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SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO

Join Your Colleagues for Stephen Towns Exhibit; A Path Between Two Continents

January 22 - February 23, York College GalleriesGallery Hours:Monday & Tuesday: 9am - 5am; Wednesday & Thursday: 9am - 9pmFriday: 9am - 5pm; Saturday: 10am - 4pm; Sunday: Closed

Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre Join Together to Present: Voices of F.E.W

Voices of F.E.W., a theatrical one-woman show that chronicles the life of Frances Ellen Watkins-Harper, a pioneering social activist and abolitionist. In this theatrical journey, Frances engages the audience with storytelling of her journey through life during the nineteenth century as an abolitionist, poet, lecturer, suf-fragette, and champion for social change.

Voices of F.E.W. is written by and features Sankofa ’s managing director, Sharia Benn, as Frances Ellen Watkins-Harper.

LOCATION:Gamut Theatre, 15 North Fourth Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:Evenings at 7:30 pm: March 8 and 9, 2019, Matinee at 2:30pm: March 10, 2019

Join this talented cast and crew for this hilarious comedy in the style of the 1950s B-movies with 1950s toe-tappin’ style of music! The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!

For Tickets call: 717-854-3894

Little Shop of Horrors on the Main Stage at The Belmont Theatre, York February 15-17 & 21-24, 2019

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BY LENWOOD O. SLOAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

A Pledge During These Red-Letter Days!


I realized the other day that I had first heard the mournful intonations of “WE SHALL OVERCOME” long before it became the music and the message of the Civil Rights Movement.

In my youth, the elders of the Friendship Baptist Church would arrive for prayer band circle just before dawn on every Sunday morning, winter or summer, rain or shine.

They’d sit in a circle reading scriptures, psalming, toning, and wailing as they passed the voice around the circle. There’d be silence after every testimony, then someone would initiate their turn with anothera-cappella tune.

If we arrived before they were done, we all stood pressed up against each other in the vestibule or on the stairs that led to “the upper room” to wait, watch, and witness.

“We Shall Overcome” signaled the end of their solemn ceremony; a ritualof call and response which they had brought forward across centuries of oral traditions.

Therefore, it has always moved me to tears when I hear even the first bars of the wailing tune. Its has meant for me the strains and the pains during a con-tinuousstruggle. But,for African Americans, it also calls upvibrations of hope and promise.

I also weep with rejoicing when I experience the great masses who hear commonality in the tune and lift their voices of humanity.

By the time they get to “deep in my heart, I do believe”, people who have felt hunger in the belly, hunger in the mind, or hunger in the heart and soul simplycan’t resist the salty tear that forms in the corner of their eyes.

Deep in my heart, I DO believe! But it takes work. My colleague, Linda Reis has a wonderful quote on

the foot of her e-mail messages. It says

“Life takes 90% hard work and 10 % love. Only the love should show!!!

I love that quote. Personally, I use it as a mantra. But, when it comes to the critical crisis in America

today, I am more inclined to consider the rules of the nuns at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart who demanded in math class that you “SHOW YOUR WORK”!

So, mark your calendars! This month, we enter a 120 day period of social-political “Red Letter Days”. January brings us MLK Day when we contemplate his great works and his insistence on progressive involve-ment in achieving a “more perfect Union”.

February brings us Black History Month, a time for “promoting the general welfare”. March brings Women’s History Month, when we stand shoulder to shoulder with sister warriors to assure “the blessings of liberty”.

In April, we return to the tragedy of King’s death, his unfinished business and our resolve to make his dream about “Some Day” arrive little sooner.

But what do we do in the days in between? How do we commemorate when there are no pro-

grams, no keynotes, or inspiring soloists to capture our attention? What do we do when we see no memorial wreaths or flags at half-mast?

I say we take the words to heart. We galvanize them into action plans. We search beyond the deep desire to hear the incredible voice of MLK again and rededicate ourselves to the deeper meanings of his message.

We all like to quote MLK and we will get four months to do it. But to help you try to stick to it,

here’s a quote to stir you into action.In 1957, MLK addressed the masses on the steps of

the Lincoln Memorial. He said…“So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess

the right to vote, I do not posses myself. “He regarded the right to vote as one of the greatest

blessings of America.Across the next decade, his actions resulted in three

great laws. We can honor him by rededicating our-selves today and every day to preserving them.

They are:The 1964 Civil Rights Act, which is poetically called

“the child of the storm.”The 1965 Voting Rights Act referred to as “the crown

jewel.”The 1968 Fair Housing Act designated “the voice of

justice.”I have added the endangered Equal Rights

Amendment to Martin’s trio to give you a solid build-ing block.

Today, these four laws touch virtually every American from how women are treated in the work-place to how the disabled are treated as they follow the pursuit of happiness.

In my family, we tell our children not to wait for “SOMEDAY” but work on these every day.

We tell them not to sing “We shall overcome” but to declare themselves “OVERCOMERS!”

But you’ve got to plan your work and work your plan!

Google the four pieces of legislation. Educate your-self. Construct a template for your participation, dedicate yourself to the work it will take. Find an organization as your mothership; pick up a paddle of action and start rowing against the tide.

We are all needed as oarsmen if we plan to cross the Rubicon during the winter of our discontent.

As for me, I plan to google Prince Whipple! I will meet you on the other shore at the docks of prosper-ity- our dream destination!

About Lenwood O. Sloan: Lenwood O. Sloan is a well-known artist, administrator, educator and producer. He has had a rich career on stage, television and in the movies and is a consultant to many organizations in Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Ireland, as well as Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh. He served as Pennsylvania Film Commissioner and Director of Pennsylvania Cultural and Heritage Tourism. He is creator of living history teams such as the Pennsylvania Past Players and headed Quest for Freedom programs that created “trails” marking innumerable historical places. He is a sought-after speaker, writer and producer while teaching “change agent” strategies to audiences far and wide.

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Millersville University Brings A New Show, Cirque, for Valentine’s Day

Mnozil Brass has established itself as the world’s premier brass ensemble and will be exploring the depths of their instru-ments to entertain you in the brand-new show, Cirque. This talented septet enters the ring to combat the monkey business of daily life with music and humor while transforming the stage into a musical flea circus. Mnozil Brass are strong believers that the earth is round and diligently go out of their way, traveling the globe on a mission of bringing their Elysian style of music and laughter to the rest of the world.

This performance takes place at the Winter Center, 60 W. Cottage Avenue, on the Millersville University Campus.

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Gettysburg Community Theatre performs AVENUE Q the hilari-ous adult musical comedy 7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm Sundays now through January 27, 2019. Limited seating available. www.GettysburgCommunityTheatre.org 49 York Street in Gettys-burg, PA. 717-334-2692. Photo credit Cindie Leer.

