LOCAL COLOR
The Handman
For Bruce Gaston, music is a labor of love. Manual labor. Gaston, also known as Mr. Handman, is among the best known of a handful of manualists—musicians who make music by squeezing air through their hands—having been featured on CNN, NPR, “The Tonig...
HAPPY. HEALTHY. LOCAL.
Sim Center
A robotic manikin that sweats, sheds tears, has a heartbeat, and pulse. An imaging table that allows you to view skin, muscles, organs, and veins at any angle and to any depth. Detailed, unscripted interactions with “patients” in a serious form of im...
Leading the Way in Lifestyle Medicine
Just like maintaining your car with a regular tune-up to keep it running smoothly, lifestyle medicine teaches ...
Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real ...
Earlier this year and under the guidance of orthopedic surgeons from St. Luke’s Health Network, students at Pa...
GOOD TASTE
Billy’s Downtown Diner
Long-awaited and much-anticipated, the relaunch of the dazzlingly renovated Billy’s Downtown Diner in Allentown once again brings the likes of The Cannoli Tower and The Pretzel Reuben to hungry local audiences. Of course, with a consistent menu (and ...
BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE
The Waterfront
When Zac Jaindl looks out onto the Lehigh River from either side of Allentown’s Tilghman Street bridge, the river looks more like a lake than a river. Dammed on both sides to control flooding, the Lehigh River at that location “is perfect for boating...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Healing Arts
Modern medicine can do wonders for the chronically and seriously ill—providing radiation and chemotherapy for cancer patients, for example. But the powers of science don’t always address the internal stresses that often accompany major illnesses. Tha...
PRIDE OF PLACE
Leibensperger Bus Transportation
For 50 years, a yellow Leibensperger bus was a familiar sight for generations of school children and their families in the Allentown, East Penn, Northampton, Salisbury, and Southern Lehigh school districts. The former Leibensperger School Transportat...
HOT TICKET
Sweet Pea Children’s Shop
Sweet Pea Children’s Shop is the Lehigh Valley’s destination for quality children’s brands including Tea Collection, Hatley, Mayoral, Joules, and more. Offering sizes newborn through 10, their friendly staff is happy to help you find a ra...
