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Songs Under the Stars: Ned Smith Center announces lineup for summer concert series

May 19, 2026 | by Rosena Campana

A past DeSoto Outdoor Concert Series. Photo courtesy of the Ned Smith Center.

Featuring classic hits to crowd favorites, the DeSoto Outdoor Concert Series will return to Millersburg for its 12th summer of live music.

Located at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, families are invited to gather together on select Saturdays from May 23 through Aug. 29 to enjoy an atmosphere filled with community, connection and music.

All concerts take place beginning at 6 p.m., with performances scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. unless stated otherwise. Make sure to bring your umbrellas just in case, because concerts are held rain or shine.

“This year’s lineup truly has something for everyone,” said Lara Maupin, executive director of the Ned Smith Center. “Whether you love classic rock, pop, funk, punk, or live theater, coming to a show at the DeSoto Amphitheater is a fun, unique, and affordable experience.”

2026 DeSoto Concert Series Lineup is listed below:

May 23 – Free Admission Pennsylvania Regional Ballet – Encore Spring Gala Performance
June 6 – Green River – The Ultimate Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute Show
June 27 – Taylor’s Story – A Tribute to Taylor Swift
July 11 – Let’s Groove Tonight – Earth, Wind, & Fire Tribute Band
July 25 – Nimrod – A Tribute to Green Day
Aug. 7 – Free Admission Gamut Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Woods: Hamlet
Aug. 29 – Don Jovi – The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute

Ticket prices begin at $25 for presale members, $35 for presale non-members, and $40 if purchased at the door. If purchasing season passes, members can attend all concerts for a $110 flat rate, while non-members will pay $155.

Additionally, the art galleries at the center are free of charge to explore before each performance.

“There’s nothing quite like enjoying live music outdoors surrounded by nature, friends, family, and our incredible community,” Maupin said.

Visit The Ned Smith Center’s website to purchase tickets or learn more about the 2026 DeSoto Concert Series.

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A Foray into Foraging: There’s a bounty in those woods

May 29, 2025 | by Deborah Lynch

Purple Dead Nettle. Photo courtesy of Debbie Naha-Koretzky.

It’s going to be hard to look at the dandelion flowers growing in my yard with disdain again after exploring with foraging expert Debbie Naha-Koretzky, who gives those pesky weeds a whole new image.

I no longer see them as weeds to mow over or something that turns into fluff that children love to blow into a breeze while making a wish.

Naha-Koretzky, who grew up in the nation’s most densely populated city (Union City, N.J.), never set out to be a professional forager. But after someone told her the unexpected fact that she could eat the dandelion flowers sprouting on the campus lawn at what is now New Jersey City University, where she was studying biology, it piqued her passion. She wanted to learn everything she could about edible plants—and that included making dandelion flower fritters.

“There’s something satisfying about eating food from the wild. I guess it brings us back to our prehistoric roots,” said Naha-Koretzky, who has worked as a nutritionist, a dietitian supervisor and a biology teacher.

Now decades later, she is known as the “Wild Edibles Lady” and lives in the Harrisburg area. The author of “Foraging Pennsylvania and New Jersey,” which was published in 2021, she leads foraging tours and education programs around the area and state.

The book describes the plants, their seasons, edible parts, nutritional information, fun facts and problematic lookalikes, along with photos to help with identification. It also includes recipe ideas. While the recipe for dandelion flower fritters is not included, one for dandelion strawberry salad is. Naha-Koretzky said the dandelion root also can be chopped and roasted to create a super-nutritious, coffee-like drink.

I have always wanted to know how to forage, but I’ve been afraid I might munch on something poisonous and keel over dead. I grew up roaming the forests of central Pennsylvania on Sunday family walks in the woods. For two of my teenaged summers, I worked as a Youth Conservation Corps member, clearing trails and building jack dams. Despite chewing on teaberry leaves that I could identify, I was afraid to sample any of the other flora and fauna—until my springtime walk along the Appalachian Trail with Naha-Koretzky.

Even before we had left the parking area, I learned from her that we don’t have to leave our yards or our cities to find edibles. Much more than dandelions flourish in our urban environment, but venturing into nature can reveal so much more. Cautions for urban foraging include avoiding anything that has been sprayed or treated or in areas that might have pet droppings.

On our walk, we saw dandelions, winter cress, garlic mustard and purple dead nettle before we’d even made it to the trail. From there, we admired a shagbark hickory tree, cleavers, spring beauties, ground ivy, Virginia bluebells, mayapples, trout lily, multiflora rose, violets, spicebush, teaberry or wintergreen and chestnut oak. That was quite a variety for a short, early spring walk.

We came back empty-handed, which had been the plan as early growth was sparse, and a rule of foraging is that “if a plant isn’t plentiful, leave it, and don’t disturb it,” Naha-Koretzky said. “If you find a good-sized patch, take only a small amount. It shouldn’t even be obvious that you’ve been there. But I guess we can make exceptions for invasive species. Eat the garlic mustard!”

Much to Know

Naha-Koretzky recommends, if possible, finding an experienced forager to help with identification at first.

“Safety is really important,” she said. “I always tell people, don’t rely on just one person, book or website. Check multiple sources. Buy at least a few good field guides. Don’t trust apps.”

It’s also important to know the rules for foraging in each area—and they won’t always be posted. It’s still the forager’s responsibility to check whether foraging is permitted by searching online or with townships, counties, states or parks. Some areas only allow foraging non-native plants.

Pennsylvania state parks allow harvesting of edible fruits, nuts, berries and fungi. Pennsylvania state forests allow edible wild plants or plant parts to be foraged. If a species is rare or endangered, it should not be touched. Foraging is only permitted for personal consumption.

After Naha-Koretzky told me about the spring beauties we found—she says the starchy roots look somewhat like little potatoes also known as “fairy spuds” that can be boiled, roasted or eaten raw for a deliciously sweet and chewy treat—I put that on the list for my first solo foraging expedition.

Mayapples also make the list even though they could be dangerous. The umbrella-shaped plant lies on the forest floor, and all parts of it except the ripe fruit are poisonous. Some Native American tribes used the root to commit suicide, she said. The flesh of the ripe yellow fruit still tempts me.

We didn’t see the edible native plant at the top of my list—the pawpaw. But Naha-Koretzky said that pawpaw trees grow throughout the Harrisburg area, sometimes by water, sometimes on wooded slopes. The largest edible fruit native to North America, the pawpaw is called the “Susquehanna Banana” by many in the area because of its tropical flavor. Pawpaws ripen in late summer into early fall and resemble (and taste like) mangoes.

Among the places that Naha-Koretzky offers educational programs is the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art in Millersburg, which recently received a state grant that it will use to establish Pennsylvania’s first “Wild Mushroom and Conservation Area” on 72 acres of the center’s lands over the next two years. They will continue to develop more fungi educational programming and start a mushroom club.

“Our ‘Fungi Foray’ is a great program for anyone already interested in mushrooms or anyone who’d like to learn more,” said Emily Rosmus, the center’s director of educational programming.

That program is led by Rosmus and Jerry Hassinger, a long-time volunteer and retired Game Commission biologist and will be held in September.

“Whenever I forage something new, I make a point of cooking up a small portion for myself and my husband, eat that, wait a few hours or overnight, and if neither of us have a negative reaction, then we will go ahead and use it,” Rosmus said.

For those who already feel competent identifying edible mushrooms and plants, the grounds of the center are open for foraging, Rosmus said. The center has more than nine miles of marked trails across 530 acres of property.

