{"id":95132,"date":"2019-09-03T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T21:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=95132"},"modified":"2019-09-03T17:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T21:59:10","slug":"allentown-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=95132","title":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allentown will host a myriad of celebrations of Hispanic Heritage from September 15 \u2013 October 15, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Community &amp; Economic Development is partnering with representatives from Allentown City Council, the Allentown Human Relations Commission, Allentown School District, Lehigh Carbon Community College, the Cultural Coalition of Allentown, The Rilyc, and Lehigh Valley Baptist Church to put together a calendar of events to celebrate a variety of aspects of Hispanic culture.<\/p>\n<p>The month will kick-off with a celebration in the Allentown Arts Park on Sunday, September 15, from 3:00 p.m.\u2013 7:00 p.m., featuring music, food and dancing.<\/p>\n<p>The popular Third Thursdays program on September 19 and the Free Fun Sunday program on Sunday, October 13 at Allentown Art Museum will offer Latino artists and performers and film screenings.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens Park will be the site of a Bomba Night on Friday, September 20 from 6:00 p.m.\u2013 8:00 p.m., coordinated by the Puerto Rican Culture Preservation Organization.<\/p>\n<p>A Tango Performance Exhibition can be seen during Allentown ArtsFest on Sunday, September 29, through an Artist-in-Residence program funded by the Cultural Coalition of Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>The culminating event of the celebration \u2013 \u201cTango All Night\u201d will be held on Thursday, October 17 from 5:00 p.m.\u2013 8:00 p.m., with the final location to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllentown has a wealth of talent from residents of many cultures,\u201d said Mayor Ray O\u2019Connell.\u00a0 \u201cWe will be featuring the talents of our Hispanic community to our residents and visitors over the month-long course of the celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the events are listed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/HHM\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/HHM&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1567629724451000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHXE1PUKb8q_1ighd7aCS67aqc9mg\">www.allentownpa.gov\/HHM<\/a> which will be updated as further event details are finalized. To add your event to the calendar, or for more information about how to become involved as a sponsor or in the planning, contact events@allentownpa.gov or phone 610-841-3506.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/hispanic-month.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}