Feb 23, 2007 3 min read

local The Carmichaels Area Drama Club will host its annual dinner theater for the upcoming performance of the musical “Once Upon a Mattress” at 7 p.m. today and Saturday in the Stan Ferek III Auditorium. A dinner theater will be held at 5:30 p.m. today in the high school cafeteria. There is a cost, which includes a Medieval-style dinner catered by The Back Bay Restaurant from Morgantown, W.Va., and admission to the 7 p.m. performance of “Once Upon A Mattress.” Dinner theater tickets are on sale. To reserve tickets, call Becky Vilencia at 724-966-2639.GIG Coffee House, located in the Old Wynn Bargain Store on Route 857 near Fairchance, will present Jim Sterner & the Washhouse Band playing bluegrass music from 8 to 10 p.m. today. The doors will open at 7 p.m. For more information, call the Good Works Ministries at 724-880-6030. Visit the Web site at gigcoffeehouse.com.

Country music will be presented Saturday at the Sagebrush Round-Up on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va. An open stage will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. with The Round-Up Band. The regular show starts at 7 p.m. with The Round-Up Band, Floyd Cowger, Granny & Bill Murray & Friends, 23 Special and Where 2 or 3 R. There is an admission charge. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult will be admitted free. The Sagebrush Round-Up is located on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va., six miles east of Interstate 79 at Exit 139. Call Jim at 304-292-5854, Dave at 304-986-2158, Paul at 304-363-4864 or Bill at 301-334-8629.

Happy Ending will perform at 9:30 p.m. today at Al’s Pub on Route 119 near the Fayette County Fairgrounds.Area residents will have a variety of art classes to choose from starting in late February. Artist and art educator Patrick Daugherty will be offering two painting classes and a drawing class through the Continuing Education Department at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Courses include a Friday afternoon six-week painting course, starting today; and a Saturday afternoon six-week drawing course, starting Saturday. Each class period is three hours. More information can be obtained by e-mailing Daugherty at patrick@patrickdaugherty.com or calling 724-245-6120. Call 724-430-4211.Hoedown square dancing, slow dancing, polkas, waltzing, line dancing and clogging will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. today at the Haydentown Community Center in Haydentown. The Dave Dahl Trio will provide music and figure calling.

St. Aloysius Church on Ranch Road, Dunbar, will hold its annual Mardi Gras 2007 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The usual ethnic foods will be served, plus a bake sale and games, etc. The public is invited. The Rev. J. Edward McCullough is church pastor. Dennis Martin is chairman.