Magic!
Holiday
Pittsburgh Camerata – What She
Said: Music of Women Poets
Date: Feb. 8
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, 5801 Hampton Street,
Pittsburgh (Highland Park)
Contact: pittsburghcamerata.org,
or 412.421.5884
Emily Dickinson, Sara Teasdale, Amy
Lowell, Cynthia Jarvis, Gwyneth Walker,
Hildegard von Bingen, Abbie Betinis, and
Libby Larsen are composers and poets
whose art continues to grace our lives.
Guests include Pittsburgh Girls Choir,
based in the eastern part of the city, and
Triple Trio, an all-girls ensemble of Mt.
Lebanon H.S.
Pittsburgh Children’s Theater
Series Presents ‘The Magic School
Bus’
Date: Jan. 8
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: Greensburg Salem
Middle School, 301 North Main Street,
Greensburg
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.
Plum High School Concerts: Jazz,
Chorus, Band and Orchestra
Dates: Dec. 4, 11, 18, and 19
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 900 Elicker Road, Plum
Contact: pbsd.net
Date: Dec. 12
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Address: Plum Community Library,
445 Center-New Texas Road, Plum
Contact: plumlibrary.org,
or 412.798.7323
Enjoy a variety of holiday music with
these local musicians!
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Date: Dec. 14
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: East Liberty Presbyterian
Church, 116 South Highland Avenue,
Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
Contact: rccpittsburgh.com,
or 800.838.3006
Traditional, new and inclusive choral
music!
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.
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’
Holiday Music at the Library with
Peter Drew and Rebekah Mirenzi
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Renaissance City Choir
Holiday Concert
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.
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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
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.
Winter Wellness
& Whimsy
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.
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.
Greenberg’s Great Train & Toy
Show
Dates: Feb. 22 & 23
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Address: Monroeville Convention
Center, 209 Mall Boulevard,
Monroeville
Contact: greenbergshows.com
Visit this annual event offering 100