in Lenhartsville The OM/ShalOM Project is at the Deer Head Inn The BC Combo is at Split Rock resort at 4 The Go Trio with Jeannie Brooks is at the Lafayette Bar. Addiction is at the Widow's in Stockertown Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at the Terrace in Walnutport Hustlemania with Intrinzik, among others, plus Back To School Rock, featuring Peacekeeper, Forbidden Dreams, and more are at Crocodile Rock
Sunday	The Moutin Reunion Jazz is at the Deer Head Inn from 5-8 The Soundscapes Concert Series presents Modulator ESP at the Nazareth Center for the Arts from 8-10 The Dan DeChellis Trio is at Ahearn's in Martin's Creek from 9:30-12:30 Jim Meck is at the Bear Creek Mountain Resort from 11-2 Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at Platz's in Lehighton at 2:00 PM Carter Hulsey, Dan Asroff, and Sailing in the Clouds are at Crocodile Rock The Jim Meck Trio is at Topton Community Park at 6 PM Camden's Second Annual Backyard Barbeque features Ivan Nevill’s Dumpstaphunk, The Radiators, Marcia Ball, and Big Sam’s Funky Nation at Wiggins Waterfront Park from 2-10
Monday
Tuesday	The Dynamic Duo is at Magnolia's The Allentown Area Swing Dance Society hosts a session at the Starlight Ballroom of Allentown's Fearless Fire Company.
Wednesday	Steve Brosky and Jimmy Meyer are at the Allentown Farmer's Market at 11 AM The Sellersville Theatre presents An Accoustic Evening with Jon Anderson The Billy Bauer Band is at Pearly Baker's The Dynamic Duo is at the Vintage Restaurant Craig Thatcher is solo at the Spinnerstown Hotel Pennywise, Riverboat Gamblers, Authority Zero, and Bigwig are at Crocodile Rock Jim Meck is at the White Palm Tavern in Topton

September 9th -The Sellersville Theatre presents Rhett Miller.

September 10th - Godfrey Daniels presents Preston Reed

September 10th -The Sellersville Theatre hosts Shemekia Copeland

September 10th -Lafayette College presents the Dafnis Prieto Sextet at the Williams Center for the Arts

September 10th -The 33rd Annual Celebration of the Arts Festival at Delaware Water Gap runs from September 10th through the 12th and features jazz notables Bob Dorough, Eric Doney, Joan Coates Jr, CoOp Bop, and many more.

September 11th -The Sellersville Theatre presents The Young Dubliners

September 11th - Godfrey Daniels hosts Bev Conklin and Lea Gilmore

September 11th - The Mauch Chunk Opera House features Real Diamond

September 11th - Penn's Peak presents Beatlemania Now

On the Cinematic Front

The 19th Street Theatre reopens on September 8th with Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky. Rated R - 2hrs. French and Russian with English subtitles. Apearing Soon - Winter's Bone

The South Side Film Institute presents Red Light at 7:15 on September 16th at South Bethlehem's Victory Firehouse as part of its Third Thursday Film Club Series

Classical Calendar

September 7th - Join the Pocono Choral Society in residence at Centenary College, First Rehearsal & Auditions Tuesday. Rehearsals are every Tuesday 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in the Whitney Chapel on the Centenary College campus in Hackettstown NJ. We are welcoming new members and strongly encourage participation from students, faculty and the Hackettstown community for our upcoming winter concert. All singers will participate in a brief 5 minute maximum audition. For additional information, please call 570/402-1179.

September 9th - The American Legion Band of Bethlehem plays a FREE Concert at the Bethlehem Rose Garden at 7:00 PM

September 10th - SATORI Celebrates Women in Music-- Chamber Music by Women Composers at Cedar Crest CollegeTompkins Center, Samuels Theater at 7 pm. Music of Madeleine Dring, Clara Schumann, Hilary Tann, Thea Musgrave, and Rebecca Clarke
Cheryl Bishkoff, oboe
Rebecca Brown, violin
Deborah Davis, cello
Adriana Linares, viola
Martha Schrempel, piano
Nora Suggs, flute For additional information call 610-435-6036. Free and open to the public

