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The adult/teen education committee of Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies is sponsoring a three-program series entitled “1812: Waynesboro and the War (The Impact, The Lifestyle and The Music).” The programs are free of charge and open to the public, and registration is not required. Donations are appreciated.
“Marking the 200th anniversary [...]

2012 Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies and Mont Alto Pottery Guild Calendar of Events
- February 1 through March 7
Introduction to Ceramics Studio Class, meets 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday evenings in room 008, General Studies building, Penn State Mont Alto (PSMA)
- February through May
Historic Folk Pottery from the Collection of the Nicodemus Center for [...]

The Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce will offer three Civil War seminars and tours in 2012, starting on April 20-22 with “Gray Ghosts, Raiders and Bushwhackers: Partisan Warfare 1861-65.”
Some of the nation’s top Civil War historians – including battlefield expert, Ed Bearss — will be presenters at the seminars. Civil War buffs from throughout [...]

Cumberland Valley School of Music is offering a wide range of spring classes and private lessons, for students of all ages, at locations in Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Hagerstown and Mercersburg. CVSM has a long-standing, professional faculty of 55 members, many certified in special music education programs, including classes for newborns to senior citizens. Spring programs [...]

Mosaic Coffee Company, in coordination with Post Now PA & The Thought Lot, announces the Grand Opening Celebration on Friday February 10 at The Thought Lot in Shippensburg, PA.
The event, slated to start at 7:00 p.m., will feature live music by The Hello Strangers, The Pale Barn Ghosts and Soleil, as well as freshly brewed [...]

The Appalachian Trail Museum Society has elected a national board of directors as the organization completes its second year of operations of the popular Appalachian Trail Museum. The Appalachian Trail Museum Society was formed in 2002 as the non-profit organization to establish the museum as a tribute to the thousands of men, women and [...]

Cumberland Valley School of Music is offering two classes developed by one of the most highly regarded leaders in early childhood music education, “Musikgarten.” The internationally recognized programs, for infants and children through five years of age, are taught by skilled teachers trained specifically in techniques used in hundreds of studios around the world. [...]

On Thursday, January 12, at 7:00 p.m., Allison-Antrim Museum will hold its first monthly meeting of 2012 in the restored German bank barn at 365 South Ridge Avenue in Greencastle, PA. The speaker for the meeting will be Doug Stine from Waynesboro, who has been President of the Cumberland Valley Chapter #27 Society for [...]

In conjunction with their current museum display, “Our Waynesboro Transportation Heritage,” members of the Waynesboro Area Industrial Heritage Trust are preparing to sponsor a presentation about the town’s trolley system, which operated during the first 32 years of the 20th century.
David McCarney, Ed Miller and Gordon Heidelbach will present “Do you Remember Riding the Trolley [...]