Diversions from March 18, 2010

Ticketmaster events are sold at Macy’s and Giant Eagle, both Hermitage; ticketmaster.com; and at 330-747-1212.



Art

• Get in free to the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History between 3:30 and 8 p.m. Thursdays in March, thanks to the Buncher Family Foundation. Info: 412-622-3131 or www.cmoa.org or www.carnegiemnh.org

• The art gallery named 29 Logan Ave., Sharon, holds open houses from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. As part of its Sunday series, the gallery also features art doll-maker Tony Kropp at noon March 28. Info: 724-981-5652 or at 29loganave@gmail.com

• Uncover the color of the snow-laden landscape with a vibrant new exhibit of oils and pastels by Charles Basham through April 23 in Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle. Info: 724-652-2882.

• The Rising Galleries, 16792 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, proudly present “Crossroads,” an exhibition celebrating every corner of historic Crawford County, including never-seen-before artifacts. Opening gala from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday features music and refreshments. Info: 814-373-3022 or e-mail gnowack@windstream.net

• The Butler Institute of American Art features Stephen Althouse: Photographs, which piece together an autobiographical narrative and whose themes recur and crisscross throughout the images, through Sunday in the MacIntosh Gallery, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown.

• See the “Mosaic Masterpiece” featuring more than 80 artists from 18 to 88 who have donated the canvases that form the mosaic mural of the “Mona Lisa,” on display through Friday in Eastwood Mall, Niles, Ohio.

• The annual nature photography exhibit at Fellows Riverside Gardens in Youngstown is open through Sunday in Weller Gallery. Info: 330-740-7107.

• Two exhibits of photographs by award-winner Charlee Brodsky are on display through March 31 at the American Jewish Museum at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave. Free. Info: 412-521-8011, ext. 105, or www.jccpgh.org

• Thiel College presents “Schindler,” an art exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum that tells the story of the German-Catholic industrialist and rescuer of Jews, Oskar Schindler, who was the subject of the film “Schindler’s List.” The exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays through April 7 in the Langenheim Memorial Library on the campus in Greenville.

• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (pittsburgharts.org) and Society for Contemporary Craft (contemporarycraft.org) host Fiber International Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, April 16 to Aug. 22 with 84 artists from 14 countries. Fiberart Forum: A Dialogue with the Artists, is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 16. Info: fiberartinternational.org



Call for talent

• The Mercer Community Band, directed by Dr. Hendley D. Hoge, is looking for members for its 2010 concert series. The 90-piece band is in its 33rd year and plays Friday evening summer concerts on the courthouse square in Mercer, practicing for 2èhours the evening prior to each concert. Mature musicians in the areas of woodwinds and brass are being sought and should contact Hoge at 724-699-9124



Classical

• The boys are back, with Phil Keaggy, Daniel Pecchio and John Sferra of “Glass Harp” playing at 8 p.m. March 27 and 3:30 p.m. March 28 in Ford Family Recital Hall. Tickets: 330-744-0264, info: www.youngstownsymphony.com

• The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will premiere a new composition with string trio Time For Three at 8 p.m. Saturday in Edward W. Powers Auditorium. Tickets: 330-744-0264 Info: www.youngstownsymphony.com



Community concerts

• The Northwest Pennsylvania GBS Rally hosts the Symphonic Wind & String Ensemble at 7 p.m. March 26 in Lakeview High School, Stoneboro. Info: 724-475-3448

• The Keelings will play a night of praise and worship for a food drive that will benefit the Lakeview Area Helping Hands at 7 p.m. March 27 in Emmanuel Christian Church, Stoneboro. Info: 724-253-3339 Free ticket and two or more nonperishable food items required at the door

• The Grove City College Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Concert Band play their first of two concerts at 8 p.m. Friday in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center on campus. Free.

• Sharpsville Historical Society presents an evening with singer-songwriter Adam Crossley at 8 p.m. April 23 and 24 in Pierce Opera House, Sharpsville. Tickets: $15 Info: www.sharpsvillehistorical.com or 724-962-2392

• Sharpsville Area Historical Society and Valley Lyric Opera present Donizetti’s “The Elixir of Love,” featuring a New York cast under the tutelage of Maestro Francisco Casanova, at 8 p.m. May 13 and 15 in Pierce Opera House, 100 N. Mercer Ave., Sharpsville. Tickets: $25 at Sharpsville borough building and other locations, or www.sharpsvillehistorical.com

• Friends of Music present Peter Fletcher, a classic guitarist, at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Greenville. Info: 724-588-8870

• Thiel Choir’s home concert is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday in David L. Johnson Memorial Chapel at Thiel College, Greenville.



