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2003 Knoch graduate Rachael Fogle is starring in the off-Broadway show “Ghostlight.”

The musical is part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival held in Manhattan each year. It chronicles the true story of Olive Thomas, a beautiful Ziegfeld Follies girl turned silent Hollywood film actress who died mysteriously in Paris in 1920. Fogle plays the lead role of Olive Thomas.

The show continues through Sunday at the Signature Theatre, 555 W. 42nd St., New York.

For information, visit www.nymf.org/module-ShowManager-display-sid-1692.html or www.ghostlightthemusical.com.

The Underground Gallery at The Art Center, 344 S. Main St., hosts a punk rock show at 7 p.m. Friday featuring the following bands: Grizzly Adams's Black Heart, Bipolar Money Puppets, DotDotDot-SheLovesMeNot, The Lone Knives, and Purple Hippos.Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cover is $5 at the door.The next exhibit in the Underground Gallery is “Art of Horror 6,” opening Oct. 14 and continuing through Nov. 11. Opening night will feature a costume gala and live music with Tiffany Apan. On Oct. 14, doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a $5 cover.Deadline for entries for the “Art of Horror 6” is Friday.Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.butlerartcenter.net.

The Maridon Museum at 322 N. McKean St. hosts the antiques appraisal “Treasure or Trinket?” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Take items for verbal appraisals for a $5 per object fee, with a limit of 10 items. Proceeds benefit the museum. For information, call 724-282-0123.

The Butler County Civil War Roundtable sponsors its first Downtown Butler Ghost Walk at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 29.The walk begins in Diamond Park opposite the Butler County Courthouse and takes spectators on a 60-minute guided tour.Stories will include those of Sam Mohawk, the Biddle boys, the 14-point wife, the Chinese laundry murder and the phantom Civil War regiment.Tickets are $10. Make reservations at 724-256-9020.

PITTSBURGH — Shady Side Academy kicks off its Hillman Performing Arts Series with illusionist Stephen Knight's “The Magic of the Night,” a haunted magic show for the whole family, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Hillman Center for the Performing Arts at the senior school campus, 423 Fox Chapel Road.Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $10 for students, and are available by calling 412-968-3040 or online at www.thehillman.org.

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