Plans are underway for the annual Founders Day of Living History event sponsored by the Greater Monessen Historical Society. Founders Day will be held on August 16 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Monessen City Park on Grand Blvd. across from the Knights of Columbus Hall. The event is free.

The Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the following businesses who donated to the Annual 4th of July Fireworks Celebration. Without their continued support this event would not be possible!

An Eighteenth Century Flax to Linen Fest will be held at the historic Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park on Sunday, August 17 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. On this special day, visitors to the Homestead will see the processing of flax to linen from harvesting to rippling, retting, breaking, scutching, hackling, spinning, and being woven into cloth on the loom. Come and learn what these terms mean!

The Music & Arts Series of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair presents America's most celebrated concert organist, Paul Jacobs, on Friday, August 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Suggested donation is $10.