YOUTH LEADERSHIP: YLEAD is a summer youth leadership camp for high school students in the Lehigh Valley. Participants develop critical leadership skills while working to support vnonprofit organizations through service projects.

This year, the camp will be offered two different weeks: June 23-27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and July 7 to 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All programming will be held at the Volunteer Center’s office at 968 Postal Rd #100, Allentown. Questions: youth@volunteerlv.org.

HELLERTOWN BOOKSALE: The Hellertown Area Library will hold a book sale on Saturday, June 7, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Location: Dimmick Park Pavilion, 570 Durham St., Hellertown. A story time will be held at 10:30 a.m. and refreshments are available. All proceeds benefit the library. Contact: Mary Dawson, 484 894-8495.

TEEN ACADEMY: FBI Philadelphia is now accepting applications for its summer 2025 Teen Academy programs.

The Teen Academy programs give high school students an opportunity to get a look into the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Open to ninth through 12th grade high school students, this program gives an inside look at aspects of the FBI from national security to cyber and violent crimes.

Students also learn about the behind-the-scenes work of critical response groups in the agency such as SWAT and the Evidence Response Team.

FBI Philadelphia will host academies in Abington and York in Pennsylvania and in Gloucester, N.J.

Applicants must submit materials by May 19.

For applications and additional information, including the dates of the program in each location, visit the Community Outreach section of the FBI website.

Thursday, May 8 through Sunday, May 11

117 annual Bach Festival. Visit bach.org for information, tickets, times, locations.

Thursday, May 8:

Outside the Bachs: Fire & Grace Festival Opening. Guitarist William Coulter, violinist Edwin Huizinga and Flamenco dancer Fanny Ara. Gaelic folk, Iberia and Flamenco. 7 p.m. Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University. Visit zoellner.cas2.lehigh.edu/

Thursdays, Fridays, May 8 to July 18

Bands in the Biergarten: live music every Thursday and Friday. 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Sun Inn Courtyard, 564 Main St.

Thursday, May 9 — 18

MARY POPPINS-the Broadway Musical. Pennsylvania Youth Theatre. Charles A. Brown Icehouse, 56 River St. For dates, and costs, visit tix.com/ticket-sales/123pyt/745

Friday, May 9

Barnette Distinguished Scholar Lecture: J.S. Bach and His String Players. With Daniel R. Melamed, professor of musicology at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. 2 – 3:30 p.m. 420 E. Packer Ave. SVisit zoellner.cas2.lehigh.edu/

Bach at 4: Festival Artist in Residence, Rachell Ellen Wong, and concert master, Elizabeth Field. Explore the world of virtuosic string playing. Free. 4 – 5 p.m. Incarnation of Our Lord Church, Thomas & Buchanan streets, (near Zoellner Arts Center).

Buffet dinner (cost) and discussion with Dr. Larry Lipkis, Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence at Moravian University. Tickets are required – limited seating. Butz Lobby, Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave. Visit zoellner.cas2.lehigh.edu/

Bach at 8: The Bach Festival Orchestra, the Bach Choir, soloists, and the Artist-in-Residence:

The cantata, Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74, (They Who Love Me Will Keep My Commandments) and the Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052r and the finale of Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne from Handel. Packer Memorial Church, E. Packer Ave.

Saturday, May 10

Ifor Jones Chamber Music Concert: Violin Concerto in G (Op. 8, No. 9) by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, violinist and composer and others. The Bach Festival Orchestra and Rachell EllenWong, 10:30 a.m. Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center

Mass in B Minor, livestream and in person: 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Packer Memorial Church, E. Packer Ave., 18015.

Sunday, May 11

Chamber Music in the Saal, second floor non- handicap accessible. 11 a.m. Moravian Museum, Church Street.

Cantata in Context: Daniel R. Melamed, professor of musicology at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. 2:30 p.m. Central Moravian Church.

Saturday, May 10

Community Action Development Bethlehem 2025 Saturday monthly litter clean-ups: Lynfield Community Center, May 10; 10 a.m. to noon.

To Tuesday, May 16

Printmakers Society of the Lehigh Valley: “Regional Collective Impressions,” free, members exhibition, Bethlehem Town Hall Rotunda Gallery, 10 E. Church St

To June 27

Art: The Bethlehem Palette Club Juried Exhibition, Moravian Village Art Gallery, 562 Wood St. April 12 through June 27. Free.

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