Fun for the weekend, and beyond

Rare roadsters

Today through Sunday is the 36th Atlantic City Classic Car Show & Auction at the Atlantic City Convention Center, 1 Miss America Way, Atlantic City, N.J. The event features more than 1,000 cars for sale, a flea market with hard-to-find parts and antiques dealers. Hours are 10 to 5 today, 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $20, $5 for children under 12. Parking will be available at Bernie Robbins Stadium on the Black Horse Pike and at Boardwalk Hall. For online tickets, to browse photos of vehicles for sale, bidder preregistration, procedures for selling your classic car, hotel reservations and more, go to www.acclassiccars.com or call (800) 227-3828.

Equine education

The Pennsylvania Horse World Expo returns today through Sunday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Cameron and Maclay streets, Harrisburg. Highlights include horse whisperers, seminars, demonstrations, the Wind Rider Equestrian Challenge, a horse-related marketplace, "Theatre Equus, A Musical Equine Revue" and more. Hours are noon to 8 today, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12, $6 for children 7-12. Reserved seating for "Theatre Equus," which is presented Friday and Saturday, ranges from $12 to $24. Call (301) 916-0852 or visit www.horseworldexpo.com.

Uncorked

During "Barrels on the Brandywine," seven vineyards and wineries of the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail will open their tasting rooms and cellars to showcase their 2008 vintages and offer tours and showcase food vendors. Purchase a $25 passport from any participating winery, and it is good for any and every Saturday and Sunday in March. Guests may use the passport for one tasting at each of the seven member wineries, until the passport is used up. There are two new members on the wine trail: Black Walnut Winery and Stargazers Vineyard. Visit www.bvwinetrail.com for directions.

Cartoon tunes

If you first discovered the music of Wagner and Rossini on a Saturday morning in PJs in front of the TV set, you'll appreciate "Music for Cartoons" with the Fireworks Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Elizabethtown College's Leffler Performance Center, College Avenue east of Route 230, Elizabethtown. The program features music from Carl Stalling ("Roadrunner"), Scott Bradley ("Tom and Jerry") and Milt Franklyn ("Bugs Bunny"), all performed live with their original cartoons. An informal Classical Conversation about the evening's program will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 and $25, half-price for ages 19-26, $1 for ages 18 and under. Call (717) 361-1508 or visit www.gretnamusic.org/tickets.htm.

Got that swing

"Simply Sinatra" is featured at 8 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre, 453 Northampton St., Easton. Tickets are $25 and $30. Call (800) 999-STATE or visit www.statetheatre.org.

'Crony'-ism

"A Couple of Cronies," a two-woman show about the perils and joys of turning 50 in the 21st century, is presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Touchstone Theatre, 321 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem. Tickets are $10. Call (610) 867-1689.

God rock

The Newsboys headline a show with December Radio, Vota and Bread of Stone at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Stabler Arena, 124 Goodman Drive, Bethlehem. Tickets are $21 and $27. Call (800) 861-0850.

Opening day

- Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Route 345, south of Birdsboro, opens for the 2009 season Sunday. Listen to the experiences of nine characters from the site's past at audio stations on a new "Voices of Hopewell" program, which will be available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Admission is $4 for aves 16 and older. Call (610) 582-8773 or visit www.nps.gov/hofu.

- Crystal Cave, 963 Crystal Cave Road, Kutztown, opens for the season Sunday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Sundays. Admission is $11, $7 for children 4-11. Call (610) 683-6765 or visit www.crystalcavepa.com.

Family ties

Sunday through April 30, you can visit both Longwood Gardens and Winterthur, two former du Pont homes, for $20, which includes a guided tour of the Winterthur mansion. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily (till 6 p.m. starting in April), Longwood is at Routes 1 and 52, Kennett Township. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate is on Route 52, northwest of Wilmington, Del. Call (800) 448-3883.