20th Annual Youth Art Contest

NED SMITH CENTER YOUTH ART CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED! The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art has extended the submission deadline for its 20th Annual Youth Art Contest.  Submissions will now be accepted until Monday, June 17, 2013.  This year’s contest theme is “Wildlife of the World.” Aspiring artists grades 1 through 12 (or equivalent) [...]

Volunteers Needed for Gypsy Festival, June 1

East Coast Django Gypsy Fest Saturday, June 1, 2013 Gates open at 12:00 noon Elicker’s Grove Park, Spring Grove On Saturday, June 1 Susquehanna Folk is assisting festival organizer Art Wachter with the promotion and organization of the East Coast Django Gypsy Fest to be held at Elicker’s Grove Park located near York in Spring [...]

Hershey Area Playhouse Announces Auditions for The Music Man

Hershey Area Playhouse announces auditions for its summer musical, The Music Man on May 17 and 18. Auditions will be held Friday, May 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. for performers ages 12 and older. Saturday, May 18, children under 12 are invited to audition between 9 and 11 a.m. Auditions will then re-open for [...]

Spring Tea with Mamie Eisenhower (AKA Ruthmary McIlhenny)

The Adams County Arts Council will host a Spring Tea on Sunday, May 5 from 4 – 6 p.m. at the Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington Street, Gettysburg. Biggerstaff Catering will supply a delightful variety of sandwiches, scones and assorted teas. Ruthmary McIlhenny will perform her first person dramatic presentation. Mamie’s story is a [...]

Council for the Arts Annual Parade

Entries due April 19 for Council for the Arts’ Annual “Parade” Chambersburg’s Council for the Arts announces its annual Parade, where creative crafters and artists will this year decorate a decorative birdhouse which will be displayed in local businesses throughout the summer.  Deadline for entry designs in this year’s Parade will be April 19.  Entrants [...]

Israeli Dancing

Danny Pollock Sunday, April 7, 2013 Workshops, 1:30 and 3:00 pm at the JCC of Harrisburg An Evening of Joy, 6:00 pm at The Movement Center

ULTIMATE COOK-OFF COMING TO GETTYSBURG

Second Annual Event in 2013 will bring National Attention Smoke will once again fill the air in Gettysburg and adversaries will travel from throughout the country to do battle in July 2013.  This time culinary arts will be battle as the Adams County Arts Council brings the “The CenturyLink Gettysburg Cook-off—North vs South” at Gateway [...]

Adams County Arts Council explores Italian culture and cuisine in two upcoming events

Adams County Arts Council Arts Education Center 125 South Washington Street Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-5006 www.adamsarts.org Adams County Arts Council explores Italian culture and cuisine in two upcoming events For More Information: classes@adamsarts.org   The Adams County Arts Council, in partnership with the Italian Studies department at Gettysburg College, will offer two events in [...]

Deadline nears for Gettysburg juried exhibit

The deadline for entries is Friday, March 22 for the Adams County Arts Council’s 10th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, May 31- July 7, at Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College.  Any person over the age of 18 who is an Adams County, Pennsylvania resident or an Adams County Arts Council member is eligible to submit work [...]

The Adams County Arts Council’s Brown Bag Lunch Series

The Adams County Arts Council’s Brown Bag Lunch Series, 3rdThursdaynoon, continues on Thursday, March 21 at 12 p.m. at the new Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington St., Gettysburg.  The program will feature Gettysburg’s Sr. ACTS theatrical group.  The group will present a short playlet adapted by Bruce Boenau, Dear Adam and Eve, based on [...]