For her part, Naha-Koretzky has several events slated for June, including at the Nature & Arts Festival of the Ned Smith Center on June 21 at MYO Park in Millersburg, where she will give a talk and a walk. She also has an event sponsored by the Alexander Family Library in Hummelstown on June 25. On July 22, she will give a slideshow and discussion on Wild Edible Plants at the Olewine Memorial Library in Harrisburg.

For more information, visit Naha-Koretzky’s website at www.wildediblesnjpa.com.

For more information on the Ned Smith Center, visit www.nedsmithcenter.org.

Correction: To readers who saw the print version of this story, the photos of mushrooms that ran with it were mistakenly credited to Debbie Naha-Koretzky, but they were taken by Emily Rosmus of the Ned Smith Center. The mushrooms pictured are not edible.

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Ned Smith Center hosts summer concert series, celebrates decade of music at its outdoor stage

June 26, 2024 | by Kawena Jacobs

DeSoto Amphitheater

With live music season fully underway, the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art has a full slate of shows for its annual summer concert series, while also celebrating the tenth anniversary of its DeSoto Amphitheater.

The series, which takes place at the amphitheater outside of the center’s building in Millersburg, began May 25 with the Pennsylvania Regional Ballet and will conclude Sept. 21 with Heart tribute band Heart by Heart. Other performances for the milestone year include Gamut Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Woods and Billy Joel’s original touring band, Lords of 52^nd Street, which played this past Saturday.

Tenth anniversary festivities like decorations, giveaways, and donation drives will be a part of their concerts, which Amphitheater Volunteer Coordinator and Arts & Entertainment Committee member Linda Enders considered to be “the cherry on top of the sundae,” adding to an already exciting season.

The concert series began before the amphitheater was built and was pioneered by its namesake, Carole DeSoto, a long-time patron of the arts in the region. Arts & Entertainment Committee Chairperson Christopher Dietz said DeSoto is a “visionary” who has been “instrumental” in many community-improvement projects such as bringing the Harrisburg Area YMCA to northern Dauphin County and the expansion of the Dauphin County Library System.

“I think the amphitheater is a similar extension of that vision and bringing a cultural component…maybe folks would not have the opportunity to see a ballet in person or Shakespeare performance,” Dietz said.

Accessibility and welcoming all have been goals from the very beginning, said Ned Smith Operations Manager Alexandra Singer.

“You shouldn’t have to worry about how much change is in your pocket to come here and have a good time,” Singer said. “Mother nature doesn’t have a price tag and we try to limit ours greatly.”

The amphitheater, at its genesis in 2014, was created to meet a simple goal—to be an outdoor venue that could showcase the beauty of nature while highlighting artists wanting to perform. Since then, it has become “a destination of entertainment here in [the] valley,” according to Erin Margerum who serves on both the center’s Arts & Entertainment Committee and the Board of Trustees.

“It takes a while to build the program and to draw the community and the public into it,” Amphitheater Stage Manager and board member Ray Enders said. “So, I think the humble beginnings gave us a very strong foundation to be able to bring in some national acts and very good local talent.”

Early shows had a capacity of 50 to 80 people, but now crowds reach from 300 to 350.

“We usually ask, ‘who’s new to the center and has never been here before?’ And there’s always a large number of hands in the audience for that,” Dietz said.

One unforeseen plus to being an outdoor venue was its ability to be open during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing entertainment at a time with few other options.

“There were people who came out to the theater because it was the only place they could see live music,” Margerum said. “It afforded us the opportunity for people to sort of exhale and have a normal evening for a couple hours.”

Dietz said the amphitheater has also been a “gateway” to the mission and resources offered by the center as a whole. Last year, Linda suggested the center’s art gallery stay open before concerts to give people something to do while they waited, which had very positive results.

“[We had] more people then than we got during the week,” Linda Enders said. “Plus, we’ve brought in more money just by putting a container out rather than charging.”

The galleries will continue to be free year round, as will the surrounding trails, the playground, and more featured at the center.

“If you come over the mountain, we’ll make it worth your while,” Margerum said.

The Ned Smith Center is located at 176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg. Click here for more information on the entertainment offered by the center and the upcoming concerts.

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Paint by Nature: Local creators, groups use art to advocate for, promote environmentalism

February 28, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

Naturally dyed fabric by Jovana Sarver

Harrisburg-based artist Jovana Sarver doesn’t let an onionskin, avocado pit or rose petal go to waste.

While most people are quick to toss them into the trash once peeled, plucked or withered, Sarver sees their potential. She takes cast-aside items and makes them her medium.

Sarver take pride in her natural fabric dying technique—as opposed to synthetic—that she uses to create one-of-a-kind pieces of clothing under the name Dirt Petal. Over time, she’s found that red onionskin, interestingly, can create a vibrant green dye, avocado skins and pits elicit a dusty pink, and florals make a rainbow assortment.

Jovana Sarver

As much as Sarver loves the “magic” of experimentation and crafting dye recipes out of nature, her art has a larger purpose—promoting re-use over destruction.

“It’s a way of working with abundance and natural resources,” she said. “You’re using something that already exists. There’s a greater positive impact.”

Sarver isn’t the only artist interested in making an environmental impact through her work. Art groups, organizations and creators in central Pa. are using their talents to get people to think deeper about nature—its beauty, but also the threats to its harmony.

For Sarver, that means avoiding synthetic dyes, which, she said, are artificially made using fossil fuels, and, instead, using natural dyes and fabrics, many of which are upcycled and vintage. Her choice of materials also won’t harm the land when they’re eventually returned to it, she noted.

Wearable art is unique in that it’s a “living gallery,” Sarver said, and that’s what she loves about it. Her canvases range from graphic T-shirts to slip dresses, ankle socks, blouses and matching sweat sets. Each piece is different, and she utilizes a variety of dying techniques. Some clothing items are hand-painted with color blocking, some are eco-printed with plant patterns and others are tie-dyed.

“When people see my work and know that it’s made with natural dyes, it blows their minds,” Sarver said. “It creates a lot of curiosity and deepens people’s attention to their environment.”

Pen-and-ink drawing by Ned Smith

Best of Both Worlds

Over Peter’s Mountain and tucked away in Millersburg is the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art.

If the name didn’t immediately give it away, the center brings together brush and bark for art and environmental education. Specifically, the facility serves as a memorial to the late Ned Smith, a local artist and naturalist.

“He drew inspiration from what he saw and photographed,” said the center’s archivist, Alexis Rich. “Protecting wildlife was important to him.”

Smith’s paintings, which are permanently on display in the center’s gallery, depict moose in a forest, bluebirds feeding their babies, a pair of foxes on a snowy bluff, and many other nature scenes.

Emily Rosmus, director of educational programming at the center, was always interested in art and nature, but didn’t realize she could combine both of those passions in a career. Having previously worked at nature centers, she came to the Ned Smith Center interested in the way it incorporated art education.

“I can’t say I’ve been to a place like this,” Rosmus said. “We focus on those two aspects so distinctly.”

Rosmus uses Smith’s art to teach students, who come to the center for summer camps and field trips, about wildlife, introducing them to creatures and plants. The staff will then take them for nature walks, pointing out animal tracks, mushrooms, snakes and birds.

When a student is more interested in nature, the more they will care about its wellbeing, she explained.

“It gives them more appreciation for when we take them into the woods,” she said. “We are guests there, it’s not our territory. We try to do our best by leading by example.”

While Smith died in 1985, Rosmus believes that, had he still been alive today, Smith would be concerned about threats to the environment, specifically, climate change.

“Based on what we know about Ned, I think he would be very alarmed,” she said.

