South Bend mayor to tickle ivories with orchestra

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tah-juhj) is taking an extra step to promote the arts in the northern Indiana city: He’ll perform a piano solo Saturday with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.

Buttigieg told supporters Monday that he’ll perform “Rhapsody in Blue” as part of a program entitled “A Valentine from Gershwin” at South Bend’s Morris Civic Auditorium.