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Steel City Con traditional sources and original compositions. Tickets can be purchased online. Healing and holistic services and products, presentations by industry professionals, and more. A Comic Con that has over 100,000 square feet of convention space; there will be dealers and artists, contests, celebrities, and more! ‘The Traveler’ presented by Edgewood Symphony Orchestra PAN Spring Coin Show Western PA Italian Festival Mind, Body and Holistic Healing Expo & Convention Dates: March 14-15 Address: Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville Contact: simoneventmanagement.com Dates: May 7-9 Address: Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville Contact: pancoins.org Opportunities to learn about and buy, sell, or trade coins, paper money, tokens, medals, gold, silver, and bullion. There is also the PAN Kids Zone program on Saturday. Phipps Spring Flower Show: Canopy of Color Dates: March 21 to Apr. 19 Address: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh (Oakland) Contact: phipps.conservatory.org, or 412.622.6914 Signature displays will delight not only in beds below, but baskets and designs above, creating a world of color waiting to be explored. 21st Annual Pittsburgh Arts & Crafts Spring Fever Festival Dates: March 20-22 Times: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sunday, 10-4) Address: Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville Contact: familyfestivals.com One of the area’s biggest festivals— over 180 booths of a wide variety of arts and crafts! Pittsburgh Fringe Festival Dates: Apr. 2-5 Address: Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh (Bloomfield/Garfield) Contact: pittsburghfringe.org Music, dance, theater, comedy, performance art, visual art, and more! Dates: Apr. 17-19 Address: Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville Contact: steelcitycon.com Dates: May 29-31 Address: Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville Contact: simoneventmanagement.com Billed as the largest indoor Italian festival in PA! WILKPEX by Wilkinsburg Stamp Club Dates: Apr. 17-18 Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Address: Gateway Hall/Monroeville Fire Company No. 4, 4370 Northern Pike, Monroeville Contact: wilkinsburgstampclub.com/ wilkpex.php Exhibits and sales related to stamp collecting, including a youth area. Concerts & Shows The Brass Roots: ‘Movies, Movies, Movies!’ Date: May 22 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: East Liberty Presbyterian Church, 116 South Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh (East Liberty) Contact: thebrassroots.com Iconic themes arranged for brass, percussion and organ by composer Danny Elfman for the “Batman” and “Beetlejuice” films like you’ve never heard before! Le Vent du Nord Presented by Calliope Date: Apr. 25 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh (Oakland) Contact: calliopehouse.org Calliope, an organization for the promotion and preservation of traditional and contemporary folk music, hosts this award-winning and acclaimed band, which features button accordion, guitar and fiddle in a repertoire drawing from both Date: March 14 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: Katz Performing Arts Center – JCC, 5738 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill) Contact: edgewoodsymphony.org, or 412.473.8880 Journey around magical Pittsburgh with the evocative compositions of Mark Fromm, Paul Critser and James Whipple, to Stravinsky’s elegant and whimsical Pulcinella Suite, and ending with Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony. ‘Miss Nelson is Missing!’ by the Greasepaint Players Dates: March 20-21 Address: Greensburg Civic Theatre, 951 Old Salem Road, Greensburg Contact: gctheatre.org, or 724.414.1220 When the teacher of a crazy class disappears, her tough substitute soon makes the kids want to solve the mystery and get their teacher back! ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at Greensburg Civic Theatre Dates: Apr. 30 to May 2 Address: 951 Old Salem Road, Greensburg Contact: gctheatre.org, or 724.414.1220 The famous Tennessee Williams play about a Southern family in crisis, especially husband and wife Brick and Maggie, and their interaction with Brick’s family over the course of one evening’s gathering at the family plantation home in Mississippi. (Adult themes/ situations.) The Lamp Theatre Presents Rhonda Vincent & The Rage Date: Apr. 3 Time: 8 p.m. Address: 222 Main Street, Irwin Contact: lamptheatre.org, or 724.367.4000 This celebrated bluegrass band, with contemporary touches on classic bluegrass, returns to The Lamp! Continued on next page > PLUM ❘ SPRING 2020 15