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Tuesday Jan 01, 2013

Colors & Bottles

Come paint, socialize and sip cocktails at venues around Pittsburgh with Colors & Bottles!! We are a modernized painting class bringing fun to all ages and skill levels!!

Colors & Bottles

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Producer: Colors & Bottles
  • Location: The BeerHive & Gia Visto
  • Address: 4428 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
  • Event Category: Arts + Culture
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We are a modernized painting class for all skill levels. We hold painting classes at local venues around Pittsburgh. Our goal is to promote local artists, local businesses and get people out socializing. Come learn to paint by one of Pittsburgh's local artists

Elements of Humor Comedy Tour

  • Recurrence: Recurring monthly on the 1st
  • Producer: Dan Allen
  • Location: The Hillman Center
  • Address: 423 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
  • Event Category: Performing Arts
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Award-winning writer, storyteller, comedian and celebrity team from Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, The Daily Show and Comedy Central Presents promise a great night of jokes, rants, observations and stories.

First Tuesday Retirement Review: Retirement: Organize It, Plan It, Do It

  • Recurrence: Recurring monthly on the 1st Tuesday
  • Producer: Bradley E. Dishart & John C. Mackie
  • Location: Hefren-Tillotson Wexford Office
  • Address: 4001 Stonewood Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
  • Event Category: Workshops/Seminars/Lectures

Are you nearing retirement? Please join us at the Hefren-Tillotson Wexford Office for a free learning seminar, hosted by Bradley E. Dishart and John C. Mackie. They will educate you on how and when to start the retirement process by covering key processes, paperwork and deadlines that are critical when planning for retirement. You will leave with a better understanding on how to get organized for retirement using the “Masterplan” process – which helps to simplify your life by p... More Details

Jones and Laughlin: A Pittsburgh Icon

  • Recurrence: Recurring every week day
  • Producer: Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
  • Location: Rivers of Steel Visitor Center
  • Address: 623 East 8th Ave, Homestead, PA 15120
  • Event Category: Museums + Galleries
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For over 125 years, Jones and Laughlin Steel was the symbol of industrialized Pittsburgh. Dominating the landscape of the city, physically and emotionally, “J&L” was the essence of the region. Its history spans the years from the development and expansion of iron-making in the 1850s, through the boom of 20th century and finally to the decline of the industry in the 1980s. The mill lived at the heart of region’s blue collar persona: strong, determined, persistent in presence... More Details

Laser Shows

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Carnegie Science Center
  • Address: One Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5850
  • Event Category: Family Fun

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.

Live Weekly Trivia Shows

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Tuesday
  • Producer: Last Call Pittsburgh
  • Location: Soho Pittsburgh
  • Address: 203 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Soho Weekly Live Trivia hosted by Last Call Pittsburgh. Compete with other bargoers for gift card prizes and possibly win other prizes from giving staff members. Drink and food specials aplenty, always free to play. Hope you can make it. Show starts @6:30p. Arrive at 6pm to get signed in.

New Action Abstraction

NEW ACTION EVOLUTION Pittsburgh, PA- November 2012. Superheroes have entered into a new realm of sophistication as it enters the art world not as a comic or cartoon, but as a impressionistic representation of a epic proportions. Beginning on November 21st, the Toonseum will host David Leblanc's first solo exhibition “New Action Evolution”t. Pittsburgh has always been one step ahead in the world of Pop culture with local influences such as Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, so bringing ano... More Details

Pandemic:::BALKAN BOUNCE

Friday Nov 2, 2012 PANDEMIC @ BRILLOBOX 4104 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15224 21+ 9:30pm-2:00am This month's party falls on the DAY OF SOULS and we will remember all dj's who have departed PANDEMIC. The party will still go on with plenty of BALKAN BOUNCE, GYPSY BRASS, CUMBIA, BHANGRA, CHALGA, REGGAETON, DANCEHALL, MERENGUE, BACHATA, AFROBEATS, AZONTO, HIP LIFE, RAI, DABKE, KLEZMER, ARABIC HIP HOP, BOLLYWOOD BREAKS, TALLAVA, RUSSIAN SKA, and as always way more styles of music than we can describe. w... More Details

SpacePlace

SpacePlace will fill the space vertically with full-body Zero-G experiences, full-scale International Space Station module mock-ups, and interactive exhibits relating to the basic sciences and technological advances in space exploration.

Tough Art

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.

Tuesdays with Jack Wine Tasting

Come enjoy different featured wines every Tuesday at Braddock's Streetside Bar. Hosted by Jack Bryce from Grapenuts.

