Events

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.

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!

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.

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.

Join us for a British Beer Tasting at the Allegheny HYP Club to sample some of the best Extra Special Bitters. Bass Ale, Fuller's ESB, Redhook ESB, and Yards ESB will be featured. Thursday, May 10, 2012 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. $20 per person (All inclusive tasting of featured beers and appetizers) R.S.V.P. to Beth Kurcina at (412)281-5858 or bkurcina@alleghenyhypclub.com

May 10, 2012 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. $20 (all inclusive price includes tasting of featured beers and appetizers) FEATURED: Extra Special Bitters: Bass Ale, Fuller’s ESB, Redhook ESB, and Yards ESB PLACE:Allegheny HYP Club 619 William Penn Place Pittsburgh PA 15219 RSVP REQUIRED: 412-281-5858 or bkurcina@alleghenyhypclub.com If you’ve been traveling with us from our last beer tasting then you will know that we headed south from Scotland to arrive in the Land of Ales: England. The best t... More Details

The Coast 2 Coast Industry Mixer is coming to Pitsburgh for the first time to tear it down with YMCMB's own Short Dawg and company!! Calling all music industry in PIT to come party Coast 2 Coast Style! Hosted by LIL FATS @LILFATSC2C Music by DJ SHAWNEY @DJSHAWNEY Showcase Judges Baby Paul aka BpZy @BpZy (Platinum Producer for Nas, AZ, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Kanye West & more) Emmai Alaquiva @Emmai_Alaquiva (Emmy Award Wining Producer | Owner, Ya Momz House, LLC | Founder, Hip Hop On L.O.C.K.) Mik... More Details

The MCG Invitational seeks to recognize excellence and extol achievement demonstrated by youth in urban and economically disadvantaged communities. This is our first annual juried arts exhibition where talented students from the Pittsburgh region will compete for accolades and awards exceeding $100,000. Join us for the awards ceremony, which is free and open to the public, where refreshments will be served.

Bricolage presents Dutchman by LeRoi Jones, in collaboration with the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, and complements it with community discussion about race in Pittsburgh. Directed by Mark Clayton Southers Starring Tami Dixon* and Jonathan Berry This incendiary Obie-award winning play strips away the veneer of peaceful coexistence to expose the dark underbelly of the city where the choices are simple: conform, kill, or be killed. When a white seductress encounters a young bla... More Details

Expose yourself. 16 choreographers, 42 dancers, 5 live musicians, 3 days, 1 festival*. Tickets are now on sale for newMoves—the only dance festival of its kind in Pittsburgh. Named one of the top ten dance events in 2011 by the Post Gazette, this year’s installment of the newMoves festival promises to be bigger and bolder than ever. Experience evocative new works from more than 15 of today’s most exciting contemporary choreographers and connect with the best performers from Pit... More Details

St. Nicholas' Greek Food Festival; http://www.stnickspgh.org/ 419 South Dithridge St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: (412) 682-3866 Fax: (412) 683-4960 church@stnickspgh.org Mark your calendars for our Annual Spring Greek Food Festival May 6-12, 2012 Join us for 7 fulls days of traditional Greek music and lively Greek dancing! Live Bouzouki Music Greek Dancing Every Evening Outdoor Patio Grill Food Certificates Available Convenient ATM Machine on Premises Cathedral Tours Daily Main Courses **Main cou... More Details

Five actors play dozens of outrageous characters in Mark Brown's theatrical adaptation of Jules Verne's madcap adventure.

Based on the novel by Jules Verne. By Mark Brown. Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. The year is 1872 and Phileas Fogg has accepted a bet to travel around the globe in record time in this classic novel brought to theatrical life. With his eccentric French manservant, the unflappable Fogg encounters a monsoon at sea, boards a runaway train, and rescues an Indian princess, among other daring adventures. Five actors play dozens of outrageous characters in this mini-epic frothing with madcap exciteme... More Details

We didn’t invent the wheel, we made it more fun! Climb through tires that are seven feet tall. Test your riding skills on scooters, balance bikes, rickshaws, pump cars and more. Build a wheel with wooden rims and bungee cords. Climb on a vintage Harley Chopper or use a treadmill to set tires spinning overhead. Construct a vehicle with roller blade wheels and magnetic blocks or take the wheel yourself and go on a virtual tour of the Museum in our Smart Car.

