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Thursday & Friday August 5th & 6th Youth Fair near Martinsburg, WV
The 63rd annual Berkeley County Youth Fair continues through Saturday with food-eating contests, concerts, bull riding, demolition derby and more. Continues through Saturday. Gates open at noon. Carnival opens at 6 p.m. daily; all-you-can-ride wrist bands cost $18. Indoor exhibits open at noon; commercial exhibits open at 5 p.m. Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds, off Country Club Road, near Martinsburg, W.Va. For complete schedule, go to www.berkeleycountyyouthfair.org.

Saturday, August 7th
10 am Chambersburg, PA ‘Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe’ The Totem Pole Players: Theater for Young Audiences presents an audience-participation version of a collection of Mother Goose rhymes. 10 a.m. Chambersburg Middle School, 1151 E. McKinley St., Chambersburg. Free. Call 888-805-7056.

10 am – 3 pm Boonsboro Summer festival
The festival includes children’s games, water park, petting zoo, classic car cruise-in, arts and crafts vendors, magician and bake sale. Proceeds will go to the residents’ benevolent fund. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village, 8507 Mapleville Road, Boonsboro. Classic car cruise-in, $2 entry fee. All cars welcome. Call 301-671-5000 or go to www.fkhv.org.

2pm Hagerstown Titanic ship model
Norm Little, former Titanic Historical Society member, master shipbuilder of a 15-foot-long model of the Titanic, will present “Detailed Construction of a Titanic Model.” 2 p.m. Discovery Station, 101 W. Washington St., Hagerstown. Free with paid museum admission of $5 to $7. Call 301-790-0076 or go to www.discoverystation.org.

7pm Hagerstown Free movie
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” will be shown. Free popcorn and sodas. 7 p.m. Bridge of Life, 14 S. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown. Free. Call 301-791-1674. Go to www.bridge oflife.org/movienight.

7pm Hagerstown Music by the Lake
Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band performs. 7 p.m. City Park, off Virginia Avenue, Hagerstown. Free. Call 301-791-3132.

Sunday, August 8th

1pm Hagerstown Trains for Everyone
HO-scale model railroad. Trains for kids to run. Historic railroad equipment, artifacts and photos. 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9. Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum, 300 S. Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown. $3.50, adults; 50 cents, ages 4 to 12; free, ages 3 and younger. Call 301-739-4665.

1pm Hagerstown Taste of the Garden
Foods from the garden will include heirloom variety tomatoes, melons, squashes, herbs and more. There will be information on preserving food from the garden. Children will make an 1800s replica of a garden water wick from clay pots and carded wool. 1 to 4 p.m. Washington County Rural Heritage Museum, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike, south of Hagerstown. Free, donations accepted. Call 240-420-1714 or go to www.ruralheritagemuseum.org.

Lions Club community fair
A week of carnival rides, concerts, karaoke for cash and more. Activities begin Saturday with a Mercersburg Community Band concert and fireworks. Daily schedule includes amusement rides from 6:30 to 10 p.m. for $15. Performances by Runaway Train on Monday; karaoke with cash prizes Tuesday; Spectrum and Lindy Hop Dancers on Wednesday; The Hello Strangers on Thursday; Debonaire Band on Friday; New Country and cash give-away on Saturday, Aug. 14. Lions Park, Mercersburg, Pa. Free admission. For more, go to e-club house.org/sites/mercersburg.

7:30 pm Hagerstown Community band
Hagerstown Municipal Band will perform, featuring trombone soloist Fred Gleason. 7:30 p.m. Peter Buys Band Shell, City Park, Hagerstown. Band performs Sundays through Aug. 22. Free. Go to www.hagerstownband.org.

Tuesday, Aug. 10
10 am Hagerstown Free family film festival
“Horton Hears a Who” (G) and “Monsters vs. Aliens” (PG). 10 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 11. Regal Valley Mall Stadium 16, Halfway and Massey boulevards in Halfway. Free. Go to REGmovies.com.

Thursday, August 12th

10am Pangborn Park, Hagerstown Hagerstown Parents & Kids Meet-Up Join the group and rsvp here: http://www.meetup.com/Hagerstown-Moms/ Some members of our site, Washington County Moms have already rsvp’ed!

9pm Sharpsburg
Meteor shower observation
TriState Astronomers will host a free public meteor shower observing event to view the Perseid meteor shower. Bring blankets or lawn chairs. No restroom facilities. 9 p.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center, off Sharpsburg Pike, south of Hagerstown. Canceled if the sky is cloudy. Call Dan at 301-988-9828.