Arts & Culture
A look at how arts and cultural activities support—and may be essential for—a healthy democracy.
Our Cultural Infrastructure
This network of artists and small-to-medium sized non-profit organizations has evolved, not out of direct commercial interest, but as means of serving the diverse cultural needs of the regional audience. Its existence is organic, shaped directly by its place of … more
Social Research | Social Justice 2012 – Student Presentations
April 13, 2012, Moyer Hall (Muhlenberg College) More information 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Mendham Gallery 9:30 – 10:40 a.m. RESEARCH SESSION I PANEL ONE: Framing Discourses of Popular Media: Gender and Sexuality [Moderator: Kate Richmond, Muhlenberg College] Melissa Pieller, … more
PA Humanities Council supports Collective Memory Project
November 15 2010—The Pennsylvania Humanities Council has awarded $2,985 to the Alliance in support of the Collective Memory Project of the Lehigh Valley, which the Alliance co-sponsors. The Collective Memory Project aims to put a human face on immigration to the Lehigh Valley, … more
Neuweiler Community Arts Center
Thank you to the Alliance for Sustainable Communities for the opportunity to share The Neuweiler Arts Center Project concept at the Environmental Summit. We are thrilled to tell you about this initiative and to propose ideas for how the community … more
Theatre Transforming Community
By Pana Columbus — As our theatre company’s work is dedicated to community transformation, community-decision making is an essential component to what we do. We need to know what changes our friends and neighbors want and to hear how they … more
The New Earth
The New Earth April 20, 21, and 22, 2006 Zoellner Arts Center – Diamond Theater Lehigh University ‘The New Earth’ is an exhilarating story of transformation, produced in partnership with ArtsLehigh. This theatrical production includes a cast of 35 professional … more
Adaptive Reuse of Old Buildings
A community can benefit in many ways from recycling buildings into useful structures instead of destroying them. For example, hundreds of grist mills in the Lehigh Valley were torn down after there was no longer a demand for Mill services. … more
Indy Films for Classroom Use
The Alliance for Sustainable Communities and the SouthSide Film Festival are pleased to make these excellent short films available free of charge for classroom use. The films, all made by independent filmmakers, were chosen for the 2006 Festival. We are making … more