Weekend calendar
local Zach Ellsworth and the band UnWritten will perform on Sunday at the Bread of Life Tabernacle in Uniontown for the community chili cook-off. The music will begin at 6 p.m. The band’s original music can be described as inspired pop, rock and blues. For more information, call 724-564-9934.A Halloween dance will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. today at the Haydentown Community Center. A donation will be accepted at the door. Dave Dahl will provide music and figure calling. Masks are optional. There will be a mummers parade.
Hoedown square dancing and more will be held from 3:30 to 11:30 p.m. today at the Ohiopyle Community Center. Donations will be accepted at the door. Dave Dahl will provide music and figure calling.
Penn State Days will be held at Penn State Fayette Community Center on Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. There will be activities for all ages. For information and to register, call 724-430-4130, option 3.
The 25th annual Carpatho-Rusyn Celebration will take place from noon to 7 p.m. Sunday 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.
Candlelight ghost/legend tours will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in October 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 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.
The Fayette Central Railroad invites the public to ride the haunted train. The train will leave Uniontown at 7 p.m. today and Saturday. There is a cost. A $1 discount will be provided to anyone who wears a costume. For more information, call 1-877-321-FCRR.
Dunbar Borough will hold a Halloween parade at 3 p.m. Sunday. Awards will be given out at the Dunbar fire hall. For more information, call 724-277-4949.
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Stage Right Theatre Company will bring “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” to the Westmoreland Mall Annex today and Saturday at 8 p.m. and midnight. Prop packs including playing cards, squirt guns, confetti, a piece of toast and more will be on sale. For tickets, call 724-832-7464. Discounts tickets will be given to anyone who says “let there be lips” when ordering. Visit the Web site at stagerightgreensburg.com.Country music will be presented Saturday at the Sagebrush Round-Up on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va. The event will feature Wheeling Jamboree stars Slim Lehart and Patti Powell. Music starts at 6 p.m. Lehart will perform at 9 p.m. No advance ticket sales will be offered. The Sagebrush Round-Up is located six miles east of Interstate 79 at Exit 139 near Fairmont. No alcoholic beverages will be permitted. Call Jim at 304-292-5854, Dave at 304-986-2158 or Paul at 304-363-4864.
Burning Earth will perform on Saturday during the Halloween cruise on the Gateway Clipper. Saliva, a national band, also will perform.A Halloween Haunting will be held at the Compass Inn in Ligonier from 6 to 9 p.m. today and Saturday and 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. For information and ticket sales, call 724-238-6818.
Ryerson Station State Park in Greene County invites the public to attend “Haunted Hollow,” a night of trick or treating, games, costume contests, hayrides and prizes. The event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday on the day-use side of the park near parking lot 3 and pavilion 2. Admission is free. Anyone who wishes to help out with this event by either volunteering for the event or donating prizes and decorations may do so by calling the park office at 724-428-4254. For more information on this or other park activities, call the park office at 724-438-4254. Information about all Pennsylvania State Parks is available through the Pennsylvania homepage at www.state.pa.us
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The 12th annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Christmas Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 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 charged. Call 724-863-4577 for more information.
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 haunt and it also benefits the Homeless Children’s Education Fund and Animal Friends. The region’s largest haunted attraction takes place through Sunday. 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. There is a general admission change. Call 412-851-HAUNT.
Larry the Cable Guy will bring “The Right to Bare Arms Tour” to Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on Saturday. America’s favorite “blue collar” comic will bring his new tour to Pittsburgh. Best known for his performances on “Blue Collar TV,” he has taken his character to the big screen in the 2006 release “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector.” Tickets are available at the Mellon Arena Box Office, all TicketMaster locations, including select Giant Eagle, Macy’s and FYE locations.
Tickets can be charged by phone at 412-323-1919 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.