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Pop-rock band Fastball will perform a free outdoor concert on Sunday at the SteelStacks complex in Bethlehem. (Photo Courtesy of ArtsQuest)

Pop-rock band Fastball will perform a free outdoor concert on Sunday at the SteelStacks complex in Bethlehem. (Photo Courtesy of ArtsQuest)

10 things to do this weekend in the Lehigh Valley

September 11, 2015

Nothing to see, nowhere to go this weekend? Let me help you with that. Here are 10 things to do this weekend in the Lehigh Valley:

1.) Art-minded

Allentown Arts Fest returns today through Sunday, Sept. 13, at Cedar Beach Park in Allentown. Experience three days of festival fun, including skateboard demonstrations by Easton-based Homebase Skateshop, street dancers and street art, an expanded live music selection, a 3-D printer display, improv comedy, underground theater and film screenings. Festival hours are: noon to 11 p.m. Friday, 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Information: allentownartsfest.com

2.) Deadline looms

Are you a local band or singer and want to perform on the main stage of the historic State Theatre? This is the last weekend to submit to the #TAKEBACKYOURVOICE concert, in which the chosen band will open for Flintface on Oct. 17. Interested? To apply, upload a performance video to YouTube with the hashtag #TAKEBACKYOURVOICE and fill out an application at statetheatre.org/events/takebackyourvoice. Deadline is Monday, Sept. 14. Information: statetheatre.org

3.) Outside pitch

Rock band Fastball -- best known for their late '90s hits "The Way" and "Fire Escape" -- will perform a free outdoor concert 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, on the Levitt Pavilion stage at the SteelStacks complex in Bethlehem. Information: steelstacks.org

4.) Tarantino Double-Dip

The Mahoning Drive-in Theater in Lehighton will screen director Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction at dusk tonight and Saturday, Sept. 12. Cost is $10, $7 for children. Information: mahoningdit.com

5.) Fall flavor

The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail annual Harvest Weekend is Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept. 13. Participating wineries will host tastings, vineyard and winery tours, food and wine pairings and live entertainment. Event hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Participating wineries are: Big Creek Vineyard and Winery, Blue Mountain Vineyards, Clover Hill Vineyards & Winery, Franklin Hill Vineyards, Galen Glen Vineyard & Winery, Pinnacle Ridge, Tolino Vineyards and Vynecrest Winery. Information: lehighvalleywinetrail.com

6.) 'Wings of Hope'

The Cancer Support Community of the Greater Lehigh Valley's "Wings of Hope" butterfly release event is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Cedar Crest College's butterfly garden in Allentown. Prior to the release, a donation-based healing yoga class will take place 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. that morning across from the butterfly garden at Cedar Crest College to remember and/or honor loved ones affected by cancer.  There is no minimum donation required to attend the yoga class. Information: cancersupportglv.org

7.) 'Gremlins' return

Watch director Joe Dante's '80s classic Gremlins on the big screen, midnight tonight and Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Emmaus Theatre, 19 S. Fourth St., Emmaus. Tickets cost $8. The screenings are BYOB. Information: emmaustheatre.com

8.) Piano men

Lehigh Valley musicians Nick Levinos, Brad Murray and Jason E. Hedrington present "Six Sides Live" concert 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at The Funhouse in Bethlehem. Each of the three artists will be sharing one piano as they take turns performing album sides by Bob Dylan (Slow Train Coming), Elvis Costello (Armed Forces) and Ben Folds Five (The Autobiography of Reinhold Messner).

9.) Devyn in town

Easton's RE:find gallery hosts a solo exhibition by artist Devyn Leonor Briggs 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Briggs' "Consecrated and Material" features works inspired by her Jamaican and African-American roots. The exhibition runs through Sept. 27.

10.) High times

Alternative rock duo The Brothers Give Me a High Five -- bassist Joseph Gourniak and drummer Will Gourniak -- return to 10 tonight to Porters' Pub in Easton. No cover. Plenty of beat. Information: porterspubeaston.com

Tags allentown, bethlehem, easton, state theatre, steelstacks, ten things to do
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