The Butler Arts Council is now selling admission buttons for the second annual Ring in the Arts New Year's Eve celebration in Downtown Butler.

Ring in the Arts will offer a range of local and regional talent in performances lasting 30 to 45 minutes so patrons can attend many different activities. The hours will be from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Events will take place in downtown Butler from Wayne Street to Pearl Street, inside restaurants, businesses, and Butler Arts Council facilities.

Ray Ryan and the New Orleans Riverside Band, the Harold Betters Quartet, the Tornado Big Band, The Merrymakers, and Mind's I will perform.

Many of the shows and activities will be geared for families with children, including movies at the Penn Theater and the Magic of Tim Kutch.

A "Ring in the Arts!" button will serve as an admission ticket to all events and is available at Friedman's and BiLo Grocery Stores, Miller's Shoes, the Butler County Symphony Association office and the Cranberry Township Municipal Center.

Individual buttons cost $10; family admission is $25.

A Hosanna! Holiday Celebration will take place Saturday at Greenwood Village Fire Hall, 110 Old Eberhart Road.A performance of "Because It's Christmas" will be presented by the Sing Hosanna! adult and children singers.The menu will include meat lasagna or chicken fettuccine alfredo, mandarin orange tossed salad, bread and butter, strawberry shortcake and beverage.Reservations are due. Cost is $17 for adults and $7 for children age 10 and younger.For more information, call 724-287-8362.

Associated Artists of Butler County will host a wine/appetizer reception and fashion show, highlighting "Fashion as Art" on Saturday at the AABC Art Center, 344 S. Main St.This event is a prelude to the second annual "Age of Aquarius" festival set to begin Jan. 27."A-Fair of the Divas" will highlight the work of the following fashion designers: Charmaine Baldt of Mars; Becca Connolly of Shadyside; Paula Mindyzak of West Mifflin; Tammy Pegher of Baden; D. Zoe Shutka of Glenwillard; and Paige Valvano of Ellwood City.The doors will open at 6 p.m., with the show beginning at 6:30 p.m.Call the Art Center at 724-283-6922.

SLIPPERY — Tickets are now on sale for the Jan. 20 performance of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company at Slippery Rock University.The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Miller Auditorium on campus.The company blends American and Chinese movement. The New York-based company has performed in 35 states, as well as China, Poland and Guatemala, and has won numerous awards. The company's performance is part of SRU's new ING Performing Arts Series, launched in the fall to bring quality arts entertainment to the region.Tickets are $12 for adults; $10 for those 62 and older or 17 and under; and $7 for SRU students. Call 724-738-2091.

The newly formed Revitalization Voices will present a fun and uplifting Christmas concert at 5 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Butler Penn Theater in the upstairs Bantam Venue.The concert will include numerous Christmas favorites, spirituals, and carols and will feature local vocalists Davlin Hupp, Kevin Mathias and Linda Mathias, along with flutist Ellen Dodge and pianist John Davey.Admission at the door is $10 for adults and $8 for students. All proceeds benefit the Butler Penn Theater Community Trust.For more information, call 724-360-0262 or the Penn Theater at 724-287-7366.

PITTSBURGH — Tickets are now available for "Wicked," a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman based on the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire.Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One — born with emerald green skin — is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. "Wicked" tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch.As part of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, "Wicked" is set to make its Pittsburgh premiere Feb. 22 at the Benedum Center. The show will continue through March 5.Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; at 8 p.m. Fridays; at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays There will be a special matinee performance at 2 p.m. Feb. 23, and an ASL-interpreted performance at 1 p.m. March 5.Tickets range from $29 to $72.50. Call 412-456-6666.