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• Stop by the Lemon Grove Cafe, 122 Federal Plaza W. in downtown Youngstown, at 9 tonight for the free People of the Hills Fest of food, art and live music. Other events include: Save the Music Festival with the Zou, 9 p.m. Friday; a benefit comedy show, 8 p.m. Saturday with Fillmore Jive, the Hobs, Remember & E. Alleman. Tickets are on sale for Unwed Sailor on April 13. The cafe offers a full calendar of live talent and events amid a varied selection of organic/fair trade coffee, drinks and food. The free Sunday Film Series is at 8 p.m.; Mondays discussions are at 7 p.m. and Monday Night Revival, 9 p.m.; Jazz Open Mic is at 8 p.m. Tuesdays; Lemonaoke at 10 p.m. Wednesdays. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Friday and 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Info: www.lemongrovecafe.com or 330-744-7683

• Dance to the oldies with Tommy Chris at 8 p.m. Friday or try polka with Del Sinchak at 8 p.m. Saturday in Kuzman’s Lounge, Girard, Ohio. Also, catch a jitterbug dance Wednesday.

• Westminster College’s Celebrity Series welcomes the Celtic-inspired dance production StopCrew at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Orr Auditorium. Info: $25 to $40 a person, 724-946-7354

• Interested in UFOs or Bigfoot? The Butler Organization for Research of the Unexplained and Center for Unexplained Events will hold its third annual Butler Paranormal Conference April 10 in the Tanglewood Senior Center at 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora. Info: 724-284-9734

• Get a dose of jazz and poetry at Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop in Harmony, Butler County, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday. Accomplished Pittsburgh poets Ziggy Edwards and Timons Esaias will read poems from 8 to 9:30 p.m. There may also be open mic. Ronnie & Al will play jazz prior to the poetry reading from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. Beverages and snacks provided. Info: www.bottlebrushgallery.com; 724-452-0539.

• Open Mic Nite happens from 7 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at North Country Brewing Co., 141 S. Main St. Slippery Rock, with live entertainment on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Info: 724-794-2337 or www.northcountrybrewing.com

• Viewers are invited to relive the Penn State Dance Marathon’s history over the decades in an exhibit on display through April 30 in Penn State Shenango’s Lartz Memorial Library. Exhibit hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

• Hear live jazz and poetry from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every first and third Tuesday at Nia Coffee House at the Coventry Village Library, 1925 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, and every second Tuesday at Karamu House, 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland. It’s free but donations are accepted. Coffee and appetizers provided. Info: 216-707-2486.



Film

• The 34th Cleveland International Film Festival, Ohio’s premier film event, is today through March 28. It features more than 240 films originating from close to 60 countries. Visiting filmmakers, panel discussions, and student screenings are highlights.



Karaoke

• Today: Karaoke with Dave at 8 p.m. in Jerry’s Tavern, Sharpsville.

• Friday: D.J. with Pat and LonDog at 8 p.m. in Jerry’s Tavern, Sharpsville; Simply Ed Karaoke plays at 9:30 p.m. in Thunder Alley in the Quaker Steak and Lube complex.

• Saturday: D.J. Party and karaoke is at 9 p.m. in Rock-A-Billies Bar and Grill, Masury.

• Sunday: Catch CD’s Karaoke with Dave at 9 p.m. in Rock-A-Billies Bar and Grill, Masury.

• Tuesday: Catch CD’s Karaoke with Dave again at 9 p.m. in Rock-A-Billies Bar and Grill, Masury.



Local bands

• Papa Louie’s & Motorcross Cafe, 7172 Warren-Sharon Road, Brookfield, will host classic rock band Ke-Nip-Shen Saturday and F-X Project on March 27. Info: 330-448-2242.

• Manhattan plays dance music from the ’60s to the ’90s at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Sharpsville Veterans of Foreign War. Band info: www.manhattanband.com

• Five Deep plays dance rock at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Illusions Night Club, Greenville. Band info: www.FiveDeepMusic.com

• The Hern Brothers Band plays at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Greenville Italian Home Club. Band info: www.hernbrothers.com

• Steve Vuich, Randy Bass, Ed Sylveste, and Russ Sarkies host an open stage at 8 tonight in Lanai Lounge, Boardman, Ohio. Then, Vuich plays at 6:30 p.m. Friday in Combine Bros., Hermitage. Grant Street Exit Revisited, plays for a charity event with special guests Pipe Dreams at 7:30 p.m. Friday in The Corinthian, Sharon. Vuich and Greg LeDonne play with Jason and Jason at 8 p.m. Saturday in The Sharon Elks Club. Then, Vuich, Bass, Sylvester, and Sarkies return for an open stage at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Chipper’s, Austintown, Ohio.

• There’s an acoustic open mic night at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the Royal Cafe, Sharpsville.

