Coming This Week, Nov. 19

TODAY

The Blood Alliance blood drive: 8 a.m.-noon, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort; 888-447-1479, www.thebloodalliance.com

Last day of Farmers Market of Bluffton: 2-6 p.m., 40 Calhoun St., Bluffton; 843-290-6831, www.FarmersMarketBluffton.com

Book signing by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, author of "Daufuskie Island": 4:30-5:30 p.m., Bay Street Trading Co., 808 Bay St.; Beaufort, 843-524-2000

Beaufort Book Club discusson of "A Voyage Long and Strange" by Tony Horowitz: 5:30 p.m., Beaufort library, 311 Scott St., Beaufort; 843-470-6524, abrewer@bcgov.net

St. Helena Island Community Preservation and Cultural Protection committee meeting: 6 p.m., the Shed, Penn Center, Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island; 843-838-2183

GreenDrinks Bluffton/Hilton Head meeting: 6-8 p.m., The Metropolitan Lounge, Target shopping center, Bluffton; Mike Hawthorne of Re-Power America to speak and conduct short interviews for the national Web site; 843-816-0317, 843-757-8520

May River Theatre auditions for "Pal Joey": 7 p.m., Ulmer Auditorium, Bluffton Town Hall; 843-837-7798

Middle East Forum: 1:30-3:30 p.m., Hilton Head Island library; topic is "U.S. Options in Afghanistan"; Dr. Donald M. Snow, 843-682-2765

Beaufort Youth Orchestra presents "Keep the Music Live!": 7 p.m., Baptist Church of Beaufort; students perform the music of Bach, Haydn, The Beatles and more

Pyramids Interiors' Christmas decorating seminar: noon, Public Service District meeting room, 21 Oak Park Drive, Hilton Head Island; participants will tour a home decorated for Christmas; space is limited; costs $25 and includes a box lunch; 843-689-6367

FRIDAY

Kathy Crowther's "Natures Blessings" opening reception: 5:30 p.m., University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center Performing Arts Center Gallery, Beaufort; runs through Dec. 18; 10 a.m.-5p.m. Monday through Friday; 843-521-4145, www.beaufortscperformingarts.com

Rebecca Davenport "Who They Are" opening reception of realistic style portraits: 5:30-9 p.m., Charles Street Gallery, 914 Charles St., Beaufort; runs through Dec. 12; 843-521-9054

"Arsenic and Old Lace" performance by Beaufort Theater Co.: 7:30 p.m., University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort; $15 to $25, half-price for children and students; 843-521-4145

Paper & Party Plantation book signing: 4-7 p.m., 430 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island; Deb Welch will be signing "Payback"; www.dawelch.com

SATURDAY

Crafters Guild of The Church of the Cross 21st annual Christmas Bazaar and Arts Festival: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Calhoun Street Campus, old town Bluffton; Bobbie Ohliger, 843-705-1090 or Lisa Carroll, 843-304-1922

Health and wellness demonstrations, blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes screenings and holiday blood drive: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Paris Avenue; 843-522-3955, ext. 23

Bluffton Historical Preservation Society's Annual Thomas Heyward Lecture Series: 11 a.m., Bluffton library; "The Accomplishments of Thomas Heyward Jr." presented by Anne Heyward; suggested $2 donation to benefit Heyward House Historic Center and the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society; refreshments available; 843-757-6293, www.heywardhouse.org

"Arsenic and Old Lace" performance by Beaufort Theater Co.: 7:30 p.m., University of South Carolina Beaufort Performing Arts Center, 801 Carteret St., Beaufort; $15 to $25, half-price for children and students; 843-521-4145

The Children's Center fall barbecue fundraiser: 3 p.m., Jarvis Creek Park, Hilton Head Island; food provided by Broken Arrow Barbeque Team; music by Low Country Boil; $50 a person; reservations required; Jan Smith, 843-681-2739

St. Helena/Lady's Island Branch NAACP 11th annual Freedom Fund Banquet: 4 p.m., St. Helena Elementary School gym; speaker will be Pastor D.L. Russell Jr.; $30 for adults and $12.50 for children; 843-524-8528

Penn State Alumni and friends meeting: 3:30 p.m., Okatie Ale House, Bluffton; football game against Michigan State; Ron Sibley, 843-681-3298

Michigan State alumni meeting: 3:30 p.m., Callahan's Sports Bar & Grill, 42 New Orleans Road, Hilton Head Island; football game against Penn State; Larry Cygan, 843-689-3265