Spring Events
CranFest: Folk & Food Festival
and Cranberry at Your Service
Date: April 6
Address: Cranberry Township
Municipal Center, 2525 Rochester
Road, Cranberry Township
Contact: twp.cranberry.pa.us
CranFest is two great family events
in one! Hosted and sponsored by the
Cranberry Area Diversity Network.
Folk & Food Festival is a huge attraction
celebrating Cranberry’s ethnically
and culturally diverse population.
Cranberry at Your Service, a showcase
of local government services, provides
an opportunity to go behind the scenes
to learn what Cranberry’s operating
departments do for the township and how
they go about doing it. Visit the website for
more information.
Evening for Autism
Date: March 1
Address: 100 Cranberry Woods Drive,
Cranberry Township
Contact: facebook.com/
AnEveningForAutismPittsburgh, or
412.580.1934
Benefiting Autism Speaks. Enjoy a night
of entertainment, auctions and raffles along
with libations, hors d’oeuvres, dinner,
dessert, and more! Visit the Facebook page
for information on purchasing tickets and
other details.
Garden Gala at Northland
Library
Date: April 13
Address: 300 Cumberland
Road, McCandless
Contact: northlandlibrary.
org, or 412.366.8100, ext. 104
The fabulous Garden Gala
is back to enchant you! Eat, sip
and laugh throughout the library
during this annual event. Dozens of
scrumptious offerings from local
restaurants and caterers will fill
you up, and tables throughout
the library will offer tastes of
spirits, wine and beer. Enjoy
entertainment upstairs and
downstairs. Mingle with friends
while browsing the amazing silent
auction presenting one-of-a-kind
items, experiences and themed baskets.
Check the website for more details and the
link to purchase tickets. A limited number
of VIP tickets will be available.
Glass Slipper Ball
Date: March 2
Address: DoubleTree by Hilton,
910 Sheraton Drive, Mars
Contact: glassslipperball.com/events,
or 724.935.6100
The Glass Slipper Ball features top
chefs and libation purveyors, a magical
evening of food, wine, live music, dancing
and fairy tales come true! It is designed to
build awareness and funding for effective
grassroots women’s initiatives providing
education opportunities for women and
girls and keeping them safe, happy and
healthy. Visit the website for information
on purchasing tickets and other details.
Kaleidoscope Arts Festival
Date: April 11
Address: 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock
Contact: sru.edu/life-at-sru/arts-and-
culture/kaleidoscope-arts-festival, or
724.738.4721
Celebrate with the best of Slippery Rock
University’s departments of Dance, Music,
Theatre, Literary and Visual Arts, as well as
additional cultural events, nationally and
internationally renowned guest artists, and
fabulous community events.
Mars New Year
Dates: May 31–June 2
Address: Pittsburgh and
Crowe Avenues, Mars
Contact: marsborough.com
Celebrate the new
year for the planet Mars
in the town of Mars,
highlighting innovation
and exploration. Join
chairman Mike Harvey
of WTAE for three days of
STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) fun!
Neighborhood Block Party
Fundraiser for North Hills
Community Outreach
Date: March 24
Address: The Chadwick,
10545 Perry Highway, Wexford
Contact: nhco.org, or 412.487.6316
Featuring No Bad Juju! A fantastic
evening for the whole family. Enjoy a
variety of food stations, cash bar provided
by The Chadwick, live music, face painting,
balloon art, caricatures, silent auction,
games, a kids’ room, and more! Please visit
the online ticket order form to see the list
of generous signature and neighborhood
sponsors! For more information, tickets, to
sponsor, or to donate a basket for the silent
auction, visit the website.
Portersville Steam Show Spring
Gas-Up
Dates: May 18 & 19
Address: 1512 Perry Highway,
Portersville
Contact: portersvillesteamshow.org
Enjoy a fun-filled day at the Spring Gas-
Up Show! There will be a vintage village,
sawmill, cider press, gas engines, oil field
equipment, farm animals, train rides, steam
engines, flea market, crafts, food, kids’
pedal tractor pulling, tractor pulls and a
steam building—just some of the features
to enjoy.
Taste of Pine Fundraising Event
Date: March (Visit the website for the
exact date.)
Address: Pine Community Center,
100 Pine Park Drive, Wexford
Contact: twp.pine.pa.us/163/
Community-Center
Fundraising event benefiting the Friends
of Pine Community Parks. Enjoy delicious
cuisine from Pine Township restaurants
during an evening filled with food and
wine samples, Chinese and silent auctions,
50/50 raffle and more! Visit the website
for information on purchasing tickets and
other details.
Live Entertainment
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
Date: April 13
Address: The Hillman Center for
Performing Arts, Shady Side Academy,
423 Fox Chapel Road, Fox Chapel
Contact: thehillman.org, or
412.968.3040
A zany showcase filled with laugh-
out-loud comedy, wild theatrics, arcane
errata and astonishing juggling feats.
If you see one group of multi-faceted
new vaudevillians at the apex of their
ambidextrous and alliterative ability, see
The Flying Karamazov Brothers. They are
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