chill the chill with chili

Start edging winter toward the door at the fourth annual Winterfest, Saturday, February 28, in Clearview Common, uptown. From noon to 3, the Mt. Lebanon Partnership will host the Fest, where for just $15 you can sample chili from lots of local restaurants, and vote for the best in show. You also can take the Public Safety Challenge, where police, fire and medical rescue settle long-simmering grudges out in the street with long-simmering pots of chili. There’s beer, and there may be more fun stuff as plans take shape. Get your tickets at www.mtlebanon.org or at the gate. We’ll list the participating restaurants closer to go time on our Facebook page.

and more chili

Get out of the cold and into Mt. Lebanon Library for Brews for a Chili Night at 6 p.m., Saturday, January 24. The after-hours event includes more than two dozen fine regional ales, lagers, stouts and ciders; a variety of flavorful blue-ribbon chilis from local restaurants and home cooks and live music by The Retro Agents. Purchase the $30 tickets at the circulation desk. Only a limited number of tickets are available and no tickets will be sold at the door. Act fast! Adults 21 and older only, please.

dress up like a  super trouper

“If you’re blue, and you don’t know where to go to, why don’t you go where fashion sits? Puttin’ on the Ritz! “ The Mt. Lebanon Junior Women’s Club’s 2015 Gala will feature “different types who wear a daycoat; pants with stripes and cutaway coat,”as the song goes. “Perfect fits. And they ‘ll be Puttin’ on the Ritz.”

At 7:30, Saturday, March 7, at the Twentieth Century Club in Oakland, guests will be treated to hors d’oeuvres, premium open bar and jazz featuring songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Vintage inspired glamour from the age of Art Deco is encouraged.

Tickets are $85 per person at www.mljwc.com. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Education Partnership, a nonprofit that furnishes needed school supplies to underserved schools.