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When actor and playwright Anna Deavere Smith takes the stage at Muhlenberg College on Friday, she will transform herself into 19 people she has interviewed over the years. It's a unique skill of the woman best known in recent years as national security advisor Nancy McNally on NBC's "The West Wing,"...

Carl Orff's 1937 composition "Carmina Burana" remains one of the most popular pieces of the classical music repertoire, ranking right up there with Beethoven's Fifth as a perennial favorite. This large-scale spectacle has been excerpted to sell everything from beer to aftershave, and has inspired...

Slapstick will meet black humor and musical talent when Mnozil Brass takes the stage at Zoellner Arts Center on Sunday, April 3. The Viennese group returns to Bethlehem with its new show, "Yes, Yes, Yes," which will have the group performing a fresh crop of tunes in all styles — from classical...

Want a hot tub? Need a deck? How about a new kitchen? Or maybe a new roof? Gather ideas and information at the annual Spring Home Show presented by the Lehigh Valley Builders Association at Stabler Arena and Rauch Fieldhouse on Lehgh University's Goodman campus in Bethlehem. The show, the largest...

As spring gradually takes hold, you'll likely be spending more time outdoors. So, what to do? Well, for starters, put down your cell phone or tablet and get off Facebook, Instagram or whatever time-sucking social media site is dominating your life. Next consider a new hobby such as model airplanes,...

Fishing lures, handprints, sports team logos, poetry — each was meant to symbolize someone whose death brought life.The symbols were woven into "Threads of Love" — a memorial quilt honoring those who saved the lives of others through organ and tissue donation — on display Saturday at the Lehigh...

BETHLEHEM -- Nearly 850 people turned out Saturday the Moravian Archives to view the original 1741 deed to the 500 acres where Bethlehem began. If you didn't make the one-day only event, here is some trivia gleaned from the exhibit:•The land actually changed hands several times before it was sold...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia universities already deep into research on smart fabrics and wearable technology earned a major boost from the Department of Defense Friday that could jump-start the next big things in "smart wear" for health, security, communications, energy and fashion.Friday morning...

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP — A 3-month-old girl died Friday after Lehigh Township police found her unresponsive and not breathing at a day care center in Treichlers. Police are investigating the death as suspicious pending a full investigation and an autopsy Saturday, Lehigh Township police Chief Scott Fogel...

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP – Dave and Theresa Richards grow crops on fewer than 2 acres they own on Route 611 along the Delaware River. It will be their sixth growing season, but the Lower Mount Bethel Township couple would like to acquire the 8.5 adjacent acres that they farm but have been leasing. They...