The Butler Italian Festival graces Main Street from Friday through Sunday.

Mega amounts of music will be provided by Donnie Iris with the Granati Brothers; Rolling Stones tribute band Jumpin Jack Flash; Earth, Wind and Fire tribute band Let's Groove Tonight; Jeff Jimerson; Jimmy Sapienza, and many more.

A 90-foot tall Ferris wheel, meatball and pasta eating contests and a kids zone are planned.

Admission is free. Visit ButlerItalianFestival.com for more information.

CRANBERRY TWP — The Cranberry Artists Network presents artwork by Jan and Paul Jay from Sept. 3 to 30 in the Back Hall Gallery.Paul is from Little Rock, Ark., and has a master of fine arts from Ohio University. Paul is a retired professor of art from Community College of Allegheny County. Jan is from Kansas and has a bachelor of fine arts from the Art Institute and School of Design in Kansas City.The Back Hall Gallery is in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center, 2525 Rochester Road, and is open whenever the municipal center is open.For more information, visit www.cranberryartistsnetwork.com.

A “Historic Mansions of Butler Walking Tour” will be presented by Bill May at 6 p.m. Sept. 7 in the historic neighborhood of North McKean, East Fulton and East Pearl streets.The 90-minute tour does not go inside the homes.Participants will hear stories of the builders of these beautifully preserved homes including Elm Court as well as their connections to Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain and John D. Rockefeller, John Muir, and the Underground Railroad.Rain date is Sept. 8.Cost is $15 per person and reservations and advance payment are required by calling 724-256-9026 or emailing ButlerWalkingTour@gmail.com.

PITTSBURGH — The Fort Pitt Museum, part of the Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center museum system, will welcome guest lecturer S. Max Edelson as part of the Fort Pitt Speaker Series at 11 a.m. Aug. 31.A history professor at the University of Virginia, Edelson is the author of “The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence.”Edelson will discuss British efforts to map and control America in the years preceding the American Revolution.Admission is $15 for the general public and $10 for students. Register online at heinzhistorycenter.org/events.

PITTSBURGH — The largest collection of real mummies and artifacts ever assembled is coming to Carnegie Science Center.“Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” features 125 mummies and related artifacts from across the globe, including Europe, South America, and Ancient Egypt.Included in the collection are:The Vac Mummies, a mummified family from Hungary believed to have died from tuberculosisBaron Von Holz, a German nobleman found tucked away in the family crypt of a 14th century castle“Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” opens on Oct. 5, and tickets are expected to be in high demand. Timed tickets will be available starting Sept. 3 at CarnegieScienceCenter.org.