Future events
local stage
The Geyer Performing Arts Center announces that “Scrooge – The Musical,” under the direction of Tracy Kelley, will take place Nov. 3 through Dec. 2 in the center’s theater, 111 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale. For more information, call the Geyer Performing Arts Center at 724-887-0887 during the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
music
Beesontown Singers announce rehearsals for fall and Christmas presentations. For information or to schedule an audition, call 724-557-1119 or 412-491-1302.
Point Marion Lions Club announced that no country music shows will be held until further notice. The club is closed for utility renovations.
Pete Yezbak and Chastity will perform with Kryup and Burning Earth at Rich Farms “Fright Night 2006” on Friday, Oct. 20. The farm is open from dusk until midnight. Rich Farms is located at Springhill Furnace Road in Smithfield. For more information about Chastity, visit the Web page at www.chastityrocks.com.
The Laurel Highlands Arts Series will present InPulse, a unique, award-winning vocal a cappella band featuring training vocalists who perform without instruments by making music with their mouths and microphones. School performances will be held during the band’s three-day residency program, and an evening program for the community will be held on Thursday. The program will be held at Laurel Highlands Senior High School at 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at any of the Laurel Highlands schools or at the door.
The 2006-2007 Recital Series at Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Uniontown will kick off its new season with a different twist, opening with the West Virginia University Steel Ensemble at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. The concert is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be received to further the recital series, which will feature the traditional Festival of Lessons & Carols concert in December and a spring concert of Faure’s “Requiem in D Minor.” Free parking is available on the lot across the street from the church at 79 W. Fayette St. For more information, call 724-437-2709.
The Greater Uniontown Chorale will begin rehearsals for the fall season on Monday at the Third Presbyterian Church in Uniontown. Rehearsals are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. All former members are invited to return along with any new prospective members. The choral will begin work on its theme of “An Old Fashion Christmas.” For more information, call director Warren Shirer at 724-628-1988 or board chairman Richard McCoy at 724-437-6400.
The Greater Uniontown Children’s Choir will accept new members for the 2006-2007 season through the end of October. Any interested children may audition Thursday evenings prior to choir rehearsal at 6:15 p.m. Students are asked to prepare the “Star Stangled Banner” for the audition. The choir will hold rehearsals from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Third Presbyterian Church, 425 Union St., Uniontown. Rehearsals will continue through May. The choir has performed in Harrisburg at the State Capitol and the Maryland Children’s choir festival. In addition to the annual concert, the choir performs for annual holiday events at Nemacolin Woodlands, Nemacolin Castle, Christian Klay Winery and private parties. The choir is open to children who like to sing from the Fayette/Greene County area in grades four through senior high. Boys must have unchanged voices. For more information, call 724-938-1348.
art
Vanishing Point, Print Installations by Kate Temple and Desiree Alvarez, will be held Monday through Nov. 5 in the Manderino Gallery on the third floor at California University of Pennsylvania. For information, contact gallery director Maggy Aston at 724-938-4563 or aston@cup.edu.
Gallery MD at 502 S. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, welcomes three artists to the gallery. Ray Forquer’s work includes original oils and pastels with a focus on Pennsylvania landscapes, as well as prints of a historical nature. Maureen Ryan does portraits of historic cars. In addition to her works at the gallery, she takes commissions. Wayne Arnold works in a variety of medium, including alabaster and rare stones. His work includes jewelry and free-standing pieces. Gallery MD is open from noon to 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 724-626-2117.
New painting classes will be offered this fall at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Painting in Oils, Watercolors and Acrylics will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays through Nov. 16 and from noon to 3 p.m. Fridays through Nov. 17. The painting courses are designed for all levels, from beginners wanting to learn the basics to advanced artists seeking individual instruction. Emphasis is placed on understanding color and traditional painting techniques. All schools, styles and approaches are welcome. A step-by-step program is included for those new to painting. The classes will be held in 302 Eberly Building (Art Room). A materials list is available upon request or when registered. Call 724-245-6120.
odds & ends
Ballroom Dance Lessons are announced by Ballet Lafayette. Learn the English waltz, salsa and more. Call for schedule and cost of lessons at 724-437-8653.
