Events
Events
January
Arts + Culture,
Music
Beethoven's "Fidelio"
Jan 24, 2020 - Jan 26, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"Of all my spiritual children, this is the one that cost me the worst birth pangs," said Beethoven of his only opera “Fidelio.” READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Film & Movies
Gauguin from the National Gallery, London
Jan 26, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CineLife Entertainment® and More2Screen present a brand-new 60-minute documentary about the life and work of Paul Gauguin narrated by actor Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair, Colette). This will be followed by a 30-minute private view of the National Gallery exhibition The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Gauguin Portraits, while it is currently on display in London. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Pittsburgh Songwriters in the Round
Jan 26, 2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
It all begins with a song. In this acoustic, Nashville-style round, four songwriters will take turns sharing their original songs and the stories behind how they were written. Presented in cooperation with the Pittsburgh, PA Chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Family,
Sports + Recreation
My First Ballet Class 2020
Jan 26, 2020 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Discover ballet for the first time! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Surround with Alia Musica
Jan 27, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Immerse yourself in the sound-world of a harp sextet. In Surround, a landmark piece from Pittsburgh new music composer Federico Garcia-De Castro, six harps encircle the audience creating a concert experience like no other. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family
Sixth Grade Schooltime - Ellis Island: The Dream of America
Jan 29, 2020 - Jan 30, 2020 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Recount the experiences of seven historical immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island in this multimedia work incorporating actors, music, images, and texts from the Ellis Island Oral History Project. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family,
Music
Love Is In The Air
Feb 1, 2020 | 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
In February, Fiddlesticks celebrates love's many shapes with family, friends, and neighbors. Hear how Gershwin, Elgar, and Mister Rogers express their love through music and share photos of the people you love for a special slideshow on the Heinz Hall screen. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family,
Film & Movies
Spirited Away
Feb 1, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Experience Hayao Miyazaki’s enchanting animated classic Spirited Away on Pittsburgh’s largest screen! Heralded by many anime fans as one of the greatest Japanese animated films ever, Spirited Away won the 2003 Oscar for Best Animated Feature and remains as dazzling as ever. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
George Frideric Handel's ALCINA
Jan 25, 2020 - Feb 2, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Alcina is a baroque masterpiece by George Frideric Handel. The title character, Alcina, is a malicious sorceress who lives on an enchanted island with her sister Morgana. She uses her magic spells to trick men into falling in love with her. But once she tires of them, she turns them into animals or inanimate objects. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family,
Film & Movies
Kiki's Delivery Service
Feb 2, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Hayao Miyazaki’s coming-of-age fantasy classic is getting the giant screen treatment! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community
TRUTHSayers: Michael Eric Dyson
Feb 3, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is a Georgetown University sociology professor, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic, and of ESPN’s The Undefeated website. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Know the Show Before You Go - Miss Saigon
Feb 5, 2020 | 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us at the Trust Arts Education Center for PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh pre-show talks. Get the inside scoop on our Broadway performances – you will appreciate the theater experience that much more. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Bodiography's Unveiled
Feb 7, 2020 - Feb 8, 2020
Bodiography welcomes guest artists of Buglisi Dance Theatre to the stage as well as guest choreographers Virginie Mecene and Ze’eva Cohen for new and existing works. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community
Joyful Transitioning for Toddlers with Music and Movement
Feb 8, 2020 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
For Early Childhood Educators: Transitioning into a classroom for the first time can be a big challenge for young toddlers. Ease the transition and even make it joyful by using music and movement! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
The Beauty of Pattern: Advanced Batik
Feb 8, 2020 | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Take a deeper dive into art of batik. In the process of creating your own unique piece of fiber art, learn how to create complex patterns through layers of color and resist. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Music
LOVE IS RED: Valentines Extravaganza Annual Fundraiser Gala Skip to get tickets
Feb 8, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Party with a purpose! Love is Red featuring R&B super group, En Vogue, is the annual fundraiser for the Kappa Endowment Scholarship Fund of Western Pennsylvania. Your ticket purchase will help raise scholarship funds for college students in the region and support mentoring and other services throughout the community. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Music
Blockbuster Broadway!
