Mavuno Festival returns
For 26 years, the Mavuno Festival has celebrated Black, Indigenous and People of Color artistry and culture, thanks to BIPOC artists and educators of the Sewickley community. It’s back at Sweetwater Center for the Arts through Oct. 28.
The art exhibition curated by Steve Alexis celebrates Black artists and features Pittsburgh-based artists Petra Floyd, Dominick McDuffie, Zeal Eva and Darrin Milliner. “The story I’m trying to tell is pay attention to what these makers are saying, don’t just pay attention to what they look like,” Alexis said.
On Sept. 23, enjoy The Sounds of Freedom with Anita Levels, a presentation about the Africans’ experience in America and the American music genres such as blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll and hip hop. The workshop will focus on African cultural elements, vocal stylings, and instruments that migrated across the Atlantic during enslavement, were preserved and are still present today. The event will fill quickly, so please register.
For more information, or to register for specific events, visit sweetwaterartcenter.org
Quaker Valley Fire Safety Fair
Quaker Valley Fire Safety Fair will take place 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 15 on Broad Street between Beaver and Thorn. There will be fire trucks, emergency vehicles, fire prevention education, kid-friendly activities, food trucks and more. The free event is sponsored by Quaker Valley Fire Safety (Cochran Hose, Leetsdale, Big Sewickley Creek, Fair Oaks, and Aleppo fire departments).
For more information, search “Quaker Valley Fire Safety Fair” on Facebook.com.
Upcoming meetings
Sewickley Historic Review Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at the borough building, 601 Thorn St.
Leet’s planning commission will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 22 at the township municipal building, 194 Ambridge Ave.
Jambridge Music & Arts Festival
From 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sept. 24 at the 900 block Merchant Street in Ambridge, the all-ages Jambridge Arts & Music Festival is free and open to the public.The event will include live musical performances indoors and outdoors all day. Performers include NASH.V.ILL, Different Places in Space, Mean Blue Planets, Shy Birds, Bobby Tomson & the Groove, Too Hearted, Prosperity Gospel, Dave Granati For Those About to Rock Academy, Ambridge Area Steel Drums, and more.
More than 17 artist vendors will be on site, including Inner Groove Record Store, Sew Unique, Lock & Key Pottery, The Beauty in Alchemy and Kindlewood Crafts.
Beer will be sold by Fermata Brewing Company, Allegheny City Brewing Co., Altered Genius Brewing CO., Lincoln Avenue Brewery and Union Brothers Brewing. Food vendors include Bridgetown Taphouse, Annie Lee’s Southern Kitchen, Little Athens Express, and crop & kettle.
The event is being sponsored jointly by Merchant Coffee Company, Bridgetown Taphouse and Fermata Brewing Company in Ambridge, as well as various sponsors throughout the community and region.
More information can be found at jambridge.org or by emailing inquiries to yo@jambridge.org.
Churches of Crafton Tour
Stroll with Crafton Heritage by foot or automobile 1-6 p.m. Sept. 24 to experience the highlights of six active churches and travel the paths that our predecessors once took. A guide map will be provided on the day of the tour.
On tour is St. Philip Roman Catholic, Nativity Episcopal, First Baptist, St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran, Crafton United Presbyterian and Hawthorne Avenue Presbyterian.
Not on the tour, but included in the commemorative booklet are the once thriving Crafton United Methodist, First Christian and First Presbyterian.
The commemorative booklet includes the history of the nine churches that were all active at once. This is only available for tour-goers and must be ordered online. A reception will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. at Crafton United Presbyterian, 80 Bradford Ave.
For more information or to register, visit craftonheritage.org. Only 60 tickets will be sold.
Clothesline Sale
Sewickley Academy’s Home & School Association is hosting the annual Clothesline Sale for the community Sept. 23-27. Gently used clothing for all ages, as well as books and sporting goods, will be available for purchase in the Academy’s Snyder Gym. Proceeds benefit the many student activities sponsored by the Home & School Association throughout the school year. Each day of the sale begins at 10 a.m., closing at 7 p.m. on Sept. 23 and 26, and at 5 p.m. Sept. 24, 25 and 27. On Sept. 26, all remaining items will be sold at half price, and Sept. 27 is “Bag Day” during which shoppers pay a total of $25 for anything they can fit in a provided bag. Donations toward the sale are being received through Sept. 10. Items may be dropped off in the carts located outside of the Academy’s Rea Auditorium.
Senior Men’s Club
An affiliate of the Sewickley Valley YMCA, the Senior Men’s Club speaker on Sept. 23 will be Jeremy Shaffer, Republican candidate for U.S. Congress. Upcoming speakers include Captain Robert Jolly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discussing the locks and dams of Western Pennsylvania on Sept. 30; Len Barcousky discussing Presidential visits to the region on Oct. 7; Tom Waseleski discussing Homestead as a mill town on Oct. 14; Dawn Keezer of the Pittsburgh Film Office on Oct. 21; and Bob Ferguson talking about the electric power grid backup on Oct. 28. For more information, visit smensclub.org or Facebook.com/smensclub.
Business Connection
The Greater Pittsburgh Business Connection, a referral group of business professionals, will meet Sept. 28 at the Eat’n Park on Route 60 in Robinson Township for breakfast from 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. Speakers will be Bill Forde of Keller Williams Commercial and Jim Kernick of Kernick Tire & Auto Center. To attend, become a member or for more information, visit gpbc-pgh.org or call 412-364-6446, ext. 302.
Ole 5K
TASH’s 14th Annual Ole 5K will take place at 10 a.m. Oct. 8 at the Harmar Grove Pavilion in North Park. TASH is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that has worked in Oaxaca, Mexico, since 1998. It aims to bridge the community of Pittsburgh with the people in Mexico. Pete Noll, a 1992 graduate of Quaker Valley High School, has lived in Oaxaca for the past 20 years, but comes back several times a year. Together with his team, they are organizing the 14th annual Olé 5k Benefit race to support The Anna Seethaler Hospital and other local nonprofits.
At the conclusion of the Olé 5K Benefit race, there will be a Mexican buffet, Oaxaca-grown organic coffee, smoothies, 50/50 raffle, music, and an awards ceremony.
For more information, visit tashinc.org.
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