Impact Change

When Martha Taylor retired, she finally had the time to pursue a long-time interest of hers—painting.

Then she heard about the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania, a group that works to promote the preservation of the land through their art. Taylor grew up going to her grandparents’ dairy farm, so the thought of combining her two interests made getting involved in the art group an easy decision.

The group, which formed in 2005 as a joint effort between the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania and the Centre County Farmland Trust, is made up of about 18 artists. They travel around the region painting farm scenery, produce and animals, and they host a few exhibits each year.

Taylor and her fellow artists also sell their paintings to raise money for the art alliance and farmland trust, although the education and advocacy work is even more important to them.

“I really started to see a lot of development at places I remember as rural farmland,” Taylor said. “I think it’s important to maintain farmland, not just for food security, but for the sense of place.”

A selection of the group’s work, 51 pieces, was showcased in the state Capitol building this past October. That exhibit was especially meaningful to Taylor as they were able to get their art in front of lawmakers.

“That was a big step forward in our efforts,” she said. “I feel like we were being seen by the people that make the decisions.”

Ultimately, being seen is what all of the artists and organizations advocating for the environment want. To them, getting eyes on their art is deeper than receiving personal recognition, as viewers ponder their message.

Sarver, for one, is excited about her recent collaboration with a large company to develop natural dye recipes for their use. Designers from clothing brand Alexander McQueen commissioned also a piece from her.

“I’m seeing the bigger industries try to adapt,” she said. “That gives me hope that companies want to change.”

Whether it’s through opportunities like this, or through smaller instances, like staff at the Ned Smith Center seeing a child’s wonder and curiosity of nature sparked, art has a chance to make a difference.

“It gives me a great sense of responsibility and pride that I can use art to impact change,” Sarver said.

For more information about Jovana Sarver and Dirt Petal, visit www.dirtpetal.com or find her work for sale at Found Collab, 25 S. 3rd St., Harrisburg.

The Ned Smith Center is located at 176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg. For more information, visit www.nedsmithcenter.org.

To learn more about the Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania and upcoming exhibits, visit www.artallianceofcentralpa.org/farmland-preservation-artists-central-pa.

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Kick-A** Women: TheBurg Podcast, November 2022

November 10, 2022 | by Karen Hendricks

We are thrilled to share conversations with three Harrisburg-area women who have forged nontraditional or unprecedented career paths:

Lesa Brackbill, who successfully advocated for updated newborn screening laws in Pennsylvania, and is continuing her advocacy journey across the country and world, driven by the death of her daughter.
Andrea Grove of Elementary Coffee on why there are so few women coffee roasters and woman-owned coffee shops.
Sandy Lockerman who created an environmental education career as the field evolved. She currently volunteers with a saw-whet owl research project operated by the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art.

Many thanks to the Cumberland Valley Visitors Bureau and Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation, Pennsylvania’s destination for business—and leisure, for sponsoring this episode of TheBurg Podcast. For more information, see cumberlandbusiness.com.

Backstories that coordinate with this episode include:

Birthing a Legacy | Support Us | Night Watch | Editorial: Mind Your Businesses

Every month, TheBurg Podcast expands stories from the pages of TheBurg magazine because “there’s always more to the story.” TheBurg is a monthly community magazine based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lawrance Binda, co-publisher/editor. TheBurg Podcast has received three prestigious podcast journalism awards over the past two years, including First place, Excellence in Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Keystone Chapter, 2021.

TheBurg Podcast is hosted and produced by award-winning Harrisburg-area journalist Karen Hendricks. Visit her website, WriterKarenHendricks.com.

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Night Watch: Volunteers dedicate 25 years of research to PA’s tiniest owls

October 31, 2022 | by Karen Hendricks

Photo courtesy Ned Smith Center for Art and Nature’s Saw-Whet Owl Research Project.

It felt like a mysterious meeting of a secret club.

One of the first rules? We had to arrive before sunset. Seven of us gathered in cabin No. 4, deep in the woods of northern Dauphin County. There was a full moon rising.

It was Oct. 10—the first meeting of the season—and there was excitement in the air. But the big question: Would there be owls in the air that night, too?

The all-volunteer group laid the groundwork to find out. They assembled four “mist nets,” each one measuring 30 feet long and eight feet high, creating a nearly invisible wall in the forest. Three rows of pockets neatly lined the nets.

Time for the lure. One of the volunteers pressed “play,” and the high, whistled toot of a male northern saw-whet owl filled the air. Pennsylvania’s tiniest owl got its name from this sound—similar to the sharpening of a saw. OK, many of us don’t have that frame of reference. Here’s another: It also sounds like the warning “beeps” of a truck backing up.

Two small speakers, aimed at the treetops, broadcast the audio lure in 30-second increments on a continuously looping, battery-powered MP3 player placed in a small lunch cooler to keep it insulated from the rapidly dropping temperatures.

Back inside the cabin, tools were readied—rulers and a scale for measurements, tiny silver tracking bands and pliers, an eye color chart created from yellow Benjamin Moore paint chips, and a giant data log where tonight’s weather conditions were meticulously recorded.

All set. Now it was time to wait.

For the Birds

One of the smallest owls in the world, the northern saw-whet is about the size of a soda can.

“Saw-whet owls were once considered rare, because they’re so secretive and elusive, being nocturnal,” said Sandy Lockerman of Harrisburg, project leader.

Lockerman, a retired Wildwood Park environmental educator, has volunteered with the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art’s Saw-Whet Owl Research Project since the beginning.

“The center heard about a project in Wisconsin, catching saw-whet owls migrating in October and November,” said Lockerman. “At the time, Pennsylvania’s documentation said they didn’t migrate.”

That’s because the little owls were a big mystery. Researchers didn’t know their numbers or migratory patterns. But they had a theory.

Could saw-whet owls be migrating through northern Dauphin County, along Pennsylvania’s primary migratory corridor—the Kittatinny Ridge?

“There were six of us who started the project. It was primitive at first. We put out a net and a boom box with the call, up on Mahantango Mountain above Millersburg,” Lockerman said. “We caught 27, and that got us all excited.”

The following year, the project shifted to Berry Mountain, then to Small Valley—where we were tonight—a Girl Scout camp with a Halifax address.

What attracts volunteers to staff the research project, seven nights a week, from sunset past midnight, every October and November?

It’s the Little Things

“I’m excited to get connected to nature again, hands-on,” said Elizabeth Hanson of Harrisburg. She’s a land steward for The Nature Conservancy, but she previously worked in zoos and animal sanctuaries.

Hanson came prepared—with a heated vest—since the cabin itself wasn’t heated.

“It’s exciting to be part of the biggest project on this species in the country,” said James Harbert of Halifax, a five-year volunteer. He has two connections to nature—his position with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and his wife Kayla, sitting next to him.

“It’s really rewarding to see how many owls are out there and to be part of a research project,” said Kayla, manager of three northern Dauphin County parks, in her day job. “The look on someone’s face when they see an owl for the first time—it’s priceless—you just have to smile.”

That’s a sight that us newbies hope to see tonight—myself, along with brand-new volunteer Erin Conway of Harrisburg.

“I’ve actually done mist-netting before, in the Galápagos with finches,” said Conway, an educator with the project’s sponsoring Ned Smith Center. “I’m excited to learn how to handle the owls and to see Sandy at work, since she’s been doing it so long.”

Over the years, Lockerman and lead investigator Scott Weidensaul created a protocol and established two additional central Pennsylvania sites—Cumberland County’s Kings Gap and Schuylkill County’s Hidden Valley Golf Course.

