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6 Things to Do This Weekend

Sample wine and fine cuisine to benefit Habitat for Humanity on Sunday at SteelStacks.

This weekend's picks for feeling good and doing good:

 

ZEN FOR PRIMATES (PENNSLYVANIA PLAYHOUSE)

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  • WHERE/WHEN: Pennsylvania Playhouse, 300 Illick's Mill Rd., Bethlehem, Friday, 8 p.m.
  • WHY GO: Experimental jazz at its best, local favorite, Zen for Primates delivers rhythm and passion in a collaboration that shouldn’t be missed.
  • PRICING: Tickets, $20. Call for reservations, 610-865-6665.

 

JAZZ COMBO I & JAZZ FUSION ()

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  • WHERE/WHEN: Foy Hall, 1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
  • WHY GO:  Jazz Fusion, directed by Gary Rissmiller and Jazz Combo I, conducted by Tony Gairo, are ensembles, combining to explore jazz music with the talent of alumni form the ensembles.
  • PRICING: General admission, $5.

 

TOP GIRLS (ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER)

  • WHERE/WHEN: Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, Top Girls, Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m;
  • WHY GO: Celebrate 40 years of Undergraduate Women at Lehigh with a little girl power. The British drama is set in the Thatcher years with historical and modern characters reenacting pivotal moments in women’s women’ s history. 
  • PRICING: Tickets for Top Girl, $12/Adult, $11/Senior and $5/Students and children 5 – 17.

 

LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (GODFREY DANIELS)

  • WHERE/WHEN: , 7 East Fourth Street, Bethlehem, Friday, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, 8 p.m., Saturday, Trina Hamlin & Dina Hall, 8:00 p.m.
  • WHY GO: Friday, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason bring the traditional American music from the Catskills to the Lehigh Valley, featuring Cajun and Celtic fiddle tunes, Civil War classics, country and waltzes. Saturday, local favorite, Dina Hall with her heartfelt vocal teams with the wit of Trina Hamlin on her harmonica.
  • PRICE: Tickets, Friday $21.50, Saturday, $16.50. Reservations recommended, call (610) 867-2390.

 

HUNT FOR HISTORY “WAMPUS & WIGWAMS” ()

  • WHERE/WHEN: , 66 W. Church Street, Bethlehem Saturday, noon – 4 p.m.
  • WHY GO: For the kids, another Hunt for History Club Event where they can explore Bethlehem local American Indian Culture, costumes and hear the story The Rainbow Crow told by Regina Kockmaruk. Children will make wampum beads and a crow pendent that they will string together like the Lenape Indians. 
  • PRICING: Cost is free with paid adult admission, $7. For more information call the Visitor Center at 610-691-6055.

 

7th ANNUAL WINE TASTING GALA AND SILENT AUCTION ()

  • WHERE/WHEN: , 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, Sunday, doors open at 3:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  • WHY GO: Helping others never tasted so good! Enjoy a sampling of the Lehigh Valley’s finest cuisine from Melt, Sangria, Pearly Bakers Alehouse, , Emerils Italian Table, Bravo!, , MexTex Trio, The Farmhouse, Cosmopolitan, Glasbern Inn, and Catering by Karen Hunter. Pair these gourmet flavors with the world’s most unique wine. Then, bid on a variety of items at the silent auction and help give Habitat build more homes in the Lehigh Valley.   
  • PRICING: Tickets, $75 per person, all proceeds benefits Habitat Home Building in the Lehigh Valley.
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