Multicultural Day at Guthrie Memorial LibrarySaturday, March 9th10:00 AM - 1:00 PMBring your curiosity and join us for this wonderful opportunity to explore and celebrate cultures from around the world. Members of our community will be here to share their diverse cultural roots and unique experiences. Visitors will have the oppor-tunity to ask questions, sample foods from other cultures, and to complete an interactive event passport by visiting cultural exploration stations throughout the library. Information about perfor-mances, demonstrations, and activities will be avail-able closer to the date of the event. Check out our Facebook page for more information as it becomes available.http://www.facebook.com/GuthrieMemorialLibrary/

Antique AppraisalSaturday, March 3012:00 PM – 4:00 PMHave and item (or 2) that you would like to find out what it’s worth? Cordier Auctions & Appraisals will be at the Guthrie Memorial Library the last Satur-day in March to help you. You will be able to bring in 1 or 2 items, and for a minimal fee have them appraised by one of Cordier’s appraisers. Please call the library at 717-632-5183 for more information. Visit our Facebook page or the Cordier website for more information closer to the date. Pre-Registra-tion is required for this event.http://www.cordierauction.com/home

Friends of the Library Annual Book SaleApril 12, 13 & 144/12-10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, 4/13-10:00 AM – 4:00 PM & 4/14- 12:00 PM – 3:00 PMAttention all book lovers….. this is for you! Books of all shapes, sizes, subjects, etc.. Most books under $2.00. You don’t want to miss this HUGE book sale sponsored by the Friends of the Guthrie Memo-rial Library. Call 717-632-5183, check out website – www.yorklibraries.org/hanover-guthrie, or our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/Guth-rieMemorialLibrary/ for more information.



Last summer an exclamation point was added to my life experiences. I traveled with my son Doug and his son Lukas, my grandson, to celebrate Lukas’ graduation from college. Three generations!

We all love food, nearly all foods. Doug is an outstanding cook. Polished at the kitchen stove and a master at the grill and smoker with meats. Lukas, even as a child, was willing to take all foods. Since age seven he and I regularly went out to eat. It was Lukas who sug-gested a five-point checklist to rate our experience. Food taste and flavor, pre-sentation, service, ambiance and price. This works well now fifteen years later.

When asked where he would like to

travel post-graduation, Lukas chose and we went to Barcelona, Spain, the capi-tal of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia situated on the Mediterranean coast.

Barcelona is a cosmopolitan dynamo. It prides itself in its history—exam-pled in the Gothic Quarter, its architec-ture—exampled by Gaudi’s other-world Sagrada Família, LaPedrera and Park Güell, and in complex culture and language

Our mission was to experience Barcelona’ sencanteamiento, enchantment with finger foods: (tapas, pintxos and Montaditos.)

When to start? On our first day our guide leads a three hour plus tapas tour. With five like-minded couples we navi-gated the winding multi-ethnic streets of barrio El Raval to a small neigh-borhood terrace bar. Our guide spoke excellent English and emphasizes the warmth and comfort of family eating

together. As family, we sit at a large rectangular table and are served drinks: wine, vermut (vermouth), tinto de verano (simple sangria).

He explains we may feel overwhelmed

by the choices available. Think Pintox without toothpick in Catalan or poinchos with toothpick in Basque. This is tapas. A firm bread slice layered with butifarra, a cinnamon pork sausage. Perhaps with cheese and tomato. Alternatively, or additionally, hot and cold fish on skew-ers stuffed and fried mussels, fantastic ‘chistorra’ sausage, tasty blue cheese croquettes or fresh crab paste pintxos. Or for a change, Salmorejo a traditional tomato and bread soup. A small glass of red-light wine. Finger foods of olives and peppers are sampled, and we have deliciously experienced our first taste of neighborhood foods.

But how to choose? Look, ask, select. ¿Tienes un plato? “to take or don’t take.”If the bar man gives you a plate, you help yourself. If he holds onto it and looks at you expectantly you start pointing! Lastly, if it looks good to you, chose it. It is comfortable, lazy, and eas-ily conversational.

We crisscross alleys and streets into neighborhoods, Poble Sec, Montjuic, at each we sample varieties of the same. It is not the same. Tapas is an umbrella under which a circle of tastes, flavors and dishes come to life by the hands of the craft epicureans who love foods, take pride in what they do and enjoy satisfaction in your satisfaction. Each tapas bar or bodega (wine cellar) is dis-tinctly different and each for usis a learning and a gastronomic experience.

In the days that follow we taste, by whim or suggestion tapas samples: sim-ple, plain, almost always inexpensive and typically presented as an elaborate work of food art.Art? To an extent, tapas reminds me of mini sandwiches crafted on firm breads topped with choices all tasty whether offered with toothpick or not. Art? Colorful, painted in subtle flavors from the culinary artists’ palette.

Enjoyed and shared with friends, drink and casual conversation, time is sus-pended. This is indeed art.

At each seating or standing—tapas bars can reach 30-40 feet—the small

servings invite one to try another, or two. A bit more substantial we select Montaditos, the addicting incredibly fla-vorful, small sandwich, at times toasted, served with a variety of meat, fish and vegetable filling. Doug, a brewer in his own right, suggests compliment-ing Montaditos with CerdosVoladores. A 6% ABV pale ale made from the natu-ral spring waters of Monteseny natural park in Catalonia. A second choice with a bit less body, born in 1870, is Estrella the most popular beer in Barcelona. If it’s worth a try, it might as well be in Barcelona. Now we are sated have we crossed the line? “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”Finger foods? I suspect all ten fingers were invented for tapas.

We leave our third sampling in bar-riEl Raval and head to the center of Barcelona. La Ramblas. Barcelona’s icon-ic thoroughfare. This tree lined boule-vard is considered to be one of Europe’s prettiest.

As we approach we are cautioned that even though violent crime is minimal, we must be beware of pick pockets. Barcelona has, almost boasting, a pan-European reputation for bringing out the best-of-the-best pick pockets.

Forewarned, we meld into the flow on the promenade of shoulder-to-shoulder rubbing tourists and locals. Our sight and our senses are overwhelmed. Street performers and human statues in the shape of spectral demons and dragons-

mimic, hypnotize and charm passers-by. Alongside are colorful flower stalls and exotic bird coops. Entertaining indeed, a touch scary to some. It’s fun.

A few of the cafes here look like they did 100 years ago and offer everything from gourmet ice creams to designer tapas. We sample piquillo, peppers, coca de PaTorrada, cake of the priest, browned toasted bread with chopped tomato, habitas, baby broad beans accompanied with Aigua font vella, water, or a caña of draft beer, a little less than a half pint.

The inviting displays and offerings of dishes pictured in the shop windows is near endless. La Rambles is unlike the local barrio. It is for tourists. It’s prices are a bit high and the foods perhaps a bit less than five-star. It is a mish-mash of the old, the new, the classic and the nouveau, the simple and the complex. It beckons with a mixture of emotion, spir-it and energy. It characterizes the soul of Barcelona. This is not to be missed.

We are pleased. We have experienced Barcelona and its neighborhoods and its tapas. We learn a new closeness, compa-ñerismo. SN n

If it’s Tapas, You Are in BarcelonaBY JOE CERVENAK I NO CREDITS

About the Writer: Joe Cervenak is principal of Kemper~Joseph, llc, (www.kemperjoseph.com) a York based globally networked consulting company. Joe is an industry and life consultant, columnist, speaker, teacher and lecturer who enjoys creative cooking, good food and drink and sharing finds with the readers of ShowcaseNow. Your comments and suggestions are invited and welcomed. Send to [email protected].



ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS:Friends and Trustees of

participating libraries

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Where do I get the books?Through the generous support of our sponsors, public libraries in the participating counties have stocked up on trade paper copies of Killers of the Flower Moon where the book may be borrowed free of charge. Some libraries may carry the Large Print and Audio formats. The title is also available as an e-book. Check the participating library websites for more information:

Cumberland County Librarieswww.cumberlandcountylibraries.org

Dauphin County Librarieswww.dcls.org

Hershey Public Librarywww.hersheylibrary.org

Middletown Public Librarymiddletownpubliclib.org

Perry County Librarieswww.pecoinfo.org

State Library of PAhttps://www.statelibrarypa.gov

York County Librarieshttp://www.yorklibraries.org

Copies of the book are available to purchase at local GIANT Food Stores and participating area bookstores.

