Historic Harrisburg Association to host discussion on Underground Railroad locally

February 18, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

Local historians will discuss the Underground Railroad in Harrisburg. Pictured: The Commonwealth Monument, “A Gathering at the Crossroads”

Just in time for Black History Month, the Historic Harrisburg Association is giving the community the chance to reflect on Black history locally.

On Monday, HHA will host a free webinar on “The Underground Railroad in Harrisburg,” sponsored by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.

The program will feature three prominent local historians—Barbara Barksdale, president of the Friends of Midland Cemetery; Calobe Jackson, longtime community leader, historian and author; and Norman Kelker, descendent of one of Harrisburg’s oldest families.

“Barbara, Calobe and Norman have been instrumental in helping Historic Harrisburg Association to expand its role in documenting, interpreting, publicizing and preserving Harrisburg’s rich African-American heritage,” said Dr. Dorothy King, retired professor of American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg and chair of HHA’s Education Committee.

These historians have worked for years on scholarly research and published writings, lecturing, reenactments of historical figures, and preservation of historic sites related to Harrisburg’s cultural heritage, HHA stated in a press release.

Barksdale’s Friends of Midland Cemetery is central Pennsylvania’s oldest known African-American cemetery and interment site of former slaves. U.S. Colored Troops from the Civil War and generations of community leaders are also buried there.

Last year, Jackson, at age 90, was honored by Historic Harrisburg for his lifetime of community service. He played a key role in creating Harrisburg’s first monument to Black heritage, the Commonwealth Monument at the Capitol Complex.

Kelker’s ancestor, Rudolph Frederick Kelker, was a leading abolitionist and operator of a “station” on the Underground Railroad in Harrisburg. Kelker Street in Uptown Harrisburg is named for Norman’s family, HHA said.

The three presenters will share stories from their research on the Underground Railroad in Harrisburg.

Additionally, February is the 48^th anniversary of Historic Harrisburg Association’s founding, Executive Director David Morrison said. To celebrate, they plan to hold a campaign to raise money for the Midland Cemetery and the Commonwealth Monument.

“We are inviting HHA members and friends to honor Barbara Barksdale and Calobe Jackson by supporting their respective key initiatives to preserve African-American heritage,” said Morrison.

For more information, to access the Zoom presentation or to donate, visit HHA’s website.

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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

February 18, 2021 | by Sara Bozich

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend around Harrisburg and central PA, we have a handful below, most of which are virtual or outdoor only.

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Need something NEW to do? Snow Day today. Binge-watch Poured in PA if you haven’t yet. Try Cork & Fork’s Brunch. It’s still Cumberland County Restaurant Month — check out someplace new, like Dalicia! It’s also Black History Month, so check out this list of local Black-Owned Businesses to shop now and always.

(Still) Worth noting: We revived our private Facebook group, Cheers Harrisburg. You can join the convo here.

Things on my agenda this weekend: York Restaurant Week (weather pending for me), a virtual baby shower (my first), laundry (because it never ends).

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COVID-19 Disclaimer: As always, please click through the links or call ahead to get the most up-to-date information about venues and/or events below. It should also go without saying, but I’ll say it — Mask up, follow the rules, and be nice. And tip extra!

Thursday

The Obstructed View: sex toy talk w/ Mason Luke with Open Stage
Toward Racial Justice Continues with a Look at COVID-19, Trust and Vaccines with WITF

Friday

Learn @ Lunch with The State Museum of Pennsylvania: PA Whiskey distilleries
Open Stage presents Tales from Sleepy Hollow (Virtual)
Popcorn Pop Up! at Midtown Cinema
Restaurant Week York kicks-off
“Black Men in White Coats” Virtual Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion with Penn State Health, Penn State College of Medicine and Dauphin County Library System

