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A visiting string quartet drops into town for not one but seven concerts, each at a different venue. The Saturn String Quartet, featuring members of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, is joined for this mini-tour by Pittsburghbased clarinetist Alex Jones. At stops in Zelienople, Somerset, O’Hara, Fox Chapel, Mount Lebanon and Pittsburgh proper, the group will perform Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet K581 and Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet Op. 115. The performances begin tonight, at Chatham University’s James Laughlin Music Center, and conclude Jan. 15 at Shadyside’s Calvary Episcopal Church. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. (Chatham campus, Shadyside; free). Performances continue through Wed., Jan. 15 (times, venues and admission prices vary). www.facebook.com/ saturnstringquartet
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media artist. Charlie Green exemplifies the post-graffiti movement. Jeffrey Hovis’ warped, brightly colored, cartoon-like images are influenced by the 1950s’ Cobra Art movement. Teresa Martuccio is inspired by historical biographies and “cute things in nature.” And Cheryl Towers makes or remakes dolls to reflect the variety of their uses in
Edgar Allan Poe was successful in his lifetime, and more than two centuries after his birth, he still ranks among the most influential American writers. But the circumstances of Poe’s death, at age 40, remain a mystery. The latest to speculate on the demise of the man who wrote “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven” is Pittsburgh-based actor David Crawford. Crawford, best known as “Dr. Foster” from Night of the Living Dead, wrote and stars in Poe’s Last Night, a new one-man show opening tonight at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. BO 8 p.m. Show continues through Jan. 19. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $20-30. www.pghplaywrights.com
+ SAT., JAN. 11 {CRAFTS} Nationally known, Pittsburghbased jewelry-maker Olga Mihaylova specializes in beadwork. At today’s Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Second Saturdays Workshop, the Bulgaria-born artist — a previous best-of-show winner at the Three Rivers Arts Festival — shares her skills to help attendees ages 15 and up create an original bracelet. The three-hour workshop is held in the Trust Arts Education Center. BO 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 805807 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $50 (includes materials). www.trustarts.org
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Primitive Chic, spotlighting five artists working in the outsider-art tradition. Daniel Belardinelli is an established and widely exhibited mixed-
different cultures. The opening reception is tonight. BO 5:30-8 p.m. 5831 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-441-6005 or www.galleriechiz.com
After the hype of holiday blockbusters, slow down at the Hollywood Theater with the Rural Route Film Festival, a touring short-film program whose works highlight the people and places outside of the big city. (Rural Route is based in New York City, but its founders are from Iowa.) Works are documentary, narrative, experimental or archival, and this year’s program of 11 films features: