volume XIII, number 2 • spring 2007

History Meets the Arts • April 13, 14, and 15

There’s more to me thanwhat you seeA portrait mysteryARTIST AND HISTORIAN Michelle Temares is guiding Adams Countyhigh school students on a journey through time and spirit forHistory Meets the Arts 2007.

During a full day at the Adams County Emergency ServicesCenter, exploring, drawing, and interacting with costumed models,70 local students and art teachers representing Bermudian, UpperAdams, Gettysburg, and Littlestown school districts, painted“portrait mysteries” for the community to solve. In the five weeksbetween the March 8 workshop and HMTA weekend, studentscreated portraits of nineteenth-century women whose clothingand possessions give clues to why they are waiting at the Gettys-burg train station.

Michelle Temares

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Littlestown High School and Governor’s School for the Arts studentEmily Manning sketches a “mystery woman” during the Arts

Council’s fifth annual Student Art Exhibition workshop.

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As part of HMTA, the resultsof their creative efforts will befittingly displayed at the newlyrestored Gettysburg RailroadStation on Carlisle Street. Theexhibit, which will also featureMs. Temares and her work, opensFriday, April 13, 5 to 8 p.m. Itcontinues Saturday, April 14,10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday,April 15, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Ms. Temares’ lessons usedportraiture as a primary sourcedocument as students formedresearch questions, practicedcore drawing skills, and createdportraits for viewers to interpret.

According to Ms. Temares,the art students’ portraits will beplaced on display with relatedexplanatory materials, “to createan environment for the generalpublic to appreciate the art andlearn more about interpreting

portraits.” Visitors will be in-vited to share their own inter-pretations, and solutions to themystery, on comment boardsand guest scrapbooks.

As artist-in-residence at OldSturbridge Village, one of thenation’s foremost living historymuseums, Michelle Temares notonly paints the past, she lives itin the roles of artist, costumedinterpreter, and historian. ANew York native, Ms. Temareslectures on art techniques andhistory at venues throughoutthe country, and teaches art atHofstra University. She alsoexhibits narrative paintingsand portraiture at Americanmuseums, galleries and juriedshows. Temares has authoredtwo best selling art instructionbooks and over 40 illustratedmagazine articles. She holds

undergraduate degrees fromCornell University and FIT,with honors, and a graduatedegree in Illustration/Paintingfrom Syracuse University.

This program is supported bythe Humanities and the ArtsInitiative, administered by thePennsylvania Humanities Coun-cil and funded principally bythe Pennsylvania Council onthe Arts, a state agency fundedby the Commonwealth of Penn-sylvania and the National En-dowment for the Arts.

The Brobyn Charitable Trustalso helped underwrite theprogram.

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EXPRESSIONS is a quarterly publication

of the Adams County Arts Council, 18

Carlisle Street, Suite 201, Gettysburg,

PA 17325; Patrice Smith, editor. If you

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1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not

imply endorsement. The mission of the

Adams County Arts Council is to culti-

vate an arts-rich community. Board

members are Betty Snyder, President;

Holly Purdy, Vice President; Mel Shull,

Treasurer; Brenda Wiley, Secretary;

Matthew Battersby, Judie Butterfield,

Andrew Dreves, Wendy Spicer Heiges,

Molly Hutton, Ben Jones, Stuart

Kravits, Larry Musselman, Aimee Pack,

Mary Margaret Stewart, and Sheila

Supenski. Christina Glatfelter, Execu-

tive Director; Judy Marti, Arts in Edu-

cation Coordinator; Nora Ivey, Office

Manager; Suzannah Miles, Administra-

tive Assistant. The ACAC office is open

daily from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M.

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Partial funding for expressions is providedby the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts(PPA), the regional arts funding partner-ship of the Pennsylvania Council on theArts, a state agency. State governmentfunding comes through an annual appro-priation by Pennsylvania’s General Assem-bly and from the National Endowmentfor the Arts, a federal agency. PPA isadministered in this region by theChambersburg Area Council for the Arts.

ACAC’s Arts in Education program,Roots & Wings—Arts for the Ages, is sup-ported by a grant from the Robert C.Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust.

