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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

 

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find below:

For something new: Open Stage presents Jesus Christ Superstar at The Forum! All new The Tavern Tasting Series at The Englewood; Peter Rabbit Easter Egg Hunt at Macris Chocolate

Worth noting: Saturday is a full day of St. Paddy’s Day fun in Downtown Harrisburg, including Kegs & Eggs at McGrath’s (opening at 7 a.m.) and JB Lovedraft’s (starting at 10 a.m.); The Lucky Charm 4-Miler (12 p.m.); the Harrisburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 2 p.m.; Music and St. Patrick’s-themed parties at Bourbon Street Saloon, Sawyer’s ($1 drinks from 4-6 p.m.), and Nocturnal — plus “St. Pats Battle of the Bands” at Capital City Music Hall.

Things on my agenda this weekend: HBG → FL for Spring Training, baby!

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  1. Get your Plants + Pints tickets before they sell out! $20 benefits Downtown Daily Bread!
  2. Want to share an ‘extra’? Email Sara with interest!

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The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

“Art in the Wild” installation

It’s been a long week of on-and-off sunshine. Winter just can’t seem to decide if it should stay or go—but we got our first glimpse of spring weather. We hope you got the chance to get outside and enjoy while it was warm!

Our days here at the office have been full of editing stories for next month’s magazine issue and covering the latest around town, including the latest in the lawsuit between City Council and the mayor and the Harrisburg International Airport’s record-breaking travel numbers for 2025.

As always, all weekly coverage is compiled for you below:

Bob’s Art Blog spotlighted two upcoming arts events: the Art Association of Harrisburg’s 100th year celebration and Wildwood Park’s annual “Art in the Wild.” Read more here.

City Council withdrew a contempt motion filed against Mayor Wanda Williams after voting 4-3 to hire the city’s interim director of building and housing development permanently, our online story reported. The contempt motion claimed that Williams had kept the director on staff without council approval in violation of the parties’ settlement terms.

Gamut Theatre’s “King Lear” is a “wild night,” according to our theater reviewer. Get a preview of the play here.

Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors said the Harrisburg-area housing market held steady in February. Both home sales and prices were largely unchanged from a year ago, according to our online story.

Harrisburg International Airport had a record year, according to its top officials. Its plans for growth earned praise at a Dauphin County meeting, according to our online reporting.

Harrisburg school district officials discussed next steps for finding a demolition contractor for William Penn and their lack of interest in extending a current city tax abatement program at their Tuesday meeting.

Our “Family Time” columnist shares tips for raising teenagers in a March magazine story.

PennDOT said construction along Cameron Street may cause delays this weekend. Read more here.

Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including the Harrisburg Free Store at Broad Street Market. Check out the full list.

Strong Towns hosted a community discussion this week, as part of its ongoing speakers series. Read more in our online story.

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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

What you’ll find below:

For something new: Hershey Social is open! I couldn’t make it to the media preview, but I’ll get there soon!

Worth noting: St. Patrick’s Day parades and parties; Wing Madness 2026 at Boneshire Brew Works all weekend

Things on my agenda this weekend: Bear trip, yoga, solo weekend

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The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

Hope you’re all enjoying the cloudy day as we gear up for Harrisburg’s annual Ice & Fire Festival this weekend. We’re excited to participate ourselves. In front of our N. 3rd Street office, you’ll find an interactive ice sculpture that will allow you to pose as if you’re on the cover of TheBurg!

This week, we’ve been hard at work solidifying stories for next month’s print issue. On the daily news front, we’ve also been covering the latest stories around town—including an update on how City Council will treat “acting” director appointments moving forward, after settling a lawsuit with the mayor over disputed interim positions.

All weekly coverage is compiled for you below:

Art Association of Harrisburg is turning 100 this year. The organization reflects on its last century in our March magazine story.

City Council discussed new legislation that would stop the mayor from appointing department heads without their approval and clarify how long acting department heads can serve without its approval, our online story reported.

Gamut Theatre’s “King Lear” opens this weekend. Find the behind-the-scenes story of how the theater company put the play together in our March magazine story.

