Good morning, Lancaster County.
It's the Weekend Edition: a new space for artists on Ewell Plaza is part of this weekend's Art Walk, the Witmer fire company's ox roast is Saturday, and Sunday starts with frost, so we found an indoor afternoon, too.
In today's Lancaster Local:
A new downtown building with 13 artist studios joins this weekend's Art Walk
The Witmer fire company's take-out ox roast on Saturday
A 50s sock hop at the Columbia Market House
River legends and a history quiz bowl at Rock Ford on Sunday
COMMUNITY NEWS
Thirteen artist studios on Ewell Plaza.
Lancaster city has a new creative space: Makers, at 171 North Queen Street on the north side of Ewell Plaza.
Its centerpiece will be 13 artist studios, which it says will be available by mid-October.
It will also have a gallery displaying works by its member artists.
Makers is managed by Jason and Katherine Horst of Horst Arts, whose arts center is at 17 North Main Street in Manheim.
Katherine is a fine artist and a PCAD graduate.
Jason is a designer whose clients have included Coca-Cola and HGTV.
This weekend, Makers is part of Lancaster City's free Fall Art Walk: Saturday, October 17, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 18, noon to 4:00 p.m.
Jason will show his series of landmark Lancaster buildings depicted as "dystopian yet playful creatures," along with wood pieces that include wall hangings depicting the tree-lighting ceremonies of nearby towns.
All weekend, visitors can help build a communal collage mural.
Instead of lines and shapes, color names are written in areas of the canvas, and you fill them in with matching colored paper torn and cut from a large library of books, magazines and scraps.
Artists interested in a studio can reach Katherine Horst at (717) 419-4025.
EVENTS
🇺🇸 America: 250 Years of Freedom — Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand.
Final performances: Friday, October 16, 1:00 p.m., and Saturday, October 17, 7:00 p.m.
A 90-minute multimedia show from Blue Gate Musicals featuring the Celebration Singers, with songs like "America, the Beautiful," "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and "God Bless America," plus stories of American innovation.
Show-only tickets are $32 for adults and $15 for children.
Lunch-and-show and dinner-and-show packages are also available.
Tickets: (717) 768-1568.
🍽️ Witmer Fire Ox Roast — Witmer Fire Protective Association, 455 Mount Sidney Road, Lancaster, between the Old Philadelphia Pike and Horseshoe Road.
Saturday, October 17. The drive-thru opens at 11:00 a.m. and runs until sold out.
The fire company has held ox roasts as a major fundraiser for more than 75 years.
The take-out meal: slow-cooked beef, homemade filling, home-cooked potatoes, Lancaster County sweet corn, homemade gravy, locally made rolls and butter, cole slaw, peaches, a whoopie pie and a drink.
It's take-out only, through the drive-thru lanes.
$20 per meal.
All proceeds benefit the Witmer Fire Protective Association.
🛍️ Rivertown Retro Fest — Koser Riverfront Park, Bainbridge.
Saturday, October 17, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Vintage vendors gather along the Susquehanna with nostalgic treasures, collectibles, vintage décor, clothing, memorabilia and one-of-a-kind finds.
🧦 50s Sock Hop Fall Gala — Historic Columbia Market House, 15 South Third Street, Columbia.
Saturday, October 17, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Create Columbia's fall gala goes 1950s, with "hip music, keen finger food and outa sight beverages" included in the ticket.
Wear your saddle shoes, penny loafers or favorite pair of crazy socks and dance the night away.
Tickets are $30.
Call 223-246-7271 for tickets and info.
🎨 The Peace of Wild Things — MH Art Gallery & Studio, 42 West Market Street, Marietta.
Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A juried exhibit inspired by Wendell Berry's poem "The Peace of Wild Things."
🏛️ History, Lore & Trivia — Rock Ford Barn, Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rockford Road, Lancaster.
Sunday, October 18, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Free; registration required.
Adam Zurn of Uncharted Lancaster presents "Legendary Tales from the Mighty Susquehanna River" from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Then Manheim Township Historical Society president Benton Webber hosts his Revolutionary Lancaster Quiz Bowl.
Tables of four become teams, so bring three friends or join a table and make new ones.
Seating is limited.
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Today brings a chance of rain before 8:00 a.m., then partly sunny skies and a high near 80.
Showers and thunderstorms are likely after 5:00 p.m., with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely before 2:00 a.m., with a low around 46.
Saturday is mostly sunny but cooler, with a high near 53 and gusts as high as 30 mph.
Sunday starts with widespread frost before 9:00 a.m., then turns sunny, with a high near 57.
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Have a good weekend.
— The Lancaster Local