The project has swelled to 80 volunteers from all walks of life. Some, like Lockerman, are trained “master banders” licensed by the federal Bird Banding Laboratory. Today, Weidensaul is co-director of Project Owlnet, which links saw-whet owl data gathered from 125 North American sites, including Small Valley.

What have researchers learned about this elusive, enigmatic species, from their late-night studies?

Plentiful in PA

“The Game Commission originally listed the saw-whet owl’s status as ‘undetermined,’ but once we got rolling [with the project], they changed the status to ‘common, but seldom seen,’” Lockerman said. “We proved they existed in Pennsylvania—and in greater numbers than originally thought.”

Every fall, volunteers harmlessly catch and release between 200 and 300 owls at Small Valley. Some birds already have bands from previous sites, as far north as Canada.

“This information goes out worldwide and fits into the conservation piece of our mission,” said John Booth, executive director at the Ned Smith Center, a nonprofit dedicated to honoring the legacy of renowned wildlife artist, naturalist and writer Ned Smith.

All told, volunteers have banded a total of 11,000 owls across central Pennsylvania’s three sites in 25 years. From Dauphin County, they’ve taken flight into Georgia, Alabama, even Texas.

“I’m absolutely blown away by how small, beautiful and delicate these owls are, but also how feisty they are, clicking their bills. They’re really exciting to see,” Booth said. “To stand over Sandy’s shoulder as she’s taking all the readings and measurements—it’s an experience in education, but you also see how cute these owls are. I had no idea these birds were around, and I’m sure most people don’t.”

By the time you’re reading this, volunteers are likely catching and releasing four or five owls, every night—except, it turns out, for nights like Oct. 10, when the moon is full.

“We’ve gone back through the data, and it shows that, on nights with fuller moons, we have fewer owls,” Lockerman said. “We’re thinking that maybe because it’s so bright out, the smaller owls aren’t flying because larger owls [like great horned and barred owls] will see them, catch and eat them.”

Still, every hour, we strapped on headlamps and hiked through the woods to check the nets. The group’s hope and anticipation waned through the night, until our final check at midnight. There would be no tiny owls that night. But it was apparent there was a great deal of devotion for the project—along with a growing body of research—starting to solve some of nature’s best-kept secrets.

And so, we called it a night. It turns out we were the only night owls, that night.

To learn more about Sandy Lockerman’s fascinating experiences with owls, tune into TheBurg Podcast’s November episode, available on Friday, Nov. 11. For more information on the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art and their Saw-Whet Owl Research Project, visit nedsmithcenter.org.

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July Community Corner

June 30, 2021 | by TheBurg Editor

July Community Corner

Bluegrass Fest

July 1-4: The Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival will be held at Grange Park, 169 Homan Lane, Centre Hall, bringing together local, regional and national acts. Festival grounds offer more than 1,500 RV hookup sites. Camping is first come, first served. www.remingtonryde.com

Coloring Contest

July 1-31: Children ages 5 to 10 are invited to participate in Wildwood Park’s second annual coloring contest. Young artists may submit a Wildwood-themed, 8½-by-11 hand-drawn, portrait-style coloring page using colored pencils, crayons or markers. Entries may be submitted to the Nature Center in person, via mail or email throughout July. www.wildwoodlake.org

Summer Flea

July 3: Explore the HBG Flea summer market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the parking lot of Midtown Cinema, 250 Reily St., Harrisburg. Shop for local art, handmade gifts and vintage wares from local artists and curators. www.hbgflea.com

4th Celebration

July 3: Head to the 4th Annual July 4th Celebration at The Star Barn Village, Newville Rd., Elizabethtown, for a ride through Herr’s Mill Covered Bridge, self-guided tours of The Star Barn Village attractions, a visit with animals, tractor-pulled wagon and pony rides, games, arts vendors, demonstrations, train rides, fireworks and more. www.thestarbarn.com

Declaration Reading

July 4: The Historical Society of Dauphin County presents the 11th annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence with John Harris Jr. reenactor David Biser, from the porch of the John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion, 219 S. Front St., Harrisburg. Readings will take place on the hour at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., with a special candlelight reading at 8 p.m. www.dauphincountyhistory.org

Taste of Independence

July 4: Harrisburg toasts the nation’s birth with the July 4th Food Trucks and Fireworks with food trucks, live music, a wine garden, kids’ activities and more in Riverfront Park, 3 to 9 p.m. The annual fireworks display follows at dark. www.harrisburgpa.gov

Franklin’s Inventions

July 8: Kids ages 3 to 6 are invited to explore the inventions of Benjamin Franklin at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North St., Harrisburg, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This Curiosity Kids event is included with general admission to the museum, but space is limited to 18 children per program. www.statemuseumpa.org

Outdoor Movies

July 9, 23: Dauphin County Parks and Recreation presents Sunset Series—Movie Night at Fort Hunter Park, 5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, with screenings of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” on July 9 and “Polar Express” on July 23. The movies begin at 8:30 p.m. Guests may pack a picnic or grab dinner from the Shalom House food truck at 6:30 p.m. www.dauphincounty.org

Shipoke Flea

July 10: The annual Shipoke Flea returns, with a wide assortment of goods available for purchase. The event, organized by the Shipoke Neighborhood Association, runs 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. along the 500- to 800-blocks of S. Front Street, Harrisburg. www.shipoke.org.

Pump Primers

July 10: PA Pump Primers’ Annual Antique Fire Apparatus Show and Muster returns to Harrisburg, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A parade of antique fire trucks will leave the PA Farm Show Building and travel to Riverfront Park, where they will be on view all day. Speak to owners, play games, grab food and listen to music. www.papumpprimers.org

Volunteer Work Day

July 10: Head to Wildwood Park, 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, to help with continuing park and habitat enhancement projects, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Snacks, tools and work gloves will be provided. Bring along a water bottle. Refreshments available. www.wildwoodlake.org

Book Sale

July 10-15: Palmyra Public Library hosts its annual used book sale at Palmyra First United Methodist Church, 520 E. Birch St. The book sale opens on July 10 with an early bird preview, 7:30 to 9 a.m. Admission is $5 per person. Shoppers will be limited to 30 items each, with items sold at regular price. Customers should bring their own boxes or bags. www.palmyra.lclibs.org

Concert Series

July 11: Harrisburg Young Professionals hosts a free Italian Lake Concert series concert at Italian Lake, N. 3rd and Division streets, Harrisburg, 6 to 8 p.m. Bring a lawn chair, picnic blankets and snacks. www.hyp.org

Dutch Days

July 14-17: Head to Richfield Dutch Days, Basom Park, Richfield, for summer family fun, rides, bingo, food, fireworks and more. Enjoy a Dutch menu throughout the week. An outdoor picnic, church service and parade will be held on Sunday evening. www.dutchdays.com

Outdoor Play

July 15: Exchange screen-time for Kids Discover—Outdoor Play at Wildwood Park, 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Join a naturalist at Fort Hunter to discover a variety of creative outdoor games anyone can play at home. Think creatively, move around and have fun. Masks and social distancing required. www.wildwoodlake.org

3rd in The Burg

July 16: Enjoy the best of Harrisburg during 3rd in the Burg, the monthly arts and culture event at galleries, restaurants and art spaces throughout downtown and Midtown, 6 to 9 p.m. www.thirdintheburg.org

Red Hot 5K

July 17: Lower Paxton Township, Harrisburg, hosts the Arts & Parks Red Hot 5K Run/Walk to benefit its parks and recreation programs. The race starts at the Friendship YMCA, Lower Paxton Township, Harrisburg, at 8 a.m. Runners are invited to wear red. Race T-shirts and prizes will be awarded. Virtual 5K option available. www.lowerpaxton-pa.gov

Brewfest

July 17: Sample more than 60 craft brews while listening to music and tasting food from area food trucks at the 9th Annual Dauphin County Brewfest on the front lawn of Fort Hunter Mansion, 5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg, 3 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door, and $15 for designated drivers. www.forthunter.org

Summer Concert

July 18: The Middletown Home will host a free summer concert on its property at 999 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, starting at 5 p.m. The Rich Clare Pentagon Band, a six-piece show band renowned for its rock ‘n’ roll and R&B, will headline. Guests are encouraged to bring their own seating or blankets. Space is on a first-come, first-serve basis. www.middletownhome.org.