Harrisburg events, including a scavenger hunt celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday and St. Patty’s Parade downtown, around the area this March are all available for your viewing here, as seen in our March issue.

Harrisburg happenings at local arts organizations, public libraries, gardens and more are compiled here for your perusal, as seen in our March issue.

Ice & Fire Festival will return this weekend, bringing ice sculptures, food and music to Harrisburg. Read more here.

QTPOC Collective, an LGBT Center program for queer and trans people of color, is fostering community with regular meetups. See more March magazine story.

Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including PA Home & Garden Show and the Friends of New Cumberland Public Library Book & Media Sale. Check out the full list.

Whitaker Center offers weekend programming for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to earn badges. Read more in our March magazine story.

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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

 

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find below:

For something new: Hershey Theatre reopens today! Sunday Food Truck Night In SoMa start this weekend. Los Tres Cubanos Cigar Lounge is now open.

Worth noting: First Friday York; First Saturday at The Millworks; 9th annual Ice & Fire Festival in Downtown Harrisburg

Things on my agenda this weekend: Lots of local live theatre! Early bday dinner with the fam.

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The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

Damien Randell of Damien’s Fried Chicken

It’s starting to look a little like spring, isn’t it? The sunshine is melting away the last of our snow here and (today at least!) you could probably even get away with going outside without a jacket.

Speaking of jackets, you’ll see the new cover of our March issue around town this week. The issue focuses largely on local nonprofits that are making a difference in our region.

On the daily news front, we’ve been covering stories around Harrisburg all week online, too. See below for the latest headlines, which include updates on what will happen to William Penn, City Council’s latest ICE-related legislation and the story of the Broad Street Market’s new fried chicken vendor.

Our weekly coverage is compiled for you here:

Black authors in the Harrisburg area are bringing their perspectives to fiction and nonfiction alike. Read more in our February magazine story.

Bob’s Art Blog highlighted creative leaders of color across Harrisburg this past month. Read more in our February magazine story.

City Council passed legislation to limit the Harrisburg police’s ability to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday, our online story reported.

Damien’s Fried Chicken, a new Broad Street Market stand, is now open for business. Find out more in our online story.

Harrisburg officials, from the school district and Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, discussed the unique challenges facing Harrisburg’s city and schools Wednesday, our online story reported.

Harrisburg police said homicides were down in 2025 in their annual report, which was released this week. See more trends in our online story.

Harrisburg school board voted Tuesday night to demolish William Penn, a century-old school building that has sat vacant for 15 years. Read more here.

Our Adventure Together columnist explores fungi with her kiddo. For more, see our February magazine story.

Our publisher Lawrance Binda wonders in his latest column: now that Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed on to help revitalize Harrisburg’s struggling downtown, can we look forward to change? Read his March magazine column.

Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including 2026 Capital Area Polar Plunge at Gifford Pinchot State Park. Check out the full list.

Whitaker Center has opened a new live-animal exhibit, featuring sloths and more. “Survival of the Slowest” explores the world’s slowest-moving species, our online story reports.

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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find below:

For something new: Survival of the Slowest opens Friday at Whitaker Center

Worth noting: Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Capital Blue Cross POPS 4: Golden Age of the Silver Screen this weekend; Maple Sugar Festival is Sunday at Fort Hunter Park

Things on my agenda this weekend: professional dev, yoga, youth baseball, dog-sitting, ??

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The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

HMAC

HMAC announced its closure in a Facebook post Tuesday.

From local entertainment venue HMAC’s abrupt closure to Harrisburg Young Professionals’ appointment of a new executive director to the grand opening of a new Midtown warming shelter for local homeless youth, a lot happened in Harrisburg this week. Our weekly coverage is compiled for you below:

Craig Family Cemetery lies in a wooded area so remote that legal access is possible only through guided tours provided by the Country Club of Harrisburg. Freed slave Andrew Craig and his family are buried on the lot. For more, see our February magazine story.

