Bulletin Board: A weekly roundup of things to do in North communities -- Nov. 5, 2009

-- Compiled by Ruby Ashby

O'Hara -- Fox Chapel Area High School Marching Band is holding a craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 14 at the high school, 611 Field Club Road. The show is sponsored by the Fox Chapel Area Band Parents Association.

Mars -- A singles dance for adults will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Mars Veterans of Foreign Wars, 331 Mars-Valencia Road. Dance lessons at 7:30 p.m., dance will begin at 8 p.m. Admission is $8. Call 724-316-5029; e-mail dancetonight09@aol.com or visit www.dancetonight.weebly.com.

Sewickley -- Sewickley Academy will hold a pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Lower School cafeteria, 315 Academy Ave. Cost is $5. Proceeds benefit local fire and police departments. Call 412-741-2230, ext. 3046, or e-mail msemple@sewickley.org.

Shaler -- Epworth United Methodist Church, 1300 Burchfield Road, will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children, free for children younger than 3.

Valencia -- Boy Scout Troop 58 will hold a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. Call 724-898-3503.

McCandless -- Providence Heights Alpha School, 9000 Babcock Blvd., will hold an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. The school is operated by the Sisters of Divine Providence for kindergarten through eighth grade. Call 412-366-4455 or visit www.alphaschool.org.

O'Hara -- Fox Chapel Area High School students will present "Arms and the Man," by George Bernard Shaw, at 7 p.m. today, tomorrow and Saturday. in the high school auditorium at 611 Field Club Road. Tickets, $8, will be sold at the door.

Pine -- Pine Community Center, 230 Pearce Mill Road, will screen "Hotel for Dogs" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 The free move is rated PG.

Cranberry -- St. Ferdinand Church, 2535 Rochester Road, will hold a super bingo from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday; doors open at 6 p.m.; early birds start at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $30 at the door. Proceeds benefit Catholic high school education. Call 724-772-0178.

Hampton -- St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1965 Ferguson Road, will hold a cookie walk and mission mall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21. Holiday cookies will be available for $8 a pound. Proceeds will benefit the mission and outreach for women, children and youth.

Marshall -- Salem United Methodist Church, 350 Manor Road, is selling pumpkin rolls beginning tomorrow; the cost is $12. The rolls can be purchased Monday through Thursday mornings at the church or by calling the church office at 724-935-1627.

O'Hara -- Boyd Community Center, 1220 Powers Run Road, will hold its art bazaar to benefit autism organizations from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21.

Richland -- Northern Tier Library, 4015 Dickey Road, will hold a gold exchange from noon to 8 p.m. Monday. Call 724-449-2665. All profits will benefit the library.

Also, tickets are available at the library now for "Meet Me at the Piazza," the library's main fundraiser, to be held at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 14. The piazza will be filled with boutique items, sponsored trees and ticket auctions. Cost is $25.

Pine -- A Breakathon for Greyhounds will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zang TaeKwondo, 11356 Perry Highway. Students will break boards with their hands and feet to raise money for Going Home Greyhounds.

Sewickley -- The Heritage Valley Sewickley Auxiliary is presenting its Unique Boutique from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Edgeworth Club, 511 East Drive. Admission for shopping is $10. Admission for shopping and lunch is $25. A buffet lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will go to the hospital's pediatric asthma program. For lunch reservations call 412-749-7052.

Shaler -- An opening gala will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Glenshaw Presbyterian Church, 300 Glenn Ave., for the Glenshaw Century Club holiday house tour. The tour, traditional tea table and craft fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to benefit the Glenshaw Century Club's Shaler Area High School Scholarship Fund and other area charities. For gala tickets, call Betty at 412-486-5302. For Saturday information and tickets, call Linda at 412-487-8753.

West View -- A Night at the Races to help ABOARD support families affected by autism will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at West View Fireman's Hall, 398 Perry Highway. Cost is $15 per person, $20 at the door, and includes dinner, beer, pop and snacks. Order tickets at www.aboard.org or call 1-800-827-9385.

O'Hara -- Boyd Community Center, 1220 Powers Run Road. Is offering the one day workshop, "What Happened to the Fun in My Food?" from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free for members, $12.80 and $16 for others. Call 412-828-8566, ext. 11, to register.

Bellevue -- Andrew Bayne Memorial Library, 34 N. Balph, will present local author C. William Davis III at 1 p.m. Saturday. He will discuss his Clive Aliston mystery series and a poem he wrote that will be installed at the Flight 93 memorial.

O'Hara -- Lauri Ann West Memorial Library, 1220 Powers Run Road, is offering the following adult education programs.

• Family seminar for adult children caring for their parents, 7 p.m. today.

• South Western Pennsylvania Red Cross, pet first aid, from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Nov 19 or Dec. 10. The fee is $25; call to register.

• Book for lunch, noon, Friday: "How Green Was My Valley" by Richard Llewellyn. Bring a bag lunch; the library will provide drinks and dessert. Call to register.

• Evening book discussion group, 7 p.m. Nov. 23: "The Soloist" by Steve Lopez. Call to register.

• Web 2.0 computer class, 3 p.m. Nov. 30.

Call the library at 412-828-9520, ext. 15, to register for classes and programs.

Shaler -- The Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mount Royal Blvd., will hold the following events:

• Tips from Whole Foods for a healthy Thanksgiving by 7 p.m. Monday. Cost is $2; call 412-486-0211 to register.

• Author Todd dePastino will discuss his book "Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front" about the World War II cartoonist, 7 p.m. Nov. 11. Call 412-486-0211 to register.

Freedom -- The North Hills Music Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Monday for a program about American women composers. For more information and the location, call 412-761-8818.

McCandless -- North Pittsburgh Mothers of Multiples Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Hills Community Baptist Church, 7801 Thompson Run Road. The topic will be toddlers and discipline. Visit www.npmoms.org.

Shaler -- Bauerstown AARP 2490 will meet at noon Tuesday in Bauerstown volunteer fire hall, Wible Run Road. Board meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. Call 412-821-4124.

Ross -- McKnight United Methodist Church, 600 Fox Drive, will hold a rummage sale and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Bag sale starts at 1 p.m. All proceeds will benefit mission projects. Call 412-364-7132.

Sharpsburg -- Public speaker Carol Moesta Hamilton will give an interactive workshop on improving nonverbal skills during a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Volunteers of America, Working Order, 1650 Main St.; free, bring a lunch. Dr. Lawrence M Glanz, a clinical psychologist, will speak on obsessive compulsive disorder during a disability resource breakfast from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Nov. 19. Free. For reservations, call 412-782-5344.

Cranberry -- Dutilh Church,1270 Dutilh Road, will be host to Wired in a Wireless World, for parents and children from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17. The Keynote speaker will be Dorn Checkley, of the Pittsburgh Coalition Against Pornography, and Sgt. David Kovach and Officer Rhonda Rearick, of the Cranberry police, to discuss legal issues surrounding the culture of cell phones, texting and sexting. The program is free. Registration is requested by visiting www.dutilhumc.org or calling 724-776-1094.

Shaler -- The Pittsburgh Rug Hooking Guild will present Woolworks, a free, biennial rug show, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mount Royal Blvd.