Events

Have fun with a friend or a date Friday night at BrickPitt Ceramic Studio! Learn some basic projects on the potter’s wheel while enjoying beer, wine, and snacks. BrickPitt Ceramic Studio will fire and glaze your creations for pick up two weeks after the workshop. All skill levels.

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.

Lessons go from 9pm-10pm. 10pm starts the open salsa session; what a great way to begin your weekend!

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.

FASHION MANIA Teen & Adult Resale Selling thousands of New and Gently Used Designer Items at 75%-90% Off Retail. Men & Women sizes from Teen 16 - Adult 3XL (also Petite, Plus, Big & Tall), shoes, purses, accesssories, books, dvds, cds, video/computer games & More. Free Parking & Admission, changing rooms, over 15 vendors, and food court. Sunday is 1/2 Price Day! CASH/MC/VISA/DISCOVER - NO CHECKS www.FashionManiaSale.com www.Facebook.com/FashionManiaSale

VBS at Hilltop is always an adventure! This year we are taking off on a soaring, spectacular, sky-high VBS adventure! At Sky VBS, kids discover that by trusting God, everything is possible! We work hard to make the decision to come to VBS @ Hilltop an easy one. Our program is completely FREE to attend, and we serve a full meal each night. We have a dedicated preschool department to see to the specific needs of your little ones, as well as, engaging, high-energy teaching and activities to challen... More Details

Since touring with the Iron City Houserockers in the late 70's and recording a few solo records along the way, Joe Grushecky has become a staple in Rock & Roll music.  According to a Rolling Stone review that once echoed the words "[Grushecky & The House rockers] are up there with Springsteen, Petty and Seger," it's obvious why he is constantly sought after for headliner gigs. 

Brooklyn Producer Krts DJ’s at Shadow Lounge 12 Year Anniversary Party Pittsburgh, Pa. – What started out as a glorified house party twelve years ago has become a respected concert venue that has played hosts to artists from across the world. Come out on June 29th and help the Shadow Lounge celebrate its twelve year anniversary in style as Brooklyn producer Krts keeps the party moving through the night. Better known as Krts, Kurtis Hairston has been an avid music lover since his yout... More Details

Wolcott Park--Free! (the gazebo at Broad and Beaver Streets) In case of rain, concert will be held at Sweetwater. Stroll through the Village on Friday nights this June and enjoy warm weather, shopping at local boutiques, delicious food & live entertainment in the center of town! Bring a chair or blanket for a night of impressive music performed by some of the area’s brightest musicians! Check out www.SweetwaterArtCenter.org for details. Friday, June 15- Cadillac Club 60’s-era Sou... More Details

Sublime enchantment! Meet Papageno the bird catcher, three strange spirits, an evil queen, and a host of colorful animals. Follow a noble prince and a beautiful princess on their journey to true love! Set to the timeless and charming music of Mozart, this fantastic adventure is for aver one who is young at heart. Features the Queen of the Night's aria, Papageno and Papagena's duet and more mesmerizing music. Additional performances: Sunday, July 1 at 2 pm, Sunday, July 8 at 2 pm, and Saturday, J... More Details

Make Oz art in the Studio in honor of our latest exhibit, Wizard of Oz Children's Educational Exhibition! Oz Screen Prints Use Silk Screens burned with your favorite Wizard of Oz characters to create your own unique prints, worthy of framing! Look for new characters bi-weekly, on May 26, June 9, June 23, July 7, July 21, August 5, August 19, and September 2. Oz Collage Take a black and white image over the rainbow and add bursts of color by layering vibrant cardstock under an acetate photo. Whil... More Details

The prestigious event is one of five majors on the PGA's Champions Tour and carries a $2.7 purse. It comes to town June 26 to July 1 and puts Fox Chapel on a national stage. Broadcast in 141 countries, the competition includes 81 of the world's toughest players over the age of 50, among them defending Champion Fred Couples who defeated John Cook in a sudden-death playoff last August at Westchester Country Club.The Senior Players Tour marks the Champions Tour's first visit to western Pennsylvania... More Details

The Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship comes to the City of Champions! Tickets start at just $20 For more information, visit www.cspgolf.com or call 412-729-5050 (Tee times tentative and subject to change)

Carrnivale Theatrics is proud to bring the non-touring premiere of Next to Normal to Pittsburgh June 22-July 1 at the new Hazlett Theater. This ground-breaking musical has been hailed by Rolling Stone as " Breathtaking" and "The future of the American musical".

