STEELSTACKS CAMPUS, BETHLEHEM ARTSQUEST CENTER FEATURES

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market with local vendors and cooking demonstra- SANDS STEEL STAGE
tions, as well as an antiques and arts market. The This occasional outdoor venue in the PNC Plaza
SteelStacks Campus farmers market will run 3-7 p.m. Tuesdays, May 10 will be the site of Musikfest’s ticketed concerts
through Nov. 8. The arts and antiques market will be
New St.

previously staged at RiverPlace on Sand Island. The

open May 14 through August 28, noon-8 p.m. Satur- POLK ST venue seats 7,200 and has two private VIP areas.
378 First St.
days and noon-6 p.m. Sundays. It also will be the main .

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ARTSQUEST CENTER
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site for Oktoberfest, Christkindlmarkt and Peeps Fest.

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Positioned in the heart of the campus, this four- Parking
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stage local, regional and national artists and R Musikfest Cafe Presented by Yuengling
musicians and movies 365 days a year.
A winding staircase leads to the third floor of the ArtsQuest
Check out details at right Parking Center and the Musikfest Cafe, the heart of the center. The indoor
venue for ticketed concerts seats 500 in cabaret-style, 657 in

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theater-style and 1,021 for standing-room only. The stage is in

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bars and a kitchen. The cafe is expected to showcase entertain-
TH ment 200 days a year beginning May 1. The first performance April
FOUN 30 features Steve Miller in a private concert for major donors.
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Fowler Blast Furnace Room/The Loft
This second floor loft and exhibition space will welcome comedy
and improv shows and be available for private events. Beams and
ducts are painted international orange, the color of the Golden Gate
Bridge built with Bethlehem Steel.
FESTIVAL CENTER Sands Deck
Once the Bethlehem Steel turn-and-grind Off the third floor of the
shop, this building west of the blast fur- ArtsQuest Center, this
naces and adjacent to PNC Plaza will be a outdoor balcony with
26,000-square-foot open space festival views of the SteelStacks
center. Plans are to replace the roof, win- campus can seat 120
dows, doors and floors while maintaining people. Unique pro-
some of the historic equipment. Work is gramming is planned,
expected to begin later this year and take such as cigar demon-
about a year. strations and domino
tournaments.
Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas
These 100- and 200-seat movie theaters will be open 365 days a
PBS39 PUBLIC MEDIA year and screen art house films, rock documentaries, movies at mid-
night and more. They also will be the site of First Friday after-parties,
AND EDUCATION CENTER LEVITT PAVILION where people can watch bands play to films. They open Friday.
This 29,000-square-foot facility will house two Scheduled to open July 2, this outdoor concert venue for
AIR PRODUCTS
television studios for PBS39. Like the ArtsQuest 2,500 people will provide free musical programming on Capital BlueCross
Center, it features an all-glass north wall. It will TOWN SQUARE a giant lawn. Currently, 33 shows are scheduled for this Creativity Commons
include state-of-the-art HD production and The granite and brick paved plaza sandwiched summer, and organizers expect 50 each summer there-
broadcast equipment and public access to between the ArtsQuest Center and the Levitt Glass doors open like accordions
after. Acts will range from local to national and include
satellite uplink communications. Pavilion will be the spot for about 400 free from this first-floor multi-purpose
anything from rock to blues to Celtic. Sunday evenings
performances a year of all kinds. It is also one of venue to the Air Products Town
in July will feature performances exclusively for kids.
the sites for the iSabor! Latin Festival, RiverJazz Square. Its Mike and Ike Bistro will
Programming previously at Musikfest’s Americaplatz
Festival, Musikfest, SteelJam Festival and Blast be open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. A shop
venue will move here. in the northeast corner will sell
Furnace Blues Festival. It opens Friday. NORTH SteelStacks and Musikfest mer-
chandise. Around the corner you’ll
find Connect@SteelStacks, where
guests can plug into new gaming or
host presentations.
GRAPHIC BY CRAIG LARIMER AND JESSICA DeLORENZO; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN MINGORA / THE MORNING CALL IMAGES COURTESY OF ARTSQUEST