Friday, December 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024 | 9 AM to 5 PM. Discover familiar places and faces from the Curious George book series and PBS KIDS television series.

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Friday, December 1, 2023 - May 19, 2024 | 9 AM to 4 PM. Discover the history and the evolving art form of Native American Beadwork:  Evolution, Trade, and Artistry, a new exhibit at the Museum of Indian Culture.

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Friday, December 1, 2023 - September 29, 2024 | 10 AM - 5 PM. National Museum of Industrial History's latest exhibit examines what it means to strive for the American Dream following World War II through the end of the 1970s. Coordinated with the electrification of the country, advancements in mass production allowed people to acquire prestigious, affordable objects designed to make life easier. New and Improved! is a multi-dimensional experience that invites the visitor to explore the evolution of material culture in the modern home.

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Friday, December 1, 2023 - January 28, 2024 | 11 AM to 5 PM. Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites is excited to announce the opening of it's newest exhibition, Unspun: Stories of Silk. This exhibition is made possible, in part, through generous support from The Helen & R. K. Laros Foundation — the presenting sponsor of the exhibition.

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White Christmas: Part of Christmas Classic Matinees
Friday, December 1 & December 2, 2023 | 12 PM. Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when Crosby & Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff dreams are made of.

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Slatington Tree Lighting Ceremony

Friday, December 1, 2023 | 5 PM to 7 PM. Join the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce with your friends and family as we kick off the holiday season in Slatington, PA with their annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 1st!

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Friday, December 1-3, 2023 | 5 PM to 8 PM. Join Hausman’s Fruit Farm for their annual old-fashioned family Christmas. The festivities include hayrides through the orchard, photos with Santa, hot apple dumplings, hot chocolate and cider, s’more making and more!

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Matt Bednarsky
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 5:30 PM. Now based in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, by way of Connecticut, New York City, Italy, Peru, Nashville, and Costa Rica, Matt is always awaiting and seeking new ways to inspire and comfort audiences around the world.

Friday, December 1, 2023 | 6 - 9 PM. First Friday activities are located at the Banana Factory Arts Center and include guided gallery tours, select open studios, family-friendly art activities, community art projects, exhibition openings, artist talks, and live art making and glassblowing demos!

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Creole Christmas

Friday, December 1, 2023 | 7 PM. Join as the band performs New Orleans classics as well as some of our best-loved holiday selections with a twist.

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The Stranger - Billy Joel Tribute Featuring Mike Santoro
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 7:30 PM. Mike’s obsession with accuracy, tonality and faithfully recreating the sound of every Billy Joel song as it’s heard on the record is what has helped drive the band to the national level it has reached.

Friday, December 1 - December 2, 2023 | 7:30 PM. A concert featuring the iconic Violin Concerto by Tchaikovsky, with Michael Jorgensen, soloist, and music by Aaron Copland. Paul Salerni, director.

The Light That Leads Us Home — Holiday Concert
Friday, December 1 - December 2, 2023 | 7:30 PM. Holiday Concerts Winter Concert Series Friday, December 1 @ 7:30pm Saturday, December 2 @ 2:00pm First Presbyterian Church: 3231 Tilghman Street, Allentown, PA Works by Mari Esabel Valverde, Antonio Vivaldi, Melissa Dunphy, Kyle Pederson, Morten Lauridsen, Elaine Hagenberg, William Dawson, and many more!

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Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

Friday, December 1  - Sunday, December 10, 2023 | 7:30 PM. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is a recent Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. Ella dreams of escaping the drudgery of a life under her stepmother’s thumb while Topher, the prince and future king, questions his role as a leader. A fairy godmother disguised as a beggar orchestrates events for them to meet, so they can help each other learn who they truly are. Winner of the 2013 Tony Award for the Best Revival of a Musical, the production features Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved songs.

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Cass Noelle
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 8 PM. The eastern Pennsylvania native’s influences stretch beyond the “chick folk” of her formative years. Cass draws inspiration from a vast array of artists, from megastar showmen like David Bowie and Billy Joel.

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We're Good, You're Great
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 8:30 PM. With over 10+ years performing together- Matt Candio and Evan Stutts ask the audience “what’s great?” We’re Good, You’re Great is a quick witted, fully improvised show focusing on the humor found through a labyrinth of audience informed characters and comedic situations.

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Breakfast with St. Nick
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 8:15 AM. ‘Tis the season for all things jolly! Families are invited to celebrate the holidays with the festive tradition of Breakfast with St. Nicholas at Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem this season.

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Saturday, December 2 - December 16, 2023 | 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. No trip to Easton would be complete without a stop at America's longest, continuously-running open-air market! For over 270 years, shoppers have found the freshest in local produce, baked goods, coffee, plants and artisan wares. Enjoy live music as you peruse each vendor's offerings.

