Future events
local The State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown will present “Urban Cowboy: The Musical” on Jan. 28. Based on the Paramount Picture starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, it is the story of Bud, a new breed of cowboy, who’s turning heads and looking for love in the biggest honky-tonk in the world. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the State Theatre box office at 724-439-1360 or toll free at 800-397-2554.
“Tap City – On Tour” will be presented at 8 p.m. March 10 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. It is sponsored in part by The Producers Unit. “Tony Waag’s Tap City” showcases the best of the New York City Tap Festival, founded in 2001 by Waag and the late Gregory Hines and produced by the American Tap Dance Foundation. The show features an international cast of legendary tap veterans, cutting-edge ensembles and up-and-coming hoofers backed by a live jazz combo. Tickets are available by calling the State Theatre box office at 724-439-1360 or toll free at 800-397-2554.
“Lost In Yonkers” will be performed at 8 p.m. March 31 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. The show is sponsored by Wolford and Lenore Swimmer and Josh and Maria Swimmer. “Lost in Yonkers” is Neil Simon’s touching story – and Pulitzer Prize-winning play – of an eccentric New York family in crisis in the summer of 1942. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the State Theatre box office at 724-439-1360.
Actors and Artists of Fayette County announced the cast of “Disney’s High School Musical” that will be presented at the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale Feb. 1-4. Show times are 8:15 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or reserved by calling 724-887-0887.The Greater Uniontown Children’s Choir will hold rehearsals from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Third Presbyterian Church, 425 Union St., Uniontown. Rehearsals will continue through May. The choir has performed at the state Capitol in Harrisburg and the Maryland Children’s Choir Festival. In addition to the annual concert, the choir performs for annual holiday events at Nemacolin Woodlands, Nemacolin Castle, Christian Klay Winery and private parties. The choir is open to children who like to sing from the Fayette/Greene County area in grades four through senior high. Boys must have unchanged voices. For more information, call 724-938-1348.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra will play at 7 p.m. May 19 at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. The event is sponsored in part by National City Bank. Back at the theater by popular demand, the legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all the dance bandleaders back in the swing era of the 1930s and ’40s. Under the direction of Larry O’Brien, the 19-member band continues to play many of the original arrangements that have been delighting Miller fans for decades. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the State Theatre box office at 724-439-1360.A four-week painting class in oils, acrylics and watercolor will be held at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. There is a cost for the course. The class is designed for all levels from beginners to experienced artists. The class will be small. For more information, call Patrick Daugherty at 724-245-6120. To register, call 724-430-4211.64 Crayons at Jozart Studios, 333 Second St., California, invites local writers to submit short plays, from eight to 15 minutes running time, for possible production as part of the 2007 season at California Community Theatre. The plays will be read and judged by members of the 64 Crayons Writing Workshop. Final decision on production rests with the CCT Board of Directors. Manuscripts will be accepted from now through Tuesday. No more than two plays will be considered per playwright. A modest readers’ fee of $5 for one play or $8 for two will be charged, but playwrights will receive a share of the performance proceeds for any play produced by CCT. The fee will be waived if the author joins the Writers’ Workshop and participates in the production process. For more information, call Dr. Fred Lapisardi at 724-938-9730 or e-mail him at 64crayons@jozartstudios.com.
St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, 185 E. Main St., Uniontown, will hold a Dinner Dance with “Ethnic Wedding Theme” in the church social hall on Saturday, Jan. 27. The evening will include dinner (ethnic wedding-type food) and entertainment by the Dynasonics, featuring polkas, cardas and dance music. There also will be a mock bridal dance and much more. A full night of entertainment will be provided. The doors will open at 5 p.m. followed by dinner at 5:30 p.m. Music and dancing will be offered from 7 to 11 p.m. There is an admission charge. Reserved seating is available for groups of eight or more. Advance tickets may be purchased by contacting the church office. For ticket information, call 724-438-6027 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 724-437-7033 in the evenings. The proceeds will benefit St. John’s Renovation Fund.
