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Education in the Garden Date: May 2 Time: 10 a.m. Address: South Park Demonstration Garden, Corrigan Drive, South Park Contact: alleghenycounty.us/parks (Please register.) Demonstration by Penn State master gardeners on growing cool-weather vegetables. Please register. Historic Stone Structures Hike at South Park Date: May 3 Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Address: Oliver Miller Homestead Parking Lot, Corrigan Drive, South Park Contact: alleghenycounty.us/parks (Please register.) A short hike with park rangers to visit some of the park’s hidden gems. Less than 2 miles across moderate terrain. Special Olympics Allegheny County Summer Games Date: May 16 Time: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Address: Baldwin High School, 4653 Clairton Boulevard, Whitehall Contact: so-ac.org Special Olympics offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. For information on participating, volunteering or cheering on the athletes, visit the website. Whitehall Library Matinee in the Cafe Dates: Fridays Time: 1:15 p.m. Address: 100 Borough Park Drive, Whitehall Contact: whitehallpubliclibrary.org, or 412.882.6622 A different film in the Second Chapter Cafe each week! Healthy Kids Day at Spencer YMCA Date: Apr. 18 Time: Check the website. Address: 305 Church Road, Bethel Park Contact: ymcaofpittsburgh.org/spencer Head to the Y for this special kids event and check out all it has to offer! Outdoor activities will also be available at South Park Fairgrounds from noon to 4 p.m. Live & Learn AARP Safe Driving Course Dates: Apr. 22 & 23 Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Address: Baldwin Library, 41 Macek Drive, Baldwin Borough Contact: baldwinborolibrary.org, or 412.885.2255 (Registration is required.) This two-day course is for anyone over the age of 50. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Registration is required. Kayak Workshop/Nature Art with Venture Outdoors Date: May 2 Time: 1 p.m. Address: Baldwin Library, 41 Macek Drive, Baldwin Borough Contact: baldwinborolibrary.org, or 412.885.2255 (Registration is required.) Families can learn all about kayak strokes, parts of a boat, safely wearing a lifejacket and how to sit in a kayak. Then, build some art using resources found in nature. Civil War Living History Day at the Carnegie Carnegie Date: Apr. 25 Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Address: Carnegie Library, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie Contact: carnegiecarnegie.org, or 412.276.3456 Join living historians and reenactors, tour the Espy GAR Post, and hear Janet Croon (at 1 p.m.), editor of the award- winning book “The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham,” tell the story of an ill Southern teenager from an affluent family witnessing the demise of his world. Sophie: The Incomparable Mayor Masloff Date: Apr. 30 Time: 7 p.m. Address: USC Library, 1820 McLaughlin Run Road, Upper St. Clair Contact: twpusc.org/library/library-home Join CMU history professor Barbara Burstin for a look at the life and times of Pittsburgh’s first female mayor, Sophie Masloff. Register online. Continued on next page > BRENTWOOD-BALDWIN-WHITEHALL ❘ SPRING 2020 19