September 26th -The Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem presents an additional special in their Concerts at Muhlenberg, the renown Arianna String Quartet. Hailed for their outstanding musicianship, the Arianna String Quartet has firmly established itself as one America's finest chamber ensembles. The concert will feature the following works:

Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 51
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 (Death and the Maiden)

The concert will be at the Empie Theatre, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College. Concerts will be at 3 PM on Sundays. For tickets or more information, please visit their website

October 10th - SATORI and Temple Beth El presents A Daniel Pearl World Music Day event featuring Classical and Klezmer Music of von Weber -- Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, O. Golijov -- from Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind plus Mozart, Haydn....and more! Call 610-435-3521 for tickets; seating is limited. The concert starts at 2:00 pm

On Going Events

Like to SING?? Join the Pocono Choral Society at Centenary College. Rehearsals are every Tuesday 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in the Whitney Chapel on the Centenary College campus in Hackettstown NJ. We are welcoming new members and strongly encourage participation from students, faculty and the Hackettstown community for our upcoming winter concert. All singers will participate in a brief 5 minute maximum audition. For additional information, please call 570/402-1179

Folk Music Calendar

September 19th - 27th Annual Lyons Fiddle Festival at Lyons Community Park, Park Avenue, Lyons PA 10AM to 5PM Annual Fiddle Festival with continuous entertainment, PA Dutch Home Cookin featuring iron kettle soups, pig roast, arts and crafts area, jamming area, Gospel Bluegrass Service, antique display, fiddle contest The Lyons Fiddle Festival is looking for entertainment, especially one Cajun style group. The festival features fiddle music of all types including old-timey, bluegrass, Celtic, country, etc.

October 1-2nd (Friday-Saturday) - The 7th Annual Nutmeg Dulcimer Festival will be held at the same wonderful location: Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church, on the Green in Milford, CT. Featured Performers will be Aaron O'Rourke - Mountain Dulcimer, Maggie Sansone - Hammered Dulcimer and Ken Bloom - Bowed Dulcimer. Workshops presented by our Featured Performers and by the following : Hammered Dulcimer: Cliff Cole, Marya Katz, Barb Levine, Jody Marshall. Paul Mueller, David Paton, Mark Rust. Mountain Dulcimer: Rich Carty, Dallas Cline, Sam Edelston, Ron Ewing, Rudy Gabrielson, Beth Lassi, Steve Miklos, Laurel Schwartz, Lucy Joan Sollogub, Susan Trump, Carol Walker, Dwain Wilder, Nina Zanetti And...Sound Reinforcement, Guitar, Spoons, and more John Baugh and Mark Rust.. Come on out for ... Jamming, Socializing, and Good Karma!

On Going Events

There is a NEW Folk Society in the area, the Quakertown Area Dulcimer and Autoharp Society (QUADAS). Their musical focus is on hammered dulcimers, mountain dulcimers and autoharps, playing a variety of old time and Celtic music. The group is open to all players, beginner to advanced. They meet at the First United Church of Christ of Quakertown, 151 South 4th St. Quakertown. Their meeting is at 2:00 o'clock on the Second Sunday of each month. For more information, please contact Bobbie and Obie at 215-234-8036 or e-mail them at obediahbreadboard@verizon.net

Bucks County Folk Song Society holds its regular monthly meetings at Wrightstown Friends Meetinghouse, Rte 413 (Durham Rd.)
Wrightstown, PA. Meetings are normally held on the first Sunday of every month, but occasionally switch to the second Sunday when the first is on a holiday weekend. About 1-1/2 Hours for Munching, Jamming, and Schmoozing. The festivities begin around 6:30 and end promptly at 10:00pm.

City of Bethlehem Bagpipe Band. The Bethlehem Bagpipe Band is a street band that is located in Bethlehem, Pa. Currently, we have over 25 playing and several non-playing members, that range in age from 12 to 50+. We are always seeking out new members. If interrested in playing in our band, and live in our area, please contact James B Ruhf at 610-866-3310 or email: hotpiper1@aol.com. We practice every Tuesday evening at 7pm at Bethany UCC located at 5th Ave. and W. Market Sts. in Bethlehem.

