Saddle up
Mosey on down Saturday to the Ultimate Hoedown BBQ Throwdown to benefit Victory Gallop, a nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic and recreational horseback riding for children with behavioral and/or emotional challenges and life-threatening illnesses.
Cost is $85 and includes food, beer and cowboy fun (cash bar available).
The event, which is held at Chlebina’s Ranch, 3878 Ira Road, Bath, features country western music, a raffle, hay rides and a mechanical bull riding contest.
Call 330-666-0300 or email vgallop@aol.com to make reservations.
It’s Mum Fest time
Chrysanthemum blooms will blanket the shores of Lake Anna during Mum Fest, the annual Barberton celebration that returns next weekend.
Some 2,000 mums are expected to be in bloom during the festival, in gardens, in hanging baskets and covering the signature floral arch. Also on the schedule are water ski shows and other forms of entertainment, along with children’s activities, crafts and, of course, food.
The festival is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at Lake Anna Park, Sixth Street Northwest and West Park Avenue. Admission is free.
Details are at www.cityofbarberton.com, or call 330-848-6653.
Tea and history on train
Take a ride with history on Sept. 29, when the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad hosts a Tea with former first ladies Mary Lincoln and Lucretia Garfield.
The train departs at 3:20 p.m. from the Peninsula Depot and returns at 5:10 p.m.
Tea is catered by Tea & Thyme and includes salad, scones, pastries, tea sandwiches, tea and desserts.
Actors portraying first ladies Mary Todd Lincoln and Lucretia Garfield will be present to reminisce about their husbands, children, time in the White House and their life after their husbands’ assassinations.
Visit www.cvsr.com to purchase tickets, which are $50 for adults, and $28 for children.
Massillon film fest
Lions Lincoln Theater in Massillon will host the Fall Cinesation Film Festival, a lineup of vintage talkies and silent movies from Thursday through Sept. 29.
Selections include a “Slapstick Comedy Cavalcade,” five shorts made by Buster Keaton, Mack Sennett and others. Ben Model and Dr. Philip Carli will provide musical accompaniment, replicating the experience of seeing a movie in the theater in its early years. Having opened in 1915, the Lincoln is believed to be the oldest operating movie theater in the U.S.
Among the festival’s 18 feature-length movies is Pardon Us, a 1931 Laurel & Hardy movie that was their first full-size film.
For other films and ticket information, visit www.cinephiles.org, the website of the festival’s sponsor, the Great Lakes Cinephile Society.
