Enjoy a weekend of performance and creativity featuring the talented students of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School’s Pre-Professional Division, presented in the university's George Rowland White Performance Studio.

There will be performances of new, classical and contemporary works. The program will include George Balanchine's "Serenade", excerpts from August Bournonville's "Napoli" and "La Sylphide" and new works by Viktor Plotnikov and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School faculty member Alan Obuzor.

Open to the public.

Tickets are $17 each. For more information, call (412) 281-6727.

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Based on the award winning young adult novel, this play revolves around a young girl whose father, a government scientist, has gone missing after working on a mysterious project.

Presented by Prime Stage, a theater company committed to creating entertaining, educational and enriching experiences for middle and high school students. Show times and tickets are available from ProArts Tickets by calling (412) 394-3353.

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Enjoy a wonderful evening featuring top notch grazing from over 20 local restaurants, wine and ale purveyors, the sounds of top Pittsburgh's jazz duet, It Takes Two, along with silent and live auctions.

Jon Burnett, KDKA-TV Accuweather Forecaster will serve as emcee. Celebrity foodie judges will be selecting the Best Overall Taste Treat and all event guests will have the opportunity to vote for The People's Choice Award for overall favorite.

Tickets are $65. Proceeds benefit the Crisis Center North, which is committed to assisting victims of domestic violence in the community through a variety of resources and services. For more information, call (412) 264-6728.

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This play is a contest of tears and laughter in which the rules are broken.

Benard Muloovy, proprietor of Maudie's Diner, is served a full plate of chaos when his deceased wife enlists a mischievous angel to help her reunite Benard with their daughter, Elizabeth. But suspiciously, two Elizabeths appear and suddenly Benard must decide which young woman is his real daughter. Contributing to his dilemma is a forgetful waitress, a geriatric duo who finish each other's sentences and a motorcycle mama anxious to become the next Mrs. Muloovy.

Presented by Mon River Arts, an organization dedicated to expanding artistic opportunities to children and adults in the Mon Valley and Western Pennsylvania. For more information, call (412) 384-0504.

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This exciting interactive family play offers a live tournament, merriment and plenty of live sword action.

As a far off kingdom prepares for their annual festival, a mysterious messenger arrives from a dangerous neighboring land baring a strange request. To keep peace the King must face his most challenging choice.

Ticket prices are $5 to $12. Presented by Stage & Steel Productions, a community theatre troupe that incorporates stage combat, the art of sword fighting for stage, as well as interactive story telling. For more information, visit www.stageandsteel.com

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Led by award winning Dutch bandleader Lucas van Merwijk, Drums United is an explosive and exciting world percussion group interweaving the rhythms of African drums, Indian tablas and Cuban rumbas through the talents of percussionists from around the globe.

Presented as part of Pittsburgh International Children's Festival in conjunction with the Distinctively Dutch Festival, a celebration of the cutlure and contemporary art of the Netherlands. Show times and tickets are available by calling (412) 456-6666.

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This annual festival celebrates the creator and the creative process, giving voice to African American artists from both inside and outside the Pittsburgh region.

It is also a platform from which the most recent class of August Wilson Center Fellows present new works created during their yearlong residencies. Representing a variety of artistic ventures in an array of disciplines, this eclectic and diverse class of August Wilson Center Fellows showcases original work all week long.

For more information, call (412) 338-8742.

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Veteran performers from the semiprofessional theater company Pittsburgh Savoyards are teaming up with Steel City Improv Theater's seasoned improvisers for night of topsy-turvy plots and Victorian vocals to create fully improvised operettas.

Admission is $5 at the door. For more information, call (412) 322-1000.

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This earnest and engaging 2011 French film is the story of a 12-year-old boy who turns to a friendly stranger for comfort after his father has abandoned him.

For more information, call (412) 563-0368.

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Join the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for an exciting evening fabulous food, drinks and a silent auction as they honor their best supporters --- and raffle a 2012 Jaugar XF sedan or a 2012 Land Rover LR2.


Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow. Lymphoma is a cancer in the lymphatic of the immune system and presents as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells.

Tickets are $150 and only 500 will be sold. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. For more information, call (412) 395-2868.

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