Weekend calendar
local Zach Ellsworth and Unwritten will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ tonight with a free Christmas concert at the GIG Coffeehouse, located in the Old Wynn Bargain Store, Route 857 south toward Fairchance. The music starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call 724-897-5572.Ticket sales for the Christmas Madrigal Feaste, which will take place today and Saturday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Uniontown, have begun. For reservations and information, call Audrey White at 724-437-2435.
Christmas Open House, a New Meadow Run Community on Route 40 in Farmington, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Christmas carol singing, music and refreshments. The event is free. The public is invited.
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Waterfall Place Event & Conference Center, 1 Mill St., Bruceton Mills, W.Va., will present live country music featuring Dave Townsend from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Refreshments are available. No alcohol or smoking will be permitted. There is an admission fee. For more information, call Sherry Monazam at 1-304-709-0311.
The Washington Community Arts Choir will present “The Spirit of Christmas” as its concert for the holiday season. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Olin Fine Arts Center on East Wheeling Street on the Washington & Jefferson College Campus. Tickets for both performances may be purchased at Citizens Library in Washington from any choir member, at the door the day of the performance or on the choir’s Web site at www.wcacsing.org.