Community Corner
This Weekend in Easton: Queen of Green, Derriere in the Delaware
A look at what's happening this week in Easton.

This weekend, you can cool off in the Delaware River, and help the Easton Police Athletic League at the same time.
The 6th annual Derriere in the Delaware event allows you to ride an inner tube down the river for just $15 (and you get to keep your tube).
It begins at 10 a.m., with buses leaving from Scott Park to Eddyside Park for the trip along the river. It's open to kids 7 and up, but anyone aged 7-12 must be accompanied by an adult (who knows how to swim).
Also this weekend:
- La Pazza Bar at 1251 Ferry St. celebrates its ninth anniversary and holds a "coming out" party as "the only LGBT bar in the Easton/P-burg area." The party begins Friday at 9 p.m. with musical guests Freddy Freeman and Sean Kagalis, along with special guest Ron Morris of Mercantile Home.
- Drinky's, Mothers, Pearly Bakers and Rivals join forces Friday evening for a block party, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. $10 per person for food and drink (which includes a pig roast). Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warriors Project.
- It's Peach Day at the Easton Farmers' Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. There will be peach-related specials from vendors, as well as a bake-off.Â
- Sunday is Kids Day at the National Canal Museum. You can meet the new mule mascot (whose name will be unveiled at 1:15 p.m.) and kids can ride the canal boat for free (with a paying adult). Here's a more detailed break-down of the day's events.
- Hedda Lettuce, NYC's premiere drag queen, will perform at Mercantile Home Saturday at 9 p.m.
- First Presbyterian Church hosts its annual Kenyan Dinner Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., featuring authentic cuisine from Kenya. It's $15 per person, or $8 for students. Kids 5 and under eat for free. Reservations are suggested. To make them, contact For reservations, contact 610-868-9521 or nmanzek@aol.com or 610-258-4259 or shirlbimvannorman@verizon.net.
- Movies in the Park brings us Skyfall, the latest James Bond adventure, Saturday at 9 p.m. at Scott Park. Before the movie, the Easton Municipal Band will play music from the Bond movies, starting at 7:30 p.m.
- Artist Tom D'Angelo will give a talk about his "Three Dots" show Sunday at 2 p.m. at ConneXions.
- Violinist Shane Barker holds an informal concert at Helen Martin's Bank Street Studio, Saturday at 1 p.m. at 7 N. Bank Street.
- The Arts Community of Easton takes over North Third Street Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. for Get Some Art, which features artists creating, talking about, and selling their works.
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