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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Crucible
The hysteria and intolerance of the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s provide the setting for this Arthur Miller classic. When a mysterious illness affects a teenage girl, the family looks for someone or something to blame. Suggestions of witchcraft made by the jealous, conniving Abigail Williams throws this town into a frenzy of accusations. A rich allegory of the McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s, The Crucible won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1953.
12/06/2012 - 12/16/2012
Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
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Music 101: Michael Lipman, PSO Cellist
In a lecture/performance entitled, "Old Cello, New Cello," Michael Lipman will tell the stories of his two remarkably different instruments.
12/06/2012
Time: 12:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Almost, Maine
The Gateway H.S. Drama Club stages "Almost, Maine," by John Cariani, directed by Larry F. Cervi and produced by Drama Club sponsor Bob Read. On a moonless midwinter night, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways.
12/06/2012 - 12/08/2012
12/06 - 7:30 pm
12/07 - 7:30 pm
12/08 - 2:00 pm
Location: Gateway H. S., 3000 Gateway Campus Blvd., Monroeville, PA
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
The much renowned and recorded Pittsburgh Symphony Brass ensemble performs a concert of Christmas music in a small 1882 Gothic church built by the Fox family. The concert is presented by the Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts. Tickets at 412-867-1816. (Adult: $25, Student: $1.) A post-concert reception follows at The Red Brick Gallery.
12/06/2012
Location: Memorial Church of Our Father, Foxburg, PA
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The Nutcracker
The adventures of Marie and her Nutcracker Prince unfold in Terrence Orr’s staging with a grand–scale production set in 1912 Pittsburgh, featuring dazzling costumes, a larger-than-life Christmas tree, more than 80 dancers, and Tchaikovsky's timeless music.
12/07/2012 - 12/30/2012
Location: Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Haydn & Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony
Leonard Slatkin conducts the PSO premiere of the charming Symphony #68 by Franz Joseph Haydn. Then hear the world premiere of Composer of the year Mason Bates' Violin Concerto featuring Anne Akiko Meyers, and Saint-Saëns' popular Third Symphony, featuring the organ, wdedicated to the composer's friend, Franz Liszt.
12/07/2012 - 12/09/2012
12/07 - 8:00 pm
12/09 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Winter Dreams
Celebrate the holiday season with Tchaikovsky's Symphony #1 ("Winter Dreams") and Nutcracker Suite, along with Christmas medleys and a holiday sing-along -- Friday, Dec. 7, 8pm, Butler County Community College; Saturday, Dec. 8, 7pm, Shaler Area Elementary School.
12/07/2012 - 12/08/2012
Pittsburgh, PA
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Holiday Fairy Tales
Kick off the holiday season in style! Join Clara as she embarks on a magical adventure in a Suite from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Sing, dance, and dash through the snow with carols, Anderson's Sleighride, and other holiday favorites!
12/07/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Butler, PA
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The Light of Christmas
Music has the power to transform this bleakness — to lift us out of the cold and the dark, into the light of the Christmas season. Flutist Josie Kost and oboist Lenny Young will accompany the vocal ensemble, creating musical links between the choral selections. The program opens with "O Blessed Light" by Pittsburgh composer Robert Schultz.
12/07/2012 - 12/15/2012
12/07 - 8:00 pm
12/08 - 8:00 pm
12/15 - 8:00 pm
Location: various
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Chatham Choir Candlelight Concert
The Chatham Choir sings music for the holiday season by candlelight.
12/07/2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Campbell Memorial Chapel, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
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