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Tools For Combating Winter Illness with Jim Furey
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 10 AM to 3 PM. Do you worry about dealing with winter illnesses without going to the doctor or pharmacy? If you desire to be more prepared for the colds and flus that are coming—we can help. When you come to our Deep Winter Health Workshop Day, you will learn an integrative approach to winter wellness from Clinical Herbalist, Jim Furey. You’ll be empowered with the knowledge of different lifestyle techniques, supplements, and seasonal eating habits found throughout traditional medicine systems in colder weather to live in harmony with the environment.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 11 AM. The Belleville Flea is the market's very own pop-up vendor faire within Belleville Market. This monthly series features a hand-picked assortment of revolving artisans who set-up shop in the Atelier at Belleville Market for the weekend. The Belleville Flea weekends feature incredible shopping, live music on the terrace, tastings and more.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 11 AM to 4 PM. Ring in the holiday season at Rodale Institute! Visitors are invited to come out to the farm to enjoy workshops and other festive crafts and take advantage of sales on everything in the Garden Store.

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 11 AM to 1 PM. Come to the Downtown Allentown Market for lunch, and get a FREE picture taken with Santa, his elves, and the Grinch! There will also be live music and gifts for children.

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Emmaus Cheers Trail

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 12 PM to 5 PM. Part of the town’s annual Old Fashioned Christmas event, attendees are invited too sip, snack and shop as they stroll through town!

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2023 Fegley’s Brew Works Craft Beer Festival
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 12 PM to 4 PM. Beer lovers, rejoice! The Fegley’s Brew Works Craft Beer Festival 2023 returns for its 13th year featuring over 50 distinct craft brews to sample from dozens of top breweries across the Lehigh Valley and the surrounding region. This year’s festival features a 3-hour tasting session (1pm to 4pm), a buffet of favorite pub food from Allentown and Bethlehem Brew Works included in admission, beer-centric vendors, live music, and more.

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Kids Create and Learn: Winter Birdseed Ornament

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 12 PM to 1 PM. Learn about what birds you can watch for during the winter season and make seeded pine cones to hang outside to help wildlife friends during cold winter months.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Robin & Jim featuring Robin Seip on vocals singing all your Holiday favorites. They will have you dancing to a variety of music from Motown, Oldies to Country.

Saturday, December 2 - 3, 2023. The magic of RDT's Nutcracker  brings enchantment to your holidays! Professional guest artists are joined by a cast of 100 dancers with Tchaikovsky’s beloved score performed live by the ASO.

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An "Old Fashioned" Christmas
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 1:00 PM. ArtsQuest has partnered with Edrington and Levy Restaurants to put together a tasting around the Old Fashioned cocktail!

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Join Bangor for a festive day at the Holiday Artisan Market & Tree Lighting in Broadway. Get ready to shop till you drop at the market, featuring a wide range of unique handmade crafts and gifts perfect for the holiday season.

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Art as Antidote to AI
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 2 - 3 PM. For all ages! Join pianists Matthew Harrison and Vlada Yaneva of Masterwork Conversations for an afternoon concert exploring patterns of human creativity through music! Art is an antidote to AI’s artificial mashups. We find in art ourselves, the essence of our humanness, and as we listen we draw closer to ourselves and each other.

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Winter Wonderland Tour at Allentown Art Museum

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 4 PM. Join Allentown Art Museum for a Winter Wonderland tour occurring in tandem with the tree lighting ceremony happening across the street.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 4 PM to 7 PM. The Downtown Allentown Business Alliance and The Allentown Chamber in partnership with the City of Allentown will transform the Arts Park to kick off the holiday season by lighting the tree.

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Join the ceremony at Covered Bridge Park decorating the covered bridge, corner mill house, and holiday tree.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 6 PM. Join Emmaus Main Street Partners for one of the best, most festive days in the Borough on December 3, 2022 for the annual tree lighting.

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Good Time Rock & Roll, and Legendary Country with Chuck Rissmiller
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 7 PM. Chuck is a guitarist/vocalist who has been studying his craft for years. Having committed himself totally and exclusively to performing live music, he performs over 100 shows per year.

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Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 7:30 PM. WWE returns to Allentown this holiday season on December 2, 2023! Don't miss the Valley's only WWE in 2023; see your favorite WWE superstars.

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Il Divo – A New Day Holiday Tour

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 8 PM. IL DIVO is the most commercially successful classical crossover group in international music history since they first banded together in 2004. With more than 30 million albums sold, 160 Gold and Platinum albums in 33 countries, to their credit, Il Divo was the first Classical Crossover artist to have an album debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. With songs recorded in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Latin, English and Japanese, their catalog has impressively yielded global sales of 30 million-plus units with 50 No. 1 hits and 160 Gold and Platinum records throughout 35 countries.

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Holiday Movie Time: An Improv Extravaganza
Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 8:30 PM. Want to save time watching all your favorite holiday "classics"? This hour-long show lets you dash through them like fresh powder snow (the deep kind you get stuck in). You'll be captivated as you watch our improvisors perform holiday movies based on audience suggestions. Let the festivities begin as we smash the holidays into a fast-paced, live-action movie extravaganza!

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Winter Wreath Workshop
Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 11 AM to 1 PM. Gather a family or friends group or treat yourself and come alone for our festive wreath workshop.