North Union and South Union townships will hold trick or treat from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Halloween night, Tuesday, Oct. 31. Residents who want to participate are asked to turn their porch lights on, according to the township supervisors.
National Pike Holiday Craft Jamboree will be held on Nov. 4 at 7636 National Pike, next to the Coal Baron restaurant from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no admission cost. Refreshments are available.
Penn State Days will be held at Penn State Fayette Community Center on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 9:30 a.m. There will be activities for all ages. For information and to register call 724-430-4130, option 3 or online at www.fayette.psu.edu.
Dress for Success/Holiday Fashion Show sponsored by Commission for Women will be held on Sunday, Nov. 12, at Penn State Fayette Community Center. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m. with a 50/50, Chinese auction and fashion preview. Lunch and fashion show will follow. For information and ticket sales, call 724-430-4130.
Spaghetti dinner sponsored by Calvary United Methodist Church at 4 Clark St., Uniontown, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21. Dinners are available at a cost. Tickets will be sold at the door, and take-out orders will be available. For information, call 724-437-6341.
City Advent Church Tour will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The tour will include several downtown churches. The event will be followed by a concert by the Beesontown Singers at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at 6:30 p.m.
Lewis Auction Service will help sponsor a charity auction at 10 a.m. Nov. 4 for the Western Pennsylvania National Wild Animal Orphanage, 15 S. Mill St., New Salem. All donations are tax deductible. The Western Pennsylvania National Wild Animal Orphanage is a nonprofit charity animal orphanage. The Web site is www.wildanimal.org/about.htm. Call 724-437-7838 for more information.
Great Meadows Garden Club will hold a theme party fashion show and luncheon on Oct. 25 at the Summit Inn Restaurant in Farmington. The doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the event. The fashion show will be presented by Phyllis’ Fashions. The luncheon menu features honey almond chicken, side dishes, chocolate mousse and beverages. There is a cost for tickets. Tickets must be purchased by today. Call Dorothy Yeager at 724-329-5270 for tickets and more information.
Regional Poverty Summit sponsored by America’s Promise Alliance will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Willow Room off Route 51 in Belle Vernon. There is a registration fee, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. The registration deadline is Wednesday and late registration may be accepted if space permits. Understanding the hidden rules of the difference socioeconomic classes will be presented by renowned speaker Jim Littlejohn. All materials used will be drawn from author and educator Dr. Ruby Payne’s best-selling book titled “A Framework for Understanding Poverty.” For more information, call Susan at 724-437-2540 or contact her by e-mail at kids15401@verizon.net.
The 25th annual Carpatho-Rusyn Celebration will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 201 E. Main St., Uniontown. The event will include ethnic foods, baked goods, crafts, dancers, folk displays, raffles, music, demonstrations, speakers, children’s activities and family fun. The event will feature the 25th anniversary pysanky quilt raffle. Free admission will be offered. For more information, call 724-438-6027.
“Get Ready for Spaghetti” fund-raising dinner will be held at the Uniontown Salvation Army, 32 W. Fayette St., from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The event will feature homemade Italian meatballs and homemade cakes. The dinner also will include tossed salad, bread, iced tea and coffee. Tickets are currently available from auxiliary members or at the Salvation Army Headquarters. Tickets also will be sold at the door. Parking is available across the street at the Great Bethel Baptist Church lots.
Candlelight ghost/legend tours will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October, beginning Saturday and ending Oct. 29, at the historic Nemacolin Castle on Front Street, Brownsville. Special activities will take place on the castle grounds. Members of the Mon Valley Ghost Research Society will be available most nights for questions and to share pictures and stories. There is a charge for castle tours. No reservations are needed except for groups of 20 people or more. Groups may schedule at earlier hours, and there is a group rate. For more information, call 724-785-6882.
