[naviga:h3]MTG presents ‘Beauty, Beast’[/naviga:h3]

BUTLER TWP — Musical Theatre Guild will present “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.

A special matinee at 2 p.m. Oct. 14 is being sponsored by the Butler Eagle. Discounted tickets for children are being offered for this performance only.

For tickets, visit mtgbutler.org or call 724-287-8243 between 7 and 9 p.m. Sundays through Wednesdays.

[naviga:h3]Butler Fall Festival set[/naviga:h3]

The Butler Fall Festival is planned for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in downtown Butler.

The street will be closed, and festivities will include live entertainment, arts, crafts and food vendors, children’s activities and a car cruise.

[naviga:h3]‘Echoes from Past’ returns[/naviga:h3]

As it has for the past several years, the Butler County Historical Society presents “Echoes from Our Past-Historic Cemetery Walk,” costumed actors portraying intriguing characters and events of Butler County’s ancestors.

The walk will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at North Side Cemetery, 1002 N. Main St.

Featured characters this year are: Harry Holiday Sr., Evan Evans, John Q.A. Kennedy, Clara Campbell Brandon, Albert Wickenhagen, Thomas Frazier and Sophia Hollack.

Tickets are $14 and can be purchased online at www.butlerhistory.com or at the Butler County Historical Society office in the Senator Walter Lowrie House, 123 W. Diamond St., 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.

[naviga:h3]Ventriloquist to perform[/naviga:h3]

JEFFERSON TWP — Christian ventriloquist comedian act Ryan & Friends will have a show at 2 p.m. Friday in the Haven I Dining Room, 112 Marwood Road, on the Concordia Lutheran Ministries campus.

To make a reservation or for more information, call Lynn Turner at 724-352-1571, Ext. 8518.

[naviga:h3]Marine band gives concert[/naviga:h3]

NEW WILMINGTON — As part of its 2017 national concert tour, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in Orr Auditorium at Westminster College. Admission is free.

In the style of the band’s 17th director John Philip Sousa, who initiated the concert tour tradition in 1891, Marine Band Director Col. Jason K. Fettig has chosen an assortment of musical selections from traditional band repertoire and Sousa marches to instrumental solos and a salute to the Armed Forces.

Free tickets are available (limit four per request) by visiting www.westminster.edu/celebrity; calling 724-946-7354; or visiting the Celebrity Series box office located in Patterson Hall at Westminster College. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Ticket holders must be seated by 7:15 p.m. Non-ticket holders will be admitted thereafter.