Rebecca Walz

Two renowned local photographers take to the airwaves in this week's show. Host Lydia Panas speaks with Theo Anderson about his two current exhibits, at the Williams Center for the Arts and the State Theater in Easton.

WDIY will have two of Anderson's prints from his “Where’s Joe? The Ghost of Bethlehem Steel” series available as part of the silent auction happening at their Winter Blast Fundraising Party on February 2 at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown. (Original air date, January 21, 2013.)

Host Eleanor Bobrow speaks with Michael Clancy, Reverse Mortgage Specialist and Branch Manager of Gateway Funding to help us explore the positive and negative effects of a reverse mortgage, and to understand the upcoming Federal government changes to the existing procedure. (Original air date, January 21, 2013.)

Highlights of exciting  upcoming events at Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown, will be shared with our audience as Executive Director Sheila Evans chats about the January 26th Koresh Dance performance, the Met Live in HD series, the Family Series and upcoming concerts by Allentown Symphony Orchestra.  George Miller and Kate Scuffle host.

Host Eleanor Bobrow interviews Julia Schopick, author of Honest Medicine; a book she wrote to help readers understand the need to investigate all treatment options for illness, so that we can better understand some remarkable, yet often overlooked, therapies that can improve our lives.

Host Eleanor Bobrow welcome Edie Weinstein to the program, author of The Bliss Mistress: Guide to Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary.

Host Eleanor Bobrow interviews Kim Schaffer and James Williams of Community Bike Works, a program that provides inner-city and at-risk children with meaningful work-ethic alternatives to gangs, drugs and the street.

Host Bob Cohen will interviews novelist and short-story author Alix Ohlin, whose two publications from Knopf earlier this year have been getting rave reviews:  "Inside," the novel, and "Signs and Wonders," a collection of Ohlin's short stories.  Alix Ohlin is on the faculty of Lafayette College.

Tickets are on sale now for WDIY's Winter Blast, happening Saturday, February 2 from 7-11pm at the Rodale Room at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown. 

The night will include light fare, beverages and lots of dancing to the music of Yancarlos Sanchez and Lehigh Valley Soul Project. We'll also have a photo stage, thanks to Dan's Camera, and a silent auction featuring photography, weekend get-a-ways, jewelry and more.

Host Laurie A. Siebert, CPA, CFP(r), AEP(r) and her guest, financial advisor, Matthew Petrozelli, discuss real estate investing on this program, including  commercial property, rental real estate and  REITs.

Can anyone really understand the trends in business and weather…or the impact of one upon the other? Join host Sally Handlon and her guests Bill Kirk, founder and CEO Weather Trends International  and John McGran, Editor of LV Business, to hear what they have to say about 2012 trends and 2013 predictions for business, weather and the impacts of each other.