IRA Rollover Provisionhelps donors andcharitiesIN MY PRESENTATION at last month’s annual meeting, Iannounced that the Arts Council reached 53,631 people in2006, a record number of people served by our programs.Last year’s expenses were $359,758 (not yet audited). Whenyou compare those statistics to 10 years ago, you’ll find thatour budget has grown by 665%. Our audience served hasincreased by more than 1050%. That’s a remarkable expansion of our programs in the past decade.

Take the numbers a step further and you’ll find that last year it cost the Arts Council about $6.71to bring a high quality arts experience to an Adams County student. That’s an excellent return onthe dollars the community invests in our organization. With our board’s 10-year strategic plancharting the way for our future growth, we’re committed to expanding our Roots & Wings initia-tive in the schools, bringing our cost-effective programs to more students on a regular basis.

In 2007 an exceptional opportunity exists for those age 70-1⁄2 and above to help us increasethe scope of our work with arts in education. The Charitable IRA Rollover Provision permitsdistributions from traditional and Roth IRAs to qualified charities like the Arts Council. Suchdistributions were previously income taxable, but are presently excludable from gross income,eliminating the income tax penalty for such charitable gifts. Qualified distributions must bemade directly to the Arts Council by the plan trustee and by December 31, 2007, when thisprovision is set to expire. Donors most likely to benefit from this provision are individuals whotake mandatory minimum withdrawals or those whose major assets reside in their IRAs and whowish to make a charitable gift during their lifetime. If you’d like to help support our workthrough a gift under this provision, please consult your tax advisor or plan administrator formore information.

My sincere thanks to our membership whose continued support has made our amazinggrowth possible.

Chris Glatfelter, Executive Director

The 2007 Adams County Arts Council Board of Directors are (seated, from left) Stuart Kravitz, SheilaSupenski, Mary Margaret Stewart, Matthew Battersby, Judie Butterfield, Molly Hutton, Larry Musselman,(standing) Treasurer Mel Shull, Andrew Dreves, Vice President Holly Purdy, Executive Director ChrisGlatfelter, President Betty Snyder, Secretary Brenda Wiley, Wendy Spicer Heiges, Aimee Pack, and Ben Jones.

Applause Awardwinners (from left)Monica Oss, PatriceSmith, and LynnSkopic, presented byVice President HollyPurdy.

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Annual Meeting greets a new board and an old friendGuest Tom Jolin shares a lifetime of learningTHE ADAMS COUNTY Arts Council celebrated its fourteenth year welcoming a new board and enjoying the wisdom of Tom Jolin,Arts for a Lifetime speaker, at its March 6 Annual Meeting in the Seminary Refectory.

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Speaker Tom Jolin dispensed entertainment and wisdom at our recentAnnual Membership Meeting. Below, Tom Ford of Times News & Publishingaccepts the Corporate Applause Award from President Betty Snyder.

Taking the helm again in ’07will be President Betty Snyder,Vice President Holly Purdy,Treasurer Mel Shull, and sec-retary Brenda Wiley. Joiningthe ACAC board of directorsare active volunteers WendySpicer Heiges and Aimee Pack.Larry Musselman and StewartKravitz, mid-term additionsto the board, were welcomed.Stepping down are Jean LeGrosand Karl Held, whose servicespanned our founding and fullhistory, including as co-Chair.

The Corporate ApplauseAward went to Tom Ford ofTimes News & Publishing. In-dividual Applause Awards wentto Monica Oss, who servedeight years on the board, vol-unteer stalwart Lynn Skopic,and public relations chairPatrice Smith.

A circle remains unbroken asoriginal Adams County ArtsCouncil board member TomJolin played his hammer dulci-mer and reflected on the im-pact art has on the world. Heshowed how arts “should beentertaining, should lift usalong through our short lives,

soothe our sorrows.” As a regu-lar artist in residence in centralPennsylvania schools, Tomknows how “art intertwineswith other aspects of our exist-ence. It can nurture and buildcharacter.”

