Sewickley Music Club

The Sewickley Music Club presents Carnival of Souls performing 30 years of Celtic Music at 1:30 p.m. March 14 at St. Stephen’s Angelican Church, 405 Fredrick Ave. Carnival of Souls has been performing traditional and original Celtic music in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia for more than 30 years. The group uses a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional instruments to produce a rich range of music that would be at home in a pub in Dublin or a coffee shop in Shadyside.

Information on the Club membership can be found on The Sewickley Music Club Facebook page or by calling Donna Pavlis at 412-498-6352.

Additional performances to follow will include Deborah Silverstein & Company on April 11 and the Pittsburgh Brass Project on May 10, which is also the club’s annual meeting and spring luncheon.

Laughlin Children’s Center

• Registration is underway for the 2023-24 academic year for the pre-kindergarten class (4 and 5-year-olds).

• An Early Language and Literacy Evaluation (ELLE) helps to identify children 5-7 years of age who are at risk for dyslexia and would benefit from early identification and treatment. The testing includes speech sound skills, receptive and expressive language skills, and pre-reading skills. Laughlin can prevent or reduce reading struggles in later grades by providing early, evidence-based intervention at the pre-K, kindergarten and first-grade levels.

For more information, visit laughlincenter.org.

Senior Men’s Club

An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club will host Joe Giuffre of the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office on March 10. Giuffre will discuss the current threat of frauds and scams. On March 17, Joe Roberts will talk about pulmonary embolisms; on March 24, first violin chair in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Christopher Wu will talk about a life of music and golf; and on March 31, Will Knecht will discuss Wendell August Forge. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.

Business Connection

The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet March 15 at Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Susan Ansel, CPA, and Eddie Grimes of Good Advertising. To attend, become a member or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.

Chamber leaders announced

Sewickley Chamber of Commerce officials announced their new board of directors and board leaders. Their names and businesses they run are as follows:

Leadership includes board president Denise Shirley of Gather; vice president Chris Bischel of Sewickley Confectionery; board treasurer Becki Meehan of Embody Physical Therapy; and board secretary Liz Quesnelle of The Gilded Girl Beauty Emporium.

Other board members are Angie Harmon-Pansmith of Perfect Boutique; Julia Trovato of Clearly Pilates; Mark Renger of Mark Renger Gallery; and The Lindsay Family Theater and Cultural Center sponsor Alexis Corry.

More information about the chamber is available at www. sewickleychamberof commerce.org.

TV test pilot screening

Beaver County comedian Dan Rosenberg will launch a test pilot for a new TV sitcom at 2 p.m. March 12 at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley. The pilot of “It’s A Lot” stars Rosenberg as a used car salesman, with Grammy-winner and actor Rick Springfield as his rock star dad.

The cast also features Dean Edwards (“Saturday Night Live”), Chris Soldevilla, Raffi Minasian and Barbara Deering. The showing is part of the theater’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. Tickets are free. More information and seat reservations are available online through shorturl.at/kCRSX.

Kindergarten registration

Quaker Valley School District kindergarten registration for the 2023-23 school year is open online. The child must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1. Parents/guardians must include the child’s proof of age, proof of immunization and two proofs of residency from the family. Expired documents are not acceptable. Families can email the supporting documents to registration@qvsd.org. More information about the registration process, including forms, is available online at qvsd.org.

Municipal intern sought

Leetsdale officials have applied for a summer intern through the Local Government Academy’s Municipal Intern Program. The intern, if approved, would be available about 20 hours per week for a total of 400-480 hours from May 19 through the end of August. The LGA would cover half the cost of the internship, which was listed at $12 per hour for graduate students and $11 per hour for undergrads. Potential intern projects include helping with the borough website update, planning research and community outreach. The municipal intern program is supported by the state Department of Community & Economic Development, Allegheny County and the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington.

Meetings planned

• Leetsdale council will meet at 7 p.m. March 9 at the borough building, 373 Beaver St.

• Leet commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. March 13 at the township building, 194 Ambridge Ave.

• Sewickley council will meet at 6 p.m. March. 14 at the borough building, 601 Thorn St.

• Sewickley Hills council will meet at 7:30 p.m. March 14 at the borough building, 349 Magee Road.

• Sewickley Heights council will meet at 4:30 p.m. March 20 at the borough building, 238 Country Club Road.

• Glen Osborne council will meet at 7 p.m. March 21 at Osborne Elementary School, 1414 Beaver St.

• Edgeworth council will meet at 7 p.m. March 21 at the borough building, 301 Beaver Road.

Library event planned

Sewickley Public Library hosts Orchids 101: Everything You Wanted to Know about Orchids 11 a.m. to noon March 11 at 500 Thorn St. The program is presented by Demetria Marsh, an avid orchid grower for 45 years and member of the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania. Marsh and the OSWP help maintain and develop the Phipps Conservatory orchid collection as well as the Barbara Tisherman Slipper Orchid Collection. Call 412-741-6920 for more information about library programs.

Chess tournament set

The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center will host a chess tournament for K-12 students March 25 at 418 Walnut St. All participants play four games. Game times are 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m. Awards will be given out to top finishers in each division. More information is available at gpchess.net/tournaments.

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