David Gann thoroughly explores a tragic, little known and shameful piece of modern United States history. 1920-1924 Murders in the Osage Tribal Lands and J. Edgar Hoover’s young FBI is charged with the case. Read the book. Discuss the issues. Between 1920 and 1924 nearly two dozen people were murdered on the Osage tribal lands in Oklahoma, both tribe members and white investigators died, becoming what was known as the Osage Reign of Terror. Why these murders occurred soon became one of J. Edgar Hoover’s first tests for his young Federal Bureau of Investigation. What was the primary reason for this bloody time? Oil under the Osage territories had made the tribe members the richest people per capita in the world, taking in nearly $400 million in

today’s dollars, as well as targets for rampant greed and senseless violence.

President Woodrow Wilson with Osage Nation Leaders.

About the Author David Grann

David Grann is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the bestselling author of The Devil and Sherlock Holmes and The Lost City of Oz, which has been translated into more than twenty languages. His stories have appeared in many anthologies of the best American writing, and he has written for The New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.

The regional reading campaign, named One Book, One Community: Our Region Reads, is intended to promote the value of reading by recommending a compelling book that links the community in a common conversation. One Book programs encourage dialogue about a particular book, but also foster lifelong learning and the development of a strong community identity. Organizers encourage residents to read the book and to attend free programs and discussions.

Visit www.OBOC.org or your local library to learn more about programming.



2019 OBOC Programming: (check oboc.org for additional programming as it is planned.)Mystery Book Talk Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30pm Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover’s Public Library2 Library PlaceHanover, PA 17331717-632-5183Facilitator is Gail Coulson

Ten Thousand Voices: The Carlisle Industrial Indian School Saturday, February 16 at 2pm Martin Library159 E. Market St.York, PA 17401717-849-6926Presented by Janeal Jaroh of Time Traveler Trunks, this program will explore the controversy surrounding a proposed solution to hostilities between Native populations and western settlers known as the Carlisle Indian School. In this program, audience members will “visit” the school through hands-on programming.

Book Discussion Tuesday, February 19 at 7pm Red Land Community Library70 Newberry CommonsEtters, PA 17319717-938-5599

Book DiscussionMonday, February 25, at 6:30 p.m.Dillsburg Area Public Library204 Mumper LaneDillsburg, PA717-432- 5613

Book Discussion Glen Rock Literary SocietyMonday, February 25 at 6:30 pmArthur Hufnagel Library32 Main St.Glen Rock, PA 17327717-235-1127

Novel Bunch Book Club Tuesday, February 26 at 6 pmCollinsville Community Library2632 Delta RoadBrogue, PA 17309717-927-9014

Native American Culture with Spirit WingWednesday, February 27 at 6:30 pmRed Land Comm. Library70 Newberry CommonsEtters, PA 17319717-938-5599Barry Lee and Barbara Christy will present Native American culture in story, song and dance.

Chief Pontiac’s RebellionWednesday, Feb. 27 at 5:30pmMartin Library159 E. Market St.York, PA 17401717-849-6926Presented by Stephen A. Runkle, this program will explore the causes of the Native American Rebellion lead by the Ottawa Chief Pontiac against the English colonies.

Book DiscussionThursday, February 28 at 6:30p.m.Glatfelter Memorial Library101 Greenview Rd.Spring Grove, PA 717-225-3220

MIXED NUTS Book Club featuring Spirit WingFriday, March 1 at 1 pmCollinsville Community Library2632 Delta RoadBrogue, PA 17309717-927-9014Spirit Wing Performance and Q and A with Mixed Nuts Book Club

Native American Artifacts from the Susquehanna River Valley Sunday, March 3rd at 2pm Martin Library159 E. Market St.York, PA 17401717-849-6926Join us for a presentation by Indian Steps Museum Curator and Research Director, Debbie Saylor. The presentation will include an overview of local Native American culture, as well as a display of Native American artifacts from the local area.

Book DiscussionThursday, March 7 at 6 pmMiddletown Public Library20 N. Catherine St.Middletown, PA 17057717-902-3016

Book DiscussionThursday, March 7 at 7 p.m.Mason-Dixon Library250 Bailey DriveStewartstown PA, PA 17363717-993-2404

Neither Wolf Nor Dog FilmWed, March 13 6:30pm.Red Land Comm.Library70 Newberry CommonsEtters, PA 17319717-938-5599This Landmark film follows a Lakota elder and a white author on a road trip through the Dakotas to open the author’s eyes to the elder’s experience and perspective on the world.

Spirit Wing PerformanceApril 3 at 6:30 pm.Guthrie Memorial Library - Hanover’s Public Library2 Library PlaceHanover, PA 17331717-632-5183Barry Lee and Barbara Christy will present Native American culture in story, song and dance.

Carlisle Indian School Sunday, April 28th at 2pmMartin Library159 E. Market St.York, PA 17401717-849-6926This program, led by Barbara Landis of the Cumberland County Historical Society, recounts the history and controversy of the Carlisle Indian School of Pennsylvania.

Read the book. Discuss the issues. Attend a related program.



“The Common Threads That Bind Us”

at theWilliam C. Goodridge Freedom Center

& Underground Railroad Museum123 E. Philadelphia Street | York, Pennsylvania

For more information, call: 717-650-1998Goodridgefreedomcenter.org

Sponsored by:

A first-person presentation with Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.A conversation on how they addressed social issues during their FIGHT for Justice and Equality.

Join in the conversation on what they would say about the current issues today!

Saturday, February 16, 20193-5 p.m.

Celebrating Black History Month

Mandela Martin Malcolm

Doric String Quartet

Presented by

The Market Square Presbyterian Church Concerts

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 8 PMPre-Concert Talk with Dr. Richard Strawser at 7:15 PMTemple Ohev Sholom2345 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110

Washington County Playhouse Presents Dinner Theatre

Move over, Thelma and Louise! When Lana Mae Hopkins, owner and proprietress of the Wishy Washy Washateria, hires Katie to help out in the laundromat, they soon find themselves up to their elbows in soap, suds, and cheatin’ hearts. Take a ride to Nashville heaven in this new musical from Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes, Life Could Be A Dream). Featuring the music of Carrie Underwood, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Sara Evans, Dixie Chicks, Chely Wright, Dolly Parton, Pam Tillis, Gretchen Wilson, Terri Cark, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline


Commonwealth Monument Project is an initiative of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (fiscal agent). And it is an affiliated project of Inter-national Institute for Peace Through Tourism (IIPT).

150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT

Commonwealth Monument Project

At a time when many cities across

the nation struggle with issues

surrounding the removal of historic monuments now thought divisive, The Commonwealth

embraces the opportunity

to enhance its stories and images of place

recognizing the state’s role in securing democracy’s most important privilege

and practice, The Right to Vote.

A COMMEMORATION PLANNERTWO GREAT PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC BENCHMARKS

150THAnniversary 100TH

AnniversaryOF THE 15TH AMENDMENT

OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT

Beginning January 2019, we will embark on a two year ex-ploration of the value of the vote through installations, ex-hibitions, workshops, civic di-alogue, arts immersion and public presentations. JOIN US along the pathway to progress!

