Events

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Arts + Culture,
Entertainment

Lucky Draw

Mar 23, 2025 | 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us on the fourth Sunday of each month for Lucky Draw! This is an interactive improv comedy show where half of the cast is drawn on the spot at random. Arcade’s Academy students, team members, or any other improvisers can put their names into the box and be picked to come on stage to play. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Nightlife

Desi Banks: The Elevation Tour

Mar 23, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Desi Banks is the ultimate triple threat – actor, stand-up comedian, podcaster, and entrepreneur who's taking the entertainment world by storm. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment,
Music

Kanneh-Mason Performs Shostakovich

Mar 23, 2025 | 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
One of the most gifted young artists onstage today, Sheku Kanneh-Mason catapulted to international fame with his performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. He makes his Pittsburgh Symphony debut with Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Nina Shekhar’s new work “explodes like an orchestral supernova” (LA Times). The program is rounded out with two wonderfully passionate works by Strauss. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment

Madama Butterfly

Mar 22, 2025 - Mar 30, 2025
His escape is her cage. In this groundbreaking new production created by an all-Japanese and Japanese American creative team, Madama Butterfly’s story is transported to a fantastical realm where reality and dreams intersect. READ MORE
Community

Penguin-Palooza

Mar 22, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025 | 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Waddle on over to the National Aviary and celebrate everyone’s favorite flightless feathered friends: penguins! Meet the colony of African Penguins in Penguin Point, watch a fun feeding and chat with National Aviary experts, find out what makes penguins so unique, make your own penguin craft, and more. Learn how you can help penguins and other marine life every day. READ MORE
Community,
Tours

LiveWell Apartments Open House

Mar 22, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Raffles, prizes, tours, leases! Bring friends! Win referrals! Refreshments provided. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment

The Thaw: Weekend 3

Mar 21, 2025 - Mar 23, 2025
The grand finale of The Thaw brings a fiery celebration of music and a ceremonial snowman burning to welcome the first days of spring. This high-energy weekend features live music, fire pits, and stunning fire performances. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment

Spotlight on the ‘Burgh: Whose Trick is it Anyway?

Mar 19, 2025 - Mar 29, 2025
Back by popular demand: the best of the ‘Burgh! An improvisational magic show like none other! That’s right, it’s Spotlight on the Burgh’s original feature, Whose Trick is it Anyway? Where everything is made up and the points don't matter. That's right, the points are like volume of Teller’s microphone. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Entertainment

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Mar 19, 2025 - Apr 6, 2025
It’s all fun and games until the one and only Edward Albee picks up his pen. His 1962 masterpiece WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? is a caustic cocktail of razor-sharp dialogue and electrifying performances that has kept audiences coming back for another round for decades. READ MORE
Arts + Culture

August Taught Us

Mar 6, 2025 - Apr 6, 2025
Renowned visual artist and cultural agitator DS Kinsel will unveil new work created as part of the August Wilson Archive Community Artist-Scholar Award program sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Library System. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Family,
Outdoor,
Sports + Recreation,
Tours

Beauty of the Burgh Bike Tour

Mar 1, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Take a ride through Downtown, the Strip and the North Side during this informative, guided bike tour exploring the history and culture of Pittsburgh. READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Tours

Black & Ghost Tour

Feb 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Experience the spookiest of Pittsburgh’s Downtown! READ MORE
Arts + Culture,
Market Square,
Outdoor,
Tours

Best of the Burgh Walking Tour

Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Take a walk with a knowledgable local guide to explore Downtown Pittsburgh's architecture, history and culture. READ MORE

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