The Macungie Minstrelaires present “Singing is ... Out of This World” 8 p.m. Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 and 2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 at Lower Macungie Middle School, 6299 Lower Macungie Road, Macungie. For tickets and information, visit www.macungie-minstrelaires.org. A portion of the proceeds will go to Community Music School.

Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., offers its free community meal as a drive-up option. The next meal will be 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 14.

Grace Lutheran Church will hold a weekly food distribution 2-4 p.m. Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

The Macungie Farmers Market is open 4-7 p.m. Thursdays on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie through Oct. 27.

The Macungie Town Beautification Committee is looking for Macungie residents who are willing to adopt “homeless” scarecrows to line East and West Main Street in the borough. After they have adorned Main Street, they will be turned over to the purchaser. Adoption papers can be picked up at The Macungie Institute, 510 E. Main St. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday or Thursday or at Macungie Borough Hall, 21 Locust St. Monday through Friday. For more information on adopting a scarecrow, call 610-966-4951.

Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., Macungie, will hold an Apple Harvest Festival 1-4 p.m. Oct. 8. The festival will include food and drinks, games, face painting, cakewalks, apple pie, ice cream, a basket raffle and other fun activities. Donate one nonperishable food item to receive one free raffle ticket.

Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, 8269 Spring Creek Road, Alburtis, will have a spaghetti dinner 4-7 p.m. Oct. 8. Dinners are available for dine in or carry out. For more information, call 610-395-1215.

The next meetings for the Lower Lehigh AARP will be held noon Oct. 13 and Nov. 3 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall. Dues are payable in October and November; bring both cards. Tickets for the Dec. 1 Christmas Party are available through Nov. 18. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

The Church of the Good Shepherd, 135 Quarry Road, Alburtis, will hold its fall bazaar 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15. There will be crafts, attic treasures, a basket auction, bake sale and good food. New this year, there will be a quilt drawing.

There will be a cruise night 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 1 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

Macungie Memorial Park will hold its annual Halloween Festival and Parade 5-7:30 p.m. Oct. 22. There will be family friendly activities, food trucks and more. The parade will leave Eyer Middle School 7 p.m. and will come through the park. For more information, email macungiememorialparkevents@gmail.com.

Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Association will hold its 48th annual Bottle and Antique Show and Sale 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at Macungie Memorial Park Hall.

Macungie Institute is sponsoring a Miller-Keystone Blood Drive 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Macungie Institute, 510 E. Main St. To register, go to www.giveapint.com or call 1-800-223-6667, ext. 2. Use group number 4445 when scheduling.

Trick or Treating in the Borough of Macungie will be 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.

Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, 8269 Spring Creek Road, Alburtis will have a Holiday Craft Bazaar 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 5. There will be crafts, a basket raffle, bake sale and Grandma’s Attic. Homemade food is available for eat in or carry out.

Macungie Borough offices are open to the public; hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has in person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and Nov. 7.

Cash bingo is held Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting will be held 7 p.m. Oct. 25.

Ben was recently invited to a fall dance at a friend’s school. He asked his friend if there was a dress code; she replied a dress shirt and pants were suitable and she was wearing a gold dress.

As a growing teenager more into athletic activities than formal occasions, Ben has a limited wardrobe. We decided a gold tie would make a nice coordinating touch with his blue dress shirt and black pants.

I headed to the online shopper’s mecca of Amazon to see what was available. Matt and I had a good laugh over some of the wilder options: a gold sequin tie or a shiny gold suit. We weren’t sure who would be more appalled over those two dress choices: Ben or his friend, but we would have loved to see the reaction!

We finally located a nice dark blue tie with gold design that should coordinate nicely. Better yet, we even found it at a local store.

The copy deadline for the Nov. 2 column will be Oct. 27.