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Art Show This Weekend: McKeesport Art Group holds its 52nd annual spring art exhibition, craft show and sale this weekend at Jacob Woll Pavilion, inside Renziehausen Park just off University Drive.

Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 12 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 12 to 6 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call Jan Catalogna at (412) 469-2710.

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'Rhythms' Mark MSO Concert: The McKeesport Symphony Orchestra closes its 2009-10 season with a fiery, toe-tapping pops concert on Sunday afternoon.

The program, called "Rhythms on Fire," will feature music with a beat, including parts of Leonard Bernstein's passionate score for the musical West Side Story along with selections from Les Miserables and Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

The program will also include "American Salute" by Morton Gould and Khachaturian's famous Sabre Dance.

In addition, portions of the concert will include amateur musicians from the Mon-Yough area who are not members of the MSO's professional group of performers.

Maestro Bruce Lauffer will conduct.

The concert begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of McKeesport Area High School, 1960 Eden Park Blvd. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $8 for students.

For more information, call (412) 664-2854 or visit the symphony's website.

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'Dancing Queen' Reservations Underway: The Carnegie Library of McKeesport will welcome back the disco tribute group "Dancing Queen" for a fundraiser at the Palisades, Fifth Avenue at Water Street, Downtown.

The concert and dance --- billed as "Pittsburgh's Hottest Live Disco Party" --- are slated for 8 p.m. next Saturday, May 22. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.

For reservations or more information, visit the Carnegie Library, 1507 Library Ave., check out the library's website, or call (412) 672-0625.

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