Arts & Culture Articles

Art Heals: The Story of Our Spring 2022 Cover

When Allentonian and Banana Factory Resident Artist, Anthony Smith approached Fig’s Lehigh Valley Director, Kate Hughes, about taking a page in the Heart & Soul Issue as a means to shed light on the mental health crisis…

Giving Back: Leigh Ehrlich

Local fashionista Leigh Ehrlich spends her days working in her luxuriously decorated home office, which she designed around a clear desk so she can always “see her shoes…

A Longtime Love Affair with Jazz

After arriving in the Valley from NYC in 2002, George Torrella immediately began working at farmers markets and wherever he could sit-in.

Get to Know Society of the Arts (SOTA)

SOTA is a talented, engaged, hardworking, multigenerational, multicultural group supporting each other and the arts community in the Lehigh Valley since 1964.

Venture X: Where Your Work Is Your Art

VENTURE X provides world-class office space, amenities, and services that have been meticulously designed for your wellness and productivity…right here in the heart of the Lehigh Valley. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, small business…

Living Proof Pictures

In the last five years alone, Living Proof Pictures has produced three features, 10 shorts, and a 10-episode limited series involving hundreds of collaborators and local businesses. The films have traveled across the country and all over the world…

Giving Back: Elise Schaffer, Art is for Everyone

Artist, musician, blogger and disability advocate, Elise Schaffer gives back in a big way. At the age of eight, Schaffer began playing the violin, kicking off a life-long love affair with the arts…

The Power of Art

Art is, and has always been, our universal language. Art doesn’t show people what to do, yet engaging with a great piece of art can connect with the senses, body, and mind. It can make the world felt…

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