Community Day celebration set
Hampton Community Day is scheduled for July 3, starting at 1 p.m. and concluding after a fireworks display.
Inflatable attractions and food vendors will be featured on the Hampton Community Park soccer fields, and three bands will perform: Pine Creek Community Band, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.; No Bad JuJu, 3:30 to 5:30; and Brass Metropolis, 7:30 to 9:30.
Civil War Roundtable
The Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will hold a lecture at 7 p.m. June 19 at the Hampton Township Community Center, 1301 McCully Road. James Gindlesperger will present “Bullets and Bandages.”
The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call Rick Fellers at 412-760-9476.
Wine & Spirits Festival at Hartwood
Tickets are on sale for the Allegheny County Wine & Spirits Festival, scheduled for July 22 at Hartwood Acres.
The event features food trucks and live music. Two sessions available, 2-5 p.m. or 5:30-8:30 p.m. The festival will take place on the lawn of Hartwood’s 1920s Tudor mansion.
Distilleries, cideries and wineries confirmed as attending include Bella Terra Vineyards, Black Dog Wine Company, KingView Mead, Wine, Hard Cider, Mazzotta Winery, Pittsburgh Winery, Refucilo Winery, Wine O’Clock Somewhere Winery, Boyd & Blair, Maggie’s Farm, Lucky Sign Spirits and Quantum Spirits.
Live entertainment will be provided by Samantha Sears.
Presale tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.alleghenycounty.us/special-events/wine—-spirits-festival.aspx. Prices will rise to $30 at midnight June 20.
Designated drivers and people under 21 are admitted free. Valid proof of age must be provided at the event to sample.
Young Writers’ Institute
The University of Pittsburgh’s Western PA Writing Project will host its 10th annual Young Writers’ Institute from June 19-23 at Sing Sing Sing, 280 Market Lane, Suite 707, Pine Township.
The workshop is open to incoming fifth- through eighth-graders, and scholarships are available. Young adult fiction writer Caroline Carlson will be in attendance.
To register, visit www.atlasartpress.com/shop/ywi-2023.
