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THIS WEEK: FEB 10 to 16, 2012
Winter in the City, with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music by Paul LaBelle & the Exact Change. Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton. 5:30 to 8 tonight. $15 benefits Scranton Tomorrow. 963-1575.
The View with a Scranton Attitude: Let’s Hear It from the Girls! A local rendition of the syndicated talk show. Tonight with cocktails at 6, event at 7. $6. 344-1111.
Student Bridge-Building Competition. Watch high-schoolers test their skills. Viewmont Mall, Scranton. 10 a.m. Saturday. 346-7655.
Night at the Races. Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish, 535 N. Main St., Pittston. Saturday with doors at 5:30 p.m. and post time at 6:30. $10 includes dinner/drinks. 654-0263.
Diamond Drop Dinner Dance, sponsored by the Helping Hands Society. With wine, beer, Lady A & Destiny and prizes including a $5,000 diamond. Edgewood in the Pines, Drums. 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday. $35. 455-4958.
Movies at Misericordia, a screening of “Tower Heist.” Walsh Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday. $3. 674-6411.
Teddy Bear Ball, 8th annual fundraiser to buy bears for emergency personnel to give to children in trauma. With dancing, raffles, food and music by Jimmy T. Nesbitt Medical Arts Building, Kingston. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday. $5 or $2.50 and a new bear. 899-3306.
Midwinter Ethnic Food and Craft Festival, with icons, pottery and prizes. Holy Resurrection Cathedral, 591 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 822-5452.
Myasopusna Celebration, the pre-Lenten party with Ukrainian food, crafts and entertainment by the Holy Year Choir, Kazka Folk Ensemble and Saint Mary’s Ukrainian Dancers. Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic Church, Bliss and Center streets, Hanover section of Nanticoke. Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. $10. $13 at door. 735-4654 or 824-3880.
Rockin’ the Benefit, a fundraiser for Kara Edwards of Plains Township, who is battling cancer. With the Phyllis Hopkins Band, Pop Rox, Andrew Sleboda and the Godinez Brothers. Ole Tyme Charley’s, Plains Township. 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday. $10. 822-3332.
Knitting Class. Arts SEEN Gallery, 71 Main St., Pittston. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. $10. 970-2787.
, sponsored by the Pittston Area ICE Club with New Orleans food, mask-decorating and entertainment. Pittston Area High School, 5 Stout St., Yatesville. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday. $4, $3 children. 654-2415.
Clarks Summit Festival of Ice, the annual downtown celebration. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 17-18; 12:30 to 4 p.m. Feb. 19. 587-9054.
Jim Thorpe Winterfest. Downtown Jim Thorpe. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 18-19. 325-5810.
World Affairs Luncheon Seminar, on “Can We Feed the Planet Without Destroying It? Our Global Challenge” with Tim Searchinger of Princeton University. Presented by the Schemel Forum in the Rose Room, Brennan Hall, 300 Madison St., University of Scranton. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17. $20. 941-7816.
Night at the Races, sponsored by the Mountain Top Welcome Club to benefit the Marian Sutherland Kirby Library, the Wright Township Park Expansion and Candy’s Place. Wright Township Fire Company, 477 S. Main Road, Mountain Top. Feb. 17 with doors at 6:30 p.m. and races at 7 p.m. $5 includes food, beer, “Best Pizza on the Mountain Taste Challenge,” raffles and DJ music. 868-6467.
Back Mountain Has Talent, with instrumentals, singing, dancing, poetry, theater and comedy. Auditions at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 with the top three winners performing 7 p.m. Feb. 18 along with Christian-music group WatersEdge. Prizes awarded. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 105 Irem Road, Dallas. Free. 675-3131.
Black History Month Film Series, a screening of “Night Catches Us,” about political and emotional forces in race-torn Philadelphia. Alden Trust Room 219, Insalaco Hall, Misericordia University, 301 Lake St., Dallas. 8:30 p.m. Feb. 17. Free. 674-1483.
Tribute for the Troops, food, music, raffles and games to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Wright Township Fire Company, 477 S. Main Road, Mountain Top. 3 to 10 p.m. Feb. 18. $12. $15 at door. 233-5195 or 239-1122.
German Night, with buffet and the Walt Groller Orchestra. St. Nicholas Church, 226 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. 6 to 11 p.m. Feb. 18. $25. $30 at door. 823-7736.
Night at the Races, sponsored by the Parish Community of St. John the Evangelist. Seton Catholic High School, 37 William St., Pittston. Feb. 18 with doors at 6 p.m. and post time at 7 p.m. $5; $10 per horse. 654-0053.
Pink Elegance on Parade, with a fashion show, lunch, raffles and cash bar. Wear pink to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, Scranton. 1 p.m. Feb. 19. $40. 947-5852.
