82-year-old wins playwriting contest
Mountain Playhouse producer Teresa Stoughton Marafino has announced that 82-year-old William S.E. Coleman of Des Moines has won the 2008 Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Playwriting Contest with his entry, “One Golden Moment.”
The romantic comedy is set on a Greek island, where an American book editor, an island native and a free-spirited Austrian backpacker collide.
Coleman, who grew up near New Kensington, Westmoreland County, will receive the $3,000 cash prize and Grindstone Award at the playhouse on Sept. 6, when his play will be read by a professional cast.
Scripts for the 2009 contest are due by Dec. 31.
Information: www.MountainPlayhouse.org.
Christian event open to ministries, artwork
Registration is open for Harvest in the Park, an interdenominational Christian event that will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at Windber Recreation Park.
The registration deadline for ministries and church groups is Aug. 16. Ministries may include dance, drama, praise teams, choirs, acoustic musicians, vocalists, puppets and children’s ministries.
Groups also may set up a tent to share information, but no money is to be exchanged.
The registration deadline for artwork done by Christians is Sept. 6. All media and forms including landscapes, portraits, children’s artwork, needlework, photography, writings and poems are acceptable.
Admission will be free. Baked-good donations are welcome.
Information: 467-0671.
Former area man creates flood CD
“Johnstown Flood 1889,” a CD by Michael J. Smajda of Harrisburg, is available for sale at bookstores at Johnstown Flood National Memorial, South Fork, and Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Cresson.
His CD is a verse version with sound effects.
Smajda, an author and poet, is formerly of the Morrellville section of Johnstown.
Information: 495-4643.
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“Music and Art for Heart and Soul” will be held from 6 to 10 tonight at Art Works in Johnstown! 413 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.
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'New York City Subway Idol' | Soul, rhythm and blues singer in concert Feb. 18 at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
Alice Tan Ridley is just as popular above ground as below it. The singer, known as “The New York City Subway Idol,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the Pitt-Johnstown campus in Richland Township.
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All things afield at annual sportsmen's show
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Venue of Merging Arts to host Slovak Mardi Gras
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Westmont Hilltop High School has reached theatrical milestone
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Curtains rising | Students acting out roles in spring productions
A variety of performances that promise to be entertaining are scheduled for area high school stages.
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Tribute band to play best of Pink Floyd at War Memorial
This arena show will bring the lights and sounds of Pink Floyd. Brit Floyd, billed as the world’s greatest Pink Floyd show, will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St., Johnstown.
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