Charity events
• The Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center is sponsoring “The Mind and Music of Beethoven,” including a discussion, concert and meal, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. Featured is Richard Kogan, clinical professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a pianist. The cost is $125. Call 412661-4224.
Screenings
• Excela Health, in partnership with the Mountain View Rotary, is offering a Wellness Check diagnostic screening, including a multiphasic blood analysis, from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ramada Inn Greensburg, 100 Ramada Inn Drive, Hempfield. The cost is $45, with other tests available for additional fees. Appointments are preferred. Call 1-877771-1234 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
• Allegheny Health Network’s Cancer Institute is sponsoring screenings for skin, breast, prostate, cervical, colorectal, neck and throat cancer as well as genetic risk assessments from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mellon Pavilion of West Penn Hospital, Bloomfield. To register, call 412-3628677, option 2.
Lectures/seminars
• UPMC East, Monroeville, is sponsoring “Relief for Hip and Knee Arthritis: What’s New — and What Works” from 6 to 7:45 p.m. next Tuesday in its Conference Center on the hospital’s ground level as part of its “Alive and Well” series. Speaker is Alan H. Klein of Orthopaedic Specialists — UPMC, followed by a talk on physical therapy options at 7 p.m. by Tom O’Malley, physical therapist with UPMC Centers for Rehab Services; and screenings at 7:15 p.m. Reservations are required. Call 412-3573700.
Classes/workshops
• Excela Health is sponsoring the following classes. Call 1-877-7711234.
— Childbirth and Beyond, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays beginning Monday, Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg.
— Family and Friends CPR, 6 to 9 p.m. next Tuesday, conference room 1, fourth floor, Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant Borough.
Support groups
• Self Help Group Network, a service of PA 2-1-1 Southwest, provides a database of support groups. Call 412-255-1155.
• The Empty Room is offering support groups for parents and grandparents of deceased children from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month and general bereavement groups from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month at the 3 Lakes Golf Course, 6700 Saltsburg Road, Penn Hills. Call 412407-2551
Blood drives
• To find a blood drive near you call:
— The Central Blood Bank, 412-209-7000 or 1800-310-9551.
— The American Red Cross, 1-800-733-2767. For bloodmobile locations, check www.redcrossblood.org. — Compiled by
Rick Nowlin