Eleventh annual Garden Party “Some Enchanted Evening” June 2. Party begins at 4 p.m. with a reception in the museum gallery celebrating the exhibition, People, Places and Things: Works by William DeBernardi. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Music of the Tropical Sands Steel Band. Silent auction. Reservations must be made by May 22. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley at One Boucher Lane and Route 711 South in Ligonier. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends. The museum is a handicapped-accessible facility. www.sama-art.org. 724-238-6015
Basket benefit
Basket Benefit Party benefits Guatamalean Orphanage from 9 a.m. to noon May 19 at the Ebensburg Senior Center, 209 N. Julian St., Ebensburg. Lunch provided. 814-471-1897 or www.bffcrevloc.com.
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert 1 p.m. May 19 at Westmont Hilltop High School. 814-535-6738.
Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Sci-Fi In the Valley 2 p.m. May 18. Johnstown Generals vs. Erie Explosion 7:30 p.m. June 2. Crosby, Stills & Nash 8 p.m. June 8. June 9 7:30 p.m. Girls Night: The Musical. Ticketmaster.com, War Memorial box office or by phone 800-745-3000. The Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown. Tickets at the War Memorial Arena box office. 814-536-5156 or 800-243-8499. www.warmemorialarena.com.
SAMA-Johnstown
The Art of Healing Exhibition: Reflections 2012 through Aug. 10. The exhibition features approximately 20 works, including drawings, paintings, collage and woodcarvings created by patients during residencies at the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute. Exhibition reception from 4 to 6 p.m. July 12. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown is in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 814-269-7234 or www.sama-art.org.
Beekeepers
The Cambria-Clearfield-Blair County Beekeepers meet at 2 p.m. May 20 at the Third Ward fire hall, Clearfield County. The topic is honey production. 814-472-7637 or email pigeonflyr@verizon.net. www.ccbee.org.
Art Works
The Hat Ladies, Pat Holifield and Marsha McDowell, present and star in The Fabulous Hat Show 4 p.m. May 27 at Art Works, 413 Third Ave., in Johnstown’s West End. Lively program spotlights vintage, over-the-top and contemporary hats in an entertaining and educational fashion extravaganza. Proceeds goes to scholarships for minority youth to attend the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center. 814-539-1059.
Community Arts Center
Greater Johnstown Young Artists Exhibit through May 25. Summer art camps. Adult classes and workshops. Kids classes. The Community Arts Center of Cambria County is at 1217 Menoher Blvd., Johnstown. Adult and children classes and workshops. www.caccc.org. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. www.johnstowncameraclub.org.
Nemacolin Castle
Brownsville Historical Society will be open from noon to 5 p.m. May 18-20 for history tours during the National Road Festival. Ghost tours will be from 6 to 10 p.m. May 18-20 at Nemacolin Castle, Front Street, Brownsville. Civil War and Colonia Encampment, food and refreshments. Spaghetti dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. May 18. History tours from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Brownsville is along Route 40, 12 miles west of Uniontown. 724-785-6882.
Music in the Mountains
Artisans and craft vendors needed for Music in the Mountains 2012 at Ohiopyle State Park Falls area Sept. 1 and 2. 724-329-8594 or email friendsofohiopyle@yahoo.com.
Historic Hanna’s Town
Basket benefit
Basket Benefit Party benefits Guatamalean Orphanage from 9 a.m. to noon May 19 at the Ebensburg Senior Center, 209 N. Julian St., Ebensburg. Lunch provided. 814-471-1897 or www.bffcrevloc.com.
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
Johnstown Symphony Youth Orchestra Spring Concert 1 p.m. May 19 at Westmont Hilltop High School. 814-535-6738.
Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Sci-Fi In the Valley 2 p.m. May 18. Johnstown Generals vs. Erie Explosion 7:30 p.m. June 2. Crosby, Stills & Nash 8 p.m. June 8. June 9 7:30 p.m. Girls Night: The Musical. Ticketmaster.com, War Memorial box office or by phone 800-745-3000. The Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown. Tickets at the War Memorial Arena box office. 814-536-5156 or 800-243-8499. www.warmemorialarena.com.
SAMA-Johnstown
The Art of Healing Exhibition: Reflections 2012 through Aug. 10. The exhibition features approximately 20 works, including drawings, paintings, collage and woodcarvings created by patients during residencies at the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute. Exhibition reception from 4 to 6 p.m. July 12. The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown is in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. 814-269-7234 or www.sama-art.org.
Beekeepers
The Cambria-Clearfield-Blair County Beekeepers meet at 2 p.m. May 20 at the Third Ward fire hall, Clearfield County. The topic is honey production. 814-472-7637 or email pigeonflyr@verizon.net. www.ccbee.org.
Art Works
The Hat Ladies, Pat Holifield and Marsha McDowell, present and star in The Fabulous Hat Show 4 p.m. May 27 at Art Works, 413 Third Ave., in Johnstown’s West End. Lively program spotlights vintage, over-the-top and contemporary hats in an entertaining and educational fashion extravaganza. Proceeds goes to scholarships for minority youth to attend the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center. 814-539-1059.
Community Arts Center
Greater Johnstown Young Artists Exhibit through May 25. Summer art camps. Adult classes and workshops. Kids classes. The Community Arts Center of Cambria County is at 1217 Menoher Blvd., Johnstown. Adult and children classes and workshops. www.caccc.org. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. www.johnstowncameraclub.org.
Nemacolin Castle
Brownsville Historical Society will be open from noon to 5 p.m. May 18-20 for history tours during the National Road Festival. Ghost tours will be from 6 to 10 p.m. May 18-20 at Nemacolin Castle, Front Street, Brownsville. Civil War and Colonia Encampment, food and refreshments. Spaghetti dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. May 18. History tours from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Brownsville is along Route 40, 12 miles west of Uniontown. 724-785-6882.
Music in the Mountains
Artisans and craft vendors needed for Music in the Mountains 2012 at Ohiopyle State Park Falls area Sept. 1 and 2. 724-329-8594 or email friendsofohiopyle@yahoo.com.
Historic Hanna’s Town