He and the Eisenhower Ele-mentary community have cre-ated an original mini-musicalbased on that school’s “Six Pil-lars of Character,” writing afolk song about trust called“Pinky Promise” and new tunesabout other important life les-sons. St. Francis Xavier Schoolhas “an arsenal of instruments”from Tom’s frequent visits, in-cluding a hammer dulcimerand bowed psaltery.

“Artists have done a good jobin expressing their thoughts”about social justice, peace, andhuman rights issues,” Jolinsaid, and he described the“Singing Revolution” whichbrought two million peopleacross Latvia, Lithuania, andEstonia to sing against Sovietoppression.

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Staff changes at the Imagination Stationwill share the coordinatingpost in coming months.Gettysburg native WendySpicer Heiges has a degree ininterior design from DrexelUniversity. She has workedwith private and commercialowners to create custom inte-rior spaces, and has spent thelast 10 years honing her art injewelry creation and originalpicture frames. In fact, shecaptured the Mixed MediaAward at the ACAC Fine Arts

THANKS TO OUR first ProjectCoordinator Lisa Harman, theImagination Station, our artslearning center, got off to arousing start in 2006. ArtsCouncil members and staffjoin in expressing our collec-tive gratitude to Lisa for herextraordinary efforts and wishher well as she continues toteach art in the Upper AdamsSchool District.

We welcome Wendy SpicerHeiges and Chris Little, who

Show last fall. She has also in-structed private and group artclasses.

Chris Little is a freelancewriter and editor who haslived in Gettysburg for fiveyears. Her work has appearedregionally in Central PA maga-zine, Chester County Life, andCelebrate Gettysburg. She hasworked extensively withnonprofits and health care or-ganizations on newsletter andbrochure development as well

as public relations writing. Agraduate of the University ofVirginia, she received her MAin journalism from the Uni-versity of Texas.

Thank you so very much,Lisa! Welcome aboard, Wendyand Chris!

See the expressions insert in thisissue for a full listing of IS summer

classes and arts camps.

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STAR grants announcedMore than 30 applicants receive $16,000 forevents and programsIN ITS NINTH year, STAR—Serving The Arts Regionally—channelsfunds from Gettysburg Borough, Adams County, and the Penn-sylvania Council on the Arts into the hands of county arts present-ers. Over 40 organizations and individuals requested a total of$42,901 for 2007 programs. Through last year, STAR has awardedmore than $93,000 to hundreds of local arts programs.

This year’s STARgrant winners andtheir programs in-clude the AdamsCounty HeritageFestival; GettysburgRec Park’s Summer

Concert Series; GettysburgCivic Chorus; Main StreetGettysburg for the Brass BandFestival and for History Meetsthe Arts; Gettysburg Commu-nity Concert Association; HACCGettysburg Campus for Char-lotte Blake Alston residency;Hoffman Homes for Youth forCharlotte Blake Alston resi-dency; Upper Adams SchoolDistrict, artistic support forThe Music Man; Lincoln Inter-mediate School for FreedomTrain; Littlestown’s RollingAcres Elementary and MapleAvenue Middle School for Po-etry Alive! residencies; Pom-merian Music Guild for artistfees; Project Gettysburg/Leon,for the John McCutcheon con-cert; Gettysburg High SchoolBand for Bandmasters’ Festival;Arendtsville Elementary forFreedom Train; GettysburgCollege Children’s Choir Day

Camp; Christ Church’s Songsand Stories of the Civil War;Biglerville and ArendtsvilleElementary Schools, Readingis Fundamental; LittlestownHigh School for CharlotteBlake Alston residency; Lin-coln Intermediate Unit for art-ist residencies and a preschoolquilt; YWCA of Gettysburgand Adams County for Char-lotte Blake Alston residency;Gettysburg High School forInterrobang!; St. Francis XavierSchool for Ray Owen resi-dency; Gettysburg ChamberOrchestra for the Aureole Trio,Gettysburg Stage tech supportfor two plays; EichelbergerPerforming Arts Center toperform Broadway on Tour inthe Conewago Valley SchoolDistrict; Blue Ridge TheaterGuild for marketing support;Rolling Acres Elementary fora storyteller.

STAR grants are supportedin part by the PennsylvaniaCouncil on the Arts, a stateagency funded by the Com-monwealth of Pennsylvaniaand the National Endowmentfor the Arts, a federal agency.

