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Allison Antrim Holiday Open House

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Allison-Antrim Museum, 365 South Ridge  Avenue, Greencastle, PA will host open houses for the holiday season, December 1  through December 15 on Mondays  and Thursdays from 1 – 3 pm, and Wednesdays, 1 –  4 pm.  Additionally, the museum will  be open on the first Friday of Heritage Christmas, December 3 from 6:30 to 8:30  [...]

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South Mountain Speaker Series

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The history of preservation at Gettysburg will be the seventh and final lecture for the 2010 South Mountain Speakers Series on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Shippensburg University’s Memorial Auditorium.
The event, entitled, “Contesting Gettysburg: Preserving an American Battlefield Shrine,” is free and open to the public. It runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Environmental historian and [...]

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The Towne Singers Perform At The Capitol Theatre

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Chambersburg, PA – On Sunday afternoon, November 21, 2010 at 3:00 the historic Capitol Theatre will come to life with The Towne Singers and their special Holiday Prelude and 40th Anniversary Celebration. The 26 talented area vocalists under the new musical leadership of Director, Eric M. Griffith, of Waynesboro, will take the stage along with [...]

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Explore South Mountain

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

The South Mountain region of south-central Pennsylvania is at the northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains — a narrow mountain range extending through Virginia and Maryland into Pennsylvania.  It extends about 40 miles in a northeast to southwest direction connecting Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York Counties.  It includes areas of Michaux Forest and Mont [...]

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South Mountain GeoBash; You Can Get in on the Fun!

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

The Capital Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area Council, a regional nonprofit group, is seeking volunteers & participants to be involved with the South Mountain GeoBash. The GeoBash is a launch event for the new South Mountain GeoTrail that covers parts of Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York counties, and will be held on October 16, [...]

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Bill Nack, author of “Secretariat: Making of A Champion,” speaks at Allison Antrim

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

In 1973, Secretariat was the Triple Crown winner – the greatest of American racehorses. William “Bill” Nack, turf writer for Newsday newspaper from 1972 to 1975, wrote the book Secretariat: the Making of a Champion.  Nack, the evening’s speaker, will talk about the career of Secretariat and will weave into the narrative his own extraordinary [...]

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