Events

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.

Adult Caribbean Night is a new & exciting event in the Downtown Pittsburgh area. It will cater to all those that enjoy the sounds of the Caribbean. This event will offer EVERY type of Caribbean music enjoyed. From Roots Rock Reggae, Calypso, SOCA, Dancehall, DUB, and Rare Grooves - we have something for everyone. This night is for the Mature & Secure crowd. Guaranteed to bring out the Islander in you! The atmosphere at the Mélange Bistro Bar + Incredible Music & Friends = A Gr... More Details

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.

Have you recently had hip or knee replacement surgery? Do you want to learn more about hip and knee arthritis? Join us at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in the Auditorium (Zero Level) on Saturday, May 12th at 10:00AM for our Bone and Joint Health Series. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Anthony DiGioia and other highly respected names in the field will be speaking about bone and joint health and will be available to answer your questions. Admission is free and a light breakfast will be served. Registration... More Details

You’ll be “California Dreamin’” at Skyline Ventures’ upcoming wine dinner May 12, 2012 at 7 p.m. in Hidden Valley Resort’s Clock Tower Restaurant. Wine host Nick Biondi of Majestic Wine and Spirits will be on hand for the dinner, which features five courses carefully paired with a fine selection of California wines. $70 per person. For reservations and more information, call 814-443-8000, ext. 346. Visit www.hiddenvalleyresort.com to see the full menu.

The Movie "Xiaobo LaPresta's Recipe for Love" is a life story of love lost, grief, rebuilding, and finding true love again. The tickets are $10 and the funds go directly to the new Jack LaPresta Foundation which is reaching out to the people who have suddenly lost a loved one, facing catastrophe, and dealing with complicated grief. Please join us to celebrate love and overcoming loss. For more information contact shinewith@usana.com. The event is hosted by Dr. Shellie Hipsky The closin... More Details

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

FREE Public "Star Gazing" Party Location: Kunkle Park, Washington Twp, Westmoreland County (south of Apollo, PA, just off Rt 66) Time: Beginning at 8:00 pm, weather permitting Date: Saturday, May 12, 2012 The Kiski Astronomers in conjunction with the Lions Club of Washington Twp will host their first spring "star gazing" party on the evening of Saturday, May 12, 2012, beginning at 8:00 PM, weather permitting. Everyone is welcome to attend these FREE star parties. Please visit... More Details

Puruse the prettiest perrenials and get ready for the garden event of the year: Plant sales, home and garden items, demonstrations and outdoor education offered by our area garden clubs. Food and fun for the kids including the famous Woodland Garden Club Mushroom sandwiches.

Tired? Trouble sleeping? More headaches than usual? Pressured? Frazzled? Tight neck and shoulders? Upset stomach? Any of these symptoms and more can be associated with stress. Stress takes its toll on our health and well-being. When we can’t remove the cause(s) then we can address our responses and symptom experiences. Herbs help. They really do. Join us as we explore how to integrate a variety of herbal approaches to overcome the effects of stress and anxiety. Reservations a must - please... More Details

Join us as we expand our menu once again for full dining service! Enjoy some Naked Grape favorites as well as some new dishes. Pre-order your wine for a truly "Grape" food & wine experience! For reservations or more information: 412-741-6420

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the 76th annual May Market at Phipps offers a huge selection of plants for your garden, including the public garden’s Top 10 Sustainable Plants, organic herbs and vegetable seedlings, botanical specimens grown in the Conservatory greenhouses, and more.