The ninth annual A Country Christmas in the Greenhouse will be held Nov. 24-27 in Duda’s Greenhouse, Republic. The show will feature crafts by more than 30 local crafters. Live wreaths, swags and blankets will be available. Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information, call 724-785-6778.
Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington will offer a full range of weekend classes this fall. There are workshops and classes offered in blacksmithing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, metals and jewelry, photography, sculpture and more designed for students of all levels from beginner to advanced level. The final weekend of the fall season, Oct. 21-22, will be a mountain crafts weekend, featuring open studios, demonstrations and lots of hands-on projects. Traditional crafts with a contemporary twist will be offered. Lodging and meals also are available with reservations. For details about fall classes and events, call Touchstone Center for Crafts at 80-721-0177 or visit the Web site at www.touchstonecrafts.com.
Christian W. Klay Winery in Chalk Hill will hold the following events: 6 p.m. Oct. 14, Oct. 27 and 28 and Nov. 4, Murder Mystery; Sunday, ; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 15, fall foliage and harvest celebration; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 18, grand opening of holiday greenery sale and event; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 2, Christmas open house.
St. Therese Church Cookbook with familiar and traditional recipes “like Grandma used to make” is now available for sale. To place an order or for more information, call St. Therese Faith Formation Center at 724-437-1957 or Linda at 724-439-4036.
Classes are being held at The Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale for those interested in performance-related topics. Some of the courses offered include acting, vocals, songwriting, guitar and set design. The six-week courses are arranged by age from 8 to adult. The instructors include Josh Garsteck and Matt Starry. For information, call 724-887-0887 or stop by The Geyer Performing Arts Center at 111 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale.
Geezers’ Book Shop, now operating as 64 Crayons at Jozart’s Studios, has resumed Tuesday writing workshops from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at 333 Second St., California, located above the Dollar General store. Instead of concentrating on a single genre as in past years, the current group agreed that fiction, creative, non-fiction, poetry, plays, film scripts and songs may be presented for discussion. There is no charge for these sessions. For more information, call 724-938-9730 or e-mail 64crayons-@jozartstudios.com.
A cookbook with a forward by award-winning chef Joe Carei of Caileigh’s Restaurant in Uniontown is available at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. The cookbook is full of recipes and historic photographs of “The Grand Old Lady of Main Street.” They are available in the theater box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and at all performances. Call 724-439-1360 to place a mail order. There is a cost for the cookbooks.
The Smock Historical Museum will open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Saturday. The museum will remain open through October. It features artifacts of the coal and coke era. Also featured is a typical patch house from the early years, Cicconi’s Union Beer Garden, a barbershop and chapel and a gift shop with homemade crafts. Donations are accepted. Special tours can be arranged by calling 724-677-2415.
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music
Sagebrush Round-up, featuring Wheeling Jamboree stars Slim Lehart and Patti Powell, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 28. Music starts at 6 p.m. For information, call 302-292-5854, 986-2158 or 363-4864.
The Greater Scottdale Area Choral Society will begin its 2006-2007 concert seasonwith rehearsals scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Christ United Methodist Church in Scottdale. Under the direction of Dwight Brown and accompanied by Sue Booher, the society will begin to prepare music for the upcoming Christmas season. New members are always welcome.
Burning Earth will perform on Saturday, Oct. 27, during the Halloween cruise on the Gateway Clipper. Saliva, a national band, also will perform.
Streets of Gold will present the ninth annual Eastern Quartet Convention at the Word of Life Church, 4497 Route 136, Greensburg, Oct. 20-21. The event will feature gospel music’s biggest and most professional line up of groups ever to appear at a two-day North Eastern U.S. annual event, including two evening concerts, a jam session, quartet extravaganza and much more, beginning at 1 p.m. each day. Master of ceremonies for all events is Cloid Baker. Artists from across all the U.S. will appear, including the Faith Harmony Boys, Forgiven, Ernie Phillips, The Keelings, Ed Crawford & The Mystery Men, Gary Sheppard and many others. For ticket information or directions, call Joe Chioda at 412-372-0110 or 412-916-5782. Tickets also will be available at the door.
odds & ends
A Halloween Haunting will be held at the Compass Inn in Ligonier from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, and 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. For information and ticket sales, call 724-238-6818 or visit the Web site at www.ligonierhistoricalsociety.org.
