BEST BETS
Butler Little Theatre will open its production of the comedy “Smell of the Kill” Friday at the theater at One Howard St.
The story deals with what happens when three malicious wives and their miserable, unloving husbands experience a big chill.
Curtain is at 8:15 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 28.
Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 724-287-6781 between 7 and 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
The Butler County Symphony Orchestra resumes its 63rd season with a concert at 7:30 pm Feb. 11 at the Butler Intermediate High School Auditorium, 551 Fairground Hill Road.The theme for the season is “A Night Of…,” and this concert will focus on “A Night of Song.” Guest conductor is Bruce Lauffer, one of the three conductors up for the symphony's top job. The featured soloist will be tenor Michael Forest from the Metropolitan Opera.Reserved seat tickets are available at the symphony office, 259 S. Main St. Adult ticket prices are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Student tickets are $5.For more information, call 724-283-1402 or visit the website at www.butlersymphony.org.
The Underground Gallery at the Art Center, 344 S. Main St., will have its Third Gothic Show concert from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Friday.Music will be provided by Sick Twisted Debauchery, Scattergun and Tiffany Apan.Cover is $5. Patrons are encouraged to dress in gothic styles.Call 724-283-6922 for more information.
PITTSBURGH — North Hills Art Center at 3432 Babcock Blvd. will host an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday for the Mid-Winter Hues Exhibit.The exhibit features paintings, textiles and mixed media and will continue through Feb. 15.Admission is free.New gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and closed Sundays. Call 412-364-3622.
EAST BUTLER — Singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Tony Barge of Ellwood City will perform classic country hits and his original music from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the East Butler Fireman's Club on Grant Avenue.Call 724-761-6440 for more information.
PITTSBURGH — The Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Ave. on the North Side, is offering an opportunity to capture a bit of winter now, preserve it for a few months, then bring it in and celebrate the Summer Solstice with a special “Name Your Own Price” Day.All visitors who bring in their snowballs June 20 will be able to choose what they pay for general admission.In addition to naming their own price, every person who brings a snowball to the Science Center on that day will be able to launch the snowball into the Ohio River from aboard the USS Requin submarine (weather permitting).Call 412-237-3400 or visit www.CarnegieScienceCenter.org for more information.