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Symphony has ‘Romantics’The Butler County Symphony Orchestra presents “Great Romantics” with violinist Tanya Satteson at 7:30 p.m. Saturdayat the Butler Intermediate High School auditorium.Tickets are $20.50 for adults and $5.50 for students. For information, call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.
Dance majors to performBUTLER TWP — Slippery Rock University dance majors will present Dance Theatre Winter Concerts “In Our Element” at 2 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for senior citizens, youths and SRU students. Tickets are available at the Smith Center information Desk, online at www.sru.edu/offices/student-center-and-conference-services/tickets, and at the Succop Theater box office one hour before performances.
Winterfest almost hereMUDDY CREEK TWP — Moraine State Park will host the seventh annual Winterfest from 11 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the South Shore’s Pleasant Valley area.Activities include a chili cook-off, 5K run/walk, ice carving, horse-drawn wagon rides, dog sleds, music, a snowshoe workshop, chainsaw carving, a hike, cross-country skiing, crafts and food. For information, visit www.morainepreservationfund.org.
Center will host student artworkTwo upcoming exhibits at The Butler Art Center, 344 S. Main St., will feature students work.The All Butler County Elementary Art Show is planned for Feb. 22 to March 4, with a reception on Feb. 24.The All Butler County Middle School and High School show is scheduled for March 15 to 25, with a reception on March 17.More information is available by calling 724-283-6922 or visiting ButlerArtCenter.org.
Carved in Ice festival nearsThe Butler A.M. Rotary’s second annual Carved in Ice, an ice festival and chili cook-off, will be 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 11.The carvings will be in Diamond Park, and the cook-off will be at The Butler Art Center.There also will be wine and beer tastings, food trucks and entertainment. Admission is free.
Professor gives jazz programADAMS TWP — Glenn Utsch, a professor of piano at Slippery Rock University, will present “From Jass to Jazz: The Beginnings” at a gathering of the Opus I Music Society Feb. 13.The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. at LifePointe (formerly Mars) Alliance Church, 997 Route 228.Refreshments and networking begin at 9:30 a.m. in the music room.
