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Friday Aug 03, 2012

Laser Shows

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Carnegie Science Center
  • Address: One Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5850
  • Event Category: Family Fun

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.

Salsa Fridays

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

Tough Art

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.

E.A.T. Farmers Market Series: North Side Farmers' Market

  • Producer: Edible Allegheny
  • Location: North Side Famers' Market
  • Address: East Park, East Ohio St and Cedar Ave, North Side, PA
  • Event Category: Food

Join Edible Allegheny during the E.A.T Farmers Market Series this summer! Our next stop is the North Side Famers' Market Sponsored by Giant Eagle Market District

Full Moon Party

  • Producer: Skyline Ventures/Hidden Valley Resort
  • Location: Hidden Valley Resort
  • Address: One Craighead Dr., Hidden Valley, PA 15502
  • Event Category: Music

Make plans now to party under the light of the moon at Hops’ Full Moon Party 8 p.m. to midnight Aug. 3rd. Enjoy drink and food specials, a bonfire, games and more. Live entertainment features Inside Out from 8 p.m. - midnight!

MEET & GREET CABARET (FUNDRAISER)

CHILDRENS' MARCH SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012 11:00AM - BEGINNING  AT BRIGHTON ROAD and NORTH CHARLES STREET - OLD COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL  COMMUNITY UNITY GATHERING SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012 12:00PM-9:00PM  GOSPEL IN THE PARK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 1:00 - 6:00PM  

Scavenger Hunt to Benefit Hello Bully and the Animal Rescue League

  • Producer: Hello Bully
  • Location: Buckhead Saloon
  • Address: Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
  • Event Category: Fund Raisers
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Buckhead Saloon Charity Scavenger Hunt... Get a team of 4 together for a fun filled evening in and around Buckhead Saloon at Station Square! Team of 4 = $40.00 Donation (Proceeds benefit both HB and ARL) 5:00-6:15 Registration (Pre-registration preferred- See form below) 1st Prize = $200 CASH 2nd Prize = $50 Bar Tab 1/2 Off ALL Drinks 6:00-10:00pm 1/2 Off Selected Apps 6:00-8:00pm $2.00 Miller Lite Drafts ALL DAY http://www.buckheadpittsburgh.com/

PURIFLUME

Join us outside and cool off with the PURIFLUME! The PURIFLUME (EcoBeastie) features a tubular water slide and custom-designed water spray heads commonly found in a municipal spray park – it’s an exciting experience for children of all ages! This event is free, Museum admission not required. PURIFLUME is a mobile, proof-of-concept, closed-loop water filtration system designed and built by a group of students under the direction of Professor John Folan in the Urban Design Build Studio... More Details

Jazz World Congress

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and Point Park University
  • Location: Point Park University and Byham Theater
  • Event Category: Dance
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The Jazz Dance World Congress is a five-day event celebrating the uniquely American art form of jazz dance. Held in the summer, the Congress gathers dancers, teachers, and performers from across the United States and from as many as 20 foreign countries. At the Congress, these jazz dance enthusiasts take classes from world-class Master Teachers, see performances by internationally-acclaimed dance companies, witness the competitive judging of new jazz dance choreography, and discuss any topic of ... More Details

MAKESHOP Village

Collaborate with our visitors and staff to design and build a miniature village from the ground up. Use recycled materials, cardboard and other found objects to construct a house, building or structure. Watch as our village expands and grows to form a mini-community that takes over MAKESHOP!

US Golf Camps

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.

Gilligan's Island the Musical

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Juber Productions
  • Location: Grand Theatre
  • Address: 207 S. 2nd Avenue, Elizabeth, PA 15037
  • Event Category: Musical Theater
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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

The Addams Family

  • Recurrence: Recurring every 2 weeks on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • Address: 719 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3508
  • Event Categories: Performing Arts, Musical Theater
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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

Chekhov Festival - Ivanov

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
  • Location: The Charity Randall Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, Oakland
  • Venue: Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
  • Address: 4301 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • Event Category: Theater
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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.

Chekhov Festival - Three Sisters

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
  • Location: Henry Heymann Theatre in the Stephen Foster Memorial, Oakland
  • Venue: Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre
  • Address: 4301 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • Event Category: Theater
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"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

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.

The Golden Dragon

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Quantum
  • Location: Lake Carnegie
  • Address: Lake Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
  • Event Category: Theater
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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

The Story of Negro League Baseball: We Are the Ship

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Address: 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: History + Heritage
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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.

Cook It!

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.

Care Bears: 30 Years of Caring…and Hugs

  • Recurrence: Recurring daily
  • Producer: Toonseum
  • Venue: ToonSeum
  • Address: 945 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222
  • Event Category: Family Fun
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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

Cook It!

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.

Happy Hour Yoga

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Producer: Hampton Holistic Center
  • Location: Hampton Holistic Center
  • Address: 4284 Route 8 Ste 207, Allison Park, PA 15101
  • Event Category: Sports & Recreation

Come join us for our new weekly yoga class! Hatha Yoga is the union occurring between the mind, body and spirit. It is a slower-paced practice that develops strength, stamina, and flexibility by using the breath in the holding of poses and incorporates relaxation techniques. This semi-private class will cater to the needs and abilities of each student.

STRATA

  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Producer: Bricolage
  • Location: Downtown Cultural District
  • Event Category: Arts + Culture
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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.

STRATA

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

The Wizard of Oz Children’s Educational Exhibition

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.

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