May 18 Saturday
Revisit the 1960s when viewing more than 100 dresses, coats, pants, shoes, outfits, and accessories that demonstrate how clothing was used for both play and protest throughout this tumultuous decade. "Fashion as Experiment" explores how young people used clothing as a space for both play and protest during this era. Admission is always FREE.
For over a century, The Choir has been bringing Bach’s breathtaking Mass in B Minor to life. It’s not just a cherished tradition for us – it’s a melodic bridge that connects long-time companions and first-time listeners in a warm musical embrace. Be a part of this remarkable musical journey as we enjoy this colossal masterpiece with our global community.
Weekends are for families! On Saturdays and Sundays bring your youngsters to the Museum’s upstairs Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery, where you can act on your inspiration and create original works of art together with the help of a Museum educator. Explore our Maker Stations, including a digital studio where you can design an object and then bring it to colorful life on a 3D printer! Before leaving Art Ways, stop by our Art Bar to choose from a selection of art-making supplies to take home.
Drop-in to the Art Ways Interactive Family Gallery on the second floor of the Museum every Saturday and Sunday to make your own art to take home during ArtVentures. Museum educators are on hand to help guide you in creating an artwork inspired by the Museum’s collection. Design your own creation and bring it to life on one of our 3D printers. All ages and abilities welcome! Free.
WDIY will be celebrating 29 years on the air at the station's second Family Fun Day — Groovin' in the Grove on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Allentown's South Mountain Grove.
Join WDIY staff, volunteers, members, and listeners for an afternoon of great food, drinks, raffles, and music from the Lehigh Valley's own James Supra/Sarah Ayers Band!
• The festivities will be outdoors under a covered pavilion, so this will be a rain or shine event.• Attendees age 21 and over will receive drink tickets. No outside alcohol is permitted.• No pets please.• Activities for all ages, so bring the whole family!
Early Bird discount pricing is in effect, so WDIY encourages you to grab your discounted tickets while you can!
This year’s Ifor Jones Chamber Concert features Festival Artist-In-Residence Vincent Lauzer in both soloist and supporting roles with repertoire including the Telemann Suite for Recorder and Strings, TWV 55:a2, and Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 2, a jovial masterpiece featuring natural trumpet, violin, oboe, and recorder as soloists with the virtuosi of the Bach Festival Orchestra providing enchanting accompaniment. Also on the program are select movements from Mozart’s Serenade No. 5 in D major, K. 204/213a, for wind instruments, a work of kaleidoscopic beauty and a nod to our upcoming performance in Salzburg (where Mozart composed this work in 1775).
• Beginning at 4:30PM | Doors at 4PM • No Prior Experience Necessary – a workshop designed for beginners to more experienced singers
The Sacred Harp tunebook, first published in 1844 in Georgia, is at the heart of one of America’s most vital homegrown musical practices. Within its pages, “Amazing Grace” meets the toe-tapping “fuging tunes” of early New England, all harmonized for four-part social singing and written in a unique and practical notation system. Tim Eriksen has been teaching this music around the world for over thirty years, his students ranging from inner-city kindergarteners to the cast of the film “Cold Mountain.” This workshop, designed for absolute beginners and more experienced singers alike, begins with the basics of the human voice and group singing and includes an introduction to reading shape-note music, notes on important aspects of history, traditional practice, and lots of full-on singing.
By L. Frank Baum, With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Based upon the Classical Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Like so many girls her age, little Dorothy Gale of Kansas dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion, and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination!
Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg MorrisonBook by Bob Martin and Don McKellarDirected by Valerie JoyceMusical Direction by Nancy Moser Collins MilesChoreography by Stephen Casey
The 2006 Tony nominated Best Musical The Drowsy Chaperone is an “exquisitely honed hymn to the forgotten musicals of yesteryear” ( Variety ). The show opens with a morose theatre lover who cheers himself up by playing for the audience a record of his favorite musical, a fictional 1928 show. As the record plays, the stage is transformed into an impressive Broadway set, and a parody of a 1920s musical comedy is performed. The theatre lover, invisible to the musical actors, comments on the story, the acting, and the music during the show. Filled with rollicking dance numbers and exuberant songs, The Drowsy Chaperone will delight audiences with its love of musicals from the past.
Recommended for ages 13+
There's magic to do when a prince learns the true meaning of glory, love and war in Stephen Schwartz's iconic and unforgettable musical masterpiece. With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Pippin continues to captivate and appeal to the young at heart throughout the world.