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. May your Holiday be filled with Truck Loads of Sweet Magic. Create your own Holiday Truck Greeting Card with Oreo Cookies at America on Wheels!

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Holiday Workshop at Birthright Brewing 

Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 1- 3 PM. That Planty Chick will be at Birthright Brewing Company in Nazareth. Using a variety of succulents and winter décor, attendees will be guided through the process.

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 1- 3 PM. Named for Wilkes-Barre naturalist Thomas Darling Jr, this groundwater-fed glacial wetland has one of the state’s largest and healthiest spruce forests. This 2-mile hike is partly on a boardwalk through a bog and is fairly easy, on mostly level ground. Dress for the weather. There are no restrooms here. Leashed dogs welcome.

 
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Christmas Train Storytime & Photo-Op

Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. Join the National Museum of Industrial History for an immersive reading of the Polar Express and other holiday-themed stories with Conductor Ken followed by a chance to learn more about and take pictures with our restored Bethlehem Steel locomotive.

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A Carpenters Christmas at the Roxy Theatre   

Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 2 - 4 PM. Superstar; A Karen Carpenter Tribute brings Christmas to the Roxy Theatre on Sunday, December 3. Sing along to your favorite holiday tunes as well as The Carpenters’ top hits.

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 3 PM. Fancy Nancy is not too fancy and is someone with many good qualities that you want your children to learn from. She bought a brand-new sparkly tree topper with her own money, but as usual, things don't turn out the way Nancy would like. In the end Nancy teaches us that her family and especially her sister, Jojo, are more important than any fancy stuff that she could buy. 

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 3:30 PM to 9 PM. Join Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre on Sunday, December 3rd for a one-of-a-kind holiday drive-in movie experience for the whole family!

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Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Join the Greater Northern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce, Weisenberg Township, Lowhill Township, Lynn Township and Heidelberg Township for the 3rd Annual Northwestern Lehigh Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ontelaunee Park.

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Monday, December 4, 2023 | 10 AM. Learning about Regenerative Organic Farming is important. That’s why Pocono Organics embraces the opportunity to empower kids of all ages with the knowledge and understanding how sustaining soil health is vital to our future through educational hands-on activities & classes with our professionals.

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Monday, December 4, 2023 | 4:30 PM to 6 PM. Have you always wondered what it takes to safely send priceless works of art around the globe? Jeffrey Ludwig-Dicus, LUAG’s Head Preparator and Exhibition Designer, and Rachel Fugate, Collections Manager/Registrar, will show you how it’s done!

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 5:30 PM to 7 PM. Explore methods of integrating text and imagery to design a unique paper collage inspired by the exhibition Lucy Gans: Reading Between the Lines.

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hOMe for the Holidays at Emmaus Yoga

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Relieve some stress of the holiday season with Emmaus Yoga’s hOMe for the Holidays practice. Attendees will find peace, harmony and loving kindness within themselves using pranayama techniques, chanting, hand mudras and gentle asana. Tea and refreshments will be served after the class.

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Free Jokes! Standup Open Mic
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 | 8 PM. Free Jokes! is a FREE hour long standup comedy show featuring standup comedians from the Lehigh Valley and beyond!

Bake Sale/Raffle at Gracedale Nursing Home
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 9 AM to 1 PM. We will have lots of baked goods and several gift baskets which will be including gift cards to local stores & businesses.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 9:30 AM to 11 AM. “You & Me” is a program designed for children aged 3-5 and their grown-ups. Together teams experience the wonders of nature, promoting curiosity and exploration, in a safe, supportive environment.

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Fall Studio Sessions

Wednesday, December 6 & Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 7 - 9 PM. See world premiere dance in the intimate confines of the 85-seat Dance Studio Theatre — an exciting venue for innovative choreography, created by the talented students choreographers of the Muhlenberg Dance Program.

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Elf (20th Anniversary): Part of Holiday Quote Along Series
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 7:30 PM. After accidentally falling into Santa Claus' gift sack, a human baby is raised at the North Pole, growing up to believe he is an elf. Due to his large size, the "elf" causes chaos in Santa's workshop, forcing Kris Kringle to send him on a mission to find his human roots.

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The Bishop's Wife (1947): Part of Christmas Classic Matinees
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 12 PM. Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing, and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham’s Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife, Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his own… and teaching Henry an immortal lesson in romance isn’t all he has planned! This delightful romantic comedy is wondrous, witty, and truly divine!

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Sonic Snow Tubing

Thursday, December 7, 2023 - March 10, 2024 | 5 PM. Join Blue Mountain Resort to participate in Sonic Snow Tubing! The Snow Tubing Park turns into a laser light and music show.

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The Jam Experience
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 7 PM. Come join us for a night of music and dining at one of the Valley’s premier entertainment venues with some of the best musicians in the tri-state area. Join The Jam Experience, an open jam for all instrumentalists and vocalists including blues, rock and jazz.

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Improv House Teams - Fall 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 8 PM. 60 minutes of completely unscripted, high-energy improv performed by SteelStacks' resident comedy teams.

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