Events
Events
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January 2018
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Festival
Gallery Crawl
Jan 26, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, produced by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is a free, quarterly, multi-venue showcase of downtown’s dynamic art and entertainment scene. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community
Poetry Unplugged: MLK Jr. Tribute
Jan 12, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
The second annual Poetry Unplugged is a spoken word, poetic tribute to the legacy and teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. READ MORE
Entertainment,
Sports + Recreation
Espolon Halloween Party at Five Iron Pittsburgh
Oct 29, 2021 - Nov 30, -0001 | 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Come to Five Iron Golf for a night of BOOS, BREWS and BIRDIES! READ MORE
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Tampa Bay Bucaneers
Aug 9, 2019 - Nov 30, -0001 | 7:30 pm - 12:00 am
READ MORE
Festival
National Hot Chocolate Day at The Milk Shake Factory
Jan 31, 2018 | 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
January 31st is National Hot Chocolate Day at The Milk Shake Factory! READ MORE
Entertainment
Wednesday Night Live at Rivers Club
Jan 31, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Live entertainment w/ Jessica Lee & Friends READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs San Jose Sharks
Jan 30, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the San Jose Sharks at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Community
Export Basics
Jan 30, 2018 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sponsored by the Duquesne University Small Business Development Center, this course is designed to meet the needs of manufacturers and technology companies seeking to initiate export programs; employees within exporting companies who need to acquire a basic knowledge of exporting; and service firms seeking to improve their understanding of globalization. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
The Reel Story: “Crown Heights”
Jan 30, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A film about series of events that led to the arrest of an innocent teenager who lived in Crown Heights. READ MORE
Community
Shaping Modern Pittsburgh: A Deliberative Forum
Jan 30, 2018 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
High school age home school students are invited to attend this deliberative forum and thinking from the perspective of a citizen in post-World War II Pittsburgh. READ MORE
Community
PWSA Restructuring - Blue Ribbon Panel Community Forum
Jan 30, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
During this meeting the Blue Ribbon Panel will provide an overview of its restructuring and improvement recommendations for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority and take questions from the audience. READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Duquesne Dukes Women's Basketball: Duquesne vs. St. Bonaventure
Jan 28, 2018 | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join the Dukes at A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne Women's Basketball team takes on St. Bonaventure! READ MORE
Nightlife
Pre-Valentine's Day Singles Bash
Jan 28, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
You're cordially invited to join Pittsburgh Professional Singles for their 3rd Annual Pre-Valentine’s Day Singles Bash. READ MORE
Entertainment
Stand-Up Get Down: Comedy Game Show
Jan 27, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Imagine if the Beastie Boys hosted Family Feud in the middle of the movie House Party! You would have the Stand-Up Get Down comedy gameshow. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Daniel Beaty in Emergency
Jan 26, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
A slave ship emerges in front of the Statue of Liberty, sending NY into a whirlwind of emotion and exploration in this explosive solo tour de force featuring slam poetry, multi-character transformation, and song. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Chantae Cann: Wall of Sound Series
Jan 26, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Chantae Cann is from Cleveland, OH. She is a jazz/soul vocalists with a charismatic influence and a voice that transcends through time. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community
Riverlife's "TBD" Open House
Jan 26, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Riverlife's "to be determined" ("tbd") program is looking for the next big idea for the riverfront under the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Festival
January Night Market
Jan 26, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
An indoor market featuring some of Pittsburgh’s most creative independent vendors. A stop of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Gallery Crawl! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Mingle/Mangle
Jan 26, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Art can be one large gesture or it can be made of many, many bits and pieces, a labor of love, an obsessive activity. These artists assemble the parts to make a whole that is “greater than the sum of its parts.” READ MORE
Entertainment
CMOA's CrawlSpace Comedy Show
Jan 26, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 12:00 am
Join Carnegie Museum of Art and Arcade Comedy Theater after the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl for CRAWLSPACE, an improv comedy show based on art and audience suggestion. READ MORE
Community
Fourth Annual Cool Down for Warmth
Jan 25, 2018 - Jan 26, 2018 | 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join Dollar Energy Fund as a giant Ice House takes over Market Square in an effort to provide utility assistance to those in our communities facing hardships. READ MORE
Community
First Step: Business Startup Essentials
Jan 24, 2018 | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Designed for new business startups and entrepreneurs, attendees will learn about business structure and formation, insurance, government procurement, financing options, major components of the business plan, taxation requirements and more. Sponsored by the Duquesne University Small Business Development Center. READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Duquesne Dukes Men’s Basketball: Duquesne vs. Richmond