2019-2020 COMMONWEALTH MONUMENT PROJECT

A GATHERING AT THE CROSSROADS!


Laying the Groundwork for the 15th Amendment.

15th:Pennsylvania Ratification - March 186939 States ratification - February 1870Becomes Federal Law - May, 1870

19th AMENDMENT!PA was the 7th state to ratify the 19th Amendment

Pennsylvania Ratification - 1919States Ratification - 1920Becomes Federal Law - 1920

15th AmendmentDo you believe the Declaration of Independence … that men are created with equal rights…?”

The Pennsylvania Quest for Freedom was constructed like a blueprint for a great cathedral.

Its foundation was built upon the sheer will power and self-determination of its agents of freedom.

It’s four walls were held up by its con-ductors through flight, vigilance, inte-gration, and socialization.

Its roof line was anchored upon edu-cation achieved through its safe hous-es. and its bell tower rang through the achievement of its free towns.

Enterprise, its great spire, was achieved through citizenship and the franchise!

African American Freedmen and Freemen in Pennsylvania enjoyed the right to vote until 1838.

They lost that right in an avalanche of political events that have always re-minded the community of how precious the right to vote is, how tentative the right can be, and how vigilant we all must be to preserve that right.

After incredible diligence and diplo-macy, families like T, Morris Chester’s rejoiced the passage of the amendment that would at once restore their privilege and provide the new-found rights to the family of Jacob Compton.

Frances Harper was also filled with both jubilation and apprehension. She well remembered the inferno of the Philadelphia Independence Hall set on fire by indignant mobs as Abolitionists assembled in the city of brotherly love. in 1838.

72 hours after the Philadelphia Negro Convention began, the building lay in total ashes.

So, Pennsylvanians had much to shout about upon the passage of the 15th

amendment. While it was a beginning for much of the union’s African Ameri-can communities, Pennsylvanians had accomplished the restoration of the right to vote for Black men.

From the end of the Civil War until the passage of the 15th amendment, African American leaders from across the Com-monwealth convened in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Altoona and Pittsburgh to add self-achievement and self-reliance to the equation of strategic planning for the realization of the franchise.

Pennsylvania was amongst the first states to ratify the 15th amendment in March 1869.

By February 1870, the amendment had received ratification from the 39 states needed.

In May 1870 it became federal law.But it did not go easy!! T. M Chester

and William Howard Day knew instinc-tively of the trouble that lay ahead when they mounted voter registration drives as vehicles to practice the franchise.

They could not have known that the ultimate sacrifice would be their friend and colleague Octavio Catto.. This fear-less leader was gunned down on the way to the ballot box at Philadelphia’s Lombard and South just blocks from Mother Bethel Church.

During the 19th and 20th centuries, Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. They participated in political meetings and organized societies across the Common-wealth where they planned strategies to gain the right to vote.

Amongst them were the Henry High-land Garnett Society and Harrisburg’s powerful House of Ruth.

In the late 1800s, increasing numbers of Black women like Frances Harper, Harriet Smith, and Charlotte Forten, took on leadership positions in church-es, newspapers, secondary schools, and colleges which gave them a larger plat-form to promote their ideas.

But in spite of their hard work, many people didn’t listen to them. For exam-ple, the National American Woman Suf-frage Association prevented Black wom-en from attending their conventions. Black women had to march separately from White women in suffrage parades.

In addition, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote the History of Woman Suffrage in the 1880s, they featured White suffragists while

ignoring the contributions of African American suffragists.

Though Black women are less well remembered, they played incredibly significant roles in getting the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments passed.

What is little known and was never anticipated was the breech with the Suf-fragette movement over African Ameri-can men receiving the vote before White women

This is a shocking truth about how some of our traditional heroes and hero-ines really felt.

Abolitionism, Temperance and Wom-en’s Suffrage were social and political movements in the 1800s, often involving many of the same people. Both amal-gamation and Abolitionism were con-troversial, and movements frequently clashed.

A New York newspaper, reporting on the arson of Pennsylvania Hall, sug-gested, “females gathered so forgot the province of their sex, as they perambu-lated about the country attending politi-cal meetings, that they should all be sent to insane asylums.”

The original language for the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was introduced in January 1878. However, the proposal sat in a committee until it was considered by the full Senate and rejected in a 16 to 34 vote in 1887.

Unfortunately, many male abolition-ists, Black and White, held similar views on the impropriety of women in the pub-lic sphere. Some like Frederick Douglas even feared that women pushing for the vote could hurt their cause.

For three decades there was little ac-tivity in the nation’s Capital until Wash-ington and California States allowed women to vote in 1910-11.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson called a special session of the Congress so the proposal would be brought before the House again. Again, Pennsylvania was amongst the first to ratify in 1919.

On June 4, 1919 the amendment passed the Senate with 56 ayes and 25 nays. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee provided the final ratification necessary to add the amendment to the Constitu-tion.

TODAY’S STEWARDSHIP THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS

Established by Executive Order 2015-07, the Governor’s Commis-sion on African American Affairs (GACAAA) serves as the common-wealth’s advocate agency for the Af-rican American community in Penn-sylvania. Our mission is to ensure that state government is accessible and accountable by advising the gov-ernor on policies, procedures, legisla-tion, and regulations. GACAAA also works to expand and enhance the civ-ic, social, educational, cultural, and economic status of the African Ameri-can Community.

The commission is composed of twenty volunteer members appoint-ed by the governor for a term of two years.

THE GOVERNOR’S COMMISSION ON WOMENThe Pennsylvania Commission for

Women, which was created by Execu-tive Order and consists of volunteer members, is responsible for advising the Governor on policies and legisla-tion that impact women; supporting economic and civic opportunities for women; encouraging mentoring pro-grams for girls and young women; identifying programs and opportuni-ties for the benefit and advancement of women; and serving as a resource center for Pennsylvania women. The Commission also acts as an advocate for policies and legislation it feels serves the best interest of women and girls in Pennsylvania

OFFICE OF VOTER REGISTRATIONhttps://www.votespa.com/Pages/default.aspx

This site is a comprehensive vot-ing resource for all eligible citizens in Pennsylvania. VotesPA can help you find your polling place, check your registration status, register online to vote, apply for an absentee ballot, and more.

See you at the polls!

FIND OUT MORE AT THESE GREAT SITES: https://digitalharrisburg.com/ and http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/


ABOUT THE ORATORSFRANCES HARPER(September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an only child and orphaned at 3. She was raised by her maternal aunt and uncle, Henrietta and Rev. William Watkins who was the min-ister at the Sharp Street African Methodist

Episcopal Church. He also taught at his Watkins Acad-emy for Negro Youth, which she attended. She worked as a dressmaker and a teacher, a public speaker and a writer. As an abolitionist and a suffragette she found-ed several national progressive associations including, in 1894, the National Asso¬ciation of Colored Woman. Harper was one of the first pub¬lished African-Ameri-can writers beginning her writing career publishing in antislavery journals in 1839. In addition to non-fiction articles she wrote novels, short stories and poetry. She died nine years before women gained the right to vote.