Lehigh Valley Folk Music Society hold Monthly Jam Sessions. The Society sponsors a free public jam session EVERY 3rd WED. for more information please e-mail .vickihaller@gmail.com

Visual And Lively Arts Calendar

For a complete listing of the Lehigh Valley Arts Council's
Visual and Lively Arts Calendar

Youth Media Calendar

Wednesday through Sunday until September 5th - A 40 minute mule drawn canal boat ride on the Lehigh Canal will continue to Wednesday through Sunday until September 5th , from 1-4pm at Hugh Moore Historical Park, 30 Centre Square, Easton. There is a fee, Admission to the Emrick Technology Center and the exhibits on Lehigh Valley industry included. For more information, 610-515-8000.

Through October - Ride the Delaware River Railroad Excursions from Phillipsburg every Saturdays and Sundays at 11am, 12:30, 2, and 3:30 pm during the summer and on special dates during the fall and winter. Don't miss this exciting trip along the Old Bel-Del. The train ride will ride along the Delaware River and an optional stop at an old mine for gem panning. A fee applies. For tickets or more information, please call 908-454-4433 or visit their website

The Youth Media Crew are on Summer Break. We will see you in September...see you when the summer's through...

The Community Bulletin Board

Beginning in September - The Pocono Equestrian Center announces The Walter Farley Black Stallion Literacy Foundation program will begin in September at J-n-L Pocono Stables in Moscow, PA. 1st and 2nd graders will receive two books in this program. The programs will operate rain or shine and will be held once a week at J&L Pocono Stables in Moscow PA located 20 minutes from downtown Scranton. More information is available at (570) 348-9795 or by email at bev.peffer@gmail.com

September 3rd - The Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding of Muhlenberg College will host a First Friday Luncheon Discussion in the college’s Seegers Union rooms 111-112 from noon-1 PM. The first discussion will be held Friday September 3rd and is entitled South India: A Melting Pot of Flavors and Faith presented by Dr. Clif Kussmaul Associate Professor of Computer Science at Muhlenberg. The program is free and open to the public.

September 11th - Believe it or not, fall is just around the corner. Celebrate its coming and learn things that will enrich your personal landscape and your life by joining in the annual Fall Festival at Edge of the Woods Plant Nursery on Saturday September 11th from 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM.There will be a variety of activities planned throughout the day. For more information the number is (610) 395-2570,

September 11th - All residents, neighbors, and friends are invited to celebrate the Lehigh Valley Community Day hosted by Access Services on Saturday September 11th from 10 AM to 7 PM. The event is free to attend, handicapped accessible, and will be held rain or shine. The event will be held at the Bethlehem Township Community Center located at 2900 Farmersville Road in Bethlehem. Proceeds from event will benefit Access Services "Project Oasis" which supports Lehigh Valley families and caregivers of children and adults with developmental disabilities, emotional and other mental health challenges by providing affordable respite services.

September 12th - Volunteers are needed for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Marathon for Via on September 12th. You can cheer on runners, keep them hydrated and on course. Groups are welcome! More information is on their website.

September 12th -There will be a basket bingo to benefit Jenn's House on Sunday September 12th at the Copeechan Fish and Game Club located in Schnecksville. Doors open at 12 noon and Bingo begins at 1 PM. For information please call 610-767-9519.

September 15th - Gene Baur, President and Co-Founder of the Farm Sanctuary, will be speaking about his book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food on Wednesday September 15th at 7 PM at Kutztown University. The event is being sponsored by the Vegetarian Education Group and is free and open to the public. The lecture will be held in Academic Forum 201 on the campus.

September 18th - Richland Friends will be celebrating 300 Years of Quakers in Quakertown and are inviting the public to Quaker Heritage Day on September 18th from 10 AM- 5 PM on the Meetinghouse grounds located in Quakertown. The day's events will include an art gallery, silent auction, local crafters, open hearth cooking and more. For more information (215) 538-7555 or on their website.

