September 2017

Join Friendship Heart Gallery during the opening reception of its September exhibit: “Marvin, Mozart and Miles: Abstracts Inspired By Music.” This exhibit features emotive abstracts created by Artists with Intellectual Disability and Autism. Color choices, strokes and textures were all inspired by different forms of music creating unique pieces representing music.

Our opening reception from 5-8:30PM Friday, September 1st, will feature live music by local musician, Garrett Moore.

The world is constantly changing and so is the Lancaster Public Library.

We have a few new faces hanging around the library. Please drop-in on Friday, September 1st between 5:30-7:30pm for Many Faces One LPL, a portrait preview party. Join us for self-guided tours of the library to view the striking portraits of Lancaster community members adorning our walls.

The event is free & open to the public. Limited library services will be available during the event. Light refreshments will be served.

There’s nothing like a First Friday in Lancaster! Join in Lancaster’s highly popular arts extravaganza each and every First Friday, 5 to 9 pm. You’ll be swept up in the creative energy that pervades the city. Discover innovative exhibitions, performances and perhaps a few surprises as you walk our attractive streets lined with trees and distinctive architecture. Unique boutiques and excellent restaurants complement the art galleries, artisan studios, museums, performing groups, professional theater, symphony orchestra, and art college that comprise Lancaster’s arts community. Extend your stay to see it all.

Internationally renowned Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed is among a new wave of contemporary creatives expanding the conventional notion of craft. Ahmed is best known for utilizing the traditional decorative craft of carpet-making to create contemporary sculptural works of art. Ahmed’s creative skills also span varied mediums such as installation, video, and embroidery, all of which can be seen in his upcoming solo exhibition at PCA&D. Ahmed’s exploration of fresh new visual forms challenges our perception of traditions through iconic cultural objects.

He has exhibited his works in cities worldwide including New York, Berlin, Dubai, as well as at the Museum of Fine Art Boston, Los Angeles County Museum, and the Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania.

First Friday Reception August 4 and September 1, 5–8 p.m. Main Gallery PCA&D Artist Lecture (Livestream) September 12, 1 p.m. in the PCA&D Atrium Admission, lectures and events are free and open to the public.

For additional information and gallery hours visit www.pcad.edu/gallery

Come on out this First Friday for Art Share! Bring one of your arts or crafts to show off, share your talent, participate in an open jam for musicians, singers, dancers, and any other performing artists.
We will also have a collage station and a collaborative painting you can add to. Participate as an artist or performer, get a tour of the Studios, enjoy watching the performances, and have some yummy snacks! (Carry-ins & 21+ BYOB welcome!)

We will have tables and easels to display art, and a stage area in the large Studio for performers. Space and times are limited. Contact us for more information or to reserve a time or space.

$10 Suggested Donation
Support the Arts! 😀

Parking is available at 20 N Charlotte St. (West End Mennonite)
Do not park in numbered spaces along our building, you can be towed.

The Shoppe at AK Interiors is featuring local artist Cynthia Murray. Murray’s artwork will be featured at the Shoppe for the month of September. Stop by this Friday night, September 1st, from 6-9pm for sips, nibbles and art!

Adult – $8
Senior – $7
College – $5
Youth – $2
Under 6 – free

Questions? Call Randy at (717) 808-2941.

Take a walk downtown… around the world!

Try cultural restaurants’ specialties, with a different theme every month, in this fun, family-friendly event. Where else can you try foods and drinks from seven or eight different places around the world in one meal?

For more information on this month’s tour and to purchase tickets, go to www.tastetheworldlancaster.com.

Join LYP at the Ware Center as it is transformed into J. Gatsby’s 1920’s era mansion located on the beautiful shores of West Egg, New York for the grandest party of the year. Guests should arrive at 7 PM in their best formal party attire for a cocktail hour with complementary bar and hors’ d’ouvres. Dinner from the Gypsy Kitchen will begin at 8:15 accompanied by the presentation of the 2017 Lancaster Young Professionals Young Influencer Award. This prestigious award is given to a male and female in Lancaster County that demonstrates a deep commitment to their community through their charitable and professional activities.

Please visit http://www.lyp.org/redrosegala/ for tickets and more information

Evita A fresh imagining of the musical masterpiece. Evita follows the unprecedented life of Eva Perón. Using her beauty and charisma, Evita rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour and power made her the world’s first major female political celebrity.

