This Wednesday evening at 6:00, Allentown From the Ground Up will be hosting an open forum with mayor Ed Pawlowski. This event is a chance to come out and voice your concerns, questions, and opinions. The mayor will be there to let us know what is going on in the city, and what we can do to help its continued growth. As a group, we strive to get our followers to know about our city and what is happening in it. This forum provides an excellent opportunity to do exactly that. Come with a few questions in mind. We hope to see you all there.
When: Wednesday August 12th at 6:00 pm
Where: The campaign headquarters of Mayor Pawlowski on Hamilton Street
Monday, August 10
Friday, June 12
Updates and The Morning Call!
The scheduled meet-up at the Lehigh Valley Blues Brews and Barbecue festival is going to be wonderful. We will all meet at 3:15 at the Mississippi Pig Farmers set. Any questions, please leave a comment. I hope you can all make it down.
If you haven't seen it yet, Marjorie Kleiner (Andrew and Bryan's mother) has an article published in the Morning Call about Allentown From The Ground Up: http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/letters/all-kleiner.6924564jun12,0,4790019.story.
Here is the event info for tomorrow:
Blues, Brews & Barbecue
From noon until 8pm on Saturday June 13th, the 800 block of Hamilton Street is the place to be. With a menu of live music, face-painting, a grill giveaway, stilt-walkers and more barbecue than you can imagine, this event is not to be missed.
Blues, Brews & Barbecue includes barbecue competitions with the promise of finger-lickin’ good recipes, refreshing brews and activities that will get you fired up.
Music presented by:
Lazy Dogma 12:30pm - 1:30pm
James Supra 1:45pm - 3:00pm
The Mississippi Pig Farmers 3:15pm - 4:30pm
BC & Company 4:30pm - 6:15pm
Todd Wolfe 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: PPL Plaza - 9th and Hamilton St. Allentown, PA
Food vendors:
Allentown Brew Works
Bada Bingg
Balasia
HillBilly’ BBQ
Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que Roadhouse
Pitnic’s Smoked BBQ
Winston’s
There will be all types of food for sale: Beef Brisket, Ribs, Chicken, Jambalaya, Pulled Pork, Meatball Sandwiches, Hotdogs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, Funnel Cake and more just skim the surface of what will be offered. To be noted: This year we will even be offering vegan barbecue: Balasia will be offering seitan barbecue, grilled Portobello mushrooms, sweet corn and more! Prices range from $1-$8.
Plenty of free parking available in the Farr Lot located on 8th Street between Hamilton and Linden Streets or in the Old Hess’s Parking Deck at 8th and Linden.
Next week we will be meeting on Thursday night for a film at The Southside Film Festival.
Allentown: From The Ground Up will be attending the documentary, "The Town That Was," at the SouthSide Film Festival
We invite everyone to come out and watch the film with us.
We will meet at 7:00p.m outside the Whitaker Lab. The film starts at 7:30 and the admission price is 5 dollars.
Here is the film synopsis taken from the SouthSide Film Festival Website:
"In 1962, a trash fire ignited a seam of anthracite coal beneath Centralia,
Pennsylvania, a once-thriving mining town of over 3,000 people. By the
mid-1980s, giant plumes of smoke and deadly carbon monoxide gases billowed
from fissures in the ground, the local highway cracked and collapsed, trees
were bleached white and petrified, as the fire continued to rage unchecked.
It wasn't until a young boy nearly died after falling into a smoldering mine
subsidence that the government was pressed into action. After estimating the
cost of extinguishing the fire at over half a billion dollars, the government instead opted to raze the town and relocate its residents. Today, 11 die-hards remain.
Filmed over a period of four years with interviews ranging from former
residents to Congressmen, The Town That Was is an intimate portrait of John
Lokitis, the youngest remaining Centralian, and his quixotic fight to keep
alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His
unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a
man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten."
The film will be played in the Whitaker Lab. Directions can be found at: http://www.southsidefilmfestival.com/festival/maps-a-directions
For more information regarding the SouthSide Film Festival check out their website at: http://www.southsidefilmfestival.com/
We look forward to a great evening and hope to see many of you.
Please check out Allentown From the Ground Up on Facebook here
We hope to see a lot of people out for these events!
There is planning going on right now for some major Allentown From the Ground Up sponsored events and news is coming soon!
Thanks everyone.
If you haven't seen it yet, Marjorie Kleiner (Andrew and Bryan's mother) has an article published in the Morning Call about Allentown From The Ground Up: http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/letters/all-kleiner.6924564jun12,0,4790019.story.
Here is the event info for tomorrow:
Blues, Brews & Barbecue
From noon until 8pm on Saturday June 13th, the 800 block of Hamilton Street is the place to be. With a menu of live music, face-painting, a grill giveaway, stilt-walkers and more barbecue than you can imagine, this event is not to be missed.
Blues, Brews & Barbecue includes barbecue competitions with the promise of finger-lickin’ good recipes, refreshing brews and activities that will get you fired up.
