The Alexander String Quartet – made up of notedperformers Zakarias Grafilo and
Frederick Lifsitz, violins; Paul Yarbrough, viola; and Sandy Wilson, cello – has performed in major music
capitals on four continents,
securing its standing among the premiere ensembles of its kind.Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven
and Bartok, the quartet is also an
important advocate of new music through over twenty-five commissions and numerous premiere performances. 

 4:30-5:30pm. "Big Trees" are magnificent! Service Forster Mark Lewis, DCNR Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, will highlight some of Crawford County's "big trees" for us. Find out how to measure trees and nominate them for "big tree" status. There are some big trees out there, and we're looking for them!

 Middle-aged assimilated American Charlie returns home to his native Dublin to sort through and come to terms with his relationship to this thoroughly beguiling, maddening presence in his live: "Da." Reminiscence gives way to memory and illusion as an adolescent Charlie is brought back from the past, while the man who Charlie is now grapples with his own mortality and the part of him that will always be the irascible "Da." 8:15pm March 12-13, 19-20, 26-27. 2:15pm March 21.

 Sample Irish potato soup, artisan cheeses and great wine for free from 11am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday.

The Art of the Brick is the first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus exclusively on the use of the popular LEGO® building block as an art medium. New York based artist Nathan Sawaya takes it to new heights. The exhibit features thirty works created solely from standard LEGO® bricks over the period 2002-2007 with several new ones created specifically for this exhibit. Nearly one million colorful LEGO® pieces transformed into whimsical and awe-inspiring images will be on display. Partial underwriting for this exhibit is provided by The Oppenheim Foundation.

 Starts precisely at noon from Diamond Park and proceeds along Chestnut Street to the Downtown Mall.

 The annual St. Patrick's Day celebration at the Academt Theater in Meadville. Call box office for tickets.