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Thursday Jan 31, 2013

Entrepreneural Thursdays

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Producer: Little E's Jazz
  • Location: Little E's
  • Address: 949 Liberty Avenue (2nd Floor), Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: Workshops/Seminars/Lectures
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If you are Jazz musician, than this is the networking event for you! Jump into Pittsburgh's vibrant jazz scene by mingling and performing with Pittsburgh's finest jazz artist at Little E's (right in the Cultural District). $5.00 cover charge.

Hubble

Now playing on Pittsburgh's biggest screen!Experience the gripping story of the Hubble Space Telescope at Carnegie Science Center's Rangos Omnimax Theater. Journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult and important tasks in NASA's history. Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this film will offer an inspiring and unique look into Hubble's legacy and highlight its p... More Details

Improv Comedy Jam

Improv Comedy Jam is the perfect way to spend your Thursday nights! Whether you are either a aspiring stand-up comedian or actor-in-training, there's always something to learn, see and participate in at Cabaret at Theater Square!

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.

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

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.

To The Arctic

Now playing on Pittsburgh's biggest screen!Explore the top of the world at Carnegie Science Center's Rangos Omnimax Theater and experience the ultimate tale of survival. Narrated by Oscar® winner Meryl Streep, the film takes audiences on a never-before-experienced journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her twin seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

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.

ZUMBA Fitness Classes Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Producer: Melissa Perpetua
  • Location: Carnegie Performing Arts Center
  • Address: 150 E. Main Street, Carnegie, PA 15106
  • Event Category: Dance
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DITCH THE WORKOUT—JOIN THE PARTY™! Thursdays 7:30 PM-8:30 PM At the Carnegie Performing Arts Center ZUMBA® Fitness Classes are Latin aerobic-dance workouts! Explore the rhythms of Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Samba, Flamenco, Tango, and Belly Dance in a fun and energetic atmosphere. Burn calories, shed fat, tone your body, and have so much fun you will forget your are working out! Class Rates: $12 Drop In or Monthly rate of $10 per class Classes are located at the Carnegie... More Details

...and on this day...

  • Producer: OvreArts, Inc.
  • Location: Heinz Memorial Chapel
  • Address: South Bellefild Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
  • Event Categories: Performing Arts, Music
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“…and on this day…”The Heinz Memorial Chapel, January 31, 7:30pmHosted by QED 89.3 Classical FM's Ted Sohier, with oration by Rick Sebak, and choreography by Texture Contemporary BalletFREE Community Concert Series, Season 2, Concert 2OvreArts is proud to invite you to “…and on this day…”, a concert of historical proportions! Music Director Ryan Keeling will conduct members of the OvreArts Sinfonia as they perform new original works written es... More Details

Calliope Presents: Lucy Kaplansky

  • Producer: Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folkl Music Society
  • Location: The Roots Cellar, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  • Address: 6300 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232
  • Event Category: Music
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Tickets available at www.calliopehouse.orgA riveting performer, Lucy Kaplansky has harmonized on Colvin’s Grammy-winning Steady On, and on Nanci Griffith’s Lone Star State of Mind and Little Love Affairs. A recipient of the AFIM award for best pop album of the year for her album, Ten Year Night, Lucy’s rising popularity has led to appearances on the CBS Morning Show, NPR’s Weekend and Morning Editions and All Things Considered, Mountain Stage, and West Coast Live.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

For over 20,000 years, Chauvet Cave has been completely sealed off by a fallen rock face, its crystal-encrusted interior as large as a football field and strewn with the petrified remains of giant ice age mammals. In 1994, scientists discovered the caverns, and found hundreds of pristine paintings within, spectacular artwork dating back over 30,000 years (almost twice as old as any previous finds) to a time when Neanderthals still roamed the earth and cave bears, mammoths, and ice age lions were... More Details

Ellis Paul at Club Cafe

  • Producer: Club Cafe
  • Location: Club Cafe
  • Address: 56-58 South 12th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
  • Event Category: Music
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An evening with Ellis Paul!21+ eventDoors: 7:00PMTickets: $13 adv / $15 doorCall 866.468.3401 for more information or to purchase tickets!

