FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Monday, October 1, 2012

Plein Air Mt. Lebanon
More than two dozen of the best Plein Air painters from around the country will fan out across Mt. Lebanon as part of the inaugural Plein Air Mt. Lebanon to capture Mt. Lebanon's historic homes, business districts, parks, sunset vistas or other scenes to submit their work for cash prizes in a juried show and for sale to the public.
10/02/2012 - 10/07/2012

Location: Mt. Lebanon, PA
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University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Music by Hector Berlioz and Antonin Dvorak, with Olivia Jackson, violin. Free admission.
10/03/2012 - 10/13/2012
Time: 8:00 pm

Location: Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Guitar and Violin
Guitarist Petar Jankovic and violinist Sophie Bird present an diverse mix of repertoire including duo and solo pieces.
10/03/2012
Time: 7:30pm

Location: PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University
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Pittsburgh Foundation Day of Giving
When you contribute online on Oct. 3rd, The Pittsburgh Foundation will match contributions to each eligible nonprofit with a proportional amount from the Challenge Grant Pool of funds. Follow the website link (at right) for a list of qualified recipients, and to donate.
10/03/2012
Time: 24 Hours

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The Rivals
Directed by Guest Artist Annie Tyson, Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals explores the complexities of the pursuit of love. A rich young woman, Miss Lydia Languish, insists on marrying a poor man. So what is the wealthy Captain Jack Absolute to do if he wants to win Lydia's heart? Led by the legendary theatrical invention, Mrs. Malaprop, this delightful comedy of manners is filled with outrageous characters and uproarious farcical devices.
10/04/2012 - 10/13/2012

Location: Chosky Theater, Purnell Center, CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
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Next to Normal
This Pulitzer-Prize winning rock musical tells the story of a mother who struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. This emotional powerhouse addresses such issues as grief, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. With provocative lyrics and a thrilling score, this musical shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family's world intact.
10/04/2012 - 10/13/2012
279 Shapiro Rd., Loretto, PA
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Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay
American artist Walter Gay (1856–1937) specialized in painting views of opulent residential interiors in late-19th and early-20th-century America and Europe. John Singer Sargent, Gay's contemporary, is well known for painting the sumptuous clothing and jewels of American society in his fashionable portraits. Gay, in contrast, painted society's rooms—with their silk wall coverings, ornate paneling, 18th-century French furniture, tapestries, and sculptures—in often legendary residences.
10/05/2012 - 01/06/2013
7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Olga Kern plays Rachmaninoff
Principal Guest Conductor Leonard Slatkin welcomes Olga Kern in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #3. Also, American composer William Schuman's Symphony #3, and Scott Eyerly's Alrlington Sons, a piece about a father and son visiting Arlington National Cemetery.
10/05/2012 - 10/07/2012
10/05 - 8:00 pm
10/06 - 8:00 pm
10/07 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Verdi's Rigoletto
The court jester Rigoletto (Mark Delavan) loves his daughter Gilda (Lyubov Petrova) nearly as much as he hates the Duke of Mantua (Michael W. Lee). The Duke steals Gilda's honor, and the jester must continue to joke, even as he plans revenge. Rigoletto sometimes takes a joke too far for the comfort of his audience. But, this being opera, Rigoletto is met not by boos, but by a curse, when one of his jokes gets a little too personal. Antony Walker conducts.
10/06/2012 - 10/14/2012
10/06 - 8:00 pm
10/09 - 7:00 pm
10/12 - 8:00 pm
10/14 - 2:00 pm
Benedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Italia
Music Director Matthew Kraemer begins the orchestra's 64th season with such familiar classics as Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture, Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien and Respighi's The Pines of Rome.
10/06/2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Butler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PA
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