Week of Events
It’s Harvest Time, with author Katarah Jordan
It’s Harvest Time, with author Katarah Jordan
It's Harvest Time! is a heartwarming children's book that celebrates the power of land and, family connection, and the joy of growing and sharing food. Join the Bees, an African-American family, as they embark on a journey of love and togetherness in their home garden. In this beautifully illustrated story, readers will meet Mom, Dad, and […]
Wicked Brew, presented by Lehigh Valley Poetry
Wicked Brew, presented by Lehigh Valley Poetry
Lehigh Valley Poetry's annual Wicked Brew event will pair up again with the Easton Book Festival in the Connexions Gallery courtyard for an event that you will not want to miss. Wicked Brew honors the seasonal vibe and invites participating poets, writers, artists, and musicians to draw from their darker sources- the creepy, the macabre, […]
World War 3: Now? Magazine Release Party, Art Show, Slideshow & Concert
World War 3: Now? Magazine Release Party, Art Show, Slideshow & Concert
Release party for World War 3 NOW? -- the 54th issue of the political comics magazine World War 3 Illustrated Art show includes: Shalom Nueman, Mohammad Sabaaneh, Orange, Maisara Baroud, Seth Tobocman, Nicole Shulman, Kevin Pyle, Ethan Heitner, Maryna Novohorodska, Michael MYSH Rozanov, Constance Norgren, Tom Keough, and others Multi-media presentation by World War 3 cartoonists, including: Seth Tobocman and Kevin Pyle. With […]
What Does It Mean to have Published a Memoir?
What Does It Mean to have Published a Memoir?
What’s it like to have the opportunity to share a portion of your life with any reader? Three memoirists discuss how it feels to have translated a chunk of their lives into the form of a book. It seems literary, but it’s really an activity of finding and sharing yourself through writing. Melba Tolliver is […]
When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation–Bill Ayers in conversation with Melba Tolliver
When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation–Bill Ayers in conversation with Melba Tolliver
An esteemed activist invites us to consider the complex idea of abolition as much more than a strategy or a set of tactics—at a deeper level, abolition is an entire political framework, culture, and orientationBlending history and political theory and weaving in examples from literature, social movements, and his personal life, this book is a […]
Dive into Stream Health with Penn State Extension and Dr. Watt R Shedd
Dive into Stream Health with Penn State Extension and Dr. Watt R Shedd
11:30 AM to 4:00 PM Join Penn State Extension at the Nurture Nature Center during the Easton Book Festival for an engaging, water-focused experience! Discover our Youth Water Resources curriculum and explore our new children’s book, Brooke Meets a Stream Doctor, featuring the quirky and knowledgeable Dr. Watt R. Shedd at our table. Meet Dr. Watt […]
Sharing Thoughts on End of Life Care, with Death Cafe Workshop
Sharing Thoughts on End of Life Care, with Death Cafe Workshop
Linda J. Mancinelli will read from her book Before You Go: A Hospice Nurse Shares Her Experiences Caring for Her Dying Patients, which contains stories and poetry from her more than 30 years as a hospice nurse. Along with Bonnie Winfield, of The Journey Home, Linda will also facilitate a Death Cafe workshop, for the […]
Bethlehem Steel: Rusting Relic – with author & photographer John and Steven Landis
Bethlehem Steel: Rusting Relic – with author & photographer John and Steven Landis
Author talk with photographic slideshow. In 2001, the unthinkable happened when Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy after nearly a century and a half of making iron and steel for bridges, buildings, dams, railroad rail, ships, armor plating, armaments, and numerous other products. When the flagship plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, closed, it sat abandoned for some years […]
Stream Doctor Experience: Storytime & Watershed Exploration!
Stream Doctor Experience: Storytime & Watershed Exploration!
Join Brad Kunsman, Extension Educator, for an exciting read-aloud session from Brooke Meets a Stream Doctor. Afterward, dive into hands-on watershed activities designed to bring the book’s concepts to life. Perfect for families, this interactive experience will have kids and adults alike thinking like stream doctors!
World War 3: Now? – Discussion with International Artists (Hybrid Online/In-person)
World War 3: Now? – Discussion with International Artists (Hybrid Online/In-person)
World War 3 NOW? -- International zoom presentation by artists and writers working with the political comic book World War 3 Illustrated, including: Dania Omari (Palestinian comic artist), Vodymyr Bylik (Ukrainian Poet), Yuriy Tarnawsky (world renowned Ukrainian American poet), Michael MYSH Rozanov (Israeli political cartoonist). Moderated by World War 3 Illustrated co-founder Seth Tobocman. About […]
Preserving the Pennsylvania Wilds: the Rebirth of Elk Country — Author Mario Chiappelli in Conversation with Environmental Educator Ian Kindle
Preserving the Pennsylvania Wilds: the Rebirth of Elk Country — Author Mario Chiappelli in Conversation with Environmental Educator Ian Kindle
A Legacy of Conservation Every year thousands flock to the Pennsylvania Wilds to be among nature and its famous elk herd. In the past, dangerous levels of hunting and industrial development forever altered Pennsylvania's natural landscape and drove its native elk to near extinction. In response, concerned sportsmen and conservationists pushed the state legislature to […]
Celebrating the Lehigh Valley in Print
Celebrating the Lehigh Valley in Print
Celebrate various locations around the Lehigh Valley (and Slate Belt) as they appear as settings in various books by local authors. Parisian Phoenix Publishing has titles that present a fictionalized Bethlehem (romantic comedy Trapped: What if Skunks Were Matchmakers? recently released with full-color photography and a new cover), short stories that depict growing up in […]
Words from the Youth: Featuring the Lafayette College English Club
Words from the Youth: Featuring the Lafayette College English Club
Join members of the Lafayette College English club at an intimate reading of original work. Many students have not read for an audience before and are anxious yet eager to share with you all. It's sure to shape up to be a charming gathering of curiousity and celebration. You won't want to miss it! The […]
Transforming Pain into Art: A Workshop on Creative Healing
Transforming Pain into Art: A Workshop on Creative Healing
In this interactive 90-minute session, local expressive art facilitator at The Journey Home Community Studio, Dr. Bonnie Winfield guides participants through the powerful process of using creative expression as a tool for emotional healing. Attendees will learn techniques for channeling difficult experiences into various artistic mediums, including writing, visual art. Winfield will share inspiring examples […]
Investigative Journalism Transformed: Podcasts and Network News
Investigative Journalism Transformed: Podcasts and Network News
Independent journalist Greg Olear--host of the podcast "Prevail" and author of "Rough Beast: Who Donald Trump Really Is, What He’ll Do if Re-Elected, and Why Democracy Must Prevail"--talks about new approaches to investigative journalism, with veteran broadcast journalists Melba Tolliver (ABC Eyewitness News, News 12 Long Island, Accidental Anchorwoman), and Randall Pinkston, former CBS Correspondent (including […]