Magic!
Holiday
Holiday Hop; Oak Ridge Boys Down Home
Christmas; and a Christmas show with
Sara Evans. Visit the website for details and
additional events.
Holiday Sing-Along at Penn Hills
Library
Date: Dec. 19
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 1037 Stotler Road, Penn Hills
Contact: pennhillslibrary.org, or
412.795.3507
Join in the singing of carols and
other holiday favorites at the library!
Refreshments will be available.
PCT Series Presents ‘The Magic
School Bus’
Date: Jan. 8
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: TBD – check the website for
the eastern suburb location.
Contact: trustarts.org/pct_home/
events/series/childrens-theater-series
Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in
this new musical adaptation! When the class
gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms.
Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer
space for an epic interplanetary field trip.
River City Brass Christmas
Brasstacular
Date: Dec. 12
Address: Linton Middle School,
250 Aster Street, Penn Hills
Contact: rivercitybrass.org
River City Brass brings the magic each
year with Christmas carols, holiday movie
music, classic songs, and collaborations with
local choirs.
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Winter Wellness &
Whimsy
Health and Wellness Classes at
Angora Gardens
Holiday Bell Choir Concert at
Penn Hills Library
Date: Dec. 5
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 1037 Stotler Road, Penn Hills
Contact: pennhillslibrary.org, or
412.795.3507
Visit the library for a free holiday concert
by the Good Shepherd Roman Catholic
Parish Handbell Choir, directed by Kelly
Thompson.
Holidays, make your season merry and
bright with a concert of your favorite
music, featuring the All-Star Choir of
Westmoreland County and special guests.
Seton Hill University Dance
Academy: ‘The Jazzy
Nutcracker’
Dates: Dec. 14 & 15
Address: Seton Hill Arts Center-
Reichgut Concert Hall, Seton Hill
University, Greensburg
Contact: setonhill.edu/tickets, or
724.552.2929
A fun and exciting twist on the classic!
You’ll see “jazzed-up” scenes of the party,
Drosselmeyer’s gifts, mice and snow and
meet the unique characters that Clara and
the Nutcracker visit in the magic place
called Swingland. The music includes
adaptations of Tchaikovsky’s original score
by Busy McCarroll and Jeff Nelson, as well
as Duke Ellington.
The Theatre Factory Presents
‘A Christmas Carol’
Dates: Dec. 6-15
Address: 235 Cavitt Avenue, Trafford
Contact: thetheatrefactory.org, or
412.374.9200
Get into the holiday spirit with this
classic Dickens tale where the miserly
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of
Christmases past, present and future, who
lead him on a transformational journey.
Westmoreland Symphony
Orchestra Holiday
Performances: ‘The Nutcracker
Ballet’ and ‘Home for the
Holidays’
Dates: Dec. 14 & 15 – The Nutcracker
Ballet; Dec. 21 – Home for the Holidays
Address: The Palace Theatre, 21 West
Otterman Street, Greensburg
Contact: westmorelandsymphony.org,
or 724.837.1850
Join the orchestra and the Laurel Ballet
Company on the traditional magical trip
to the land of the Sugarplum Fairy! You’ll
experience Tchaikovsky’s score performed
by the full orchestra. In Home for the
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Address: 3 Muse Lane, White Oak
Contact: angoragardens.org, or
412.675.8556
Check the website for the schedule of
various free public health and wellness
classes like yoga, Zumba, reflexology,
gardening, nutrition and more.
Snowtubing with Parker, the
Chipmunk, at Boyce Park
Date: Jan. 11
Time: Noon to 2 p.m.
Address: Boyce Park Activity Center,
901 Centerview Drive, Plum
Contact: alleghenycounty.us/parks,
or 724.327.0338 (Please register.)
Join Parker, the Allegheny County
Parks mascot, for snowtubing at Boyce!
Register for this event on the website.
Wise Walks coordinated by
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
Dates: Tuesday and Thursday
mornings at Edgewood; Friday
mornings at Forest Hills
Addresses: One Pennwood Avenue,
Edgewood (meet at lot at end of
Lancaster Ave.); 4400 Greensburg
Pike, Forest Hills
Contact: ccmellorlibrary.org,
412.731.0909 (Edgewood), or
412.436.2390 (Forest Hills)
Have some company to motivate you
to keep up your fitness activity through
the winter! Walks are about an hour.
Check the website for the times and other
details.
Elizabeth Anna Peach-Bolish
Winter Sports Area at Twin
Lakes
Address: Georges Station Road,
Greensburg
Contact: co.westmoreland.pa.us, or
724.830.3950
Take your own sleds and snow tubes
for some fun at three sledding and
tubing runs! Please note that it is an
unsupervised area and there are no lifts;
rules are posted on the website.