BUSINESS

Areawide -- Businesswomen interested in networking with other North Hills professionals are invited to a lunch sponsored by Women's Business Network at 1 p.m. Friday at Nakama Japanese Restaurant, East Carson Street, South Side. For reservations and more information, e-mail Susan Miller at PittsburghCandle@comcast.net or call 412-931-9425.

CRAFT SHOWS

Franklin Park -- Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road, will be host to the Gingerbread Shed craft show Friday and Saturday. A preview sale will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, with music from "The Brass Stuff" and desserts for $5. Sale will continue from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday with $1 admission. Lunch menu will be available. Call 412-635-6510.

McCandless -- Community College of Allegheny County North Campus, 8701 Perry Highway, will hold a craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the first floor atrium. Free admission. Call 412-269-3692.

Franklin Park -- Franklin Park Ladies Auxiliary will hold a craft show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the borough fire hall on Rochester Road. Food menu available. Proceeds will benefit Franklin Park Vol. Fire Co. No. 1. Call Marge at 412-364-8298.

Cranberry -- Browse more than 80 vendors during Cranberry Women's Club's Farkleberry Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cranberry municipal building, 2525 Rochester Road. Admission is free. Activities will include silent auction and food sales. Proceeds will benefit local charities.

DONATIONS

Areawide -- The Cranberry Chamber of Commerce phone card drive is underway. Phone cards and/or cash donations will be forwarded to Glade Run Lutheran Services, Mars Home for Youth, and Victims Outreach Intervention Center. For more information, call 724-776-4949.

Jackson -- Connoquenessing Valley Community Chest is holding a fund drive. All contributions will go directly to seven supported organizations: library; park; Red Cross; the Association for Retarded Citizens, ARC; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts and food cupboard. Contributions can be made to: CVCC, P.O. Box 343, Zelienople, PA 16063.

ENTERTAINMENT

Richland -- St. Barnabas Health System will show movies at 2 p.m. Tuesdays in Kean Theatre, The Washington Place, 5847 Meridian Road. Upcoming films will include "Batman Begins," Tuesday; "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory," Nov. 8; "Madagascar," Nov. 15; "War of the Worlds," Nov. 22; and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," Nov. 29. There is no admission charge, but donations for the free care fund will be accepted. Brunch will be available for $8.95 on Nov. 8. Call 724-444-6288.

Butler -- The Blazing Star Choral Society will perform Gabriel Faure's "Requiem" at 8 p.m. Tuesday at First English Lutheran Church, 241 N. Main St. Tickets are $10 in advance; $12 at the door. Call 724-283-4829.

Jackson/Cranberry -- The Seneca Valley Thespians are performing "The Princess and the Pea" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Haine Elementary School, 1516 Haine School Road, Cranberry; at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School, 300 S. Pittsburgh St., Jackson; and at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rowan Elementary School, 8051 Rowan Road, Cranberry. Get tickets, at the door, $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors.

McCandless -- River City Brass Band will perform a concert, The American Dream, at 8 p.m. Friday in North Allegheny Intermediate High School, 350 Cumberland Road. Tickets are $18-$24. For information or tickets, call the box office at 412-322-7222 or 1-800-292-7222.

Butler -- Butler County Symphony Association will hold a family concert featuring a magician and popular music selections at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children. Call 724-283-1402.

FUND-RAISERS

Indiana Township -- The Dorseyville VFD Ladies Auxiliary will hold a bingo at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 100 Charles St. Tickets are $10 for 20 games and five specials. Extras are $5. Call Bev at 412-967-2443.

McCandless -- HOPE Network will hold Steel City Starz Las Vegas Night at 7 p.m. Friday at the Chadwick in Wexford Square, Route 19. Tickets are $50 per person and include hors d'oeuvres, beer, other beverages, desserts and $5,000 in gaming money. Proceeds will benefit the Steel City Starz women's wheelchair basketball team. Call 412-826-2771 or visit www.hopenetwork-pa.org.

