October

Fridays and Saturdays in October

Historic Haunts of Downtown Bethlehem

610-866-5481

Moravian Book Shop, 428 Main St., Bethlehem

This hour-long, candlelit ghostly walking tour with resident ghost masters is sure to chill you with tales of Bethlehem’s ghosts.

Weekends through October 31, 2009

The Count’s Halloween Spooktacular—Halloween for Monsters Big and Small

SesamePlace

Elmo’s World Live! Halloween Show, Abby’s Magical Halloween Maze, live Halloween show—Countdown to Halloween, trick-or-treating throughout the park, hayrides and story time with the Sesame Street characters and more!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

John Grogan, author of Marley & Me, is coming to LehighCarbonCommunity College.

610-799-1105

7:00pm. Tickets are $5 each (13 and older) and free for children (12 and under). Reserve your tickets today!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Family Movie Night: “The Cat in the Hat”

The Macungie Institute, 510 E. Main St. (Rt. 100), Macungie.

610-966-7830

7:00-9:00pm

The event is free and open to the public. Kids can bring pillows and blankets for the special kids section.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Banana Kids Halloween Party

610-332-1300

Banana Factory, 25 W. 3rd St., Bethlehem.

Kids can make masks, a special “spider” craft, cookies and cider.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

KidTunes:—Super Saturday Sounds at the Banana Factory Presents Princess Katie & Racer Steve

25 W. 3rd St., Bethlehem, PA

610-332-1300

KidsTunes is a monthly children’s music series designed to introduce kids to diverse musical genres like rock, jazz, world and folk.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

They Might Be Giants

610-683-4092

KutztownUniversity, Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown

Unconventional rock group performing all children’s music.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Just Desserts Festival

610-841-5831

Southside Bethlehem

A night to indulge! Stroll along SouthSide Bethlehem’s 3rd & 4th streets, enjoying live entertainment and sampling over 30 delectable desserts.

October 22-24, 2009

Halloween at Root Beer Gulch

610-861-5524

Northampton Community College, Lipkin Theatre, Lopecek Hall, 3835 Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem Township

Visit the western ghost town of Root Beer Gulch. Family carnival before the show.

October 23-November 1, 2009

Maggie Magalita

610-332-1400

Ice House, 56 River St., SandIsland, Bethlehem

Pennsylvania Youth Theatre tells the story of a 14-year-old Hispanic immigrant living with her mother in a New York City studio apartment trying to blend into the American lifestyle.

Saturday, October 24, 3009

Doggie Day in Historic Bethlehem

Historic Broad & Main Sts., Bethlehem

Bring your best dog in his best Halloween duds downtown for a day of shopping, dining, pampering and all around fun for you and your four-legged friend. The day culminates in a Doggie Halloween Parade.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Halloween Parade

1-800-360-8687

Broad & Main Streets, Bethlehem

Annual Halloween parade in the City of Bethlehem.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Scary Stories, Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild

610-867-2390

Godfrey Daniels, 7 E. 4th St., Bethlehem

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Fright Night: Scary Stories by the Fire: AnnualLehighValley Storytelling Guild Event

610-799-2742

Little Pond Retreat, 92 S. Penn Dixie Rd., Nazareth.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Haunted Illusions with David Caserta

State Theatre, Easton

The master magician returns to the State Theatre on Halloween night with a family show.

October 31 & November 1, 2009

Boo at the Zoo

10:00-4:00.

Trick-or-Treat, Play Games & Encounter Creatures!

November

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Allentown Halloween Parade: Theme Fall Harvest

Rain date Sunday, November 8th.

Whether your interest lies in ghosts and goblins, or you love the autumn season filled with pumpkins, bright colors and that extra snap in the air, the parade has what you are looking for.

Parade will kick off at 2:00pm at the Allentown Fairgrounds and will end on South 7th Street. The judging station will be located at the corner of 7th and Hamilton.

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Princess and the Pea

610-683-4511

KutztownUniversity, Schaeffer Auditorium, North Campus Dr., Kutztown.

Missoula Children’s Theatre casts local children as characters following auditions and a week of rehearsals. Ages 4-11.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Allentown Band Youth Concerts

610-437-3288

Symphony Hall, 23 N. 6th St., Allentown

Saturday, November 14, 2009

KidsTunes Super Saturday Sounds!—Yosi & the Superdads

610-332-1300

Banana Factory, 25 W. 3rd St., Bethlehem

KidsTunes is a monthly children’s music series designed to introduce kids to diverse musical genres like rock, jazz, world and folk.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Eight Annual Fall Youth Scholastic Chess Championship

610-861-4120

Northampton Community College, CollegeCenter, Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem Township.

November 14-15, 2009

First Frost Train Meet

610-821-7886

The Agri-Plex at the Allentown Fairgrounds, 302 N. 17th St., Allentown

Allentown Train Meet Associates event includes 625 tables of all scales of trains and railroadiania.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Soul Street Dance Company

610-683-4092

KutztownUniversity, Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown.

A high-flying trip from Brazil’s copoeria style of martial arts to New York City’s break dance, and hip hop.

December

December 4-13, 2009

The Christmas Doll

610-332-1400

Pennsylvania Youth Theatre, Ice House, 56 River St., SandIsland, Bethlehem

After 10-year-old Lucy and her six-year-old sister, Glory, escape from the harsh life of the Grimstone Union workhouse for orphans into the streets of London, they find a doll by the river’s edge and it leads to a Christmas miracle.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

KidsTunes Super Saturday Sounds!—Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band

610-332-1300

Banana Factory, 25 W. 3rd St., Bethlehem

KidsTunes is a monthly children’s music series designed to introduce kids to diverse musical genres like rock, jazz, world and folk.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Holiday at the Zoo

610-799-4171

LehighValley Zoo, 5150 Game Preserve Rd., Schnecksville.

Cookie decorating, crafts, animal presentations, caroling, more.

Friday, December 18, 2009

The Eric Mintel Quartet: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Colonial Theatre

BucksCounty pianist and composer Eric Mintel and his jazz quartet introduce children to jazz in this concert of music from the holiday classic.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

The Eric Mintel Quartet: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Colonial Theatre

BucksCounty pianist and composer Eric Mintel and his jazz quartet introduce children to jazz in this concert of music from the holiday classic.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

ChristmasCity Follies

Touchstone Theatre presents a kid-friendly version of its classic holiday revue at downtown Bethlehem’s Christkindlmarkt.

December 30-31, 2009

Peep Expo

610-332-3378

Christkindlmarkt Grounds, Under the Hill-to-HillBridge, Spring and Main Streets, Bethlehem

Music, crafts, special Peeps displays, more.