Due to the coronavirus pandemic, some live events may have been changed or canceled. Please check with the host before attending.
Museum & Art Spaces
AACA Museum
161 Museum Dr., Hershey
717-566-7100; aacamuseum.org
“Highlights of Our Collection,” featuring unique and notable vehicles from the museum’s permanent collection.
“Saluting First Responders and Frontline Workers,” an exhibit highlighting vehicles used to help in times of crisis.
“Yes, We Drive These Cars,” featuring several very early cars, kept in working order by the Horseless Carriage Club of America, plus early signage and artifacts, through Oct. 18.
“Look . . . They Gave Me a Map,” an exhibit of free road maps curated by the Road Map Collectors Association, through Oct. 30.
Carlisle Arts Learning Center
38 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle
717-249-6973; carlislearts.org
“Finding Inspiration,” works by painter and mixed media artist Rebecca Pollard Myers and found object sculptor Jason Lyons, who both look for and find inspiration in their surroundings by seeing things with fresh eyes, Aug. 7-Sept. 19
The Cornerstone Coffeehouse
2133 Market St., Camp Hill
717-737-5026; thecornerstonecoffeehouse.com
Artist of the Month:
Gallery on the Square
Millersburg Area Art Association
226 Union St., Millersburg
Facebook: Gallery on the Square
“A Growing Creative Community,” works by the Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, through Sept. 12
Pennsylvania National Fire Museum
1820 N. 4th St., Harrisburg
717-232-8915; pnfm.org
Exhibits dedicated to Pennsylvania firefighting history
Susquehanna Art Museum
1401 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-233-8668; sqart.org
“Creating Joy—Art Inspired By Music,” through Sept. 20
“Separate and Unequaled: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues,” through Oct. 18
“Picturing the Body,” an exhibition of photographs created as part of a Millersville University course of the same name, through Oct. 25
“Historic Memory,” paintings by Joerg Dressler and Shawn Huckins that address the collective, or historic, memory of Western culture and its influences on contemporary consciousness, through Nov. 8
Wildwood Park
100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg
717-221-0292; wildwoodlake.org
“Art in the Wild,” nature-inspired trailside art installations created by artists using natural materials, through Sept. 30
Read, Make, Learn
Carlisle Arts Learning Center
38 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle
717-249-6973; carlislearts.org
Aug. 1: Intro to Quick Sketch Portraits, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Aug. 8: Experimental Mixed Media 1-Day Workshop, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Aug. 10-14: Art & Adventure Camp, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Aug. 17-21: ZOOM! Camp—Bread Making Magic, 1-4 p.m.
Aug. 18-Sept. 8: Sketching Around Carlisle, Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m.
Aug. 18-Sept. 22: Play with Clay at the End of the Day, 3:30-5 p.m.
Aug. 12: Lovely Lanterns, 6-7:30 p.m.
Aug. 22: Bundle Dye with Flowers and Herbs, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Dauphin County Library System
dcls.org
Aug. 3: ZOOM—Paws 2 Read, 6-7:30 p.m.
Aug. 3, 10: ZOOM—Born to Read (birth-18 months), 10:30-11 a.m.
Aug. 3, 10: Online Armchair Traveler, 11 a.m.
Aug. 4, 11: Writers Workshop, 10 a.m.
Aug. 4: Virtual Family Paint Party, 10:30-11 a.m.
Aug. 5, 12: ZOOM—Toddler Storytime, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Aug, 5, 12: ZOOM—Build Your Own Book Club, 4-5:30 p.m.
Aug. 6: Virtual Family Paint Party, 6-6:30 p.m.
Aug. 6: Susan Orlean Spotlight—Oral History Workshop, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 7, 14: Virtual Preschool Storytime, 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Aug. 7, 14: Mid-Day Get Away on Facebook, 1 p.m.
Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28: Virtual Dungeons and Dragons, 3-5 p.m.
Aug. 8: Virtual Reading the Rainbow Book Club, 1-2 p.m.
Aug. 11: ZOOM—Fairy Tale Yoga for families and kids, 10:30-11 a.m.
Aug. 13: ZOOM—Fairy Tale Yoga for families and kids, 6-7 p.m.
Aug. 19: Virtual Community Café, 6-7 p.m.
Elizabethtown Public Library
10 S. Market St., Elizabethtown
717-367-7467; etownpubliclibrary.org
Aug. 6, 20: Family LEGO Club, 11 a.m.
Aug. 5, 12: Tent Time with Jennifer, 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 11: Ryan the Bug Man, 2 p.m.
Fredricksen Library
100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill
717-761-3900; fredricksenlibrary.org
Aug. 3, 7, 10, 14: Online Story Time with Miss Emily and Roasty the Cat, 3-4 p.m.
Aug. 4: ZOOM—Curl up with the Classics—“Oliver Twist,” 10-11 a.m.
Aug. 5: ZOOM—Moving Forward Book Group w/ Hospice of Central PA, 1-2 p.m.
Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27: ZOOM—Plot Twisters (ages 15-18), 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 10: ZOOM—Meet Someone New Biography Club (ages 7-10), 10-11 a.m.
Aug. 12: ZOOM—Tween Paint Nights, 1-2 p.m.
Aug. 17: ZOOM—Budgeting Basics, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Aug. 24: ZOOM—Fredricksen Reads, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 26: ZOOM—Write On, 8-9 p.m.
Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave., Hershey
717-533-6555; hersheylibrary.org
Aug. 2: Art of Truth Creative Non-Fiction online, 2 p.m.
Aug. 4, 11: ZOOM—Marie’s All About Color, 7-8:30 p.m.
Aug. 5: ZOOM—Lightroom Processing, 7 p.m.
Aug. 23: ZOOM—U.S./China Relationship—Heading for War?, 2 p.m.
Aug. 27: Facebook Live—Hamilton Trivia—The Man & the Musical, 7 p.m.
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
16 N. Walnut St, Mechanicsburg
717-766-0171; simpsonlibrary.org
Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24: Family Story Time, 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25: Try It Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25: Tea & Stitches, 10 a.m.
Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26: ZOOM—Summer Story Time, 1:30
Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27: Mah Jongg, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Aug. 12: Mad About Mysteries, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 26: Apple Users Group, 1-3 p.m.
The LBGT Center of Central PA
1306 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-920-9534; centralpalgbtcenter.org
Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Common Roads Young Adult, 4-6 p.m.
Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26: Common Roads Youth, 6-8 p.m.
Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31: Passageways, 2-4 p.m.
Midtown Scholar Bookstore-Café
1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-236-1680; midtownscholar.com
Aug. 3: Virtual talk with David Livingstone Smith and Paul Bloom, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 11: Virtual talk with Rebecca Watson and Miranda Popkey, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 12: Virtual talk with Adam Rutherford, 6-7 p.m.
Aug. 17: Virtual talk with Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay. 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 18: Virtual talk with Sarah Chayes and Jared Yates Sexton, 7-8 p.m.
Aug. 20: Virtual talk with Jill Filipovic and Connie Schultz, 7-8 p.m.
National Civil War Museum
One Lincoln Circle, Harrisburg
717-260-1861; nationalcivilwarmuseum.org
Aug. 8: U.S. Grant, the Meaning of the Civil War, and the Election of 1868, 1-2 p.m.
Aug. 22: From Gettysburg to Little Big Horn: The George Armstrong Custer, Civil War and Indian Wars 2020 Symposium, 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg
717-692-3699; nedsmithcenter.org
Aug. 4-6: Find Your Passion Art Camp
Aug. 11-13: Swirls, Stories & Spirals
Palmyra Public Library
50 Landings Dr., Annville
717-838-1347; palmyra.lclibs.org
Aug. 10: Palmyra Public Library Book Club (email cweibley@lclibs.org for location)
Wildwood Park
100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg
717-221-0292; wildwoodlake.org
Aug. 1: Natural Tie-Dye, 12-3 p.m.
Aug. 12: Wildwood Wellness Walk, 5:45-7:15 p.m.
Aug. 12: Preschool Storytime—Summer at Wildwood, 10-10:45 a.m.
Aug. 16: Flower Walk—Heat Tolerant Plants, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Aug. 22; Summer Wreath Workshop, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 27: Wildwood Wellness Walk, 5:45-7:15 p.m.
Live Music
Appell Center for the Performing Arts
50 N. George St., York
717-846-1111; appellcenter.org
Aug. 15: YourVoice Virtual Event
Chameleon Club
223 N. Water St., Lancaster
717-299-9684; chameleonclub.net
Aug. 21: LA Guns, Dylan Scott
Club XL
801 S. 10th St., Harrisburg
717-409-8975; xlhbg.com
Aug. 1: Yam Yam, Shawan and the Wonton
Aug. 7: Brandon “Taz” Niederauer
Gretna Music
gretnamusic.org
Aug. 8: GM4K Storyteller
Aug. 23: Mozart String Trio
Aug. 30: McGill-McHale Duo
House of Music, Arts & Culture (H*MAC)
1110 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-441-7506; harrisburgarts.com
Aug. 14: Escape the Fate
Aug. 22: Bark at the Moon tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg
717-692-3699; nedsmithcenter.org
Aug. 1: Still Surfin’ – A Beach Boys Tribute
Aug. 8: The Ann Kerstetter Band
Aug. 29: Shotgunn
The Susquehanna Folk Music Society
717-745-6577; sfmsfolk.org
Aug. 9: Virtual Emerging Artist Showcase
The Stage Door
The Belmont Theatre
27 S. Belmont St., York
717-854-3894; thebelmont.org
Aug. 21-30: “The Miracle Worker”
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
510 Centerville Rd., Lancaster
717-898-1900; DutchApple.com
Aug. 7-30: “Clue”
Whitaker Center
222 Market St., Harrisburg
717-214-ARTS; whitakercenter.org
Aug. 12: Online Story Slam