Evita tells Eva’s passionate and tragic story through Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most dazzling and beloved score, which includes “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying Adored,” together with “You Must Love Me,” the Oscar-winning hit from the feature film. Two weekends, September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2017 | Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center Theater

Musical Memories is a unique musical program for individuals with Alzheimer’s/Dementia and their caregiver. Music can be a soothing, calming presence in our lives. And depending upon the stage of your journey, music can be the perfect fit for both you and your loved one. Musical Memories, hosted in the Garden Spot Village Chapel, at 433 S Kinzer Avenue in New Holland, is a “together” program where you can share a special moment of musical entertainment – together – caregiver and loved one.

For more information and to register, contact 717-355-6500.

Take steps to be Healthy For Good supporting the 2017 Lancaster Heart Walk, presented locally by the Heart and Vascular Institute at Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine.

As the signature fundraising event for the American Heart Association, the Heart Walk promotes physical activity and heart-healthy living in a fun family environment. More than 1 million walkers will participate in some 350 events nationwide, raising funds to support research and education about this country’s No. 1 and No. 5 killers – heart disease and stroke. The Lancaster Heart Walk is an exciting local edition of this national event. Join us and help make a difference.

Evita A fresh imagining of the musical masterpiece. Evita follows the unprecedented life of Eva Perón. Using her beauty and charisma, Evita rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour and power made her the world’s first major female political celebrity.

Evita tells Eva’s passionate and tragic story through Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most dazzling and beloved score, which includes “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying Adored,” together with “You Must Love Me,” the Oscar-winning hit from the feature film. Two weekends, September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2017 | Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center Theater

Garden Spot Village, located at 433 S Kinzer Ave in New Holland, will host an AARP 2-day Introduction to Driver Safety Course on Monday, September 11 and Tuesday, September 12. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Garden Towers, the 3rd floor classroom in the Apartment Suites.

Garden Spot Village will also host AARP’s 1-day Refresher Course on Thursday, September 14. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Garden Towers.

During the class, drivers ages 50+ will learn defensive driving techniques as well as skills necessary to operate vehicles more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment. Participants may qualify to receive a discount upon completion of the course. Consult your insurance agent for details.

This class costs $15 per person for AARP members and $20 per person for non-members. Checks made payable to AARP are due at the time of class. To register, call 717-355-6000.

AARP Driver’s Safety Courses

Garden Spot Village, located at 433 S Kinzer Ave in New Holland, will host an AARP 2-day Introduction to Driver Safety Course on Monday, September 11 and Tuesday, September 12. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Garden Towers, the 3rd floor classroom in the Apartment Suites.

Garden Spot Village will also host AARP’s 1-day Refresher Course on Thursday, September 14. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Garden Towers.

During the class, drivers ages 50+ will learn defensive driving techniques as well as skills necessary to operate vehicles more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment. Participants may qualify to receive a discount upon completion of the course. Consult your insurance agent for details.

This class costs $15 per person for AARP members and $20 per person for non-members. Checks made payable to AARP are due at the time of class. To register, call 717-355-6000.

Deej is the story of DJ Savarese , a gifted, young writer and an advocate for nonspeaking autistics. Once a “profoundly disabled” foster kid seemingly on the fast track to nowhere, DJ is now a first year college student with a burning desire to stand up for those whose neurological differences cause others to summarily dismiss them as incompetent, often “housing them in classrooms of easy lessons.”

LancasterHistory.org is pleased to kick off our fall season of the Regional History Colloquium series on Thursday, September 14 with Beth Oberholtzer presenting on Plain Meetinghouses: Old Order Mennonites Gather to Worship. Old Order Mennonites are deeply faithful, agrarian-rooted, Swiss-German Anabaptists who have called Lancaster County home for 300 years. Their meetinghouses silently embody their religious traditions, and yet few outsiders have seen the startling utilitarian beauty of these rural structures up close. Author Beth Oberholtzer and photographer John Herr were allowed rare access to 22 austere houses of worship and join us to discuss the extraordinary religious heritage of this Old Order way of life.

Beth Oberholtzer is a book designer, editor, and author from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has written and photographed books about grain painting, crazy quilt stockings, and appliqued wall hangings. John Herr is an architecture photographer, also from Lancaster County, whose work portrays contemporary and historic buildings. His images are reminders that fine buildings are community assets to be valued and preserved. Beth and John are tenth- and eleventh-generation descendants of Swiss-German Mennonites who in the early 1700s escaped religious persecution and settled in Lancaster County.