• The Sensations play at 9 p.m. Saturday in Stevenson Restaurant, 1144 Broadway Ave., Masury. Info: 330-619-5354

• Variety on the Square presents Border Ride from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the old G.C. Murphy Building at 110 N. Pitt St., Mercer. There is an admission charge. Take a chair. Info: 724-662-1490

• The Barflies play at 9:30 p.m. Saturday in JW’s Other Club, in the Radisson Hotel, Shenango Township. Info: 724-528-2501, ext. 420, or www.radisson.com/westmiddlesexpa

• Eddie Shaw, one of the most respected blues musicians alive, plays with his band, the Wolf Gang, at 8 p.m. Monday in Tully’s Irish Pub, downtown Sharon. No cover



• There’s an open jam every week, including at 8 tonight in the Clark House, Clark. Jam with Jam Jimmy Burns from the Lost Highway Band. PA, mics, drums, amps provided – take guitar, keyboard, etc., and plug in Info: 724-646-1429

• Come on out and get your Rockabilly on with the Hellbenders at 9 p.m. Saturday in 5 Points, Sharpsville.

• Listen to the great dance sound of Savoy at 8 p.m. Saturday in Avon Oaks, Girard, Ohio. Band info: www.savoysite.com



Spoken word

• Humorist David Sedaris will speak at 8 p.m. April 21 at E.J. Thomas Hall, University of Akron, 198 Hill St. Info: 330-972-7570 or www.barclayagency.com/sedaris.html

• Audrey Niffenegger, who became an overnight literary star with her first novel, “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” speaks at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland, as part of the Drue Heinz Lectures series. Info: www.pittsburghlectures.org or 412-622-8866.

• Tickets are on sale for An Evening with Bill Maher, May 2 at the Carnegie Library Hall of Homestead, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. Info: 412-368-5225.

• Award-winning illustrator Jim Burke talks for “Art Meeting the Child’s Imagination” at 7 p.m. today in the Sawhill-Georgian Room, Howard Miller Student Center, Thiel College, Greenville.

• Chef, author and media star Anthony Bourdain will appear June 14 at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh. Bourdain is the host of the Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” and the author of “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.” Tickets, $37.50 to $47.50, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Heinz Hall box office. A limited number of VIP tickets, which include a post-show book signing and meet-and-greet, will be available for $85. Details: 412-392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org



Stage

• The Pulitzer Prize-winning “Dinner With Friends” runs through March 27 at the Oakland Center for the Arts, Youngstown. Tickets: 330-746-0404.

• Westminster College’s chapel drama will be “Honk!” at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday in Wallace Memorial Chapel. Offering collected.

• The curtain rises on Thiel Players’ spring production, the classic musical “She Loves Me” from April 8 through 10 in the college’s William A. Robinson Theater. Reservations: 724-589-2029

• “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming” takes the Salem (Ohio) Community Theatre stage at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and March 26 and 27 and 2 p.m. Sunday and March 28. The theater’s gospel-singing Sanders Family is together again with hilarious and touching stories and 25 toe-tapping Bluegrass Gospel favorites. The third in a series, “The Adventures of the Sanders Family” continues as a son returns from war and the pastor prepares to leave for a new congregation. Reservations: 330-332-9688.

• The Warren (Ohio) Civic Music Association presents “Radio Days,” set in a time of big bands and hep cats, at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Packard Music Hall.

• The Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People” comes to life at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday in Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center at Grove City College. Free, but tickets required.

• Kent Trumbull Theatre presents “Tartuffe,” a 16th century French farce. Performances are today through Sunday and March 26 through 28, at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. The theater is at 4314 Mahoning Ave., Champion, Ohio. Info: 330-675-8887 or trumbullboxoffice@kent.edu



• The Youngstown Playhouse presents “Inherit the Wind,” this weekend; Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m., at 600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown. Info: 330-788-8739.

• Set on a remote island off the coast of Ireland in 1934, the strange comic tale “The Cripple of Irishmaan” is a tale in the grand Irish storytelling tradition, playing at 7:30 p.m. March 25 through 27 and April 1 through 3, and at 3 p.m. March 28 in Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, Youngstown State University. Box office: 330-941-3105

• The Victorian Players invite people to “Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventure,” directed by Sam Luptak, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. Reservations/info: 330-746-5455.

• Meet an all-star lineup of muppets “When Elmo Grows Up,” at 7 p.m. April 30; 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 1; and 1 and 4:30 p.m. May 2 in Powers Auditorium, Youngstown. Tickets: 330-744-0264 or www.ticketmaster.com

• The Benedum Center stage in Pittsburgh will feature “Grease,” through Sunday, “August: Osage County” April 6-11 and “Young Frankenstein,” May 4-9. Info: 412-456-6666 or pgharts.org

• Follow the yellow brick road to “The Wizard of Oz” March 30 to April 4 at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh. Info: 412-392-4900 or www.pgharts.org

• Direct from New York City with orchestra, join swashbuckling buccaneers and frolicsome Victorian maidens for “The Pirates of Penzance” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. Info: 724-836-8000 or www.thepalacetheatre.org

• Pittsburgh CLO presents “’S Wonderful,” the new all-singing, all-dancing musical revue celebrating the genius of George and Ira Gershwin, playing June 17 through Sept. 5 in CLO Cabaret. Tickets on sale March 29 at 412-325-1582



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Compiled by Herald Staff Writer Matt Snyder

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