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Monday Nov 26, 2012

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

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.

Monday Night Trivia at Calabria's Restaurant Frosty Valley Golf Course

  • Recurrence: Recurring every 2 weeks on Monday
  • Producer: Calabria's Restaurant
  • Location: Calabria's at Frosty Valley Golf Course
  • Address: 2652 Hidden Valley Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Monday night trivia, tonight! Calabria's at Frosty Valley is now hosting trivia every other Monday. It's a great time... very good food and drink specials, and good gifts/prizes given out through the night. Totally free to compete - questions of all different categories.

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.

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.

Holiday Camp: Science Fun Days

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Monday, Friday
  • Producer: Carnegie Science Center
  • Venue: Carnegie Science Center
  • Address: One Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5850
  • Event Category: Misc.
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Campers (ages 4-10) will play in the exhibits, see a live theater show or laser show, participate in a one-hour workshop, plus see an Omnimax movie. It's a great alternative to day care.

It's a Wonderful Life, a holiday drama by Joe Landry

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Butler Little Theatre
  • Location: Butler Little Theatre
  • Address: One Howard Street, Butler, PA 16001
  • Event Category: Theater
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Inspired by the classic American film, It's a Wonderful Life, this Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects. The award-winning adaptation has been named one of the top ten most produced plays in the country by American Theatre Magazine. Tickets go on sale Nov 15 for $10. Box Office: 724-287-6781

Good People

In David Lindsay-Abaire's recent Broadway hit, Mike and Margaret both grew up in a poor neighborhood. He made it out and became a doctor, but she is stuck - a single mother who gets by on sarcasm and bingo games with her pals. Directed by Tracy Brigden, this tough and tender play runs through December 9.

Sister's Christmas Catechism

Sister is back...and she'll find out if you've been good! That's right—get ready to sit up straight and participate because audience favorite Kimberly Richards returns as "Sister" in this merry yuletide hit.

South Side Stories

This vibrant one-woman show portrays the dynamism of a neighborhood. Embedded in the concrete of South Side's city steps are testimonials of teenage mischief, steel mill toil, and townie haunts. This is a neighborhood where parking chairs and bar stools mark territory, where "paradise" is just one turn off of 26th Street. So we ask, "Are yinz ready for some stories 'bout the 'burgh?" Written and performed by Tami Dixon.

Beaver County Annual Festival of Trees

A winter wonderland of beautifully decorated Christmas trees and wreaths available for purchase.

Born to Be Wild - Rangos Omnimax Theater

Born to be Wild is an inspiring story of love, dedication, and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This heartwarming adventure transports moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo and across the rugged Kenyan savannah. Follow orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue, rehabilitate, and return these incredible animals back to the wild.

T.G.I. Friday’s 3rd Annual Can For a Fan Virtual Food Drive

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: T.G.I. Friday's
  • Location: Your local T.G.I. Fridays
  • Event Category: Food
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The Bistro Group, the nation’s third largest franchisee of T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants, announces their third annual Can For A Fan virtual food drive benefiting Greater Pittsburgh Community Foodbank. Now through December 31, T.G.I. Friday’s will donate one can of food to the foodbank for each new Facebook fan at Facebook.com/EatAtTGIFridays. In addition to Facebook, the initiative expands to Pinterest this year. Each participating foodbank will be represented with a Pin on the ... More Details

To the Arctic - Rangos Omnimax Theater

To the Arctic follows the lives of a mother polar bear and her two young cubs as they fight to survive the changing Arctic wilderness.

Indiana County Festival of Lights

Light displays, visits with Santa and gift shop.

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

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!

Sharp Edge Trivia - Brasserie

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Monday
  • Producer: Sharp Edge Brasserie
  • Location: Sharp Edge Brasserie
  • Address: 102 Gallery Drive, McMurray, PA 15317
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Join Pat for fun weekly trivia at the Sharp Edge Brasserie. Compete to win gift cards and bragging rights while taking in awesome drink and food specials. League teams compete for a grand prize of $1000 to be awarded in March 2012. Always free to play and Always a great time! Show starts at 7:30. Sign up begins at 7p. Hope to see you!

Weekly Trivia at North Park Clubhouse

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Monday
  • Producer: North Park Clubhouse
  • Location: North Park Clubhouse
  • Address: 4301 Ranalli Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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Join North Park Clubhouse and Last Call Pittsburgh as they team up to bring you an exciting weekly live trivia event. Compete to win gift cards and outsmart your friends. Plus, our trivia league begins this week (week of 1.8.12). Play at least six times in 12 weeks and be qualified to compete for a $1000.00 prize! Hope to see you there. Registration starts at 7:30. Show starts at 8p.

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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