Events

With features like Falling Water, Forbes Field, and Leap-the-Dips, the Miniature Railroad & Village® is more magical than ever before! Be amazed as speeding locomotives travel historic western Pennsylvania’s miniature landscape while the seasons and days pass in the matter of minutes. This extraordinary exhibit features more than 2,000 miniature replicas and more than 100 animated characters and scenes. Come see why the Miniature Railroad continues to be a long-standing Pittsbur... More Details

Spend some quality time with the best dressed residents of the National Aviary! Participants learn about penguins’ natural history, adaptations, feeding and nesting habits, and the challenges they face surviving in a rapidly changing environment. Best of all, it’s a once in a lifetime chance to touch and present toys to one of the Aviary’s African penguins. A photo opportunity is provided at the end of the program. Information and Pricing: $40 per participant; $35 for Aviary me... More Details

A weekend multicultural celebration of the music, dance, food and hand-made crafts of over 30 countries and cultures. Continuous live entertainment all weekend! Saturday Noon-4pm is family afternoon with plenty of international activities for kids; crafts, stamp collecting, name writing, cultural exhibits and flags of nations. Sunday 2PM is the Folk Festival's tribute to our servicemen and women of the military. 911 TAG honor guard will present the colors and flag followed by the 6th Regiment Dr... More Details

55th edition of the Pittsburgh International Folk Festival free of charge. The Folk Festival is where Pittsburgh celebrates the ethnic diversity which makes Pittsburgh such a great place to live. 27 ethnic cultures provide great food and entertainment, as well as cultural traditions and crafts. The location is Monroeville Convention Center The dates are: Friday May 18, 4PM - 10 PM Saturday May19, 11 AM - 10 PM Sunday May 20, 11 AM - 6 PM Service personnel with ID, DD214, or dog tags will be admi... More Details

One of the few international theater festivals for children in the U.S. is right here in Pittsburgh! The festival presents award-winning international, national and local performing artists in an affordable, family-friendly setting. In addition to theater, dance and music performances and visual arts, the festival grounds are filled with fun activities, workshops, crafts-making and more.

“Ayre” featuring clarinetist David Krakauer with soprano Lara Bruckmann, members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and guest artists Ayre – meaning "air" or "melody" in medieval Spanish – is an eclectic song cycle by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. Its multi-lingual texts intermingle three cultures (Christian, Arab and Jewish) as they co-existed in the late 15th-century. This “ecstatically beautiful piece” (New Yorker) blends eleme... More Details

The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries will boast an enhanced reinstallation of the museum’s collection of decorative arts, design, and craft, selectively integrated with prints, architectural drawings, and paintings. The reinstallation includes a prominent display of Carnegie Museum of Art’s important collections of Western Pennsylvania furniture and contemporary objects made from glass and aluminum—two materials deeply associated with the region. Objects will be arranged chronologi... More Details

Free weekly event features local artisans, farmers, businesses, and musicians, at Trailhead of Great Allegheny Passage in Munhall The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be entertaining the kiddos at the market this week while the grown ups are shopping. The Library will be reading Jonah Winter’s Steel Town, and then building bridges with marshmallows. The Sunday Heritage Market is held at the Historic Pump House & Water Tower, 880 E. Waterfront Drive. Located at the trailhead of the G... More Details

Carnegie Science Center is home to the world's largest permanent robotics exhibition, so gear up for a bot-tastic time with more than two dozen exhibition stations about robots! Learn how 'bots sense, think, and act and explore dozens of interactive exhibit stations in this one-of-a-kind robotics experience. Challenge a binary being in a game of air hockey or basketball, and rub elbows with some of Hollywood’s most famous robots. It's the ultimate robot gathering, right here in Pittsburgh... More Details

Join the Sharp Edge Creekhouse and Last Call Pittsburgh as they team up to bring you an awesome weekly trivia night. Play for gift cards, indulge in food and drink specials and play to win gift cards. Top teams get prizes and bragging rights. Starting 1.8.12, our city wide trivia league begins at all locations where teams that play at least 6 times in our 12 week league are eligible for a chance to play for $1000 cash! Sign up Starts at 6:30p and show starts at 7p. Hope to see you there!

