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Tickets are now on sale at May's Music Shoppe for the Summer Dramatics Project "Peter Pan."
The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 30 and 31 and Aug. 1 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 in the Succop Theater on the campus of Butler County Community College.
Tickets are reserved and are available for $15 and $12.
The show's cast includes Logan Olszewski as Peter Pan and Brady Patsy as Capt. Hook.
Producers are Kathy Campbell, Judy Wadding and Ken Schreffler Jr.
The show is being directed by Gordon Cavalero with musical direction by John Cooper and choreography by Connie Rodgers.
BUTLER TWP — Sing Hosanna! will present the comedy dinner theater show "Misdeeds at Mistletoe Mine" on Aug. 8 at the South Butler Fire Hall, 98 Old Plank Road.Tickets will be available beginning July 16 at May's Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St. A full course buffet meal is included.For more information, call 724-586-0042 or 724-285-3653.
The Musical Theatre Guild of Butler has announced two shows for its upcoming season.The group will stage "Willy Wonka" at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 and 17 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18.The second show of the season will be "How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying" at 8 p.m. April 30 and May 1, 2010, and at 3 p.m. May 2.Both shows will take place at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.Tickets cost $15; a student discount is available. Call 724-287-8243 for more information.
FRAZER TWP, Allegheny County — Visitors to the July star parties sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh could view a region of space where stars are being born, catch a dazzling views of the two largest planets or marvel at the Milky Way Galaxy's finest clusters and nebulae.The star parties start July 24 and 25 at about 8:40 p.m., weather permitting, at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park, Frazer Township.Call 724-224-2510 for more information.
MUNHALL — Recording artist Michael Amante brings his "Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti" in concert with a symphony at 8 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Carnegie Library Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m.Reserved seating pricing range from $29.50 to $39.50. Call 412-368-5225.
PITTSBURGH — Children's Museum of Pittsburgh features "Meet Bob" through Sept. 27 as part of the "Bob the Builder — Project: Build It" exhibit."Meet Bob" takes place at 11:30 a.m. Fridays and at 2 p.m. Sundays.Other programs include "Fun with Bugs" from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and The Great American Backyard Campout from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.Admission for the Children's Museum is now $11 for adults; $10 for children age 2 to 18 and senior citizens, and free for children younger than 2. Parking: $3 for members, $5 for nonmembers in the museum's lots. On-street, metered parking is also available.The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.Call 412-322-5058 or visit the Web site, www.pittsburghkids.org.
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary on July 17 and 18 with a gallery crawl, cosmopolitan Pittsburgh, kids crawl and launch of a Cultural District walking tour.Featuring 25 different locations, the gallery crawl in the Cultural District is planned for 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. July 17. Admission is free.Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh is a VIP party on the rooftop of Theater Square beginning at 8 p.m. July 17. Tickets are $100 in advance or $125 at the door.A summer kids crawl in the Cultural District will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and admission is free.For more information, visit pgharts.org or call 412-456-6666.
OIL CITY — Jewelry and glass artists, painters and photographers will show their work in the National Transit Art Studios and on the street for the Second Saturday Street Fair and Open Studios on Saturday on Seneca Street.Studios will open at 2 p.m., the street fair hours are 5 to 9 p.m.Food vendors, children's activities and music by Oil Region independent musicians such as The Old Hats, Mitch Littler, Nate Hall, The Alabaster Jar and Brian Stoltenburg are planned.For more information, call 814-676-5303 or visit the Web site, www.nationaltransitstudios.ning.com.
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Museum of Art presents "Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project, Part Three" from July 18 to Nov. 1 in the Forum Gallery.As in the previous two "Teenie" Harris shows, this exhibit features photographs selected by a guest curator, and members of the public are invited to help identify the images on display.Several photographs provide personal snapshots of life in the Harris home, as well as glimpses into the everyday lives of African Americans in Pittsburgh during the 1930s through the 1960s.Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed major holidays. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, $11 for students and children age 3 and older, and free for members and children younger than 3.For more information, call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site at www.cmoa.org.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Public Theater's upcoming 35th season will include:• "Ella," musical about jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, Oct. 1 to Nov. 1.• "The Little Foxes," about the wealthy Hubbard family in 1900 who goes to any lengths to get even richer, Nov. 12 to Dec. 13.• The Second City 50th Anniversary Tour as a special engagement, Dec. 17 to 19.• "The Chief," as a special engagement of the one-man play celebrating the life and legacy of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr., Jan. 6 to 10.• "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's comic extravaganza, Jan 21 to Feb. 21.• "Talley's Folly," a romantic comedy set in a Missouri boathouse, March 4 to April 4.• "Time of My Life," a comedy, April 15 to May 16.• "Art," Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning play about male friendships, May 27 to June 27For information, call 412-316-1600 or visit the Web site, www.ppt.org. The theater is at 621 Penn Ave.
PITTSBURGH — The musical "Les Misérables" is running through July 19 at the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave.The cast includes Victoria Kathryn Huston, a 9-year-old student at Buffalo Elementary School in Sarver. She performed in this season's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and in CLO's "Oklahoma!" in 2007."Les Mis" will go on at 8 p.m. today through Saturday, and July 14 to 18 and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and July 18 and 19. There is also a 7:30 p.m. show on Sunday.Tickets start at $24.50 and are available by calling 412-456-6666 or online at www.pittsburghCLO.org.