Westmoreland news: art exhibit, quilt show and blood drive

Art

• Greensburg Art Center will have a free exhibit, “The Third Dimension,” Sept. 25 to Oct. 22 at the center, 230 Todd School Road. Works will include sculpture, artisan craft and 3D relief work. A free opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. Details: greensburgartcenter.org

• The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Auxiliary at Ligonier Valley will host a sweater pumpkin-making party from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 2 at the museum, 1 Boucher Lane. Cost: $10, includes materials and munchies. CDC health and covid-19 social distancing guidelines will be observed. Registration required. Registration: sama-art.org, 724-238-6015 or ligonier@sama-art.org

• Greensburg Art Center will offer a workshop by artist Harold K. Miller from Indiana, Pa., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 9 at the center, 230 Todd School Road. Miller will demonstrate the “Charlie Hunter” method of oil painting. Cost: $60. Reservations required by Oct. 1. Reservations: greensburgartcenter.org

Fundraisers

• Norwin Chamber of Commerce’s OktChamberfest will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at Quinn Brewing, 3000 Commerce Loop, suite 3200, North Huntingdon. Cost: $25, includes a commemorative beer glass, one beer, light German fare and a raffle ticket. Proceeds benefit the chamber’s annual scholarships. Tickets: NorwinChamber on Facebook and Eventbrite

• The Hilltop Quilters annual quilt show will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 108 Dutch Hill Road, Mt. Pleasant Township. Free admission and parking. Quilts will be for sale and there will be a raffle, craft sales, silent auction, food and a bake sale. New members welcome.

• The 50th annual Tag Sale will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 24 and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 25 in Laird Hall at First Presbyterian Church, 3202 N. Hills Road, Murrysville. A half-price sale will be until noon Saturday when there will be a $2 box sale. Details: 724-327-0728

• A takeout spaghetti dinner will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at Arona United Methodist Church, 2037 Main St., Hempfield.

• A rummage sale will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 24 and 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 25 at Heritage United Methodist Church, 107 W. Main St., Ligonier. Lunch will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, dine in or takeout.

• Bushy Run Lions will have a drive-thru barbecue chicken dinner from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. or until sold out Sept. 26 at the Bushy Run Lions Community Building, Church Street, Claridge. Members of Boy Scout Troops 239 and BSA Troop 1239 will assist. Menu: half chicken, roll, coleslaw, cookie and drink, $10. Tickets: 724-744-3233. A limited number of tickets will be sold at the event.

• Knights of Columbus Bingo will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at St. Regis Church, 517 Homewood Ave., Trafford. Admission: $15, includes 20 regular games. There will be a $150 guaranteed jackpot game, specials, food and a 50/50 raffle.

• Smithton Community Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2. There will be crafts, flea markets, yard sales and food booths. Vendor applications are being accepted. No fees. A list of foods being sold will be posted at the borough building, the fire station and the Community Day Facebook page. No. duplicate sales are permitted. Details and applications: Mike 724-872-9201 and leave a message or email smithtonboro@hotmail.com.

Health

• An American Red Cross Blood community blood drive will be from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Sept. 28 at West Newton Community Turkeytown Firehall, 90 Supervisors Drive. Appointments: 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code TurkeytownVFD

Lecture

• The Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town will sponsor a program, “Penn’s Woods: Plenty for the Use of Man,” at 1 p.m. Sept. 25 at the center, 809 Forbes Trail Road, Hempfield. Michael Doucette, a service forester at Forbes State Forest, will discuss how the forest was before European settlement, the uses for different types of wood and how the land changed with a transition to farming. A guided tour of trees will be afterward. Cost: $8; senior citizens and students through 12th grade, $6; Westmoreland Historical Society members and children 5 and younger, free. Reservations required. Reservations: 724-836-1800, ext. 210

Meetings

• Women Supporting Women will meet from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 25 at Temple of Praise Fellowship Hall, 302 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Greensburg. Women are welcome to learn how faith can change their life.

• Penn Township Senior Citizens will meet Sept. 28 at Community United Methodist Church, 3487 Route 130, Trafford. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 2. Lunch: $6. Dues: $2. Entertainment will be ventriloquist Cindy Speck.

Special events

• The Glass City Heritage Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25 in the 400, 500 and 600 blocks of Clay Avenue in Jeannette. There will be free flu shots, caricatures, crafters, music, vendors, food, basket raffles and more. Details: 724-523-2853

• The West Newton Center for Active Adults, 103 E. Main St., will host an open house Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a cash bash from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and entertainment by ventriloquist Cindy Speck at 10 a.m. and the Pittsburgh Belairs at 2 p.m. Drawings for the basket raffle will be at 4:30 p.m. Details: 724-872-4976

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