September 19th - The Makaeya 5 K will be held on Sunday September 19th at Bicentennial Park located on Liberto Lane in Bethlehem. Registration begins at 7:45 AM and the race begins at 9 AM. You can enjoy post race refreshments and entertainment. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers. For more information or registration fees contact Mary Beth Leeson at (610) 258-6333. Registration fees should be made payable to Northampton County Bar Association.

September 25th - The Weisenberg Lowhill Township Historical Society located at 4590 Werleys Corner Road in New Tripoli, will hold a multi-family yard and bake sale on Saturday September 25th from 8 AM –1PM. For more information the number is (610) 395-0763.

Buy Local Produce From Lehigh Valley Farmer's Markets

The Allentown Fairgrounds Farmer's Market invites you to visit with us. We are located at 17th and Chew Streets in the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA. With over 65 merchants, we are sure you will find everything you need in one quick stop. Meats, poultry, produce, deli, baked goods, gourmet shops, seafood, candy, snacks, flowers, restaurants, and much more at prices you won't believe! Bring the whole family for a great time and enjoy the feeling of a true farmers market.

The Bath Farmer's Market is open every Friday starting May 7 between 3 and 7PM. The Bath Farmers Market at Keystone Park on Race Street. For more information, please call Fiona Adamsky at 610-618-9437.

Bethlehem's Farmer's Market. For the eighth year in a row, the Bethlehem Farmer's Market will have goods available to Bethlehem residents at Campus Square. The market will run at the intersection of New and Morton Streets on Thursdays, June 17 through September 23, from noon to 4 p.m. 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. For more information, please visit their website

The Easton Farmer's Market will be open Saturdays from 9 AM- 1 PM May through October in Centre Square. The market will feature 29 vendors this year. For more information, please visit their website

The Emmaus Farmer's market is open on Sundays from 10AM until 2PM, rain or shine, from the first Sunday in May until the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving in November.We are committed to providing locally produced, safe, and highly nutritious farm products. Your support of the Emmaus Farmer's Market preserves surrounding farmland, supports local farm families, strengthens the local community, and provides flavorful foods for your table. For more information, please visit their website

Macungie Farmer's Market is a producer/grower market committed to providing locally grown, fresh food; to preserving our agricultural heritage; and to building community. Market is open every Thursday, through October, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, parking lot of the Macungie Pub (126 E. Main Street, Macungie). For more information, please visit their website

Plaza Growers' Market in Allentown is a sustainable market as well as a community gathering place in Allentown's downtown where citizens can access healthy, local produce, thereby creating a farm-city connection and assisting revitalization of the downtown while protecting Eastern Pennsylvania's farmlands. This project is supported by the friends of the Plaza Growers Market, a group of citizen volunteers, supporting the market through organizing music, events and community tables. For more information, please visit their website

The Saucon Valley Farmers Market will be open each Sunday from 9 AM -1 PM. For a listing of this seasons events please visit their website.

Welcome to the Jim Thorpe Farmers Market! EVERY Saturday 9am - 12pm RAIN OR SHINE. Located at Memorial Park
E. 10th St. just off 903 in Jim Thorpe, PA. For more information, please e-mail them at info@jimthorpefarmersmarket.org or visit their website

On Going Events

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation has announced its creation of two online programs to assist donors and non-profit organizations. The Philanthropy Catalog of the Lehigh Valley is a listing of non-profit organizations that provides a link to their websites. The catalog also provides donors with information about charitable giving and resources for checking on the charitable status of the organizations. The catalog is available at their website.

The DaVinci Science Center in Allentown is seeking volunteers to serve as exhibit educators to assist visitors with more than 200 hands-on exhibits. Volunteers should be effective communicators and enjoy working with people. The center is open 7 days a week. Training is held on site and all participants are required to have background clearances. A minimum age of 14 is required to volunteer. For mor information, contact Jean Andes at (484) 664-1002 X 118.

Rainbow Ridge Farm Equestrian Center would like to invite you for Family Fun Day every Sunday from 1-4 pm. Come and enjoy crafts, facepainting, help to feed the animals and more. All proceeds go to the farm's non-profit therapeutic riding program For more information, please call (215)-766-9357 or check their website.

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