It’s hard to believe the Adams County Arts Council is 20 years old! It seems like yesterday that a small grassroots group stepped out on faith to begin an organization that would become a regional leader in arts education. On June 1 ACAC will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a candlelight dinner at Sidney Willoughby [...]

The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum would like to welcome a new member to our administrative staff, Michael C. Vojtasko as the Curator for the AACA Museum. Mike has always had an admiration for cars. The love for them started when he was a young boy and received a large scale model of [...]

Hershey Theatre proudly announces musical nominations and honorable mention recognition for the fifth annual Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards. Modeled after the Tony Awards on Broadway, the Hershey Theatre Apollo Awards recognize outstanding achievements by local high school students in musical and play productions. A total of 16 awards will be presented during the show on [...]

In an unusual turn of events, HACC’s Lancaster campus Ethics Bowl team placed second and fourth in the Mid-Atlantic Eastern Regional Ethics Bowl. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl is sponsored annually by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE). Ordinarily, each of the six participating institutions has one team in the competition which was [...]

Music For Everyone, a Lancaster-based non-profit charitable organization that raises money for music programs for schools and community groups throughout the county, will present more than $70,000 to 38 different schools and community organizations at the May 3, 2013 First Friday event in downtown Lancaster. The award ceremony will take place at Binns Park on [...]

Prizes for the Adams County Arts Council’s 18th annual Recyclable Art Contest for students in grades K-12 were awarded on April 20 at the Arts Education Center, 125 S. Washington St., Gettysburg.  The contest was sponsored by the Gettysburg Borough Recycling Committee and McDonald’s and coordinated by Arts Council volunteer Ann Walsh. BACK ROW( left [...]

Dancing Tree Creations Artisans Gallery and Studio will kick off their Spring Open House weekend by inviting the public to meet their next featured Budding Artist, Kira Foss, by joining them, along with many other local artists, for light refreshments on Friday May, 3, 2013 from 5pm to 7pm. The Budding Artist Program provides young [...]

A Guide to Service Dogs Program Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, 176 Water Company Road, Millersburg $5.  NSCNA members can use membership coupons for ½ price admission.  Pre-registration suggested, but not required. 717-692-3699, www.nedsmithcenter.org, info@nedsmithcenter.org   The Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art is proud to [...]

On Sunday, April 28th, the entire community is invited to join in celebrating Linda L. Tedford, artistic director, conductor and founder of the Susquehanna Chorale and PA Media Group (The Patriot-News, PennLive and Central PA Magazine) as this year’s honored recipients of the 2013 Arts Awards. Sponsored by Theatre Harrisburg, Arts Awards is the Capital [...]

For 18 years, the Adams County Arts Council (ACAC) has been encouraging school children in kindergarten through high school to participate in the Annual Recyclable Art Exhibit. To support recycling efforts in our county, art teachers in every Adams County, PA public and private school were contacted, inviting their students to create imaginative works of [...]