The Musical Theatre Guild presents “Rent” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community.

Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $17 for adults or $13 for students, available at May’s Music Shoppe, the BC3 box office or www.mtgbutler.org.

Treasure or Trinket?Maridon Museum hosts its Treasure or Trinket? antique appraisals from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 322 N. McKean St.Visitors can take in items for verbal appraisals by antiques dealers and receive free same day admission to the museum.Cost is $5 per item; limit is 10 items per person.For more information, call 724-282-0123.

Butler Ghost Walk returnsThe Butler Ghost Walk will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, 24, 30 and 31.This 60-minute event begins in Butler’s Diamond Park directly across from the Butler County Courthouse.The event takes spectators on a 60-minute guided walking tour of Diamond Park and the adjacent Historic Main Street business district.Participants will hear about the ghosts from Butler’s historic past through tour guide Bill May’s stories of Sam Mohawk, ghosts of the old hospital, the haunted elevator, the Chinese laundry murder, and the phantom Civil War regiment, among others.Reservations are required and can be made by calling 724-256-9026 or sending e-mail to butlerghostwalk@gmail.com. Cost is $10 per person.Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

‘Messiah’ practice beginsNEW CASTLE — Rehearsals have begun for the 75th annual presentation of George Handel’s sacred oratorio, “Messiah,” by the New Castle Music Club Chorus.Butler County residents participating include Harry Cunningham, director, and Sharon Perschke, flute player.The presentation will take place at 3 p.m. Nov. 29 at St. Vitus Roman Catholic Parish, 910 S. Mercer St.For more information, visit www.ncmusicclubchorus.org or call 724-652-877 or 724-654-2177.

Concordia has free concertJEFFERSON TWP — Concordia at Cabot will host the Black Horse country band from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in the Haven I dining room, 112 Marwood Road. Admission is free.Dedicated to playing often-overlooked classic country hits, Black Horse performs in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.The band performs hits by Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, George Jones and Hank Williams Sr.For more information, call 724-352-1571, Ext. 8518.

Author has book signingCRANBERRY TWP — Author David Nabhan will be discussing a potential energy revolution of the future, fusion reactors, and signing his new science fiction book “Pilots of Borealis” from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 1000 Cranberry Square Drive. Call 724-772-6200 for more information.

Franklin hosts quilt showFRANKLIN — The town of Franklin and the Franklin Preservation group will host the Autumn Quilt Show with more than two hundred quilts displayed in the windows of downtown shops and in some historic homes on Oct. 16 and 17.Admission is $10.Call 814-437-7921 or send e-mail to AutumnQuiltShow@yahoo.com.