The Arts at Millersville University will join Lancaster city's First Friday celebrations with "Lancaster's Still-Hidden Treasure" on Friday, July 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster.

Local author Eileen H. Gregg will explore the storied past of the carousel that is the subject of her 2021 book, "Lancaster's Hidden Treasure: The Rocky Springs Dentzel Carousel." To kick off the event, Gregg will present a slideshow of historical photos from the book, dating from 1899, when the Dentzel Carousel Company of North Philadelphia placed the carousel in Rocky Springs Park, a few miles south of Lancaster, to the present time, when the carousel is spending its 25th year in storage. Gregg will also show a short film about the carousel's installation at Dollywood in Tennessee.

Further exploring the carousel's past, present, and unknown future, Gregg will interview Dee Lynch of Manheim, a retired schoolteacher who served as a spokesperson and fundraiser for the Friends of the Rocky Springs Carousel, the precursor to the Rocky Springs Carousel Association. Local artist Liz Hess of the Liz Hess Gallery on Prince Street will unveil a recently completed commissioned painting commemorating the carousel and other rides in Rocky Springs Park. Finally, Leroy Hopkins Jr., a researcher and writer on black history in Lancaster, will speak on the question, "How do we go forward?"

In the Regitz Gallery, the "Expanded Visions" juried photography exhibition, which showcases the talents of central Pennsylvania photographers, will be on display until Friday, July 26.

The First Friday events are free and open to the public. No tickets are required.