This event takes place in Ryder Hall at LancasterHistory.org. A social gathering and book signing begins at 4pm, followed by the presentation at 4:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Ample parking available on-site.

Evita A fresh imagining of the musical masterpiece. Evita follows the unprecedented life of Eva Perón. Using her beauty and charisma, Evita rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour and power made her the world’s first major female political celebrity.

Evita tells Eva’s passionate and tragic story through Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most dazzling and beloved score, which includes “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying Adored,” together with “You Must Love Me,” the Oscar-winning hit from the feature film. Two weekends, September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2017 | Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center Theater

An evening of exploring Downtown Lancaster shops, sampling local food & drink and supporting 2 great community nonprofit organizations: LEADS (http://lancasterleads.org), whose beautification efforts make Lancaster a beautiful place to live, work and visit, and the Fulton Theatre’s education & outreach programming for children and adults (http://www.thefulton.org/education/). Sips & Bits is open to all ages. The events are produced by the 300 Block of North Queen Street merchant group.

On Friday, September 15, HOPE is hosting a gala dinner, networking and Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market Street,Downtown Lancaster, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The purpose of this annual gala dinner is to serve as the main fundraiser event for the organization. We are looking forward to your support and attendance.

For information and tickets, please call office phone number (717) 295-1435 or cell phone number (717) 869-7077. HOPE Ministries and Community Services is a 501 © 3 organization serving the needs of individuals suffering from drug and alcohol addiction and homelessness. The opioid epidemic has hit Pennsylvania hard. No community is exempt from this human tragedy impacting so many Pennsylvania families. HOPE was established as a partner to address drug and alcohol addiction negatively impacting communities in Central PA.

Evita A fresh imagining of the musical masterpiece. Evita follows the unprecedented life of Eva Perón. Using her beauty and charisma, Evita rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour and power made her the world’s first major female political celebrity.

Evita tells Eva’s passionate and tragic story through Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most dazzling and beloved score, which includes “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying Adored,” together with “You Must Love Me,” the Oscar-winning hit from the feature film. Two weekends, September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2017 | Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center Theater

The SENT Gathering is an annual weekend event focused on discerning how God is moving in our current time and how we are called into participation. Keynote speakers include Tony Campolo (Sociology Professor Emeritus at Eastern University), Nikki Toyama-Szeto (Exec. Director of Evangelicals for Social Action) and Chris Hall (President of the Renovaré Institute).

SENT is a deeply encouraging and catalyzing event. Individuals and church groups will walk away from the weekend with a greater confidence in taking personal spiritual practice and transforming it into action that makes sense for your life and your context. The cost of $75/person includes all seminars and workshops as well as lunch and dinner on Saturday.

On Saturday, September 16, the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster will host the annual Day for Kids event! This national initiative highlights the critical needs of children and teens, and events will take place at Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. Day for Kids celebrates the life-changing work taking place at Boys & Girls Clubs each day by encouraging adults to spend meaningful time with young people and have fun.

The Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster Day for Kids celebration will be held from 11:30am-4:00pm at the location of the new Southeast Clubhouse and Youth Development Park at 335 Dauphin St., Lancaster. In the event of rain, the celebration will be held at the Jack Walker Clubhouse (229 W. Lemon Street). This will be a day filled with a variety of fun activities for kids and families to enjoy! Staff members will be running a bounce castle, obstacle course, face painting, and a community art project. There will be a tug-of-war match, kickball derby, basketball skills competition, flag football for older and younger youth, water balloon toss, potato sack races, and hula hoop competition. We will have a bike giveaway, food and drinks, a DJ, and performers from the Circus School of Lancaster teaching kids circus arts.

Evita A fresh imagining of the musical masterpiece. Evita follows the unprecedented life of Eva Perón. Using her beauty and charisma, Evita rose from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour and power made her the world’s first major female political celebrity.

Evita tells Eva’s passionate and tragic story through Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most dazzling and beloved score, which includes “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying Adored,” together with “You Must Love Me,” the Oscar-winning hit from the feature film. Two weekends, September 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 2017 | Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center Theater

Come out to this fun FREE event! Free food, fun, games, prizes, activities, face paint, inflatable bounce houses, music and more!
Steven Courtney performs at 11am.

