Five Things to Know Today: November 21

1. PennDOT warns traffic will get heavy on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, beginning at 3 p.m. today through 8 p.m., and again on Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. All lanes will be available for travel.

2. Mater Dei Catholic School holds its Thanksgiving Liturgy today at 9:15 at St. Stanislaus Church in Lansdale.

3. North Penn School District students are off today for the Thanksgiving holiday.

4. The Wives of Blue are conducting a non-perishable food drive through today at these area police departments, with donations to The Open Line:

• Lansdale
• Whitpain
• Upper Perk
• Quakertown Borough
• Souderton Borough
• North Wales Borough

5. There are some local events happening on Thanksgiving Eve:

• Hattrick’s Sports Bar & Grill in Hatfield Borough is holding a Thanksgiving Eve Party at 9:30 p.m.
• Hoots and Hellmouth play at Sellersville Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets are $19.50 and $30.
• It’s karaoke night at Third & Walnut Bar, 43 W. Third St., Lansdale, beginning at 9 p.m.
• Lansdale Tavern holds a trivia night beginning at 8 p.m. at its 839 W. Main St., Lansdale location.
• Presentation of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church holds a bingo night at 6:45 p.m. for $7 a card. The church is at 1564 Allentown Road, Towamencin (Lansdale GPS).