Art

Elizabeth Township -- Penn View Art Center, Rock Run Road, offers these workshops, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: parchment cards (Monday); rainbow cards (May 1); embossing: card making (May 8); marbling: making marbled paper (May 15); book making arts (May 22); and paper making (May 30). Cost each: $25. Call 412-751-7821.

Blood Drives

Bethel Park -- Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2999 Bethel Church Road, will hold a blood drive, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday. For an appointment, call 412-835-0405.

Crafts

Brentwood -- Brentwood Emergency Medical Services will sponsor a craft show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, St. Sylvester Church hall, 3754 Brownsville Road.

Castle Shannon -- Three Rivers Quilters will host its annual Quilt Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Castle Shannon Memorial Fire Hall, Route 88 and Grove Road, with displays, vendors, demonstrations, a flea market and more. Call 412-835-2395 or visit www.threeriversquilters.org.

Dining out

Brentwood -- Brentwood Band Parent Association will hold a spaghetti dinner and Spring Fling Shopping Fair with chocolate fountain to benefit the Brentwood High School marching band, 3-7 p.m. Sunday, middle/high school cafeteria. Cost: $6 adults; $5 senior citizens; $1 presale discount for each. Also, $4 children age 12 and younger. Call 412-881-7724.

Mt. Lebanon -- Dormont-Mt. Lebanon-Castle Shannon Rotary Club will hold a pancake brunch, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, Washington and Scott roads, with a bake sale. Tickets: $7 adults; $4 children younger than 12. Proceeds will benefit local charities. Call Gil at 412-278-2101.

Whitaker -- Whitaker United Methodist Church, 124 Arkansas Ave., will hold a spaghetti dinner, 4-7 p.m. Saturday. Admission: $6 adults; $3 children age 3-12; free for children 2 and younger. Call 412-461-5884.

Entertainment

Elizabeth Township -- Elizabeth Forward Area Community Chorus will present its spring concert, "Lights! Camera! Music!," 7:30 p.m. April 28 and 29, and 3 p.m. April 30, Elizabeth Forward High School, Route 48 and Weigles Hill Road. Admission: $8 adults; $6 seniors and students; $1 discount for advance purchase. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Call 412-751-7648.

Fund-raisers

Collier -- The 11th annual Hoops for a Cure, 5 p.m. April 28, Chartiers Valley High School, 50 Thoms Run Road, will include Section 5 all-stars vs. WPIAL all-stars, and Chartiers Valley Alumni Dream Team vs. Pittsburgh Steelers players, a raffle for a Super Bowl XLI trip and more. Admission: $5. Proceeds benefit the Nathan S. Arenson Fund for Pancreatic Cancer Research at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. Call Lisa at 412-429-1375.

Elizabeth Township -- UPMC Health Plan and the Homestead-based Rainbow Kitchen Community Services have declared WAR (Walk and Ride) Against Hunger on April 29, beginning at Boston Park and following the Yough River Trail to Buena Vista Park and back. Registration, 9 a.m.; departure, 10 a.m.; awards, 1 p.m. To register in advance or for more information, visit www.Bikereg.com, and enter "war" in the search box; or call 412-464-1892.

Peters -- Celebrate is the theme of this year's Keynotes of Music for Mt. Lebanon luncheon and fashion show, 11:30 a.m. April 28, Rolling Hills Country Club, 455 East McMurray Road. Proceeds will benefit scholarships given to South Hills music majors. Tickets: $20. Call 412-561-6717.

Peters -- Family Hospice and Palliative Care of Mt. Lebanon will hold its 19th annual Golf Benefit on May 15 at Valley Brook Country Club, 425 Hidden Valley Road, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Registration, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; lunch, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; hors d'oeuvres, 5:30 p.m.; dinner, 7 p.m.; and awards, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $350 per person. Proceeds will benefit services for hospice patients. Registration deadline, April 28. Call 412-572-8812.

Gardens

Peters -- Peters Township Newcomers Club will hold a workshop on seed starting and garden planning, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, 101 Highvue Drive. Children are welcome.

Health

Bethel Park -- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will present a free cancer education program, How to Trust Your Doctor, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Christ United Methodist Church, 44 Highland Road. Call 412-835-6621.