Jan 24, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join the Dukes at A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne Men’s Basketball team takes on George Mason READ MORE
Entertainment
Rivers Club Wednesday Night Live
Jan 24, 2018 | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Live entertainment with Mary Ann Mangini READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Jan 23, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Page To Screen: “Certain Women”
Jan 23, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Three women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American West. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
The Stevee Wellons Band
Jan 23, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Each of the musicians in this group have spent years playing blues, soul, jazz and rock music around the country. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
WALK THE MOON with Company of Thieves
Jan 23, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
WALK THE MOON with Company of Thieves at Stage AE READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Duquesne Dukes Women's Basketball: Duquesne vs. George Mason
Jan 21, 2018 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join the Dukes at A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne Women's Basketball team takes on George Mason! READ MORE
Community
SisterFriend
Jan 20, 2018 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Join us for a brief video presentation and question and answer session with the founder of SisterFriend. READ MORE
Entertainment
Drinking Partners Present: A Night of EPIC Comedy
Jan 20, 2018 | 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Drinking Partners are back Downtown, pairing the best beer & comedy in the city, with a monthly show at Arcade Comedy Theater! READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Duquesne Dukes Men’s Basketball: Duquesne vs. George Mason
Jan 20, 2018 | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Join the Dukes at A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne Men’s Basketball team takes on George Mason READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Sweater Slippers
Jan 19, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dig out your most moth-eaten old sweaters and transform them into cozy feet-warming slippers! This is the perfect use for that sweater that shrunk in the wash or collected a few moth holes. Local seamstress Lauren Sims will be on hand at the Society for Contemporary Craft to provide sweater-surgery strategy, sewing savvy, and super-sharp scissors! READ MORE
Community
Hyde Whiskey Tasting and Dinner
Jan 18, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join The Priory Hotel on Thursday, January 18 at 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. for a fun, exclusive tasting of six expensive and rare Irish whiskeys hosted by the Brand Ambassador from Hyde Distillery of Cork, Republic of Ireland. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Grupo Corpo
Jan 17, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Twenty-one sensational dancers fuse Afro-Brazilian forms like samba, bossa nova, and capoeira with classical technique and modern dance. READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Duquesne Dukes Women's Basketball: Duquesne vs. La Salle
Jan 17, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join the Dukes at A.J. Palumbo Center as the Duquesne Women's Basketball team takes on La Salle! READ MORE
Entertainment
Dancing With The Stars: LIVE!
Jan 16, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
TV’s hottest show is going back on tour across America this winter in Dancing with the Stars: Live! – Light Up the Night. READ MORE
Entertainment
Let Freedom Sing!
Jan 15, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Celebrating the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through choral selections and oratory with the goal of blurring the geographic, demographic, and economic lines separating urban and suburban Pittsburgh. The concerts benefits the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. READ MORE
Community,
Festival
Pittsburgh Restaurant Week
Jan 15, 2018 - Jan 21, 2018
Celebrate the new year with new dishes from incredible Pittsburgh restaurants! READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Jan 14, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Jan 13, 2018 | 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
One Man Dark Knight
Jan 13, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Why so serious? From the madman behind One Man Star-Wars and One Man Lord of the Rings comes an irreverent parody and homage to the Dark Knight Trilogy. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
New View Trio
Jan 9, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
A self-taught percussionist, George Jones has been a mainstay on the Pittsburgh music scene for more than 30 years and recognized as the finest conga player in the area. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Art in Context: Border Crossings
Jan 5, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Artists, scholars, and community members come together to consider creative expression in relation to timely political and social concerns. Explore shifting perspectives on historic and contemporary immigrant and refugee experiences in Pittsburgh and beyond. READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Jan 4, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 12:00 am
The Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the Carolina Hurricanes at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Love Never Dies
Jan 2, 2018 - Jan 7, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
LOVE NEVER DIES is a dazzling new production, which takes audiences on a thrilling rollercoaster ride of intrigue, obsession and romance. READ MORE
Family
MessFest 2018
Jan 1, 2018 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
