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 April Events

1 Wed  
     
2 Thursday  
     
3 Friday  
  10 am Hollabaugh Brothers' Mini Maker Eggs.  Join us for our last two Mini Maker Events before we break for the summer! Cost: $7. Registration required.  For more information call 717-677-8412 or visit www.hollabaughbros.com
     
4 Saturday  
  7 pm Gettysburg Community Theater's Improv Night. Our Improv Troupe will perform improvisational comedy sketches for you. Join us for a complimentary wine and cheese reception 30 minutes before the show. What’s going to happen on stage? Your guess is as good as ours.  For more information call 717-334-2692 or visit
www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org
  7 pm Strawberry Hill's Evening Peeper Hike. Join us for an evening peeper hike! We will head out on the trails around dusk to hear the call of the spring peepers and look for other amphibians. Please bring a flashlight for this hike. Strawberry Hill, 1537 Mount Hope Road, Fairfield.  For more information call 717-642-5840 or visit www.strawberryhill.org
     
5 Sunday  
     
6 Monday  
     
7 Tuesday  
  7 pm Hollabaugh Brothers' Soups of the World Cooking Class Series. This Spring you have not one, not two, but three opportunities to make soup (and soup accompaniments) with us! Take a culinary trip around the world to make and enjoy a variety of soups that you know you can’t buy in a can!  Ever heard of shakshuka? Never made shakshuka? Don’t miss your chance to learn how to make this traditional Mediterranean dish of eggs poached in a tomato, chili sauce. And as an added bonus you will make your own lavash (a flat bread that hails from the Middle East) to go with your soup. This class is a must, if only because shakshuka is so fun to say! Cost*: $30.For more information call 717-677-8412 or visit www.hollabaughbros.com
     
8 Wed  
     
9 Thursday  
     
10 Friday  
     
11 Saturday  
  10 am Hollabaugh Brothers' Hop Along the Bunny. Trail Registration required.  For more information call 717-677-8412 or visit www.hollabaughbros.com
     
12 Sunday  
  6:30 pm Community Easter Sunrise Service. The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, 16300 Grotto Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Sponsored by Emmitsburg Council of Churches.
     
13 Monday
     
14 Tuesday
     
15 Wednesday  
  5:30 pm Hickory Bridge Farm's Murder Mystery Dinner. Join us for a family style dinner and murder mystery show at Hickory Bridge Farm. The show, "'Til Death do us Part – All is Fair in Love and Murder," will surely entertain you! There are opportunities for audience participation. Who knows, you may even be a suspect!

The menu will be Baked Ham with pineapple glaze, Roast Turkey with dressing and Crab Imperial. Hickory Bridge is well known for their hospitality and their delicious dinners. All farm dinners include American foods that were favored by the area's German settlers and are family recipes.

Tickets are $65 (includes show, meal, tax and gratuity) and must be purchased in advance. For more information call 717-642-5261 or visit www.hickorybridgefarm.com
     
16 Thursday  
  7 pm Fairfield Area Historical Society presents 'The Victorian Historian'. Vistorian Historian Adam Shefts will share a unique insight into the obscure history of America’s 19th and early 20th century. This entertaining program features short stories ,footage, audio and live demonstrations which will make you laugh, cringe and perhaps scratch your head in disbelief. Come experience strange and forgotten American history, dug up and presented by the Victorian Historian and see just how amusing, comical and down right bizarre history can be! This very interesting program is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Come join us at the Village Hall on Apr 16, 2020.Everyone welcome.  For more information call 717-642-6540
     
17 Friday  
  7 pm Gettysburg Community Theater's Lockdown - In a dark classroom, students sit in an “official lockdown,” not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the classroom and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it’s safer to stay or run. For more information call 717-334-2692 or visit
www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org
     
18 Saturday  
  9 am Strawberry Hill's Birding 101. Join Strawberry Hill for this new program series designed to bring out your inner birder! Birding 101 will help participants develop the skills needed to grow from a novice birder into the pro you want to be. The series will start at the basics and conclude by testing your new birding skills in the field. Develop skills ranging from identifying birds by their movement, to understanding what weather conditions are best for birding. You will also get to meet Strawberry Hill’s resident barred owl, Strix!

This three-part intensive series will run Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:30 a.m. on April 18, April 25, and May 2. No prior experience is necessary. The series is designed for birders ages 16+. Birding 101 will be instructed by assistant educator, Danny Stoner. Danny has conducted research highlighting the use of habitat by a variety of birds, most recently working for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. He developed an ornithology club while completing his bachelor’s in environmental science at Kutztown University.