The Fabulous Hubcaps Oldies Dance and Show will be held from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the National Guard Armory in Morgantown, W.Va. Call the Foundation of Mon General Hospital for at 304-598-1337 for ticket information and directions.
The Old Petersburg-Addison Historical Society Inc. in Somerset County will present Commonwealth speaker Dr. Bonnie Kyofski at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Addison United Methodist Church Community Room, Main Street, Addison. Kyofski is an accomplished storyteller and retired professor from Mansfield University. Refreshments will be provided. This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council supported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. For more information, call Joan Whetsell, president, at 814-395-5584.
“The Monongahela Railway, Its History and Operation, 1903-1993,” a 212-page book with more than 300 black and white pictures and 24 maps of the system, is available at Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, 325 Market St., Fayette Chamber of Commerce, Uniontown Library, Flatiron Building, Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville, New Salem and Fairchance pharmacies and Hobbies & Stuff in Connellsville.
The 12th annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Christmas Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 28-29 at the Washington County Fairgrounds, North Main Street, Washington. The new $1.3 million exhibit buildings will be featured. More than 220 arts, crafts and food booths will be featured indoors in six heated buildings. The event will feature holiday music, holiday foods, Santa Claus for the kids and trolley rides. Free on-site parking will be available. The event will be held rain, snow, sleet or shine. An admission will be charge. Call 724-863-4577 for more information.
Flenniken Public Library, 102 E. George St., Carmichaels, will offer preschool story hour every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The library is also offering after-school tutoring for students in kindergarten through high school. A state-certified teacher runs the program. Sessions are customized to fit each child’s learning style. For more information, call 724-966-5263.
The California Area Public Library will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Story hour for preschool children will be held at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday. Visit the library’s Web site at www.calpublib.org, and click on the “story hour” link for more information or call the library at 724-938-2907.
A grim legion of assorted witches, monsters, ghouls, eerie surprises and all things that go bump in the night are set to wander once more through the third annual Hundred Acres Manor attraction in South Park. Pittsburgh’s “Site for Fright” is the region’s only 100 percent volunteer-based, tri-themed hauntm and it also benefits the Homeless Children’s Education Fund and Animal Friends. The region’s largest haunted attraction takes place through Oct. 29. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Hundred Acres Manor is located on Hundred Acres Drive (off Corrigan Drive) on the site of what used to be Sully’s Pool in South Park. This Halloween season, Hundred Acres Manor has expanded to tri-themed areas, plus the maze. There is a general admission change. Hundred Acres Manor offers a special VIP “skip the light” rate and group rates. Call for group or corporate rates of 20 or more. Picnic facilities are available. For more information, call 412-851-HAUNT or visit the Web site at www.hundredacresmanor.com.
Demon House, the eerie rambling mansion high on a hill in Carroll Township, Monongahela, will open its doors, looking for tour takers with an interest in things that go bump in the night. Now in its second season, Demon House thrilled hundreds last year with its haunted story line. The adventure, peppered with live actors and morbid props, ties in nicely with the macabre legend that surrounds the house – the rumor it was built on a Native American burial ground by a mysterious woman some call a healer, others call a witch. The Demon House, located at 417 Coyle-Curtin Road in Carroll Township, opens its doors at 7:30 p.m., and the box office stays open until midnight. Tours through the house are conducted until the last guest has passed through. The house will be open to the public for tours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings through Nov. 4, with a special Halloween session on Tuesday, Oct. 31.
There is an admission charge. VIP passes are available. For more information and directions, call 724-483-3580 or visit the Web site at www.demonhouse.com.