Preceding the opening of the 2012 Season, the Mountain Playhouse Board of Directors is proud to bring back Ring of Fire, the musical tribute to one of America's greatest musical superstars, for a special limited engagement (June 19-July 1). The Man in Black...the artist needs no other introduction! Johnny Cash is an icon - a great singer/songwriter whose work has touched millions of devoted fans. Ring of Fire: the Music of Johnny Cash portrays the drama of his memorable life and career told by a... More Details

Experience the heart of the American spirit with melodies and song from various American artists like John Fogerty, Garth Brooks, and John Cougar Mellencamp. The cost per show is $2 members/ $8 non-members. Visit CarnegieScienceCenter.org for showtimes.

Gallery opening June 29, from 6-9 PM Gallery opening will feature beer and hard cider courtesy of Straub Beer and Woodchuck Cider, free to the public Michael Benedetti presents you with an offering of two-dimensional visual stimulation involving the relationship between man and machine, comic books, and geometry. This one-man show is a documentation of the evolution of very specific imagery that has been oozing out of the mind of a twenty-something hermit, who has spent the past two years huddle... More Details

Realizing they are married to the wrong people, Beth and David begin having an affair. The story that follows is a searing portrait of the yearning to feel loved and the heartache and consequences that infidelity brings. AUDIENCE MEMBERS 18+ The Pittsburgh premiere of this emotionally raw and complex work by Craig Wright (Six Feet Under, Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events) will be directed by The Hypocrites company member and A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Associate Steven Wilson. Featuring... 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

For its next act, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh reinvents itself in its 35th year with SummerFest, a three-week celebration of the performing and visual arts for all ages. This new regional summer music festival fills three weeks with opera sung in English, concerts, recitals, cabaret, visual arts, and the SummerFest Fringe, June 29 –July 15, 2012. The festival takes place in the intimate theaters of The Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the idyllic grounds of Shady Side Academy, just 10... More Details

The Pittsburgh Society of Artists Guild (PSA) presents an exhibit at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (PCA) titled “Tone It UP”. This exhibit, juried by Greg Harrison opens to the public with a reception at PCA on Friday May 11, 2012 from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. In light of the recent heated political discourse and violence like the shootings in Arizona this past year and the Occupy Movement, government and media have suggested that we the public need to "Tone it DOWN." In response ... More Details

Enter your rescued pet's photo in Castaway Critters' 4th Annual Pet Photo Contest! Winners will be featured in our 2013 calendar. (All photos submitted for this fundraiser will be in the calendar.) Photos can be submitted from anywhere! All rescued pets welcome! Information can be found at www.castawaycritters.org Castaway Critters is a no-kill foster home rescue and spay/neuter charity located in Central Pa. Since 2001, over 7000 cats and dogs have been adopted into loving homes. Thank you for ... More Details

US Golf Camps conducts the Ultimate Junior Golf Camp Experience for boys & girls 9-18 years old. Each summer, campers come to Western Pennsylvania from 45 states & 30 countries to attend our program.

Impressionism in a New Light: From Monet to Stieglitz, on view at Carnegie Museum of Art May 12–August 26, 2012, presents a robust picture of what Impressionism means in art, displaying paintings, drawings, prints, and pastels by major artists alongside works by many of the most famous Pictorialist photographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Carnegie Muesum of Art hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm. Thursday: 10am-8pm. Sunday: 12pm-5pm.

This traveling exhibition of 33 paintings and 13 sketches tells the story of Negro Leagues-the story of gifted athletes and determined owners; of racial discrimination and international sportsmanship; of fortunes won and lost; of truimphs and defeats on and off the field.