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Monster Bash Summer 2009 will be dedicated to Mary Shelley's monster Frankenstein. The event is set for June 26 to 28 at the Butler Days Inn, Route 8 south of Butler.

The star guest list includes Donnie Dunagan from "Son of Frankenstein," Janet Ann Gallow from "The Ghost of Frankenstein," Gary Conway from "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein," and Ron Chaney, Lon Chaney Jr.'s grandson, who starred in the self-produced "Curse of the Wolf Man."

Also featured will be Butch Patrick, who played Eddie on "The Munsters," as well as Lou Ferrigno, who played the alter ego on "The Incredible Hulk."

The schedule includes film screenings, question-and-answer programs and autograph sessions.

Single day admission is $20; three-day admission is $45, both at the door. Children younger than age 12 are admitted free with a paying adult.

For more information, visit the Web site, www.creepyclassics.com.

Ten choreographers and 21 dancers come together in the spirit of the artistic process for the Décollage Summer Dance Project.The collage of dance experiences, from hip-hop to modern, from capoeira to Congolese, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. July 2 at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave. in Pittsburgh.For more information, visit the Web site online at http://sites.google.com/site/dartmovement.

EMLENTON — The Venango Digital Film Association is presenting a run-up program to the third annual Venango Digital Film Festival.The evening's program will present locally produced films about the immediate area by area filmmakers from 7 to 9 p.m. July 8 at the Crawford Center Auditorium, 511 Hill St.The run-up program will offer attendees the opportunity to see some of the past winners of the Venango Digital Film Festival. Past winners Jill Wiggins and Paul and Nancy Newbury will show films and discuss the selection of subjects for filming and the process of making a digital film.Admission is by donation.More information can be found online at the Web site, www.venangofilmfest.org.

OIL CITY — Oil Creek State Park in partnership with Skye's Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation Center will host an environmental educational program with live animals at 1 p.m. July 11 at Oil Creek's Egbert day-use area.Visitors can see a red-tailed hawk and barred owl among others as an educational speaker from the center talks about what to do if you find injured or orphaned animals.Skye's Spirit Wildlife is a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation center.Call 814-676-5915 for more information.

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