THOMAS CHESTER(May 11, 1843 - September, 30, 1892) Mr. Chester was born in Harrisburg, PA. He was the son of , former slave Jane, and George Chester. Abolitionist, they operated a popular res-

taurant. Educated at Avery Academy and in Monrovia, Liberia, he graduated from Tedford College. During Civil War, he recruited for the 54th & 55th Mass regi-ments, formed a brigade to defend Harrisburg during battle of Gettysburg and later served as a newspaper war correspondent, covering the USCT. He cited, that USCT from Pennsylvania could not vote in 1864 elec-tion because Black men were disenfranchised in 1838. Mr. Chester, first Black American admitted to English Bar, returned here in the fall of 1870 gave a fiery Speech of advice to newly enfranchised citizens of Harrisburg. Moving to Louisiana, he practiced law, became Super-intendent of Schools and a Brig. General in State Militia. Returning home, he became the first African American lawyer in Dauphin County.

JACOB COMPTON(August 3, 1836 - September 6, 1905) Born free, in Williamsport, Md. Mr. Compton’s parents died of cholera in 1854. Being charged with assisting two slaves to es-cape, he fled from Williamsport, Md in 1855 and came to Harrisburg, PA. In

February, 1861, Mr. Compton, being coachman to Si-mon Cameron, secretly drove President-elect Abraham Lincoln, from the Jones House on Market Square, to an obscure train boarding that enabled Lincoln to travel, by way of Philadelphia, to Washington, D.C., avoid-ing a stop in Baltimore, Md. Lincoln, thus evaded a planned assassination attempt in Baltimore. During the Civil War, Mr. Compton served as a Sgt of Company D, Twenty-fourth Infantry, U.S.C. T. Mr. Compton , was a charter member, and later Director, of the Excelsior Cornet Band , which led the April,25, 1870, 15th Amend-ment Parade and Celebration in Harrisburg. For many years, Mr. Compton was director of the choirs of the A.M.E and A.M.E. Zion churches in Harrisburg.

WILLIAM HOWARD DAY(October 16, 1825 - December 3, 1900) Day was born in New York City and attended the famous African Free School. After grad-uating from Oberlin College in 1847, he dedicated his life to the rights of African Americans. Trained as a printer he pub-

lished John Brown’s Constitution and several newspa-pers. Day moved to Harrisburg in 1872 and worked for the state Auditor General. He was elected six times to the Harrisburg School Board., serving as its president ,1891-1893, becoming the first African American to do so. Day was Secretary General of the Conference of the AME Zion church for five terms. Day was also a found-ing member of the Pennsylvania School Board’s Asso-ciation.

“EVERY PEOPLE MUST BE ORIGINATORS OF THEIR OWN DESTINY”!

“A Gathering at the Crossroads” is a benchmark public installation commissioned for the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania by a coalition of over 40 or-ganizations and 200 individuals.

The Commonwealth Monument Project is in ne-gotiation with PA Department of General Services to place the new work on the Commonwealth Capitol lawn south of the Irvis Building at 4th and Walnut.

In the months ahead, we will seek the endorse-ment and approval of the Pennsylvania Legislature. The installation will connect the Capitol and Straw-berry Square.

Designed to be interactive; people can physically enter the monument.

Great civic speakers were well known to present spirited addresses before citizens in the center of public squares, houses of worship. They assembled in halls throughout the Old 8th Ward.

The orators’ pedestal became the symbol of the advocacy for abolition and equal rights.

The proposed monument includes the figures of four great elocutionists: Ms. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, William Howard Day, Jacob Compton, and

Thomas Morris Chester. The four figures of the monument exemplify the

impact of the period’s great orators upon the change makers amongst Harrisburg’s African American community.

Their allegorical gathering commemorates a point in time documented by the comparison of historic reports in the Harrisburg Newspapers.

In May 1870, residents of the Old 8th Ward poured out into the streets in spontaneous jubilation when they learned that the 15th Amendment had become federal law. They had secured the vote for African- Americans.

Neighborhood residents gathered for a public reading followed by prayers and praises.

Thus, the four dynamic civic leaders exemplified by the monument gather around the Orators pedes-tal which commemorates the legacy of the historic Old 8th Ward.

Upon its sides are inscribed the names of 100 legendary leaders of the Old 8th Ward, the names of current pathfinders, change agents and history makers and the emblems of sponsors of the project.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS “A Gathering at the Crossroads” is a benchmark work for the Com-

monwealth created by A.R.T. Research Enterprises, Inc. of Lancaster, Pa. Their most recent project was for the MGM Hotel and Casino Na-tional Inner Harbor in Washington, D.C.

ART Inc. has designed, fabricated and installed monuments for the Smithsonian, the National Air and Space Museum, the National His-tory Museum, Professional Sports, Urban Retail

properties. They have provided castings for artists Fredrick Hart, the sculptor of the Vietnam Memorial in DC, Tom Otterness, an Inter-nationally known artist, Santiago Caltrava, a world-renowned archi-architect, Audrey, photo realistic artist sculptor and many more.

Today they are nationally recognized as a premier art foundry ser-vice. A.R.T. operates a thirty thousand square foot facility that houses fabrication equipment and melting furnaces. In any given year they employ 16-30 artisans and technicians.

SPOTLIGHT BOX - A SALUTE TO EXEMPLAR PEGGY GROVEPeggy Grove, a business

owner in Harrisburg for the past 37 years, has invested her time, talents, energy and resources in many com-munity projects. From her service on Harrisburg City Council to her dedication to the many childrens’ pro-grams, she has left her mark on this City, it’s families and especially it’s children.

Ms. Grove has served on many foundations and com-munity organizations, giv-ing service through: Harris-burg NAACP, Harrisburg

Rotary, Historic Harrisburg Assn, Parks and Recreation projects, numerous scholar-ship trusts and committees, Jewish Community Foun-dation and the Tzedakah Society. She also is involved in Local, State and National politics and serves as South Central Caucus Chair of the PDP.

Her contributions to the Peace Promenade Project have helped support many aspects of the multi year long program.

Martin Delaney

The partners and constituents of the 2019-2020 COMMONMWEALTH MONUMENT PROJECT join The International Institute of Peace Through Tourism in saluting Ms. Peggy Grove for her outstand-ing generosity and public service as we galvanize our efforts to accomplish this benchmark endeavor.

MONUMENT SITE - 4TH AND WALNUT A.R.T. STUDIO SITE VISIT - DISCUSSING THE CASTING PROCESS

A.R.T. STUDIO VISIT - MEETING OF MINDS - PEDESTAL PROJECT

PEGGY GROVE - EXEMPLARS’ GROVE

PEGGY GROVE - WOMEN’S MONUMENT


The architecture and facades of the historic Old 8th Ward have completely disappeared.

Not a door frame, lamp post, cornice or cornerstone remains on the landscape to remind us of its importance and its impact.

It’s businesses and enterprises have disbursed, disbanded, or have been transformed.

Indeed, it’s residents and their children and their children’s chil-dren have scattered throughout Central PA, the Commonwealth and across time.

Their artifacts have been passed down and are now hidden in attic trunks, basement boxes and bun-dled stacks.

Their primary documents are buried in old suitcases beneath beds, in the back of closet shelves, in tattered envelopes, or hidden in plain sight in well-worn family Bibles.

Where are the descendants of the Old 8th Ward now?

What has been their contribu-tion to civic engagement and so-cial progress along the

Diaspora from that special place?

What do they know about their treasured legacy?

What is their currency in to-day’s civic dialogue?

We are excited as we approach the benchmark commemorations of the 15th and 19th amendments.

As we stand at the crossroads of two important red-letter days, we are in search of their stories.

