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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Footloose
The story of Ren McCormick, raised in Chicago, who moves to a small town that has banned dancing.
03/18/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
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Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Denis Colwell, conductor.
03/18/2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall
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The Analytical Eye: Photographs by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Silver Eye pays tribute to Aaronel deRoy Gruber, one of Pittsburgh's most prolific artists, with this retrospective exhibition featuring over 50 photographs. Gruber, who recently turned 90, is still actively creating fine art photography. Her inspiring images that range from picturesque panoramas of landscapes to industrial views of steel mills can be found in museum and corporate art collections throughout the country.
03/18/2009 - 06/27/2009
1015 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA
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New Works Gallery: Julia Staples and Ryan Zoghlin
The New Works Gallery is a space for Silver Eye members to exhibit their recent work, rotating each month. The two-person exhibition is dedicated to keeping members and visitors informed of contemporary trends in the field. Julia Staples, of Philadelphia, PA will present her exhibition “Free Market Iceland,” and Chicago, IL native, Ryan Zoghlin will present his exhibition “NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard).
03/18/2009 - 04/18/2009
1015 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA
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The Legendary Bernadette Peters
An unprecedented force on stage, screen and TV, the incomparable Bernadette Peters continues to astound audiences with her commanding voice and versatility. A Golden Globe winner in "Pennies from Heaven," and Tony winner in "Annie Get Your Gun," and as Mama Rose in "Gypsy," Ms. Peters has dazzled audiences in "Sunday in the Park with George," "On the Town," and "The Goodbye Girl."
03/19/2009 - 03/22/2009
601 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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American Rhythms
Derek Deane's "Anything Goes" recalls Hollywood glamour of the '30s and '40s to music of Cole Porter. PBT rocks to the music of Bruce Sprinsteen in Mat Mrozewski's "Straight Life," and in a world premiere to Doo Wop hits performed live by The Drifters and Pure Gold.
03/19/2009 - 03/22/2009
Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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French Delights & Beethoven Bliss
Enjoy French music by Honegger and Milhaud in two delighful and rarely heard works. Evan Premo presents a world premiere featuring bass and violin with chamber orchestra. Beethoven's spirited Oboe Concerto and lively Symphony No. 2 will bring the concert to a rousing finale!
03/19/2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Carnegie Music Hall
A Tree Grows Strong
Parental Stress Center's Youth Performing Arts Collective (YPAC) presents “A Tree Grows Strong,” a play by Pittsburgh playwright Bob Gorczyca. The production takes a first hand look at the life of mothers told from their own experiences. Gorczyca gives candid soul stirring accounts of maternal relationships between mothers and their daughters. The examination of female bonds, from conception through their evolution, bring tribute to the lives of our grandmothers and the sacrifices they endured to hold the black family together.
03/19/2009 - 03/21/2009
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
Featuring music inspired by French culture, this program includes Ravel's Piano Concerto in G and Gershwin's An American in Paris.
03/20/2009 - 03/21/2009
Time: 7:00 pm
03/20 - 7:00 pm
03/21 - 7:00 pm
Location: various
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Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Proceeds benefit the Blackington Endowment
03/21/2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA
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