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Arts & Culture

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…

Arts & Culture

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.

Shopping & Retail

Donegal Square’s Hope For Life

A few years back, Neville Gardner, proprietor of Donegal Square and McCarthy’s Red Stag Pub, took part in the American Cancer Society’s “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign…

Shopping & Retail

Winter 2021: Small Business. Big Heart.

As the Lehigh Valley continues to recover, please make it your personal mission to continue your efforts to make every day a love local day. Thanks to our friends at Wind Creek, here are some of the faces of the Lehigh Valley’s retail and restaurant community.

Community Interest

The Lehigh Valley Gives Local

Join us in celebrating the organizations that make it their mission to support the Lehigh Valley in immeasurable ways.

Fig Authentic: Manal Omar

For 25 years, Manal Omar has dedicated herself to humanitarian causes and conflict resolution, including work as a frontline civilian peace builder in war zones from Iraq to Nigeria to Afghanistan…

Local Services

In Good Spirits at Bloc Dispensary

The holidays are sneaking up on us again! While this may be your favorite time of year, finding the right gift can be a little stressful…

Local Services

The Lehigh Valley Gifts Local

Our unique small business community is a true gift that is worth celebrating. Each and every independent retailer in this guide has overcome incredible challenges as they’ve continued to fill the streets of the Lehigh Valley with inspiring and thoughtful goods…

Things to Do

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.

Fresh Figs Delivered to You

Designed and produced four times a year, Fig Lehigh Valley magazine is filled with the latest in Lehigh Valley including local shopping, dining, arts, events, and community.