It’s the perfect time for descen-dants of the Old 8th Ward to come forward and claim their lineage.

To help rebuild the pathway to progress, we post this special “WANTED!” list seeking the de-scendants of 100 families of Har-risburg’s African American com-munity 1850-1920.

Their histories create the tem-plate for Reimagining the Old 8th Ward.

Take a look at the list below. If you recognize your family

name or one that stands out in your memories you might be part of the great “crazy quilt” that con-stitutes the tapestry of this impor-tant time.

So, come forward! Join the White Carnation Society.

Meet us at our free monthly gatherings at Gamut Theater (4th and Aberdeen Streets,) or McCor-mick Public Library (Front and Walnut) in the Capitol City of Harrisburg.

Round up your family, con-gregation and constituency and bring along your artifacts and memorabilia.

Our scholars, humanists, archi-vists, curators, and educators will provide context to your docu-ments.

Our “History Detectives” will be on hand to help you identify how your treasures fit into the jig saw puzzle of history.

We will share ways to preserve and protect your treasures.

And our Legendary Pennsylva-nia Past Players will love for you to join their story circles.

For more informa-tion about these free pro-grams, see below or visit: gamut.com OR dcls.org

A CALL FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF THE OLD 8TH WARD

HELP US MEET OUR MARK – DONATE TODAY AThttps://www.tfec.org/harrisburg-peace-promenade-15th-amendment-project/

“Pathways to Progress”The popular story circle, reading

group and living history series origi-nally created for Pennsylvania Civil War 150 and the USCT Grand Review of 2013 and 2015 is restructured. We’ll provide a bi-monthly forum on the exploration of the pathway towards the passage of the 15th Amendment.

Impressive scholars and human-ists will present compelling civic dia-logues on new scholarship and litera-ture accompanied by living history presentations.

The series also provides an oppor-tunity for the community to follow the progress of the development of

the monument through “open studio” engagement with the creative team.

The series is free to the public and hosted at Gamut Theater’s new sec-ond stage from noon – 2p in

January 12, Cooper Wingert intro-duces “THE CAPTIVE’S QUEST FOR FREEDOM” by R.J. M. Blackett

March 9, Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor in-troduces “DISCARDED LEGACIES” by Melba Joyce Boyd

May 25, Dr. Todd Mealy introduces his two volume ”AUDACIOUS FREEDOM”

July 6, Dr. Barbara Franco introduces – “YEAR OF JUBILEE” by George Nagle

September 7, Ms. Sonya Toler – intro-duces THOMAS CHESTER – CIVIL WAR JOURNAL-IST by R.J. Blackett

November 9, Mr. Ivan Henderson introduces “ANIMATING DEMOCRACIES” by Americans for the Arts

“Live and Learn” – Civic Dialogue and Cultural Literacy Series –

Combining the approaches of “An-tique Road Show“ and “History De-tectives”, the series provides an ex-ploration of the artifacts, historical documents, and photographs avail-able for the Old 8th Ward in a variety of public collections and archives.

Workshop participants can bring their own family artifacts for dialogue and review or help search for 100 sto-ries of residents, businesses and ser-vices during the period 1850-1920.

Descendants of the Old 8th Ward identified will constitute the “White Carnation Society”.

The six-part series is presented at the McCormick Public Library, Front and Walnut Streets in collaboration

with Dauphin County Public Librar-ies. It’s free to the public on Saturdays from noon – 2p

February 16, Dr. Michael Barton in-troduces his “HARRISBURG OLD 8TH WARD!”

April 20, NPS-NTF, introduces “THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA”

June 15, Dr. LeRoy Hopkins introduc-es “THE WAR BEFORE THE WAR” by Andrew Delbanco

August 17, Mr. Randy Harris intro-duces “RECONSTRUCTION- A CONCISE HISTORY” By Allen C. Guelzo

October 19, Mr. Calobe Jackson intro-duces “AFRICAN AMERICANS OF HARRISBURG” by John Scott And E. Lidell

December 14, in 2019 Dr. Brad Hoch introduces “IN THE SHADOW OF STATUES” by Mitch Landrieu

“Reimagining the Old 8th Ward” - a Chautauqua Workshop –

ADAMS, JOHN Q I MinisterAMOS, ANNE I Garnett LeagueAMOS, AQUILA I Parade MarshallASTWOOD, ROSCO C I State WorkerAUTER, JAMES I State WorkerBATTIS, FRISBY I CouncilBATTIS, WILLIAM I StorekeeperBENNETT, GWENDOLYN I ProfessorBENNETT, J ROBBIN I AttorneyBENNETT, MARY I BusinesswomanBIBB, DENNEE I PolicemanBIBB, JOSEPHINE L I Household of RuthBLACKWELL, PETER I CouncilBLALOCK-CHARLESTON, JANIE I TeacherBRAXTON-ROBERTS, MARY I TeacherBROWN, CASSIUS I CouncilBROWN, IDA ITeacherBURRS, HARRY I State WorkerBURRUS, SYLVESTER I MusicianBUSTILL, JOSEPH I TeacherCARTER, W. ARTHUR I AttorneyCARTER, W.JUSTIN I AttorneyCARTER, CHARLES J I 15 AmendmentCHESTER, DAVID I CouncilCHESTER, AMELIA I Household of RuthCHESTER, JANE I RestauranteerCOLEMAN, MAUDE I YMCA FounderCOOPER, TURNER I CarpenterCOSTLEY, JACOB I MusicianCRAMPTON, CHARLES I PhysicanCURTIS, DOROTHY I MusicianDAVIS, J STEWARD I AttorneyDORSEY, WILLIAM R I ConstableDUNBAR-NELSON, ALICE I WriterFELTON, WILLIAM MCDONALD I

Aeroplane SchoolFIELDS, EDITH I EnumeratorFOOTE, BENJAMIN J I CouncilFRYE, THEODORE I BusinessmanGAITOR, JOHN I CatererGALBRAITH, GEORGE I PoliticianGARNETT, HENRY H I MinisterGRANT, JAMES I MasonHARRISON, HARRRIETT I TeacherHOOPER, WALTER I UndertakerHOWARD, LAYTON I PublisherHOWARD, JAMES H W I CouncilHUGHES, O. L. C. I AttorneyIMES, GEORGE H I TeacherIRVIN, SPENCER P I TeacherJACKSON, C. SYLVESTER I AccountantJOHNSON, ZACARIAH I 15 AmendmentOHNSON SR, LOENARD Z I ProfessorJONES, DR. PAP I PhysicianJONES, HANNAH I ChurchwomanJONES, WILLIAM H I PhysicianKEMP, AGNES I PhysicianLAYTON JR, MORRIS H I Physician LAYTON SR, MORRIS H I TeacherMARSHALL, A. LESLIE I PHYSICIANMARSHALL, HARRIETT M I UGRRMARSHALL, WILLIAM E I PharmacistMARSHALL, WILLIAM H I TeacherJ MATHEWS, ESSE I PublisherMcCLINTOCK, CATHERINE I UGRRMERCER, MILDRED I MusicianMOLSON, MAUD D I LecturerMOORE, PERCY I CouncilNELSON, ROBERT I State WorkerNEWMAN, CHARLOTTE I Household of Ruth

