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Braceville museum offers quilting workshops
Quilting workshops are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Braceville African American Heritage Museum, 1250 Chestnut St. SW.
Participants can choose from three patterns of a 12-inch-by-12-inch quilting square to be sewn as they learn about the Underground Railroad quilting pattern.
The cost is $10. For more information, call 330-373-8395.
Friendly Squares offer dance lessons
The Friendly Squares, a local square dance group dedicated to keeping alive the American art form of square dancing, will begin a new year of weekly lessons.
The introductory session will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Niles SCOPE Center, 14 E. State St., Niles, and subsequent lessons will be offered weekly. The cost is $6.
For more information about the lessons, contact Gene Hammond at 330-506-0272.
TCHS plans downtown Warren walking tour
The Trumbull County Historical Society will offer a downtown Warren walking tour on "Shopping in the 1950s" at 10 a.m. Aug. 16.
The guided tour will focus on the charm of the classic shops and storefronts that filled downtown in the 1950s.
The tour will start in front of the Trumbull County Courthouse, 161 High St. NE. The cost is $20 and includes a treat at the end of the tour. Advance registration is required at trumbullcountyhistory.org or by calling 330-394-4653.
McGuffey program looks at Apollo 17 mission
A program on the Apollo 17 mission will be offered by the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society as part of its Memories of a Lifetime series.
Doug Fowler, a retired lecturer in astronomy and physics who taught at the University of Wisconsin and Youngstown State University, will discuss the last human mission to the moon in 1972, considered one of the great geological expeditions in the history of science.
The program starts at 10 a.m. Aug. 16 at Denny's meeting room, 4020 Belmont Ave., Liberty. Admission is $10 for McGuffey members and $15 for nonmembers. Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling 330-726-8277.