Each third Friday of the month, the City of Lancaster is host of Music Fridays. Performances abound throughout Downtown as retailers, restaurants, and attractions host musicians and extend their hours and host live music. Each month brings new entertainment! The City of Lancaster Office of Promotion (LOOP) and Music For Everyone are hosting a special concert series for Music Fridays. During the fall and winter months concerts will be held indoors. during the spring and summer months, concerts will be held in Binns Park.

You’re invited to the Fig Preview Night of Little Shop of Horrors!

Fig® Preview Night – The first Wednesday of every Premier Series production.

Includes a pre-show reception and an opportunity to win GREAT prizes from downtown Lancaster merchants, and the performance, all at a great, low price.

Join us for YWCA Lancaster’s “Homecoming Tea Party,” an elegant, intimate event for us to get to celebrate and share heritage and mission with you. Enjoy a traditional high tea, then tour our historic and architecturally significant home on North Lime Street.

Learn a bit about our many programs, all of which benefit the greater Lancaster County area: child development services, educational programs, counseling and empowerment services, residence program, social justice advocacy, and more.

Kick off our jazz season with Sony Masterworks recording artist Bria Skonberg, a NYC trumpet player, singer and songwriter “poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (Wall Street Journal).

In addition to comfortable table seating, your evening includes the option to purchase food and beverages to enjoy during the event.

Take a walk downtown… around the world!

Try cultural restaurants’ specialties, with a different theme every month, in this fun, family-friendly event. Where else can you try foods and drinks from seven or eight different places around the world in one meal?

For more information on this month’s tour and to purchase tickets, go to www.tastetheworldlancaster.com.

Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease! When you participate in Walk, your fundraising dollars fuel our mission, and your participation in the event helps to change the level of Alzheimer’s awareness in your community.

The Alzheimer’s Association provides free, easy-to-use tools and staff support to help participants reach their fundraising goal. While there is no fee to register, we encourage participants to fundraise in order to contribute to the cause and raise awareness.

We are so pleased to be hosting September Celebrity Bartending Night at Characters Pub! to benefit the mission of Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership on Wednesday, September 27th from 5 until 8 pm. . LHOP is committed to a healthy and vibrant community ensuring housing choices for everyone. There are some causes that bring all of Lancaster together to raise a glass and do some good! That night we are honored to have behind the bar Republican Candidate for Mayor of the City of Lancaster, Cindy Stewart, joining her will be Danene Sorace, the Democratic Candidate for Mayor, and rounding out the trio is Dr. G.Terry Madonna, Professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College.

Remember that 100% of ALL Tips go directly to support LHOP in their mission to provide better housing for a brighter future! For this special event the Bar Area, and the Dining Room of Characters Pub will be open to accommodate everyone. Join this #LancasterUnites for a good cause Celebrity Team to RAISE A GLASS & DO SOME GOOD on September 20th. We’ll have that table waiting just for you! Call 717-735-7788 or go to www.characterspub.com for reservations

Enjoy dinner, drinks or dessert while watching a movie on the big screen.

Bridget Kibbey, Benito Meza, and Samuel Torres come together in a brand new collaboration featuring clarinet, harp, and percussion, to explore the confluence of cultures found in South America and the Caribbean. Formed in Fall of 2016, this vibrant and virtuosic group’s reputation is spreading fast, with invitations to perform at multiple festivals in 2017/18, and a special concert at the Colombian Embassy, hosted by the Philipps Collection in Washington, DC. Black tie optional.

Celebrate autumn harvest season with LancasterHistory.org on Thursday, October 5. Professor Cindy Ott joins us to present Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon. Why do so many Americans drive for miles each autumn to buy a vegetable that they are unlikely to eat? Americans have used the pumpkin to fulfill their desire to maintain connections to nature and to the family farm of lore, and small farms and rural communities have been revitalized in the process. While the pumpkin has inspired American myths and traditions, the pumpkin itself has changed because of the ways people have perceived, valued, and used it. Pumpkin is a smart and lively study of the deep meanings hidden in common things and their power to make profound changes in the world around us. Having done research in Lancaster County, Professor Ott will explore the fascinating history of the pumpkin and its connections to southeastern Pennsylvania.

Image of Cindy Ott.Cindy Ott is an associate professor in the history department and museum studies program at the University of Delaware. Her fields of expertise are American food and culture, U.S. environmental history, history and memory, and material and visual culture. Along with her book Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon (2012), she has published articles on urban gardens, food reform movements, Indian and non-Indian relations, visual and material culture, and landscape and memory. She is the President of the Society of Fellows at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society based in Munich, Germany, and a member of the executive committee of the American Society for Environmental History. Cindy is currently writing a book entitled Biscuits and Buffalo: Squashing Myths about Food in Indian Country.

