Souzoukakia, anyone?

It and other Greek delicacies will be in abundance this weekend at the 35th Annual Greek Food Festival at the Greek Orthodox Church of Oakmont, 12 Washington Ave.

The main entrees will be Chicken Alexis, a fruit and honey glazed delight; Lamb Shank dinner, braised in a rich tomato wine sauce; Stifatho, beef simmered in a tomato sauce; Souzoukakia, meatballs prepared in a delicate wine-tomato sauce; and Friday's specialty, baked Fish Plaki. A la carte selections include stuffed grape leaves, moussaka and spanakopita.

Along with the food, there will be Greek music and dancing each night.

Hours are 5-11 p.m. Friday; 4-11 p.m. Saturday; and 2-11 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call 412-828-4144.

Rhyme time

The inaugural Rhyme Calisthenics All-Star Competition takes over the Kelly-Strayhorn Performing Arts Center at 7 tonight, with Rhyme Cal champs Real Deal, Zone, Boka and A-Jaxx in three rounds of competition.

Rhyme Calisthenics "is an MC competition that combines the intensity of a rap battle with the excitement and unpredictability of a game show," or so we're told. A 6-foot game-show wheel known as "The Wheel of Skillz" has 12 challenges designed to test a range of skills, from freestyles to prepared, from concepts to delivery.

The competition, hosted by Thelonious Stretch and featuring DJ Huggy, will be filmed for submission "to major television networks," according to the Kelly-Strayhorn Web site. An All-Star After Party follows at the Shadow Lounge. Tickets for the competition are $5.

Rhyme Calisthenics was founded here in 2007 and in 2009 the circuit expanded to New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. The competition is open to all MC's, rappers, freestylists, poets and anyone else "fresh enough and brave enough to take on the Wheel of Skillz."

A couple of days later, the Kelly-Strayhorn will throw itself a dance party: "Full Bloom" has DJ sets and a sampling of treats from neighborhood restaurants, with the price of admission to benefit the East Liberty theater's programs. A pre-party reception with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres is 7-8 p.m., followed by the summer dance party that goes through midnight. Tickets range from $35-$75; 412-363-3000.

WYEP Summer Fest

In an age of chamber-pop, indie-folk, lo-fi, hip-pop, screamo, grindcore, etc., the Sam Roberts Band serves up the kind of gritty rock 'n' roll that could squeeze into the WDVE playlist between Tom Petty, the Kinks and Cheap Trick.

Its local airplay, though, comes from WYEP, which presents the band as the headliner of its Summer Music Festival at Schenley Plaza on Friday. The band, touring on its fourth album, "Love at the End of the World," gets Triple A radio play in the States but is bigger in its native Canada (Roberts hails from Quebec), where "Love" topped the charts.

When it came out we asked Roberts about his being the rare contemporary band that can fit into a classic rock format.

"We never really thought about how we were going to define ourselves as a band, what category will we easily slip into so people are not confused by the music we're putting out there. We have such a wide variety of influences. I've been listening to Chuck Berry and the Kinks and the Rolling Stones my whole life and the Beatles as well, of course. I also listen to the Smiths and the Stone Roses and a band called Ride. I was really into shoegazer rock of the '90s. If you listen to 'Lions of the Kalahari' on the new record, you can hear those influences of the Stone Roses and My Bloody Valentine and Spiritualized coming back into what we're doing. We like to stay liquid and malleable."

During the interview, Roberts, a big Montreal Canadiens fan, talked about native son Sidney Crosby slipping away to Pittsburgh. This week, he reflected on the Cup win: "It is great to see such promise fulfilled. Up in Canada, Sid was on the map at a pretty young age (as were the likes of Marc Andre Fleury and Jordan Staal) as someone who would eventually put his stamp on the game. Many players have had to bear that weight of being the next great hockey hope, and come up short of people's expectations. Sid, on the other hand, has been a force in the league since day one, putting all doubt to rest, and making us Habs fans wish we'd finished lower in the standings during the '04-05 season (to have had a shot at drafting him ourselves ...). Him and his teammates played their hearts out for the cup and that's what it takes, more than anything else, to lift it up at the end."

The show starts at 6 p.m. and also features Dar Williams, The Duhks and Meeting Of Important People. Admission is free.

