Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rockford Road, Lancaster, has announced three upcoming events. Tickets are available for purchase at http://www.historicrockford.org/special-events.

The first event is a lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 6 p.m. in the Langmuir Education Room, located on the first floor of the barn. Danielle Keperling will present "Walls That Witnessed a Revolution: Lancaster County Before 1776," exploring the pre-1776 buildings throughout Lancaster County.

Keperling serves as the executive director of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, where she advances preservation advocacy, education, and stewardship across the county. She also serves on the City of Lancaster's Historical Commission, helping oversee the Heritage Conservation District.

Admission is for the lecture only and does not include the Snyder Gallery or Hand Mansion.

Historic Rock Ford will also host "Love and Music of Regency England," presented by the Jane Austen Playlist, on Sunday, Sept. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. In addition to having a passion for writing, author Jane Austen loved music. All of her literary output, from her letters to her novels, expresses music's role in her life. The upcoming performance will feature selections from the Austen Family Music Books - the music that Austen played and loved. It will also feature dramatized narrations from Austen's novels.

The Jane Austen Playlist, founded in 2019, is a historical music project featuring the music of the Austen family in digitized notations, companion recordings, and dramatically narrated performances. It was created and is directed by Laura Klein and presented by a cast of Lancaster-based performers.

The performance will be held on the piazza of the Hand Mansion, with seating on the lawn. The performance area will open 45 minutes prior to the concert time. In the event of rain, the event will be held under the tent by the barn. Concessions will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting Historic Rock Ford. The tickets will be discounted for those who bring their own chair for seating.

Denise Wilz will offer a workshop on redware sgraffito on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Langmuir Education Center. The sgraffito technique was used by 18th- and 19th-century Pennsylvania German potters to make designs in their folk art pottery. Sgraffito means "to scratch," and workshop participants will have the option to draw and scratch a design on a 7- or 10-inch redware plate coated with white clay slip. Participants may choose a traditional Pennsylvania German design or create their own. No experience is required.

The plates and all sgraffito tools and books for ideas will be provided, or participants may bring their own. There is a fee for the workshop, with a lower price for those who choose a 7-inch plate. Fees are nonrefundable.

After the workshop, the plates will be dried, glazed, and fired, which will take four to five weeks. Participants will be notified when the plates are ready. They may pick up their finished work at the workshop site free of charge or have the item shipped to them for an additional fee. Participants may bring the shipping payment to the workshop.

Participants should bring a bag lunch. Registration will close on Monday, Aug. 31, and no walk-ins will be accepted on the date of the workshop.

Wilz has been making redware since 2002. She has a degree in studio art from Moravian University. She is a master artisan of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and is included in the "Directory of Traditional American Crafts" published by Early American Life magazine.