5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: March 24-26

Shirley McMarlin, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
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Mar. 24—Shop the night away

The Greensburg Night Market will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in the second-floor event space at Live Casino Pittsburgh at Westmoreland Mall.

More than 50 vendors are scheduled to be present, offering products including foods and beverages, bath and beauty products, home decor, kitchenware, artwork, crafts, candles, jewelry and more.

For more information, visit greensburgnightmarket.com.

Romantic complications

The Gilbert and Sullivan Players will present "On Guard" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Performing Arts Center of the Robert S. Carey Student Center at Saint Vincent College in Unity. Admission is free.

Written by W. S. Gilbert and first produced in London in 1871, the three-act comedy follows the breathtaking-but-flirtatious Jessie Blake, who becomes engaged to the young military soldier, Guy Warrington. The engagement is complicated by obstacles including attention from Jessie's other suitors and a secret adoption.

The student cast is directed by first-time director Laura Wargo, a junior public history major from Baden. The Players is a student organization dedicated to performing the classic works of librettist and playwright W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan.

For more information, visit stvincent.edu.

Here comes the sun

An opening reception for "Chasing the Sun" will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at You Are Here, 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette.

The exhibit, running through May 13, features works by 24 artists paying homage to the spring, or vernal, equinox. Works by Hannah Goforth will be featured in the art center's Gallery Veronica.

Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and Sundays by appointment.

For more information, visit yah406clay.org.

There be monsters

"Monster in My Closet," with drawings by Josh Mitchel, opens with a meet-the-artist reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at StopWatch Gallery & Studio, 323 S. Main St., Greensburg.

A Pittsburgh native and adjunct professor at Penn West University, Mitchel says, "My work is centered on themes of personal toil and internal conflict. While my compositions are often autobiographical and deeply personal, they aspire to autonomy intended to contemplate ideas of love and loss, anxiety, lust, and fear; themes ubiquitous to the human experience."

The exhibit will continue through April 22. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and by appointment.

For more information, call 724-708-2034 or visit StopWatch Gallery & Studio on Facebook.

50 years of music

The Manhattan Transfer continues its celebration of 50 years of harmonizing with a show at 6 p.m. Sunday in The Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg.

Founded in 1969, the Grammy Award-winning vocal group has explored a variety of musical styles, including a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, pop, and rhythm and blues. Its biggest hit came in 1981 with "Boy From New York City."

Tickets are $43-$128, available at 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org.

Shirley McMarlin is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Shirley by email at smcmarlin@triblive.com or via Twitter .