To the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust for a grant for Roots & Wings—Arts for the Ages • To the PennsylvaniaCouncil on the Arts for Local Government grants in support of the STAR Grant • To the Adams County Commissioners and theBorough of Gettysburg for providing matching funds for the STAR Grant • To Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts for a grant for ad-ministrative expenses • To the Brobyn Charitable Trust for the HMTA student workshop and exhibit • To Norman and CarolynNunamaker, Jean LeGros, Tammy and Fred Myers, and Dr. and Mrs. John W. Jones for donations to Roots & Wings—Arts for theAges • To Mike and Becky Hanson and the Gaslight Inn for donating lodging for guest artists • To the Humanities-and-the ArtsInitiative for the HMTA student workshop and exhibit • To the Adams County Foundation for a grant for computer software •To Just Jennifer for sponsoring the Recyclable Art Contest • To office volunteers Don Ivey and Miriam Glatfelter who donated 91hours from January 1 through February 28. Volunteers file, answer phones, make copies, prepare mailings, do computer work,and greet visitors. We couldn’t do it without them! If you have some free time to volunteer, please call Nora at 334-5006.

Eddie Bruce toappearPhilly favorite will headlineMasquerade BallTRI-STATE MUSIC MAN EddieBruce and his showcase ofsingers and players will haveeverybody dancing at ACAC’sMasquerade Ball 2007. CircleOctober 26 on your calendarto reserve the date for our sev-enth annual Ball and CostumeParty.

To be a sponsor for next fall’smajor Arts Council fundraiseror to purchase a program ad,contact Holly Fox at 334-4394.To join the organizing commit-tee or help with the Silent Auc-tion, contact our office at 334-5006 or info@adamsarts.org.

Poetry Alive!returnsNEXT MONTH POETRY Alive!will perform at FairfieldMiddle, Bermudian Middle,and Maple Avenue Middle,Hoffman Homes for Youth,Rolling Acres Elementary,Lincoln Elementary, and con-duct an extended residency atManito Day Treatment Service.

The program is being spon-sored by Liberty MountainResort with support from theRobert C. Hoffman CharitableEndowment Trust and aCommunity DevelopmentBlock Grant from the AdamsCounty Commissioners.

WANTED!Area artWELLSPAN HEALTH IS exploringthe possibility of displayinglocal art in its Adams Countyfacilities. Area artists who’dlike to have their work consid-ered should email a résuméand images of four to six 2Dart work in JPG format with aminimum resolution of 300DPI to Bernie Lehmayer atblehmayer@wellspan.org orsend a disk to her attention atWellSpan Health, FacilityPlanning & Construction,2595 South George Street,Suite 1, York, PA 17403.

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History Meets the Arts • April 13, 14, and 15

More HMTA special eventsTour the Jacob Middlekauff House • Enjoy transportation, re-freshments, and period music, when this painstakingly restoredhistoric Cashtown home is revealed to the public for the firsttime during History Meets the Arts. A classic example of theGeorgian-to-Federal style transition, the dwelling was built in1805 by Jacob and Juliana Middlekauff, Pennsylvania Germansfrom Lancaster/York who secured the land west of Gettysburgin 1798. According to owner Suzanne Youngblood, old deedstraced the property to an early settlement. An archeological digexposed a stone foundation of a merchant mill of circa 1750. In1863, the property was used by Confederates prior to the Battleof Gettysburg. Two-hour tours are set for Friday and Sunday,April 13 and 15, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 per per-son and include shuttle service by Gettysburg Tours, Inc., from

Lincoln Square, pe-riod music, and re-freshments. For tick-ets and information,call Lynda Taylor at321-4773. Proceedsbenefit the ArtsCouncil and the His-tory Meets the ArtsFestival.

Enjoy performances by local and visiting entertainers •• Multitalented Tom Jolin will perform at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Fri-

day, April 13 at the Jacob Middlekauff House in Cashtown,and again on Sunday, April 15 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at theGettysburg Hotel Atrium. Also at the Atrium will be Sharonand John, a harp and fiddle duo.