West Overton Museums in Scottdale announces the beginning of the 2007 winter Parlor Talk lecture series. The four presentations will be held in the distillery theater at 2 p.m. Sundays. Are experts will present a wide variety of historical subjects. The first lecture on Jan. 21 will be on “The Battleground of the French and Indian War: 1975-1763: with Dr. Frank Cassell, president of the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg campus. For complete series information, call 724-887-7910 or send an e-mail to director@westoverton.org. West Overton Museums is located on Route 819 between Scottdale and Mount Pleasant.
Ballet Lafayette Ballroom will offer ballroom dance lessons. Participants can learn the English waltz, salsa and more. Call 724-437-8653 for schedule and cost of lessons.
St. Therese Church Cookbook with familiar and traditional recipes “like Grandma used to make” is available for sale. To place an order or for more information, call St. Therese Faith Formation Center at 724-437-1957 or Linda at 724-439-4036.
Classes are being held at The Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale for those interested in performance-related topics. Some of the courses offered include acting, vocals, songwriting, guitar and set design. The six-week courses are arranged by age from 8 to adult. The instructors include Josh Garsteck and Matt Starry. For information, call 724-887-0887 or stop by The Geyer Performing Arts Center at 111 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale.
Geezers’ Book Shop, now operating as 64 Crayons at Jozart’s Studios, has resumed Tuesday writing workshops from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at 333 Second St., California, located above the Dollar General store. Instead of concentrating on a single genre as in past years, the current group agreed that fiction, creative, non-fiction, poetry, plays, film scripts and songs may be presented for discussion. There is no charge for these sessions. For more information, call 724-938-9730 or e-mail 64crayons-@jozartstudios.com.
A cookbook with a forward by award-winning chef Joe Carei of Caileigh’s Restaurant in Uniontown is available at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. The cookbook is full of recipes and historic photographs of “The Grand Old Lady of Main Street.”
They are available in the theater box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and at all performances. Call 724-439-1360 to place a mail order. There is a cost for the cookbooks.
The Friends of the Uniontown Public Library are selling New Geneva Stoneware as a fund-raiser.
The three styles offered, each inscribed “Fayette County,” are a mini jug, a mini crock and a pencil jar and are available in the Pennsylvania Room on the second floor of the library. The Friends also are selling hoagie tickets, which can be purchased at the first floor circulation desk.
All funds raised directly will benefit the Uniontown Public Library.
The “Carpathian Cookery” cookbook, now in its 12th printing, having sold more than 10,000, is again available for sale. The 330-page cookbook now has a new look and features a protective plastic cover and includes sections on Christmas customs and recipes, Easter customs and recipes, traditional Rusyn foods, other ethnic dishes and many other recipes of St. John’s parishioners. Many paska and kolachi recipes, as well as meatless dishes and Lenten recipes, suitable for the great fast as well as the pre-Christmas fast.
There is a cost for the cookbook. For more information, call 724-438-6027.
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Associated Artists of Pittsburgh’s 96th annual exhibition will continue through Jan. 15 at the Carnegie Museum of Art. For information, visit the Web site at www.aapgh.org or the Carnegie museum of Art’s Web site at www.cmoa.org.”The Monongahela Railway, Its History and Operation, 1903-1993,” a 212-page book with more than 300 black and white pictures and 24 maps of the system, is available at Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, 325 Market St., Fayette Chamber of Commerce, Uniontown Library, Flatiron Building, Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville, New Salem and Fairchance pharmacies and Hobbies & Stuff in Connellsville.
Flenniken Public Library, 102 E. George St., Carmichaels, will offer preschool story hour every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The library also will offer after-school tutoring for students in kindergarten through high school. A state-certified teacher runs the program. Sessions are customized to fit each child’s learning style. For more information, call 724-966-5263.
The California Area Public Library will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon to 4 p.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
Story hour for preschool children will be held at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday. Visit the library’s Web site at www.calpublib.org, and click on the “story hour” link for more information or call the library at 724-938-2907.
Hoedown round and square dancing, slow dancing, polkas, line dancing and clogging will be held on the following dates: 7 to 10 p.m. today at Waynesburg Moose in Waynesburg; 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Alwine Civic Center on old Route 66 about two miles north of Greensburg; and 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at the Haydentown Community Center in Haydentown. Dave Dahl will provide music and figure calling.