adventureallentown FALL - WINTER | 2019 - 2020 Volume 13, Issue 2 ear Citizens: Fall/Winter 2019 - 2020 I am looking forward to another terrific fall and winter full of activities, programs, and events for Allentown residents and visitors to enjoy! Our vibrant city continues to grow and change every day, with new public artwork and pedestrian and trail D improvements, as well as beautiful parks and playgrounds to enjoy. Be sure to mark your calendars for Allentown’s annual fall and winter events and celebrations, including the Allentown Halloween Parade, the Great Pumpkin Run, Tree Lighting Ceremony, New Year’s Eve Celebration and much more! The Lights in the Parkway program will once again bring dazzling holiday displays to Lehigh Parkway for its 23rd shining season! Be sure to visit the gift barn for pictures with Santa and holiday gifts. Lights in the Parkway provides plenty of fun for residents and visitors of all Adventure Allentown is a multi-award- winning publication issued twice a year ages! (see pages 18 – 19 for more details.) (Fall/Winter & Spring/Summer) and will be distributed to all Allentown schools, as As you page through this edition of our an insert in The Morning Call newspaper, award-winning Adventure Allentown, I’m sure you and at other locations throughout the city. will see that fall and winter are a fantastic time to visit Allentown! City of Allentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Ray O’Connell City Council Members City of Allentown, Pennsylvania Roger MacLean – President Julio A. Guridy – Vice President Candida Affa, Daryl L. Hendricks, Table of Contents Cynthia Mota, Courtney Robinson and Ed Zucal. Special Events .............................................................................Pages 4 – 7 .....................................................................................................Page 35 City Council meets every 1st and .....................................................................................................Back Cover 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. For more information, Parks Information .......................................................................Pages 8 – 9 please call 610-437-7550. Recreation Programs/Events .....................................................Pages 10 – 13 City Controller Jeff Glazier Golf Course .................................................................................Pages 16 - 17 [email protected] Lights in the Parkway .................................................................Pages 18 - 19 Photography City Projects ................................................................................Pages 20 – 21 Hub Willson Photography Allentown Arts ............................................................................Pages 28 – 31 Marco Calderon Photography LBJ Media Community Organizations ..........................................................Pages 32 – 33 Luiz Garcia The City of Allentown staff will occasionally take photos and/or videos of participants Design & Production enrolled in our programs, classes, and special events. These photos and video clips may be used in Adventure Allentown or other future print or video publications. If you do not Niki Jones Agency wish to have your photo taken, please tell our photographers. 2 | Adventure Allentown | www.allentownpa.gov City Directory Name Phone Name Phone Accounts Payable 610-437-7621 Planning 610-437-7611 Animal Control 610-437-7535 Police Academy 610-437-7744 Building Inspections 610-437-7592 Police Captains 610-437-7713 Building Maintenance 610-437-7650 Police Criminal Investigations 610-437-7721 Building Standards and Safety 610-437-7690 Police Complaint Desk 610-437-7753 City Clerk’s Office 610-437-7555 Police Property 610-437-7687 City Controller’s Office 610-437-7527 Police Staff Review 610-437-7709 City Council 610-437-7556 Police Traffic 610-437-7705 City Solicitor’s Office 610-437-7545 Police Vice 610-437-7726 Clinical Services (Health) 610-437-7526 Police Youth 610-437-7741 Community & Economic Development 610-437-7610 Pools (City) 610-437-7750 Department of Finance 610-437-7500 Purchasing 610-437-7624 Department of Public Works 610-437-7587 Recycling and Solid Waste 610-437-8729 EMS (Administration) 610-437-7531 Redevelopment Authority 610-437-7733 Engineering 610-437-7576 Rental/Presale Inspections 610-437-7694 Environmental Services (Health) 610-437-7759 Revenue and Audit 610-437-7506 Fire Administration 610-437-7765 Risk Management 610-437-7655 Fire Prevention 610-437-7758 Shade Tree 610-437-7596 Golf Course 610-395-5108 Special Events 610-841-3506 Health Administration 610-437-7760 Streets 610-437-7638 Human Resources 610-437-7523 Stormwater 610-437-7584 Information Desk 610-437-5999 Technical Services (Communications) 610-437-7520 Information Systems 610-437-8788 Traffic Planning and Control 610-437-7735 Injury Prevention (Health) 610-437-7598 Treasury 610-437-7621 Mayor’s Office 610-437-7546 Zoning 610-437-7630 Parks and Recreation 610-437-7750 Adventure Allentown | www.allentownpa.gov | 3 Special Events Calendar Special Event Information For a regularly updated calendar of October events happening all over the city visit www.allentownpa.gov/events. 