{"id":45312,"date":"2017-09-07T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=45312"},"modified":"2017-09-07T16:30:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:30:34","slug":"public-tickets-go-sale-today-2nd-annual-linny-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=45312","title":{"rendered":"Public Tickets Go on Sale Today for the 2nd-annual Linny Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Public Tickets Go on Sale Today for the 2nd<\/sup>-annual Linny Awards <\/strong>2017 Winners Include \u2018Lost\u2019 and \u2018Hawaii Five-0\u2019 Star Daniel Dae Kim<\/p>\n

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Daniel Dae Kim will receive the ArtsQuest Foundation\u2019s 2017 Pinnacle of the Arts Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014A limited number of public tickets to the 2017 Linny Awards celebration, presented by Cornerstone Advisors, will go on sale beginning today, Sept. 7, at www.artsquestfoundation.org<\/a>. Cost is $250 per person, which includes an open bar, gourmet dinner and the awards ceremony featuring actor Daniel Dae Kim. The event will be held on Thurs., Nov. 9<\/span>, at 6 p.m.<\/span>, in the Musikfest Caf\u00e9 of the ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to support the nonprofit foundation and its mission of providing sustainability for ArtsQuest and ArtsQuest\u2019s programming for the region.<\/p>\n

Among this year\u2019s award winners is stage and screen star Daniel Dae Kim, who will receive the Foundation\u2019s prestigious Pinnacle of the Arts Award during the awards ceremony. Kim is perhaps best known for his role as Chin Ho Kelly on the 2010 reboot of the classic television series \u201cHawaii Five-0,\u201dand for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the long-running ABC series \u201cLost.\u201d A former Bethlehem resident and Freedom High School graduate, Kim has appeared in a number of hit television shows and major movies and played the King of Siam in Rogers & Hammerstein\u2019s \u2018The King and I\u2019 in London and on Broadway.<\/p>\n

The Linnys are presented annually by the ArtsQuest Foundation and are named after the late Marlene “Linny” Fowler of Bethlehem, in honor of her dedication to and support of the arts. Fowler established the Foundation in 2003 and served on its board until her passing in 2013.\u00a0 The awards also celebrate the extraordinary artists, art educators, businesses and philanthropists who have lived, now live or work in the Lehigh Valley. In addition to Kim, the following Lehigh Valley residents will be honored:<\/p>\n