And it clearly became a hit in the Lehigh Valley. It was not long before silk mills were sprouting in Allentown faster then the iron furnaces had. By the 1900s, at the height of its production ...

the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR), sometimes called the “Iron Silk Road”, supported by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through modern technologies, construction prowess, and capital.

Half of a double bill entitled “Iron and Silk”, there was a strong emphasis on the “shadows” of the title, with numerous stunning lighting effects by Jo Phoa as performers danced with ...