Events

Every show is unique! Live shows dazzle audiences with brilliant colors and rockin' music in the Buhl Digital Dome. Based on audience requests, our laserists choreograph sight-and-sound spectacles of full-dome proportions! Shows and schedules change quarterly. For schedule details and complete show listings, visit our website or call (412) 237-3400 for more information.

Daniel Riley, Author of Love By Friday, will be taking your email questions about finding love (free of charge). Simply submit your question to the below email address and we will help you move from "Single" to "Spoken For" lovebyfriday@yahoo.com

Adult Caribbean Night is a new & exciting event in the Downtown Pittsburgh area. It will cater to all those that enjoy the sounds of the Caribbean. This event will offer EVERY type of Caribbean music enjoyed. From Roots Rock Reggae, Calypso, SOCA, Dancehall, DUB, and Rare Grooves - we have something for everyone. This night is for the Mature & Secure crowd. Guaranteed to bring out the Islander in you! The atmosphere at the Mélange Bistro Bar + Incredible Music & Friends = A Gr... More Details

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

Listen to local musicians from 2-3 pm at our acoustic sound stage, sponsored by Sonic, throughout the run of our rockin’ GUITAR exhibit, in cooperation with WDVE and WYEP. Bill Deasy, formerly of The Gathering Field will be the performance of the day.

For its next act, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh reinvents itself in its 35th year with SummerFest, a three-week celebration of the performing and visual arts for all ages. This new regional summer music festival fills three weeks with opera sung in English, concerts, recitals, cabaret, visual arts, and the SummerFest Fringe, June 29 –July 15, 2012. The festival takes place in the intimate theaters of The Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the idyllic grounds of Shady Side Academy, just 10... More Details

Realizing they are married to the wrong people, Beth and David begin having an affair. The story that follows is a searing portrait of the yearning to feel loved and the heartache and consequences that infidelity brings. AUDIENCE MEMBERS 18+ The Pittsburgh premiere of this emotionally raw and complex work by Craig Wright (Six Feet Under, Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events) will be directed by The Hypocrites company member and A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Associate Steven Wilson. Featuring... 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

The Pittsburgh Pirates take on the San Francisco Giants this weekend series that includes a FanJam by Daughtry on Saturday, July 7.

PRESENTS FOR PATIENTS® and First National Bank of Pennsylvania will usher in the holiday season with “Christmas in July,” a gift drive for the 2012 campaign. Sixty-nine of First National Bank's branch locations in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Westmoreland counties will enable the community to have easy access to a gift drop box from July 2nd through July 16th. Gifts collected will be distributed by volunteers to Western Pennsylvania nursing home patients this coming holiday seas... 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

Enter your rescued pet's photo in Castaway Critters' 4th Annual Pet Photo Contest! Winners will be featured in our 2013 calendar. (All photos submitted for this fundraiser will be in the calendar.) Photos can be submitted from anywhere! All rescued pets welcome! Information can be found at www.castawaycritters.org Castaway Critters is a no-kill foster home rescue and spay/neuter charity located in Central Pa. Since 2001, over 7000 cats and dogs have been adopted into loving homes. Thank you for ... 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

Salsa Dancing with DJ Devin. 10 pm FREE Salsa Lesson. Dancing from 10:30pm-2:00am.

Experience the heart of the American spirit with melodies and song from various American artists like John Fogerty, Garth Brooks, and John Cougar Mellencamp. The cost per show is $2 members/ $8 non-members. Visit CarnegieScienceCenter.org for showtimes.

"Stars at Riverview" brings Pittsburgh's premier jazz to Riverview Park on Saturday evenings! So bring a lawn chair or spread a blanket on Observatory Hill for an entire summer of free, incredible musical entertainment. After the concerts, stay for Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park, movies the entire family can enjoy. Inclement weather may cause concert cancellations. In the event of a cancellation, a message will play on the concert hotline 412-255-2493. Sponsored by BNY Mellon and ARAD.

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 family and let Phipps welcome you to a world where nature’s best-kept secrets are revealed and the spirit of youth reigns supreme.

Pittsburgh's biggest weekly swing dance happens every Saturday night at Bobby D's Swing City! No partner needed! Just bring yourself and after our beginner lesson we'll have you dancing all night long! Beginner Dance Lesson starts at 8:00 P.M. Dance is from 9:00 PM-Midnight. Cover: $11.00 (includes lesson) Safe Area in Squirrel Hill ~ Great Atmosphere ~ No Smoking ~ All Ages

Taking a Swing at Cancer Golf Tournament benefits Ryan Wojton, a 20 year old who is currently battling testicular cancer. A portion of event proceeds will go towards medical expenses. Ryan also would like to donate a portion of proceeds to the organizations that have helped him and his family through this difficult time. Tickets are $100 per golfer and include 18 holes, cart rental, beer, lunch, and dinner. Please join us for a day of fun!!

Gallery opening June 29, from 6-9 PM Gallery opening will feature beer and hard cider courtesy of Straub Beer and Woodchuck Cider, free to the public Michael Benedetti presents you with an offering of two-dimensional visual stimulation involving the relationship between man and machine, comic books, and geometry. This one-man show is a documentation of the evolution of very specific imagery that has been oozing out of the mind of a twenty-something hermit, who has spent the past two years huddle... More Details

This traveling exhibition of 33 paintings and 13 sketches tells the story of Negro Leagues-the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of truimphs and defeats on and off the field.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the first-ever educational exhibit based on the beloved movie classic. Come over the rainbow with Dorothy and Toto on an exploration of the colorful Land of Oz. Journey from the sepia-toned Gale Farm to the vibrant Emerald City and experience the adventures of Dorothy and her friends.

This summer the Frick galleries will feature The Prints of Jacques Callot composed of 35 etchings made by the 17th-century master (1592–1635) who revolutionized printmaking. One of the first artists to gain fame exclusively through prints, Callot made over 1,400 prints in his relatively short career. His work reflects the mannerist elegance of the late Renaissance moving into the theatricality of the Baroque. Marked by keen wit, incisive observations, and social criticism, his prints have ... More Details

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