Saturday

Midtown Scholar Sidewalk Sale
Ashcombe Job Fair
Virtual Engineering Day with Whitaker Center
Popcorn Pop Up! at Midtown Cinema
Open Stage presents Tales from S l eepy Hollow (Virtual)
mini-THON – in Hershey and Online! with Yoga on Chocolate
Restaurant Week York
“Black Men in White Coats” Virtual Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion with Penn State Health, Penn State College of Medicine and Dauphin County Library System
Black History Month Pop-Up at La Cultura
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series Strum

Sunday

Sunday Brunch To Go from The Circular
Prince and Princess Brunch at Greystone Brew House
Open Stage presents Tales from Sleepy Hollow (Virtual)
Restaurant Week York
“Black Men in White Coats” Virtual Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion with Penn State Health, Penn State College of Medicine and Dauphin County Library System
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series Strum

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Harrisburg opens downtown garage for free parking during snowstorm

February 17, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

A view of Penn Street during a snowstorm in January.

As the remaining piles of snow from a few weeks ago melt away, it looks like they may build back up again tomorrow.

With another snowstorm bearing down, Harrisburg has announced free parking for city residents at the Locust Street Garage, beginning Wednesday night at 6 p.m. and extending through Friday at 6 p.m.

In addition, parking restrictions will not be enforced for street sweeping on Thursday, according to the city.

The city’s Public Works Department has 16 slow plow trucks ready to be deployed, and they will begin salting the roads at the beginning of the snowfall. If your street has not been plowed, call 3-1-1.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the Harrisburg area. The forecast calls for 6 to 9 inches of snow with a light glaze of ice.

Updated on 2/18/20 to reflect the extension of free parking until Friday instead of Thursday.

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Harrisburg School District hopes to return students to the classroom in April

February 17, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

Groups of Harrisburg students may return to the classroom in the spring.

Some Harrisburg School District students could be on track to return to the classroom before summer break.

At a school board meeting on Tuesday, the district offered a new expected date of return to in-person learning, April 6, pushing back what they thought, last month, would be a March return.

“This isn’t just about bringing students back for learning, it’s about re-acclimating our students to a learning environment,” Acting Superintendent Chris Celmer said.

The district would use a blended in-person, online model, Celmer said.

They would first bring back special education students and kindergarten through second-graders for a half-day schedule, he said. If that is successful, a second cohort of third- to fourth-grade students may return on April 18, also for a half-day schedule. Depending on how students are doing at that point, additional cohorts may be added.

However, Celmer stressed that families have a choice—return or remain virtual.

According to a survey conducted by the district at the end of January, out of 2,778 responses, 48% of families said they would send their student(s) back, 38% would not and 17% were undecided, Celmer said.

The school will send out a questionnaire in March for families to state their preferences. Those who don’t respond will remain virtual.

If district officials ultimately decide to bring students into school buildings in April, they will keep classroom sizes around 12 students, require masks, check temperatures regularly, and update HVAC systems.

Celmer said that the district would like to see coronavirus positivity rates in Dauphin County below 10% and incidence rates per 100,000 residents trending downward to a daily rate of 100 or less. As of Feb 12, the county was at a 10.8% positivity rate and a daily incidence rate per 100,000 residents of 184.

“The numbers have come down, which is positive,” he said. “We are going to continue to monitor what the health metrics and other factors are that could impact the date we are putting out this evening.”

For more information, visit the Harrisburg School District’s website.

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Harrisburg bans evictions for another month, hopes to combat homelessness during COVID

February 16, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

A sign on N. 3rd and Kelker streets.

Harrisburg residents behind on rent due to the pandemic can take a deep breath once again.

Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced today that he would extend the city’s ban on evictions for another 30 days into mid-March.

“It is important that we continue this eviction moratorium for the health and safety of our residents during these difficult times,” Papenfuse said in a statement.

This is the second extension the mayor has enacted since the original eviction moratorium declaration on Dec. 16. The first extension took place on Jan. 16.

Under the moratorium, no resident can be evicted for non-payment of rent or lease expiration. This does not include eviction for other reasons, such as property damage or criminal activity.

