Pop singer Kelly Clarkson will bring her “Stronger 2012 Tour” to the area at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St. in downtown Johnstown.

Special guest Matt Nathanson will open the show.

Tickets are $39, $49 and $75, without fees.

Information: 536-5156 or www.warmemorialarena.com.

Hardwood high jinks

The Harlem Globetrotters 2012 World Tour will be ready for basketball action at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown.

This year’s rookie class includes  Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, the tallest Globetrotter in team history at 7 feet 8 inches; Jonte “Too Tall” Hall, the shortest player at 5 feet 2 inches; and Fatima “TNT” Maddox, the team’s first female player since 1993 and ninth female in team history.

Tickets are $14, $19, $25, $37 and $45, without fees.

Information: 536-5156, (800) 745-3000 or warmemorialarena.com.

Original rock

Classic Rock All Stars will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Arcadia Theater, 1418 Graham Ave., Windber.

The band includes original members of Iron Butterfly, Blues Image, Steppenwolf and Blue Oyster Cult.

Tickets are $29, $35 and $38.

Information: 467-9070 or www.Arcadiatheater.net.

Phil’s party

A Groundhog Day Dinner Dance will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at Ace’s, 316 Chestnut St. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

The evening will feature a spaghetti dinner, a groundhog museum and music by Johnstown Classic Rockers.

Tickets are $10 at the door.

Information: 536-4176.

For a good cause

A Rock Out to Knock Out Cancer fundraiser will be held from 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Solomon Run fire hall, 176 Mount Airy Drive, Richland Township.

Proceeds from the five-band show will benefit the American Cancer Society.

Bands are The August Response, Saving Elizabeth, One Pump Chump, Allegory and Hot Mess.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Admission is $10.

Classic dance

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia will perform the classical ballet “Romeo and Juliet” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Richland Township.

Tickets are $28, $30 and $35.

Information: 269-7200, (800) 846-2787 or www.upjarts.org.

Zumba zip

A Zumbathon to benefit the Greater Alleghenies Light the Night Walk and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Western Pennsylvania will be held Saturday at Planet Ice, 195 Jari Drive, Richland Township.

There will be sessions from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.

Certified Zumba instructors will be present.

The cost is $12 for one session or $20 for both and includes water and a T-shirt.

Information: (800) 726-CURE, ext. 2886, or email erika.moul@lls.org.

Friday fest

Last Friday will feature local musician Jeff Perigo today at the Ethnic Social Club, on the fourth floor of Heritage Discovery Center, 201 Sixth Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

Perigo has been playing acoustic, electric, classic rock, folk, blues, country and jam band music since 1994 in the Johnstown, Indiana and Somerset areas.

Music starts at 5:30, and there is no cover charge.

Information: 539-1889.

Gospel fundraiser

“Breathing for Dean,” a fundraiser for pulmonary fibrosis, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Arbutus Church of the Brethren, Erickson Drive and Hostetler Road, Richland Township.

Dean Schell’s widow, Jerrie, and stepdaughter, Candie Rievel, will perform a concert of southern gospel songs, and there will be a hymn sing.

The concert is free to the public, and donations will be collected for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the organization that does research to find a cure. 

For those unable to attend, checks can be made to CPF, 140 Western Ave., Johnstown, Pa. 15904.

The sender’s address should be included so a tax deductible receipt can be mailed back.

On target

Local cartoonist Shaun Boland of Cresson will hold a book signing from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Read Green Books in the Logan Valley Mall, Altoona.

Boland will sign copies of his gallery book, “In the Eye of the Beholder: A Collection of Bol’s Eye Cartoons.” 

Information: www.bolseye.com.

Big wheels

Delaney Chevrolet Toughest Monster Truck Tour will roar into Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, at 8 tonight and 1 and 8 p.m. Saturday.

Monster trucks on the prowl include Bigfoot, Tailgator, Stinger, Shell-Camino and Toxic.

The highlight of the show will be the 35-foot tall car-eating dinosaur robot Transaurus.

Tickets range in price from $8 to $25.

Information: (800) 298-4200 or www.kovalchickcomplex.com.

Black history honors

“A Painting Is Worth a Thousand Words,” featuring artwork by Gregory Rance Thompson and Penelope Wilson, is on display through Feb. 29 at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

The exhibit is in celebration of Black History Month.