This event takes place in Ryder Hall at LancasterHistory.org. A social gathering begins at 4pm, followed by the presentation at 4:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Ample parking available on-site.

Ju-Ping Song and NakedEye Ensemble are joined by guest toy pianists David Smooke and Erik Griswold for a celebration of creative, avant-garde, and seriously fun music for toy instruments. The evening will feature a sound installation by Boston-based composer Lou Bunk, improvisations on “tuned” mixed toys, new material for laptop and melodica, Smooke’s signature improvisations on his amplified toy piano, and solo and chamber works by Griswold.

Lancaster New Sounds showcases world-class, classically trained musicians performing music by living composers in casual listening atmospheres. They strive to make each concert a unique, thought provoking, and inspiring experience for every person involved, whether a listener or performer. Lancaster New Sounds is a non-profit organization.

LancasterHistory.org kicks off the 2017 Presidential Lecture series on Friday, September 29, 2017 with Dr. Michael F. Holt for Sink Hole: How Kansas Crises Doomed the Presidencies of Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. Holt’s presentation will explore how the two critical changes in the United States’ rule of law, the 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act and the 1857 Dred Scott Decision, created political tripping stones that destroyed the Presidencies of the 14th and 15th Presidents of the United States.

Michael F. Holt, Ph.D. is the Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Dr. Holt received his Bachelor of Arts at Princeton University and his doctorate at Johns Hopkins. He is the author of six books, including the award-winning The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party and By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876. One the United States’ most prolific and influential scholars on antebellum politics, Dr. Holt served as a keynote speaker at the 2008 President James Buchanan National Symposium at LancasterHistory.org.

Event Information: This event takes place in Ryder Hall at LancasterHistory.org. A social gathering begins at 4pm, followed by the lecture at 4:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. Ample parking available on-site.

YWCA Lancaster is proud to lead our local communities in the National March for Racial Justice on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, September 30.

The March takes place from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Our charter bus will leave promptly at 6 a.m. from Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), 1641 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster, and will return at approximately 9 p.m., as we will stop for dinner on the way back.

Celebrate Halloween with authentic ghost stories by candlelight! Hear chilling tales of haunted mansions, eerie cemeteries, and spirits that roam the night. Departs every night at 8:00 pm from King and Queen Streets, October 1 – October 31. $15 adults ($10 ages 4-12). Advance ticket purchase required. Visit www.ghosttour.com or call 717-687-6687 for more information.

With more than 35 years of service to those who are in need, bringing comfort and understanding to families through every stage of the grief process, Share of Lancaster invites you to join us for the 15th Annual Walk to Remember. Join us in Lancaster City, Saturday, September 30 — 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m — to honor and to remember your babies as we usher in Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. For Moms & Dads who have suffered a loss, you do not walk alone. Registration is free. All are encouraged to attend. We have different ticket levels available, including a Share 35 Years commemorative bag. Our annual event provides an opportunity for families who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss to come together for a time of remembrance. Come along with your neighbors, friends and loved ones as we pay homage to babies who were gone too soon, and as we celebrate those parents who have survived pregnancy and/or early infant loss. This is an event of deep significance, binding us together as a community — filled with love and memory.

The Event Includes: • Memorial service • Announcement of names • Celebration of our babies with memorial video • Ceremonial candle lighting • Walk to Remember • Releasing of doves • Blessings Keepsakes Tables • DIY flowers • Create a commemorative ceramic tile (voucher included with purchase of Share 35 Years Commemorative Bag) • Impregnated paper Food • Confections (voucher included with purchase of Share 35 Years Commemorative Bag) • Lancaster hot-spots cuisine • Square One Coffee (voucher included with purchase of Share 35 Years Commemorative Bag) • Lancaster Sweet Shoppe Entertainment & Services • Live music • Murr Massage — Chair Massage Information Tables • Share • Butterfly • Walking Forward Together

Parking Duke Street Garage Entrance on Duke Street (Corner of Chestnut & Duke Streets)
150 North Duke Street Lancaster, PA 17602
The garage height limit is 6 feet and 10 inches. (voucher included with all event registration — limit (1) voucher per registrant)

All are welcome to the African Festival, a cultural event that introduces African culture to the community through food, dance, storytelling, a fashion show, etc. Come and be part of this unique experience!