Family Fun Ride

July 18: Bring your family to the first Whitaker Family Fun Ride for a 5-mile ride that will have a rolling start at the Carousel Pavilion on City Island then follow the Susquehanna River along Riverfront Park. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m., and you can start the route anytime between 9 and 10 a.m. www.whitakercenter.org

Flower Walk

July 18: Join volunteer Cara Martinez-Williams at Wildwood Park, 100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., to search and view joe-pye weed, pokeweed, monarda and jewelweed. Masks and social distancing required. www.wildwoodlake.org

Harrisburg Mile

July 21: The 2021 Harrisburg Mile returns to City Island, for a run around the 1-mile loop. Runners have the option of the open run, which takes place anytime between 3 and 5:45 p.m., or in their assigned age heats, which start at 5:45 p.m. www.ymcarun.com

Garden Cleanup

July 21: Harrisburg Young Professionals will host a cleanup at Heart of the Community Garden, 1421 Derry St., Harrisburg, 5 to 7 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help maintain and beautify the garden prior to the weekly farmers market. Bring a water bottle and gardening/work gloves (if you have them). RSVP by emailing [email protected]. www.hyp.org

Heritage Days

July 22-25: Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days will be held, 2 to 4 p.m., 6201 Route 75, East Waterford, with a benefit and consignment sale, lumber jack competition, wood carving demonstration, horseshoe tournament, truck tug-o-war, flea market, tractor parades and chicken barbecue. Enjoy live music by Joe Bonson and Coffee Run on Friday, and Broken Record on Saturday. Find Tuscarora Valley Heritage Days on Facebook for details.

Island Escape
July 29: Join West Shore Chamber of Commerce for its “Escape to the Island,” 2 to 9 p.m., starting at Water Golf on City Island, Harrisburg. Grab food from local food trucks and get comfortable for a viewing of “The Sandlot.” Bring your own chairs, blankets, or snacks. Tickets are $5 for the movie, $10 for both the movie and mini golf. www.wschamber.org

Nature & Art Fest

July 31: Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art hosts its Annual Nature and Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at MYO Park, Millersburg. The free festival includes food and craft vendors, education and art presentations, make-it-yourself bluebird boxes, live music and more. A concert will be held at 5:30 p.m. www.nedsmithcenter.org

Blood Drive

July 31: Guy E. Shelley, Jr. American Legion Post 974 & York County Veterans’ Court will host a blood drive, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Fairview Township Fire Station No. 1, 340 Lewisberry Rd., New Cumberland. For an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter code POST974 or call 1-800-REDCROSS.

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Happenings: Our June Calendar of Events

May 28, 2021 | by Missy Smith

Museum & Art Spaces

AACA Museum
161 Museum Dr., Hershey
717-566-7100; aacamuseum.org

“Minibike Mania,” a display of more than two dozen miniature motorbikes, through Oct. 16

“Keep on Truckin’: Light Duty Trucks,” an exhibit focused on the history of pickup trucks, through Oct. 22.

“Iconic Chevrolets,” an exhibit presented by the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America.

“Hershey’s History: Before & After Chocolate,” through Oct. 22.

Art Association of Harrisburg
21 N. Front St., Harrisburg
717-236-1432; artassocofhbg.com

“Free For All” 3rd Annual Student & Member Show, through July 8

Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC)
38 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle
717-249-6973; carlislearts.org

“Ink/Glaze/Paper/Clay,” ceramic constructions by Beverlee Lehr and ink drawings by Jo Margolis, which are explorations of the interaction of shape and form, June 11-July 24

The Cornerstone Coffeehouse
2133 Market St., Camp Hill
thecornerstonecoffeehouse.com

June featured artist

Dickinson College
The Trout Gallery
240 W. High St., Carlisle
717-254-8159; troutgallery.org

“Remnant: Studio Majors Thesis Exhibition,” featuring projects by senior studio art majors under the direction of Rachel Eng with Todd Arsenault, Anthony Cervino, and Andy Bale, through Sept. 11

“In Light of the Past,” an exhibition considering how we experience photographs, through Oct. 9

Hershey Area Art Association (HAAA)
hersheyart.org

HAAA Member Art display at Hershey Public Library, through Oct. 10

The Millworks
340 Verbeke St.; Harrisburg
717-695-4888; millworksharrisburg.com

New works by Yachiyo Beck, Linda Benton McCloskey, Elaine Elledge, Kristin Fava, and Richard Souders, through June 13

New works by Joelle and Justin Arawjo, Paul Gallo, Averil Shepps, and PD Murray, June 16-July 11

Pennsylvania National Fire Museum
1820 N. 4th St., Harrisburg
717-232-8915; pnfm.org

Exhibits dedicated to Pennsylvania firefighting history

Perry County Council of the Arts
PCCA Gallery, 1 S. 2nd St., Newport
717-567-7023; perrycountyarts.org

“Art on Tour @ the Capitol,” showcasing PCCA member artwork in a special group exhibition at the PA State Capitol Building East Wing Rotunda, June 2-30

“Home Goods Show” of locally made artwork and handmade home goods for spring redecorating or Zoom room makeovers, through June 12

“Director’s Choice,” a selection of outstanding student artwork from Youth Art Day 2021, June 19-July 17

Susquehanna Art Museum
1401 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-233-8668; susquehannaartmuseum.org

“Persephone/Persephone,” a multi-panel collaborative installation by Elody Gyekis and Joanne Landis, through June 20

“The Wind Dies The Sun Sets,” a contemplative consideration of energy extraction and use in Pennsylvania, through June 20

“From Selfie to Community,” large-format woodcut self-portraits created by Bloomsburg University printmaking students, through July 18

“Project Pattern” multimedia display of photography, painting, sculpture, and installation by artists Nate Ethier, Nicole Herbert, and Luke Murphy, through August

Wildwood Park
100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg
717-221-0292; wildwoodlake.org

“Art in the Wild” Exhibit of naturally inspired trailside installations created by artists using mostly natural materials and inspired by the theme “reimagining,” through Sept. 30

Read, Make, Learn

Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC)
38 W. Pomfret St., Carlisle
717-249-6973; carlislearts.org

June 1, 8, 15, 22: Sketching Around Carlisle, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
June 8, 15, 22, 29: Plein Air Painting at Allenberry, 9:30-12 p.m.
June 16: Starry Night Paint Night, 6-9 p.m.
June 21-25: Snap! Photography, 1-4 p.m.
June 22: Jeweler’s Saw—Tips & Tricks, 6-8 p.m.
June 22-July 27: Hand Building, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.

