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ZELIENOPLE — The 56th annual Horse Trading Days festival is running Thursday through Saturday with all-day activities, including historical tours of the Buhl and Passavant Houses, a flea market, used book sale, crafts, food and, of course, lots of horses.

The annual horse parade will be at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Free horse-drawn wagon rides will begin at 11 a.m. Friday and Saturday.

A Little Miss Horse Trader pageant and a karaoke contest also are planned.

Visit www.horsetradingdays.com.

The Saxonburg Fireman's Carnival rides and other activities continue through Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m.The fireman's parade is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.For more information, visit www.svfc.com/SVFCCarnival.asp.Proceeds benefit the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company.

GROVE CITY — Rend Collective, the Northern Irish folk-rock worship band, will perform at Grove City College this fall.The band will play at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at GCC on the North American Revival Anthem Tour.The multi-instrumentalists have been making music for more than a decade, touring the world and releasing eight albums since 2010.Tickets are available at rendcollective.com and will be for sale on campus in the fall.

The Westminster College Carillon originated as a 12-bell chime in 1935. Since that time, the instrument has been expanded to include 42 bells.The college's Summer Carillon Concert Series will run through Aug. 2.The hourlong concerts are presented at noon Fridays on the quad outside of Old Main.All concerts are free. Take a lawn chair or blanket for seating and a lunch if desired. Seating will be available in the Wallace Memorial Chapel in case of inclement weather.Westminster is one of only two college campuses in Pennsylvania that have carillons.For more information about the series or the carillon, call 724-946-7117 or gabriedl@westminster.edu.

PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Science Center's weekend celebration of the Moon landing manifests in Space Out! Astronomy Weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.Festivities, stellar activities, astronomy presentations and moon rock handling are planned.The event is part of Carnegie Science Center's Summer of Space, an ongoing celebration of Apollo 11's 50th anniversary.Space Out! activities are included with general admission.For more information, visit CarnegieScienceCenter.org or call 412-237-3400.

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