“We don’t want to make a homelessness situation worse. We don’t want to make it harder for people to have safe and reasonable shelter in the midst of a pandemic,” Papenfuse said on Friday during his weekly “Community Conversations” on Facebook Live.

The original order was adopted after city officials found that there likely would be hundreds of people facing eviction at the start of 2021, since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s moratorium was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2020. They predicted that there would not be enough shelter space for the increased number of homeless residents. The CDC’s order has since been extended until March 31.

Harrisburg’s declaration gives the city the power to fine non-complying landlords up to $10,000 or 90 days in jail.

There hasn’t been a situation in which the city had to punish a landlord for non-compliance, mainly because most Dauphin County district justices aren’t processing cases of non-payment of rent, David Patton, codes administrator for the city, said. However, he added that he has received emails from residents voicing concerns related to evictions. He investigates each of those cases, he said.

City Solicitor Neil Grover explained at a City Council meeting in December that the ordinance does not take away landlords’ right to be paid. Residents will be expected to pay any back rent once the string of moratoriums ends.

Organizations such as Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area’s HELP Ministries are busy providing rental relief for residents in debt. Harrisburg is also in the process of distributing $500,000 in federal Emergency Shelter Grant COVID (ESG/CV) funds to tenants.

During an update from Harrisburg’s Department of Building and Housing Development in January, local landlords said that the city’s rental relief has helped them out, taking off some of the pressure that the moratorium puts on them.

Papenfuse said that the city will continue to extend the eviction moratorium while the public health emergency continues.

“It’s gotten better than when the moratorium went in place, but we are still not through the woods,” he said.

For questions or concerns related to Harrisburg’s eviction moratorium, email [email protected] or call the city’s hotline, 3-1-1.

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Friends of Midtown launches campaign to support Black-owned businesses

February 15, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

Friends of Midtown hopes the community will shop at local Black-owned businesses in February. Pictured: Good Brotha’s Book Café

February is Black History Month, which brings many ways to reflect on the contributions of African Americans to our country.

But neighborhood group Friends of Midtown hopes to see not just reflection, but action and tangible support for the Black community in Harrisburg.

Today, they launched their “One Midtown: Shop Black Owned” campaign to help drive awareness and patronage of Black-owned businesses in the month of February.

“Even though we think it’s important that Black-owned businesses are supported throughout the entire year, we wanted to shine a light on them during Black History Month,” said Katie Talada, co-chair of Friends of Midtown’s business committee.

Through the social media campaign, Friends of Midtown is encouraging people to shop at Black-owned businesses in Midtown, take a picture of the item they purchased, along with the receipt, and send it to the organization. After the campaign ends on Feb. 28, they will draw a winner, who will receive a $100 gift card.

On their Facebook page, they posted a link to the Central PA Black Business Directory, which, Talada said, provides a starting point for places to visit.

This campaign follows their first “One Midtown” initiative that took place in April and May to support small businesses during COVID. Talada said that was very successful, calculating that it spurred residents to spend over $1,000 at local businesses. They plan to continue “One Midtown” annually.

Then, over the summer, Friends of Midtown began having conversations on how to better advocate for justice and support Black residents and businesses in their neighborhood.

Vice President Autumn Anderson said that the organization’s board created a resolution that included increased beautification, safety, outreach and inclusion efforts that cater to Midtown’s Black community.

The “Shop Black Owned” campaign is one of the ways they are tackling those goals.

“3rd Street, specifically, has a rich history of Black-owned businesses,” Talada said. “This celebrates the roots there in Midtown.”

Anderson also hopes to get the word out about the new business membership program that Friends of Midtown is developing. It will include networking and promotional opportunities for local businesses.

“One Midtown: Shop Black Owned” will occur annually, each February. Talada said that they are looking to expand support to other underrepresented groups, as well.

For more information, visit Friends of Midtown’s Facebook page or website.

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Harrisburg volunteers bake up some “Lasagna Love” for those in need

February 15, 2021 | by Maddie Conley Gittens

Photo courtesy of Lasagna Love

Midtown resident Kelsey Horn was looking for a way to help those in her community when an idea came to her in the form of lasagna.

