2019
Closing Ceremony – making our pledges to the future
How do you end ten days of epic art-making and community discussions around where we want to go as a community and how we might get there? Why, with an even more epic Closing Ceremony. Taking over Payrow Plaza, the Closing Ceremony will invite the entire community to come see
2019
Community Supper – breaking bread together
A chance to break bread together while we talk and share our impressions and takeaways from the Festival experience, the Community Supper is a culmination of Festival Unbound. It will give an opportunity for everyone to reflect on the ten days of arts they just experienced and discuss. There will
2019
Flavor of Bethlehem – A Condensed History of Bethlehem, and the Food that Came Along with It
When I first heard of Bethlehem, PA, where I was going to attend Moravian College four years ago, a small, Christmasy colonial village came to mind. Being from Connecticut and going to college in Bethlehem, I have discovered that there is a rich history that is about more than Moravian
2019
Finding H.D. – past and future female voices
The premiere of a new play by Mock Turtle Marionette Theater on the Lehigh Valley’s most influential artist, the celebrated feminist writer and LGBTQ icon Hilda Doolittle, featuring narrative, song, and puppetry. This performances is the culmination of a year-long community partnership between Mock Turtle, Lehigh University English Department, Bethlehem
2019
Children’s Art – colorful proclamations from fourth grade
Festival Unbound focuses on envisioning our shared future. Who better to ask than the very youth we are creating the future for? For the past year, fourth graders in Bethlehem have been thinking about what they want in a better community and creating artwork to express that dream. Thanks to the
2019
Flavor of Bethlehem – how food brings us together
Hello everybody! My name is Corinne Philbin, and I am a rising senior at Moravian College. I will be publishing a series of ten blog posts centered around food sustainability and its relationship to the Bethlehem community, in partnership with Festival UnBound. These posts will lead up to the Festival
2019
Poets, Troubadours, and Troublemakers – new songs for our city
Poets, Troubadours, and Troublemakers is a collaboration with Godfrey Daniels to create original music dedicated to Festival UnBound’s mission of envisioning our future home. Godfrey Daniels is hosting a series of workshops for singer-songwriters by notable artists like John Gorka, Anne Hills, Suzzy Roche, and Lucy Wainwright Roche. The workshop
2019
Cabaret – drinks, music, community, and late night chats
Drinks, music, and conversation at Touchstone’s home theatre — a late-night watering hole where Festival attendees can meet and talk about the day’s performances. The Cabaret Stage is loosely based on a concept that our Dictators 4 Dummies touring troupe experienced at the Human Mosaic Festival in Goleniow, Poland. Every
2019
The Youth Project – a vision from the next generation
Youth from Bethlehem’s High Schools assemble to create a new, site-specific work about their dreams and concerns for the future. Over the course of 2019, they’re meeting monthly to write, play, devise, brainstorm, and create this original piece, rooted in tall tales, poetry, monsters, songs, and triumph. I’m so excited
