BIBLE SCHOOLS

Pine -- Crossroads Presbyterian Church, Route 910, will hold vacation Bible school from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 21-24. July 23 features an all-day camp at Crestfield Camp and Conference Center in Slippery Rock. Fee is $5 and includes dinner. To register, call 724-443-8207.

CONCERTS

Butler -- Divine Ridge, a contemporary Christian band, will perform at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Carousel Shelter in Alameda Park. Free.

Butler -- Brian Schaffner will present a free concert of guitar and vocals at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Butler County Symphony Association office, 259 S. Main St. Program will be broadcast in Diamond Park. Bring a lunch or purchase one at the association office for $3. Call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.

Cranberry -- Joe Negri & Mister Rogers Neighborhood Friends will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cranberry Rotary Amphitheater, Cranberry Community Park, Route 19. The Greater Cranberry Bogmeisters barbershop group will perform at noon July 11 in the Garden Gazebo at the municipal center, 2525 Rochester Road. Both are free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

DONATIONS

Areawide -- Throughout July, North Hills Community Outreach will collect new backpacks and school supplies for distribution to low-income children in grades K-12. Needed are backpacks, appropriate for a variety of ages; pencils; rulers; scissors; crayons; markers; notebooks; and folders. Last year, nearly 600 children from local families received school supplies. Contact Judy Murchak at 412-487-6316, option 1.

Valencia -- Valencia Presbyterian Church is seeking donations for its medical lending closet to assist those in need of medical equipment. Equipment, including walkers, crutches, canes and more has already been collected to begin the program. Equipment donations can be brought to the church, 80 Sterrett St., during scheduled office hours, or arrangements can be made for pickup. Receipts for donations are available upon request. To borrow or donate equipment, call the church at 724-625-2002 or Gerry Hill at 724-504-4420. For an inventory list, visit www.valenciapresbyterian.com and click on the medical lending closet.

ENTERTAINMENT

Frazer -- The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will host July star parties, weather permitting, beginning at 8:50 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Call 724-224-2510 or visit www.3ap.org.

Richland -- Kean Theatre, 5847 Meridian Road, will offer free movies at 2 p.m. Tuesdays and 1 p.m. Wednesdays through July 30. The schedule is: Tuesday, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets;" Wednesday, "The Bucket List;" July 15, "Be Kind Rewind;" July 16, "The Spiderwick Chronicles;" July 22, "Mad Money;" July 23, "Semi-Pro;" July 29, "Over Her Dead Body;" July 30, "Fool's Gold." Call 724-444-5326.

Richland -- The musical revue "Jukebox the Musical," featuring music from the '50s and '60s, will be presented at 8 p.m. July 18, 19, 25 and 26 at Kean Theater in The Washington Place, 5847 Meridian Road. Optional dinner at Atria's Restaurant & Tavern begins at 6 p.m. General admission tickets $19; dinner and show $37. Call 724-444-5326.

FESTIVALS

Winfield -- Cooper Cabin Pioneer Homestead, 199 Cooper Road, off Route 356, Cabot, will hold Woodcarving Day from 1 to 4 p.m. next Sunday. Carver Bull Vogel and others will demonstrate. Cabin tours also available. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and youths 5 to 17, and free for children 4 and younger. Call 724-283-8116.

FOR CHILDREN

Butler -- Lifesteps will offer free child development screenings Friday at Community Health Clinic, 103 Bonnie Drive, and July 23 at its Early Education Center inside the Veterans Administration Building 69, 325 New Castle Road. For information or to schedule an appointment, call 724-283-2154, ext. 313, or 1-800-225-2010.

FUND-RAISERS

Butler -- Rainbow Animal Refuge, a nonprofit organization in Lyndora that helps stray, abandoned or abused animals find homes, will hold its Pistons for Pets poker run Saturday. Registration starts at 11 a.m. at The Rock Ann Haven, 141 Greenwood Drive. Bike blessing at 12:45 p.m. Poker run begins at 1 p.m. and ends at The Beer Garden on Route 28 for dinner buffet, entertainment, raffles and more. Cost is $15 for driver, $10 for passenger. Admission to party only is $5. Visit www.rainbowanimalrefuge.org.

Butler -- The Butler County American Legion Riders will be host to the Bikers for Vets motorcycle ride July 19. Riders can register from 10 to 11:15 a.m. in front of the Butler VA Medical Center, 325 New Castle Road. The 100-mile ride, with checkpoints, will start at 11:30 a.m. and end at the Lyndora American Legion Picnic Grove for food, music and prizes. Donations will benefit Butler County veterans. Rain date is July 20.

Cranberry -- Cranberry Lions Club will hold a Pancakes in the Park lunch/dinner from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Lions Pavilion at Route 19 Community Park during township community days.

Marshall -- Cranberry Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the annual Thorn Hill 5K Race & Walk July 20 in Thorn Hill Industrial Park. Walkers start at 8 a.m., runners at 8:15 a.m. Deadline for advance registration is Friday; entry fee for walkers is $8 and $15 for others. Late registration costs $17. Proceeds will benefit the Chamber Foundation, which awards scholarships to high school seniors. Call 724-776-4949 or visit www.cranberrychamber.com.

LIBRARIES

Mars -- Storyteller Alan Irvine will tell bug stories at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mars Area Public Library, 107 Grand Ave. Register by calling 724-625-9048.

Richland -- Girls age 9 and older can learn how to make beaded dragonfly bobby pins during a workshop at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Northern Tier Library, 4015 Dickey Road. Advance registration required. Cost is $2. Space is limited. Call 724-449-2665.

MEETINGS

Butler -- The Pennsylvania Professional Employment Network for unemployed and underemployed professionals meets at 6 p.m. Mondays at Butler County Career Link, 112 Hollywood Drive, Suite 101, Pullman Commerce Center. Visit www.papen.us.

Franklin Park -- The Franklin Park Democratic Party will meet at 7 p.m. July 14 at the borough building, 2344 W. Ingomar Road.

McCandless -- Friends of North Park will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and the second Thursday of every month, in the cabin at the intersection of Ingomar Road and Babcock Boulevard. The group provides stewardship for the protection and preservation of the park. Volunteers address different projects in the park. Call 412-600-1069.

SEMINARS

Butler -- Families Forever, a Lifesteps program, helps families learn to minimize the effects of divorce and/or custody situations. The next session is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 19 at Lifesteps' Central Office, 383 New Castle Road. Registration is $50 for adults, free for children. Visit www.lifesteps.net or call 724-283-1010.

Franklin Park -- Is your teenager out of control and setting the mood of the household? Come to a parent survival skills training session, sponsored by the Juvenile Section, Common Pleas Court, Probation Office, Family Division. This is a support group with an emphasis on parenting skills. Meetings are held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Saturday of each month at The North Hills Alliance office, 2607 Nicholson Road., Building 2, Suite 2300. Call 412-247-6362 or visit www.gopsst.org.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Evans City -- The Frontier Living History Center at Providence Plantation Foundation, 300 Textor Hill Road, will present "How the West was Lost for Blacks" from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. Fee is $10 for adults, $5 for children, age 12 and younger. Optional dinner after program for an additional $15 per adult, $7.50 per child . Dinner reservations are required by noon tomorrow. Visit www.frontier-history.org or call 724-538-8818.

SUPPORT

Cranberry -- The Victory Group, an organization for those struggling with addiction, meets from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Victory Family Church, 21150 Route 19. Call 724-453-6200.

McCandless -- Temple Ohav Shalom, 8400 Thompson Run Road, holds a nondenominational bereavement support group meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. every other Monday. Reservations required; call 412-913-0272.