{"id":253296,"date":"2026-07-27T22:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253296\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:51:09","slug":"nature-as-a-springboard-for-art-with-jim-toia-and-maryann-riker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/253296\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature as a Springboard for Art with Jim Toia and Maryann Riker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Scuffle explores the vibrant sculpture park and recreational trail that is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karlstirnerartstrail.org\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Karl Stirner Arts Trail<\/a> with Executive Director and Curator, Jim Toia, and Poetry in the Wild organizer Maryann Riker.<\/p>\n<p>Jim and Maryann share the spark behind the trail and how vast collaboration between Easton organizations has made it into a fundamental part of the city&#8217;s identity. Beyond that, they talk about the Artist in Residence program, the 2026 Poetry in the Wild series, and the beauty of trusting spontaneity. <\/p>\n<p>Tune in to Lehigh Valley Arts Salon\u00a0every Monday from 6:00 to 6:30 PM following All Things Considered.<\/p>\n<p>(Original air-date: 7\/27\/26)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Scuffle explores the vibrant sculpture park and recreational trail that is the Karl Stirner Arts Trail with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-253296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}