Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’

June 30

Keys for the City, Downtown Lancaster

By: Sarah Long | 1 Comment

Remember the days of being a little kid and having the urge to bang on the keys of any piano you came in contact with, only to be scolded about five seconds later by the nearest adult who, for some reason, was not enjoying the cacophony of sounds you were producing?
Well, thanks to Music for [...]

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June 15

PA’s Kevin Eubanks: What’s Next ?

By: Karen Hendricks | No Comments

Kevin Eubanks signed off from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at the end of May, after playing with the band for 18 years, 15 of which were spent as bandleader.  He jokingly said, “After 18 of playing America into commercials, I’m gonna go somewhere where I can finish a song.”
This Pennsylvania native and consummate guitarist [...]

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June 11

Billtown Blues Festival

By: Gail Kulp | No Comments

This Sunday, June 13, is the 21st Annual Billtown Blues Festival in Hughesville, PA. This all-day festival takes place at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds and features local, national and international musicians. The name for the festival comes from the nickname given to Williamsport (Billtown) and the fact that blues music is the type of music [...]

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May 4

Rainy Day “to dos” in Lancaster County

By: Sarah Long | No Comments

Whether you come in the bright sunshine or come to a rainy Lancaster County, we’ve got tons of great things to do! Rain is a good thing for Lancaster, as it helps us to provide the freshest summer produce and ripest, juiciest fruit at our numerous farm markets and roadside stands.
So, if you find yourself [...]

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April 29

Fun at the Harsco Science Center (Whitaker Center)

By: Brian Evans | 2 Comments

My first-grader loves math and science.  Considering I’m the only computer nerd on the entire eastern seaboard who didn’t excel at those particular subjects growing up (I was an English and History kind of student), the fact that my son checks out non-fiction after non-fiction book from his school library is a bit mystifying to [...]

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April 21

The Steel (Drum) City

By: Michael Dittman | No Comments

Western Pennsylvania, blessed with more overcast than sunny days (well it sometimes seems that way), has a shining gem of band that plays music that brings to mind blazing white sands and dancing for a week during Carnival.
Led by Eric Schrader, the Greenville High School Steel Drum Band has performed as featured soloists with the [...]

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February 11

20 Things to Do On a Snow Day

By: Gail Kulp | 2 Comments

In the last week, a good portion of Pennsylvania has seen a significant amount of snowfall. While the snow can be pretty, it can also mean that you become stuck in your own home for days at a time while waiting to be plowed out. And, while the first couple of hours can be fun, [...]

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January 8

Pennsylvania’s State Fair aka The Farm Show

By: Timothy Brixius | 2 Comments

I grew up in a rural area surrounded by farms, but I am several generations removed from any personal agricultural heritage. That, however, has not stopped me from making a trek to the Pennsylvania Farm Show a family tradition. Shepherding our two kids through the animals, exhibits, tractors, food and crowds can be daunting, but [...]

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December 3

Schuylkill Valley Model RR Club Open House

By: Sarah Freymoyer | No Comments

The Schuylkill Valley Model Railroad Open House is “fun for kids of all ages”. Train lovers young and old will see freight and passenger car trains rumbling over 700 feet of track, over high trestle bridges, through towns, around mountains and through tunnels along the right of way from Reading to Philadelphia. Hundreds of buildings, [...]

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November 17

Watching the world end in comfort at Rave

By: Jenny Poust | No Comments

Sunday night I did something I hadn’t done for a long time: I went to the movies. Now, yes, I did go to Civic Theatre back in July for the indy flick “Cheri,” but the last time I was in a regular movie theater was two years ago to see the very disappointing “Beowulf.”
We figured [...]

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