Lehigh Valley Press Focus

Congratulations to George Taylor, Editor of the Bethlehem Press, and the Bethlehem Press staff on being chosen Sweepstakes Winner in 2021 Keystone Media Awards, announced April 29. The Press newspapers received 21 Keystone Awards. The Bethlehem Press Keystone first-place awards included: Diversity (Douglas Graves, Dana Grubb, Dorothy Glew, Lani Goins), Photo Story-Essay (Mark Kirlin), News Feature Story (Chris Haring), Business or Consumer Story (Christ Haring), Feature Page ...Design (Dave Rowe, Focus section) and Lifestyle-Entertainment Beat (Paul Willistein). Other Press newspapers first-place winners in the category include: Parkland Press, Ongoing News Coverage (Sarit Laschinsky), Column (Bonnie Lee Strunk), Headline Writing (Debra Palmieri), and East Penn Press, Editorial (April Peterson). #keystoneawards #awards #media #newspapers #journalism See more

In Focus, April 28, 29: The 16th annual Lehigh Valley Press Focus Student Poetry Project: 10 poems from students in seven schools in the Lehigh Valley celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth. Allentown Symphony Orchestra Magnificent Mozart concert preview. Mayfair back for 2021 at Cedar Crest College. 2021 Readers Pick The Oscar Winners contest results. Godzilla vs. Kong, At the Movies, By Paul Willistein. A virtual Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange, By Camille Capriglione. Lehigh Ar...tAlliance awards given, Gallery View, By Ed Courrier. Columns: Warmest Regards, By Pattie Mihalik; Respectfully Yours, By Jackie Youst; Healthy Geezer, by Fred Cicetti. Available April 28: Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press, Salisbury Press; Available April 29: Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press, Northampton Press. Get your copy at Lehigh Valley Wawa, Redner’s, Daisy Hill, other newsstand locations; Press offices: 1633 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa. 18104, and by subscription: 1-800-596-6397. If it’s local, it’s focal in Lehigh Valley Press Focus. Support community journalism. #localnews #features #poetry #classicalmusic #oscars #movies #lifestyle #family See more

Here is my ridiculously-lengthy article about the year of COVID at the cinema and my 2021 #Oscars picks #movies #cinema #films

In Focus: Magnificent Mozart, Allentown Symphony Orchestra, first concert since pandemic shutdown, Classical Views, By Diane Wittry. ASO: New Music Chamber Music Concert: Nature and Poetry, By Diane Wittry. George B Miller, In Memoriam, By Paul Willistein. Frank DiBussolo, Jazz Upstairs, By Dave Howell. Garden tasks, Growing Green, Penn State Lehigh County Cooperative Extension. Oscar picks, At The Movies, Paul Willistein. Student Poetry Project on WDIY 88.1 FM. Talley’s... Folly at The Pennsylvania Playhouse. Columns: Respectfully Yours, By Jackie Youst; The Family Project, By Carole Gorney. Healthy Geezer, by Fred Cicetti. If it’s local, it’s focal in Lehigh Valley Press Focus. Support community journalism. Subscription: 1-800-596-6397 #localnews #features #classicalmusic #jazz #poetry #theater #oscars #gardening #healthcare #lifestyle #family See more

In Focus, April 21, 22: Magnificent Mozart, Allentown Symphony Orchestra first concert since pandemic shutdown, Classical Views, By Diane Wittry - Conductor. ASO: New Music Chamber Music Concert: Nature and Poetry, By Diane Wittry - Conductor. George B Miller, In Memoriam, By Paul Willistein. Frank DiBussolo, Jazz Upstairs, By Dave Howell. Garden tasks, Growing Green, Penn State Lehigh County Cooperative Extension. Oscar picks, At The Movies, Paul Willistein. Readers Pick... the Oscar Winners Contest Entry Form. Student Poetry Project on WDIY 88.1 FM. Talley’s Folly at The Pennsylvania Playhouse. Columns: Warmest Regards, By Pattie Mihalik; Respectfully Yours, By Jackie Youst; The Family Project, By Carole Gorney. Healthy Geezer, by Fred Cicetti. Available April 21: Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press, Salisbury Press; Available April 22: Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press, Northampton Press. Get your copy at Lehigh Valley Wawa, Redner’s, Daisy Hill, other newsstand locations; Press offices: 1633 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa. 18104, and by subscription: 1-800-596-6397. If it’s local, it’s focal in Lehigh Valley Press Focus. Support community journalism. #localnews #features #classicalmusic #jazz #theater #oscars #gardening #healthcare #lifestyle #family See more

The Lehigh Valley Press Focus tribute to George B Miller in the April 21 Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press and Salisbury Press, and the April 22 Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press and Northampton Press. #lehighvalley #stage #theater #producer #director #actor #InMemoriam