News Around the Neighborhood
The 34th Annual Old Allegheny Victorian Christmas House Tour
Friday, Dec 11 and Saturday, Dec 12, 2015
We are once again planning for the Christmas Tour, which will feature six neighborhood houses in addition to Calvary United Methodist Church. Once again, Holmes Hall will be open to guests as well as those who would like to tour the train museum. Tour-goers (and neighbors) can do early holiday shopping at our shop in Calvary Church. Much work remains to be done:- Two homeowners have graciously volunteered their homes, but we need four other homeowners (or renters!) Please consider opening your home so that we can continue to host what is our major fundraiser. Without this tour, our neighborhood’s projects and opportunities to impact the surrounding area will be diminished.
- Those who have volunteered for past tours will soon be contacted by our sub-chairs. Please respond (positively!) to their emails and calls.
- New neighbors are encouraged to consider how they will be able to help with the tour. This is a great event to be involved with. Some ideas:
- Put your house on tour.
- Offer to help homeowners on tour with decorating and housesitting during the tour.
- Be a tour guide (instructions and scripts provided)
- Greet our visitors at Calvary Church where the tour begins
- Help our party chair to organize (and perhaps cook or bake for) the volunteer party held on Saturday night
- Be on the tour committee–or just attend the meetings–and give your ideas and suggestions.
Above & Beyond: Special Edition
Babb Insurance, our neighbors on Ridge Avenue, got together 25+ employees for a service day in Allegheny West. Their fearless leaders, Kaylee Kirsh and Sarah J. Hagen, whipped them up to such a state of enthusiasm that the Allegheny West folks who joined them, Michael Shealey and Cathy Serventi could barely keep up with things for them to do. They swept the entire neighborhood for trash, weeded every treewell on Western, and removed a bunch of debris in front of the Stables building and at the corner of North Ave. and Brighton. We’re really grateful and hope they come back soon!
Farmer’s Market
You don’t have to leave the City limits to buy farm-fresh vegetables. Visit the Farmers Market in East Park, along Cedar Avenue. You can find farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese, baked goods, and flowers. Take advantage of this wonderful community asset in our Commons. The Market begins May 15th and is open from 3:30 to 7:30 pm.
Neighborhood Cleanup
The September neighborhood cleanup will be held from 9:30 – 11:00 am on Saturday, September 26th. We will be both picking up trash and cleaning a few tree wells, if possible. Gather at the AWCC office at 806 Western Avenue (next to the parklet). Refreshments will be provided.
Calling all Cooks!
Do you love to cook and have favorite recipes you know people would enjoy trying? Are there delicious and cherished family recipes you would be willing to share?
Allegheny West is starting to gather recipes to compile a neighborhood cookbook to use for a fundraiser. Please send your recipes to Debra Kelly via email to: kellern2001@hotmail.com. Please double check for typos and ingredients and include your name and, if you are submitting a family recipe, please include the name and relationship of the person whose recipe you are including.
Membership Activities
Labor Day Block Party
Monday, September 7th. How can this be the end of summer so soon? An enclosed flyer has all the details for the event.
Monthly Mixer
September 25that the Modern Café at 6:00 pm.
Allegheny Cemetery Tour
Looking ahead to October I am planning an Allegheny Cemetery Tour. Possible dates for the tour are October 10th or 24th in the morning.Many of the families who built and lived in our neighborhood are buried there. They don’t necessarily have to have lived in your house, so if you want to see if someone interesting from Allegheny West that you’ve heard about is buried in the cemetery feel free to pass those names along too. If you would like to find out if the family associated with your house is buried there call or email Mary Callison (membership@alleghenywest.org) by September 12th.
Free Tickets for Northsiders: The Light in the Piazza
Presented by Front Porch Theatricals
August 23, 27 and 29
The Light in the Piazza tells the story of Margaret Johnson and her daughter Clara, a pair of wealthy women from the American south. Together, they encounter the charm of Italy and the famiglia Naccarelli while learning about themselves and each other. This poignant, romantic, and sometimes humorous tale is set during an emotionally-charged summer in 1953.
You’re Invited
Thanks to the generous support of the Buhl Foundation, Northside residents and workers are invited to attend this performance for free. A limited number of tickets are available online, so reserve your seat today.
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Check It Out: Northside Community Asset Map
As many of you are aware, the One Northside initiative invited GTECH to coordinate a summer internship experience for Landscape Architecture students from three universities this summer, specifically to look at the resources that make Northside neighborhoods unique. The Asset Inventory and Mapping (AIM) project catalogued and then plotted out the destinations, resources, services and other local items of interest based on surveys of residents.
The final Community Asset Map was unveiled last week at the People, Places, Spaces event held at City of Asylum but if you missed the in-person reveal, you can also check out the interactive map online!
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Free Tickets for Northsiders: The Reduction
Part of the Community Supported Art Performance Series
August 13 | 8PM
With a small cast, David Bernabo crafts a semi-autobiographical, mixed-media movement theater production that presents characters in parallel states. Forces both abstract and concrete push performers in and out of storylines as the audience is guided through a range of actions, false paths, and surprises.
You’re Invited
Thanks to the generous support of the Buhl Foundation, Northside residents and workers are invited to attend this performance for free. A limited number of tickets are available online, so reserve your seat today.
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Free Tickets for Northsiders: The Merchant of Venice
Presented by Urban Impact Shakes
A Performing Arts Program of Allegheny Center Alliance Church
August 7th and 8th
Revenge meets Gossip Girl in Urban Impact Shakes’ production of The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare’s tale of love and bitterness, choice and fate, takes on new meaning as the actors connect the story to their own lives. Come eager to laugh, quick to empathize, ready to ask questions of faith, and to snap a selfie or two!
You’re Invited
Thanks to the generous support of the Buhl Foundation, Northside residents and workers are invited to attend this performance for free. A limited number of tickets are available online, so reserve your seat today.
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