[naviga:h3]Pioneer Players present ‘Facade’[/naviga:h3]

The Pioneer Players at Butler County Community College will stage “Bleeding Façade,” an original play written by BC3 student Gabrielle Barton, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday in the Succop Theater on campus.

The play is a murder mystery and features a cast of 10 BC3 students. Directed by the author and Pioneer Players co-adviser Mike Beck, the two-act play offers interesting twists and turns before it arrives at the final whodunit.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and are available by calling 724-284-8505 or by visiting www.bc3.edu/succop-theater.

Tickets will also be available at the door.

[naviga:h3]House tour, concert Dec. 1[/naviga:h3]

The Butler County Symphony will have both its annual Holiday Tour of Homes and the Holiday Traditions concert on Dec. 1.

The 29th annual tour includes First English Lutheran Church and five homes.

The Holiday Traditions concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 in the Butler Intermediate High School auditorium.

For more information, call the symphony office at 724-283-1402 or email butlersymphony@zoominternet.net.

[naviga:h3]Hobnob plans new ‘Carol’[/naviga:h3]

Hobnob Theatre is changing up its usual offering of the traditional “A Christmas Carol.”

A Vaudeville Christmas Carol Extravaganza is part variety show, part carnival act, but all the favorite parts of “A Christmas Carol.”

Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15 with a matinee at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.

In this version, the miserly manager of the Lyric Vaudeville Theater in Butler is in dire straits when his scheduled performers are delayed due to railroad closures.

The replacement acts are plagued with misfortune and misdirection, so the theater manager’s underpaid assistant suggests that they produce “A Christmas Carol” in lieu of the missing acts.

Visit www.hobnobtheatre.com.

[naviga:h3]Artists plan show, sale[/naviga:h3]

The Associated Artists of Butler County group presents its annual Christmas Art Show & Sale from Dec. 5 to 29 at the Butler Art Center, 344 S. Main St.

The Art Center is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays, except holidays.

Admission is free. Call 724-283-6922 or visit ButlerArtCenter.org.