Flashdance

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh
  • Address: 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: Musical Theater
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FLASHDANCE–The Musical tells the unforgettable story of Alex, a working-class girl from Pittsburgh striving to make her dreams of becoming a professional dancer a reality. It is only appropriate that the national tour premieres in the city that help set the stage for this unique musical! FLASHDANCE, the pop culture phenomenon and runaway international success, is now live on stage! It all started with a dream. To be bigger. To burn brighter. To dance harder. Now is the time to live the dre... More Details

Indiana County Festival of Lights

Light displays, visits with Santa and gift shop.

MessFest

Its the gooiest, sloppiest, messiest tradition of the holiday season! Join us on New Year's Day and kick off the New Year with MessFest 2013! Visitors will experience globs or oobleck, pie-eating races, finger painting, slime, and more. Warning: You WILL get messy! Free with general admission

The Polar Express

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Carnegie Science Center
  • Venue: Carnegie Science Center
  • Address: One Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5850
  • Event Category: Family Fun

Don't miss your chance to catch The Polar Express: An Imax Experience starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks. This magical holiday film, on Pittsburgh's BIGGEST screen, revolves around a doubting young boy who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole. Special price - $10 adults, $8 children

"NIGHT/LIGHT", Fire Drawings by Paul Chojnowski

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: James Gallery
  • Location: James Gallery
  • Address: 413 South Main Street, West End Village, Pittsburgh, PA 15220
  • Event Category: Arts + Culture
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Chojnowski has been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for nearly two decades. During that time he has continued to refine and at the same time experiment within this unpredictable undertaking. Using propane torches, he burns, scorches, and re-burns, sometimes sands and scratches the surface of paper or wood trying to coax from it simple images. NIGHT/LIGHT includes examples of two ongoing series of works: Nocturnes and Narratives. The Nocturnes are inspired by walking afte... More Details

Flashdance

The Musical comes home to Pittsburgh for the premiere of its national tour. The production tells an unforgettable story of Alex, a working-class girl striving to make her dreams of becoming a professional dancer a reality.

Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay

American artist Walter Gay (1856–1937) specialized in painting views of opulent residential interiors in late-19th and early-20th-century America and Europe. John Singer Sargent, Gay’s nearly exact contemporary, is well known for painting the sumptuous clothing and jewels of American society in his fashionable portraits. Walter Gay, in contrast, painted society’s rooms—with their silk wall coverings, ornate paneling, 18th-century French furniture, tapestries, and sculptur... More Details

Winter Flower Show

Evergreens lit with tens of thousands of LED lights and close to 2,000 poinsettias will be on display for Phipps’ premier Winter Flower Show. With a miniature Garden Railroad that delights visitors of all ages, this long-standing Pittsburgh tradition is an extra-special holiday treat for the whole family.

Winter Flower Show

Evergreens lit with tens of thousands of LED lights and close to 2,000 poinsettias will be on display for Phipps’ premier Winter Flower Show. With a miniature Garden Railroad that delights visitors of all ages, this long-standing Pittsburgh tradition is an extra-special holiday treat for the whole family.

Winter Light Garden

Join the holiday fun as Phipps’ Outdoor Garden is transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland with meandering pathways, glowing orbs, “dripping” snowballs, luminous trees and a brilliant fountain of light. You won’t want to miss out on the magic of this brand new display!

Weekly Trivia at Sharp Edge Bistro

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Tuesday
  • Producer: Sharp Edge Bistro
  • Location: Sharp Edge Sewickley Bistro
  • Address: 510 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA 15143
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Join Christine at Sharp Edge Bistro in Sewickley for live weekly trivia. Compete with other teams to win gift cards and bragging rights. Sign on to be a part of our trivia league and be eligible to compete for a grand prize of $1000.00 in cash! Show starts at 7:30p, sign in starts at 7p. Hope you can make it!

Beerhive Weekly Trivia

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Producer: Beerhive
  • Location: Beerhive
  • Address: 2117 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Join Derek at the Beerhive for weekly, live trivia. Compete to win gift cards and bragging rights. Always free to play and always an awesome time. Trivia league starts week of 1/8/12. Sign up and compete to win a grand prize of $1000.00 Show starts at 7p. Registration begins at 6:30p. See you there!

Tough Art

Our sixth annual exhibition of original, interactive artworks “tough” enough to withstand kid handling. Our 2012 Tough Artists are: John Peña, Scott Andrew, Jonathan Armistead, Jeremy Boyle, Kevin Clancy, and Will Schlough. Things That Fly by John Peña A 4’by6’ wooden frame is painted to look like he back of a digital camera. Behind the frame is a large blue backdrop that will act as a “sky.” Visitors can go between the camera frame and blue back... More Details

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