Feb 7, 2020 - Feb 9, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The only thing better than spending and evening at a hit Broadway show is spending an evening with ALL of them. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Miss Saigon
Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 9, 2020
Experience the acclaimed new production of the legendary musical MISS SAIGON, from the creators of Les Misérables. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Film & Movies
The Doors: Break On Thru – A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek
Feb 12, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Doors: Break On Thru – A Celebration Of Ray Manzarek is a hybrid concert and documentary capturing a 2016 performance in Los Angeles, CA by surviving Doors members John Densmore and Robby Krieger to honor fellow Doors member Ray Manzarek on what would have been his birthday on Wed., Feb. 12. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Music
Music 101: Mary Persin, VP of Artistic Planning "A Season's Secrets"
Feb 12, 2020 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Music 101 is a series of free lunchtime lecture-recitals by PSO musicians, conductors, composers and key staff, held 12:30-1:30 pm in the Dorothy Porter Simmons Regency Rooms at Heinz Hall. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Music
Joshua Redman
Feb 15, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Joshua Redman is one of the most acclaimed and charismatic jazz artists to have emerged in the decade of the 1990s. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce
Feb 15, 2020 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
C.S. Lewis’ mesmerizing fantasy about heaven, hell and the choice between them — comes to life on stage! Four actors portraying 22 characters take a strange bus trip from hell to the outskirts of heaven where they are given an opportunity to stay . . . or return to hell. The choice proves to be much more challenging than imagined. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Valentine's Romance
Feb 14, 2020 - Feb 16, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
True Love Takes Musical Form READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community
Black History Month Lecture: Freedom’s Blood Memories
Feb 19, 2020 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The African American Program of the Senator John Heinz History Center will hold its sixth annual Black History Month Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 19. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Music
Sound Series: Eko Chamber Collective
Feb 20, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The Warhol welcomes Eko Chamber Collective, featuring an eclectic roster of Pittsburgh-based musicians including Herman Pearl, aka Soy Sos, (electronics), Brittany Trotter (flute), Anqwenique Kinsel (voice), Sadie Powers (bass), Paul Thompson (bass) and Brian Riordan (live processing). READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Nightlife
History Uncorked: ’80s Night
Feb 21, 2020 | 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Break out your legwarmers and roller skates, this year’s History Uncorked at the Heinz History Center is going back to the ’80s! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Feb 21, 2020 - Feb 23, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Fiery Angel READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Beauty and the Beast
Feb 14, 2020 - Feb 23, 2020
Beauty comes from within. So does the nature of the Beast. See both sides of the story in Beauty and the Beast. The classic tale weaves a tender love story between the gnarled trees of the enchanted forest. Audiences are offered a glimpse at unexpected romance, heartbreak and the power of love through striking scenery and stunning neoclassical choreography. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Film & Movies
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – 100th Anniversary Screening
Feb 26, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Celebrate the centennial anniversary of the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. We’re screening this brilliant film 100 years to the day of its original release in Paris! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Family
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Feb 27, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family,
Sports + Recreation,
Tours
Public Art Run: Downtown
Mar 7, 2020 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Come explore the murals and other public art found in historic downtown Pittsburgh. Runners will get the chance to learn about the many pieces of public art in downtown Pittsburgh. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Grieg's Piano Concerto
Mar 6, 2020 - Mar 8, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The First Piano Concerto Ever Recorded READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Misplaced Fortunes
Jan 24, 2020 - Mar 13, 2020
Misplaced Fortunes navigates a literal and metaphoric treasure hunt through three centuries of history, legends, and lies. Ross Mantle's sly, playful, and sometimes surreal photographs and texts connect the buried paths between General Braddock's lost colonial paychest, America’s unquestioned obsession with progress, and Manifest Destiny. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Brahmns First
Mar 13, 2020 - Mar 15, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Brahms First: Beethoven's Inheritance READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Trumpet to the Tulips
Nov 15, 2019 - Mar 15, 2020
On display at SPACE Gallery READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Mar 20, 2020 - Mar 22, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Calling all Wabbits! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family
Pre-K/Kindergarten Schooltime - Carnival of the Animals
Mar 25, 2020 | 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Film & Movies,
Nightlife
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Mar 28, 2020 | 11:30 pm - 1:00 am
Do the Time Warp (again!) with Pittsburgh’s official Rocky Horror Picture Show floorshow cast, The Junior Chamber of Commerce Players. We’re bringing the captivating JCCP back to The Rangos for another amazing performance of your favorite cult classic. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Petrushka!
