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music
The gospel group The Ball Brothers will perform at Franklin United Methodist Church in Dunbar at 6 p.m. on April 30. Admission is free. For more information, call 724-322-2398 or visit www.theballbrothers.com.
Dave Dahl will perform at the Haydentown Community Center at 7 p.m. on April 29.
Brass Knuckles will perform at dinner/dance of The Jefferson Catholic Club of St. John the Evangelist Church, Uniontown, on May 14. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and there is a fee. The theme is “Let Freedom Swing.” For more information or tickets, call 724-437-3533 or 724-437-1083.
art
The Uniontown Art Club will hold its fourth Regional Juried Members Fine Art And Craft Exhibition And Sale at the Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington from May 7 to May 22. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. May 7. For more information, go online to www.uniontownartclub.weebly.com; call 724-970-2482; or e-mail beckydavidkeck@gmail.com.
“Arts at the Lardin House Inn” will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 16. The event will be free to the public and held at the Lardin House campus, 1892 McClellandtown Road in Masontown. Interested artists may find information, application and more at www.artsatthelardinhouse.org. For additional information, call Judy Vrabel 724-438-5904 or Bernard Yantko 724-439-8832.
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“Rock’n Randy,” a comedian from New York, will perform a dinner show at the Ohiopyle Community Center at 6 p.m. April 23. There is a cost for the event. For more information, call 724-329-4404.
Market Street Academy and Performing Arts Center in Brownsville will hold a writing contest in conjunction with the May 20 – 22 Market Street Arts Festival. Submissions will be accepted in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction in four age categories: 6 through 10, 11 through 14, 15 through 18, and 19 through 90. Writers may submit their works between now and May 2. These contests are open to the general public, and there are no entrance fees.For entry forms with a full set of contest rules, email MarketStArts@gmail.com. For more information about the Market Street Academy, go online to marketstreetarts.wordpress.com.
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music
The Decemberists will return to Pittsburgh Thursday for a performance at the Benedum Center in the Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District, presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 91.3fm WYEP and Three Rivers Arts Festival, through the CD Live! Concert series. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the box office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., by going online to pgharts.org or by calling 412-456-6666.
Cee Lo Green and rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars will perform at the WVU Coliseum with special guest CB7 on at 7:30 p.m. April 26. Tickets may be purchased at the Mountainlair Box Office, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 304-293-SHOW and 800-745-3000.
The 8th annual Streets of Gold “LIVE”, presented by Joe Chioda, will be held April 30 at Hidden Valley Resort in Somerset. Appearing at the three events will be Valor III, Sonshiners Quartet, Right Spirit, CrossOver, Shining Grace, Amy Chioda, and SonShip Quartet. Master of Ceremonies for all events is Jeff Rowland of Valor III. The event begins at 11 a.m. and runs through 11 p.m. There is a cost for the events. For directions, questions, or more information, contact Joe Chioda at 412-372-0110.
Grammy Award-winner Michael Bublé is coming to CONSOL Energy Center for one night only on June 10.
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art
All artists who reside in Greene County may enter the juried art exhibit and sale, “Spring Beauty 2,” to be held at the Greene County Historical Society Museum from May 1 to May 20. The deadline for registering work is April 9. For a prospectus, visit the museum, or e-mail Carol Randolph at mystudior@windstream.net or call 724-852-6363.
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Dr. Maya Angelou, one of the greatest voices of contemporary literature, continually shatters the prisms of race and class with her groundbreaking works of poetry and nonfiction. This incredibly renowned living legend will be welcomed to the WVU Creative Arts Center on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center Box Offices, ticketmaster.com and by phone at 304-293-SHOW.
Historic Hanna’s Town near Greensburg will open to the public for the 2011 season on April 30. The site is open weekends through May: Saturdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sundays 1 – 4 p.m. Historic Hanna’s Town resumes the regular summer schedule on June 1. Visit www.westmorelandhistory.org or call 724-532-1935.
The Nathanael Greene Historical Foundation is planning a three-day trip to New York City on May 13-15. The group will stay at the Sheraton Manhattan in Time Square and tickets are reserved for the 2009 Tony Award-winning musical “Memphis” for Saturday afternoon. Show tickets are optional. You will have free time to shop and visit the city. Pick-up will be Greensboro, Carmichaels and Waynesburg starting at 6:30 a.m. For more information, contact Mary Shine at 724-943-4462 or e-mail shine201027-@yahoo.com.
Send entertainment items to Brandon Szuminsky at bszuminsky@heraldstandard.com. or hsweekendscene@heraldstandard.com.