Today

Carnation sale

The Soroptimist International of the Coos Bay Area service club meets at noon in The Mill Casino-Hotel Sawblade Room.  Current project: Carnation Sale scholarship fundraiser. For more information, call 297-3425.

Rummage sale

The Egyptian Theatre Preservation Association will hold a rummage sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Friday in the lobby of the theater. Household items, antiques and collectibles will be available, with profits to benefit the ETPA general fund. For more information, call 297-8659.

Thursday

Quilt sale

A craft and quilt sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. The sale will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Community Service, 2175 Newmark Ave., in Coos Bay.

Items for sale include quilts, flower arrangements, homemade articles and baked goods.

Funds will be used to purchase food for the church’s food pantry.

Flu shots

Bandon’s Veteran’s Clinic, 1010 First St.  S.E.,  is offering free flu vaccinations for eligible veterans from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. For more information, call (541) 440-1000 ext. 44101.

Friday

Harvest at the mall

Pony Village Mall will hold a celebrate the harvest event from Friday through Sunday. A holiday craft fair will be held during regular mall hours, as well as a Bay Area Artists Association display. Wine tasting from eight different wineries will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, with tickets for $5 at the door. Live music will be offered from 1 to 4:40 p.m. Saturday.

Breast cancer awareness live and silent auctions will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 756-0433.

Honoring vets

Sunset Middle School will have a Veteran’s Day assembly to honor all veterans from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Friday.

All veterans are invited, and are asked to be at the school at 9 a.m. to be seated. For more information, call 888-1242.

Juried art

The Florence Fall Festival of the Arts opens Friday at the Florence Events Center. It brings visual and performing arts together with “Celebrate Arts” multimedia and generational, juried fine arts show and the Tony-award winning musical, “Into the Woods,” according to a press release.

M.J. Koreiva, who serves on the board of directors from the Oregon Museums Association, will select 135 pieces for the show from more than 300 entries.

“Into the Woods” carries a cast of 23 and is based upon fairy tales. The play will be at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 7 through Nov. 15 and at 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 9 and Nov. 16. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the events center or by calling (541) 997-1994.

Circle jam

An acoustic circle jam will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Odd Fellows Hall in Bandon. Musicians of all ages and proficiencies are welcome. Donations are accepted for use of the hall and coffee. For more information, call 347-2229.

Saturday

Flea market

The Sixes Grange will hold a Saturday Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Saturday. Vendors will be there with antiques to household items. Sixes Grange is four miles north of Port Orford.

Remembering the armistice

The Coos Bay DAR will meet at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at The Grotto. The program will be World War I and Armistice Day. For more information, call 756-1882.

Singles lunch

The South Coast Singles meeting and lunch will be at noon Saturday at the Autumn House Restaurant in North Bend. Non-members are welcome. For more information, call 266-1012.

Chili feed

Faith Lutheran Church will sponsor a chili feed benefit from 4 to 7 p.m.for the Coquille Library Saturday in the large auditorium of the Coquille Community Center. The chili feed will held with the library’s book sale. Chili, along with corn bread, drinks and cookies, will be provided at donations of $6 per person or $15 per family. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will be matching funds raised for the Library Friends Foundation.