Register for this program online at StrawberryHill.org, or by calling 717-642-5840. The cost is just $30/participant and includes program supplies. This series is limited to 20 participants.
  7 pm Gettysburg Community Theater's Lockdown - In a dark classroom, students sit in an “official lockdown,” not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the classroom and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it’s safer to stay or run. For more information call 717-334-2692 or visit
www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org
     
19 Sunday  
  3 pm Frederick's Calvary United Methodist Church presents the U. S. Air Force Heritage Winds Quintet. The U.S. Air Force Heritage Winds Quintet, a component of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, is located at Langley AFB, VA. This five-piece ensemble – flute, clarinet, French horn, oboe, and bassoon – will perform classical wind quintet literature as well as patriotic music to inspire patriotism, honor veterans, and share the Air Force story.  For more information call 301-662-1464 or visit www.calvaryumc.org
     
20 Monday  
     
21 Tuesday
7 pm Frederick County Public Libraries presents hHighly-acclaimed bestselling author Wes Moore.  More will speak at Frederick Community College and the Weinberg Center for the Arts as part of the annual Frederick Reads event. This program is a collaborative effort between Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL), Frederick Community College, and the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

Moore is currently touring the country to promote his latest work, “Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City,” a kaleidoscopic account of five days in the life of a city on the edge, told through eight characters on the frontlines of the protests that overtook Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray.

Moore’s free talks in Frederick County will also highlight his earlier New York Times Bestseller, “The Other Wes Moore” as well as its young adult version “Discovering Wes Moore.” These titles chronicle the lives of two kids named Wes Moore who both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods. The author’s journey took him from wayward inner city youth to decorated combat veteran, Rhodes Scholar, White House fellow, social entrepreneur, and business leader while the other Wes Moore ended up convicted of murder and serving a life sentence.

Both events are open to the public. Tickets are free but required. Tickets can be obtained at weinbergcenter.org or by phone at 301-600-2828.
7 pm Gettysburg Community Concert Association presents Joel Fan. Fan’s commitment to a wide range of repertoire leads him to easily traverse the distance between world music, classical music of the 21st century and music by Schumann and Beethoven. He has re-invented the piano recital by illuminating the rare and unexpected – creating, in the words of the Baltimore Sun’s critic Tim Smith, “one of the most satisfying piano performances I’ve heard.”  For more information call 717-334-7776 or visit www.gettysburgcca.org
  
22 Wed
     
23 Thursday
     
24 Friday  
  7 pm Gettysburg Community Theater's Lockdown - In a dark classroom, students sit in an “official lockdown,” not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the classroom and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it’s safer to stay or run. For more information call 717-334-2692 or visit
www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org
     
25 Saturday  
  9 am Strawberry Hill's Birding 101. Join Strawberry Hill for this new program series designed to bring out your inner birder! Birding 101 will help participants develop the skills needed to grow from a novice birder into the pro you want to be. The series will start at the basics and conclude by testing your new birding skills in the field. Develop skills ranging from identifying birds by their movement, to understanding what weather conditions are best for birding. You will also get to meet Strawberry Hill’s resident barred owl, Strix!

This three-part intensive series will run Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:30 a.m. on April 18, April 25, and May 2. No prior experience is necessary. The series is designed for birders ages 16+. Birding 101 will be instructed by assistant educator, Danny Stoner. Danny has conducted research highlighting the use of habitat by a variety of birds, most recently working for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. He developed an ornithology club while completing his bachelor’s in environmental science at Kutztown University.

Register for this program online at StrawberryHill.org, or by calling 717-642-5840. The cost is just $30/participant and includes program supplies. This series is limited to 20 participants.
  10 am Hollabaugh Brothers' Breakfast Pizza Family Cooking Class. Trail Registration required.  For more information call 717-677-8412 or visit www.hollabaughbros.com
  1 pm Strawberry Hill's Spring Foraging Workshop. Join the “Wild Edibles Lady,” Debbie Naha, as she shows you a unique approach to appreciating wild edible plants. Debbie is a professional foraging instructor who is also a licensed nutritionist. Participants will take a hike and learn to identify wild edibles, followed by a tutorial on how to prepare your findings! All ages are welcome to attend. The cost is $25 per participant and the class is limited to 30 people. Register online at StrawberryHill.org, or by calling 717-642-5840.
  7 pm Gettysburg Community Theater's Lockdown - In a dark classroom, students sit in an “official lockdown,” not knowing if it’s just a drill or an actual emergency. When a hysterical younger girl bolts from the classroom and the teacher follows, the remaining students are left alone to decide if it’s safer to stay or run. For more information call 717-334-2692 or visit
www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org
  7 pm Seton Shrine presents National Christian Choir Concert. We welcome everyone to join us for a free concert featuring the National Christian Choir. The Choir is an auditioned choir of 160 members whose mission is "to glorify God through a unique ministry of music which draws people into a new and deeper relationship with Him". Singers come from over 100 different churches within a 5-state region that includes Washington DC. The concert takes place in the Shrine's Basilica and is free, however a goodwill offering will be collected.  For more information call 301-447-6606 or visit www.setonshrine.org
     
26 Sunday  
  3 pm Frederick's Calvary United Methodist Church presents Michael Adcock, pianist. Hailed for his prodigious technique and praised by the Washington Post for an “unusually fresh and arresting approach to the piano,” Michael has cultivated a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician and pre-concert lecturer. In addition to performing throughout the United States, he has also performed in France, Italy, and Australia. Michael earned his master’s degree, artist diploma, and a doctoral degree from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, where he studied with Leon Fleisher and Ellen Mack. Currently, he is a faculty member of the Washington Conservatory in Bethesda, Maryland.  For more information call 301-662-1464 or visit www.calvaryumc.org
     
27 Monday  
     
28 Tuesday  
     
29 Wed  
     
30 Thursday