Horn saw a Twitter post by Gisele Fetterman, the wife of John Fetterman, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, about an organization she had recently gotten involved with—Lasagna Love.

The national organization urges volunteers to bake their take on the meaty, cheesy pasta dish to deliver to a family in need of food.

“A lot of folks are struggling right now,” Horn said. “This seemed like a really easy way to give back to the community.”

She instantly connected with Lasagna Love’s unique mission, saying that she was inspired to use her grandmother’s lasagna recipe—her favorite.

Horn applied to become a volunteer and, within a few days, was matched with her first family.

Lasagna Love pairs “lasagna mamas and papas”–the term for their volunteers–with neighbors from each person’s community.

Founder Rhiannon Menn, also of the blog “Good to Mama,” started Lasagna Love at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the website, she hoped this would be a way to support those who are struggling financially or emotionally. On average, Lasagna Love delivers 3,500 meals a week across the country.

Erica Leyder, regional leader for central PA and Baltimore, Md., got involved with the organization in October 2020. She said that there are currently 105 volunteers in this area and 36 in Harrisburg specifically.

Horn, one of those volunteers, recently made her first lasagna for a family, picking up ingredients at the Broad Street Market. She delivered it to a woman in her neighborhood in Midtown. She plans to deliver a meal with Lasagna Love once a month.

“Being able to help in any way I can is very gratifying,” Horn said.

For those who don’t have the ability to cook lasagnas, they can financially support someone else to make the meals. There are other volunteer options, as well, on Lasagna Love’s website.

“During COVID, it’s easy to get stuck in your bubble,” Horn said. “But it’s important to help people.”

For more information on Lasagna Love or to volunteer, visit their website.

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Bob’s Art Blog: Art Party at the Civic Club

February 15, 2021 | by Bob MacGinnes

Abstracts by Bethany Nicholle will be part of a group show at the Civic Club of Harrisburg during 3rd in the Burg on Friday.

Alas, St. Valentine has plucked his bow till next year, and Mardi Gras is tomorrow, if it were being held. But take heart, revelers, 3rd in the Burg arrives this Friday.

At last count, 23 venues were slated to open for the day’s festivities, with one truly special event taking place at the Civic Club of Harrisburg from 5 to 9 p.m. Know this…You Are Invited. Due to extenuating circumstances caused by the pandemic, the evening’s festivities are limited to 25 visitors at a time for safety measures and everyone’s welfare.

The artists inside are well worth coming out to support. Live music will be provided by Ari De Leo featuring Winter Parks. Scrumptious food will be provided by Queen’s BBQ and Southern Cuisine. And there will be artists a-plenty. In addition, it is a BYOB. Civic Club President Marybeth Lehtimaki wants to ensure everyone’s safety with social distancing a priority even within the spacious layout of the venerable mansion, The Overlook. Local artist Reina Wooden coordinated the evening’s entertainment, food and music, as well as the roster of artists. The show could be suitably titled “Maestros of Midtown” as the artists assembled reads like a who’s who of local talent.

Artist Reina “R76” Wooden organized the event at the Civic Club.

Artist Bethany Nicholle will feature her adventurous abstract paintings, done in unique color combinations. Larry Washington, Jr.’s (Larry Lenzz) packs a wallop with a one-two photographic punch. Nora Carreras is a mixed media artist who specializes in recycling found objects to become dramatic totems as well as creating breathtaking paintings. Jonathan Frazier exhales more than plein air into his paintings and is a modern day Renaissance man. Zack Rudy and Garrick Dorsett are long-time friends as they comprise the HuckleBuckle Boys, brandishing art outside of the corral.

