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Tuesday Nov 27, 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.

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

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.

Carrie Underwood

Superstar Carrie Underwood announced on May 1 during her appearance on Good Morning America that she will launch a headline North American arena tour this fall, “The Blown Away Tour.” The tour will include a stop at CONSOL Energy Center on November 27. Special guest Hunter Hayes will open. “I can’t wait to get back out on the road and perform new music from my new album for my fans,” says Carrie. “We have a lot of exciting things planned!” Carrie is dona... More Details

Lamb of God

  • Producer: PromoWest North Shore
  • Venue: Stage AE
  • Address: 400 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Event Category: Music

After a successful reunion with singer Randy Blythe at the two Knotfest shows in mid-August, LAMB OF GOD is pleased to announce a 38-date fall U.S tour starting October 30th in Phoenix, Arizona. Joining LAMB OF GOD as direct support for the entire tour is In Flames. British band Sylosis will open all dates. Due to Randy Blythe’s continuing legal situation, the band will not be able to perform in Canada on this tour but look forward to doing an entire Canadian run in the near future. The to... More Details

Piano Tots

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Tuesday
  • Producer: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
  • Address: 10 Children's Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Event Category: Misc.

The Piano Tots program is designed to inspire and nurture the aspiring musician in children aged 3.5 to 6. Classes provide an introduction to the keyboard and allow children to experience important musical elements including steady beat, pitch, tempo, articulation, dynamics, and many more. Each lesson centers on a developmentally appropriate and meaningful theme and includes activities such as singing, active listening, creative movement, keyboard and instrumental performance, and cooperative pl... More Details

Tot Time

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Producer: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
  • Address: 10 Children's Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
  • Event Category: Family Fun

Children ages 18 months through 3 years and their caregivers learn through hands-on activities, songs and stories based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory. $5 for members, $6.25 for non-members. Admission to the Museum not included. Multiple class discounts available.

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

Whistler & Rebellion in the Art World

Only an artist as talented as James Abbot McNeill Whistler could get away with his rebellious persona. Deliberately provocative and controversy-seeking, Whistler maintained a contentious stance toward other artists, critics, academics, viewers, and patrons. His legacy, on the other hand, speaks for his immense ability to create exquisite works of art.

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.

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