This year is our 32nd Institute annual jazz festival—featuring NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. The Institute's annual jazz festival continues to spotlight top professional artists each year that light up the outdoor stage with hot summer jazz. Admission is free. Rain location is Waynesboro Area Middle School. See musician bios here. Check […]
SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to see the current schedule of locations. (If in doubt about the weather—check Buttonwood’s Facebook page) First and third Saturdays ONLY Start time: 8:00 a.m. First […]
NOTICE: StoryWalk® Sundays will begin alternating months starting this fall. This book will remain on the StoryWalk® trail through October—join us during our Pumpkins & Pippins Fall Festival! Our series of StoryWalk® Sunday adventures for kids continues... The story posted on the StoryWalk® trail at Pine Hill Park changes (monthly, or sometimes every other month), […]
SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to […]
NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, October 5, 12, 19, […]
You'll be raven' about this performance! FREE and open to the public. The Institute presents a theatrical production spotlighting Edgar Allan Poe, performed in an outdoor venue by MEG Theatre […]
SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to […]
NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, October 5, 12, 19, […]
NOTICE: We regret that the Eclipse Watch Party has been CANCELLED. Cloud coverage will be too heavy to see the eclipse on Saturday. On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar […]
NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, October 5, 12, 19, 26, and November 2 • 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. This autumn, we have five new sessions, with […]
SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to […]
Support The Institute by bringing your family to a fall celebration of Pumpkins & Pippins! Our third annual Pumpkins and Pippins fall festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 21 from […]
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