WHAT’S NEWS IN FOX CHAPEL AREA
Location: Fox Chapel Presbyterian
Church (corner of Fox Chapel and Field
Club roads)
Speaker: Tim Dawson, Co-founder, The
Art of Democracy
Partners at The Art of Democracy plan
and facilitate high-stakes conversations
on controversial issues for communities,
local governments, nonprofits, and
corporations, with the aim of bringing
stakeholders and policymakers together
to find a path forward. Dawson will
discuss some of the techniques he and
his team use to defuse heated rhetoric
and achieve successful outcomes in
community forum sessions.
This event is free and open to the
public.
SPECIAL FARMERS
MARKET/HARVEST
FESTIVAL AT THE
BLOCK NORTHWAY
The Block Northway will host a year-
end autumn farmers market to showcase
the bounty of fall produce, along with
a Harvest Festival featuring free fun
activities for the entire family! The fun
begins on Friday, Oct. 26, from 3 to
7 p.m., at the new two-level South Atrium
located near DSW and Wahlburgers.
Guests will enjoy locally grown farm-
fresh goods sold by diverse vendors like
Freedom Farms, The Olive Tap, Wigle
Whiskey, Jarred, GOODLife Juices,
Aunt Carol’s Homemade Dips, Gahr’s
Hamloaf, Zeke’s Coffee, Kettle Corn and
many more. Activities include free face
painting, balloon artist, Carnegie Science
Center Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream,
Pumpkin Patch, glow sticks, appearance
by Witch Hazel, and Harvest Brew
Tasting by Pittsburgh Brewing. Costumes
are encouraged and giveaways are on a
first-come, first-served basis.
FOX CHAPEL AREA
AFFILIATE AAUW
PRESENTS ‘THE ART
OF DEMOCRACY’
Program Title: The Art of Democracy:
Designing Innovative Community
Engagement
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m.
(coffee); 10 a.m. (meeting and program)
ONE-OF-A-KIND CAR
DONATION PROGRAM
Community Auto, a program of The
Lighthouse Foundation, is a nonprofit
program that accepts donated cars, repairs
and inspects them when feasible, and sells
them at discounted prices to low-income
working families and individuals. The
used car in your garage that you don’t
have time to sell, or didn’t get the trade-in
value you wanted, or a car the kids used
but no longer need would be the perfect
car to donate. Your generous donation is
tax-deductible.
Please contact Community Auto
at communityautolico.org or call
724.538.5081 for details on how to
donate your car.
JUNIOR MENDELSSOHN
CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH
PRESENTS ‘DREAMS
AND DANCES’
On Sunday, Nov. 18, the Junior
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh will
present its fall concert—Dreams and
Dances—at Third Presbyterian Church.
The nearly 50 young singers of the
choir will be joined by guest musicians
the Kassia Ensemble as they present
a program of dreamlike choral music
featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s “Beatus Vir,”
RV 598, Gwyneth Walker’s “Dreams and
Dances,” and music by Abbie Betinis,
Thomas Morley, Rosephayne Powell and
Sarah Quartel.
The Junior Mendelssohn Choir of
Pittsburgh ( JMCP) is the only program
of its kind in the region and one of the
country’s few vocal training programs for
youth managed by a symphonic choir.
Founded in 1986 to serve singers too old
to perform with children’s choirs and too
young to perform with adult choruses,
JMCP enables talented students in grades
9 through 12 to train with accomplished
professional singers and music educators.
Scholarships ensure that no student is
denied acceptance for financial reasons.
“These young singers are exceptionally
engaged and motivated,” says Caron
Daley, music director of the JMCP.
“They’re game to tackle any challenge,
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