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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, October 26, 2012
Giselle
The PBT Orchestra plays Adolphe Adam's score. The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle, who is betrayed by her lover and dies of a broken heart. Giselle rises from the dead for vengeance, but in the end protects her sorrowful lover from the deadly Willis – evil spirits who haunt the forest in the night.
10/26/2012 - 10/28/2012
Location: BBenedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Pittsburgh Philharmonic - Once Upon a Dream
Bring your little princess dressed in her best princess attire to hear orchestral music for all your favorite princesses including Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Ravel's Beauty and the Beast, and other fairy-tale classics. Don't miss a visit by Ariel and Pocahontas to sing for you.
10/26/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Butler, PA
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Once Upon a Dream
The Pgh. Philharmonic's Storybook Season begins with a narrated concert featuring Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, selections from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, and selections from Disney favorites such as The Little Mermaid and Pocahontas sung by Butler's own Becki Toth. Kids are invited to dress up as their favorite prince or princess. Edward Leonard conducts.
10/26/2012 - 10/27/2012
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Fri. at Succop Theater; Sat. at Shaler Elementary School
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5k Run & Fun Walk
Persad Center, the regions only counseling center specifically created to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, will hold its first ever 5k Run & Fun Walk. Proceeds will let Persad continue protecting LGBT youth from bullying, discrimination, and abuse; providing counseling and creating safe & welcoming spaces for LGBT youth and their peers; and, working to bring homeless teens off the streets and of danger.
10/26/2012
Time: 9:00 am
Location: North Park Boat House, Allison Park, PA
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Halloween Family Concert
Join the JSO for some spooky fun. Kids, wear your costumes for a chance at the best costume prizes.
10/27/2012
Time: 2:00 pm
Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, 450 Schoolhouse Rd., Johnstown, PA
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Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After
This major mid-career retrospective of paintings, photographs and sculpture by New York artist Deborah Kass features approximately 75 works, showcasing Kass' achievements over the course three decades including her recent series, "feel good paintings for feel bad times." Using nostalgia in a new way, these works incorporate lyrics borrowed from The Great American Songbook and some of the greatest hits of post war American painting.
10/27/2012 - 01/06/2013
117 Sandusky St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Halloween Mayhem Familytime
Mr. McFeely -- "Speedy Delivery" from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood -- will come to lead the costume parade, pose for photos, and autograph pictures at this free event.
10/27/2012
Time: 10am-2pm
Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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The Nordic Sound: Music by Sibelius, Nielsen, et. al.
Chatham's Faculty/ Guest Artist Recital series presents violinist Roger Zahab and pianist Walter Morales in works by Scandinavian composers in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's "Year of Europe: Scandinavia."
10/28/2012
Time: 3:00 pm
Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Piano Recital
Pianist Maciej Grzybowski plays Chopin and more.
10/28/2012
Time: 5pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland
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Kenneth Burky, piano
Pianist Kenneth Burky plays solo works: Haydn's Sonata #50in C major, Brahms's 3 Intermezzi, Op.117; and Debussy's Images, Book 1. He'll also be joined by his former student, Anoush Tchakarian in Russian music: Stravinsky's Sonata for 2 pianos (Pgh. Premiere); Khachaturian's Suite for 2 Pianos (US premiere); and the Armenian Rhapsody for 2 pianos by Arutiunian and Babadjanian.
10/28/2012
Time: 3:00 pm
PNC Recital Hall, School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
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