• On Lincoln Square, a New York dance company, Ben Jonesand Gettysburg Brassworks, popular classic rock group Time-less, and Ladies in the Parlour will perform Friday and Satur-day. Mountain harpist Linda Huber will perform at theGettysburg Railroad Station both Friday and Saturday, April13 and 14.

• A variety of bands will perform on Steinwehr Avenue, includ-ing Spring Grove, Cumberland Valley, and Gettysburg HighSchool bands (GHS at noon Saturday). Gotta Dance HistoricalDance Company will perform both Saturday and Sunday after-noons, and a Civil War church service is scheduled for 10 a.m.Sunday, April 15.

Take your chances at an art raffle of highly collectible minia-ture drawings by artists like Robert Griffing and John Buxton atLord Nelson’s exhibit at the Gettysburg Fire Hall, so stop byand enter the drawing. Raffle tickets are $5 each, three for $10,and eight for $20, and they are available during exhibit hours, 3to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Sunday. The raffle is coordinated by Arts Council Board Secre-tary Brenda Wiley with ticket printing courtesy of The Pike.

See a full schedule of HMTA events at www.hmtarts.com.

ACTS of Kindnesspresents

Blockbuster will benefit ACACRENE AND JESSICA STAUB will do it again this summer, whenACTS of Kindness Theatre Company brings Titanic The Mu-sical to the New Oxford High School stage July 27–29 andAugust 3–5.

The Tony-Award–winningBest Musical will feature theHanover Symphony Orches-tra, which shares proceedswith the Arts Council. Out-standing area actors, dancers,costumes, and sets promiseTitanic will rival their previousblockbuster productions ofDisney’s Beauty and the Beastand Seussical The Musical.

Titanic The Musical tookfive Tony Awards in 1997 forBest Musical, Book, OriginalScore, Orchestrations, andScenic Design. Its innovativemusical score portrays theemotions of the passengersthat met their fate in the earlyhours of April 15, 1912.

On April 12, 2007, the 95TH

anniversary of the Titanic’slaunch, tickets will go on saleat the North Hanover Mallcustomer service center,Adams County Arts Councilin Gettysburg, and ThymesRemembered in New Oxford.Tickets will be upgraded toFirst Class seating at no ad-

ditional charge throughApril 15, 2007, the anniver-sary of the ship’s sinking.Ticket prices are $10 for stu-dents and $12 for adults.The cost to upgrade a ticketto First Class seating is $2.The show is appropriate forschool-age children and up.

Donations are needed tobring this production to lifein the form of fabrics andtrims, vintage clothing, longwool coats, hats and shoes,formal wear, tuxedos, paint,lumber and set supplies, wigs,and makeup. Monetary dona-tions from individuals andbusinesses are also beingaccepted.

Sponsorships and advertise-ments in the program areavailable. Anyone wishing todonate funds, join our fund-raising committee, or helpwith the production in someway, is encouraged to con-tact Rene or Jessica Staub atjrstaub1@juno.com or (717)630-2645.

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Membership activityJanuary 1 through February 28RENEWALS Individual Flora Atkin • Margaret Curtis •Sharon DeOms • Barbara Ebaugh • Wendy Heiges • MurielRice • Eleanor Stoner • Mary Walter • Margaret Weikel •Family Nancy & Erik Hendricks • Dr. & Mrs. John WilliamJones • Mike Martys & Gayle Sweezey • Mark & Kate Rice •Patron Len & Sharon Andrews • Sponsor Ralph Fox • LeslieHartman • Everett & Antigoni Ladd • Sustainer Richard &Donna Mountfort • NEW MEMBERS Individual StephanieHowrath • Frances Koch • Family David & Linda Clark •James & Roberta Cooke • Sharon Knowles • Barbara, William,Addie & Bill Spicer • Patron Phillip E. & Karen M. Murray •Sustainer Racetrack Sound Studios • Benefactor Madeline &Paul Benyeda •

Annual Fund donorsMembership responds to appealOUR SINCERE THANKS to the ACAC members who contributedto our Annual Fund during January and February. We appreci-ate Annual Fund donations at any time of year to help fundoperating expenses, the most difficult expenses to underwrite.

