Weekend calendar
local Area 51, a local band playing new and classic rock, will appear at the Uniontown Holiday Inn from 9:30 p.m. Saturday to 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Band members are Jerry Onesi of Uniontown on bass guitar and vocals, Bob Mascia of Uniontown on drums and vocals, John Newman of Cumberland, Md., on guitar and Rodney Spiker of Salisbury on keyboards.
The Povertyneck Hillbillies will play country music from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Brownfield Community Center, 291 Banning Road, Dawson.
3 Thirty 3 will perform a concert at 8 p.m. today at GIG Coffee House on Route 857 South near Fairchance. For more information about the concert, call 724-564-1516.An Art Show and Benefit Luncheon will be held at Caileigh’s Restaurant in Uniontown from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Featured at the benefit will be a strolling luncheon buffet with art shows on the oil and mixed media works of award-winning artist and Mon-Valley native Beverly Niccolai in addition to other local artists. Benefits from the show will go toward research for Lou Gehrig’s disease. For additional information about the art snow and benefit, contact Caileigh’s at 724-437-9463.The Kalivoda Competitive Dance Team will sponsor a bingo featuring Longaberger products. The bingo will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the All Saints Social Hall in Masontown. Tickets are available. For more information, call 724-583-1337.
An oldies dinner dance with D.J. Jeff Allen will be held Saturday in the ballroom at Becker’s Shadyside Restaurant, 998 N. Gallatin Ave., Uniontown. An all-you-can-eat buffet will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by dancing until 11:30 p.m. Reservations are necessary. For more information, contact Becker’s Shadyside at 724-438-0931.
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Elton Martin, keyboardist and vocalist, will perform jazz and pop from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Heritage Room Restaurant at the Ramada Inn, which is located in Morgantown, W.Va.
Chinese pianist Yin Cheng Zong’s visit to the St. Vincent College Concert stage will take place Saturday. The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in the Science Center Amphitheatre. To inquire about this concert or other future performances in the 30th season of the St. Vincent College Concert Series, contact the box office at 724-537-4565.
Yanni will present the new sound of classical music with his one-of-a-kind orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena. Yanni will perform his greatest compositions and new music from his latest album “Ethnicity.” To purchase tickets, call 412-323-1919.
Sagebrush Round-Up, which is located six miles east of Interstate 79 at Exit 139 on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va., will feature Bill Murray & Friends, Granny Blosser, Brettney Palmer, Ray Hileman & Wheels of Country and Keith Long.
The house band Stagecoach will also perform. Country music starts at 6 p.m. with the open stage. Stagecoach backs single acts and new talent. The scheduled portion of the show starts at 7 p.m. and lasts until 11 p.m.
For more information, call 304-292-5854 or 304-363-4864.Three Rivers Quilters present their Three Rivers Quilt Festival featuring sampler quilts today through Sunday at the Castle Shannon Fire Hall.
The deadline for quilt entries has passed.
For more information, contact Linda J. Knorr at 412-884-4000.
The Pittsburgh Arts & Crafts Spring Fever Festival will be held today through Sunday at the New Expo Center, which is located behind the Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call Family Festivals Association at 724-863-4577 for more information about the festival and admission charges to the event.