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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 41
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A lifelong dream at the heart of the local music scene BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
W
hen Cory Paternoster was in second grade, his teacher asked the class to write down one thing they wished to have. The children took turns writing their wishes on a piece of paper with a sunflower on it, and eventually its petals comprised a variety of wishes you might expect a youngster to have. Some kids desired the new Power Ranger action figure, and others wanted the sun to shine every day. But for as long as he can remember, Paternoster has had one wish: to be a rock star. “Before I even played any instruments, I would pretend I was in a band and play air guitar,” Paternoster laughed. “I played on a drum pad for a year and a half while I saved up for a drum set. I would put money in a coffee jar with a picture of a drum kit my
parents taped to it.” Today, the sunflower drawing hangs on the wall at Paternoster’s childhood home in Landisville. Meanwhile, Paternoster is living his younger self’s dream of being a full-time musician in Lancaster city. The 2012 Hempfield High School graduate is no stranger to the stage, and he performs frequently with multiple bands, but Paternoster’s relationship with music is much more than playing shows or touring across the country. Paternoster is one of the co-founders of the Upside, a rehearsal space in northeast Lancaster city that offers services specializing in every aspect of a performing artist’s career. Paternoster uses the space to teach private drum lessons, and the facility is equipped with a state-of-the-art recording studio and equipment for music production and engineering. The
Cory Paternoster (right) performs with his band Whose Hands Are These? alongside Caden Myers (left) and Alex Rubin at the Upside.
Upside also functions as a live everything ambitious rockers music venue, making it a pillar of need to chase their dreams. Lancaster’s underground scene Paternoster earned his stripes as well as a one-stop shop for as a veteran of the Lancaster
music scene by recording and performing with many different acts over the last decade; his resume includes bands such as Sun Not See Local music pg 2
The story of Stan The influence that the late Stan Deen had on New Holland - as a teacher, a director, and a member of the community - is well known. Stan, who passed away in July of 2016, founded Garden Spot Performing Arts (GSPA), the Garden Spot High School (GSHS) auditorium is named for him, and, according to Mike Ressler, chair of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) board of trustees, “Everybody (who knew him) has a Stan Deen story.” However, it was a chance
meeting between NHAHS founder Steve Loewen and Nate Deen, who was taken in by Stan as a GSHS student and on whose life with Stan the soon-to-bereleased film “Brave the Dark” is based, that has resulted in an exhibit called “The Remarkable Mr. Deen.” The display will take up the main room of the NHAHS Museum, 207 E. Main St., New Holland. No end date has been set for the exhibit. Nate and Loewen were both at a movie at Penn Cinema in early 2024. Their short conversation in the lobby led to lunch and to Nate visiting a car show Loewen See Stan pg 5
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Lancaster County has a longstanding and deep connection to visual art and creatives in the community. Lancaster city’s historic downtown area is rife with art galleries and painters’ exhibitions, the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and distinguished museums such as L ancaster Museum of Art and the Demuth Museum. Lancaster-born artists such as Charles Demuth, whose life and work are immortalized in the Demuth Museum, have become nationally renowned for their artistic careers. In modern Visitors browse artworks at the Lancaster County Art Association See LCAA pg 8 during an opening reception.
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