BUSINESS

Cranberry -- Butler County Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar on how to be globally competitive without leaving the region from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday at Cranberry municipal building, 2525 Rochester Road. Fee is $99. Call 724-283-2222 or visit www.butlercountychamber.com.

CRAFT SHOWS

Franklin Park -- Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road, will hold its Gingerbread Shed craft show Friday and Saturday. A preview sale will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday with live music and desserts. Tickets are $5. The sale continues from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, with $1 admission. Breakfast and lunch available. Call 412-364-3613.

Saxonburg -- The Knoch High School Girls Basketball Boosters will hold a craft show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the high school, 345 Knoch Road. Call 724-352-4042.

DONATIONS

Cranberry -- Venture Club of North Pittsburgh is sponsoring its annual toy drive for Family Resources during Cranberry Township Light-Up Night on Nov. 16. Donations of new, unwrapped gifts for children up to 17 years old, gift cards and monetary donations will be accepted. Call 724-453-1156.

EDUCATION

Cranberry -- Students of Butler County Community College's Cranberry Center who want to transfer to four-year colleges should attend Transfer Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the school, 250 Executive Drive. Visit representatives from local colleges. Call 724-772-5520.

ENTERTAINMENT

Butler -- Butler County Symphony Orchestra will present a family pops concert "Spotlight on Zoo-ology" at 8 p.m. Saturday at Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Road. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Call 724-283-1402.

Muddy Creek -- Portersville Christian School will present the melodrama "Pure As The Driven Snow" at 7 p.m. Thursday and Nov. 9 in the school gym, 343 E. Portersville Road. Tickets, at the door, will be $7 for adults, $4 for students. Call 724-368-8787 or visit www.portersvillechristianschool.org.

Zelienople -- The Calvin Youth Groups will perform "The Sound of Music" at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Nov. 15-17 and 2 p.m. Sunday at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 415 E. Grandview Ave. Donation is $8 for adults and $4 for students. Profits benefit Calvin Youth Group mission programs. For reservations, call 724-452-7560, Ext. 17.

FUND RAISERS

Marshall -- Marshall Township Volunteer Fire Department, 270 Northgate Drive, will hold a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday to benefit its new building fund. Call 724-935-1230.

Valencia -- Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road, will hold a soup & pie luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Greater Harmony Chorus will perform at noon. Tickets are $5. Proceeds will benefit The Preschool Place.

Valencia -- Boy Scout Troop 58 will hold a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday at Glade Run United Presbyterian Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Road. Donations are $5. Proceeds will buy holiday gifts for local families in need. Call 724-898-3503.

HEALTH

Marshall -- The Woodlands Foundation, 134 Shenot Road, will offer an innovative exercise program for post-menopausal women and individuals who are overweight, combining the use of free weights and resistance bands, light aerobic training, stretching and core strengthening. The class meets from 8:15-9:15 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, from Wednesday to Dec. 14 at the Woodlands facilities in Bradford Woods. Cost is $5 per class. Call 724-935-6533.

Richland -- Richard Fortune will speak on how acupuncture and alternative medicine can help chronic headache pain at 7 p.m. Thursday at Northern Tier Library, 4015 Dickey Road. Registration required; call 724-449-2665.

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

Harmony -- Harmony Museum will sponsor WeihnachtMarkt, or Christmas Market, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. next Sunday at Main and Mercer streets. The German-style market will have shopping, food, drink and live entertainment. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for children 16 and younger, and includes all-day access to the market, museum, entertainment and wagon rides. Proceeds will benefit the museum. Call 724-452-7341 or visit www.harmonymuseum.org.

Marshall -- Register by Nov. 26 for the township's Brunch with Santa, held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 9 at The Camelot Banquet Hall. Children will receive a photo with Santa. Tickets are $8 for residents, $11 for others. Call 724-935-3090.

LIBRARIES

Cranberry -- Cranberry Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road, will hold a program about pit bulls at 1:30 p.m. today, and a book discussion on "Night Fall" by Nelson DeMille, at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Register by calling 7234-776-9100.

PETS

Tarentum -- The Summit Hose Company No. 3 and Dr. Paul Eismann, of Deer Creek Animal Hospital of Saxonburg, will hold a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 330 W. Seventh Ave. Dogs should be on leashes; cats in carriers. Fee is $6 per animal. Call 724-224-2555.

SEMINARS

Cranberry -- Dutilh United Methodist Church, 1270 Dutilh Road, will hold a free parent strengthening seminar series for parents of children ages 5-12. Series topics are: avoiding overindulgence, Saturday; bully-proofing your child, Jan. 19; and raising responsible children, March 1. Seminars are from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and include a continental breakfast. Registration required. Call 724-776-1094, ext. 15, or visit www.dutilhumc.org.

SENIORS

Richland -- Forever Young, St. Richard Church seniors group, will meet at noon Thursday for a catered American Thanksgiving lunch at the church, 3841 Dickey Road. Tickets are $7. Reservations due by tomorrow. Call 724-444-1971.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Marshall -- The township is accepting entries for its Snow Creations contest. Create a snow sculpture and send a photo with your name, address, phone number and the date, by Feb. 25, 2008, to: Heather Jerry, Marshall Township, P.O. Box 2094, Warrendale, PA 15086. Multiple entries can be submitted. Photos will not be returned. Prizes will be awarded to the top two entries. Call 724-935-3090.

Richland -- Bakerstown United Methodist Church Women will hold an antiques and collectibles road show from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, 5760 William Flynn Highway. Fee is $5 for estimates. Refreshments served. Call 724-443-3184.

WORKSHOPS

Franklin Park -- Local theater and fine arts professionals will offer an audition-skills workshop to ages 10 and older from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Ingomar United Methodist Church Community Life Center, 1501 W. Ingomar Road. Topics will include audition aspects, how to prepare, what not to wear and say during auditions and more. Fee is $35 and includes lunch. Registration deadline is Thursday. Call 412-364-3613 or visit www.ingomarumc.org.