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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!!

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

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.

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.

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.

Come enjoy different featured wines every Tuesday at Braddock's Streetside Bar. Hosted by Jack Bryce from Grapenuts.

Butterfly Release August 14, 2012, at 1 p.m. 951 Old Salem Rd. Greensburg, PA Greensburg Garden Center is hosting a free program and butterfly release featuring Rick Mikula, "The Butterfly Guy." Rick has appeared on a variety of TV shows and is owner of the Hole-In-Hand Butterfly Farm. Rick is the author of The Family Butterfly Book and is a showman extraordinaire!! The crowd was spellbound at Rick's program last year. His books will be available for purchase and Rick will be glad to a... More Details

The Pittsburgh Human Rights Network will be holding a benefit dinner at Mad Mex Shadyside (220 S. Highland Ave.) on Tuesday, August 14th at 7pm. The proceeds from this fun evening of delicious food and great people will go directly to the PHRN. This benefit dinner will be $35 and all proceeds support and benefit the PHRN Micro-Grants program. These grants support local student organizations in their efforts to advocate and raise awareness about critical international human rights issues. :::::::... More Details

July 24 - August 18, 2012 The Living Rose Window Printmaking on Paper and Glass by Keith Garubba Printmaker Keith Garubba began creating rose window designs after the death of his uncle. From this intimate level, Garubba's work not only addresses themes of human-connectedness through a broad view of beliefs, relationships, and structure but also seeks to understand and meld our collective multi-cultural inheritance through the use of combined imagery and symbology. From modified biohazard warnin... More Details

Bring from 3 to 8 people to Idlewild in whatever vehicle you drive, and get everyone in for $89.99+tax when you present a coupon available at participating Giant Eagle locations. (Must redeem coupon at entrance gate for discount). SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $4.00 per car when you present your Giant Eagle Advantage Card with your coupon.

One of the region's largest ethnic festivals, International Village features food, music, dancing, and crafts from 20 different nations and cultures. Hours are from 3 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 14, 15 and 16. And there are fireworks on Thursday night.

It's that time of year again, the 2012 Real.Life.Music Camp is almost here! The camp begins on August 13th and runs through the 17th. For the better part of a decade, Real.Life.Music Camp has provided a week-long experience where a wide variety of musicians and artists of every persuasion and skill level learn fundamental tools to help hone their passion. The camp is held at the Mr. Smalls Recording Studio in the North Side as well as at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale. Developed and directed by ... 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.

The Pittsburgh Restaurant Week Summer 2012 celebration will spotlight Pittsburgh food and restaurants through fine dining, fresh harvests and outdoor seating with week-long deals across the area.

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.

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.

Discover the joys of seasonal eating in this new series of FREE cooking demonstrations hosted by Big Red Room Café Chef, Angelo Galioto! Taste new foods and engage your whole family in the fun of cooking as Chef Angelo shows you how to prepare easy, delicious recipes using ingredients straight from the Museum Garden. Join him for a new garden-to-table adventure each Tuesday and Friday this summer at 12:15 p.m. in the new Buhl Community Park.

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

Discover the joys of seasonal eating in this new series of FREE interactive cooking demonstrations hosted by Big Red Room Café Chef, Angelo Galioto! Taste new foods and engage your whole family in the fun of cooking as Chef Angelo shows you how to prepare easy, delicious recipes using ingredients straight from the Museum Garden. Join him for a new garden-to-table adventure each Tuesday and Friday this summer at 12:15 p.m. in the new Buhl Community Park.

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

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the first-ever educational exhibit based on the beloved movie classic. Come over the rainbow with Dorothy and Toto on an exploration of the colorful Land of Oz. Journey from the sepia-toned Gale Farm to the vibrant Emerald City and experience the adventures of Dorothy and her friends.

Factory Direct: Pittsburgh showcases the artwork of 14 established contemporary artists invited to conduct artist residencies in Pittsburgh-based factories. Factory Direct artists will work closely with the management teams and factory workers within their host facilities to plan and execute a new work of art based on the factory’s history, technologies, materials, and/or processes.