Treat mom to a special brunch just or her. Enjoy live calypso music, an animal presentation by Curator Henry Kacprzyk, while enjoying great food. Each family receives a special Adopt an Animal pacakge

Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania’s premier year-round family destination, presents a new innovative and adventurous event – Mud on the Mountain, May 12, 2012! Using the beautiful mountains that surround Seven Springs, the event brings to the region a unique version of the popular endurance-style events that combine distance, terrain and obstacles to test a competitor’s ability to finish. The course weaves across more than seven miles of demanding terrain requiring co... 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

Humanaut's 'Out of Order' event series reaches six months on May 12th, where we introduce to you a Detroit staple - just in time to toughen you up for this year's Movement Festival. ---- INTERDIMENSIONAL TRANSMISSIONS: BMG (Ectomorph, IT) ERIKA (Ectomorph, IT, Erika.net) http://www.interdimensionaltransmissions.com/ ---- Launched in Detroit in 1995 by BMG and Erika, the IT team has become known for their signature label that pushes brain-twisting techno, classic electro and experimental music ac... More Details

Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra begins its 10th season with a Mother's Day Concert. This prorgram features folk, classical, and world music, compositions by modern composers written specifically for the mandolin family of instruments, as well as spirited Eastern European Klezmer dance tunes. Pittsburgh-based artists slated to perform at this concert are The Jerry Grcevich Tamburitza Orchestra, Riversong String Ensemble, Gary Burdick, vocalist, and Gordon Neidinger, mandolin soloist. The Orchestra ... More Details

Artists of all capabilities find visually captivating objects to draw in the Downtown Cultural District during thisfun, 6-hour drawing marathon. Bring your own sketch pad, drawing instruments, chair and a bag lunch.

“Plants and People” is a free two-hour, fun, and educational event for preschool aged children through third grade will be held at the Oakmont Carnegie Library in the Red Room. Children will experience the award-winning K12 curriculum while comparing and contrasting plants and people. This event focuses on literacy, including K12‘s PhonicsWorks program, Handwriting Without Tears, and story time, and also incorporates an online interactive science activity and corresponding art ... More Details

“Plants and People” is a free two-hour, fun, and educational event for preschool aged children through third grade will be held at the Oakmont Carnegie Library in the Red Room. Children will experience the award-winning K12 curriculum while comparing and contrasting plants and people. This event focuses on literacy, including K12‘s PhonicsWorks program, Handwriting Without Tears, and story time, and also incorporates an online interactive science activity and corresponding art ... More Details

The Rankin/Mon Valley/Pittsburgh PA Section, National Council of Negro Women will be hosting a Mother’s Day Gala on Saturday May 12, 2012 at the Westwood Golf Club, 825 Commonwealth Avenue, West Mifflin, PA 15122 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. Tickets are available for a donation of $30. Please come out and join us for a fun afternoon that will include lunch, musical entertainment and a fashion show. The Mistress of Ceremonies for the luncheon will be Elder Lisa Clay, First Lady of Petra Int&rsq... 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

Join us for the Exciting conclusion of The '12 FILM FACTORY Competition! Learn from Hollywood insiders how the business really works and how you can be a part of it. On May 12th, Pittsburgh’s emerging talent will be showcased by the world class CMU Drama School students as they read the final three short scripts in this year’s competition: Echo Torch by Chris Preksta The Perils of Growing up Flat Chested by Yulin Kuang Escape from St. Quentin’s by Scott Peters & Anthony Por... More Details

The Mother’s Day Weekend event, which is the first of the monthly Summer Saturdays at the Fort series, will provide visitors with a glimpse inside the daily routine of 18th century women at the Fort. The event will feature re-enactors, cooking and laundry demonstrations, a fashion show, and much more. This Saturday, all Moms will receive FREE admission (Fort Pitt's Mother's Day present to all Moms)!

Fourteen year-old PonyBoy knows that in their high school, kids fall into two categories: the greasers, named for how they wear their hair, and the Socs, short for Socials. His struggle with class division, violence, honor, and family comes to a boiling point in a clash between the two, a ‘rumble.’ S.E. Hinton wrote the acclaimed book in 1967, when she was an Oklahoma high school student struggling with the same issues PonyBoy does. This wonderful Playhouse Jr. adaptation is a poigna... More Details