Venus
March 5
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489327/
The Lives of Others
March 12
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
The Painted Veil
March 19
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446755/
Unconscious
March 26
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395173/
Don't forget, NET members get a discount on Tuesday night movies. Not a member yet? Join now!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
I-78 Corridor Study Meeting next week - RSVP TODAY!
LVEDC invites you to a special meeting for our members with Lois M. Goldman, Manager, Corridor Studies and Project Planning for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc. Lois will be speaking about what the I-78 Corridor Study – why it was done, what the results were, and what the NJTPA has been doing as a result of the study. The I-78 Corridor Study addresses some of the Lehigh Valley’s major transportation concerns.
We hope you can join us for this important update. Seating is limited for this event, so please RSVP to theisler@lehighvalley.org or 610.266.2217 no later than February 23. Parking is available on the street or in the garage next to Zoellner for $1 fee.
When: Feb. 28, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Zoellner Arts Center, Butz Lobby , Lehigh University
Cost: FREE!
We hope you can join us for this important update. Seating is limited for this event, so please RSVP to theisler@lehighvalley.org or 610.266.2217 no later than February 23. Parking is available on the street or in the garage next to Zoellner for $1 fee.
When: Feb. 28, 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Zoellner Arts Center, Butz Lobby , Lehigh University
Cost: FREE!
Yet more reasons to go organic and pesticide free
Pesticides killing off honeybees and monarch butterflies here in Pennsylvania, and nationwide.
- Bees are critically important to farm ecosystems because of their role as pollinators that allow crops to produce edible fruit and seed. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a phenomenon described by beekeepers, researchers and government officials when entire hive populations seem to disappear, apparently dying out. A CCD working group was recently formed with researchers from the University of Montana, The Pennsylvania State University, the USDA/ARS, the Florida Department of Agriculture, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to analyze the problem. Their preliminary report indicates how pesticides may be a factor. According to the CCD report, "If bees are eating fresh or stored pollen contaminated with these chemicals at low levels, they may impact the bee's ability to learn or make memories. If this is the case, young bees leaving the hive to make orientation flights may not be able to learn the location of the hive and may not be returning causing the colonies to dwindle and eventually die." Porterville Recorder reporter Sarah Elizabeth Villicana interviewed a Terra Bella, California beekeeper, Eric Lane, who suspects harm to the bees is linked to imidacloprid, made by Bayer CropScience. "It is my personal belief that this chemical is responsible for thinning the bee population," Lane said. "It was used it France and killed 70 percent of the bee population in France."
- The planting of crops genetically modified to resist the herbicide glyphosphate (most commonly known by the brand name Roundup®) allows growers to spray fields of young soybeans or corn with this herbicide instead of tilling to control weeds. Milkweeds survive tilling but not the repeated use of glyphosphate. In fact, before the adoption of these GM crops, surveys in several states revealed that croplands with modest numbers of milkweeds produced more monarchs per unit area than other monarch habitats. The loss of milkweeds in these row crops is significant, considering that these croplands represent more than 30% of the total summer breeding area for monarchs.
Samurai and Sushi
Escape with us as we celebrate the special exhibition Chushingura: Loyalty and Revenge in 18th-Century Japan. Members of the Shofuso Japanese House and Garden will demonstrate ceremonial drumming while a koto player fills the air with the sweet sounds of this traditional string instrument. Wrap yourself up in a kimono dressing demonstration and learn how to make sushi watching the chefs of Bethlehem’s Dancing Fish Co. in action. Reach across the Pacific to Japan for a special evening of art and culture.
When: Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Allentown Art Museum
Cost: $10 for NET members, $15 for non-NET members
Not a member? Join now.
When: Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Where: Allentown Art Museum
Cost: $10 for NET members, $15 for non-NET members
Not a member? Join now.
NET March First Thursday next week
If you've heard about the NET and would like to see what it’s about, this is
the event for you. Refreshments will be served.
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce
yourself to someone new. Expand your network.
