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School employees to meet
CHESTER -- The Hancock County Association of Retired School Employees will hold a meeting and luncheon Tuesday at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Chester. To make a reservation, call Rita Orler at (304) 748-7735 by Saturday.
Libraries to close early
The Brooke County Public Library in Wellsburg and the Follansbee Library will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on April 18. The Brooke County Public Library will resume regular hours April 19. The Follansbee Library will remain closed on Saturdays.
Easter egg hunt planned
STEUBENVILLE -- Buena Vista Methodist Church in Steubenville will hold an Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church. Hot dogs will be served and candy will be distributed. The event is open to all area youth, according to organizers.
Cartoonist to visit library
STEUBENVILLE -- J.D. Williamson, a cartoonist and storyteller from Williamstown, W.Va., will visit the Toronto Library branch at 1 p.m. June 14. Williamson will then go to the Dillonvale Library at 3:30 p.m.
His visit to the libraries will discuss with children various forms of art used to create characters found in books. To register for the activity, call the Toronto branch at (740) 537-2662 or Dillonvale at (740) 314-4310.
Museum's new exhibit set for Saturday
PITTSBURGH -- The Fort Pitt Museum, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Sen. John Heinz History Center's family of museums, will welcome several authors and historians between April and October. Authors will discuss 18th-century American history topics and themes as part of the museum's new Speaker Saturday Series.
From exploring the history of French and Indian War-era powder horns, to examining the Point's strategic importance to military forces, visitors will learn about the region's past from experts, according to museum officials.
Visitors to the Speaker Saturday Series can experience the Fort Pitt Museum's featured exhibition "Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny."
Created in collaboration with federally-recognized Delaware, Seneca, Seneca-Cayuga and Shawnee communities, the exhibition will feature dozens of objects on loan from American Indian tribes, including domestic objects, decorated moccasins, pouches and contemporary arts and crafts, along with artifacts and imagery from the collections of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Heinz History Center.
All Speaker Saturday Series programs will take place at 1 p.m. inside the Fort Pitt auditorium, located on the first floor.
The programs are included with regular museum admission, officials noted.
The first program will be C. Prentiss Orr's "The Surveyor and the Silversmith: Land Speculation on the Frontier of Western Pennsylvania," Saturday.
Orr will offer a deep dive into the complex world of land speculation and surveying in the Ohio country. Readers will learn how early surveyors and investors shaped the frontier, fueling expansion and conflict in the region.
Mike Burke's "Made at Philadelphia and Sent from Thence: Powder Horns of the Forbes Road and Fort Pitt," will be the program for May 10.
Burke, assistant director of the Fort Pitt Museum, will lead a discussion of powder horns associated with the Forbes Road and early Pittsburgh. Valuable as historical documents, these containers for gunpowder represent some of the region's earliest examples of folk art.
Steven W. Hill's "Battle Flags of the Wars for North America," will be the exhibition for June 14.
Hill, a historian, will discuss the British and French regimental colors carried during the French and Indian War.
The lecture will delve into the design, construction and use in battle, offering insight into the military banners, along with their significance on the battlefield.
Jonathan Lady's "Natural History on the American Frontier," will be the July 12 exhibit.
The Age of Enlightenment's philosophical and intellectual movement of reason and scientific knowledge that occurred in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, spurred a growing interest in the natural world.
Lady's lecture will cover learning how naturalists, such as father and son John and William Bartram, George Morgan and others, studied the environment of early America.
David Ervine's "Every Son a Soldier: Military Service on the Upper Ohio Frontier," will be the program on Aug. 9.
Ervine will examine the variety of military organizations in which frontier inhabitants served, including the militia, state troops and the Continental Army.
The program will further explore the wartime political, military and economic conditions of the region that shaped these organizations, according to officials.
Kelly Linn's "Pittsburgh's Many Points," will be the program for Sept. 13.
During Linn's discussion, visitors will learn about the history of the Point, the birthplace of Pittsburgh, along with its many transformations throughout time -- from its early strategic significance, to its evolution into the landmark it is today.
Peter Gilmore's "Overshadowed by These Occult Influences," will be the Oct. 11 program.
Gilmore is the ruling elder at the Sixth Presbyterian Church.
Gilmore will explore the superstitions and occult practices of the 18th-century Irish Presbyterians in the Ohio Valley.