Music presented by:
Lazy Dogma 12:30pm - 1:30pm
James Supra 1:45pm - 3:00pm
The Mississippi Pig Farmers 3:15pm - 4:30pm
BC & Company 4:30pm - 6:15pm
Todd Wolfe 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: PPL Plaza - 9th and Hamilton St. Allentown, PA
Food vendors:
Allentown Brew Works
Bada Bingg
Balasia
HillBilly’ BBQ
Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que Roadhouse
Pitnic’s Smoked BBQ
Winston’s
There will be all types of food for sale: Beef Brisket, Ribs, Chicken, Jambalaya, Pulled Pork, Meatball Sandwiches, Hotdogs, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Coleslaw, Funnel Cake and more just skim the surface of what will be offered. To be noted: This year we will even be offering vegan barbecue: Balasia will be offering seitan barbecue, grilled Portobello mushrooms, sweet corn and more! Prices range from $1-$8.
Plenty of free parking available in the Farr Lot located on 8th Street between Hamilton and Linden Streets or in the Old Hess’s Parking Deck at 8th and Linden.
Next week we will be meeting on Thursday night for a film at The Southside Film Festival.
Allentown: From The Ground Up will be attending the documentary, "The Town That Was," at the SouthSide Film Festival
We invite everyone to come out and watch the film with us.
We will meet at 7:00p.m outside the Whitaker Lab. The film starts at 7:30 and the admission price is 5 dollars.
Here is the film synopsis taken from the SouthSide Film Festival Website:
"In 1962, a trash fire ignited a seam of anthracite coal beneath Centralia,
Pennsylvania, a once-thriving mining town of over 3,000 people. By the
mid-1980s, giant plumes of smoke and deadly carbon monoxide gases billowed
from fissures in the ground, the local highway cracked and collapsed, trees
were bleached white and petrified, as the fire continued to rage unchecked.
It wasn't until a young boy nearly died after falling into a smoldering mine
subsidence that the government was pressed into action. After estimating the
cost of extinguishing the fire at over half a billion dollars, the government instead opted to raze the town and relocate its residents. Today, 11 die-hards remain.
Filmed over a period of four years with interviews ranging from former
residents to Congressmen, The Town That Was is an intimate portrait of John
Lokitis, the youngest remaining Centralian, and his quixotic fight to keep
alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His
unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a
man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten."
The film will be played in the Whitaker Lab. Directions can be found at: http://www.southsidefilmfestival.com/festival/maps-a-directions
For more information regarding the SouthSide Film Festival check out their website at: http://www.southsidefilmfestival.com/
We look forward to a great evening and hope to see many of you.
Please check out Allentown From the Ground Up on Facebook here
We hope to see a lot of people out for these events!
There is planning going on right now for some major Allentown From the Ground Up sponsored events and news is coming soon!
Thanks everyone.
Friday, June 5
June Schedule
Hello everyone!
We are very excited to announce our schedule of meet-ups and events for the month of June. Our IronPigs meet-up was wonderful and we are pumped for our new events.
First up will be a gathering at the Lehigh Valley Blues Brews and Barbeque festival on Saturday June 13th.
The festival runs from 12-8 at 9th and Hamilton in downtown Allentown. We will have a meet up at a specific location (details forthcoming) at 4 PM.
Second will be a meet-up at the Southside Film Festival on June 18th.
Our final event for the month of June will be a trip to the Lehigh Valley Zoo on Saturday June 27th.
Specific details will be coming on our Facebook page through event listings.
Feel free to email any comments or suggestions to us at atownground@gmail.com.
Join our group on Facebook if you haven’t.
More information to come!
Thanks!
We are very excited to announce our schedule of meet-ups and events for the month of June. Our IronPigs meet-up was wonderful and we are pumped for our new events.
First up will be a gathering at the Lehigh Valley Blues Brews and Barbeque festival on Saturday June 13th.
The festival runs from 12-8 at 9th and Hamilton in downtown Allentown. We will have a meet up at a specific location (details forthcoming) at 4 PM.
Second will be a meet-up at the Southside Film Festival on June 18th.
Our final event for the month of June will be a trip to the Lehigh Valley Zoo on Saturday June 27th.
Specific details will be coming on our Facebook page through event listings.
Feel free to email any comments or suggestions to us at atownground@gmail.com.
Join our group on Facebook if you haven’t.
More information to come!
Thanks!
Sunday, May 31
Last Night @ The IronPigs Game
Our first meet up last night was fantastic. We all had a great time. (despite the fact the Iron Pigs didn't fare so well) Allentown: From The Ground Up wants to thank everyone for coming out and enjoying a beautiful early summer night together on the lawn at Coca Cola Park.
Check out some pictures from last night:
Big Ups to Mike for catching a WFMZ holder:
Check out some pictures from last night:
Big Ups to Mike for catching a WFMZ holder:
Thursday, May 28
The Iron Pigs game, THIS SATURDAY!
Hello everyone.
Don't forget that this Saturday is our first major meet-up at Coca Cola Park. We will meet at the ticket gate around 630. I am instructing everyone to buy tickets individually and for the lawn section in center field. That will allow us all to sit together and is a truly awesome part of the park.
The tickets are only 6.00$.
Bring a blanket to sit on!
Any questions, feel free to email us at atownground@gmail.com
If you are on facebook and have yet to join our group, please do!
Thanks and we can't wait to see everyone out on Saturday night!
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