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Glade Run Lutheran Services is having its sixth annual Family Food Truck Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 at its Zelienople campus, 30 Glade Run Drive. The Family ...
July 17, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Why do we watch movies? Why do we read books? Why do we see plays, listen to music, draw, dance and sing? The answer can be summed up in a Rupert Holmes song … “Escape.” ...
July 17, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Hobnob Theatre Company will perform Shakespeare-inspired songs at noon Saturday, July 19, at the Butler County Symphony Orchestra office on Butler’s Main Street. The musi...
July 17, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Butler Township will host its third annual Christmas in July Craft & Vendor Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 26 at Preston Park. Residents can get in the Christmas sp...
July 17, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Hobnob Theatre Company presents ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
Hobnob Theatre Company presents ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
July 17, 2025 Community
The family of Corey Comperatore has planned a day of activities Saturday, July 12, to mark the one year anniversary of his death. A 9 a.m. parade honoring the former Buff...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
The nonprofit Cranberry Township Community Chest will host the township’s Community Days from Thursday, July 10, to Saturday, July 12 — a tradition that has expanded duri...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Rudy Zets and Jo Jo will perform live music the evening of July 19 at Meridian Vets Club Social Hall, 125 Vets Club Road in Butler. There also will be a 50/50 raffle. Adm...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Seven Fields hosts an adult-only event each year following its family-friendly community carnival. The seventh annual Beer & Wine Music Festival runs from 5 to 9 p.m. Sa...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Program opens show July 25
Program opens show July 25
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Have you ever been hyperfocused on something? I’m talking nose-to-the-grindstone focused … laser-focused. For some people it’s their careers, for others it’s a hobby and ...
July 10, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Independence Day always brings a few core patriotic figures to mind. The first is George Washington. I would argue he was the coolest president: a war hero who could nev...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Lowrie Place will host the fifth annual Rodfather’s — Lowrie Place Car Cruise from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at 100 Stirling Village in Butler Township. The even...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Hope is Dope is hosting a corn hole tournament where people in recovery can interact with others at a Hope Night. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, a...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Greater Pittsburgh Civil War Roundtable will have a presentation at 6 p.m. Monday, July 21, in Hampton Township. Jared Peatman will present “The Long Shadow of Lincoln’s ...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
The Little Red Schoolhouse on East Jefferson Street will host a conversation about the “Old Butler Graveyard,” a book by genealogist and retired Butler schoolteacher LuAn...
July 03, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Rudy Zets and Jo Jo will perform live music July 19 at the Meridian Vets Club Social Hall, 125 Vets Club Road in Butler. Admission to the show is $15. Tickets can be purc...
June 26, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
A former counselor at Camp Bucoco, a Scouting America camp in Slippery Rock Township, published a book that collects the scattered fragments of the camp’s century-long hi...
June 26, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
The 169th Big Butler Fair will open doors to fairgoers on Friday, June 27, at 11 a.m. All kinds of classic activities are returning to the fair, which runs through July ...
June 26, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Butler County is set to honor Independence Day with the following events, all taking place on July 4 with the exception of the Butler Area Community Day, which is on July...
June 26, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
It’s time again for the Big Butler Fair, one of Butler’s most memorable and exciting traditions. Our fair is good old-fashioned American fun at its finest. People from su...
June 26, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
What began decades ago as a small gathering of people in Butler brought together by vintage cars will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the annual Cruise-A-Palooza, org...
June 19, 2025 Local News
With rainy, gloomy weather reigning over Butler recently, I can’t help but feel like we’re closer to Halloween than we are to Independence Day. You may know Butler County...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
The Butler Musical Theatre Guild’s latest production, “Side by Side by Sondheim,” now playing at the William A. Lehnerd Performance Hall in Memorial Park, is not a typica...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Dan Schall, a traveling minister, will perform Sunday, June 22, at Branchton Community Church. Schall’s performance will begin at 10 a.m. at the church, 490 Branchton Roa...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
Leadership Butler County invites the community to join in a day of fun, friendly competition and community spirit at its Cornhole Tournament & Fundraiser on Saturday, Jun...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
History Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 21, by Experience Butler County, giving a chance for residents to celebrate the history and heritage of But...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
The Southern Butler Garden Club has a new slew of gardens to show off in its June 28 garden tour, but its members don’t want to reveal too much about them, or their locat...
June 19, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
This weekend is Father’s Day, so I’d like to take a moment to commemorate my own dad, who is the reason I’m the witty, rambunctious columnist you know and love. My father...
June 12, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
ADAMS TWP — Winter in Adams Township is starting a little early this year, as the township is moving its annual Winter Light Celebration up five months from the Christmas...
June 12, 2025 Weekend Entertainment
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