Miller Minutes
This week, “Miller Minutes” is going to serve as a reverse self-help column. I need reader input on an age-old affliction, one that plagues the innocent every day.
What is the sure-fire way to get a song out of your head?
As I sit at my desk and write this, “Talking in Your Sleep” by The Romantics is pinging between my ears. The problem is I only know a single line from this song, and it’s, you guessed it...
“I hear the secrets that you keep
When you’re talking in your sleep.”
The only way to solve this problem is to a) listen to the song in its entirety, which I don’t exactly want to do, or b) look up the lyrics and see if any more refrains are buried deep in my subconscious because I knew them all along.
As I mentioned, this is something people experience but never agree on the solution. I am partial to listening to the song to get it unstuck, especially if its one I particularly enjoy. Some of my friends feel the opposite, refusing to listen to the song hoping it will fade into the dark recesses of their minds.
This experience has a name: involuntary musical imagery. It happens involuntarily, but if I hear a song in the background at an event or I attend a musical, the next morning I’m humming a song to myself.
I’ve rambled about this enough so let’s leave it here: There are some events this weekend where music will be played. Be on your guard. The earworm could strike at any point and leave you stuck with a song in your head.
Maybe the answer is to embrace it?
See the Butler Little Theatre’s production of “Other Desert Cities” for its final weekend. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 3 and 4. Purchase tickets at butlerlittletheatre.com.
Attend the Bach Society’s concert “Reflections” for free this weekend. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Center Presbyterian Church in Slippery Rock and Saturday at Tower Presbyterian Church in Grove City.
Alameda Park’s Community Trunk Sale lasts from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Join in on the Mother’s Hike and Potluck Continental Breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday at Moraine State Park. Meet at McDanel’s Boat Launch and bring a favorite breakfast item to share! The hike is easy to moderate level and lasts 2.5 miles. To register, send an email with the name of the hike, your name, email and telephone number to but@northcountrytrail.org.
Benefit the Refuge for Women Pittsburgh by attending Grace Community Church’s Tea and Totes Purse Bash Tea Party at 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission is $45 and gets you brunch and a chance to win an assortment of purse prizes at the church on Marshall Road in Cranberry Township. Attendees wearing a fancy hat will receive a special treat. For tickets, visit refugeforwomen.org/pittsburgh.
HIS Kids Christian School is having its annual Spring BASH from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Shop local craft vendors, try sweets at the bake sale, and participate in raffles and children’s games.
The YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day lasts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cranberry Township location, 2001 Ehrman Road. Play games, shop vendors and participate in healthy activities. Admission is free.
Purchase a $20 ticket for the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Tool Bash at the township building or by calling the station at 724-586-5030. The bash starts at noon Saturday at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport, 475 Airport Road.
Purchase tickets to Butler Downtown’s Sips in the City event that will take place on Saturday on Butler’s Main Street. Standard tickets range from $30 to $50 dollars and determine when you can start the crawl. See details on eventbrite.com by searching “Butler Downtown Sips in the City.”
Attend the Lux Mea Film Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday at Grove City College. This is your chance to see student-made films and support a student-led event. Tickets are available for $6 on eventbrite.com by searching “Lux Mea Film Festival” or “Grove City College.”
The Westminster College Trumpet Ensemble will perform a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at First English Lutheran Church of Butler. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. Donations will be accepted and be put toward the ensemble’s trip to Anaheim, Calif., at the end of May.
Learn line dancing and couple’s pattern dancing for $1 per person at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Rimersburg Community Building, 27 Main St., Rimersburg.
Molly Miller is an Eagle staff writer.
