Olivia Smucker

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Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition celebrates opening The Loop community hub (photos)

K Foley, executive director of the Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition, left, welcomes people to the opening of The Loop on Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Photo: Olivia Smucker) ... Read more

ByOlivia Smucker - June 8, 2022

Community Voices

Preserving Lancaster’s history: A Q&A with Danielle Keperling

Danielle Keperling (Source: Provided) Danielle Keperling, executive director at the Historical Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, has been involved in the work of restoring historic buildings …

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ByOlivia Smucker - May 26, 2022

Nonprofits

Music for Everyone continues Keys for the City, Songs for Justice projects

(Source: Music For Everyone) Friday kicks off this year’s Keys for the City, Music for Everyone’s summer-long program that places pianos across Lancaster city for public …

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ByOlivia Smucker - May 19, 2022

Community

Revisiting historic Rocky Springs Carousel sparks memories for its former owner

Tom Wolf, former owner and caretaker of the Rocky Springs Carousel, tells a story about one of the horses to his left. (Photo: Olivia Smucker) For …

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ByOlivia Smucker - May 18, 2022

Community

‘It’s not enough’: Author and advocate Nikole Hannah-Jones addresses systemic racial inequity at community event

Phil Goropoulos (left), president of CHI St. Joseph, interviews Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times journalist and author of “The 1619 Project” on April 21, 2022. (Photo: …

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ByOlivia Smucker - April 26, 2022

Nonprofits

Protecting ‘the environmental capital of the Chesapeake Bay’: An Earth Day Q&A with Jenna Mitchell Beckett

Jenna Mitchell Beckett, Pa. state director, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, speaks at the TEDx RegenAll forum at Tellus 360 on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. (Photo: …

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ByOlivia Smucker - April 22, 2022

Community

Discussion of Christian perspectives on war, peace covers past, present and future

From left: Gene Miller, Lee Barrett and Kevin Ressler discussing the Christian theologies of war and peace at Grandview Church on April 9. (Photo: Olivia Smucker) …

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ByOlivia Smucker - April 14, 2022

Community

Artist talk with ‘SWEAT’ playwright Lynn Nottage examines power of community storytelling

Lynn Nottage, playwright, and Kevin Ressler, president and CEO of United Way of Lancaster County. (Photo: Olivia Smucker) The Fulton Theatre hosted an artist talk on …

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ByOlivia Smucker - April 6, 2022

Nonprofits

Leadership through the seasons: A Q&A with Vanessa Philbert

Vanessa Philbert speaks at the Lancaster Chamber’s State of the County presentation on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher) Vanessa Philbert believes in Community Action …

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ByOlivia Smucker - March 31, 2022

Nonprofits

Crispus Attucks Community Center celebrates namesake, history and community during Crispus Attucks Day (photos)

Members of Music For Everyone, a community music education group. (Photo: Brian Nguyen, CAP Lancaster) Crispus Attucks Community Center celebrated its namesake as well as the …

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ByOlivia Smucker - March 28, 2022

Nonprofits

‘Connecting the dots’: A Q&A with Derrick Burch

Derrick Burch (Photo: Provided) Derrick Burch is passionate about connecting with others and creating a web of collaboration within the community, as evidenced in his decades-long …

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ByOlivia Smucker - February 28, 2022

Community Voices

Pushing the boundaries of theater: A Q&A with artist, educator and advocate Starleisha Michelle Gingrich

Starleisha Michelle Gingrich (Photo: Molly S Photography) Starleisha Michelle Gingrich is so deeply involved with and impassioned by theater, she says even just thinking about it …

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ByOlivia Smucker - February 21, 2022