In honor of Independence Day Weekend, we're giving away "Freedom Roses" to everyone who walks into our shops between 5-8 pm (while supplies last).🌹🇺🇸✨ Special Coupon: Snap a photo with your Freedom Rose and share it on social media! If you tag us in your post or story, we'll send you a special coupon :)📸📲 […]
This body of work steps into the whimsical world where color and imagination takes flight weaving the simplicity of Amish life with the vibrancy of the English world in a way that would just never happen. Imagine Amish folk and Evil Knievel colliding and creating “Levi Knievel”.
Come out and practice your Swahili with members of the community! The event is aimed at those with a working proficiency of Swahili, and will be conducted entirely in Swahili. We encourage anyone who wants to interact, to practice their Swahili and to meet other members of the community to join us. Sponsored by Neighbors […]
Free concert featuring the magic fingers of Benjamin Wesley, pianist and well-known Lancaster vocalist, Jeremiah Miller. Free cookies. Artist Sandy Leonard and Joanne McIlvaine display their art.
Join us for We the People First Friday: Remembering the Rocky Springs Dentzel Carousel Eileen H. Gregg, author of Lancaster’s Hidden Treasure: The Rocky Springs Dentzel Carousel, takes to the stage to reflect on the legacy of the carousel that once sat at the heart of the Rocky Springs Amusement Park—including interviews with community members […]
Swing dance in Penn Square with the Lancaster dance community! Lindy Hop (also known as swing dancing) is a street dance born out of the African American communities in Harlem, New York during the 1920’s. It is a fun-filled, rich-in-history, community-oriented dance still alive today and we invite YOU to join us for an evening […]
Lancaster jazz pianist Colin Mekeel, will be featured in a free 30 minute First Friday concert on July 5, 2024 at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange Street, in downtown Lancaster. Mekeel is the founder of the Temple Avenue jazz combo. A graduate of HACC Lancaster, the Manheim Township resident cites jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis […]
Lancaster City's monthly celebration of arts and culture! Discover innovative exhibitions, performances and perhaps a few surprises as you walk our attractive streets lined with trees and distinctive architecture. Unique boutiques and excellent restaurants complement the art galleries, artisan studios, museums, performing groups, professional theater, symphony orchestra, and art college that comprise Lancaster’s arts community.
Celebrate Lancaster City First Friday and all things stationery at Penn to Paper's debut pop-up shop. Penn to Paper offers an eclectic variety of greeting cards, notebooks, stickers, washi tape, pens, and more from independent artists and Japanese stationery brands -- plus some vintage paper goods and other assorted treasures to delight paper lovers. Lancaster […]
Stop in Third Story to watch Emily Keener build and carve one of her popular garden bowls. While you are in the gallery, explore the "Wild & Precious" exhibit, featuring the work of more than 35 regional artists. Vote for your favorite piece for the Audience Choice Award.
Work by alumna Nichole Madonna '10, "In the Flow: Layers of Connection and Growth", in on display in the College's Hayden Gallery. A Fine Art graduate, 2D and 3D visual artist, and passionate art instructor, Madonna's creative journey thrives in the realm of abstract mixed-media art, where she skillfully layers recycled materials and hand-painted collage […]
Don't miss this opportunity to engage, practice and meet new friends from the community as you practice your French! This activity is aimed at those with a working proficiency of French.
We the People First Friday is a free monthly event that features community-centered performances and exhibits that represent the great mosaic of Lancaster and beyond with genres as diverse as our nation! FREE and open to the public. No tickets are required. Coming this month: LUNA Dance At 6:30 and 7:20 p.m. in the Salon, […]
Dance the night away for Bachata at Binns in Binns Park Lancaster! On first Friday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. you will learn salsa & bachata from our wonderful instructors! Instruction starts promptly at 6:30pm followed by Social dancing with a Live DJ til 8pm! Lancaster Salsa|Bachata Fest & Embodyment Wellness Studio hosts this free […]
The inaugural concert on the Hill Byrne Christiansen Memorial Organ will be held at 8 PM on First Friday, August 2, featuring organist Larry Hershey in a concert that will include “Prelude on ‘Sine Nomini’” by Leo Sowerby, “Elegy” by John Ireland, and “Resurrection” from Symphonie-Passion by Marcel Dupre. The historic instrument is a restored […]
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