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South Fayette Nursing Center of Markleysburg will hold a free concert at 3 p.m. Saturday featuring The Chris Higbee Project. The concert will be held rain or shine. Food and beverages will be available. Lawn seating and door prizes will be featured. Fatt Man’s Face will open the concert. No alcoholic beverages will be permitted. The nursing center is located at 252 Main St., seven miles east of Nemacolin Woodlands Resort off Route 40. For information, call 724-329-04830, extension 2002.
Harrigan’s at the Uniontown Holiday Inn hosts Bobby Reed Jazz Night every Thursday from 7 to 10?p.m.
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Flat Iron Heritage Center Museum and the Frank Melega Art Museum on Market Street in Brownsville is open to the public from 11?a.m. to 2?p.m. Monday through Saturday, 1 to 4?p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. There is no admission charge but donations are welcome. The museum features artifacts from the National Road and industrial eras as well as a gift shop. To schedule an appointment, call 724-785-9331.
The Fayette County Law Library presents Valerie McIntyre of Eureka, Calif., as the Artist for the Month for June. McIntyre’s collection of pottery can be seen at the Law Library on the second floor of the Fayette County Courthouse, which is open from 8?a.m. to 4:30?p.m. Monday through Friday.
Artisans and craft vendors are needed for Music in the Mountains at Ohiopyle State Park Sept. 3-4. For information, call 724-329-8594 or email friendsofohiopyle@yahoo.com.
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The Pavilion Music Series continues this month with a selection of local and popular entertainers for music lovers from classic rock to jazz at Christian W. Klay Winery. The June event schedule includes: today, 7 p.m. — Storytelling with Marci McGuinness (Ghost stories, bon fire and wine tasting); and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. — Pavilion Music Series: Harold Betters (Jazz).
A car cruise is held from 6 to 9 p.m. Every Friday at the Subway Restaurant at Uniontown Shopping Center, Morgantown Road, featuring disc jockey Arnie Amber, 50/50 and door prizes.
The Smock Historical Society Museum is now open. There is an annual membership fee, and new members are welcome. Gift shop is available. For more information, go online to www.orgsites.com/pa/smock to get a sneak preview of the museum.
Hoedown round and square dancing, slow dancing, polkas, line dancing and clogging will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. today at the Haydentown Community Center, Route 857 south of Fairchance. Music and figure calling will be by Dave Dahl. Food and soft drinks will be available. Donations will be accepted.
An Oldies Dance will be held at the Brownsville Sons of Italy Saturday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Food will be available. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities. For tickets, call 724-785-2750.
Fayette County Cultural Trust is seeking artists for the Art on the Yough Festival to be held Saturday and Sunday at Yough River Park. Applications can be downloaded at www.fayettetrust.org or for questions, contact Michael at 724-626-0141.
A “Night At The Races” to benefit the ARC of Fayette County will be held 7-11 p.m. Saturday at the Polish Club on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Uniontown. There is a cost to the event. For tickets, call 724-438-9042.
The Geyer Performing Arts Center will be holding auditions for its August musical “A Chorus Line” from 6-9 p.m. today and from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at The Geyer Performing Arts Center. All ages are encouraged to audition. There will be an acting, singing, and dance component to the audition. Call 724-887-0887 for details. Showdates are Aug. 11 – 14.
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The Sagebrush Round-up lineup for Saturday includes opened stage from 6 to 6:30 p.m., The Round-Up Band, Gail Ford, The Barcus Brothers, Raymond Rhodes and Boyer Drive. There is an admission fee and children 12 and younger are admitted free. The Sagebrush Roundup is located on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va. Call 301-334-8629.
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The seventh annual Purple Martin Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Mason-Dixon Park, Mt. Morris. There is no admission charge. Door prizes will be awarded. The event will feature a talk on purple martins and their housing, nest changing to prevent parasites and two houses and a gourd rack will be lowered and nest changing demonstrated. Food will bne available and free mason-Dixon hoptsdogs will be given to veterans. To reach the site, take Interstate 79 to exit 1 to Mt. Morris, and then from Buckeye Church to Creek Road. For information, call 724-710-4898 or 304-879-5500 or email keeperoftheland@aol.com.
Historic Hanna’s Town near Greensburg is open to the public for the 2011 season. The site is open weekends through May: Saturdays 10?a.m. to 4?p.m. and Sundays 1 to 4?p.m. For more information, go online to www.westmorelandhistory.org or call 724-532-1935.
The Westmoreland County Historical Society will feature storyteller Mike Dibert at the first Family Friday program in the fort at Historic Hanna’s Town, 809 Forbes Trail Road, Greensburg, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. Dibert specializes in tall tales related to Americana and western Pennsylvania folk life. He is a member of StoryWorks and teaches in the Franklin Regional School District. The program is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Call 724-532-1935 x10 to make a reservation or visit the web site at www.westmorelandhistory.org for more information.
The book, “Another Time, Another World: Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal, Coke and Communities,” by John Enman, Ph.D., is available for sale at the Coal and Coke Heritage Center in the library at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly campus. For information, call 724-430-4158, Monday through Friday between 10?a.m. and 3?p.m.
Send entertainment items to Brandon Szuminsky at bszuminsky@heraldstandard.com or hsweekendscene.heraldstandard.com.