AUGUST You Say There’s Nothin’ to Do?

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Events for nonprofits and events for which a nominal fee is charged are preferred.

1

Enjoy a free light lunch at participating downtown retailers in the 300 block of North Queen Street, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

2

Free movie in the park, “Everyone’s Hero (G),” dusk, Elizabethtown Park amphitheater. Free. Call 367-0355.

3

Enjoy R&B and soul by the Sensational Soul Cruisers, 6:30-7:15 p.m. and 7:45-8:30 p.m., Greenfield Corporate Center. Bring lawn chairs. Free. Call 293-4550.

4

The Lancaster County Fiddler’s Associates present live bluegrass music, Pavilions 1, 2 and 3 in Lancaster County Central Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5 per carload. Call 687-0265.

5

Trombone-a-Palooza, an evening devoted to the prince of winds. 7:30 p.m., Mt. Gretna Playhouse. $16-25, half-price for ages 19-26 and $1 for 18 & under. Gretna Music 361-1508.

6

Today is National Wiggle Your Toes Day. Go ahead, set them free!

7

See competitors try to out-pedal each other in the Pedal Tractor Pulls at Cherry Crest Farm and Corn Maze, 150 Cherry Hill Road, Ronks, noon and 3 p.m. $13.95, adults; $10.95 children 3-11; free 2 and under. 687-6843.

8

On this day in 1974, President Nixon breaks the news that he will resign, the first (and only) president to do so. What can you be the first to do today?

9

Free movie, “Citizen Kane (1941),” 9 p.m., Binns Park, 100 N. Queen St., downtown Lancaster.

10

Explore boatyard basics, build and launch a ship of your own, Hands-On House, 721 Landis Valley Road, 5-7 p.m., free with museum admission of $6.

11

Learn about the bald eagle from naturalist Andy Yoder, 10 a.m., Environmental Education Center, One Nature’s Way, Lancaster County Central Park, free. Pre-register at 295-2055.

12

The Bainbridge Band performs at War Memorial Park, Marietta Avenue, Mount Joy, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Call 653-4227.

13

Choose one of many scenic bike tours in the county. Visit www.lancasterbikeclub.org to learn where they are, mileage and degree of difficulty.

14

Lecture and music presented by Dave Breidenstine, “The Fantastic Development of Fantasy Music,” 7:30 p.m., Freeman Hall at Cornwall Manor. Free. Call 272-9711.

15

Families can join naturalist Karen Wiker to study the water of Mill Creek, 1-3 p.m. Meet at Environmental Education Center, One Nature’s Way, Lancaster County Central Park. Pre-register at 295- 2055. Free.

16

Lemonade Concert Series presents “Love, Lost and Won,” a musical trio, 7:30 p.m., Highland Presbyterian Church, 1801 Oregon Pike, free-will offering.

17

Third Friday Night Out in downtown Strasburg, free entertainment and refreshments in shops, 5-8 p.m. 687-0915

18

Swim at Lancaster County pool, 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Lancaster County Central Park, $4 youth ages 4-17; $5 ages 18 and older; free under 3.

19

Learn “The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket” in The North Museum’s Planetarium, 1 p.m . $8.50 adults, $7.50 ages 3-12 and seniors 65 and over. Call 291-4371.

20

The Elizabethtown Fair opens tonight, visit www.pafairs.org/ etownfair.

21

Stroll through 23 acres of gardens and displays at Hershey Gardens, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10 adults, $9 seniors 62 and over, $6 ages 3- 15. Visit www.hersheygardens.com.

22

Go to your public library and search for “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Play it at home while you’re getting chores done.

23

Free movie, “Hook (PG),” 9 p.m., Binns Park, 100 N. Queen St., downtown Lancaster.

24

The inaugural Lancaster Professional Fire Fighter’s “Fire In The Hole” Golf Tournament will be played at 1 p.m. at Overlook Golf Course. Registration begins at noon. Proceeds benefit the Muscular Dystrophy. Call 293-0685

25

Volunteers are needed to help with the Furnace Run/Segloch Run Watershed Alliance stream restoration, 9 a.m.-noon. Call 299-5361.

26

Long’s Park Summer Concert Series, City Rhythm Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Long’s Park amphitheater. Free.

27

Ever wondered what a baseball card really meant? Well, check out “The Artist and the Baseball Card,” at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 204 N. Prince St., 396-7833.

28

Get free tips for packing healthy school lunches, online at www.kidshealth.org; keyword: school lunches.

29

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month. Take inventory of your medicine cabinet and flush all your expired pills down the commode.

30

Free movie, “West Side Story (1961),” 9 p.m., Binns Park, 100 N. Queen St., downtown Lancaster.

31

Ride the standard coach railroad cars, restored in authentic Victorian style, at Strasburg Rail Road. $11, adults; $6, children (3-11); free under 3. 687-7522.

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