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Sponge Bob Square Pants and his wacky friends will entertain children and adults at noon Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday during a play and after lunch at Becker’s Shadyside Restaurant. Call 724-438-0931 for more details.
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The Periwinkle Shops, across from the Amoco Station on Route 40 in Hopwood, will present the first in a series of “Meet the Artist” programs from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Robert Fleszar, artist and pewter craftsman from R.C. Pewter Works, will be on hand to talk about care and cleaning of pewter, as well as mold making, casting and finishing of pewter items. The Periwinkle Shops is a project implemented by the Hopwood Village Project to help promote the economic vitality of the area. Operating on a small grant from the Appalachian Resource Commission, the shops include a wide variety of antique furniture, glassware, pottery, vintage linens and quilts, as well as hand-crafted gift items, including pewter pieces; hand-woven baskets; still-life photography; dried and silk floral wreaths; and hand-cut glass. The Periwinkle Shops are open from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday from now until the end of October.
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The Brownsville Area Community Festival will be held from noon to 6 p.m. today at the Brownsville Wharf. The Brownsville Area Revitalization Corp. will sponsor the event. The Micarelli Trio will entertain the crowd from 1 to 3:30 p.m. The Mon Valley Divers will offer a diving exhibition in the Monongahela River and will present a question and answer talk. Games and face painting will be provided for children. The event will feature a pottery demonstration and flea market treasures.
Saltlick Township Community Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Saltlick Township Volunteer Fire Department Fairgrounds on routes 711 and 381 in Indian Head, 12 miles north of Connellsville and seven miles south of Donegal. Bluegrass bands will perform daily including Mainline Bluegrass, Springtime Hill, Mountain Therapy and Beaver Creek. A presentation on the history of bluegrass music will make up the event in addition to a fire and rescue demonstration, games and rides for children and a flea market with crafters. The event is free and open to the public. Food and drink will be available. No drugs or alcohol are permitted. Bring a lawn chair. For more information, contact Greg Grimm at 724-455-2866 or 724-455-2452 or e-mail ggrimm@lhtc.net.
The Brownsville High School Cross Country Team will hold its eighth annual 5K Run/Walk and children’s race on Saturday. The race will begin on Water Street in Brownsville and proceed through the downtown business district. The one-half mile children’s race for 13 year olds and under will begin at 8:45 a.m. The run will start at 9 a.m., and the walk will take place at 9:05 a.m. Light refreshments will follow. Door prizes and trophies will be awarded. For more information, contact Joy Jackson at 724-785-2106.
Fayette Friends of Animals, a no-kill shelter, will hold a yard sale on Saturday and Sunday at the shelter, which is located at 1290 Connellsville Road, Uniontown. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. All proceeds from the sale will be used for the care of the shelter animals and operating expenses. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be available during the sale. The public is invited. For more information, call 724-434-1422.
Parishioners of the Holy Rosary Church of Republic will hold its annual Street Fair from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday. There will be a variety of activities, games and refreshments. The kitchen will open at 2 p.m. Saturday. Some food highlights this year will be haluski, holupki, pork sandwiches, hot sausage sandwiches, homemade peroghi, hot dogs, hamburgers, steak-ums, pizza, fried dough, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, homemade baked goods and ice cream. The public is invited to attend.
A car show will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Curfew Recreation Center in Flatwoods. For more information, call 724-529-0319.
The annual Parish Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday at St. George Church grounds at 6 Lebanon Terrace, Uniontown. The Divine Liturgy will be presented at 5 p.m. Saturday followed by a special program by the Altar-Rosary Society in the social hall. The festival will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. It will feature Lebanese food, baked goods, ice cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn and more. Music, dancing, carnival games and children’s activities will be featured. Race cars will be displayed. For more information, call the Rev. Joseph R. David, church pastor, at 724-437-5589.
Carmichaels Senior Center will sponsor a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. today. The Best of Times Band will provide music. The public is invited.
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West Virginia Public Theatre’s Festival of Musical Theatre will end with the final show of the season, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which will be presented today, Saturday and Sunday at the Summer Structure beside the Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va.
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The Taffetas and their 1950s music will be the feature entertainment at the Ligonier Theater today through Sunday. Log onto www.valleyplayers.org or call 724-238-6514 for other information.
Area 51, a local band playing new and classic rock, will appear at the Greene Cover Yacht Club in Fredericktown from 8 p.m. to midnight today. Band members are Jerry Onesi of Uniontown on bass guitar and vocals, Bob Mascia of Uniontown on drums and vocals, Jon Newman of Cumberland, Md., on guitar and Rodney Spiker of Salisbury on keyboards.
The Sagebrush Round-Up on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va., will present West Virginia Six Pack, Chuck Villers, Re Break Mountain, Preaching the Harvest Minsteries and the house band Stagecoach on Saturday. Country music starts at 6 p.m. with the open stage. Stagecoach backs single acts and new talent. The scheduled portion of the show starts at 7 p.m. and continues until about 11 p.m. The Sagebrush Round-Up is located just six miles east of Interstate 79 at Exit 139 on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va. For more information, call 304-292-5854 or 304-363-4864.
Elton Martin, keyboardist and vocalist, will perform jazz and pop from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Heritage Room Restaurant at the Ramada Inn in Morgantown, W.Va.
The Community Band South under the direction of Dean Streator will perform in front of Ligonier’s Town Hall at 7 p.m. Sunday. The band’s members include Upper St. Clair and Bethel Park residents. The Rev. John Lazarek, an Orthodox priest living in Ligonier, will deliver the invocation. The concerts are free, but donations will be accepted.
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The 140th Gettysburg Anniversary Battle Re-enactment has been rescheduled for Friday through Sunday due to record-breaking wet weather in the Northeast. The event presents thousands of national and international re-enactors with extensive pyrotechnics, hundreds of horses, 100 cannon, large living history areas, more than 100 sutlers and two major battles each day. Tickets purchased for the originally scheudled July 4-6 event will be honored for that same day on August 8-10. Visitors who are unable to reschedule any one day will be permitted to use their ticket on the day of next year’s 2004 event scheduled for July 2-4. Tickets for this year’s event can be ordered online at www.gettysburgreenactment.com or by calling 717-338-1525.
Interested parties can also request tickets by mailing to The Gettysburg Anniversary Committee, P.O. Box 3482, Gettysburg, Pa. 17325.
The 17th annual Cedar Creek Park Fun Fest will be held Sunday at Cedar Creek Park, which is located one-half mile north of Interstate 70 on Route 51 in Rostraver Township.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Laurel Region will welcome guests to the classic car cruise arena by asking them to sign a giant thank you banner for U.S. troops. Greetings will be accepted from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
A member of the U.S. Armed Service will accept the banner for the men and women serving in Iraq. The Road Kings of Greensburg will conduct the car cruise.
For more information or directions, call 724-837-7658.