McKeesport -- The volunteers of Auberle, 1101 Hartmann St., will hold their sixth Make a Difference Bingo on Oct. 18, with a $1,000 jackpot. Doors open at noon; early bird games start at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit the facility. Guest celebrity bingo caller is WTAE-TV anchor Sally Wiggin. The young residents of Auberle, a not-for-profit organization that serves at-risk children and families, will be hosts and hostesses. Bingo players who bring a nonperishable food item for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will receive a special for play. Cost of a bingo package is $25. Tickets bought in advance will be included in a drawing for a DVD player. For tickets, call Marcy at 412-673-6812 or Peggy at 412-673-5856, ext. 1257.

Brentwood -- Brentwood Emergency Medical Service will host a fall craft show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Sylvester Church, 3754 Brownsville Road. Lunch and refreshments will be available.

Bridgeville -- St. George Orthodox Church, 610 Dewey Ave., will hold a Mediterranean Food Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. tomorrow, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Food includes shish kebab lamb, Mediterranean marinated chicken and grape leaves. Those attending can eat there or get takeout. Free admission and free parking. For information, call 412-221-2277. Fax orders to 412-221-7250 or visit stgeorgebridgeville.org for a fax order form. Proceeds benefit the St. George Church Building Fund.

Elizabeth Borough -- Stephen Bayard Lodge 526 Free and Accepted Masons, 207 Plum St., will hold a brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children. For information, call 412-384-9907.

Munhall -- The fall roast beef dinner and bake sale at Anne Ashley United Methodist Church, 334 22nd Ave., will be served from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Fellowship Hall. The takeout window will close at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $8 for adults and $4 or age 12 and younger. Baked goods will be available.

Overbrook -- St. Norbert Church will sponsor a roast pork and sauerkraut dinner from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the church hall, St. Norbert Street and Saw Mill Run Boulevard. Cost is $9 for adults, $5 for those younger than 12.

Dormont -- The Dormont Street Fair and Blues Festival will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday along Potomac Avenue, rain or shine, with street vendors, food and free children's activities. Pittsburgh legends Billy Price and Shari Richards will perform, and Brendan Neary, of Dormont, will entertain.

Upper St. Clair -- Allegheny Brass Band will present a free concert called "Anything Goes!" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Road.

South Park -- Melting Pot Ministries will hold its second annual garage sale and baked goods sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Economics Building in Allegheny County's South Park, near the fairgrounds. Proceeds benefit the Melting Pot's upcoming after-school programs.

West Mifflin -- Skyview Fire Co. will hold an Oktoberfest of Comedy at 9 a.m. Saturday in its social hall, 600 Noble Drive. Doors open at 8 p.m. Proceeds go toward the department's new fire truck.

West Mifflin -- Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2603 Old Elizabeth Road, will hold a Night at the Races from 6 p.m. to midnight Oct. 18 in the church's Horner Hall. For information, call 412-894-8805.

Bethel Park -- Starting Monday, St. Clair Hospital of Mt. Lebanon will accept telephone registrations for its 2008 influenza immunization program for those age 55 and older. Advance registration is required.

Here is the schedule for flu shots administered at the St. Clair Hospital Outpatient Center at Village Square, 2000 Oxford Drive, Bethel Park:

• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 2; sign-up deadline is Oct. 31.

• 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 9; sign-up deadline is Nov. 7.

Bring medical insurance cards, if needed. Clients of Health America, including Health Assurance, Advantra and all other Health America products, and individuals without medical insurance will be charged $26 per shot. Only cash or personal checks accepted. Parking is free.

To register, call 412-942-6566 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 412-942-6280.

Mt. Lebanon -- Bill McKendree, supervisor of the Allegheny County APPRISE program, will speak during a free seminar at 1:30 p.m. next Thursday at Asbury Heights, 700 Bower Hill Road. APPRISE is a free health insurance counseling program for Pennsylvanians with Medicare. To register, call Marjie Wilson at 1-877-405-7477.

Baldwin Borough -- Baldwin Borough Public Library and the Baldwin Historical Society will host a presentation of the Forbes Expedition and the French and Indian War at 7 p.m. Monday at the library, 41 Macek Drive. Storyteller Alan Irvine will re-create Forbes' march across Pennsylvania and the final assault on Fort Duquesne. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. Call 412-885-2255. For other programs, visit www.baldwinborolibrary.org.

Bethel Park -- Bethel Park Public Library, 5100 W. Library Ave., will offer:

• Wellness Talk and Massage, 11 a.m. Oct. 17, presented by Scott Medical Center;

• Lego Extravaganza, 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, for beginners to experts, age 5 and older;

• Goth Sock Puppets, 7 p.m. Tuesday;

• "Vampire: the Requiem, Werewolf: The Forsaken," 7 p.m. Wednesday.

For registration information, call 412-835-2207. For other programs, visit www.bethelparklibrary.org.

Brentwood -- Brentwood Library, 8109 Concord Road, will offer the 55 Alive/Mature Driver Safety course sponsored by AARP for senior citizens from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23. Cost is $10. Advance registration is required. Call Megan at 412-882-5694. For other programs, visit www.brentwoodlibrarychanginglives.org.