Forbes Field memories

The Senator John Heinz History Center commemorates the 100th anniversary of one of the country's most beloved ballparks with a new exhibition, "Forbes Field: A Century of Memories."

It will feature photographs, fan memorabilia, and never-before-seen artifacts.

Among the highlights:

• Forbes Field construction photographs, along with a ticket and invitations from the first game in 1909;

• Team owner Barney Dreyfuss' personal day planners from the Pirates' World Series championship years in 1909 and 1925;

• 1910 baseball cards of Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb;

• An original Homestead Grays uniform from the 1940s;

• A baseball signed by Babe Ruth on the day he hit three home runs at Forbes Field in 1935;

• Roberto Clemente's game-used bat from 1966;

• Signage, seats and banners.

For more information, visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org.

Dormont Centennial Celebration

More than the big Dormont Pool is open to the public over the new 10 days as the borough celebrates 100 years. The community was founded in 1909, making it the first independent municipality in the South Hills, and it will commemorate with activities and concerts from June 27 to July 4:

Dormont Dash 5K, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, starts and ends on Memorial Drive, $25, call 412-207-8245; Junior Olympics (ages 5--12), noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Keystone Oaks High School track; Paintball (10 and up) noon-8 p.m. Saturday, Beggs Snyder Park, $7 per round; Dormont Historical Society Open House, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Dormont Municipal Center; Magician/Puppeteer (ages 5-12) 7 p.m. Monday, Dormont Elementary School auditorium; SeniorFest, picnic lunch and bingo, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dormont Recreation Center, $7.

Movie in the Park: "Music Man," at dark July 1, Dormont Pool Parking Lot. Free for all ages; River City Brass Band, 7 p.m. July 2, Keystone Oaks High School Auditorium, $5; Car Cruise, 6 p.m. July 3, Potomac Avenue from Belrose to West Liberty Avenues music by Ed Cyphers; Dormont Day, 9 a.m.--9:30 p.m. Saturday July 4, Dormont Park.

Riding the Old 97's

Last year, The Old 97's played a great headlining set at the WYEP Summer Fest. Now, the veteran alt-country band from Dallas returns for a free show at Hartwood Acres on Sunday night.

The last time around, the Old 97's were touring with their seventh album, "Blame it on Gravity," which Rolling Stone called "a perfect mission statement from four Texans raised on the Beatles and Johnny Cash in equal measures."

"Blame it on Gravity" was a comeback after a near-breakup a few years later, when the band members, living in different cities, were doing solo projects and starting families.

"We were all figuring out how to be a band again, after all we went through from 2001 to 2004. It was definitely touch-and-go for a while," frontman Rhett Miller said. I didn't personally think we'd ever break up as a band, but I realized that at any time a single member could decide to leave and that would be it. But now, there is no baggage, and no negative energy here,"

On this tour, Miller and guitarist Murry Hammond both have new solo albums and have been playing solo sets before the band comes out.

Those heading out can also expect to hear Old 97's favorites like "Time Bomb," "Barrier Reef," "Oppenheimer" and "Murder (or a Heart Attack)."

The free show starts at 7:30 p.m.

• Once a year, antique cars take over the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum in Washington. "Anything on Wheels" features an outdoor display of more than 50 cars, along with trolley and diesel locomotive rides, an antique tractor display and oldies music. "Anything on Wheels" takes place Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $9/adults, $8 for people over 62, and $5 for ages 3 to 15. Information: 724-228-9256.

• Donnie Iris and the Cruisers roll into Thunder in the Valley motorcycle rally on Friday to headline at Johns-town's Point Stadium. Gates open at 7 p.m., followed by the music at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $24. Go to Ticketmaster.com.

• Longtime Pittsburgh favorites Kelsey Friday and Bill Deasy play the Walnut Street Jam Saturday night at 7 in Shadyside. Admission is $2, with proceeds going to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

• David Brenner, the comedian who appeared the most times on "The Tonight Show," performs at the Palace Theater, Greensburg, at 8 p.m. Saturday. He calls it his "Leave 'em Laughing Tour," subtitled "A life's journey from birth up to about five minutes ago," celebrating his 40th year in comedy. Tickets are $25 to $28. Call 724-836-8000.