Free Community Dance Class planned
LEHMAN TWP. — Caitlyn Metz, artistic director at Take the Stage Center for the Performing Arts, will hold a free community dance class to celebrate National Dance Week from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s gym, 1269 Old Route 115.
The free event is for everyone of any age and ability.
Registration is at 2:30 p.m.
Attendees will learn the official NDF 2018 Dance Mob Dance and video it for NDF’s website and social media.
Call Take the Stage Center for Performing Arts at 570-417-9679 for information.
Alzheimer’s Support Group meeting planned
DALLAS — The Dallas Alzheimer’s Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 3, in the board room of The Meadows Nursing & Rehab Center, 4 E. Center Hill Road. Anyone interested in learning about this disease is welcome. Printed information for Caregivers is available.
For information, call 570-675-8600, or 570-675-3767.
Spring rummage sale planned
DALLAS — The Dorcas Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 474 Yalick Road, will hold its spring rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 4, and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5. Items for sale include clothing for men, women, and children; shoes, coats, household goods, games, puzzles, books, linens, small appliances, household decorations, jewelry, etc. Homemade baked goods will also be available for purchase.
Chicken barbeque at TUMC
TRUCKSVILLE — The annual spring chicken barbeque will be held Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 at the Trucksville United Methodist Church Educational Facility, 40 Knob Hill Road.
Eat-in or take-out half a chicken, baked potato, all the fixings, homemade desserts, and beverages. Eat-in service is from 5 to 7 p.m. while take-outs start at 4:30 p.m.
Tickets are $9 and reservations are required to reserve your seat. Call 570-696-3897 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Civil War Round Table meeting
DALLAS — The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10 in the lower level of the Daddow-Isaacs American Legion Post 672, 730 Memorial Highway.
A program called “White Abolitionists, Black Soldiers of Waverly, PA” which chronicles the lives of 13 fugitive slaves who served in the U.S. Colored Troops, will be presented by Jim Remsen, a journalist and author.
The program is open to the public. A $3 donation is requested from non-members. For information, call John at 570-675-8936.
Family-style ham dinner
SWEET VALLEY — The Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company will hold a family-style ham dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, with takeouts beginning at 4 p.m. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 6-11 and free for children under 6 years of age.
Mother’s Day at Music Box
SWOYERSVILLE — A gourmet dinner and a performance of Mel Brooks’ hilarious musical, “The Producers” May 13 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St.
Admission is $50. All theatre-goers have a choice of the following entrees: prime rib of beef au jus or jumbo shrimp stuffed with crabmeat.
Bar opens at 1 p.m., dinner is served at 1:30 p.m. and the show begins at 3 p.m.
Other performances of “The Producers” are scheduled for April 29, May 4 to 6, 11 and 12. A buffet dinner is featured. At all performances, show-only tickets are also available. To make reservations, call 570 283-2195 or e-mail [email protected]. For the Mother’s Day performance, designate choice of dinner.
Memorial Day picnic planned
WYOMING — St. Frances X. Cabrini Parish and its Social Committee will hold its annual Memorial Day picnic from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 28 on the church grounds at 585 Mount Olivet Road (Carverton). A special Memorial Day mass in remembrance of all deceased will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in the church by the Reverend James J. Paisley, Pastor.
Featured this year will be a vendor flea market, bake sale, basket raffle, ice cream truck treats and a 50/50 drawing. Homemade food items included at the picnic will be pork barbecue, wimpies, hot dogs, haluski, clam chowder, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans and hot/cold refreshments. The basket raffle and bake sale will also be open from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27. The flea market will be open from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 28.
The church is located directly across from Mount Olivet Cemetery.
