Aug. 12 – 17 – “The U.S. in War and Peace” – The McKean County Historical Society goes to the McKean County Fair! The society’s display will honor the sacrifices of our people from 150 years ago. The society’s barn will be open Monday from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m. Call 814-887-5142 for more information or ticket purchase.

Swine Time Parade - August 18th, at 2:00pm.
Ribs'n Rides Car and Bike Show, Cars and Bikes will cruise over on Saturday,
August 17th, for registration from 9:00 am - 1:00pm, awards begin at 3:pm and
trophies given to those Best of Show. All makes and models are welcome and
dash plaques will be handed out to the first 50 cars to arrive at the event.
Pre-registration is $8, day of event $10. To receive a pre-registration form, call
The Seneca Salamanca Chamber of Commerce. (716) 945-2034

Commerce is raffling off His and Her Harley Davidson Helmets
Tickets are only $5 each and are on sale at the Chamber office located at 26 Main Street
and during the event
in the Chamber tent. The winning ticket will be
drawn on Saturday, August 17
at 1:00 pm.

Vendors won't want to miss the crowds at the 2nd Annual Allegany Rockin' RIbfest!
We are currently accepting application for Art &
Craft Vendors
www.salamancachamber.org

DJ Matt McClard, Playing your favorite tunes and letting you sing them too!
Dancing and Karaoke.
7pm - 10pm In the Wine Lounge, No cover, ID required

Dog Days of Summer with the SPCA. Featuring sidewalk sales and specials all day, vendors, games, and free face painting. Bring your pet to the pet parade at 6 pm where prizes are awarded. Join the fun at the talent show, with performances and live music!
For more information call: 814-837-6565
www.kanepa.com

SATURDAY August 17

10:00 - 11:00 - "Predator - Prey Relationships" - During the Activity KECA will be discussing predator - prey relationships and learning all about adaptations that help these animals survive! There will be activities such as adaptation artisity, reading of stories and many more!
11:30 - 1:00 - "Paracord Survival" - Come and learn with KECA the many ways that paracord can be used in a survival situation. Stay after the demonstration and make your own survival bracelet!
1:30 - 3:30 - " Become a Junior Elk Expert" - There is so much you can learn at the Elk Country Visitor Center! Come out to the pavillion and receive a worksheet. Take time to explore the center and grounds to answer all the questions. Bring the completed worksheet back and get your certificate recognizing you as a Keystone Elk Country Alliance Jr. Elk Expert!
4:00 - 5:30 - "Puzzle Fun" - Join KECA in the pavilion for many hands on activities, including puzzles, coloring pages, a nature scavenger hunt, and even Elk Antler ring toss!

SUNDAY August 18th

10:00 - 11:30 -" All about Antlers" - Come learneverything you would ever want to know about Elk Antlers! Experience a tactile adventure as you handle many different sets of antlers and learn fascinating facts about them. For example, antlers are one of the world's fastest growing living tissues! Afterwards practice scoring a set of antlers!
12:00 - 1:00 - "Junior Elk Biologist" - Come and see what some of the tasks of elk biologists are! We will be learning all about the elk's four chambered stomach, as well as doing activities that explain why keeping track of the elk population is important! Receive a certificate after completing both activities!
1:30 - 3:00 - "Paracord Survival" - Come and learn the many ways that paracord can be usedin a surivial situation. Stay after the demonstration and make your own bracelet!
3:30 - 4:30 - "Caterpillar to Butterfly" - Start off by hearing a special story about how caterpilliars transform into the beautiful butterflies that we see throughtout the summer.
Then enjoy some interactive crafts surrounding the "butterfly" theme.
5:00 - 6:00 - "Binoculars for Beginners" Learn binocular viewing basics! Test your skills, and hit the trails to view elk and other wildlife! * Limited supply of binoculars*

Sponsored by Youngsville Rec. Committee
For more information please call Scott Nelson (814) 563-9777

Enjoy Drag Races on Saturday 6 pm in the camping area.
For more information call: 814-465-9979
www.majestictrails.com

Our package kicks off with a beer reception on Friday night and music around
the campfire.
Saturday, Breakfast for two, relaxing massage at our spa, five-course beer tasting dinner, live music
814-744-8017

Did you know that there are numerous plants right under your nose that can be eaten or brewed into tea? Join the naturalist as we try a sample of sweet fern tea and learn all about the various fauna that can be used and how to identify it. (This program is at 3:00 p.m. in the Discovery Room).

