LYNDORA — The band Apples & Airplanes of Raleigh, N.C., featuring Jade Werth of Butler, will return to Butler for the first time since opening for Rusted Root last February.

This time Apples & Airplanes will headline the local cancer benefit, Kernerfest, on Saturday at the Lyndora Hotel.

Kernerfest is a day of food and music in honor of Sarah Marie Kerner, who died last year after a battle with cancer.

This is the second annual Kernerfest and all proceeds will go to the Mario Lemieux Foundation in Sarah's name.

There will be live music, a pig roast, door prizes, a 50/50 raffle, and a Chinese auction.

Entertainment will be provided by Tom Pappas, Sean Allen Huegel and Stephanie Franzen, Cities Under Cities and Hellacious Crileys, among others. The evening will end with Apples & Airplanes performing.

Cost is $10 and includes the pig roast and all day music.

BUTLER TWP — The Butler County Parks and Recreation Department will host free Outdoor Discovery programs Thursday nights at Alameda Park.All concerts begin at 7 p.m. There is no program scheduled for July 4.The schedule is:Playthings Etc. Thursday, June 13, Masonic Shelter.Alameda Park: Butler's Disneyland with Bill May, June 20, in the Carousel Shelter.Introduction to Geocaching, June 27, in the Carousel Shelter.That Guy with the Birds, July 11, in the Carousel Shelter.Let There Be Slime, July 18 in the Carousel Shelter.Wilderness Survival, July 25, in the Carousel Shelter.Things That Go Bump In The Night, Aug. 1, in the Carousel Shelter.Our Own Down Under — Pennsylvania Animals Underground, Aug. 8, in the Carousel Shelter.How Does Your Garden Grow?, Aug. 15, in the Carousel Shelter.Call 724-284-5383 for more information.

MILL RUN — Opera Theater of Pittsburgh will perform “Shining Brow,” the first opera to be performed at Fallingwater, June 7 and 8.Jonathan Eaton will direct a cast of five in this American opera about Frank Lloyd Wright.Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. with audience members invited to a reception at 6:30 p.m.For information or to purchase performance and bus tickets, visit otsummerfest.org or call the box office at 412-326-9687.

PITTSBURGH — The 54th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival will run June 7 to 16 in downtown Pittsburgh.The festival is free and offers attractions from Point State Park through Gateway Center and into the Cultural District.For a full listing of events, visit 3RiversArtsFest.org or call 412-456-6666.