Dauphin County Library System
dcls.org

June 3: Dungeons and Dragons, 7 p.m.
June 5, 12, 29, 26: Teen Dungeons and Dragons on Zoom, 3 p.m.
June 7, 14, 21, 28: Virtual Born to Read (birth-18 months), 9:30 a.m.
June 8: Virtual Reading the Rainbow Book Club, 7 p.m.
June 8, 15, 22, 29: Discord Hangouts—Gaming, 3-5 p.m.
June 8, 15, 22, 29: Virtual Family Storytime, 6 p.m.
June 9, 16, 23, 30: Virtual Toddler Storytime, 10 a.m.
June 9, 16, 23, 30: Young Adult Book Club on Zoom, 4 p.m.
June 10, 17, 24: Discord Hangouts—Chat, 3-5 p.m.
June 11, 18, 25: Preschool Storytime on Zoom, 10 a.m.
June 15: Virtual Animal Crossing with The Library, 3:30 p.m.
June 21, 28: Art Club, 4 p.m.
June 24: Lawyers in Libraries—Civil Legal Services, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
June 24: Librarians on Twitch, 6-8 p.m.
June 30: Spanish Language Conversation Group, 12-1 p.m.
June 30: Crafternoon with The Library, 4 p.m.

Fort Hunter
5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg
717-599-5751; forthunter.org

June 1: Park Rx—Art Heals w/ Susquehanna Art Museum, 6:30-7 p.m.
June 9: Park Rx—Let EVERTYHING Go, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
June 12: Proudly PA Festival, 12-8 p.m.
June 23: Park Rx—Sound Meditation, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Fredricksen Library
100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill
717-761-3900; fredricksenlibrary.org

June 1: Zoom—Curl up with the Classics on Zoom—Aesop’s Fables, 10-11 a.m.
June 2: Zoom—Moving Forward Book Group w/ Hospice of Central PA, 1-2 p.m.
June 3, 10, 17, 24: Zoom Resume Writing Workshop, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.
June 4, 11, 18, 25: Virtual Get That Job! Workshop, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.
June 7, 14, 21, 28: Virtual Career Exploration Workshop on Zoom, 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m.
June 7, 21: STEM Grab & Go Bag (ages 7-12), 9 a.m.
June 7, 21: Zoom—Fredricksen Writes on Zoom, 6:45 p.m.
June 11, 18, 25: Zoom STEM Storytime, 10 a.m.
June 14, 28: Teen Grab and Go Bag, 9 a.m.
June 16: Zoom—Write On, 7:30 p.m.
June 28: Virtual Fredricksen Reads, 7-8 p.m.

Historic Harrisburg Resource Center
1230 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
historicharrisburg.com

June 12: Secret Gardens of Harrisburg Garden Tour, 1-6 p.m.

Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave., Hershey
717-533-6555; hersheylibrary.org

June 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29: Penn State Hershey—Mothers & Babies Together, 10 a.m.
June 7, 14, 15, 21, 28: Lose the Quarantine 15 Library Style, 9 a.m.
June 8, 15, 22, 29: Read Stampede Walking Group, 9 a.m.
June 12: Author talk with Sherry Knowlton, 2 p.m.
June 16, 23, 30: Reading Garden—Furry Tales, 6:30 p.m.
June 17, 24: Reading Garden—The Story Garden, 10 a.m.
June 18, 25: Virtual LEGO Club, 3:45 p.m.
June 20: YouTube—Kids Carry & Craft Climbing Critter Edition, 10 a.m.
Jun 20: Carry & Craft—Air Clay Designs, 11 a.m.
June 22: Community Blood Drive, 1:30 p.m.
June 26: Family Book Group—“Mirrors, Windows & Sliding Glass Doors,” 2 p.m.

Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
16 N. Walnut St., Mechanicsburg
717-766-0171; simpsonlibrary.org

June 1: Teen Game Night, 6-8 p.m.
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Tea & Stitches on Zoom, 10-11 a.m.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Toddler Time (18 months to 3 years), 11:10 a.m.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Story Time on Zoom (ages 3-6), 1:30-2 p.m.
June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23: Rhyme Time (18 months and younger), 5:15-5:35 p.m.
June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Toddler Time (18 months to 3 years), 6 p.m.
June 5: Beautify the Barriers artists reception, 10 a.m.
June 9: Mad About Mysteries on Zoom, 7-8 p.m.
June 11, 25: Dungeons & Dragons (grades 6-12), 6-8 p.m.
June 12: Block Party!, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
June 15, 29: Try-It Tuesday, 1 p.m., 6 p.m.
June 21: Virtual Monday Night Book Club, 7-8 p.m.
June 25: Vegan Cooking Class, 7-8 p.m.
June 26: Trivia at Home—The Golden Girls, 6-8 p.m.

Middletown Public Library
20 N. Catherine St., Middletown
717-944-6412; middletownpubliclib.org

June 4, 11, 18, 25: Online Science Fiction Book Club
June 4, 11, 18, 25: Star Trek Rewatch online group

Midtown Scholar Bookstore-Café
1302 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-236-1680; midtownscholar.com

June 1: An Evening with Jeff Shaara, 7-8 p.m.
June 8: Chet’la Sebree in Conversation with Diana Khoi Nguyen, 7-8 p.m.
June 10: Ly Tran in Conversation with Phuc Tran, 7-8 p.m.

The Millworks
340 Verbeke St.; Harrisburg
717-695-4888; millworksharrisburg.com

June 5: First Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
June 5, 19: 2-Day Watercolor Painting Class
June 9, 23: Free Kids Class on the Roof, 5-7 p.m.
June 12, 13: Fluid Art Class
June 25, 26, 27: Abstract Workshop

National Civil War Museum
One Lincoln Circle, Harrisburg
717-260-1861; nationalcivilwarmuseum.org

June 19: NCWM Community Free Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg
717-692-3699; nedsmithcenter.org

June 5: Fishing for Families Camp (ages 8-15)
June 15-17: Outdoor Adventure Camp (ages 9-12)
June 22, 23, 24; Let’s Make Music—Grandparent and Me Camp

New Cumberland Public Library
1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland
717-774-7820; newcumberlandlibrary.org

June 3: Ruth’s Mystery Discussion Group, 10:15-12 p.m.
June 5, 19: Book Sales, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
June 7, 14, 21, 28: Weekly Take & Make Activity Kits (ages 3-7)
June 7-Aug. 2: Ready for K!
June 7-Aug. 6: Tails & Tales Summer Reading Challenge
June 7-12: Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course
June 11: Screen on Green—Toy Story 4, 7:30-10:30 p.m.
June 14-19: Backyard Scavenger Hunt (ages 3-10)
June 14-19: Grab & Go STEAM—Constellations (ages 7-12)
June 14-19: Kit’s Interactive Theatre Virtual Performances—Mother Nature (ages 3+)
June 15: Inspired by Nature Activity—Weather (ages 3-7), 10:30 a.m.
June 19: Couponing for Extreme Savings, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
June 21-26: Grab & Go STEA—Bristlebots (ages 8-12)
June 24: Unicorns—Break the Cage Virtual Performance, 10:30 a.m.
June 28: Dinosaur Storytime on Zoom (ages 3-6), 10:30 a.m.
June 28-July 3: Grab & Go STEAM—Hydraulic Claw (ages 8-12)
June 28-July 3: Grab & Go STEAM—Junior Paleontologist (ages 5-8)
June 29: Teachers of Nature—What’s Up With Your Tail? on Zoom (ages 3+), 10:30 a.m.
June 29: Teen Paint Party! On Zoom (ages 12-17), 4 p.m.

Palmyra Public Library
50 Landings Dr., Annville
717-838-1347; palmyra.lclibs.org

June 14: Book Club, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
June 14, 21, 28: Tails and Tales Monday Morning Virtual Program, 11-12 p.m.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania
300 North St., Harrisburg
717-787-4980; statemuseumpa.org

June 4: Virtual Artists Conversations—Marta Sanchez, 12:15-12:45 p.m.
June 11: Virtual Adventures in Nature Lab—Butterflies and Moths of PA, 12:15-12:45 p.m.
June 13: Virtual Tonight’s Sky—A Live Chat with the Planetarium Director, 2-3 p.m.

