Pine - Pine Community Center, 100 Pine Park Drive, will hold an oil and acrylic painting class for those 16 and older. Session I, Sept. 21 to Oct. 19 and Session II, Oct. 26 to Nov. 16. Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Cost: members, $85; others, $97. Information: 724-625-1636, ext. 3.

McCandless - A dance for adults will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at The Chadwick, 10545 Perry Highway. Free dance lessons at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $8. Information: 724-316-5029 or www.dancetonight.weebly.com.

Pine - A Taste of Pine will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 23 at Pine Community Center to help support Friends of Pine Community Parks. Reserved seats for 160 guests only. Disc jockey, food and a raffle are planned. Tickets available at the community center. Cost: $40 per person. Information: 724-625-1636, ext. 3.

Saxonburg - St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 310 W. Main St., will host the Monongahela Duck Club Band, for a Christmas in September concert at 4 p.m. Saturday and a Voices in Praise concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. Both concerts are free.

Slippery Rock - The Slippery Rock VillageFest will be held Sept. 17-19. Events include the NKT Fall Classic golf outing, 5K run, brewfest, food and craft venders, Kidszone and much more. Information: www.slipperyrockpa.org.

O'Hara - Boyd Community Center will launch the Les Mills Bodypump 60-minute workout class starting the week of Sept. 13. Information/cost/schedule: 412-828-8566, ext. 11, or www.boydcommunitycenter.org.

Marshall - A free preseason disc golf camp clinic will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 18, for middle- and high-schoolers at the Woodlands Foundation's course at 134 Shenot Road. Information: 724-766-6121.

McCandless - The Art of Music & Dance Inc. is offering free piano lessons for students who qualify. Lessons are taught in the morning. Information, 724-799-7784 or info@artmusicdance.org.

Pine - Pine Community Center, 100 Pine Park Drive, will offer Imagination Station program series for children age 21?2 and up. Session One, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct 12-27. Session two, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Nov. 3-17. Cost: Members, $30; others, $40. Information: 724-625-1636, ext. 3.

Valencia - Valencia Presbyterian Church, 80 Sterrett St., will hold a Mommy & Me Class for children ages 2 and 3, with accompanying adult, from 10 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Sept. 13 to Nov. 24. Child care for siblings to age 5 will be provided free. Cost: $88 per child for the 10-week session or $10 per class. Information/registration: 724-625-2002 or www.valenciapresbyterian.com.

Avalon - Touch-A-Truck for Avalon Public Library will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Avalon borough building, California Avenue. Admission is free and there will be refreshment stands, a bake sale and a raffle for a pair of kids bikes. Information: 412-761-2288.

Ross - Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council is seeking volunteers to teach basic literacy and English as a second language to adult students. Workshops will be held at Northgate Church, 238 West View Ave., from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12, 14, 19 and 21. No foreign language experience necessary. Advance registration is required. Information/registration: 412-661-7323 or www.gplc.org.

Ellwood City - Seneca Valley Boys Golf Boosters will hold its annual golf outing Sept. 25 at Connoquenessing Country Club. Greens fees, cart, lunch and dinner are included in the cost. The format will be a scramble with possibility to win great prizes, including a new car. Registration deadline is Sept. 20. Information: Tim Schade, 724-772-7472, 412-585-7072 or tkschade@zbzoom.net.

Sewickley - North Way Christian Community Church will hold Healing Life's Hurts, a golf outing, Oct. 18 at Diamond Run Golf Club on Laurel Oak Drive. Proceeds will benefit North Way Counseling Services. Golf will be followed by a dinner, auctions and other activities. Registration: www.northway.org.

Butler - Free child development screenings will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the YMCA, 339 N. Washington St. The screening is sponsored by Lifesteps; appointments are recommended but not required. Information/appointments: 724-283-2154, ext. 313, or 1-800-225-2010.

Pittsburgh - UPMC St. Margaret, 815 Freeport Road, offers education and support for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Classes will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sept. 30. Light refreshments will be served, and parking is free. Registration: Patty Williams, 412-784-5827, or Isabel MacKinney-Smith, 412-784-5764.

Richland - The Welcome House Adoption Program of Pearl S. Buck International will hold a free international adoption information meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 18, 5363 William Flynn Highway. Reservations: 1-800-220-2825 or welcomehouse@pearlsbuck.org.

Shaler - Bauerstown AARP 2490 will meet at noon Tuesday in Bauerstown volunteer fire hall, Wible Run Road. Call 412-821-4124.

Cranberry - Cranberry Waterpark will host a Puppy Plunge from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Dog owners must bring their pet's 2010 rabies tag or proof of current rabies vaccination. Registration/information: 724-776-4806, ext. 1129.

McCandless - Ascension Lutheran Church, 8225 Peebles Road, will hold a flea market and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 18. Information: Barbara at 412-364-4463.

Reserve - St. Aloysius Church, 3616 Mount Troy Road, will hold a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Hot foods, desserts and raffles. Information: 412-821-3610.

Richland - Bakerstown United Methodist Church will hold a trunk sale from 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 18 at the intersection of Route 8 and Dickey Road. Bring your items to sell from your car's trunk. Cost: $10. Information/reservation: Donna Williams, 724-443-6108.

Richland - "GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays" a seminar for people facing the holidays after a loved one's death, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at St. Barnabas retirement center on Meridian Road. The free seminar is sponsored by Ingomar United Methodist Church in Franklin Park. Information: Margie Martinelli, 412-364-3613.

Sharpsburg - Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania, 1650 Main Street, will hold a disability resource breakfast from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. next Thursday. Dr. Timothy H. Martin, Deer Lakes Medical Association, will speak on smoking and the transition to a nonsmoking life. The event is free. Reservations: 412-782-5344 or volunteersofamerica@voapa.org.

Areawide - North Hills Chorale is seeking singers. This 40-voice community choral ensemble performs a variety of music in concert for charity, primarily in December and May. Rehearsals resume from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday in the chapel at Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd., McCandless. Information: Tom, 724-889-3862, Vicky, 412-252-0752 or nhchorale.com.

Harmony - The Harmony Museum, 218 Mercer St., will hold a free, illustrated presentation on mills operated here by the communal Harmony Society and last summer's demolition of two Connoquenessing Creek dams at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Information: 724-452-7341.

Manchester - The Pittsburgh Rose Society will hold its Rose Festival at the Drew Mathieson Horticultural Center on the campus of Bidwell Training Center, 1600 Metropolitan St. Free. Visit www.pghrosesociety.org.

Richland - Vendor spaces are still available for the St. Barnabas Charities' annual fashion gala Oct. 23. Vendors will line the halls of The Washington Place selling jewelry, candles, home goods, books, handbags, gourmet foods and skin care products. Fee: $50 per table. Registration/information: 724-444-5521.

Butler - Lifesteps' Alzheimer's caregiver support group will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at 383 New Castle Road. Information: 724-283-1010, ext. 233.

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