10/5 | 9:00am You’ll find comedy, films, theatre, Women's 5K Classic festivals and much more. Lehigh Parkway Sign up for our free weekly events e-mail “It’s Happening in Allentown.” 10/5 | 7:05pm LV Phantoms vs. Providence For more information, PPL Center contact 610-841-3506 or through e-mail at [email protected]. 10/6 | 10:00am Out of the Darkness Walk Lehigh Parkway Band Trailer Rental Fee includes set-up, removal, 30 10/8 | 7:30pm chairs, sound system and lights. Rick Wakeman: One day within City of Allentown: $640.00 Grumpy Old Rockstar One day outside City of Miller Symphony Hall Allentown: ...................... $690.00 Additional day of rental: ... $75.00 10/11-10/27 | Various Times *You must have $1,000,000 of public liability Sunset Boulevard insurance to obtain a permit to rent a band trailer. Civic Theatre 4 | Adventure Allentown | www.allentownpa.gov 10/11 | 7:05pm 10/17 | 4:00pm LV Phantoms vs. Wilkes-Barre Destination Arts: Third Thursday PPL Center Downtown Allentown 10/18 | 7:05pm 10/12 | 7:05pm LV Phantoms vs. Binghamton LV Phantoms vs. Hershey PPL Center PPL Center 10/12 | 7:30pm 10/19 | 7:05pm The Best of Broadway LV Phantoms vs. Springfield Miller Symphony Hall PPL Center 10/13 | 1:00pm 10/20 | 11:00am CMS Open House Wild in the Parks: Migration Community Music School Hibernation Exploration South Mountain Reservoir 10/13 | 2:00pm 10/20 | 2:00pm Allentown Halloween Parade 10/25 | 7:30pm Stefano Greco Concert Vienna Boys Choir Hamilton St. Miller Symphony Hall Miller Symphony Hall 10/26 | 9:00am 10/14 | 10:00am 10/25-11/3 | Various Times Halloween Bash Model Fire Prevention Month Into the Woods Car Show Awards Ceremony Empire Theatre, Muhlenberg America On Wheels Scottish Rite Cathedral 10/26 | 7:30pm 10/25 | 6:00pm The Allentown Band: Allentown Trick-or-Treat Night Nosferatu (Dracula) City-Wide Miller Symphony Hall 10/27 | 11:00am Speedway Reunion America On Wheels 10/27 | 1:00pm Halloween Trunk or Treat America On Wheels 10/27 | 3:00pm The Allentown Band: Masterworks Christ Lutheran Church 10/31 | 8:00pm Mark Anthony Opus Tour PPL Center Adventure Allentown | www.allentownpa.gov | 5 November 11/22 | 7:05pm 12/6 | 7:05pm LV Phantoms vs. Charlotte LV Phantoms vs. Hershey 11/1 | 7:05pm PPL Center PPL Center LV Phantoms vs. Wilkes-Barre PPL Center 11/22 | 7:30pm 12/7-12/8 | Various Times The Queen's Cartoonists The Nutcracker 11/2 | 11:00am Miller Symphony Hall Miller Symphony Hall Allentown Veterans Appreciation Month Kickoff 11/23 | 7:05pm 12/7 | 6:00pm Seventh & Hamilton sts LV Phantoms vs. Belleville Tree Lighting & Holiday PPL Center Family Workshop 11/3 | 7:30pm West Park Logic: Confessions of a 11/27 | 7:00pm Dangerous Mind Tour Lights in the Parkway 5K 12/8 | 10:00am PPL Center Lehigh Parkway Ice Scraper Series Lehigh Parkway 11/6 | 7:05pm 11/29-12/29 | Various Times LV Phantoms vs. Wilkes-Barre Holiday Train Exhibit 12/10 | 7:00pm PPL Center America On Wheels Cirque Musica Presents Holiday Wishes 11/7-11/9 | Various Times 11/29 | 5:30pm PPL Center Moving Stories Lights in the Parkway Opens! Baker Theatre, Muhlenberg Lehigh Parkway 12/13-12/22 | Various Times Who's Holiday 11/9 | 10:00am 11/29 | 7:05pm Civic Theatre The Great Pumpkin Run LV Phantoms vs. Wilkes-Barre Fountain Park PPL Center 12/13 | 8:00pm Anuel AA: Emmanuel World Tour 11/9 | 7:05pm 11/30 | 1:00pm PPL Center LV Phantoms vs. Hershey Jingle Bell Trail on Small PPL Center Business Saturday 12/14 | 7:05pm Downtown Allentown LV Phantoms vs. Hartford 11/9-11/10 | Various Times PPL Center All Tchaikovsky: 1812 & More 11/30 | 7:05pm Miller Symphony Hall LV Phantoms vs. Hartford 12/15 | 2:00pm PPL Center CMS Holiday Recital 11/10 | 6:00pm Community Music School We Will Rock You: The Musical PPL Center December 12/15 | 3:00pm Americans We: Tribute to Veterans 11/20-11/24 | Various Times 12/3 | 6:30pm Miller Symphony Hall New Voices/New Visions Five Finger Death Punch PPL Center Play Festival 12/19 | 4:00pm Studio Theatre, Muhlenberg 12/5 | 4:00pm Destination Arts: Third Thursday Downtown Allentown 11/20 | 7:05pm Allentown Tree Lighting Ceremony Grand (PPL) Plaza LV Phantoms vs. Charlotte 12/28 | 7:05pm PPL Center 12/6-12/21 | Various Times LV Phantoms vs. Utica PPL Center 11/21 | 4:00pm Christmas Carole 1944 Civic Theatre Destination Arts: Third Thursday 12/29 | 3:05pm Downtown Allentown LV Phantoms vs. Hershey PPL Center 6 | Adventure Allentown | www.allentownpa.gov 12/31 | 10:00pm The Humans Downtown Allentown New Year's Civic Theatre 3/15 | 1:30pm Eve Celebration Seventh & Hamilton sts 2/8-2/9 | Various Times Allentown Movie Classics: The Sound of Cinema St. Patrick's January Miller Symphony Hall Day Parade 1/5 | 10:00am 2/9 | 10:00am Ice Scraper Series West End Ice Scraper Series Lehigh Parkway Lehigh Parkway 1/11 | 7:05pm 2/20 | 4:00pm PV Phantoms vs. Laval Destination Arts: Third Thursday PPL Center Downtown Allentown 1/12 | 3:05pm 2/22 | 2:00pm LV Phantoms vs.