Spring
Bucket
List
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Presents ‘The Greatest
Generation: An American
Oratorio’
Date: May 31
Time: 3 p.m.
Address: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial
Hall, 4141 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh
(Oakland)
Contact: themendelssohn.org
Combines the popular tunes from
the World War II era with new original
compositions and arrangements to bring
the trials of love and war to life in a musical
odyssey.
The Oaks Theater Open Jam
Dates: Generally the Third Thursday of
the Month
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 310 Allegheny River Boulevard,
Oakmont
Contact: theoakstheater.com, or
412.828.6322
Hear some of Pittsburgh’s best musicians
as they jam together at this open stage; free
to play, free to listen!
Robert Cray at The Palace Theatre
Date: March 13
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: 21 West Otterman Street,
Greensburg
Contact: thepalacetheatre.org/concerts-
events, or 724.836.8000
This longtime musician has been
blurring the lines between blues, soul and
R&B for the past four decades, with five
Grammys, a Blues Hall of Fame induction,
and an Americana Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Pittsburgh Children’s Theater
Series Presents ‘Diary of a
Wombat’
Date: March 25
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: Greensburg Salem High
School, 65 Mennel Drive, Greensburg
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.
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Renaissance & Baroque Concert
Series: East of the River
Date: March 14
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: Hicks Memorial Chapel,
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary,
616 North Highland Avenue,
Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
Contact: chathambaroque.org
Hamsa music from Andalusia, the
Ottoman Empire, North Africa and the
Sephardic diaspora.
River City Brass Celtic
Connections IV
Dates: March 5
Address: Linton Middle School,
250 Aster Street, Penn Hills
Contact: rivercitybrass.org
River City Brass bridges old and new
with songs from Ireland, Wales and
Scotland and American country music.
Seton Hill University Dance
Spectrum
Dates: March 27-29
Address: William Granger Ryan Theatre,
Seton Hill University, Greensburg
Contact: setonhill.edu/tickets, or
724.552.2929
See a variety of dance styles as the
talented Seton Hill dance students perform
in the university’s annual show.
Kidworks by The Theatre Factory:
‘Bedbugs’
Dates: March 21-29
Address: 235 Cavitt Avenue, Trafford
Contact: thetheatrefactory.org, or
412.374.9200
Marie is a little girl who likes to jump on
her bed, but to the bedbugs being squished
underfoot, she is the wicked witch who
causes earthquakes among other natural
disasters!
‘Doubt: A Parable’ at The Theatre
Factory
Dates: Apr. 24 to May 3
Address: 235 Cavitt Avenue, Trafford
Contact: thetheatrefactory.org, or
412.374.9200
In 1960s America, a progressive young
priest’s conduct comes into question by
his school’s principal, the traditional Sr.
Aloysius Beauvier, and the two are drawn
into a struggle with potentially irrevocable
consequences.
WCT Presents ‘Whose Live
Anyway?’
Date: May 13
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: The Palace Theatre, 21 West
Otterman Street, Greensburg
Contact: thepalacetheatre.org/
westmoreland-cultural-trust/
Performers from the TV show “Whose
Line is it Anyway?” present their new
improv tour!
Westmoreland Symphonic Winds
Concert
Date: Apr. 4
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: Carol Reichgut Concert Hall,
Seton Hill University, Greensburg
Contact: setonhill.edu/tickets, or
724.552.2929
A wind and percussion group comprised
of about 70 auditioned musicians,
including students, amateurs and
professionals.
Westmoreland Symphony
Orchestra Season Finale: Italian
Opera Fest
Date: Apr. 25
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: The Palace Theatre, 21 West
Otterman Street, Greensburg
Contact: westmorelandsymphony.org, or
724.837.1850
Celebrated Italian operatic masterworks
of Verdi, Bellini and Puccini performed
by the WSO Chamber Singers and special
guests.
Out & About
Boyce Park Polar Bear Pond Skim
Date: March 8
Time: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Address: 901 Centerview Drive, Plum
Contact: alleghenycounty.us/parks, or
724.327.0338
Celebrate the transition to spring! Wear
a costume, shorts and t-shirt, or swimsuit
and attempt to skim across an icy pond
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