Peters -- Cardiologist John M. Costello Jr., director of noninvasive cardiology at Washington Hospital, will present a program on heart health, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Gateshead Drive and Route 19. To register, call 724-941-7467.

West Mifflin -- The Heart Truth Road Show, a national traveling exhibit about women's heart health, will offer information on heart disease and its risk factors, plus screenings, 3-9 p.m. tomorrow and noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Century III Mall.

Religious activities

Bethel Park -- South Hills Assembly, 2725 Bethel Church Road, will hold a Dickens Festival in the sanctuary, 7 p.m. Tuesday. Call 412-854-4040.

Mt. Lebanon -- Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 3319 West Liberty Ave., will host the 10th annual Latvia-Lithuania Mission Initiative, 11:30 a.m. April 28 through April 30. Representatives of Lithuanian and Latvian United Methodist congregations, worldwide partner churches and supporters of emerging Methodism in that region will gather to celebrate the church's milestones and plan for the future of these Eastern European congregations. For conference program times and other information, call 412-531-7131.

South Park -- Peters Creek Baptist Church, Route 88 and Churchill Road, will host a free Creation Science Fellowship mini-conference, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Call 412-833-6111.

South Park -- Nativity Church and St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin will unite to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday with a Holy Hour, 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nativity Church, 5800 Brownsville Road.

White Oak -- Temple B'nai Israel, 2025 Cypress Drive, will sponsor a Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Danny Schiff on May 6, starting with Shabbat services at 10 a.m. Topics will be: Cosmetic Surgery, Tattooing and Body Piercing in Judaism; Advertising in Judaism. Cost: $10. Reservation deadline, Monday Call 412-678-0908.

Sales

Bethel Park -- Hamilton Presbyterian Church, Hamilton and Baptist roads, will sponsor a rummage sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.

Bridgeville -- Going Home Greyhounds, a nonprofit organization promoting adoption of retired racing greyhounds, will hold a rummage sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, at the vacant, former Casual Male Big and Tall store at Great Southern Shopping Center.

Mt. Lebanon -- St. Winifred Church, 550 Sleepy Hollow Road, will hold a junque sale, 5-8 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, with most items half-off after 11 a.m. Saturday.

Social events

Carrick -- St. Wendelin Parish will hold a spring luncheon and ticket auction, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Wendel Inn, Custer Avenue. Call 412-882-5973.

West Mifflin -- Garden Club of Munhall will present its bridge luncheon, Birds and Blossoms, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Westwood Golf Club, Commonwealth Avenue. Donation: $20. For reservations, call 412-462-6916.

Whitaker -- Whitaker United Methodist Church, 124 Arkansas Ave., will hold a fashion show and luncheon, 1 p.m. April 30, featuring a stuffed chicken breast dinner. Cost: $15. Advance tickets only. Call 412-461-5884.

Whitehall -- St. Sylvester School will hold a Calendar Party, noon Sunday, South Hills Country Club, Brownsville Road, with a ticket auction and more. Lunch, 1 p.m. Cost: $17. Call 412-207-7900 or 412-885-1342.

Special interest

Bethel Park -- An interior decorator will present a Decorating on a Dime seminar, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Otterbein room, Christ United Methodist Church, Highland Road. To RSVP, call 412-835-6621.

Jefferson Hills -- Speaker Leonard Marraccini will discuss Women in Mining at a West Jefferson Hills Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jefferson Hills municipal building. Call 412-655-7741.

West Mifflin -- The U.S. Postal Service-Pleasant Hills will sponsor a Passport Expo, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today, CCAC South Campus, 1750 Clairton Road, West Mifflin. Postal employees will help people to complete passport applications efficiently and provide updates on passport laws.

Whitehall -- St. Sylvester School will hold a Calendar Party, noon Sunday, South Hills Country Club, Brownsville Road. Lunch, 1 p.m. Cost: $17. Call 412-207-7900 or 412-885-1342.

Support

Bethel Park -- LifeSpan will host a special five-week session on how to cope, survive and heal after the loss of a loved one, 12:30-2 p.m. Mondays, next week to May 22, LifeSpan Bethel Park Senior Resource Center, 5151 Park Ave. The sessions will be led by Harmony Hospice and Palliative Care representatives. To register, call Mary Ann at 412-276-4700 weekdays before 5 p.m.