The 36th annual World Championship Ice Racing Series will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown.

Tickets range from $7 to $27 and will cost $2 more at the door.

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

Rockin’ benefit

A Rotary Rock Fest, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Richland, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ace’s, 316 Chestnut St. in the Cambria City section of Johns-town.

Featured bands are YUM, Shades of June and Maiden America.

Tickets are $10.

Proceeds will benefit community and humanitarian projects undertaken by the Richland club.

Information: (412) 610-0043.

Spectacular show

Blast! a synchronized blend of marching band, drum corps and indoor color guard, will raise the roof at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, Richland Township.

Tickets are $36, $40 and $45.

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

Never grow up

“Peter Pan” will be presented at 7 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Windber Area High School auditorium, 3201 Graham Ave., Windber.

In this James Barrie version of the musical about a boy who refused to grow up, Peter Pan brings three children to Never Land with the help of the fairy Tinkerbell.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens.

Information: 467-4567.

Dance party

The second annual “Dancing Like a Star for Autism” will be held beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Pasquerilla Conference Center, 301 Napoleon St., downtown Johnstown.

Funds raised will aid autism programs at Beginnings Inc. and Alternative Community Resource Program.

The fundraiser will begin with hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 and dinner at 6, then couples will compete for trophies in two categories.

A panel of judges will award the top spot, and the audience can designate a fan favorite for $1 a vote.

The cost is $65 per person.

Information: 539-1919.

Ballet benefit

A  Johnstown Concert Ballet fundraiser will be held from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at Sunnehanna Country Club, 1000 Sunnehanna Drive, Westmont.

There will be a cocktail hour, dinner, silent and live auctions, music by Flood City Brass and a performance by the ballet’s senior company.

The ballet company is seeking funds for a permanent storage site for its sets and costumes.

Tickets are $40.

Information: 536-7599 or 248-9792.

Swap meet

Johnstown Street Survivors 25th annual indoor automotive swap meet will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown.

General admission is $3.

Information: www.johnstownstreetsurvivors.com or 539-3644.

Snow day

A winter festival will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Johnstown Children’s Museum at Heritage Discovery Center, 201 Sixth Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

After registration at 1, ongoing activities will include penguin crafts, puppet shows, magic shows, penguin bowling, let-it-snow craft and winter beanbag toss.

The day is free to JAHA members or with museum admission.    

Information: 539-1889.

Beat goes on

A drum circle will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center, 411 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

Those interested in joining the circle do not need experience in music to participate.

Facilitator Rachel Allen is trained in West African, Middle Eastern and many other cultural traditions.

The cost is $5 per person.

Information: 536-5399.

Art trip

A lunch a l’art program will be held at noon Thursday at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Altoona,   1210 11th Ave.

The program will center around the museum’s current exhibition, “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Selections from the Mark del Costello Collection,” which will be on display through April 28.

There will be a presentation by Scott Dimond, SAMA curator for visual arts.

The cost is $13, or $12 for SAMA members, and reservations are requested.

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

Country stars    

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

The band’s third CD, “Own the Night,” debuted at the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Top 200 chart.

Their latest awards include group artist of the year at the 2011 American Country Awards and favorite country band, duo or group at the 2011 American Music Awards.

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.

Tickets are $59.50, $49.50 and $35.

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

Winter works

The 2012 Winter Show of Allied Artists of Johnstown is on display through Feb. 25 at AmeriServ Financial, Main and Franklin streets, downtown Johnstown.

The show has 45 works, juried by artist Julie Englemann of Indiana, Pa.

Award recipients are Jim Richey’s digital infrared photo “Farm in the Dell”; Mary Wiley-Lewis’ pastel         “Shepherdess”; Donna Holdsworth’s mixed acrylic collage “In a Coat He Borrowed from James Dean”; and Larry Mallory’s watercolor “One Rusty Bucket.”

The exhibit can be viewed at no cost during regular business hours in the bank lobby.

Information: www.johnstownart.com.

Slovak celebration

“The Legacy of SS. Cyril and Methodius,” an exhibit of photographs by Nicholas Bocher and other aspects of Slovak heritage, is on display through Feb. 29 at the Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.

An opening reception will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.

At 2, Bocher will discuss his photos, and his wife, Susan Kalcik, will present a brief history of SS. Cyril & Methodius.

Three other programs will be held Feb. 12, 19 and 26.

The exhibit is being presented in conjunction with the Slovak Heritage Association of the Laurel Highlands.

Information: 255-6515.

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 work 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.

Invitational 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.

This multimedia show and sale 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 through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

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

Prints and posters

Two exhibits are on display 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.

The prints were donated to the museum in 2000 and 2004 by Allwyn and Ellen Levine.

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

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

The exhibition 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.

 

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