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===Arts and theater=== {{Further|Allentown Art Museum|Allentown Symphony Orchestra|Baum School of Art|Civic Theatre of Allentown|Miller Symphony Hall||Municipal Band of Allentown}} [[File:19th street theater Allentown PA.jpg|thumb|[[Civic Theatre of Allentown]], which opened on 19th Street in 1928, is the city's oldest cinema.]] [[Allentown Symphony Orchestra]] performs at [[Miller Symphony Hall]], located on N. 6th Street in [[Center City Allentown|Center City]]. The city has a musical heritage of civilian [[concert band]]s and is home to [[Allentown Band]], the nation's oldest civilian concert band, founded in 1828.<ref name="BandPlays">{{Cite news |last=Whelan |first=Frank |title='Band' plays on words and pictures to tell informal history |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |pages=E.! |date=June 29, 2003}}</ref> Allentown houses a collection of public sculptures, including the DaVinci Horse, located on 5th Street, which is one of only three [[Leonardo da Vinci|da Vinci]] sculptures in the world. [[Allentown Art Museum]], located on N. 5th Street in Center City, is home to a collection of over 13,000 pieces of art and an associated library. [[Baum School of Art]] at 5th and Linden streets offers credit and non-credit classes in painting, drawing, ceramics, fashion design, jewelry making, and other arts-related curriculum. [[Civic Theatre of Allentown]], founded in 1928, has an 90-plus year history of producing theater in the [[Lehigh Valley]]. Initially named Civic Little Theater, Civic Theatre of Allentown today has paid professional staff, a volunteer board of directors from the community, and volunteer staff. The theater operates the Lehigh Valley's only full-time cinema, showing art, independent and foreign films, and offers a theater school that has served the Valley's youth for over 50 years. The theatre is professionally directed and managed and utilizes community actors in its live theater productions.
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