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Sing Hosanna! presents “Robin Hood” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for age 10 and younger and are available at May's Music Shoppe, 247 E. Jefferson St.,
Call 724-287-8362.
EVANS CITY — Providence Plantation, an 18th-century living history interpretation, period music and tour, will host activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 6 at the site at 300 Textor Hill Road.The cost is $5 those age 12 and older and free for those younger than 12.For more information, call 724-538-8818 or visit providenceplantationpa.org.
CENTER TWP — A car cruise with The Rodfathers will begin at noon Saturday at Mazzanti's Beans and Cream, corner of Mercer Road and Route 8.Dash plaques, music, food, prizes and a cornhole tournament are planned.Proceeds will go to the fund for the purchase of a stained-glass window at First United Methodist Church's Crossfire site.
Three Butler County artists have had their work accepted in the ArtPrize contest, which offers prizes totaling more than $500,000.Tom Panei, Bill Secunda and Dennis Keyes will be participating in the contest Sept. 18 to Oct. 6 in Michigan.The contest has 1524 entries spread over 169 venues in 3 square miles.Panei and Secunda have put together a bus trip to see their work at the exhibit Sept. 20 to 22. The deposit due date has been extended to July 10. For information, call 724-287-3222, Ext. 201.
FRAZER TWP, Allegheny County — Views of our sister planet, Venus, the craters of the moon and the Milky Way galaxy's finest clusters and nebulae will be part of the show during Star Parties, sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh, at 8:50 p.m. July 12 and 13 at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park, near the village of Russellton.The Star Parties will be held weather permitting. Call 724-224-2510 for more information.
ALLISON PARK — Trombone Sunday will be held July 28 at Memorial Park Church, 8800 Peebles Road.The Pittsburgh Trombone Project with Kevin McManus, Peter Howell, Bob Matchett and Chris Carson will lead the group. Area trombonists are invited to participate.The repertoire ranges from great classics to hymns, to accompanying the choir and playing together with the organ.Rehearsal will be July 18 at the church, and the performance is July 28.For more information call 412-364-9492, Ext. 118.