When: Thursday, March 1, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Where: Starters Riverport, 17 W. 2nd Street, Bethlehem
Admission: FREE to NET members, $3 for non-members
Not a member yet? Join now!
the event for you. Refreshments will be served.
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce
yourself to someone new. Expand your network.
When: Thursday, March 1, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Where: Starters Riverport, 17 W. 2nd Street, Bethlehem
Admission: FREE to NET members, $3 for non-members
Not a member yet? Join now!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Give blood tonight w/NET
The Lehigh Valley is in the middle of a blood shortage crisis. Low blood collections during the holiday season, combined with upcoming regional blood collection projections, have forced Miller-Keystone Blood Center to ask area hospitals to postpone elective surgeries.
Please join the NET in meeting the blood demand on Tuesday, February 20th at 7 p.m. at Miller-Keystone Blood Center in Bethlehem.
If you plan to attend, please call Sharon at the Miller-Keystone Blood Center at 800-223-6667 to schedule an appointment this evening. She will ask you a few questions to get you in the system, which will make your blood donation quicker upon arrival.
Thanks for giving blood!
Please join the NET in meeting the blood demand on Tuesday, February 20th at 7 p.m. at Miller-Keystone Blood Center in Bethlehem.
If you plan to attend, please call Sharon at the Miller-Keystone Blood Center at 800-223-6667 to schedule an appointment this evening. She will ask you a few questions to get you in the system, which will make your blood donation quicker upon arrival.
Thanks for giving blood!
Elm street program in Bethlehem takes shape
Just around the corner from Bethlehem's historic Main Street yawn blocks of quaint row homes, drugstores, shops, offices and other businesses with apartments overhead.
Sure, the brickwork needs to be redone on some of those buildings along W. Broad Street. The paint on the wooden details of other 80-year-old buildings is cracking, too. And, as a straight shot to Allentown, the street sometimes carries motorists driving 50 mph through blocks devoid of much landscaping, neighbors say.
But Bethlehem officials say all that stretch needs is a little bit more curb appeal: leafy trees, decorative street lights, crosswalks and other amenities. If the city finds the money, that so-called streetscape could one day stretch all the way to the Queen City.
''The plans are very big and grand, but they are broken into small, achievable parts,'' Mayor John Callahan said. ''We've done this with the business district on the north and south sides, and they continue to thrive. Now, we're looking to revitalize neighborhoods.''
The project is part of the Elm Street program, an initiative that is aimed at sprucing up neighborhoods near the downtown. The thinking behind the program is strong neighborhoods make strong downtowns.
Bethlehem's target area is the neighborhoods north and west of Main Street. A task force has been working on the plan for 1 1/2 years. City Council is expected today to approve a resolution for $250,000 — a Transportation Enhancement grant — to start executing parts of the plan.
The start date has not been scheduled yet.
Darlene Heller, city planning director, said the task force, now called North by Northwest, will create a priority list of amenities and each section of the street will be improved as the city secures the money to do it.
She pointed to the improvements in recent years to the South Side Business District as evidence of how well decorative accents can spruce up a neighborhood.
Seven years ago, the city unveiled a plan to improve the lighting, upgrade sidewalks and crosswalks, plant trees and create a greenway along the Norfolk Southern rail lines that run through the heart of the South Side. The city still hasn't settled on the land for a major chunk of the plan — the greenway. But the city has already added some acorn-shaped street lights and trees along E. Third and Fourth streets. The city adds more lighting each year as it obtains the money.
A.G. Pitsilos, co-chairman of the city's task force for the Elm Street program, envisions a similar execution on W. Broad Street. While the first phase only goes out to Third Avenue, Pitsilos said he hopes the city extends the features all the way to Club Avenue, near the city's border with Allentown, once the money is secured.
Pitsilos, who has lived on the 600 block of W. Broad for 20 years, said the look of trees could pump some life into the neighborhood.
''We get the full sun. Shade would be nice for pedestrians walking down the street,'' he said. ''The rustling of leaves and the display of light through the trees, I think, will also help slow drivers down. It will make a very walkable community.''