NEWMAN, LUTHER I TeacherPARSON, WILLIAM I PharmacistPAYNE, HORACE I Teacher PAYNE-CAMBELL, CATHERINE I TeacherPOPEL, ESTHER I TeacherPOPEL, JOSEPH B I AbolitionistPOTTER SR, DANIEL I ChurchmanQUANN, ROSABELLE I StudentROBINSON, AUBREY I StudentROBINSON, LAURA I Civil War MonumentSCOTT, JOHN P I TeacherSCOTT-CANNON, HANNAH I NurseSIMPSON, JOHN W I AldermanSLAUGHTER, EPHRIAM I USCTSOPHES, SUSAN I Household of RuthSTCLAIR-GRANT, HATTIE I TeacherSTEVENS, DAVID I MinisterSTOCKS, JAMES I MinisterSTROTHERS, COLONEL I BaseballSTUART, JAMES I TeacherSTUART, MATILDA I MissionarySUMMERS, ANNIE I TeacherSUMMERS, HENRY H I ProfessorTHOMAS, JOSEPH I Undertaker WALLS, JOSIAH I CongressmenWEBSTER, DANIEL I Fugitive SlaveWILLIAMS, CLARENCE I BaseballWILLIAMS, WILLIAM I PolicemanWOLF, JOHN H I AbolitionistZEDERICKS, ELIZA I Hairdresser

OLD 8TH WARD - WLLIAM HOWARD DAY SCHOOL

Capitol of Pennsylvania - Harrisburg


A CALL FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF THE OLD 8TH WARD

HELP US MEET OUR MARK – DONATE TODAY AThttps://www.tfec.org/harrisburg-peace-promenade-15th-amendment-project/


Love your Library in February

February’s blustery winds and snow seem to melt with the number of Valentine hearts, chocolate, and affectionate cards that we send to one another mid-month. It’s a warm, fuzzy feeling to get a Valentine from a friend or relative. Those of us who work in libraries love you, too! Although our passion is to help you all year long, we take February aside to show you the many ways that you can love us back.

First and foremost, donate your time, money, and talent to your library. We need the support of indi-viduals, organizations and businesses, whether large or small. Some companies have a matching program which will double your gift. You can find opportuni-ties all year long. Honor a friend or relative with a book in their honor.

We love our Friends groups! These individuals come together each month to plan ways to fundraise on behalf of the local library. Many events are held on a regular basis, such as book sales. As a bonus, dedicated programs and events bring the community together as well as raise much-needed funds. Friends groups will be happy to see new volunteers, even if you are able to help set-up for occasional events. Our Friends group at Red Land Community Library plan a Flea Market on the last weekend of April that has grown to be quite a fundraiser. This year they are adding food trucks to the mix.

Speaking of volunteers, there is no public library in the country (probably the world) that can operate without volunteers. Staff are hard-working, but lim-ited in numbers, and dedicated, trained volunteers are vital and most appreciated. Library volunteers come in all sizes. At Red Land Library, Teen volunteers may learn to check-in books and materials as young as 13. Some need service hours for school but many just love being in the library. We have many long-time volun-teers and that makes for a smooth-running facility. Other ideas to help your library include presenting an adult program or helping with crafts, especially dur-ing the busy Summer Reading Program.

And this is something that everyone can do – Promote your library! Find you library on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and like and share - share - share.

Some even have YouTube channels or a Pinterest page. Get the word out for programs and activities. Please let everyone know that it is FREE to join the library and the value is priceless!

I don’t have enough space to mention how valuable libraries are but here it is in a few sentences. Libraries provide information and, even more importantly, provide access to information for people every day. I love this quote: “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.” Neil Gaiman, Author

Yes, we have books, in many different formats, and provide countless resources on our websites as well. But libraries do so much more! We connect people to the resources that they need. Whether it’s homework help for a child or a job application for an adult, or even someone that needs to pay a bill or print out the driver’s license renewal, we connect them. We love helping people.

At the heart of each library is the children’s librar-ian. Story times, Lego builders, STEM programs and countless other activities can be found in your library. I love the 1000 books Before Kindergarten initiative that we launched this year. The kids love the passports that mark their reading (or I should say read-to) achieve-ments.

Libraries are community centers. I remember one evening when the cub scouts were selling popcorn outside, there was a group meeting in the small study room, pajama story time was going on in the children’s room, and I think the book discussion group was meet-ing in the community room. The public computers were occupied, and it was just a lovely, busy place. That’s what libraries do best.

In February, we remind you to Love Your Library. Amid all the Valentines and chocolate, please choose the ways that you can support your library. Thank you and Happy Valentine’s Day!

Chocolate Fest Comes to Red Land LibraryEach February, Red Land Community Library is

filled with the sights, smells, and delightful tastes of chocolate. It is a way to thank our library visitors for their continued use of our library. It is also Library Lover’s month so it’s a fun celebration and a chance for our neighbors to see our new library location at 70 Newberry Commons, Etters, PA 17361.

The 2019 event will be held on Saturday, February 9 from 11am-1pm. Although we need many individuals to sign-up to bring home-made chocolate treats, we also offer chocolate fondue and chocolate coffee with chocolate milk – Yum!

New this year, we invite our readers to participate in an Edible Book Contest. The application form and rules are available at the library. Be creative! There is a category for Funniest/Punniest entry. Children from 8-17 have a category, too. Hmmm…. What can you make with Jell-O? It just must relate to a book somehow.

We have a Valentine craft for the kids. And did I say chocolate? Lots of chocolate! SN n

Kari Hilt serves punch and chocolate milk at a previous Chocolate Fest.

BY KAREN HOSTETTER

Time on TrackStarting Saturday, February 2nd 2019

The National Watch and Clock Museum welcomes a special exhibit—one that has no faces or dials and by itself does not tell time but is integral

to the history of timekeeping.

From February 2nd to March 2nd the Museum will open its doors to members of the Lower Susquehanna Valley Modular Railroaders, who build, display, and operate layouts throughout Central Pennsylvania.

The display is located in the Museum lobby and is free to the public. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday,

10:00am-4:00pm.



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PETE THE CAT

Saturday, February 9, 2019 • 3:00p.m.

THE OAK RIDGE BOYS

Thursday, May 16, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

SONGS OF IRELAND

Thursday, March 14, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

HOT SARDINES

Friday, February 15, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

THE FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS

Friday, March 1, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

NEWSIES

Saturday, June 15, 2019 • 7:00p.m., Sunday, June 16, 2019 • 2:00p.m.

TAP DOGS

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

JEANNE ROBERTSON

Friday, May 10, 2019 • 7:30p.m.

AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMUNITY THEATRE FESTIVALS

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JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 12Stephen Towns ExhibitA path Between Two ContinentsYork College Galleries | York717-846-7788

FEBRUARY 9Pete the CatMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

FEBRUARY 15 – MARCH 3 It Shoulda Been YouThe Playhouse at AllenberryBoiling springs 717-462-4401

Hot SardinesMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

FEBRUARY 16The Common Threads That Bind UsWilliam Goodridge Freedom CenterYork717-650-1998

FEBRUARY 27Native American Culture with Spirit WingRead Land Community LibraryEtters717-938-5599

March 1, 2019France HarperFirst FridayWilliam Goodridge Freedom CenterYork717-650-1998

MARCH 1 – 17Black ComedyLittle Theatre of MechanicsburgMechanicsburg717-766-0535

MARCH 1, 2019The Flying Karamazov BrothersMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

MARCH 8Houdin!Capital Theatre CenterChambersburg717-263-0202

MARCH 9Live and LearnGamut TheatreBook: Discarded Leg | Harrisburg(717) 238-4111

MARCH 14Songs Of IrelandMajestic Theatre | 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

MARCH 21Murphy’s Celtic legacyPullo CenterYork717-505-8900

APRIL 5 - 14The Odd CoupleThe Playhouse at AllenberryBoiling springs 717-462-4401

APRIL 9Tap DogsMajestic Theatre | 25 Carlisle Street,Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

APRIL 28The Doo Wop ProjectThe Pullo Center | York717-505-8900

MAY 11-26Monty Pythons SpamalotThe Playhouse at AllenberryBoiling springs 717-462-4401

MAY 16The Oak Ridge BoysMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

MAY 25Live and LearnGamut TheatreBook: Audacious FreedomHarrisburg(717) 238-4111

MAY 31 – JUNE 16Shear MadnessTotem Pole Playhouse | Fayetteville, PA717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org

MAY 31 – JUNEThe Fox on the FairwayOyster Mill Playhouse | Camp Hill717-737-6768

JUNE 7Elvis On MainstreetCapital Theatre Center | Chambersburg717-263-0202

JUNE 15NewsiesMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

Chambersburg Ballet Theatre SchoolA Midsummer Night’s DreamAnd Other DancesCapital Theatre Center | Chambersburg717-263-0202

JUNE 18 – JUNE 22America’s National CommunityMajestic Theatre | Gettysburg, PA717-337-8200Gettysburgmajestic.org

JUNE 21 – JULY 7Smoke on the MountainTotem Pole Playhouse | Fayetteville, PA717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org

JULY 6Live and LearnGamut TheatreBook: Year of Jubilee | Harrisburg(717) 238-4111

JULY 12-28SouvenirTotem Pole Playhouse | Fayetteville, PA717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org

JULY 12 – 28Brighton Beach MemoirsOyster Mill Playhouse | Camp Hill717-737-6768

AUGUST 2 – 18The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasTotem Pole Playhouse | Fayetteville, PA717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org

AUGUST 16 – SEPTEMBER 1Jeeves Takes A BowOyster Mill Playhouse | Camp Hill717-737-6768

AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 8Wrong Turn At LungfishTotem Pole Playhouse | Fayetteville, PA717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org

SEPTEMBER 7Live and LearnGamut TheatreBook: Thomas Chester – Civil War Journalist | Harrisburg(717) 238-4111

SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 31Cat on a Hot Tin RoofOyster Mill Playhouse | Camp Hill717-737-6768

NOVEMBER 8 – 24Oliver!Oyster Mill Playhouse | Camp Hill717-737-6768

NOVEMBER 9Live and LearnGamut TheatreBook: Animating DemocraciesHarrisburg(717) 238-4111


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MAY 31 - JUNE 16 Shear Madness - -whodunit takes place today in the

“Shear Madness” hair styling salon and is chock full of up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. als of

crime. The outcome is never the same, which is why many audience members return again and again to the scene of the mayhem. “Shear Madness” has been running in Boston, MA since 1980 and at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C. for over 30+ years. (REGIONAL PREMIERE). Rated PG-13

JUNE 21 - JULY 7 Totem Pole Playhouse is pleased to present Theatre A Go- Smoke on the Mountain featuring audience favorite, Robbie Limon. The story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features 24 rousing bluegrass songs played and sung by the Sanders Family, a traveling group making its return to perfoa five- nders Family

– telling a story about an important event in their life. Songs include “No Tears in Heaven,” “Wonderful Time Up There,” “I’m Taking a Flight,” and “I’ll Fly Away.” Rated G (suitable for the whole family)

717.352.2164 or 888.805.7056 www.totempoleplayhouse.org

JULY 12 - JULY 28 For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano

of the Ritz Carlton hotel, where she resided, brought her extraordinary fame. As news of her terrible singing spread, so did her celebrity. Her

—which Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers. The climax of her career was a single concert at Carnegie Hall in 1944. Famously, it sold out in two hours. SOUVENIR, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon. A talented musician, he regards her

cta (suitable for the whole family)

AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 18 Totem Pole Playhouse is pleased to present Theatre A Go-Texas. This happy-go-lucky view of small- - e

e proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley, who is on good terms with the local sheriff, Ed Earl Dodd. Governors, senators, mayors, and even victorious college

make the illegal ly Parton and Burt

Reynolds was one of the highest-grossing live- -13

AUGUST 23 - SEPTEMBER 8 ith a saucy,

streetwise young woman who volunteers to read to him in the hospital. The clash of intellect and wit takes the two from animosity and fear r handsome boy-

-13 (for adult humor


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Managing the Arts, Dance, Music, Theater--and Business in GeneralAdvertising can be so expensive, and perhaps that is why so many nonprofit groups are still

expecting free promotion of their events. However, I outlined in this column last time just how important it is for every nonprofit group to

have a budget for advertising just as they do for sets, music, and other expenses. With advertising you can target the correct audience and do it so that there is time to sell tickets and build a crowd. We find at ShowcaseNow that several weeks ahead is not too early to build an audience. Our magazine is known for its “shelf life” and that is certainly one secret behind how we can help you build your audience over time--slowly, but surely!

The big and medium sized advertisers know also that with this multi-media magazine, for exam-ple, they can reach painters, dancers, actors and musicians, staff people of nonprofits and profits as well as audiences they don’t reach in other journals or publications. We have become a society of specialists and it is only specialist publications like ShowcaseNow which reaches a certain audience of readers who are truly tuned into the arts, culture, heritage, tourism and literacy. Literacy is a key word here since it takes a literate person to want to read and to read often. These people know if they can’t locate one hard copy, it’s available online, for example, and in the case of our publication, they use the internet frequently, although they demand and expect their hard copy!

These people not only buy and rent products they need, or what they want, they usually have dis-posable cash since it is so expensive to propagate these “arts” and to buy gas, automobiles, and other necessities to propel their passions into the future, to make them grow!

One way that these groups can generate money they can use for advertising, promoting and mar-keting, for instance, can come from a board member, a “friend,” or a philanthropist interested in their “cause.” With the banner page system we have devised a way in which an organization can do two duties at once. With the banner ad which runs 2 inches by 10 inches at the bottom of the page the business can run its name, logo and perhaps a sale item while the rest of the page can be devoted to their favorite group. On the “ad” that runs across the bottom they can carry their good will and let the communities they serve know about their support.

Of course, timing is important. You cannot expect an ad carried once in a magazine for instance, to produce instant results. But, the image will remain in the minds of the readers! The next time they see it they might be ready to buy.

This brings up the billboards that carry just the image of a beverage can with no print. Everyone who sees this ad knows, for instance, it’s a Pepsi Cola can and the suggestion to have a nice can of cold, refreshing Pepsi is fixed in the mind of the viewer. It is no secret why big corporations spend a million dollars or more for an ad during the airing of the SuperBowl and not make mention of the product they are serving--or do it in a way that is creative, subtle and inventive.

Above all a suggestion that a theater, for instance, is having a show, might lead to a call, text or media message with a result of selling three or four tickets, or restaurant meals or ballet seats. By get-ting their name across, these companies, large and small, know they are promoting, educating and suggesting! They have met the mission they have set for themselves.

In the case of a ShowcaseNow banner ad page,they have shown they give back, return to the com-munity some of the good will and the money they have generated in this local vicinity.

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