Come enjoy a cup of ‘shade-grown’ coffee. Learn about the benefits of seeking out this environmentally-friendly coffee and how that helps support wildlife. (3:00 p.m. at the Vista Overlook).

Sponsored by Reynoldsville Bass Club
For more information please contact Rick Lanzoni, (814) 591-6013

The Honorable Judge Hauser will speaker for the society’s annual fall dinner meeting. Two hundred years ago our country took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on our young country's future. Program and dinner will be held at the East Smethport United Christian Church at 6 p.m. Purchase of a ticket will need to be made by September 6th. Call 814-887-5142 for more information or ticket purchase.

Enjoy vendors, crafts, hay rides, tons of fun!!
For more information call: 814-837-6565
www.kanepa.com

Come and listen to Alyssa Knee, Centre for Wildlife Care Intern, talk about the importance of wildlife rehabilitation and what to do if you see injured wildlife. Meet and greet their education animals, including a black rat snake and wood turtle! ( This program is at 1:00 p.m. in the Discovery Room).

Join a staff member as they set up on the Buckeneezer Viewing Blind to watch the elk. A limited supply of spotting scopes will be available on site. Bring any questions you have about PA’s elk herd along with you to ask staff experts. (6 p.m. at Buckeneezer Blind).

Whether it is awe or fear that you feel when you see a bear, you probably don’t know the entire story of Pennsylvania black bears. Learn more about their life and survival in Penn’s Woods, as well as what scientists have learned about them over the years. (This program will take place in the Discovery Room at 4:00 p.m.).

Ms. Jare' R. Cardinal, SINM Director, will talk about Coming
to Cattaraugus; Asher Wright's Mission. What happened to
the Christian Senecas at Buffalo Creek after the loss of their
land in 1842? What does this have to do with the founding of
the Thomas Indian School, or as it was known earlier, the
Thomas Orphanage and Asylum for Destitute Children? Jare'
will discuss these issues when she talks about the first 25 yrs.
of the TOA and the children who reside here. Open to the Public
with light refreshments. Time 5:30pm
716-9451104

They are the silent hunters of the night. But when they do make noise, do you know which owl is making it? Or, which one states, ‘who cooks for you’? Learn about the owls found in PA and try your hand at calling to these birds of prey to see if any of the area’s owls respond. (Meet at the Discovery Room at 7:00 p.m.).

Join professional photographer Ed Bernik at the Kinzua Bridge State Park. Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania at 10:00 am on September 21 to improve your digital photography skills. Part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Kinzua Bridge State Park, the Fall Photo Walk is FREE of charge. Participants should bring their digital camera , good walking shoes and a desire to learn. A book signing of "The great Great Kinzua Bridge"photography by Ed Bernik will follow from Noon to 4:00.

Call 800-473-9370 fpr details

Anyone know who this fur belongs to? Chances are, it’s a resident of the area. Learn how to identify the fur coats of many of the mammals that call the area home. (This program will be held at the Vista Overlook at 4:00 p.m.).

Sponsored by Mingo Creek Anglers
For more information please contact Mike Stefan, (412) 303-5133

- Get “up close and personal” with monarch butterflies as they pass southward through Pennsylvania on their fall migration. Find out more about their amazing journey, while learning how to safely handle, capture, tag, and measure these beautiful creatures! (This program will be at 1 P.M. in the Outdoor Pavilion).

