ighlighted by a Grammy Award winner and also featuring sensory-friendly, comedy, spoken-word and reggae shows, ArtsQuest has added several live events to its April and May schedule, all of which will be on sale to the public on Friday at 10 a.m. at www.steelstacks.org.

All shows are being produced in accordance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state and city health and safety guidelines.

Masks are required unless eating or drinking.

Headliner

MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile will perform a solo show at the outdoor Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks presented by Coordinated Health, now a part of Lehigh Valley Health Network, on April 15.

A child prodigy, Thile first rose to fame as a member of Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek, with whom he released four albums and sold over 2 million records.

As a soloist, Thile has released several albums including his most recent, “Thanks for Listening,” and has won Grammys for collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan, in addition to his work with The Punch Brothers, specifically for their album “All Ashore.”

Sensory performance

ArtsQuest is partnering with Accessible Festivals to present Inclusion Dining & Jams - featuring singer/songwriter Ryan Montbleau - in The Musikfest Café presented by Yuengling on April 11.

This all-ages/family-friendly show will feature a live American Sign Language interpreter along with numerous additional sensory, visual and communication supports alongside of Montbleau, who has collaborated with Martin Sexton, Trombone Shorty and Galactic, among others.

Funding for this show has been made possible in part by the ArtsQuest Foundation.

“We are so excited to be working with ArtsQuest to present a truly accessible experience that will incorporate music, art, play and food in a warm and welcoming environment,” said Leah Barron, the co-founder of Accessible Festivals.

“We feel so lucky to be featuring Ryan Montbleau as the artist, as his positive and inspiring music is so well aligned with our inclusion-friendly programming.”

Found Footage Festival

The Found Footage Festival also returns to The ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks on May 15 as part of this slate, though outdoors on the Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks for the first time.

Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, who have written for The Onion and The Colbert Report, have made a career out of finding obscure VHS cassettes and producing live shows around their bizarre content. This ninth edition of their tour includes the 1988 Miss Junior America Wisconsin pageant, a mysterious tape labeled “bonion sergery” and home movies taken at a Canadian hose factory.

Visit steelstacks.org for the complete list of events.

The SteelStacks campus, including The ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, is run by ArtsQuest, a Bethlehem, based nonprofit whose mission includes providing access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities.

ArtsQuest supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events.