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Meet our 2022 Social Mission Partner: Shanthi@Work
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Arts & Culture
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…
Community Interest
One Community. One Voice. One Valley.
After eight years of telling the stories of the incredible people and places in Bethlehem, Fig is expanding our reach to spread the love local message across the entire Lehigh Valley!
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The Winter 2021 Fig Release: Behind-the-Scenes
With each issue of Fig, we invite our incredible community to join us for a release party, where our Fig friends get a first look at the newest edition. This winter, our party was hosted by Venture X…
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.
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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…
