5 Things to Know Today

Good morning, Bethlehem. Here comes the weekend.

1. Today is Friday, June 24, 2011, 183 days to Christmas in the Christmas City. Pothole patching was scheduled to be continuing today along Applebutter Road. The Hill-to-Hill Bridge mess remains as it has been.
2. The RiverJazz Festival at SteelStacks continues tonight, beginning at 6 p.m., with free concerts on the Air Products Town Square by the Eric Mintel Quartet followed by the Central Park Stompers, starting at 9:30. The Clayton Brothers play upstairs at the Musikfest Café, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at $49 and $39 are still available. Apropos of nothing in particular, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms,” is the Revenge of the Late Night Movie selection at 11:15 in the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas.
3. Free folk music and contra dancing are planned at the Sculpture Garden outside of at 6 p.m. with The Great Bear Trio.
4. A group known as is putting on a production of “Cinderella” at the Charles A. Brown Ice House at . Tickets are $15, $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children. Proceeds from tickets benefit the families of service members from the Lehigh Valley.
5. The Lehigh Valley Story Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. at . It’s campfire style stories tonight and old time music on Saturday. Tickets are $10.