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

Pittsburgh's biggest weekly swing dance happens every Saturday night at Bobby D's Swing City! No partner needed! Just bring yourself and after our beginner lesson we'll have you dancing all night long! Beginner Dance Lesson starts at 8:00 P.M. Dance is from 9:00 PM-Midnight. Cover: $11.00 (includes lesson) Safe Area in Squirrel Hill ~ Great Atmosphere ~ No Smoking ~ All Ages

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.

Visit businesses on Potomac Avenue and West Liberty Avenue during the Green Business Blitz to discover some great local businesses and pick up green goodies that will save you energy and water in your home! Sign up at the registration table on Potomac Avenue any time from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a map of blitz businesses. Visit all of the businesses to pick up tons of giveaways and be entered for a chance to win a grand prize!

Listen to local musicians from 2-3 pm at our acoustic sound stage, sponsored by Sonic, throughout the run of our rockin’ GUITAR exhibit, in cooperation with WDVE and WYEP. Brian Price of 102.5 WDVE and Rick Witkowski of BE Taylor Group will be the performance of the day.

2012 is the 35th anniversary for Elvis. Please join Don and his wife, Hilda, for a special tribute honoring 'the magic of Elvis'! Special guest star will be Chris Denem performing his 'Tribute to Neil Diamond'. 'Don't be Cruel' or have a 'Suspicious Mind'! If you have a 'Burning Love' for Elvis, put on your 'Blue Suede Shoes' and come out to the Roadhouse for an evening of fun. For questions on the show, please call Hilda, 412-331-5897. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Pittsburgh's Little ... More Details

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

St. Barnabas Medical Center 5K Run/Walk August 4, 2012 – 9 a.m. Entry Fee ($16) Fee after July 27 ($20) On August 4, 2012 the most exciting place to be is at the 21st Annual St. Barnabas Medical Center 5K Run/Walk. From serious runners to morning walkers to wheelchair competitors, there’s something for everyone and every age – a great course, fun music, plenty of prizes and lots of free food at a fabulous post-race party that’s rated the best in the ‘Burgh. Enjoy be... More Details

"Stars at Riverview" brings Pittsburgh's premier jazz to Riverview Park on Saturday evenings! So bring a lawn chair or spread a blanket on Observatory Hill for an entire summer of free, incredible musical entertainment. After the concerts, stay for Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park, movies the entire family can enjoy. Inclement weather may cause concert cancellations. In the event of a cancellation, a message will play on the concert hotline 412-255-2493. Sponsored by BNY Mellon and ARAD.

Tickets may be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/257787 or at the door on the day of the event.

The Vogues got their start in 1958 as students at Turtle Creek High School. Their fresh original blend of harmony left an indelible mark on the music world. Audiences will remember “Turn Around Look at Me,” “You’re the One,” “Five O’Clock World” and “My Special Angel.” For tickets call 724-444-KEAN (5326) or visit www.keantheatre.com. Like the Kean Theatre on Facebook for information about upcoming shows and discounts.

ULTRAparty 2011 – Saturday, August 4 – 8pm-midnight Party in the street - Washington Rd., Uptown Mt. Lebanon from 8pm-midnight. Entertainment by VELVEETA. Sponsored by Miller Lite. Presented by the Mt. Lebanon Partnership. Benefits community autism/special needs initiatives through the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation. Come early and meet Pens mascot Iceburgh and the Ice Crew. Activities, refreshments and more at ULTRA FamilyFest in Clearview Commons from 6-8pm. Visit www.ultrapartyleb... More Details

Join us for an evening of fun at Papa J's Ristorante as we raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation! Tickets include food, live entertainment, and the chance to win a diamond ring! Please call Papa J's at 412-429-7272 to order your ticket in advance. All proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and guests are asked to wear white attire to show their support in our fight against CF.

Wünderstudies presents a completely improvised musical theater show based on your suggestion of title. $5 cash admission at Steel City Improv Theater (http://steelcityimprov.com/). If you can't make it to this show, plan on coming the following month, September 1. We will perform on the first Saturday of every month at 8pm. For more information about Wünderstudies, check out our website at http://wunderstudies.com/ or our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/wunderstudies. Wünders... More Details

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

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 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.

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 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

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

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.

"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.

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