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When I wrote a while back about the Top 10 attractions I would show visitors to impress them with our area, I invited your suggestions. I got a lot of them, as you'll see in a moment. I also received several invitations for guided tours -- even free...

For more than 600 years, Shuri Castle has been the cultural and historical epicenter of Okinawa. When American Marines captured it toward the end of the Battle of Okinawa, they raised a flag there. Gen. Simon Buckner Jr. gruffly ordered that the flag be...

AUGUST Pride in the Park Parade Aug. 19, noon - 6 p.m. Cedar Beach Park, Allentown Annual march down Hamilton Street in Allentown in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community followed by a festival in Cedar Creek Park. The...

AMUSEMENT PARKS DORNEY PARK, 3830 Dorney Park Rd., Allentown, 610-395-3724, www.dorneypark.com HERSHEY PARK, 100 W. Hersheypark Dr., Hershey, 1-800-HERSHEY, www.hersheypa.com JUNGLE FUN, Dorneyville Shopping Center, 3245 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, 610-...

It's been said that you can measure the success of a community by how well it treats its artists. If this is true, then the Lehigh Valley is thriving. From Polka to chamber music, puppets to Greek tragedies, and finger paints to masterpieces, there are...

THE ARTS Arts Organizations and Services Lehigh Art Alliance, P.O. Box 195, Orefield, 610-767-7907 Lehigh Valley Arts Council, 1633 Allen St., Allentown, 610-437-5915, http://www.lvartscouncil.org Lehigh Valley Decorative Painters, Lehigh Valley Senior...

Arts Organizations and Services Lehigh Art Alliance, P.O. Box 195, Orefield, 610-767-7907 Lehigh Valley Arts Council, 1633 Allen St., Allentown, 610-437-5915, http://www.lvartscouncil.org Art in the Park/West Park Civic Association, annual art show,...

A Common Thread Quilt Show, Keystone Quilters, First U.C.C. Church, Fourth and Park Avenue, Quakertown. Contact, Lynn Lentz, 610-282-0651. Takes place second weekend in October. Antique and Collectible ''Extravaganza'' and Flea Market, Antique Complex on...

The Bach Festival, Packer Church, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, 610-866-4382. Held in May. The Big Bicycle Flea Market, Lehigh Valley Velodrome, Trexlertown, 610-967-7587, www.lvvelo.org. Now in April and October. Bluebery Festival, Burnside Plantation,...

ALBURTIS Concerts are 5-9 p.m. at Alburtis Park unless otherwise noted: May 26 -- Come Sundown May 27 -- The Hawks (3-9 p.m.) June 1 -- Arizona Ramblers June 2 -- Hickory Rose June 8 -- Stampede Band June 9 -- Midnight Special June 15 -- Mesa...

Allentown City S.D. – Encompassing the city of Allentown from historic Old Allentown to the West End, the Allentown City school district has 24 schools with a total enrollment of 16,343 students. The real estate tax rate is 33.311 mills. Housing is 53...