Spell it out

The show "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is coming to the Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem. Show time is 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $33 and $40, $26 and $32 for children 17 and under. Call (610) 758-2787 or visit www.zoellnerartscenter.org.

On 'Sesame Street'

"Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music" is at the Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University, 124 Goodman Drive, Bethlehem. Show times are 7 tonight, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $14-$26. For opening night tonight, all seats (excluding Gold Circle) are $12. Call (610) 758-6611.

Beer fans flock

Mount Hope Estate, Route 72, south of Pennsylvania Turnpike exit 266, Cornwall, hosts 30 different breweries for BrewFest on Saturday. The festival is broken into two separate sessions — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. Maximize your BrewFest experience with a kickoff Friday night concert at the Swashbuckler Brewery & Restaurant with Scythian and The Punch Brothers. Gates open at 5 p.m. and the music begins at 6. Tickets are $26.95, $75 for the concert and VIP tasting Friday, $40 for designated drivers Friday, $40 for Saturday only, $15 Saturday only for designated drivers. Visit www.parenfaire.com.

Remember Nick Berg

Bergopalooza, a concert to benefit the Nick Berg Memorial Scholarship Fund, is set for noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at The Note, 142 E. Market St., West Chester. Berg was kidnapped and murdered five years ago during the war in Iraq. Bands performing include The Inverse, Steppin' Razor, and Rob Perna and the New Kings of Rhythm. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted and there will be raffles and silent auctions.

Still dancing

"Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" is at the Sovereign Center, 700 Penn St., Reading, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets range from $37-$64.50. Call (800) 745-3000.

Misunderstood Mary

First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln attempts to clear her good name during "Tea with Mary Lincoln" with re-enactor Judi Cox at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 432 W. Walnut St., Allentown. During her lifetime, Lincoln was ridiculed as insane, eccentric and politically corrupt. Admission is $7, $5 for children. Call (610) 435-1074, ext. 14.

Begin with the beat

The Allentown Symphony presents a Musical Treasure Chest concert for ages 3-5 spotlighting percussion at 9:30 and 11 a.m. today and 10 a.m. Saturday at Allentown Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown. Tickets are $6.

A Jazz Cabaret with The Dave Roper Trio is offered at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Rodale Community Room at Symphony Hall. Tickets are $20.

Call (610) 432-6715.

Water adventures

- Whitewater Challengers, 288 N. Stagecoach Road, Weatherly, plans to take advantage of a whitewater dam release in Lehigh Gorge State Park between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday. Get started by calling (800) 443-8554 or visiting www.whitewaterchallengers.com for rates.

- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road, near Kempton, offers a Mother's Day Canoe Trip for ages 12 and up on the "Little Schuylkill" on Sunday. Cost is $20 and advance registration is required. Call (610) 756-6961.