Art Altenau • Loni & Frank Buck • Fred & Peggy Fisher •Sarah & John Fuss • Lisa Harman • Will & RosemaryHutchison • Joan B. Miller • Sharon & Bill Monahan • Donna& Richard Mountfort • Marta Robertson • Susan Sterner •Ann & Don Walsh • Dixie Warner & Hugh Colgan •

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Steppin’ Out featuresThe HollysNo, not those HolliesLOVERS OF GREAT dance and rollicking entertainment will onceagain enjoy Steppin’ Out, when Gettysburg Dance Center(GDC) faculty and students strut their stuff to benefit the ArtsCouncil. The cavalcade of dance is set for 7 p.m. Saturday,May 12, at Riegle Auditorium, Gettysburg Middle School.

In addition to the usual blendof classic and modern dance,fans of the Center’s fun farecan look forward to this year’sspecial guests: The Hollys.No, not the British rockerswho gave us “Bus Stop,”“Carianne,” and “Long CoolWoman in a Black Dress,” al-though we may hear some ofthose tunes. These Hollys are

Holly Cookerly, Holly Giles,Holly Purdy, and Holly Fox,founder/director of the GDC,who are coming together fora special, one-night-only songand dance number.

Tickets are $6 for adults,$4 for students, on sale at theGDC studio, 775 Old Harris-burg Road, Gettysburg, at theACAC office, and at the door.

To honor and celebrate spring and the arts

Come to a Garden Party!JENNIFER AND DAVID LeVan will once again open their home fora Blooming Garden Party from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 29.Entertainment will be provided by jazz pianist Herb Sell, withgreat food and company guaranteed. Jen’s promised a few sur-prises in her garden, too.

Reservations are $50 per person with proceeds benefiting theArts Council. Invitations have been mailed to all Arts Councilmembers. Members and guests are reminded to RSVP by April 24.

We appreciate the LeVan’s tremendous support to our organi-zation. Thank you!

Looking to the futureCAREFUL FINANCIAL PLANNING today can help you balancepersonal and philanthropic goals. Please keep the ArtsCouncil in mind when you consider gifts through yourwill or living trust, securities, life insurance policies, orretirement plan assets.

Contact Executive Director Chris Glatfelter for moreinformation about how your gift can change children’s lives.

Plan to take part inthese community activities!

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Recyclable Art ShowApril 21THE ADAMS COUNTY ArtsCouncil’s annual RecyclableArt Contest returns this springwith more prizes and betterexhibition opportunities thanever before.

This year the show will beheld Saturday, April 21, at theGettysburg Agricultural Re-sources Center, Old HarrisburgRoad. Public viewing of en-tries is set for 11:30 a.m. tonoon, with winners announcedat noon, and an artists’ recep-tion to follow. The contest isopen to all Adams Countyschools, home-schoolers, Scouttroops and other student or-ganizations through Grade 12.

Thanks to generous supportof sponsor Just Jennifer, 33York Street, Gettysburg, cashprizes will be awarded for eachage level of competition. Allparticipants receive a certificateof achievement.

Budapest toGettysburg in JuneBUDAPEST TO GETTYSBURG, anew documentary by JakeBoritt, will screen at the Ma-jestic Theater at 7:30 p.m.June 29. In the film, acclaimedhistorian Gabor Boritt exploresa history he has refused tostudy: his own.

In 1956 Boritt escapedBudapest, leaving behind aHungarian-Jewish life shat-tered by Communists andNazis. He gave up his pastand embraced his newhome—America. Today helives in Gettysburg and is aleading expert on AbrahamLincoln and the Civil War. Inthis documentary by his sonJake, a reluctant Gabor returnsto Budapest to face his past. Ina youth marred by Hitler andStalin’s tyranny, he discoversthe roots of his groundbreakingwork on the central pillar ofAmerican freedom.

Filmmaker Jake Boritt wasraised in Gettysburg. His firstfull-length film, Adams CountyUSA, premiered at the Majes-tic Theater in 2002. His workhas aired on PBS, A&E, andThe History Channel. He

currently lives in New YorkCity.

