Events

Ciao a tutti! This is the first of regular weekly social hour where students of all levels are encourage to join and practice their Italian. Questo e' il primo di una serie di appuntamenti estivi per l'Italian Meetup per conoscerci meglio e fare conversazione in italiano. Tutti siete invitati a partecipare..da principianti a livello avanzato. Each week, we will have one suggested/scheduled activity for all. Ogni settimana, faremo un'attivita' diversa adatta a tutti. Currently the coffee shops th... More Details

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.

The festival is dedicated to the presentation of an often under marketed cultural benefit that Pittsburgh has to offer residents and visitors. African arts of all genres, including: performing arts, visual arts, creative arts, handicrafts, and language arts will be on display, performed, and/or demonstrated for the purpose showcasing its connection to a variety of art forms embraced today in America.

A Musical Comedy by Sherwood Schwartz and Lloyd Schwartz, with music by Hope Juber and Laurence Juber based on the popular television show of the ‘60s. What better way to celebrate the summer than a reunion with your favorite castaways! Adding the element of music to the campy fun of the TV phenomenon, this stage production features everything you loved about the original…..the Professor’s inventions, unexpected inhabitants of a desert island, and that very special rapport bet... More Details

8th Street Rox, Energizing Local Rock & Blues

8th Street Rox, Energizing Local Rock & Blues

The Pittsburgh Pirates take on the San Diego Padres during this weekend series that includes a FanJam by Styx and Zambellis Fireworks on Saturday, August 11.

The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in THE ADDAMS FAMILY. This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is created by JERSEY BOYS authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, Drama Desk-winning composer/lyricistAndrew Lippa (THE WILD PARTY), choreographer Sergio Trujillo (JERSEY BOYS) and Olivier Award-winning director/designers Phelim McDermott & Julian Crouch (SHOCKHEADED PETER) with creative consultation by four-time Tony Award®winner Jerry Zaks. This is ... More Details

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 7 PM, Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra (ELCO) and Shana Simmons Dance will present a new, full-length work incorporating dance and music to explore the themes of time and memory. Featuring original choreography by Shana Simmons and original music by ELCO Artistic Director David Matthews, along with work by other composers, the performance will use the intimate environment of Future Tenant, with dancers and musicians surrounding the audience, to explore space as an ess... More Details

Go behind the scenes of World War II Submarine USS Requin, and visit areas rarely seen by the general public! See how these amazing vessels and their crew faced challenges underwater, explore un-restored compartments, climb up the Conning Tower to see the periscope, and more! For ages 15 and up. Tour size is limited to 12 people. Full mobility is required. Cost is $12 members/$15 non-members per session. Advanced registration is required. Call 412.237.1637.

There will be 6 workshops, one for each Saturday and Sunday for the first 3 weekends in August 2012. All of the main workshops are presented by nationally recognized artists and are fee-based with all materials and lunch included. Workshops run from 10 am to 4 pm. All extra activities are FREE and run from 11 am - 4 pm culminating with live music each day. There is a free shuttle bus from Excela Health on Pellis Road (first 2 buildings on right from Rt 130) to Greensburg Art Center. (Parking at ... More Details

Pittsburgh's biggest cycling event, for cyclists, by cyclists! It's Bike Pittsburgh's annual celebration of all things bicycling, showcasing Pittsburgh in all of its uniqueness and beauty.

US Premiere of new version by Tom Stoppard! A sort of comic Hamlet, Ivanov is overcome with inertia and self-disgust. his wife is dying and he feels nothing. He is drowning in debt and despair, and he does nothing. Is it him? Is it Russia? Ivanov was the twenty-seven-year-old Chekhov's shot at dispatching the 'superfluous man' of Russian literature, and in surrounding him with a brilliantly drawn set of provincial types he created some of the finest comedy he ever wrote.

Two plays by Brian Friel, inspired by Anton Chekhov! In "The Yalta Game" (inspired by "Lady with the Lapdog"), two strangers almost manage to convince one another that disappointments are 'merely the postponement of happiness to come...' "Afterplay" features Uncle Vanya's niece Sonya, now in her forties and the only customer in a run-down cafe in 1920's Moscow...until the arrival of the Three Sisters' brother Andrei.

"Three Sisters" poignantly conveys the lives, struggles, loves and secret desires of sisters Masha, Olga and Irina and their somehwat ineffectual brother Andrei. Set in a mythological provencial town in late 19th century Russia, we see their lives unfold before our eyes.

Create your own design and screen print it onto a t-shirt! Shirts can be brought from home or purchased in our Museum Store.

Want to try your hand at the guitar? Empire Music will offer small-group sessions on the Sonic Acoustic Stage. Try out a guitar or just listen in on some informal instruction. At the end of the lesson time, each person will have the chance to play with the instructor and a drummer! With price of admission to the Science Center.

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.

By Roland Schimmelpfennig; Translated by David Tushingham Directed by Karla Boos August 2–August 26, 2012 LOCATION: Lake Carnegie in Highland Park A beautiful giant cricket is exploited by an ant, stewardesses 30,000 feet in the air speak to boat people in the Atlantic, a tooth lands in a bowl of soup, and a dead boy is carried thousands of miles home on a river. Wielding a dreamlike kaleidoscope, making and remaking connections that span the globe, Schimmelpfennig tells The Golden Dragon&... More Details

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.

American Greetings Properties, the intellectual property and outbound licensing division of American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM), announced today that the ToonSeum: Pittsburgh Museum of Comic Art will host a retrospective exhibit celebrating the 30th anniversary of the beloved and iconic Care Bears. The “Care Bears: 30 Years of Caring…and Hugs” exhibit will run from June 29th through August 26th. The ToonSeum’s “Care Bears: 30 Years of Caring…and Hugs&r... More Details

Somewhere between truth and fiction, reality and simulation, STRATA is an immersive urban adventure. Arrive at a secret destination, make contact with your Agent, and embark on a private rite of passage where the choices you make will determine your destiny. STRATA is an original Bricolage production, created in collaboration with lead artist Riley Harmon and Clear Story, and in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

An immersive urban theatrical adventure through the many layers of the city of Pittsburgh.

Join us at Melange Bistro This and Every Sunday night. We are calling out to the Success Driven People in Pittsburgh or Surrounding Areas to come out and have a good time (Dance!), but at the same time lets Discuss Ideas, Meet New People, Talk with Your Team, Promote Your Business and Who Knows Maybe Start Making A Difference. Lets Party for a Purpose.