The performing arts series presents the Pittsburgh Philharmonic with “Once Upon a Dream,” featuring Tchaikovsky's “Sleeping Beauty,” Ravel's “Beauty and the Beast” and other fairy tale classics plus a visit from Ariel and Pocahontas, on Oct. 8.

Shows start at 8 p.m. in the Succop Theater. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for senior citizens, and $10 for students. Call 724-284-8505 or visit www.bc3.edu/theater.

• Glenn Utsch, SRU professor of music, will perform on piano at 7:30 p.m. today. This free “Remembering Two Forgotten Composers: An Evening of the Music of Arthur Farwell and York Bowen” will be in Swope Music Hall.Frederick White, SRU professor of English, who heads the University's Native-American programming, will read Native-American poetry.• The musical topic will be “Haydn to Higdon” when SRU's music department stages its annual concert to benefit the Dwight and Jeane Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund at 4 p.m. Sunday at Swope Music Hall. Performing will be the Slippery Rock Piano Trio. Oboist Renate Sakins, SRU music instructor, will be the guest artist.Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Call 724-738-2063.• SRU will be a host of the Manhattan Short Film Festival and will screen selected films Monday through Wednesday in the Smith Student Center Theater.Visit www.ManhattanShort.com.

The 21st annual Area Artists Exhibit continues through Oct. 6 in the Pew Fine Arts Center Gallery. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

The Celebrity Series hosts LeAnn Rimes at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in Orr Auditorium; tickets are $45 to $65.