The project’s fiscal sponsoris the National Trust for His-toric Gettysburg. For informa-tion, contact mail@boritt.comor visit www.boritt.com.

Gettysburg Stage tochallengeWITH THE CONTROVERSIAL

Laramie Project by MoisesKaufman, Gettysburg Stagelaunches its most ambitiousand provocative drama of the2007 season. The “docu-drama”based on the Wyoming murderof a young gay man will bepresented April 13–14 andApril 20–21 at Keefauver Cen-ter, 157 LeFever Street, Gettys-burg. Stephen Wilcoxson andCompany wrap up their suc-cessful run with Vincent, a bio-play about Vincent VanGoghwritten by Leonard Nimoy,Mister Spock of Star Trek.

For tickets or information,visit www.gettysburgstage.orgor call toll free 1 (866) 859-5192.

Totem Pole Playhouseheralds ’07 seasonTOTEM POLE PLAYHOUSE offersa merry mix of music andmystery with its 2007 season,opening in late May with aone-week encore performanceof Forever Plaid. The regularseason runs from Junethrough late August: AlwaysPatsy Cline, June 2–17; Social

Security, June 19–July 1; WriteMe a Murder, July 3–15; Pro-posals, July 17–29, DrivingMiss Daisy, July 31–August 12,and Smoke on the Mountain:Homecoming, Aug. 14-26.

Significant savings overregular box office prices areavailable with season subscrip-tions. Call 1 (888) 805-7056or see the Totem Pole web site atwww.TotemPolePlayhouse.org.

Candlelight at ChristChurchSongs and Stories of a Civil WarHospital, live Civil-War–eramusic, poetry, and readingsfrom hospital diaries, will bepresented at 8 p.m. Friday,April 13, and Saturdays, June 23through August 4 at historicChrist Evangelical LutheranChurch, 30 ChambersburgStreet, Gettysburg.

Performances are free, acces-sible, air conditioned, with re-freshments. Call (717) 334-5212 for information.

Land ConservancyArt AuctionTHE TENTH ANNUAL Land Con-servancy Art Auction at theBlue Parrot is set for Sunday,April 15, during HMTA.

Doors open at noon, bid-ding starts at 1 p.m.

Admission fees of $5 perperson go into a 50-50 draw-ing which one lucky attendeewill win.

ADDRESS SERVICE

REQUESTED

18 Carlisle Street, Suite 201

Gettysburg, PA 17325

717 334 5006

info@adamsarts.org

www.adamscountyartscouncil.org

Quiz-in-ArtTest your arts knowledge!What North Carolina author and poet, who visitedAdams County relatives in his youth, wrote this in hisnovel, Of Time and the River?

“At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, animage of unutterable conviction, the reason whythe artist works and lives and has his being—thereward he seeks—the only reward he cares about,without which there is nothing. It is to snare thespirits of mankind into nets of magic ….”

Answer on page 6.

ACAC Upcoming ProgramsHistory Meets the Arts Festival

April 13–15Student art display at GettysburgRailroad Station. Exhibit opensFriday, April 13, 5 to 8 p.m. withartist Michelle Temares. Saturday,April 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun-day, April 15, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Recyclable Art Contest AwardsCeremony Saturday, April 21Exhibit and awards ceremony.Students create works of art usingrecycled materials. Ag ResourcesCenter. 11:30 a.m.

Poetry Alive! April 23 –May 11Performance troupe brings poetryin motion to area schools.

Garden Party at home of Jenni-fer and David LeVan April 29Reservations requested by April24. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Gettysburg Dance Centerpresents Steppin’ Out May 12An exhilarating evening of danceto benefit ACAC. Riegle Audito-rium, Gettysburg Middle School.Tickets required. 7 p.m.

Art at the Farmers MarketSaturdays during July

ACAC member artists displaywork at the Farmers’ Market indowntown Gettysburg

Embarq Photo Contest EntryDeadline June 1

First Friday awards receptionat Gallery 30 August 3

ACTS of Kindness Theatre Co.’sTitanic the Musical

July 27–29, August 3–5Benefit production for ACAC.New Oxford High School audito-rium. Tickets required.

ACAC wish list: Projector screen.If you can help, call (717) 334-5006.