Cranberry Days comingCRANBERRY TWP — The township’s free Community Days celebration today through Saturday in Cranberry Township Community Park on Route 19 will include a car cruise, children’s activities, a carnival with games and rides, and live music and theater performances.The festivities on Saturday will conclude with fireworks at 9:30 p.m.Visit www.ctcchest.org for more information.

Monster Bash this weekendMARSHALL TWP, Allegheny County — Monster Bash will be Friday through Sunday at the Doubletree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Cranberry.Celebrities, feature films and vendors are planned.Show hours are Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.; on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.; and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Admission is $20 a day or $50 for the three-day weekend. Visit www.monsterbash.us.

Theater fest opens seasonALLEGHENY TWP, Westmoreland County — Freeport Theatre Festival opens its 27th summer season with “Massey Harbison,” a historical drama written and directed by Rennick Steele, running Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Friday to July 24. All shows start at 7 p.m.Tickets are $15 and less for senior citizens, military members and students.For more information, call 724-295-1934 or visit freeporttheatrefestival.org.The theater is on the Steele Farm, 2498 White Cloud Road, two miles south of Freeport off Route 356.

Clarion parade offers ticketsTickets for the Clarion Hospital “Tournament of Leaves Parade” will be available starting Monday.The parade will begin at noon Oct. 1. Reserved parade seats are $9.The 63rd Autumn Leaf Festival in Clarion County will be Sept. 24 to Oct. 2.For more information, call 814-226-9161 or send e-mail to info@clarionpa.com.

Park site of RibFestCOWANSVILLE — RibFest will be July 29 to 31 at Paradise Park.Live music, food and children’s activities are planned. Admission is $5; children younger than 12 are admitted free.For more information, visit paradiseparkpa.com or call 724-545-1540.

Callery hosts cars and starCALLERY — Food, games, old cars and a performance by an “American Idol” competitor Isaac Cole of Emlenton will be part of the inaugural Callery Community Days.The event will be from 2 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in front of the Callery Volunteer Fire Department.

The prairie is celebratedBRADY TWP — The Jennings Environmental Education Center celebrates the blazing star prairie through its “Celebrate the Bloom!” event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 16.The festival has free activities for all ages, including prairie tours, music, artisans, demonstrations and local food.For information visit celebratethebloom.wordpress.com, or call 724-794-6011.

Pianist plays at FoxburgFOXBURG — Alec Chien, noted Steinway artist and international competition winner, will perform piano classics at 2 p.m. July 17 at Lincoln Hall.His program will feature major works for the piano and the audience will be invited to additional opportunities including a photography exhibit and an exhibits opening, featuring artists Donna Edmonds and Angela Taylor Hardwick.

Music, aerial feats at SRUSLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University’s Performing Arts Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the University Union with the Women of the World a cappella group, performing folk and traditional music in 29 different languages.The series will continue through the end of March with a variety of musical performances and a showing of acrobatics by the group, Gravity and Other Myths, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3.Visit rockalumnicafe.com/performingarts or call 724-738-2018.

Art center has summer campThe Butler Art Center will begin its summer camp next week from Monday to Thursday and will continue through August.The camps feature painting, T-shirt making and other artistic projects. The camps run from 9 a.m. to noon and are for students ages 5 to 12 at a cost of $60 per week with discounts for multiple children.The Art Center at 344 S. Main St. is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.Registration can be completed by e-mail at artcenter.education@gmail.com or by phone at 724-283-6922.

City conducts cultural crawlPITTSBURGH — The Gallery Crawl in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. The event features art, live music, comedy and dance performances, and will be available at more than 25 locations.