This Week
Friday
Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy — 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Elms High School Auditorium, 1375 W. Exchange St., Akron. A benefit for the Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation. Featuring Laurel Held, Ayeshah Douglas, Michelle Moye, Isabella Tuma, and Wendy Morgan. Admission free; donations accepted. Call Laurel Held at 330-436-5612 or lheld@akroncf.org.
Saturday
Hale Harvest 5K — Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Road, Bath. Race begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Gatehouse Visitors Center. $20, includes admission to Hale Farm & Village. 330-666-3711, ext. 1720 or www.halefarm.org.
Knights of Columbus Race Around the Park and Family Fun Run — St. Sebastian Church, 476 Mull Ave., Akron. The Family Fun Run/Walk at 9 a.m., $10 family. 5k race at 9:45 a.m., $25. 330-805-7628.
Scarecrow Ball — 6-10 p.m. at Lake Forest Country Club, 100 Lake Forest Drive, Hudson. Food, silent auction, raffle, games, best-dressed scarecrow prizes, dancing. Benefits beautification projects of Hudson in Bloom Foundation. $50, $90 couple. Call Sherry at 330-342-0969 or Jim at 330-342-0243.
Docs Who Rock — 7 p.m. at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St., University of Akron. United Way of Summit County’s physician talent show and competition. $17, $27 for “Surgical Arena” section. www.docswhorock.com.
JD Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Carpet Gala — 7 p.m. at the Galleria at Erieview, 1301 E. Ninth St., Cleveland. Food, music and dancing, recognition of 10 women who have survived or are currently fighting breast cancer. $100, $185 for two. www.jdbcfoundation.org/special-events/annual-pink-carpet-gala.
All Hail the Ale Night Ride on the Towpath Trail — 7:30 p.m. beginning at Century Cycles, 1621 Main St., Peninsula, and ending at the Winking Lizard Tavern, 1615 Main St., Peninsula, with the tapping of a special Sierra Nevada beer provided for the event. Benefits the Malone Scholarship Fund. 330-657-2209 or www.centurycycles.com/for/clebeerweek.
Sunday
Glendale Cemetery Chapel Fundraiser — Dinner buffet at Spaghetti Warehouse, travel to Glendale Cemetery to hear its history, then meet Edgar Allan Poe in the Civil War Memorial Chapel. Dinner, tour and recital start at 4:30 p.m., $48. Tour and recital only start at 5:45 p.m., $33. Call Larry Pentecost at 330-322-1012.
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