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SAXONBURG — The Historic Saxonburg Car Cruise will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, with Main Street closed to through traffic from Rebecca to Pittsburgh streets.
Vintage cars, musical entertainment and free dash plaques to the first 160 cars are planned.
Additional cruises are scheduled for Aug. 28 and Sept. 25.
The event is hosted by John Roebling's Historic Saxonburg Society and the Blast from the Past Cruisers.
For information, call 724-816-2599 or visit www.blastfromthepastcruisers.com.
EAST BRADY — East Brady Riverfest kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Friday with the annual firemen's parade.Other activities over the three-day festival will include amusement rides, firemen's water battle, pageants, a ventriloquist show, music, pet parade, car cruise and fireworks.Events are at Graham Field, Verner Street.Call 724-526-5174 or 724-841-6218.
CABOT — Concordia Lutheran Ministries hosts its 131st summer festival from noon to 6 p.m. July 29 in the Lund Care Center backyard on the campus at 134 Marwood Road.The event, which is free and open to the public, will have a doo-wop theme, with a classic car cruise, DJ Charlie Apple, “Elvis” and Concordia's in-house band.Children can enter a fishing derby and participate in games and crafts.For information, call 724-352-1571, Ext. 8266, or visit www.concordialm.org.
PITTSBURGH — Quantum Theatre will stage “The Golden Dragon” Aug. 2 to 26 at Lake Carnegie on Lake Drive in Highland Park. Quantum is known for staging show at sites around Pittsburgh that aren't theaters.Five actors play many characters — 15 in all — whose lives are connected through an Asian restaurant and the apartment building over it.Tickets are $35 to $48 with limited number of $18 student tickets available.Call 888-718-4253 or www.quantumtheatre.com.
PITTSBURGH — “Whistler & Rebellion in the Art World” opens Aug. 4 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave.This exhibition showcases a large collection of works by historic printmaker James Abbot McNeill Whistler.For information, call 412-622-3131 or visit www.cmoa.org.
MOON TWP — Robert Morris University presents “Broadway Through the Gardens” consisting of two shows in Massey Hall.The shows will be “The Fantasticks” at 8 p.m. today and Friday and at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and “Music Man” at 8 p.m. Wednesday through July 28 and at 2 p.m. July 29.For tickets, which are $10, call 412-397-5454.
