LancasterHistory will host several upcoming events.

"Wonderful Woodpeckers" will be held at the LancasterHistory Museum & Research Center, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster, on Saturday, Jan. 24, at 10 a.m. Dan Hinnebusch, ornithologist for Wild Birds Unlimited, will discuss woodpeckers, their habitats, and how to attract them to a backyard. Hinnebusch is the area manager and store ornithologist for Wild Birds Unlimited in Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, and York. He also teaches classes about birds and ecology for Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and Cedar Crest College.

The event is open to the public. To purchase tickets, visit https://tinyurl.com/wonderful-woodpeckers or call 717-392-4633. Youths age 17 and younger will be admitted for free and must be accompanied by an adult. Friends of the Tanger Arboretum members will receive complimentary admission but should still register for the program. Advance tickets are recommended.

"Latino History From Lancaster County to the Smithsonian" will take place on Thursday, Jan. 29, at Tec Centro, 57 Laurel St., Lancaster. A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a panel at 6 p.m. LancasterHistory will host curators from the National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL), a new museum that the Smithsonian Institution is building in Washington, D.C., to honor the history and influence of Latinos in America. The panel will also include local scholars and representatives of community groups who will share their work in serving the local Latino community and preserving its history.

The panel will feature Amanda Elena Brito and Robin Morey of the NMAL, Ivette Guzman-Zavala and John Hinshaw of Lebanon Valley College, and Ramona Rivera Navedo of Lancaster County. The panel will be in English and Spanish.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required at https://tinyurl.com/latino-history or by calling 717-392-4633, ext. 100. In the case of bad weather, the panel will be conducted virtually.

LancasterHistory will also host "Lydia Hamilton Smith and the World of Entrepreneurial Black Women in the Nation's Capital" at its museum and research center on Thursday, Feb. 5. A reception will take place at 5 p.m., followed by the lecture at 5:30 p.m.

Lydia Hamilton Smith lived a remarkable life as the confidante of Thaddeus Stevens and as an accomplished woman in the years following his death. Tamika Nunley, research professor of history at Duke College, will speak on how Smith figured among the circles of Black entrepreneurs in the nation's capital. Nunley has written numerous articles, essays, reviews, and books and has received awards for her writings. In 2023, the Librarian of Congress named her the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required at http://www.lancasterhistory.org/events/nunley or by calling 717-392-4633. The lecture will be available via livestream but will not be available publicly after the event concludes. An email is required to receive the link to the livestream on Zoom.