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Arts & Culture in Butler County,
PA
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Associated Artists of Butler County
344 S. Main St, Butler, PA 16001 [map]
Phone: 724-283-6922 Fax 724-283-4568
The Associated
Artists of Butler County is the oldest cultural organization in
Butler County. Our rich history began in 1934 as our intent to provide
a forum for the exchange of ideas, as well as to encourage and foster
art. Over the past seventy years these aspirations have been met
with exhibits of local and visiting artists. From 19 original members
our organization has grown to over 350 members.
The Art Center provides exciting year-round
exhibits, programs, workshops, classes, and also has a great gallery
gift shop! Visit us online at
www.butlerartcenter.net
Rittlemann Gallery: 74th Annual Spring Show - May 9th – May 30th 2008
Members Gallery – ‘Nature’s Palette’ Mary Kostolansky
Mezzanine Gallery – ‘The Power of Place: Americans on Vacation’ Christine Holtz
Underground Gallery – ‘Till Yesterday Begins Tomorrow’ Shawn Farester
The Art Center presents a long running community favorite exhibit reflecting the diverse disciplines of local artists. The 74th Annual Spring Show is the longest running show hosted by The Associated Artists of Butler County. The organization is a non-profit dedicated to the advancement of visual art in the county.
Over 200 original works in a variety of mediums including, ceramics, drawing, graphic arts, painting, photography, and sculpture are presented in the Main Rittelmann Gallery. Subject matter is wide-ranging, although numerous entries express a spring theme. The talent of the area is evident, the prices are affordable and the atmosphere of the deco gallery is relaxing and airy. The Art Center just might be Main Street’s best-kept secret.
The opening reception for The 74th Annual Spring Show is on Friday, May 9th from 7 –9 pm at The Art Center on 344 South Main Street in Butler, PA 16001. The opening reception is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. During the opening reception there will be entertainment by the ‘hula-hoop troop’ and awards will be announced at 8 pm on The Spirit Café stage. Also during the opening, the public has a chance to win an original Billy Perry Watercolor (value $700) or Carl McGrady Oil Painting (value $650) by purchasing raffle tickets (Tickets are $5 for 1 ticket or $10 for 3 tickets) as a fundraiser for the Gift Shop renovation for member-artists at The Art Center.
This year, Kathleen Zimbicki judged the 74th Annual Spring Show. Artwork is for sale and will be on display through May 30th; original artwork makes for great gifts at any occasion! Special Thank You to Mary Phillips for sponsoring the Best of Show Award.
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The Art Center is open:
Wednesday & Thursday:
Noon - 6 PM
Friday: Noon -9 PM
Saturday: Noon - 4 PM |
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Blazing Star Choral Society
P.O. Box 1862, Butler, PA 16001, Phone: 724-282-7310
Blazing Star Choral Society is dedicated to sharing
the best sacred and secular choral music. For more information, visit
us online at:
www.butlerarts.org/blazingstar |
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Butler
Arts Council
421
North Main Street, Butler, PA 16001 [map]
Phone: 724-282-1476
Representing the best of the Arts across Butler County.
Members include: Blazing Star Chorale, Butler Little Theater,
Butler Symphony, Midwestern Arts & Humanities, Musical Theatre
Guild, Musician's Concert Band, Notables Barbershop Chorus, Penn Theater,
Sing Hosanna!, Strand Theater, and Succop Theater. The Butler
Arts Council organizes the annual "Ring in the Arts", New
Year's Eve event. Visit us online at: www.ButlerArts.org
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Butler County Community College Cultural Center Succop Theatre
P.O.
Box 1203, Butler, PA 16003
[map]
To map this location use the address 100 College Drive, Butler,
PA 16001
Phone: 724-287-8711 Fax: 724-287-0529
The
smart place for quality entertainment at reasonable prices: Butler
County Community College Cultural Center.
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Butler County Symphony Association
259 S. Main Street, Butler, PA 16001 [map]
Phone: 724-283-1402
Symphony Orchestra performing six concerts annually.
The Butler County Symphony Association provides a
quality orchestra within a community framework, generating pride
among Butler County residents while enriching their cultural lives.
Concerts are at 8 PM (except where noted) in the Butler Intermediate
High School Auditorium.
For more information please visit www.butlersymphony.org.
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Photo by Gordon Cavalero
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Butler Little Theatre
One Howard Street, Butler,
PA 16001, Phone: 724-287-6781
Butler
Little Theatre has entertained the community since February 1941.
This continuously-operated, non-profit, all-volunteer organization
offers area actors, directors, production staff and audiences
five shows each season and annual workshops for children and youth.
Located just off Main Street in downtown Butler, the converted
carriage house theater seats 155 people and accommodates members,
guests and the general public. Curtain
Times: Friday and Saturday 8:15 pm. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday 7:30, Sunday Matinee 2:30 PM.
