Trucks big and small will be on display this weekend in the Lehigh Valley.
Here’s The Morning Call’s best bets for weekend fun.
Monster Jam returns
Monster Jam is back for its annual run in the Lehigh Valley this weekend. Notably, this show — consisting of truck races, freestyle shows and meet-and-greets — is set just ahead of the Monster Jam tour World Finals, which are held in March.
There’s some intriguing truck names taking to the dirt at PPL Center, which transforms the usual hockey rink into a dirt pit: El Toro Loco, Grave Digger and Krazy Train are among the few.
Spoiler alert: It’s pretty loud.
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If you go: Tickets can be found at pplcenter.com, with five shows currently on the schedule: 7 p.m. Friday at 7 p.m., and noon and 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Prices vary by seat, and early access passes are available.
Cedar Crest College students take the stage
Head to Cedar Crest College this weekend for a twist on the famous Harry Potter series: “Puffs.” The show is a parody “full of heart and humor,” according to the college’s website. The show opened in an off-off-Broadway New York City theater in 2015.
The show combines humor with a story about friendship and self-discovery, reads a description of the show on Cedar Crest’s website. Similar to protocol at Hogwarts, students in a wizard school are sorted into four houses: “Braves,” “Smarts,” “Snakes” and “Puffs.”
The show is directed by award-winning actor Jarrod Yuskauskas, who has served as an adjunct faculty member in Muhlenberg College and Lafayette College’s theater programs.
If you go: Show begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; it starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The college’s theater is located at 100 College Dr., Allentown. Ticket prices vary and can be found at https://cur8.com/schedule/item/18389/356424?event=131897&date=356424.
Bethlehem baking bash
At the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, baker Richard Groman Jr. will lead an exhibit and tour Saturday to highlight his family’s baking history, featuring his family’s collection of original machinery, and more.
His family’s organization, Groman Bakeries, became a “regionally beloved business known for its elaborate tortes and cakes,” after it was founded in the 1920’s, according to a news release. The business is also known for a signature bowtie decoration. The chain of bakeries was sold in 1984.
If you go: Tours start at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, located at 427 N. New St., Bethlehem. Tickets are $15 for Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites members, and $25 for the general public; tickets can be purchased at historicbethlehem.org.
Richard Gorman Jr. leads a tour of the Baked Into Bethlehem exhibit at the Kemerer Museum in Bethlehem. (Courtesy Kemerer Museum)
A Lego exhibit in Allentown
Fans of Legos can attend “Meet the Builders Day” at the America on Wheels Museum in Allentown on Saturday, which highlights the behind-the-scenes of one of the museum’s most popular displays, the “World of Transportation LEGO City.”
This event features a meet-and-greet of the buildings behind the project, who represent the Pennsylvania LEGO Users Group. “World of Transportation LEGO City” is a hands-on display that features Lego cities, beaches, shopping centers and more.
Vignettes of an ocean town are captured in a holiday Lego display Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at America On Wheels in Allentown. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday this week. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)
If you go: At no cost, the event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the America On Wheels Museum, 5 N Front St., Allentown.
Andreas Pelekis is a freelance writer. Reach out to him with weekend tips for next weekend at atp3417@gmail.com.