Week of October 27, 2024

Good morning, 🫎 Neighbor!

This is What’s Up Elk, the weekly dose of feel-good energy you didn’t even know you needed.

In today’s newsletter:

• 🎄 It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas?

• 🪶 Do It For The Birds

• 👻 A Spooky-Edition Reminder

Let’s get to it.

-Kathleen

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🧑‍🎨 Are you an artist who might be interested in teaching what you know to others in your community? You should apply to be an Arts in Education Teaching Artist through The Elk County Council on the Arts where you’ll have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the education and cultural enrichment of students in our region. More information about the program can be found here.

🪶 Celebrate the Uplands at the 2024 Upland Bird Hunt Grand Banquet on Saturday, November 9 at The Red Fern. The is an evening of write-in auctions, raffles, one-of-a-kind items, and most importantly, raising a glass and raising funds for our state bird, the ruffed grouse. The evening starts at 5 PM with Social Hour and Raffles (a 1927 A.H. Fox Sterlingworth 16-Gauge Shotgun is up for grabs) with dinner following at 6:30 PM. Tickets — which can be bought here — are $50.

— 📍421 Old Kersey Road, Kersey

🧘🎅 Someone is bound to get annoyed at me for including Christmas-themed events already, but — trust me — this is necessary because I can guarantee you that these two classes by Julie Lang will get booked up fast.

She’s offering two 4-week Christmas Yoga series:

• Adult ($45) - 4:30-5:30 PM

• Kids ($40) - 6-7:15 PM

Both of them will start on Monday, December 2. Pre-registration is required.

— 📍39 N. St. Marys Street, St. Marys

🎃 It might not look like there is a lot going on this week, but that’s not the case! — a lot of the events going on this week are just in another issue. Let me explain…

I published a special SPOOKY edition this past Thursday to highlight all of the best Halloween events that are coming up this week (there are so many, I decided to keep them separate from the main issue!) It’s in your inbox now (search “What’s Up Elk”) or you can read it here.

🍝 I mentioned this to you last week, but I wanted to remind you that the Strength for Sarah Spaghetti Dinner Benefit is today — Sunday, October 27 — at 1 PM. Tickets are $20. You can find all the details here or by reading the complete write-up in What’s Up Elk’s last issue.

If you can’t make it or if you’re reading this later in the week, you can still support Sarah in the following ways:

• Venmo @srmeans1991

• Make a donation to her daughter’s account at ABC Daycare.

— 📍The Dam Inn, 3205 Glen Hazel Road, Wilcox

🎨 “Warning: [This class] could lead to break-ups, family feuds, or possible ending of friendships, but it will still be fun.” 😜 Intrigued? This warning comes with Gallery 29’s Paint Your Partner Portrait Workshop that’s happening on Wednesday, October 30 from 6-8 PM. The cost — which includes all materials — is $50/duo. Tickets are available here.

— 📍50 South St. Marys Street, St. Marys

🍁 Ridgway Animal Haven will be having a Fall Fest on Saturday, November 2 from 10 AM-3 PM at the Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.

— 📍635 School Drive, Ridgway

🧺 Hurry! There are still a few spots left in this Basket Making Class that takes place Saturday, November 2 at 10 AM. The cost is $40/person and registration is required.

— 📍ECCOTA, 237 Main Street, Ridgway

FRIDAY (11/1)

The Dented Keg Taproom | Zach Thompson | 6-7 PM

The Summit Lodge & Grill | Karaoke | 7-11 PM

Casalis | Driveby Serenade | 8 PM

SATURDAY (11/2)

Straub Brewery Tap Room | Dos Hombres | 6-9 PM

Gunners | JB Unplugged | 7-10 PM

F.O.E. 536 (St. Marys Eagles) | Star 69 | 8 PM-12 AM

📖 Do you know of a bookworm in grades 8-12? Invite them to become a member of the Ridgway Public Library’s new Teen Advisory Board (TAB)!

Members will help:

• influence the types of books, programs, and events the library provides for teens.

• plan, organize and participate in teen (and other) library programs and events.

• gain valuable volunteer and community experience.

The first meeting will be Tuesday, October 29 at 5:00 PM. There will be pizza, an after-hours tour of the library and an air-dry ghost tea light project. Registration is required.

— 📍Ridgway Public Library, 329 Center Street, Ridgway

✝️ The Vision is Jesus in Ridgway is hosting a few youth nights (all 5-8 PM) this month and they’re inviting students from any school in grades 6-12 to join them for games, prizes, a Gospel message and food. The first one is Friday, November 1; the others are November 8 and November 15.

— 📍241 Main Street, Ridgway

✨ There will be some days off from school coming up in November and luckily you have some options as to where to send your students on those days.

The Ridgway YMCA is offering their No School Days program for students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 on November 8, 11 and 27. The program — which offers crafts, games, movies and swimming— runs from 6:30 AM-4:30 PM. The cost is $25/child (members) or $35/child (non-members). You can pre-register (contact the YMCA), but day-of registration is allowed.

— 📍34 N. Broad Street, Ridgway

🥳👩‍💻 Girls in grades 4 through 8 at ECC or the SMASD will be able to attend “No School Discover Day: Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on Friday, November 15. Kids can go for part of the day (AM is 8-11 AM; PM is 12 PM-3 PM) for $10 or the whole day for $20. There will be a mix of hands-on and digital activities that will spark their creativity and problem-solving skills. Register here by Thursday, October 31.

— 📍Community Education Center, 4 Erie Avenue, St. Marys

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