With slower traffic, motorists might take time to look at the beauty of the neighborhood and perhaps return there.
Councilwoman Magdalena Szabo said a little sprucing up could inject more life into the neighborhood.
''But, I think it would be good to look at every area of the city at some point and pay a little extra attention to it,'' she said.
The improvements to W. Broad Street are just one part of the Elm Street plan. Other parts of the plan target Fairview and Friendship parks— now large, unattractive macadam lots. Other additions could include police substations, a farmers market on the north side, tourist maps and ''Welcome to Bethlehem'' signs. Other ideas include establishing a loan pool or grant program for property owners.
The district's boundaries are Fairview and Spruce streets on the north; Prospect Avenue and Broad and Raspberry streets on the south; Pulaski Street on the east; and Sixth Avenue on the west.
Sure, the brickwork needs to be redone on some of those buildings along W. Broad Street. The paint on the wooden details of other 80-year-old buildings is cracking, too. And, as a straight shot to Allentown, the street sometimes carries motorists driving 50 mph through blocks devoid of much landscaping, neighbors say.
But Bethlehem officials say all that stretch needs is a little bit more curb appeal: leafy trees, decorative street lights, crosswalks and other amenities. If the city finds the money, that so-called streetscape could one day stretch all the way to the Queen City.
''The plans are very big and grand, but they are broken into small, achievable parts,'' Mayor John Callahan said. ''We've done this with the business district on the north and south sides, and they continue to thrive. Now, we're looking to revitalize neighborhoods.''
The project is part of the Elm Street program, an initiative that is aimed at sprucing up neighborhoods near the downtown. The thinking behind the program is strong neighborhoods make strong downtowns.
Bethlehem's target area is the neighborhoods north and west of Main Street. A task force has been working on the plan for 1 1/2 years. City Council is expected today to approve a resolution for $250,000 — a Transportation Enhancement grant — to start executing parts of the plan.
The start date has not been scheduled yet.
Darlene Heller, city planning director, said the task force, now called North by Northwest, will create a priority list of amenities and each section of the street will be improved as the city secures the money to do it.
She pointed to the improvements in recent years to the South Side Business District as evidence of how well decorative accents can spruce up a neighborhood.
Seven years ago, the city unveiled a plan to improve the lighting, upgrade sidewalks and crosswalks, plant trees and create a greenway along the Norfolk Southern rail lines that run through the heart of the South Side. The city still hasn't settled on the land for a major chunk of the plan — the greenway. But the city has already added some acorn-shaped street lights and trees along E. Third and Fourth streets. The city adds more lighting each year as it obtains the money.
A.G. Pitsilos, co-chairman of the city's task force for the Elm Street program, envisions a similar execution on W. Broad Street. While the first phase only goes out to Third Avenue, Pitsilos said he hopes the city extends the features all the way to Club Avenue, near the city's border with Allentown, once the money is secured.
Pitsilos, who has lived on the 600 block of W. Broad for 20 years, said the look of trees could pump some life into the neighborhood.
''We get the full sun. Shade would be nice for pedestrians walking down the street,'' he said. ''The rustling of leaves and the display of light through the trees, I think, will also help slow drivers down. It will make a very walkable community.''
With slower traffic, motorists might take time to look at the beauty of the neighborhood and perhaps return there.
Councilwoman Magdalena Szabo said a little sprucing up could inject more life into the neighborhood.
''But, I think it would be good to look at every area of the city at some point and pay a little extra attention to it,'' she said.
The improvements to W. Broad Street are just one part of the Elm Street plan. Other parts of the plan target Fairview and Friendship parks— now large, unattractive macadam lots. Other additions could include police substations, a farmers market on the north side, tourist maps and ''Welcome to Bethlehem'' signs. Other ideas include establishing a loan pool or grant program for property owners.
The district's boundaries are Fairview and Spruce streets on the north; Prospect Avenue and Broad and Raspberry streets on the south; Pulaski Street on the east; and Sixth Avenue on the west.
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