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Freedom Farms Spring Cleaning Community Flea Market Dates: May 2 & 3 Address: 434 Overbrook Road, Valencia Contact: freedomfarmspa.com Participate as a seller, buyer or both! Food and drink will be available as well. North Hills Home Show Dates: Apr. 24-26 Address: Wildwood Sports Complex, 2330 Wildwood Road, Allison Park (Check the website for possible change.) Contact: northhillshomeshow.com Advice and new ideas for home and landscape improvement. Pittsburgh Fairytale Ball Date: March 7 Time: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Address: NOAH’S Event Venue, 1 Pendleton Way, Cranberry Township Contact: facebook.com/ events/471851233448498/ Little ones can meet the princesses and sing, dance, and play! Portersville Steam Show Spring Gas-Up Dates: May 16-17 Address: 1512 Perry Highway, Portersville Contact: portersvillesteamshow.org Gas engines, steam engines, tons of tractors, vintage village, saw mill, cider press, crafts, and a variety of other activities! Concerts & Shows Butler County Symphony Orchestra: Arthur Fiedler’s Pops Date: March 7 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Road, Butler Contact: butlersymphony.org Featuring such Fiedler light classics as the 1812 Overture, Light Calvary Overture, a Beatles medley and more, this concert harkens back to the birth of the Pops tradition. Legacy Theatre Show: The Skyliners Date: March 21 Times: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Address: 700 Cumberland Woods Drive, Allison Park Contact: thelegacylineup.com, or 412.635.8080 Take a stroll down Memory Lane with hits such as “Since I Don’t Have You,” “Stardust,” “This I Swear,” and many others! Mars Area High School Spring Musical Dates: March 20 & 21 Address: High School Auditorium, 520 Route 228, Mars Contact: marsk12.org North Hills Chorale Spring Concert Date: Check the website for the date. Address: Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Boulevard, Allison Park Contact: nhchorale.com, or 724.889.3862 Enjoy the spring concert of this local adult community choir! Pittsburgh Children’s Theater Series Presents ‘Diary of a Wombat’ Date: March 26 Times: 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Address: Marshall Middle School, 5145 Wexford Run Road, Wexford Contact: trustarts.org/pct_home/events/ series/childrens-theater-series Based on the award-winning picture book by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley, Mothball the wombat goes in search of shelter and food, creating chaos in the lives of the humans around her. Pittsburgh Concert Chorale: 35 Years of Favorites Date: May 3 Time: 4 p.m. Address: Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 West Ingomar Road, Ingomar Contact: pccsing.org, or 412.635.7654 Celebrate the chorale’s 35 years with music suggested by singers and audience members! Pittsburgh Philharmonic: Heartbreak at the Symphony Date: March 21 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: BCCC Succop Theater, 107 College Drive, Butler Contact: pghphil.org Hear different composers’ takes on Shakespeare’s tragic love story “Romeo and Juliet,” including Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” and others, plus Howard Hanson’s Romantic Symphony No. 2. River City Brass Celtic Connections IV Date: March 6 Address: Carson Middle School, 200 Hillvue Lane, McCandless Contact: rivercitybrass.org River City Brass bridges old and new with songs from Ireland, Wales and Scotland and American country music. The Celtic Tenors Spring Concert Dates: March 11 & 12 Address: The Strand Theater, 119 North Main Street, Zelienople Contact: thestrandtheater.org, or 724.742.0400 Music from the group’s latest album, The Irish Songbook, as well as many other hits from over their long career. ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at The Strand Dates: April 3-11 Address: 119 North Main Street, Zelienople Contact: thestrandtheater.org, or 724.742.0400 Based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis, this musical has evolved many times and been enjoyed the world over. Semi-Toned, All-Male A Cappella Group from England Date: Apr. 8 Time: 8 p.m. Address: Succop Theater, 107 College Drive, Butler Contact: bc3.edu/campus/butler/succop- theater/index.html, or 724.284.8505 This award-winning group from the Continued on next page > MARS AREA ❘ SPRING 2020 13