Susquehanna Art Museum
1401 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-233-8668; susquehannaartmuseum.org

June 5, 12, 19, 26: Saturday Morning Art Club, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
June 5, 12, 19, 26: Young Artist Camp, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
June 16: Life Drawing Class, 6-9 p.m.

The Susquehanna Folk Music Society
717-745-6577; sfmsfolk.org

June 6, 13, 20, 27: Virtual Old-Time Music Workshop Series—Banjo, 6:30 p.m.
June 6, 13, 20, 27: Virtual Old-Time Music Workshop Series—Fiddle, 8 p.m.
June 23: Bringing it Home—The Power of Song virtual conversation, 7:30 p.m.

Wildwood Park
100 Wildwood Way, Harrisburg
717-221-0292; wildwoodlake.org

June 3: How-To Soil Test Your Home Garden, 6-7:30 p.m.
June 5: Brownies—Bugs, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
June 8: Kayak the Swatara Creek with Cocoa Kayaks, 5:45-7:45 p.m.
June 10: Detweiler Park Photo Walk, 8-10 a.m.
June 10: Kids Discover—Herps, 1-3 p.m.
June 12: Volunteer Work Day, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
June 13: Tree Identification Walk, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
June 17: Growing Up WILD Educator Workshop, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
June 19: How-To Add the ‘Wow Factor’ to Your Home Garden, 9-10:30 a.m.
June 20: Flower Walk—Peak of Blooming, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
June 26: Kids Discover—Endangered Species, 10-11:30 a.m.
June 26: The Gift of Plants—Learning to Give and Receive What is Growing, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Live Music

American Music Theatre
2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster
717-397-7700; amtshows.com

June 19: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
June 25: Fleetwood Mask—Ultimate Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Appell Center for the Performing Arts
50 N. George St., York
717-846-1111; appellcenter.org

June 12: Son Little

Chameleon Club
223 N. Water St., Lancaster
717-299-9684; chameleonclub.net

June 2: The Slackers

The Englewood
1219 Research Blvd. Hummelstown
717-256-9480; [email protected]

June 2, 9, 23, 30: Wednesday Jazz Series
June 4: Alyssa Hankey
June 5: Chris Purcell, Gleasons Drift
June 6, 13, 20, 27: Jazz Brunch with Central PA Friends of Jazz
June 12: Redemption Road, Soul Miners Union
June 16: The Harrisburg Jazz Collective (formerly River City Big Band)
June 18: Case 150
June 19: Hall Williams Band
June 26: Morgan Myles, Cody Tyler & Gypsy Convoy

Fort Hunter
5300 N. Front St., Harrisburg
717-599-5751; forthunter.org

June 4: Sunset Concert Series with Susquehanna Chorale, 7-8:30 p.m.
June 18: Sunset Concert Series with Harrisburg Symphony Hot Jazz Trio, 7-8:30 p.m.

Gretna Music
gretnamusic.org

June 20: Kenny Barron Jazz Trio

Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra
The Forum at 5th and Walnut St., Harrisburg
717-545-5527; harrisburgsymphony.org

June 5: June Pops—Strings Go to Hollywood

Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Ave., Hershey
717-533-6555; hersheylibrary.org

June 9: Susquehanna Folk Music Society Presents Beverley Street String Band
June 26: Abe Ovadia

House of Music, Arts & Culture (H*MAC)
1110 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-441-7506; harrisburgarts.com

June 5: Garret Shultz with Tyler Short and Grant Bryan
June 11: Good Vs. Evil Hyperspace Tour
June 18: The Bucket List Inaugural Show
June 19: Webbie
June 26: NOTIXX
June 26: Enkay67 & Friends

Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art
176 Water Company Rd., Millersburg
717-692-3699; nedsmithcenter.org

June 12: Blue River Soul

Susquehanna Chorale
One College Ave., Mechanicsburg
717-533-7859; susquehannachorale.org

June 4: Sunset Concert Series at Fort Hunter, 7-8:30 p.m.

The Susquehanna Folk Music Society
717-745-6577; sfmsfolk.org

June 5: Sierra Hull & Justin Moses
June 9: Beverley Street
June 24: Le Vent du Nord
June 30: Cups & Crankies

Whitaker Center
222 Market St., Harrisburg
717-214-ARTS; whitakercenter.org

June 27: Richard Thompson

Club XL
801 S. 10^th St., Harrisburg
717-409-8975; xlhbg.com

June 4; Smooth Like Clyde
June 5: Back in Black—ACDC Experience
June 10: Sunsquabi, Too Many Zooz, Humandala
June 11: Jeffry Gaines, Grace Mahar, Corinna Joy
June 12: Eternal Frequency, Coal, Volume to Nothing
June 18: Go Go Gadjet
June 19: Splintered Sunlight—Grateful Dead Tribute

The Stage Door

American Music Theatre
2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster
717-397-7700; amtshows.com

June 27: Bill Engvall

Appell Center for the Performing Arts
50 N. George St., York
717-846-1111; appellcenter.org

June 5, 6: Kinky Boots
June 13: Greater York Dance—50^th Anniversary Show
June 18: Shawn Banks featuring Jamie Utley
June 26, 27: 42 Street

Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
510 Centerville Rd., Lancaster
717-898-1900; DutchApple.com

June 3-July 31: “Beauty and the Beast”

Gamut Theatre Group
15 N. 4th St., Harrisburg
717-238-4111; gamuttheatre.org

June 4-19: “Hamlet,” Free Shakespeare in the Park

Harrisburg Christian Performing Arts Center
1000 S. Eisenhower Blvd, Middletown
717-939-9333; thehcpac.org

June 17-20: “Aladdin”

Harrisburg Comedy Zone
110 Limekiln Rd., New Cumberland
717-920-5653; harrisburgcomedyzone.com

June 4, 5: Mike Paramore
June 11, 12: Jason Kanter and Sean Donnelly
June 18, 19: John Moses
June 22: World Famous Girls Night Out (The Show!)

House of Music, Arts & Culture (H*MAC)
1110 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg
717-441-7506; harrisburgarts.com

June 4: Fifty Shades Male Revue
June 4: HELLZAPOPPIN Circus Sideshow Revue

Keystone Theatrics
The Playhouse at Allenberry
1559 Boiling Springs Rd., Boiling Springs
717-258-3211; keystonetheatrics.com

June 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27: The Marvelous Wonderettes

Open Stage of Harrisburg
223 Walnut St., Harrisburg
717-232-OPEN; openstagehbg.com

June 4-25: “Over the Rainbow—The Songs of Judy Garland”

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Happenings: Our August Calendar of Events

July 31, 2020 | by TheBurg Editor

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 [email protected] 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

You Gotta Have Art: Sidelined by the pandemic, Harrisburg area artists wait, worry, wonder.

April 30, 2020 | by M. Diane McCormick

A scene from Open Stage’s “Angels in America Online. Photo by Dan McGregor

Help wanted for pandemic endurance. Must be resourceful, creative, resilient and thrifty. Artists, actors and musicians encouraged to apply.

Since a shutdown descended on the midstate, artsy people have unleashed their unique skills sets to deliver hope while, not insignificantly, shifting themselves into survival mode.

“When your business model is built around bringing people together, how does the organization survive in a world where people can’t be together?” said Stuart Landon, a force behind two of Harrisburg’s cultural cornerstones, Open Stage and Midtown Cinema.