Silk Screen: Asian Arts and Cultural Organization will feature 25 films at its seventh annual Asian American Film Festival, May 11-20. The festival is a showcase of Asian films and filmmakers with origins in Asian cultures. There will be 48 showings at three locations in the city: The Harris Theater, the Melwood Screening Room and the Regent Square Theater. For festival lineup and more information please visit: http://www.silkscreenfestival.org/12/the-festival

We pledge allegiance to it, we parade it, and we display it on occasions both solemn and celebratory. The American flag represents the nation and its people, patriotism, and pride, even during times of war and strife. The Senator John Heinz History Center’s major exhibition, Stars & Stripes: An American Story, sponsored by BNY Mellon, details the stories of the people behind the more than 200 year history of our nation’s most enduring symbol. The 7,000 square foot exhibit was dev... More Details

Unearth the powers of healing plants from around the world as the soothing sights and sounds of fountains provide a release from the summer heat. Bring the whole family and let Phipps welcome you to a serene, green world where nature’s best-kept secrets are revealed and the spirit of youth reigns supreme.

Farm and Artist Market! Historic Site! The Sunday Heritage Market is a fun Sunday event allowing visitors to explore The Historic Pump House, while also getting a chance to enjoy and support local artisans, farmers, businesses, and music! Conveniently located just past Lowe's in The Waterfront shopping complex and right along the Great Allegheny Passage. The market begins May 6 and continues every Sunday through October. Hours of the market are 10am-6pm. Vendors include local artisans, Free Yoga... More Details

Farm and Artist Market! Historic site! The Sunday Heritage Market is a fun (and free) Sunday event allowing visitors to explore The Historic Pump House, while also getting a chance to enjoy and support local artisans, farmers, businesses, and music! Conveniently located just past Lowe’s in The Waterfront shopping complex and right along the Great Allegheny Passage.

Beginning on May 11th, the Toonseum will exhibit "The Zany Dzigns of Diana Z." The exhibition will highlight artistic examples of Pittsburgh native Diana Zourelias-Noro's Work. As a freelance artist, Diana's work has appeared in the hidden pictures of Highlights Magazine as well as in the humorous greeting cards of Ruscraft Cards, American Greetings and Hallmark . You may have also recognized her work with her line of popular gift wraps for Garven LLC., the Looney Toon characters of Tr... More Details

Don't miss an incredible weekend with May's FINE Artists in Residence, the Tsawa Monks of Gaden Jangtse Monastery. The entire Studio will be themed with activities that include sand mandalas, prayer flags and thangka painting, along with a touch table of artifacts and photos from Tibet. Enjoy colorful processions and lama dances at 1:00 & 2:00 pm daily. Supported by the Fine Foundation.

The Pittsburgh Society of Artists Guild (PSA) presents an exhibit at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA) titled “Tone It UP”. This exhibit, juried by Greg Harrison opens to the public with a reception at PCA on Friday May 11, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. In light of the recent heated political discourse and violence like the shootings in Arizona this past year and the Occupy Movement, government and media have suggested that we the public need to "Tone it DOWN." In response ... More Details

An exhibition of four, original, interactive artworks that are “tough” enough to withstand kid handling. Play with a giant kaleidoscope, activate a sculpture with your voice and more! This exhibit is supported by a grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

Dive into physics aboard the USS Requin submarine. Discover the science that let 80 sailors live beneath the sea in the U.S. Navy’s first radar picket submarine.

Discover what it takes to care for, feed and train more than 600 birds in this hands-on immersion experience. Participants spend a full day working alongside trainers assisting with food preparation and feedings, performing weight checks on the Aviary’s owls, falcons and hawks, and doing a bit of housekeeping for the National Aviary’s African penguins. Other highlights include participation in afternoon feeds in the Aviary’s walk-through exhibits where flamingos, starlings, pel... More Details

Urban Active Offers FREE workouts for the entire month of May along with a complimentary Jumpstart Personal Training Session. PITTSBURGH, PA - Urban Active is joining forces with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) – in support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!- to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of this year’s 9th Annual Get Active America! program, Urban Active will also encourage its comm... More Details

Dive into science aboard a real Cold War-era submarine! Learn how 80 men used their expertise, humor, and sheer ingenuity to carve out a rough and adventurous life during Requin's lengthy defense and scientific missions, some of which are still classified to this day!State-of-the-art and battle-ready when she set out just days before the end of World War II, USS Requin holds the distinction of being the Navy's first Radar Picket submarine. Interactive kiosks and recreated living quarters give v... More Details

Walk With Me Pittsburgh will be held on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the historic Kennywood Park. Our Walk will take participants along the twists and turns of their favorite amusement park and ends in a post-walk celebration! Registration is a $35 donation. Participants will receive an all-day admission to Kennywood, an official Walk With Me t-shirt, free parking, refreshments at our post-walk celebration and fun activities that the whole family can enjoy – in short everything you have come to... More Details