Bellairs and other local extras say they'll keep meeting here every year for Groundhog Day. John Scharres, the director of the opera house, admits that in this case, life is trying to imitate art.

For centuries, Americans have continued a tradition that will predict when winter will end: Groundhog Day. The first Groundhog Day took place Feb. 2, 1887, at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney ...

which will feature more than three dozen artists representing nearly all art mediums, an excellent Groundhog Day weather forecast, food trucks and entertainment by local popular singer/songwriters.