Form meets at the intersection of function and play in the Children’s Museum new Wheels exhibit. Wheels will challenge our visitors to use their bodies and wheel-based objects to move themselves through space in different ways. A variety of wheels and wheeled vehicles will be introduced throughout the exhibit. Chariots, Swing Cars, Flex Riders, striders, rickshaws and Balance Bikes will be among the possible vehicles for visitors to test.

This exhibition provides an appealing survey of drawing styles and techniques from Randolph Caldecott in the 19th century to Chris Van Allsburg in the 20th—with many delightful and familiar artists in between including Ernest Shepard, Maurice Sendak, Tomie dePaola, and Jules Feiffer. The 40 works on paper by famed illustrators are supplemented by 13 books. Draw Me a Story will be staged with artworks hung slightly lower than usual, step stools available, and reading nooks in the galleries ... More Details

Learn the basic Latin dance rhythms of Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia and Reggaeton in a fun and energetic dance workout. Burn calories and fat, tone your body and have a blast doing it. Join the party! Classes are open to ages 13 - adult and take place on Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 P.M. at 150 E. Main St, 3rd floor, Carnegie, PA 15106. Drop in rate is $12 or 10 classes for $100. For more information call 412-279-8887 or visit http://www.zumba.com. (Search Melissa Perpetua, instructor)

The ToonSeum presents “Will Eisner's New York,” a rare collection of original works by legendary comics pioneer Will Eisner, each chronicling the artist's informal history of the city that shaped many of his illustrated masterpieces. March 6th, the Toonseum will host an opening reception for the exhibit; the reception will begin at 7pm. Free for members; $7 reception price for non-members.

The ToonSeum presents “Will Eisner's New York,” a rare collection of original works by legendary comics pioneer Will Eisner, each chronicling the artist's informal history of the city that shaped many of his illustrated masterpieces. TOONSEUM IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS! In many ways, Will Eisner's career is the history of the comic book. An enterprising teen when he founded one of the first packaging entities for comic book companies in the 1930s, Eisner would go on to change ... More Details

Urban Active Offers FREE workouts for the entire month of May along with a complimentary Jumpstart Personal Training Session. PITTSBURGH, PA - Urban Active is joining forces with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) – in support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!- to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of this year’s 9th Annual Get Active America! program, Urban Active will also encourage its comm... More Details

The History Center’s America’s Best Weekly: A Century of The Pittsburgh Courier exhibition provides an in-depth look at the largest and most influential African American newspaper of the past 100 years. The exhibit features rare photos, artifacts, and videos which illustrate The Courier’s significant impact on social change and American journalism. Highlights include the oldest-known existing copy of The Pittsburgh Courier from Nov. 5, 1910, a camera belonging to legendary phot... More Details

We pledge allegiance to it, we parade it, and we display it on occasions both solemn and celebratory. The American flag represents the nation and its people, patriotism, and pride, even during times of war and strife. The Senator John Heinz History Center’s major exhibition, Stars & Stripes: An American Story, sponsored by BNY Mellon, details the stories of the people behind the more than 200 year history of our nation’s most enduring symbol. The 7,000 square foot exhibit was dev... More Details

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Henri Matisse’s The Thousand and One Nights, is a large, multi-panel, painted paper cut-out. It is a visitor favorite, but due to its fragile nature, it is only on view for a limited period of time -- from April 7 - July 15, 2012. The One Thousand and One Nights was created in 1950, when the artist was 81 and confined to his bed. Unable to sleep and kept alive by his drive to create, Matisse had much in common with Scheherazade, the legendary narrator of the Arab... More Details

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

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.