MessFest is a unique Science Center tradition and is one of the most popular New Year's Day events in Pittsburgh! Get slimy, yucky, ooey, and gooey as you learn about totally messy science! READ MORE
Entertainment
Walk the Burgh Tours
Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018
Discover beautiful squares and fascinating pieces of public art on historical walking tours through various neighborhoods of the city. READ MORE
Nightlife
New Years Eve at Howl at the Moon
Dec 31, 2017 - Jan 1, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 12:00 am
Are you ready to have the best New Year’s Eve Party to date? Then book a New Year’s Eve package with Howl at the Moon Pittsburgh! The fabulous NYE party packages offer you and your friends everything you need to kiss 2017 goodbye, and start the New Year having a blast. 2018 won’t know what hit it. Come to Pittsburgh’s best New Year’s Eve party! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Family
Tough Art
Oct 30, 2017 - Jan 21, 2018 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
This annual innovative artist residency program challenges artists and audiences to rethink their ideas of interactive museum experiences in one of the toughest venues – a children’s museum. Participating artists learn how their artworks connect with visitors outside of the typical museum environment, and what it takes to create artwork that can sustain the rigors of a hands-on environment. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Entertainment,
Family
Destination Empathy
Oct 30, 2017 - Jan 22, 2018 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Explore empathy and kindness through animal-focused activities -- dance like a bee, enter the world of a virtual tiger, see the world through the eyes of a pigeon and more as you learn ways to respect and understand each other. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Xanadu
Oct 12, 2017 - Jan 7, 2018 | 7:30 pm - 2:00 pm
From the golden age of romantic comedies, legwarmers and Pac-Man…XANADU is a classic tale of boy meets girl – except that girl is actually Greek muse “Kira” sent from the heavens to Venice Beach, California to help struggling artist, Sonny, achieve his greatest dream – to open the first ROLLER DISCO READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Jan 6, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Chicago Blackhawks at PPG Paints Arena! READ MORE
Convention,
Festival
Pittsburgh RV Show
Jan 6, 2018 - Jan 14, 2018 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Nine acres of RV paradise! Boats, golf carts, campgrounds, and more! READ MORE
Entertainment,
Family,
Sports + Recreation
Bike the Burgh Tours
Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Historical bike tours through various neighborhoods of the city; 3 hours long. READ MORE
Entertainment,
Family,
Sports + Recreation
Best of the Burgh Tour
Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2018 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Historical walking tour through Downtown Pittsburgh; 2 hours long. READ MORE
Sports + Recreation
Pittsburgh Running Tours
Sep 5, 2017 - Mar 3, 2018
Offering 5K running tours through 9 different Pittsburgh locations, Pittsburgh Running Tours is a great way to explore the city and get some exercise. READ MORE
Art of Facts - Uncovering Pittsburgh Stories Exhibition
Jul 22, 2017 - Jan 14, 2018 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Art of Facts exhibit creatively interprets the rich history of Western Pennsylvania and shares its compelling stories through the art of illustration. READ MORE
Entertainment,
Nightlife
Live Music Fridays at Backstage Bar
Dec 15, 2017 - Mar 30, 2018 | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Come to the Cabaret Theater and Backstage Bar to take advantage of our full bar and dinner menu as you enjoy the free, live music every Friday and Saturday! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Bubble Boy: The Musical
Sep 22, 2019 - Nov 30, -0001
Arcade Comedy Theater presents its first ever musical! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Jan 25, 2018 - Feb 25, 2018 | 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
There will be “Comedy Tonight” and every night during Ted Pappas’ hilarious revival of this laugh-filled juggernaut. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Jan 25, 2018 - Jan 26, 2018 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
There will be “Comedy Tonight” and every night during Ted Pappas’ hilarious revival of this laugh-filled juggernaut. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Jan 25, 2018 - Feb 25, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
There will be “Comedy Tonight” and every night during Ted Pappas’ hilarious revival of this laugh-filled juggernaut. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Up and Away
Jan 25, 2018 - Apr 22, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Five actors take on the roles of over 50 different characters in this high-flying world-premiere comedy guaranteed to keep the suspense high and the laughs rolling! READ MORE
Community
Helping without Hurting
Jan 16, 2018 - Feb 20, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Better understand the roots of poverty and hopelessness. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
The Long Run
Oct 13, 2017 - Jan 28, 2018 | 11:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Long Run: painting out of time - is an exhibition of contemporary painting. Through cultural sampling, mathematical amalgamations, and hybridized abstraction - seven artists present a working duration that attempts to respond to the surface of things. READ MORE
Entertainment
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
Jul 8, 2017 - Jan 1, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Solve a hilarious crime while you feast on a fantastic plated dinner. Just beware! The killer is hiding somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect! The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show performs on Saturday nights. READ MORE
Nightlife
Salsa Fridays
May 12, 2017 - Apr 26, 2018 | 10:00 pm - 1:30 am
Salsa Fridays is a social dancing event that takes place at the Cabaret at Theater Square, downtown Pittsburgh. Beginners and advanced welcome. READ MORE
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