Fawn -- Center United Methodist Church, 1575 Donnellville Road, Natrona Heights, will hold a turkey dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available in advance only: full meal $7, mini-meal $5. Proceeds will benefit Allegheny Valley Association of Churches. For more information or to buy tickets, call 724-226-0606 or call 724-226-2300 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

HEALTH

McCandless -- UPMC Passavant, 9100 Babcock Blvd., will offer a four-week exercise program for mothers and noncrawling infants, from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Tuesday through Nov. 24, in Assembly Hall. Cost is $30. Registration is required; space is limited. Call 412-367-6450.

Cranberry -- Dr. Sherwood Chetlin, of Allegheny General Hospital, will speak about lupus at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Cranberry Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road. Free. Register by calling 724-776-9100.

Pine -- Passport Health, 10962 Perry Highway, inside 1st Choice Travel in Wexford Flats Plaza, will administer flu shots from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in November. No appointments; walk-ins only. Cost is $20; no insurance. For more information, visit www.passporthealthpa.com or call 1-800-839-4007.

Butler -- Community Health Challenge of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Butler County Tobacco Prevention and Control Program will offer SmokeStoppers, a group program to help people quit smoking, in the private dining room of at Butler Memorial Hospital, 911 E. Brady St. Introductory session is 7 p.m. Wednesday; Other sessions will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 7-10, 14, 16 and 21. Free. To register, call 724-283-9955.

MEETINGS

Cranberry -- MOPS, or Mothers of Preschoolers, meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at Victory Christian Fellowship, 216 Mystic Pine Trail. Meetings are $7 and include brunch, speakers, discussion groups and crafts. Child care provided. Call 724-772-7026.

Cranberry -- The MOMS Club of Cranberry North, a support and social group for at-home mothers, will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Fountain Park Church on Peters Road. Call Carrie at 724-741-0902 or e-mail cranberrynorthmoms@yahoo.com.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY

McCandless -- Memorial Park Presbyterian Chancel Choir will present Brahams' "German Requiem" at the 9:15 and 11 a.m. church services today at 8800 Peebles Road.

SALE

Harmony -- Harmony Museum will hold a flea market from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Stewart Hall, Main and Mercer streets. Call 724-452-5860 for table reservations.

SEMINARS

Richland -- Learn how to help youth make positive choices in a presentation, "40 Developmental Assets: Unlocking Youth Potential," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Northern Tier Library, 4015 Dickey Road. Free. Register by calling 724-449-2665.

Cranberry -- Certified Public Accountant Ralph E. Duckworth will present a "Planning for Your Retirement" seminar at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Dutilh United Methodist Church, 1270 Dutilh Road. Free. To register, call 724-776-1094.

SPECIAL INTEREST

McCandless -- Edward Brett, professor of history at La Roche College and co-author of "Murdered in Central America," will speak during a Day of Recollection to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the murders of four missionaries in Central America from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd. Free. Call 412-635-6314.

Mars -- Pennsylvania School Boards Association and the legislative Local Tax Policy Caucus will discuss property tax relief and school funding from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Mars Area High School cafeteria, 520 Route 228. Legislators, administrators and school board members will also discuss Act 72 and property tax elimination. For more information, call 724-625-1518.

Butler -- Butler Cat Fanciers Inc. will hold a cat show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Sunday in Tanglewood Senior Center, 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for children under 12 and seniors.

SPORTS

McCandless -- North Hills Area YMCA, 30 Pine Creek Road, will offer youth programs in hockey, soccer, T-Ball and basketball this week. For more information, call 412-364-3404.

VOLUNTEERS

Butler -- The adult literacy program of Butler County Community College will offer free training for tutors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 12 at Butler County Community College admissions building, Room 16. All tutoring is done within Butler County. Volunteers must attend both sessions. For information or to register, call 724-287-8711, ext. 8350.