Good morning, Lancaster County.
A good week for a night out: a Dolly Parton tribute for a good cause, a string quartet fresh off Netflix's Bridgerton, and the Statler Brothers' sons and grandsons.
In today's Lancaster Local:
The Lititz library's expansion, and a children's area weeks from reopening
A Dolly Parton tribute with all proceeds going to her Imagination Library
Trivia, soup and a succulent pumpkin in a greenhouse in Intercourse
A bestselling novelist in Columbia, with half the bookstore's profit going to the library
COMMUNITY NEWS
A bigger library, one update at a time.
Lititz Public Library has been posting construction updates all summer and into the fall, and its October 2 update says the children's area "reopens in the next few weeks" once it gets new carpeting.
Here's what the project includes, according to the library's posts:
New additions to the building, finished on the outside so that, in the library's words, they "look like they've always been there."
A pergola above what will become a new back entrance, and new sidewalks that let visitors come in through the back or the front.
A new children's multipurpose room, which has been the temporary home of the children's books during construction.
New storage space for the Friends of the Library.
And the centerpiece: a new storytime room in the center of the children's area, replacing the old one, which came down in September.
The latest update says the crew has finished painting and installing the HVAC in the children's area.
The updates come with photos, so you can watch the rooms take shape.
The library is at 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz.
EVENTS
🎃 Autumn Trivia Night — Ken's Gardens, 3552 W. Newport Road, Intercourse.
Wednesday, October 7, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Trivia in the greenhouse, with a prize for everyone.
The $20 ticket also covers a mini succulent pumpkin workshop and a soup and bread bar with drinks and dessert.
It's BYOB.
Everyone needs a ticket, and everyone has to be checked in by 5:45; trivia starts at 6:00.
🎤 We Will Always Love You: A Tribute to Dolly Parton — Tellus360, 24 E. King Street, Lancaster.
Thursday, October 8. Doors 7:00 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. Ages 21+.
The Cosmic Honkey Tonk plays Dolly, with special guests Liz Fulmer, Lilly Moss, Kate Seifarth-Hynes, Lily Andrey and more.
All proceeds go to Dolly's Imagination Library.
General admission is standing only, $21.68 including fees.
🎻 Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom — American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
Friday, October 9, 7:30 p.m.
Vitamin String Quartet turns pop and rock anthems into string instrumentals, and the theatre notes it's fresh off Season 4 of Netflix's Bridgerton.
It shares the bill with Girl Named Tom, the vocal trio that won The Voice in 2021.
Tickets run $39 to $69.
📚 Lauren Willig in Conversation with Lindsay Hameroff — Fellowship Hall, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 616 Locust Street, Columbia.
Friday, October 9. Doors 5:30 p.m., conversation 6:30 p.m., signing 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The Columbia Public Library and Book Bar host the bestselling novelist to talk about her newest book, What Happens at Nightfall, with time for audience questions.
A ticket is required, and every ticket includes a hardcover copy.
Book Bar is giving 50 percent of its profits to the library.
Enter at the red doors on the 6th Street side, across from the library.
There's free on-street parking at the library and in the school lot next door.
🌱 Habitat Advocate: Green Mulch — Tec Centro, 102 Chester Street, Lancaster.
Saturday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. to noon.
A Lancaster Conservancy workshop on replacing wood mulch with native groundcovers, or "living mulch."
Elyse Jurgen of Waxwing EcoWorks leads it; you'll practice a scaled garden design and take home an ecological gardening "recipe."
It's ticketed.
If the cost is a barrier, the Conservancy asks you to contact Keith Williams at [email protected].
🎶 The Statler Experience — American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster.
Sunday, October 11, 3:00 p.m.
Wilson Fairchild (Wil and Langdon Reid) and Jack and Davis Reid, the sons and grandsons of original Statler Brothers members, bring back the group's harmonies: "Flowers on the Wall," "Bed of Rose's," "Elizabeth" and more.
Tickets are $24, $34 and $44.
🐕 Puppies With a Purpose — Columbia Public Library, 24 South 6th Street, Columbia.
Monday, October 12, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Learn about The Seeing Eye Guide Dog School and its puppy-raising program, and meet some of the puppies.
It's designed for children with an adult who stays for the program.
Registration is required and closes at 5:30 p.m. that day.
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