{"id":133567,"date":"2024-08-09T06:46:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T10:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133567"},"modified":"2024-08-09T06:46:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T10:46:38","slug":"eventi-verticali-sphere-making-its-u-s-debut-at-musikfest-moved-to-bethlehems-southside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133567","title":{"rendered":"eVenti Verticali SPHERE, Making its U.S. Debut at Musikfest, Moved to Bethlehem\u2019s SouthSide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., August 8, 2024 \u2013\u00a0With the expected inclement weather over the next few days, eVenti Verticali SPHERE presented by Lehigh Valley Public Media, is moving locations from Martin Guitar Handwerkplatz to Musikfest\u2019s SouthSide. Thanks to Lehigh Valley Public Media &#8211; PBS39, WLVR 91.3 FM and LehighValleyNews.com, this highly anticipated spectacle event, making its U.S. debut at Musikfest, will move to\u00a0<strong>Air Products Town Square PBS39.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHurricane Debby is trying its best to be a Debby Downer, but thanks to PBS39 we are still able to premiere this incredible spectacle during Musikfest and we couldn\u2019t be more excited and grateful,\u201d commented Patrick Brogan, ArtsQuest Chief Programming Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Performances will NOW take place on\u00a0<strong>Saturday,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Aug. 10 at 7 p.m., 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sunday, Aug. 11 at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Italy, eVenti Verticali\u2019s SPHERE presented by PBS39 is a 30-minute outdoor performance delivered by five aerialists suspended from a crane 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the transparent sphere deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised by a crane, becoming a gigantic, fully inflated stunning globe, transforming into a place where everything comes alive. The aerialists take the audience on a journey reflecting on our miraculous lives here, on our planet earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ArtsQuest<\/strong><br \/>\nArtsQuest\u2019s mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event, Musikfest; the Banana Factory Arts Center; and the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, over 50% of which are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually i the region.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBryn Keeney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bethlehem, Lehigh Valley, PA., August 8, 2024 \u2013\u00a0With the expected inclement weather over the next few days, eVenti Verticali SPHERE presented by Lehigh Valley Public Media, is moving locations from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=133567\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">eVenti Verticali SPHERE, Making its U.S. Debut at Musikfest, Moved to Bethlehem\u2019s SouthSide<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sphere.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}