A painting by Grace Robinson

Jelani Splawn, aka Jelly the Photographer, will share some cool shots for sure, and Shawn Maykovich cuts a wide swath with grapevine galore. Ghost Bae, tattoo artist, puts her stamp on the scene, as does Grace Robinson’s “soul searching” studies and portraiture. Claudie Kenion’s Black Lives Matter masks and gear are made to Unite Central PA as part of his nonprofit. Chad E. Whitaker’s soft sculptures are soothing and serene. Beau MacGinnes expands his repertoire well beyond “Art in the Wild,” returning to his first love, photography. Charlie Feathers adds his stylized skill with skulls and sculptures. Hostess, Reina “R76” Wooden brings crowns fit for a king and queen with her paintings. Even the paparazzi will be there flashing bulbs, fast and furious, in the form of Mike Sutherland catching the night’s glamour, galvanizing guests in the moment candidly.

A work by Nora Carreras

This event has long been in the making, originally scheduled for December with promotional flyers printed in October by the Civic Club’s Ashley Winch. If the weather cooperates, especially in February, be prepared for a little wait. Bundle up, mask up, and if you happen to be a fan of Poe (like me), most assuredly “cask up,” even if what you are drinking is not amontillado. Masks are mandatory as is social distancing. Stay warm, be safe and have fun this Friday no matter where 3rd in the Burg finds you. The evening will be eclectic in the mix of art, electric in the music offered, extraordinary edibles and entertaining in the overall presentation at the Civic Club. Most of all, be civic-minded and civilized.

3^rd in the Burg takes place at numerous venues around Harrisburg, including at the Civic Club of Harrisburg, 612 N. Front St., this Friday, Feb. 19. For more information, visit the website.

One Lens: Sharing Our Common Views

“One Lens” is a photographic initiative and the vision of the first lady of Pennsylvania, Frances Wolf. Recognizing the bond that individuals share in unifying communities across the state, she encourages sharing their photographic narratives as a response to the pandemic. Out of this fervent desire grew her idea for this virtual photo exhibit. Entries for the exhibit are open to the public for submission to Pennsylvania residents who are at least 18 years of age. The photos submitted should be borne out of the timeframe encapsulating March 2020 to the present day. Photographs may be submitted from Feb. 8 through March 19, with the virtual photo exhibit opening on March 19. Pennsylvanians “have made great sacrifices throughout the year, but the determination, tenacity and love shared have been even greater,” she stated.

For more information about “One Lens: Sharing Our Common Views,” visit the website.

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To Harrisburg… Love, TheBurg: A Bonus Valentine’s Day Podcast

February 12, 2021 | by Karen Hendricks

What do you love about the Burg?

That’s what we asked nearly all of our podcast guests over the past year. But—surprise, surprise—we saved the audio for this bonus Valentine’s Day episode.

Nearly 25 guests share their stories about Harrisburg and what makes this Pennsylvania city so livable—and lovable.

Hosted by Lawrance Binda, editor of TheBurg; and Karen Hendricks, host of TheBurg Podcast.

Guests, sharing the love for Harrisburg, include:

Joe Arthur, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Amie Bantz, Harrisburg-based artist
Linda Beck, Harrisburg, of Braver Angels
Karen Cotter of Better Angels
Sheila Dow-Ford, Impact Harrisburg
Dani Fresh, Harrisburg-based photojournalist
Phil George, area artist and radio personality
Cindy Gorski, Harrisburg Bicycle Club
Wendell Hoover, Iron Valley Real Estate
Andrea Karns, Karns Quality Foods
Peter Leonard, Little Amps Coffee
Sam Levine, Red Door Consignment Gallery
Blake Lynch, Harrisburg Bureau of Police
Bob MacGinnes, Bob’s Art Blog for TheBurg
Diane McCormick, Harrisburg, freelance writer for TheBurg
Jason Meckes, Visit Hershey and Harrisburg
Jennie O’Neill, Knead Slice Shop
Susan Ryder, freelance writer for TheBurg
Deb Schell, Harrisburg, freelance writer and photographer
Alice Anne Schwab, Susquehanna Art Museum
Angie & Trevor Spencer, Marathon Training Academy

TheBurg Podcast introduces you to some of the Harrisburg area’s most fascinating people, through their own authentic stories, expanded from every month’s magazine–because there’s always “more to the story.” TheBurg Podcast is released monthly on the second Friday of every month. It is hosted and produced by Karen Hendricks, a lifelong journalist who also dabbles in PR/Marketing. Visit her website here.

