Martel Brown, Jr. of PghSk8 Collaborative

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That 70s Bling Ding by Sweetwater Center for the Arts

By Keith Recker

February 12, 2026

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Sweetwater Center for the Arts stepped back in time to 1975 with a sold-out celebration. The evening started with dinners hosted at 19 houses in Sewickley and finished with an afterparty at the Edgeworth Club. More than 200 guests, some decked out in 70s-inflected duds, danced the night away to live music from the Sweetwater Cottage Band, enjoyed retro cocktails and desserts, and bid generously on a silent art auction. They raised over $100,000 to support Sweetwater’s capital campaign to renovate key spaces in its historic building. The organization looks forward to its next 50 years of creativity, education, and devotion to the enduring impact of the arts in our region.

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That 70s Bling Ding by Sweetwater Center for the Arts, October 18, 2025

A bouquet of pink and red flowers on a pink table.

Flowers from That 70s Bling Ding

A man as Elvis and a woman in a pattern orange dress and large sunglasses stand in front of large flowers.

Lisa and Mike Hart

Two women in hippie outfits stand in front of a wall of paper flowers.

Board Member Bonita Lee Penn and Shawnda Davis

A woman in a blue dress and a woman in a black dress stand together for the bling ding.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts Founders Trudy Hetherington and Alice Snyder

A man in a disco outfit roller skating on a wood floor.

Martel Brown, Jr. of PghSk8 Collaborative

Four women in colorful dresses stand together.

Bling Ding Committee Member Palmira Gerlach with Brittney Ellis, Becca Christof, and Aundrea Ambeliotis

A crowd of people gather in a white brick party room.

The crowd abuzz with conversation

A man in a pink shirt stands with a man in a pattern shirt.

David Young and David Grometer

A woman in a sparkly dress stands in stage holding her phone.

Executive Director Christine Brondyke

Three women in dresses stand together a a bling ding party.

Sarah Pietragallo, Carrie Beynon, and Adrien Donaldson

A woman in an orange and yellow and pink dress smiles with a champagne glass in hand.

Julia Alexander

A man in a gold shirt and sunglasses dances on the dance floor.

Cliff Bob

Visit Sweetwater Center for the Arts yourself and make a night out of the occasion with our guide to Sewickley.

Story by Keith Recker
Photography Courtesy of Sweetwater Center for the Arts

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