SETON SHRINE OPENS NEW MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER THIS WEEK
Seton Shrine will open its new museum and visitor center on Sept. 22, free to the public. Inside, you’ll find artifacts, displays and exhibitions, including the “40 Years A Saint” exhibition, which walks you through Elizabeth Ann Seton’s journey to sainthood, and “Civil War Sisters,” which shares the personal accounts of the how the Daughters and Sisters of Charity served during the Civil War. Learn more at setonshrine.org.
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING … AND SILENT OLD MTNS.
FCC will host its Frederick Varieties show this weekend, bringing to the JBK Theater on campus a whole lot of talent in dance, music, poetry and film from FCC students, alumni and community members. The show will be headlined by Silent Old Mtns. Tickets are free, but seats can be reserved through Eventbrite.
Our beloved toy shop in downtown Frederick turns 23 years old this week. Celebrate with a birthday party from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 23, complete with toys to play with, story time at noon, a raffle and giveaways. This is a free event for all ages.
SHOWS, SHOWS AND MORE SHOWS
This next week brings a slew of great artists to town — so many, in fact, we are just going to go ahead and list them: Toad the Wet Sprocket will play the Weinberg stage on Sept. 21, Lafayette Gilchrist will be at New Spire Stages on Sept. 22, and Janel & Anthony will take the Y Arts Center stage the following night. Also at New Spires, Kyshona performs on Sept. 28 and Tablao Flamenco on Sept. 29. Whatta week to hear live music in Frederick!
REMEMBERING JIM CROCE 50 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH
Just when he was beginning to reach mainstream success, Jim Croce tragically died with his bandmates in a plane crash, 50 years ago this week. Frederick writer Gary Bennett laments this loss in this week’s 72 Hours. Those who never got the chance to hear him live can get a feel for the artist at the live show “50 Years Gone: A Tribute to Jim Croce” in December at New Spire Arts, which will be part musical tribute and part storytelling about Croce’s life and work.
ART AND NATURE TOGETHER AGAIN
What’s not to love about a combined art show and garden party? Head over to Fox Haven Farm on Sept. 23 for this lovely experience. Try herbal cocktails, wander through the gardens, and bid on pieces by local artists in a silent auction. Your bids go directly to the land conservation efforts and educational programs at the farm in Jefferson.
Grammy Award-winning artists of early American popular music will perform four days of music from a century ago — ragtime, blues, stride, boogie boogie, jazz and more — at the Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival this week. About two hours north of Frederick, the festival takes place in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, from Sept. 21 to 24.
