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FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, March 22, 2013
 Slatkin, Ax & Mozart Journey out of this world when electronica partners with orchestra in Mason Bates' colorful and vibrant The B-Sides. Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax performs Mozart's popular Piano Concerto No. 25. Slatkin closes the program with Prokofiev's powerful symphony #5. 03/22/2013 - 03/24/2013 03/22 - 8:00 pm 03/23 - 8:00 pm 03/24 - 2:30 pm Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
Bubble Time (Ages 3-10) Join "Yesac Elrac The Bubblemaniac" and "Bub" in their world of inflatable furniture, pools and psychedelic liquids where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Doug Rougeux and Casey Carle, Ringling Bros. and Cirque du Soleil veterans, create a soapy circus through a unique fusion of theater, visual art, clowning, jazz, improvisation and brilliant bubbling. A show for the whole family that is both eye-popping and hysterical. 03/22/2013 - 03/23/2013 03/22 - 11:00 am 03/22 - 7:00 pm 03/23 - 11:00 am 03/23 - 7:00 pm
Location: Byham Theater, 101 6th St., Pittsburgh, PA website
The Nordic Sound: Music of Scandinavian composers Chatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series presents students of the Music Program in works by Scandinavian composers. 03/22/2013 Time: 4:00 pm Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA website | map
The Sisters Grey In collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, this theatrical presentation by Gab Cody and Lori Roper tells of two sisters-in-law (one Black and one Jewish) who both believe their family histories of racial oppression require retribution and sacrifice from others. A funeral, an heirloom ring which survived the Holocaust, and a bevy of secrets set the stage for turmoil in this comedy that asks why we still question love outside our own tribe. 03/22/2013 - 03/31/2013 Time: 8:00 pm 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/29 03/30 03/31 August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA website | map
In Memoriam II Christine Jordanoff, director. 03/22/2013 Time: 7:00 pm
Location: St. James Parish, 200 Walnut St., Sewickley, PA website
Snow White ballet The classic children's ballet Snow White will be performed by sixty children from surrounding communities. Director Monica Ryan choreographs the production. 03/22/2013 - 03/24/2013 03/22 - 8:00 pm 03/23 - 8:00 pm 03/24 - 2:00 pm Carnegie Library Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave, Carnegie, PA website | map
Carnegie Mellon Guitar Ensemble The university's Guitar Ensemble joins forces with the Robinson Guitar Ensemble, a trailblazing group of middle and high school students at the Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA, for a program featuring works by Luc Levèsque, Darin Au, Jurge Kindle, and others 03/22/2013 Time: 7:30pm
Location: Kresge Theatre website
Niel Berg's 100 Years of Broadway Back by popular demand, this show recreates the greatest moments from the finest shows as well as numbers from B'way's newest hits. It features some of the talents who appeared in original productions of shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cats, and Jekyll & Hyde. 03/23/2013 Time: 8:00 pm 27 E. Main St., Uniontown, PA website | map
Pitt Men's Glee Club The Pitt Men's Glee Club is the oldest musical ensemble on campus, and the oldest non-athletic student organization. Founded in 1890 as a mere octet, the group now boasts over 60 voices, directed by Richard Teaster. This ensemble has sung throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico and Europe, and at two World's Fairs. 03/23/2013 Time: 7:30 pm First Presbyterian Church, 309 Lincoln St., Johnstown, PA website | map
Tempesta di Mare - From Venice to Leipzig Named after Vivaldi's concerto about a "Storm at Sea," these Philadephia musicians capture the drama of baroque music. They record for Chandos records and have been featured on public radio's "Harmonia" and "Sunday Baroque." They'll play works by Vivaldi, Bach, Veracini, Telemann and Walther. 03/23/2013 Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Carey Performing Arts Center, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA website
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