Mar 27, 2020 - Mar 29, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
No Strings Attached READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Nightlife
Liberty Magic: Anna DeGuzman is THE QUEEN OF CARDISTRY
Feb 19, 2020 - Mar 29, 2020
What Anna DeGuzman can do with a deck of 52 cards will make your head spin! Manipulating cards into impossible 3-D configurations, she cuts, flings, flips, rotates, juggles, and shuffles playing cards in the middle of the street, along train tracks, and in close-up shows at the most prestigious magic venues in the world. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Opening Reception: Vanishing Black Bars & Lounge
Jan 24, 2020 - Mar 29, 2020
Artist and curator-led tour, 5:30 pm READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Opening Reception: I came by Boat so Meet me at the Beach
Jan 24, 2020 - Mar 29, 2020
Organized by Kilolo Luckett, curator of Visual Arts. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Film & Movies
Misery – 30th Anniversary Screening
Apr 4, 2020 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Calling all Stephen King fans! The tide has come. Celebrate Misery’s 30th anniversary on Pittsburgh’s largest screen! Directed by Rob Reiner and based on King’s 1987 novel of the same name, Misery is the only film based on a King novel to win an Oscar. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Gil Shaham Returns
Apr 3, 2020 - Apr 5, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Timeless impressions READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Power Pixels 2020
Jan 24, 2020 - Apr 5, 2020
On display at Wood Street Galleries: this dynamic work reflects with poetry, flux of data and information, exchanged in real time in our world today, which weave throughout our environment and circulate continuously at an ever-increasing speed. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Apr 17, 2020 - Apr 19, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
A Supreme Achievement READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Hélène Grimaud
Apr 24, 2020 - Apr 26, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The One and Only READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Paul Shaffer
May 1, 2020 - May 3, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
He's #1 on our top 10 list! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Voids, etc.
Jan 24, 2020 - May 5, 2020
A solo exhibition by Centa Schumacher that looks at order, chaos, and that which subdues them. READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Romantic Chopin
May 8, 2020 - May 10, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fit for a Queen READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family
Second Grade Schooltime - Meet the Orchestra
Apr 29, 2020 - May 13, 2020 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Elgar Cello Concerto
May 15, 2020 - May 17, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Music from the British Isles READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Tchaikovsky's Pathetique
May 29, 2020 - May 31, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
"The power of fate in life and death" READ MORE
Arts + Culture
The Doo Wop Project
Jun 5, 2020 - Jun 7, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Old school meets new generation READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Beethoven Seventh
Jun 12, 2020 - Jun 14, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Enduring energy and excitement READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Bronfman Plays Beethoven
Jun 19, 2020 - Jun 21, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 5:00 pm
An incomparable finale READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Family
Cirque Du Soleil presents OVO
Jan 23, 2020 - Jan 26, 2020
Take a tour through the mysterious, microscopic wold of OVO READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Liberty Magic: Derek Hughes in BAG OF TRICKS
Jan 8, 2020 - Feb 16, 2020
Quintessential funny man Derek Hughes has been lauded by audiences and critics alike, with the New York Times calling him “thoroughly entertaining.” READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Film & Movies
Gone with the Wind
Feb 15, 2020 - Feb 16, 2020 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
For the thousands who remember its unparalleled drama, action and romance. For the new thousands to whom the wonders will be revealed for the first time. Experience the 1939 classic Gone With the Wind on Pittsburgh’s largest screen! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Family
Little Shop of Horrors
Jan 23, 2020 - Feb 23, 2020
"A MILESTONE IN AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDY." - The Washington Post READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family
A National Aviary Bus Tour: Winter Raptor Excursion
Jan 29, 2020 - Feb 5, 2020
Bring your binoculars and join National Aviary Ornithologist Bob Mulvihill on a wintry driving excursion to count raptors along a prescribed route in western Pennsylvania! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Family,
Sports + Recreation
Community Tap Class
Jan 13, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020 | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Bring your tap shoes and let’s make some music! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Community,
Family,
Sports + Recreation
Community Dance Fitness Class
Jan 13, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020 | 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Our dance fitness class is designed to be an up-beat dance class that doubles as cardio! READ MORE
Arts + Culture
Salsa Fridays
Dec 20, 2019 - Jun 26, 2020
Late Night at Greer Cabaret Theater READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment
Pittsburgh Improv Jam
Dec 19, 2019 - Jul 30, 2020
Hundreds of Laughs. Dozens of Scenes. One Word Suggestions. READ MORE
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