• BC3's Performing Arts Series will host Ensemble Chaconne performing "The Music of Benjamin Franklin," music that underscored the life of one of our founding fathers, at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Succop Theater on campus. Call 724-284-8505.

• The spring musical at Grove City College is Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," playing at 7:30 p.m. through Saturday in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center.The play is directed by professor James Dixon and senior Monica Ammirati.Tickets are free and can be reserved by e-mailing theater tickets@gcc.edu or calling 724-458-3331.• Joy Electric, featuring Ronnie Martin, will perform pop music in concert at 8 p.m. tonight in Ketler Recreation Center. The band Polar Law will open the show.Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door at 7:45 p.m.

• The CMU Philharmonic will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. The concert will include Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and Beethoven's most popular "Symphony No. 5." Call 412-268-6929.

• The Geneva College Jazz Band will present its annual concert of big band music from the 1930s and 1940s, "In the Mood XI," at 8 p.m. April 8 in the John H. White Chapel, in Old Main on campus. Selections will include "American Patrol," "It's Only a Paper Moon," and "Red Bank Boogie."Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. Call 724-847-6660.

• Pitt's Kuntu Repertory Theatre presents "Steal Away," a folk tale about a group of upstanding Chicago women who resort to bizarre tactics to obtain money to send some young black women to college, through April 8 in the seventh floor auditorium of Pitt's Alumni Hall, 4227 Fifth Ave., Oakland.Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and at 4 p.m. Sundays. Matinees are scheduled for 1 p.m. April 4 and 11 a.m. April 9. Call 412-624-7298 for tickets.• The Pitt Department of Music is offering an Indonesian Dance Class from noon to 2 p.m. every Saturday through April 15 in Bellefield Hall, 315 S. Bellefield Ave. in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. A $5 donation per class is requested. Call 412-624-4184.

• The impact of the Iraq war and occupation on Pennsylvania is the focus of the exhibit "Eyes Wide Open Across Pennsylvania." The exhibit will be at La Roche's College Center Square, East Campus, 9000 Babcock Blvd. from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Admission is free. Call 412-536-1785.