Murrysville Home Show
Dates: April 12-14
Address: Murrysville SportZone,
4491 School Road South, Export
Contact: murrysvillehomeshow.com
You’ll find fresh ideas and smart advice
on home improvement, decorating, and
landscaping projects all under one roof at
the 2019 Murrysville Home Show! Three
action-packed days of exhibits, seminars, and
demonstrations will educate and entertain
individuals interested in one-stop shopping
for information, advice and inspiration. Visit
the website for more information.
Norwin Rotary Chili Cookoff and
Wing Thing
Date: March 7
Address: Various locations throughout
Downtown Irwin
Contact: facebook.com/pg/
norwinrotarychilicookoffwingthing
A tasty way to support the Norwin Rotary
Backpack Project for kids in the community!
Become a sponsor, enter a team to make chili
and/or wings, or join the Rotary at various
locations in Downtown Irwin to sample the
chili and wings, and vote for your favorite!
Help the Rotary support children in the
community today! Visit the Facebook page
for more information.
PAN Spring Coin Show
Dates: May 9-11
Address: Monroeville Convention
Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: pancoins.org
Featuring more than 100 tables and 80
dealers eager to buy, sell, or trade coins,
paper money, tokens, medals, gold, silver,
and bullion. PAN also offers a very active
kids program as part of the show: Children
under 18 years of age learn about rare
coins through talks, filling date folders,
giveaways, and a kids auction using PAN
Dollars that are earned and provided. The
program is presented on Saturdays during
the convention and is family friendly with
a positive environment for learning and
fun!
Phipps Spring Flower Show:
Gardens of the Rainbow
Dates: Begins on March 23
Address: Phipps Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive,
Pittsburgh
Contact: phipps.conservatory.org, or
412.622.6914
A celebration of new hope and
inspiration arrives with the Phipps
Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Spring Flower Show: Gardens of the
Rainbow. Be inspired by a kaleidoscope
of colors in this vibrant display, featuring
thousands of lilies, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths
and more spring favorites throughout
the glasshouse. Visit the website for more
information.
Spring Spectacular Gift and Craft
Expo
Dates: April 18-21
Address: Westmoreland Mall,
5256 US-30, Greensburg
Contact: giftandcraftexpo.com
Offering a wide variety of jewelry, pottery,
ceramics, photography, painting, clothing
and much more. Visit the website for more
information.
Westmoreland Reptile Expo
Date: May 26
Address: 104 South 2nd Street,
Youngwood
Contact: westmorelandreptileexpo.com
Find all of your exotic pet feeding,
housing and supply needs! While you are at
it, pick up a new friend. Bring a friend who
can pick up a new friend too! Not only will
you find snakes and other reptiles, there will
be birds, fish and a ton of fuzzy friends.
WILKPEX 2019 by Wilkinsburg
Stamp Club
Dates: May 31 & June 1
Address: Gateway Hall/Monroeville Fire
Company No. 4, 4370 Northern Pike,
Monroeville
Contact: wilkinsburgstampclub.com/
wilkpex.php
Enjoy exhibits, a youth area, a members
flea market, a U.S.P.S. substation, and over
11 dealers showing their wares. WILKPEX
is known worldwide for its special Satirical
Souvenir Sheet issue, which has become a
collectible in its own right. Visit the website
for more information.
Wine, Beer & Comedy
Festival
Dates: May 17 & 18
Address: Monroeville
Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard,
Monroeville
Contact:
simoneventmanagement.com
Sample wines and beers from a wide
variety of wineries and breweries, shop at
marketplace vendors, grab a bite to eat and
enjoy live music during your sampling hours.
Top off the nights with five of the funniest
comedians on the planet. Visit the website
for more information.
Musical
Events
Calliope Folk Song Night
at Monroeville Public Library
Dates: Fourth Thursday of Each Month
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 4000 Gateway Campus
Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: monroevillelibrary.org, or
412.372.0500, ext. 123
Singers and instrumentalists of all ages are
welcome at this informal gathering of people
who want to sing together and share songs,
brought to you by Calliope, Pittsburgh’s Folk
Music Society. Sing songs from the “Rise
Up Singing” songbooks and be inspired by
the shared musical knowledge of all group
members. Bring your song ideas and join in!
Celebrating Quilts, Music
and Movement by Seton Hill
University
Date: March 3
Address: The Westmoreland Museum
of American Art, 221 North Main Street,
Greensburg
Contact: thewestmoreland.org, or
1.888.718.4253
Join faculty and students from the dance,
musical theater and music programs at
Seton Hill University as they present a
special performance inspired by the Circular
Abstractions exhibit and the symbol of the
unbroken circle as a way in which stories
are passed down within our communities
through music and art. Visit the website for
more information on purchasing tickets and
other details.
Dvorak’s Seventh by the
Edgewood Symphony
Date: March 9
Address: Agnes and Joseph Katz
Performing Arts Center, Jewish
Community Center of Greater
Pittsburgh, 5738 Darlington Avenue,
Pittsburgh
Contact: edgewoodsymphony.org, or
412.473.8880
This program pairs Beethoven’s
magnificent Violin Concerto with Dvorak’s
dramatic Seventh Symphony. Dvorak’s
greatest symphony marks a milestone
in the composer’s life while Beethoven’s
Violin Concerto is considered the summit
of a violinist’s concerto repertoire. The
Edgewood Symphony opens the concert
with the evocative “In the Steppes in Central
Asia” by Borodin.
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