South Side Swing Festival with Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society
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Thursday, July 19
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bethlehem, PA
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Drew Nugent, a jazz musician and composer from Philadelphia along with the Midnight Society, deliver the sound of jazz, blues and pop from the 1920s and ‘30s. Under Drew's leadership, the band brings forth an authentic, yet original approach to an art form over 100 years old.
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South Side Swing Festival with David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
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Friday, July 20
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bethlehem, PA
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Mr. Ostwald has led the Gully Low Jazz Band since 1980 and, with blues great Big Joe Turner on their second album, were nominated for a GRAMMY Award in 1986. Mr. Ostwald has also performed with such varied artists as Wynton Marsalis, Dick Hyman, Clark Terry, Benny Waters, Leon Redbone and the Oxford University Orchestral Society under Sir Jack Westrup.
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South Side Swing Festival with The New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings
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Saturday, July 21
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Bethlehem, PA
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The New Orleans Cottonmouth Kings are composed of six former members of the now defunct New Orleans Jazz Vipers. This group is often known for their unamplified simplicity, covering obscure and popular tunes alike. Continuing to carry the torch, these fellas perform regularly in New Orleans on Frenchmen Street, playing unapologetic, no nonsense, traditional and not so traditional New Orleans Jazz.
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LIVE & LET DIE - A Symphonic Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney
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Saturday, July 21
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Allentown, PA
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H
old on tight as you are taken back in time and down Penny Lane! Experience the first concert in the 2018-19 Allentown Symphony Orchestra POPS Series with special guest artist and vocalist, Tony Kishman, the veteran of the Broadway hit Beatlemania. Live and Let Die features a four piece band led by Tony Kishman (vocals, bass, guitar & piano.) You’ll hear, complete in every detail, hit songs from the Beatles catalog and Paul McCartney’s solo works!
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PA Jazz Collective's Christmas City Summer Jazz Festival
Presented by
PA Jazz Collective
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Saturday, July 21
1:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Bethlehem, PA
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The Christmas City Summer Jazz Festival features guest artist Jeff “Tain” Watts, six time Grammy award winning drummer, Dan Danish and Friends, Nancy Colletti Quartet, Teen Town led by Gabriel Severn, Dixieland with the Rob Stoneback Sextet, Vaughn Stoffey Quartet, Latin Jazz by La Cuchina and many more. This event is free and open to the public. For more information 570-656-5631 or pajazzcollective.org.
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Historic Bethlehem Partnership presents The Annual Blueberry Festival
Presented by
Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites
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Saturday, July 21 - Sunday, July 22
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Bethlehem, PA
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Sample mead, craft beers, wine and blueberry vodka mules in the Brewery tasting tent. Featured highlights include a pie eating contest, live music, colonial games, pony rides, and dog agility demonstrations. Participants are welcome to bring their pets dressed in blue for the Pet Parade on Sunday.
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TAL: Beyond Imagination
Presented by
Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre
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Now through Saturday, July 28
10:00 - 11:30 am
Allentown, PA
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From the creators of last summer’s WILD comes a new all-ages circus experience — a tale of dreamers and eccentrics who gaze up at the stars in search of something more. Through high-flying aerial acrobatics, dance, juggling, comedy, and magic, TAL invites you along on a journey of imagination — to a world of color and wonder, where you’ll experience the imagination of a child and the feeling of infinite possibility just within reach.
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6:00 - 6:30 pm
Host: Silagh White
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Silagh White speaks with
Anthony Marraccini,
curator and manager of
Connexions Gallery
in Easton, about the gallery and the downtown Easton arts scene.
Paul Willistein of the
Lehigh Valley Press
reviews director Peyton Reed's superhero comedy sequel to 2015's "Ant-Man".
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6:30 - 7:00 pm
Host: Eleanor Bobrow
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Eleanor Bobrow takes a look at
better health through exercise and healthy eating
.
Her guest is
Denice Ferko-Adams
, a licensed dietitian nutritionist with a Master of Science in public health. Denice was the first program manager for Health
Starts in the Kitchen at Cedar Crest College, a unique grant-based initiative to provide nutrition education and cooking skills to the community. She is also the recipient of The Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' (PAND) top award:
2018 Outstanding Dietitian of the Year.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Folk Classics
Host: Steve Aaronson
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It's the annual
Around the Campfire
program featuring guaranteed "Sing-Alongs" from a variety of artists. Among those artists will be John Denver, The Kingston Trio, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, and Ian and Sylvia.
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1:00 - 4:00 pm
Host: Dave Pandl
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At 3:00 pm, Dave Pandl's guest for "
My 3 Songs
" will be award-winning Bethlehem artist/painter and WDIY member
Sandy
Corpora
. Sandy will select the songs in the set and discuss why they are significant to her.
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
Host: Dave Fry
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Host Dave Fry features
archived sets from
Norman and Nancy Blake
('94),
The Bobs
('05),
Dan Hicks and his Acoustic Warriors
('89),
Patty Larkin
('99) and
Psychograss
('93), plus CD cuts from Godfrey's performers past, present and future. Our featured album is
Cassie and Maggie McDonald
's
The
Willow Collection
, music from Nova Scotia.
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6:00 - 7:00 pm
Host: Laurie Siebert, CPA, CFP®, AEP®
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This week, Laurie will discuss
considerations in retirement planning
, such as what will inflows look like, what will spending look like, what flexibility is there in your spending, what will you do if an emergency arises, and what is the transition plan.
Phone lines will be open during the program for listener questions at 610-758-8810. Questions can also be submitted online ahead of time at
yourfinancialchoices.com
.
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6:00 - 7:00 pm
Host: Sally Handlon
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Sally Handlon looks at
Plant a Row
, a grassroots effort addressing the food needs of Lehigh Valley residents experiencing hunger or at risk of experiencing hunger. Her guests are Plant a Row Coordinator
Joseph Marlin
, LV Food Policy Council Coordinator
Susan Dalandan
, and Plant a Row gardener and Master Gardener
Lois Prytherch.
They discuss the growth of Plant a Row, the needs and opportunites being address to improve access to healthy foods throughout the Lehigh Valley, and more.
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11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Host: Bill Fox
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The month-long Special Focus on
Klangwelt
continues. The Featured CD at Midnight will be "
XOIO
" on
Spheric Music.
You will also hear new music from
Aperus
.
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5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Host: Steve Aaronson
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A wide variety of big bands and vocalists will be featured -- with both familiar and rarely heard performers. Steve's Moments to Remember segment will complete the program.
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