Curryzone, a Nepalese, Indian and Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant, is now open in Camp Hill. Brothers Suman Shrestha and Prakash Kandel run the restaurant. Read more in our February magazine story

“Ephraim Slaughter: Freedom’s Witness,” a poignant one-act play put on by Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre, will be onstage at Gamut Theatre until Feb. 22. “The play’s dialogue is pure poetry,” our reviewer raves. Take a look at our February issue story for a behind-the-scenes look at how the show came together.

HACC student Stephanie Wallendjack began exploring art through the community college’s 65+ program and went on to win first place in “Ceramic Art” at one of the world’s most prestigious art exhibitions. Read more in our magazine story.

Harrisburg and CREDC asked residents, workers, business owners, and visitors of the city to take an online survey and share their perception of the downtown. Read more in our online story.

Harrisburg Young Professionals named its former communications coordinator Cody Goss as its new executive director on Wednesday, our online story reported.

HMAC announced its closure on Tuesday, stating it couldn’t procure essential operating licenses from the city after failing to pay its entertainment taxes, our online story reported. The venue’s employees and patrons pleaded with City Council members that night to help keep its doors open.

Hopkins House Museum is set to become Gettysburg’s first museum devoted entirely to Black history. Once home to Jack and Julia Hopkins, the 1840s log cabin is the town’s last surviving Civil War-era house that was owned by Black residents. Read more in our February magazine story.

Plants + Pints, a Strawberry Square-based event that combines plant-based food and craft beer, will return to downtown Harrisburg on Sunday, April 12, our online story reported.

Sara Bozich has compiled the best events of the weekend in her Weekend Roundup, including 3rd in the Burg and Sunday Night Trivia at McGrath’s Pub. Check out the full list.

Thrive Housing Services opened a warming shelter in Midtown for children, teens and young adults experiencing homelessness on Monday. Read more here.

SoMa Block Party series is coming back to downtown Harrisburg this spring and will kick off in May, our online story reported.

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SoMa Block parties to return to downtown Harrisburg this May

SoMa Block Party

A past SoMa Block Party. Photo by Michael Yatsko Photography.

Downtown Harrisburg’s free and family-friendly SoMa Block party series will return this May, tacking on two special ‘bonus’ parties for the season.

Hosted by Sara Bozich and Harristown Enterprises, the series closes the block of S. 3rd Street between Market and Chestnut streets to vehicle traffic and brings in food trucks, drink vendors and live bands.

Local businesses Boneshire Taproom, Agape Elixir Bar, SCC Tattoo Studio, El Sol Mexican Restaurant, Subway and JoJo’s Barbershop will stay open late for the events.

This year’s SoMa Block parties are from 6 to 10 p.m. on the following dates:

  • Thursday, May 28 (Little Brother Band)
  • Thursday, June 25 (Vivid Vinyl)
  • Thursday, July 30 (Cass & The Bailout Crew)
  • Thursday, Aug. 20 (Smokehouse 4)
  • Thursday, Sept. 24 (Honey Pie)

In addition to the monthly lineup, two bonus SoMa Block parties will take place in June and September this year:

  • The Juneteenth SoMa Block Party on Friday, June 19  from 3 to 9 p.m. 
  • The .5K with The River 97.3 on Sunday, Sept. 27 at noon 

The Juneteenth event will be hosted with Young Professionals of Color and Harrisburg Young Professionals. 

The .5K event will benefit Harrisburg River Rescue & Emergency Services.

Parking is free on weeknights for most of downtown after 5 p.m. and free on Sundays.

Craft beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be available.

For more information, visit Sara Bozich’s website.

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Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find below:

For something new: Elixirs & Intentions at Agape Elixir Bar on Saturday; JB Lovedraft’s is hosting a Nowhere To Wear It Party Saturday, too.

Worth noting: 2nd Annual Black History & The Arts at The Civic Club on Friday; one more show added for Sheryl Underwood at Harrisburg Comedy Zone; Open Stage hosts Court Street Cabaret on Sunday

Things on my agenda this weekend: PSU wrestling, girls trip to KOP, tbd!

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