Information: 536-5399.

Seasonal snapshots

“Seasons of Western Pennsylvania: The Photography of Donald Robinson” is on display through April 28 at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of Pitt-Johnstown, Richland Township.

The exhibition features approximately 40 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection.

The award-winning Pittsburgh photographer has won 25 gold medals for Best of Show in various international photography salons.

Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Information: 269-7234 or www.sama-art.org.

Old-fashioned photos

“With Old World Eyes: European Photography from the Permanent Collection” is on display through May 12 in the Margery Wolf-Kuhn Gallery at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Loretto on the campus of   St. Francis University.

The exhibition, which has 40 works, shows how the older photochemical methods continue to serve many uses and applications and focuses on the works of European and European-born photographers in the museum’s permanent collection.

Information: 472-3920 or visit www.sama-art.org.

Regional art

The 16th annual Regional Juried Art Exhibition of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts is on display through Feb. 11 at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, One Boucher Lane and Route 711 South, Ligonier.

The exhibition features 75 works from 75 individual artists from the 19 southwestern counties of Pennsylvania.

Information: (724) 238-6015 or www.sama-art.org.

Members’ show

The 19th annual Members Invitational Exhibit is on display through March 2 at Bedford County Arts Center at the Anderson House, 137 E. Pitt St., Bedford.

This multimedia show and sale, which is being presented by Bedford County Arts Council, includes a variety of media and techniques.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Information: 623-1538 or email gallery@artsinbedfordpa.org.

Prints and posters

Two exhibits are open at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona, 1210 11th Ave.

“Twentieth Century Prints: Gifts of Allwyn and Ellen Levine” is on display through April 21 in the museum’s George A. and Herbert L. Wolf Gallery.

The exhibition features 45 prints by 20th century printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Nancy Graves, Peter Milton, Philip Pearlstein and Fairfield Porter.

 “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Selections from the Mark del Costello Poster Collection” is on display through April 28 in the museum’s Shirley and Fred A. Pechter Gallery and Paul I. Detwiler Education Center.

The exhibition features more than 60 posters of rock ’n’ roll  legends such as The Beatles, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols.

It also includes poster art by Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, Peter Max, Milton Glaser, Victor Moscoso and Tadanori Yokoo.

Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays.

Information: 946-4464 or visit www.sama-art.org.

Upcoming

Country stars    

Award-winning country group Lady Antebellum will bring its “Own the Night 2012 World Tour” to the region at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at Bryce Jordan Center on the Penn State campus.

The concert also will feature Darius Rucker and special guest Thompson Square.

Rucker topped the charts with the release of his sophomore country album, “Charleston, SC 1966.”

The husband-and-wife team of Thompson Square is one of country music’s biggest breakout acts of 2011.

The duo’s single, “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not,” reached the No. 1 spot on country radio charts.

Tickets are $35, $49.50 and $59.50.

 Information: 865-5555, www.bjc.psu,edu, Ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

IUP itinerary

Events at Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania will include  a country concert, arenacross racing and a circus party.

Country star Eric Church’s “Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour,” slated to arrive March 3, is almost sold out.

Tickets remaining for the VIP package are $199.

The Bad Boys of Arenacross Pro National will race March 16-18 for the national championships. 

Performance times are 7:30 p.m. March 16 and 17 and 2 p.m. March 18.  

The complex will be molded into a super cross-style track with huge jumps sending riders flying 70 to 80 feet through the air.  

The world’s best Arenacross riders will compete, including 2011’s second-place finisher, Steve Roman from Apollo, Armstrong County.

Tickets are $17 and $20 for adults, and youth tickets are $7 and $10.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Barnum Bash will clown around April 12-15.

Performance times are 7 p.m. April 12 and 13, 11 a.m., 3 and 7 p.m. April 14 and 1 and 5 p.m. April 15.

The bash will feature international acts, including a strong man, motorcycles, Asian elephants, Wheel of Steel and hand balancers.

Tickets are $24, $42 and $52.

Seats for all events are reserved, and all prices include a $2 facility fee. 

Information: (800) 298-4200, www.kovalchickcomplex.com or ComcastTIX.com.

For groups of 15 or more, call (724) 357-5205.



 

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