Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, has posted several upcoming events.

The Lebanon County Youth Chorus will give a concert in the chapel on Friday, Oct. 13, from 7 to 8 p.m. The ensemble of more than 60 people will share a cappella music.

An Explore Retirement Living Open House will take place on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will be hosted at 17 Lancaster County continuing care retirement communities and will provide an opportunity for prospective residents to tour multiple campuses and learn what Lancaster County offers for retirees. Registration is not required, but those who preregister will receive information in advance to help plan their visit.

The Andrew Roberts Trio will give a concert on Oct. 21 from 7 to 8 p.m. The event will be the first program in the Saturday Evening Concert Series for the 2023-24 season. Donations will be accepted at the door. Roberts has been music director and pianist for the American Music Theatre in Lancaster since 2009. He arranges, plays the piano in and conducts the vocalists and band in the theater's original productions. He is also a longtime member of the team at the Timbers Dinner Theatre in Mount Gretna, where he has played a large role in shaping the theater's musical revues. He has also played and conducted shows for numerous theaters throughout Pennsylvania. Roberts has been music leader for Soul.Com at Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist in Lebanon since 2000.

Garden Spot Village will host a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event in partnership with New Holland Police Department on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event provides an opportunity for members of the public to turn in unused and expired medications for safe disposal. For additional information, visit http://takebackday.dea.gov.

An Author Talk with Leona Baker will take place on Oct. 28 from 7 to 8 p.m. Baker, a Garden Spot Village resident since August 2021, will talk about her research and share stories of the public one-room schools where children who lived in Salisbury Township were once educated. Baker spent nearly eight years researching and recording 250 years of educational history in Salisbury Township. A member of the Salisbury Township Historical Society, she conducted hundreds of interviews and spent countless hours looking through historic documents as she pieced together the history of the public schools that were built in what is now part of Pequea Valley School District. She recently published her stories in the book "How They Learned Their ABC's."

Jack Brubaker - author of the "Scribbler" column - will give a presentation on Monday, Oct. 30, from 7 to 8 p.m. He will provide an in-depth account of the massacre of the Conestogas in Lancaster in December 1763. Brubaker has authored multiple books on local history, including "Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County." Prior to his presentation, historian and Garden Spot Village resident Lou Ann Miller will give a history of the indigenous people who flourished in the local area.

An Autumn Music Celebration featuring Richard Bosworth of Seattle, Wash., will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 11 a.m. to noon. A concert pianist, recording artist and piano teacher, Bosworth has performed around the world, and he was a special invited guest to the White House. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts.

For more information on Garden Spot Village events or to register for the open house, visit http://www.gardenspotvillage.org/events/.