[naviga:h3]Butler County Community College[/naviga:h3]

The Performing Arts Series at BC3 promises a “brasstacular” evening of music Friday with the River City Brass Band Octet performing at 8 p.m. in the Succop Theater.

Tickets are $20 for reserved seating, $18 for senior citizens age 65 and older, and $10 for students.

Visit bc3.edu/theater or call 724-284-8505. Tickets also will be available at the door.

[naviga:h3]Slippery Rock University[/naviga:h3]

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be staged by SRU theatre students in the University Union on campus at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and March 3 to 5 and at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for SRU students with ID. Tickets are available at www.sru.edu/tickets or at the Robert M. Smith Student Center Information Desk.

Due to adult language and subject matter, this production is recommended for mature audiences age 13 or older.

[naviga:h3]Grove City College[/naviga:h3]

The art exhibit “The Sound of Thinking” runs through March 20 in the Gallery of Pew Fine Arts Center on the campus.

Yixuan Pan, an artist from China who teaches at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, creates artwork based on ideas of language. Pan’s exhibition will feature sound, video and text.

Admission is free, and the gallery is open from 4 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays. There will be a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. March 11.