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‘Peter Panic’ show opensBUTLER TWP — Sing Hosanna! will present “Peter Panic,” a comedy musical, Saturday and Sundayat the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College.In the show, the School Drama Club may be eliminated due to cutbacks, and the club decides to try to save the program by staging Peter Pan.Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for age 10 and younger and $15 for 11 and older. For more information, call 724-285-3653.
Car cruise next weekendCONNOQUENESSING TWP — The 22nd annual Cruise-A-Palooza will be 11 a.m. to dusk June 25 at the Butler Farm Show grounds, Route 68.Fifteen hundred cars, ranging from the early days of the automobile to the classics of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, all the way to the cars of the 1990s will be on display.Activities include music, entertainment, food, crafts, Toys For Tots collection, fire department demonstrations, and Pittsburgh Bomb Squad lectures.The rain date is noon to 7 p.m. June 26.
Phipps hosts garden concertPITTSBURGH — Jazz in the Garden performances by Butler native Pete Hewlett, the Benny Benack Big Band, and Lisa Bleil will be featured along with food and beverages from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park.
Cranberry has free eventsCRANBERRY TWP — Free summer entertainment is planned in Cranberry Township.Thursdays in the Park concerts begin at 7 p.m. on the lawn at the Community Park Rotary Amphitheater and will feature the country music of the Hobbs Sisters on July 14, Keystone State Musical Theater revue on July 21, Bon Journey tribute band on Aug. 4, Cranberry-based Phase IV Band on Aug. 11, and eclectic music with Lenny Smith & the Instant Gators on Aug. 18.Movies in the Park will include “Creed” on Tuesday and “Hotel Transylvania 2” on Aug. 16, both in the Community Park amphitheater.Friday Lunchtime Concerts in the Rotary Gazebo on the front lawn of the municipal center will begin at noon with RML jazz on July 29, Kardaz on Aug. 5, and Keystone State Musical Theater students on Aug. 12.For more information, call 724-776-4806.
Carnegie displays photosPITTSBURGH — Carnegie Museum of Natural History will open the traveling exhibition “50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic” on Saturday.The museum at 4400 Forbes Ave. is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through Saturdays with hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $19.95 for adults, $14.95 for senior citizens, and $11.95 for children 3 to 18.