For
information on shows, auditions, volunteer opportunities, membership
and youth workshops, visit us online at
http://www.bltgroup.org
2007-2008 SEASON
May 9-11, 13-17: Leading Ladies
In this hilarious comedy by the
author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo, two English Shakespearean
actors, Jack and Leo, find themselves so down on their luck that
they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the
Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When
they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave
her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve
to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash.
The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the
relatives aren't nephews, but nieces!
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"The
Whales of August" featuring William Lehnerd, Cecilia Snodgrass,
and Sue Switzer, taken by Sam Minehart
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"Greater Tuna" featuring Thom Bennett and Bob Meals, taken
by Sam Minehart
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Glass Blowing Center
114 Leonard Road, Hilliards, PA 16040 [map]
Phone: 724-791-2100 Come and visit the Glass
Blowing Center’s gift shop containing glass gifts for every occasion,
taste, and budget. The Glass Blowing Center is open seven
days a week from 10am – 6pm. While at the gift shop, the public
will observe live, narrated glassblowing demonstrations, set inside
the Glass Blowing Center’s lecture hall, where guests may capture
every step of the rare and extraordinary art of glass blowing.
The Glass Blowing Center also hosts free large group
demonstrations as well as free children’s birthday parties set inside
their lecture hall, which accommodates up to 100 guests. Have
a broken glass keepsake? The Glass Blowing Center has an expert
repair service. Are you interested in learning this exciting,
ancient art form? The Glass Blowing Center offers both private
and group glass lessons in several different areas of discipline,
such as jewelry and sculpture. A visit to the Glass Blowing
Center will leave you enlightened, entertained, and quite possibly
awestruck.
Visit us online at
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Maridon Museum
322 North McKean Street, Butler, PA 16001
[map]
Phone: 724-282-0123
The Maridon opened on May 8th, 2004.
It is the only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region with a
specific focus on Chinese and Japanese art and culture. The museum
— both the objects and the buildings that house them — is the gift
of Mary Hulton Phillips. Located in downtown Butler.
Visit them online at www.maridon.org
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Japanese Brush Painting Classes.
Instructed by Laurie Bloomberg. Five beginner classes on April
4, 11, 25 and May 2 and 9. Members $13.00 per class. Non-members
$15.00. Materials are included. Space limited. Call
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Click
here to read
the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Article about the Maridon Museum.
Click
here to read a BootsnAll Travel
story by Zelda Wilbert
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Musical Theatre Guild
Memorial
Park Drive, P.O. Box 2001, Butler,
PA 16003
Phone: 724-28-STAGE
(724-287-8243)
Butler
County’s oldest producer of premier musical theatre.
Now celebrating our 45th consecutive season.
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"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" |
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Notables Barbershop
Chorus
P.O.
Box 2411, Butler, PA 16003, Phone: 724-285-9796
A fraternal, educational
and charitable part of the International Barbershop Harmony Society,
who enjoy a unique style of four-part a capella singing. Our weekly
rehearsal/meetings have something for everyone; an exciting mix
of chorus singing, instruction and quartet singing. These meeting
are on Monday evenings at 7:30 PM at Trinity Presbyterian Church,
Butler, PA. 107 Staley Ave, across from the VA Hospital and
McDonalds. Stop by and meet us, sing some songs, or
just listen for a while.
Guests are always welcome!
May 31st Musical Potpourri
Don't miss the May 31st Musical Potpourri at the Succop Theater on the Campus of Butler Community College. Come enjoy the Barbershop style music!
Visit us online
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Sing Hosanna!
P.O. Box 390, East Butler, PA 16029, Phone:
724-285-3653
Sing Hosanna! is a Butler County-based, performing arts, non-profit
corporation for ages five through the senior years. Events
include Broadway Musicals with large casts, comedy dinner theater,
art and themed basket auctions, children’s performing arts camps,
holiday concerts and uplifting musicals. Sing Hosanna! recently
purchased a historic landmark theater building.
Visit
them online at: www.butlerarts.org |
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Slippery Rock University- College of
Humanities-Fine & Performing Arts
104 Strain Behavioral Science Bldg.,
Slippery Rock, PA 16057 [map]
Phone: 724-738-4866
Concerts, exhibits, lectures, theatrical
productions, and the annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival highlight
cultural events year-round.
May 23: Charlotte’s Web at SRU. 7 PM. TheatreWorks USA’s production is based on E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte. This treasured tale, featuring mad-cap and endearing farm animals, explores bravery, selfless love and the true meaning of friendship. All ages / $8.
Visit them online at:
http://www.sru.edu
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SRU Dance Students
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Strand Theater Initiative
P.O. Box 3144, Zelienople,
PA 16063, Phone: 724-742-0400
Formed in May 2001, this non-profit group’s
purpose is to raise funds to convert the Strand Theater in Zelienople,
PA into a center for the performing arts. Visit
them online at: www.thestrandtheater.org
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