Arthur Regatta set Aug. 6, 7MUDDY CREEK TWP — This year’s Regatta at Lake Arthur, beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 6, offers free admission and parking. Many of the event’s activities also are free.Music, a car cruise, the third annual Pennsylvania SUP Paddleboarding championship, sailing races and a native butterfly release will take place over the Aug. 6 and 7 regatta.For more information, visit lakearthurregatta.org.

Art Center hosting campsArt camps for children ages 5 to 12 have started at the Butler Art Center, 344 S. Main St.The second camp, about art and the environment (recycled materials, installation art, artwork from nature), will run from July 18 to 21. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon. A fee is charged.Sign up is available by sending e-mail to artcenter.education@gmail.com or calling 724-283-6922.

Music groups seek membersBoth the Butler County String Symphonette and the Gold and Silver Strolling Strings are accepting new members.Both groups meet at St. Fidelis Roman Catholic Church hall, 125 Buttercup Road, and are for musicians from seventh grade and older.The symphonette has one performance a year, and the strolling strings group plays for weddings, charity events, church socials and retirement communities.For more information, contact director Mary Huegel at 724-679-3061 or frogladymh@zoominternet.net.

‘Chocolate Factory’ opensButler Little Theatre’s summer youth production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” opens tonight and runs through Sunday at the theater, One Howard St. Tickets are $12. Call 724-287-6781 or visit bltgroup.org.

MTG stages ‘Amother’The Musical Theatre Guild is presenting “Amother Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and July 22 and 23 and at 3 p.m. July 24 at MTG’s William A. Lehnerd Production Center in Butler Memorial Park.Tickets are $17. Call 724-287-8243 or visit mtgbutler.org.

Living history event plannedCOCHRANTON, Crawford County — A living history event that focuses on the French Indian War titled “1750 — A Gathering Storm in the French Creek Valley” will be July 23 and 24 at the Cochranton fairgrounds.The event highlights what occurred in French Creek Valley in the 1750s, including George Washington’s 1753 trek across the Pennsylvania frontier before the French Indian War.The free event has parking at the Cochranton Junior-Senior High School. It runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 23 and features re-enactors representing British, French, and Native Americans.A day of lectures will have as the keynote speaker professor David Preston, a Grove City native and a professor of national security studies at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.For information, contact Mark Roche at 814-425-7700 or markroche@zoominternet.net.

Zelie festival begins todayZELIENOPLE — The 53rd annual Horse Trading Days run today through Saturday.A bus from Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School’s parking lot will shuttle visitors to and from the festival.Music is scheduled all three days. Entertainers include Franklin Park native Sydney Hutchko, No Bad Juju and The Softwinds.Other attractions are horse-drawn wagon rides, the Round Up Horse Parade at 7 p.m. Friday, craft vendors and children’s activities.A new outdoor stage will be set up at the Spring Street parking lot and used for entertainment. More information is at horsetradingdays.com.

Riverfest is this weekendEAST BRADY, Clarion County — The annual East Brady Riverfest will have new and traditional events Friday through Sunday.It starts with the parade at 6:30 p.m. Friday followed by music by the Wrangler Band from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.The festival also will have a wood carver performing on Saturday and Sunday.A children’s walk has been added to the 5K race Saturday morning followed by afternoon festivities that will include a petting zoo for children from 2 to 5 p.m.Fireworks will end the Saturday activities about 10 p.m. On Sunday, the festival will host an interfaith church service.For more information, visit www.eastbradyareariverfest.com or call 724-841-6218.