Google Analytics Seminars For Success by LunaMetrics

Are you really getting everything you can out of your Google Analytics? Or are you just another company suffering from “so much data, so little insight?”At our Seminar for Success we’ll dig in and explore ways to use your Google Analytics to gather more meaningful data, analyze it better, and make your website perform. Seminars for Success are a Google-approved program for training on Google Analytics and other products. Marketing Track: Jan. 28, 2013 — Google Analytics 1... More Details

John Waters: Gallery Talk (Regarding Warhol, 60 Artists, Fifty Years)

If you consider yourself a devout John Waters fan, then you won’t want to miss this incredibly unique opportunity to spend thirty minutes with the iconoclastic writer and director that William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash!” Here’s your chance to mingle with an intimate group of thirty people as Waters gives a gallery talk related to The Warhol’s exhibition, Regarding Warhol, 60 Artists, Fifty Years, for which Waters narrated the audio guide for the Metro... More Details

Team In Training Half Ironman Information Session

You’re Invited!Please join the TNT staff & Triathlon coaches on January 31st to learn more about our NEW Half Ironman program. To kick-off the recruitment party, we would like to honor our special alumni that have achieved the triple crown with a one of a kind TNT gift. We hope you can join us!Go TEAM!

Google AdWords Seminars For Success by LunaMetrics

Whether you're looking to set up PPC campaigns and don't know where to start, or looking for clarity when it comes to your existing campaigns, let us train you in Pay-Per-Click Advertising (Google AdWords) best practices.Our tips, tricks and techniques will help optimize your efforts by giving you real-life examples from companies of all sizes, ultimately showing how to coordinate your message and achieve your PPC and Online Marketing goals.Detailed Course Descriptions: http://bit.ly/XV7PoMSemin... More Details

The Show's 5 year anniversary concert

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: The Show
  • Location: The Rex Theatre
  • Address: 1602 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
  • Event Category: Music

Internationally acclaimed rock group The Show hosts their 5 year anniversary party at The Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh's historic South Side. Doors open at 6PM, Tickets are 12 adv/15 door, and is all ages. Other bands TBA.

Seminar

Enter Kate's sprawling, rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side where four aspiring young novelists meet weekly for a private writing seminar with Leonard, a literary bigwig with a penchant for harsh criticism. Insults fly, the truth stings, and relationships are made and broken as the group learns that the hardest part of writing fiction is facing the facts.

Badges & Buttons, Waistcoats & Vests

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Society for Contemporary Craft
  • Location: BNY Mellon Satellite Gallery
  • Address: 500 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Event Category: Arts + Culture

Badges & Buttons, Waistcoats & Vests is an international traveling exhibition exploring the notion of this unique form of jewelry. Buttons and badges both have a rich history and a tradition as functional or decorative items. With the applied arts—the application of design aesthetics to everyday objects—a button can be an example of studio craft or even a miniature work of art. It is a pin with a purpose. The role of the badge has expanded to include trademarks, tattoos and t... More Details

Becky's New Car

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Point Park University
  • Address: 222 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • Event Category: Theater
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Becky’s New Car By Steven Dietz Directed by Kim Martin Jan. 31 – Feb. 17, 2013 Studio Theatre - Pittsburgh Playhouse Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage—with no prospects for change on the horizon. Then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works. Becky is offered nothing short of a new life…and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most ... More Details

1776

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Pittsburgh Public Theater
  • Venue: Pittsburgh Public Theater
  • Address: O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: Theater
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The founding of our nation comes to star-spangled life in this grand Tony Award-winning Best Musical filled with rousing songs and dances, comic encounters, impassioned politics, and theatrical fireworks. Book by Peter Stone. Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards Directed by Ted Pappas

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fair, 1851-1939

From their inception in 1851, the world’s fairs showcased, obsessed over, and enthralled the visiting public with the cutting edge of industry, production, new materials, and methods, for creating everything from tools to jewelry, furniture to textiles. In doing so, artists and manufacturers used breakthrough scientific innovations to create art objects that embodied the latest aesthetics and techniques. A major co-production of Carnegie Museum of Art and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, I... More Details

John Gabriel Borkman

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Quantum Theatre
  • Location: Location TBA- check website for more details
  • Event Category: Performing Arts
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Disgraced and destitute following a fraud scandal and imprisonment, John Gabriel Borkman paces alone in an upstairs room, a nightmare to those below. Downstairs his wife and former mistress—who happens to be her sister—are in for a dark and stormy night. A scorching indictment of 19th century capitalism, Ibsen’s penultimate play is a cautionary message for modern audiences about how unbridled lust for money and power can make you crazy.

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