BRADFORD, Pa. – The Southern Tier Symphony will perform “Russian Fall,” featuring Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor, at 3 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Bromeley Family Theater of Blaisdell Hall at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
Tickets for the event are $20 for the public and free for all students.
Other selections are “Little Suite” by Witold Lutoslawski, “Polka from the Golden Age” by Dimitri Shostakovitch, “Russian Christmas” by Alfred Reed and selections from “Les Miserables” by Claude Michel Schoenber.
The symphony is directed by John Whitney, who has led orchestras on three continents, including those in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Venezuela. He has performed with or conducted a host of platinum artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Henry Mancini, Cab Calloway, Liberace and Doc Severinsen.
More information on the Southern Tier Symphony may be found at www.southerntiersymphony.org.
For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at (814)362-7609 or clh71@pitt.edu

$7.00 Admission, 5:30 PM, 814-363-9388
www.dipsonthearres.com

BRADFORD, Pa. – A unique production of the classic play “Our Town” will be presented by Little Green Pig Theater next week at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
Thornton Wilder’s popular Pulitzer-prize winning drama will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.
The Five Points Star arts blog called the Little Green Pig production “a fresh, innovative, heart-squeezing new production.”
Performed with an all African-American cast, director Jay O’Berski told the Chapel Hill (N.C.) News that the Durham, N.C., theater group follows Wilder’s story line.
“It’s a place where birth, weddings and death are unencumbered by the sensationalistic elements that normally accompany black stories in modern media. It’s a look at what was and what is, through the lens of America’s most produced, iconic play.”
Five Points said the cast, which must play multiple roles, is “uniformly strong,” and particularly praised J. Alphonse Nicholson as teenager George Gibbs and Aurelia Belfield as protagonist Emily Webb.
Dr. Kevin Ewert, professor of theater at Pitt-Bradford, said, “In 2006, Little Green Pig did Checkhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ with an all-black cast. It was extraordinary. It was like watching a new play that also happened to be this great classic, where the quiet museum reverence was traded in for something with a lot more life in it. ‘Our Town’ is being similarly reinvented.”
Little Green Pig is a nonprofit theater company with a model that is experimental but accessible, strange and dreamlike, but familiar and immediate.
Tickets are $6 for the public and $2 for all students and may be purchased through the Bromeley box office by calling (814)362-5113.
For disability

Are you naturally curious? If so, this is an event you don’t want to miss! Cold-blooded Curiosity has visited The Center on many occasions and are back again by popular demand! They are a conservation group whose mission is to educate others about conservation through a hands-on approach. Come meet and greet the cold-blooded creatures up close and personal at the Elk Country Visitor Center and hear the stories told by founders of the organization, Jesse Winters and Dreama Tubbs. ( Cold-blooded Curiosity will be set up in the Discovery Room throughout the afternoon).

Learn fascinating facts about the Pennsylvania elk herd! Discover some of the seasonal happenings here in Elk Country and learn about the history of elk in the state. (This program will be held at 1:00 p.m. at the Dominion Viewing Blind Amphitheater).

Financial Planning: Getting Started, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Room 200, Seneca Building, 2 Main St., Bradford, Pa. $30. Learn the fundamentals of the financial planning process. For more information or to register, contact the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Division of Continuing Education and Regional Development at 814-362-5078 or contined@pitt.edu.

First Friday at The Depot in Kane, PA
Brought to you by the fine people at Artworks at the Depot and featuring art and demonstrations by The Laughing Owl Press along with live music by The Dusty Trout.
Enjoy an evening of printmaking and bluegrass music at the historic Depot in Kane. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!
For more information
www.alleghenyartworks.org

The Native Roots Artists Guild (NRAG) brings the rich culture for which Native American Artists are known at this year’s Falling Leaves Festival in Salamanca, NY. Come and enjoy traditional and contemporary arts and crafts produced by Native American artists.
For more information call: 716-945-2034
www.salamancachamber.org

For more information call: 814-368-8915

Sponsored by Reynoldsville Bass Club
For more information please contact Rick Lanzoni, (814) 591-6013

Sponsored by Philipsburg Bassmasters
For more information please contact Jeff Wood 814-342-6706