Jefferson Hills -- Handwriting analyst Dennis Duez will hold a handwriting analysis program at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 at Jefferson Hills Library, 925 Old Clairton Road. Those attending will have a chance to have their handwriting analyzed and ask questions. Cost is $5. Call 412-655-7741. For other programs, visit www.jeffersonhillslibrary.org.

Mt. Lebanon -- Mt. Lebanon Public Library's Twice Sold Tales fall book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through next Thursday. Half-price day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 17. Bag-sale day will be held Oct. 18. A Books and Bubbly Fall Book Pre-Sale will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow; cost is $25. Call 412-531-1912. For other programs, visit www.mtlebanonlibrary.org.

South Park -- Events at South Park Library, 2575 South Park Road, include:

• Spooky Halloween Tales by Spiderella, 7 p.m. Monday;

• Magic Tree House Book Club session, Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve, 7 p.m. next Thursday.

Call 412-833-5585. For other programs, visit www.southparklibrary.org.

Pleasant Hills -- Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church and West Jefferson Hills School District will co-host presentations by national parenting adviser John Rosemond at the church, 199 Old Clairton Road. He will speak from 6 to 7 p.m. and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and again from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. He also will deliver a message at the worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 for one day or $20 for both. For information, call Jeanne at 412-655-2000, ext. 128.

Mt. Lebanon -- Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 3319 West Liberty Ave., will hold a Blessing of the Animals service at 6 p.m. Saturday in Church Park Place, one block from the church, behind Laughlin's Funeral Home. If it rains, the service will be in Asbury Center on the church's lower level. For information, call 412-531-7131.

Upper St. Clair -- The Regional Environmental Education Center in Boyce Mayview Park is accepting registration for these programs:

• Talk-n-Walk Series: Nature Photography, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, cost is $10;

• Moonstruck: Full Moon Hike, 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, cost is $3;

• Open Their Minds educator open house, 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 17, free.

Visit www.regionaleec.org or call 412-838-0064.

Bethel Park -- Christ United Methodist Church, 44 Highland Road, will present a program on the environmental causes of cancer at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The speaker will be Dr. Linda Robertson, of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Environmental Oncology and UPMC's associate director of cancer control. To attend, call 412-835-6621.

Brentwood -- Zion Lutheran Church, Route 51 and Brownsville Road, will hold a free organ recital at 2 p.m. Sunday featuring church music director and organist Keith Kirchartz.

Duquesne -- Grace Church, Seventh Street at Kennedy Avenue, will celebrate its 110th anniversary with a worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Green Tree -- Magnificat, a ministry of Catholic women, will hold a breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 25 at the Holiday Inn Green Tree, 401 Holiday Drive, with author and Witness Ministries co-founder Joan McHugh as guest speaker. Ms. McHugh will talk about her 12-year trial with illness, including four bouts of cancer. Cost is $18. Registration deadline is Oct. 17. Call Katy at 724-772-6749.

Whitehall -- The Journey from Pieces to Peace, a program for separated and divorced Catholics, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 18 at the Franciscan Spirit & Life Center, McRoberts Road. The program is sponsored by the pastoral associates and social ministers of the South Hills Deanery. Cost is $10 and includes a continental breakfast. Registration deadline is Monday. For information, call St. Valentine Parish at 412-831-8312.

Whitehall -- Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God will host Through Your Father's Eyes, a mini-retreat for women ages 12 to 20 and their fathers, uncles or other father figures, from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Sisters' Motherhouse, McRoberts Road. Free, but registration is required. Call Sister Althea Anne Spencer at 412-885-7406.

Pleasant Hills -- Attorney James E. Miscavage will speak on "Five Tips and Traps in Life and Death" at noon next Thursday during a meeting of the Retired Men's Luncheon Group of Pleasant Hills in Fellowship Hall of Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church, Old Clairton Road and Audrey Drive. Reservations for lunch are $6 and are due tomorrow. For information, call 412-655-2000, ext. 127.

Mt. Lebanon -- State Rep. Matt Smith, D-Mt. Lebanon, will host his 2008 Senior Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow at The Galleria, 1500 Washington Road, for senior citizens living sin the 42nd Legislative District. The fair will include free flu shots, exhibits, information, health screenings and more.

Castle Shannon -- St. Anne Division 21 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians will sponsor a card party/luncheon and raffle from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Community Library of Castle Shannon, Myrtle Avenue. Cost is a $15 donation. Proceeds benefit charities. For tickets, call Jean at 412-531-3855.

Scott -- A scrapbooking program will be presented during a South Hills Women's Club meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at Vanadium Woods, Vanadium Road. To attend, call 412-221-2713.

McKeesport -- McKeesport Heritage Center's annual Founders Day program at 2 p.m. Sunday at the center, 1832 Arboretum Drive, will focus on the former G.C. Murphy Co., based in McKeesport. Guest speaker Jason Togyer, who wrote a book on the company, will focus on its connections to McKeesport, the impact of the company's growth on Mon Valley culture and business in the aftermath of closure of its home office and distribution center, and more. Free. For more, call 412-678-1832.

Bethel Park -- Heritage Players will present "Steel Magnolias" at 8 p.m. Oct. 17, 18, 24 and 25 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 and 26 in the Bethel Park Community Center, 5151 Park Ave. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors. For information, call 412-831-6800, ext. 745.