In this climate, Harrisburg-area artists are putting performances online, soliciting donations and ticket sales, and generating new initiatives. It’s all meant to keep audiences connected until regathering time.

Makes Us Tick

Reina “76 Artist” Wooden waited 10 years to see her works hanging on the walls of the Art Association of Harrisburg. And maybe she still can see it—if she stands on tiptoe and peers through a window. Her joint exhibition with partner Charlie “Bootleg” Feathers, “Bootleg Meets R76,” opened not long before the gallery went dark.

“We achieved our goal,” sculptor Feathers said with a laugh.

The pair can no longer show and sell their work through galleries, but after all, most artists “are accustomed to working on shoestring budgets,” said Reina. “In times of trauma, the artists are the new army. We have the emotionality to heal.”

Still, artists gotta art. Reina and Feathers are making how-to videos on turning things at hand—dried-out clay, stacks of egg cartons—into art, posted under #togetherathome.

“I’m hoping this will slow us down and help us recognize the things we have and be grateful for that,” Reina said. The connection among humans “is art in itself.”

“The world is sowing its beauty,” she said. “It’s our calling to inspire people right now.”

Open Stage is also going virtual, having received approval from licensing house Broadway Play Publishing to revamp its planned “Angels in America” production into “Angels in America Online.” The Zoom broadcasts began in April and continue this month, with actors reading their lines from separate locations. Donors get a link to view the live or archived presentations of Tony Kushner’s epic of the AIDS crisis.

The play about a past “medical, spiritual and political crisis” remains pertinent, said Landon. “It’s very strange and very sobering—or haunting, rather—to hear how a lot of these words are just so relevant.”

In March, Gamut Theatre Group had to halt its presentation of “Enemy of the People,” Henrik Ibsen’s classic about the scorn heaped on a man warning townspeople about infection at a local spa.

Artistic Director Clark Nicholson said that he seeks inspiration in the age of the “Restoration,” when the British theater recreated itself after three decades of banishment. In those times “more dire” than ours, people were “being smart and being tenacious.” For 2020 and beyond, that means figuring out how to remain interesting and relevant without overloading the internet.

“What’s the sweet spot of a very imperfect product right now?” he said. “Because theater is not theater unless people are together in a room.”

Executive Director Melissa Nicholson added that artists are “a little bit better positioned to be openminded.” (Gamut, she noted, has offered state and county government officials use of its building if needed.)

Musicians are adapting, too. The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra offered online master classes for its youth orchestra musicians. HSO is also streaming a previously taped Masterworks concert to its database. Its “Music in the Key of We” community celebration and Beethoven birthday bash, scrubbed from its original April date, has been rescheduled to Nov. 14.

“The orchestra’s strong,” said Executive Director Jeffrey Woodruff. “It’s been around for 90 years. It has its rightful place in the community and has been through many crises and will come out of this one just fine, sooner or later.”

Veteran jazz pianist Steve Rudolph’s busy 2020 itinerary used to include a fully booked JazZenJourney, the annual trip to Italy he leads with his wife, Andrea Minick Rudolph, and a recording session at the studio of filmmaker George Lucas.

“This was looking like one of the best years I’d have had,” he said. “Sometimes, you just have to laugh.”

For the duration, Rudolph is composing and, like the rest of us, reorganizing his office. He is Skyping with his ensemble, hoping to announce an online matinee or happy hour to “have some fun for a half hour and give some people a little relief.” He hopes to solicit donations to charities supporting musicians until, he joked, “in about a month and a half, I’ll be having people donate to me.”

On the pop scene, artists and audiences are missing out on the touring that has become their financial lifeblood. Country music artist Ben Gallaher, a Camp Hill native now based in Nashville, postponed a midstate stop and a tour to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, as the opener for country legend Joe Diffie, now lost to COVID-19.

“All my friends just came to a halt,” said Gallaher. “For the music industry, it’s not just artists that are affected. It’s band and crew members, business managers, agents, labels, venues, venue promoters, merchandise companies. There’s quite a trail there.”

Amid the Facebook Live and Instagram performances, hometown support is helping to sustain Gallaher. A show planned for early April at the Ned Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Millersburg was originally an indoor acoustic performance. The rescheduled June 20 show will move to the center’s amphitheater.

“So it’ll be full-band,” he said. “We’ll be rocking in June.”

Woodruff calls the arts “an essential part of life.”

“It gives sustenance,” he said. “We’re all so preoccupied with money, but it gives things other than money. It can be inspirational. It can give us solace. It can enlighten us. All these art forms give us a glimpse into our humanity and what makes us tick.”

Squeezing Dimes

At Gamut’s theater in downtown Harrisburg, the ghost lights are on. The heat is not.

“If you walked into Gamut right now, it is freezing,” said Melissa Nicholson.

As business manager, she is cutting expenses, talking to the bank, and—for the first time—exploring the world of Small Business Administration loans.

“Our number-one priority is keeping our people working,” she said.

Clark Nicholson agreed.

“I can talk a lot about artistic motivations,” he said. “But the fact of the matter is, we’ve got a lovely theater that’s got a big old mortgage.”

Months of no ticket sales, gallery exposures or school classes are eroding one-third to one-half of artistic budgets. Artists are putting their faith in their loyal patrons, issuing emergency appeals and selling unconventional products, such as Open Stage’s discounted “Rainy Day” tickets.

“It’s important for us to say out loud that we need help getting to the other side so we can tell the stories that you need to hear,” said Landon.

The Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra is urging patrons to buy 2020-21 season tickets, “because the lifeblood of any organization is their subscriber base,” said Woodruff.

With a decent endowment and the net from a recent capital campaign, the orchestra had the wherewithal to pay its musicians.

“The board has the ultimate fiduciary responsibility to do what is best for the organization,” Woodruff said. “We had enough resources on hand to at least pay the players who were hired through the end of the season. We felt it was a very, very important thing to do.”

A Rebirth

So, what comes next?

In the fall of 2019, before the world turned upside down, Reina 76 Artist and Charlie Feathers invited friends to an open house, a sort of pop-up gallery from their art-filled home. When this is over, they swear, there will be another.

Rudolph worries about outcomes. Will jazz-friendly venues survive? Will an older-skewing audience fear coming out?

“I’m going to keep doing it whether it gets out there or not,” he said. “Jazz in itself is an introverted art. You’re playing for the music, but when there’s a great audience, it makes a difference in how you play.”

Arts organizations are planning upcoming seasons through a new lens. What can they afford? Is the topic timely? In Woodruff’s words, groups are honestly scrutinizing “what is possible, what is practical.”

Costs will probably loom larger than ever in selecting seasons, said Melissa Nicholson. As life returns to normal, maybe Gamut will sell fewer tickets and space the seats farther apart, she said. (Open Stage, too, is rethinking arrangement of newly ordered seating). In the meantime, artistic minds keep churning.

“When this is over and organizations have survived, the amount of stuff you’re going to see will be incredible,” said Clark Nicholson. “It’s like thoroughbred racehorses being held in the starting gate.”

Artistic types “have a particular skills set we can offer to the universe,” said Landon. “I feel very blessed to have this position and to be surrounded by such wonderful artists, able to create such beautiful pieces. This is a job at the end of the day, and it’s my job to lead this organization, to make sure this organization is going to be around for your children and your children’s children.”

Or as HSO’s Woodruff put it, “It’s springtime. Let’s be optimistic that we’re going to have a rebirth.”

Numerous arts groups were mentioned in this story. If you’re able, please donate generously to them.

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