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Burg Review: Hats off, heads off for Open Stage’s eerie “Tales from Sleepy Hollow”

February 12, 2021 | by Gina Napoli

Francesca Amendolia drives the creepy action in “Tales from Sleepy Hollow”

Just outside New York City lies Sleepy Hollow, the muse of Washington Irving’s short story about a sleepy town bewitched by a headless horseman who wanders the woods to chop off people’s heads. Locally, the cast of Open Stage dramatizes several spine-tingling stories within “Tales from Sleepy Hollow,” as adapted by Harrisburg’s own Sammi Leigh Melville.

Straight off one of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery’s headstones is Madame Van Tassel [Francesca Amendolia], a haunted woman whose sixth sense and intensity in her eyes feel palpable. We meet her around a glowing, crackling campfire, minus the unwelcoming characteristic of always blowing smoke in one direction (usually mine.) One by one, people join her around the fire to warm themselves. They stay a while, and then they “must leave and not be late,” with their comings and goings strangely dictated by Madame Van Tassel. She remains the constant around the fire, as if she is the gatekeeper to hell.

Like many campfire gatherings, everyone huddled together takes turns telling stories, one-upping each other with each recount. We hear four short stories: “Andre’s Tale,” “Eleanor’s Tale,” “Jacob’s Tale,” and “Madame’s Tale.”

The plots of the local folk tales are at the “everyman” level, easy to grasp legends to tell in the dark—ideal for a babysitting aunt to tell her niece and nephew in a living room fort with a flashlight to her chin, just before sending the little cherubs home. (Seriously, with a PG-rating, use your best judgment for your littles and viewers with PTSD.)

The straightforward, uncomplicated plots allow the more robust special effects to come to the forefront. If you were sitting on a log around Madame Van Tassel’s campfire, you would probably stare into the flames while imagining all the specters haunting your immediate surroundings, and not much more. But Open Stage’s backstage artists took risks. They twisted a combination of special effects with their own gravitational stage presence to birth ambient settings as additional characters coming to life.

“Settings” in that last sentence is intentionally plural. In “Andre’s Tale,” Andre [Nick Wasileski] zaps viewers into a documentary-style telling that looks straight out of the History Channel, complete with its own historian seated on antique furniture. “Eleanora’s Tale” is told more plainly [Rebekah Krumenacker] using paper dolls [by Gabriella DeCarli], like a suspenseful South Park without Cartman’s potty mouth. Jacob’s [Josh Miccio’s] portrayal of “Jacob’s Tale” was shot like a silent movie, complete with sepia film jumping tracks in a staccato manner. “Madame’s Tale” unleashes the Headless Horseman [Brad Barkdoll] through a trove of shadow puppets [by Karen Ruch], like being inside a rice paper zoopraxiscope.

The foreboding music [by Jonathan Zeppa] and cinematography [by Phillip Mann] interlaces throughout all the stories, setting the mood with black-and-white close-ups of shadowy figures, like crawling insects and vines choking trees.

Side note: not one masked actor. Directors Phillip Mann and Matthew Golden arranged the shots so that the actors were filmed individually and close up as they head-hop narrated, giving the illusion of the storytellers sitting in a semi-circle. This brilliant decision kept viewers undistracted from the action, and it kept all involved appropriately social distanced.

Mask or no mask, watching this play evokes that tingly childhood Halloween feeling—back when we collectively bobbed for apples, wore politically incorrect costumes, ate homemade popcorn balls out of our candy bags, and probably didn’t think twice about any of it. If you like haunted local folklore and scary stories to tell in the dark, then don’t miss this play.

“Tales from Sleepy Hollow” runs on weekends Feb. 12 to 28. Visit www.openstagehbg.com for details about tickets and watch parties through Open Stage’s online streaming program on YouTube and Facebook.

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