Events

• Recurring daily
• Times: Call for times
• Location: Carnegie Science Center
• Phone: (412) 237-3400
• Admission: Call for prices

• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
• Times: Tu-Sa: 8pm; W,F: 2pm; Su: 3pm
• Location: Mountain Playhouse
• Phone: (814) 629-9201
• Admission: $15-$33

• Times: 7 pm
• Location: The Andy Warhol Museum
• Contact: The Andy Warhol Museum
• Phone: (412) 237-8300
• Admission: Other
• General Admission Adult: 0

FILM SCREENING: Living Dead Creature Double Features Otto; or Up with Dead People & Dead and Breakfast Friday, August 29, 2008 The Warhol Theater 7 p.m. Tickets: $7.50 double feature; call 412-237-8300 Otto; or Up with Dead People (Germany/Canada, 2008) 94min. Written and Directed by Bruce LaBruce. LaBruce’s new comedy-drama-horror film features an amnesiac young zombie named Otto, who nests in an abandoned amusement park in Berlin. He is discovered by underground filmmaker Medea Yarn, who begins a documentary about him while trying to finish “Up with Dead People,” the epic-political-porno-zombie movie that she has been working on for years. After discovering information about his past life, Otto begins to remember some details including his ex-boyfriend, Rudolf, with whom he meets up again – to devastating results. Dead and Breakfast (2004) 88 min. Directed by Matthew Leutwyler “It’s like a bad horror movie, only worse.” Starring Portia de Rossi and David Carradine, this horror/splatter comedy finds six friends staying at a spooky Bed and Breakfast in a California town where almost all of the residents are possessed by an evil spirit who has turned them into flesh-eating zombies. These 35mm screenings are part of our zombie film festival running from August 1 – 29.

• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Saturday
• Location: Laurel Highlands
• Admission: Other
• General Admission Adult: 0
• General Admission Child: 0
• General Admission Senior: 0

The 14th annual Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, celebrating its second year under the ownership of Rocky Mountain Festivals, Inc., will open on Aug. 23 for six festive weekends through Sept. 28 including Labor Day. On each Festival day at 10:30 a.m., there will be an opening gate ceremony to welcome King Henry and Queen Anne to the 16th-century village of Morelandshire, during which time some of the stage shows will be previewed before patrons walk through the castle gate. There will also be a similar closing ceremony at the end of each Festival day. This year’s themed weekends include Music & Dance Weekend (Aug. 23-24); Children's Weekend (Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1); Chivalry, Love & Romance Weekend (Sept. 6-7); Italian Renaissance Weekend (Sept. 13-14); Celtic Fling Weekend (Sept. 20-21); and Mardi Gras Weekend (Sept. 27 -28). Each weekend features different activities, events and entertainment. Patrons can expect to see many new local and national acts this year such as Arsene Dupin, an internationally acclaimed mime, comedian and juggler; The Marquiche, king of fools; Great Balls of Fire, a fire manipulation show; the Washing Well Wenches, an amusing water show centered around doing laundry; Charming and Dashing, two noblemen providing romance advice; and The Sisters of Ameretat, a belly dancing troupe.

• Recurring weekly on Tuesday
• Times: 5-10pm
• Location: Agnes R. Katz Plaza
• Phone: (412) 456-6666
• Admission: free

• Recurring weekly on Tuesday
• Times: 3:30-7:30 PM
• Location: St. Mary of the Mount parking lot
• Admission: Free

Come see what your local farmers have to offer, with farm-fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and cheeses, and baked goods.

• Recurring daily
• Location: Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
• Phone: (412) 454-6000
• Admission: $3.50 - $7.50

• Recurring daily
• Times: 10am - 5pm
• Location: Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
• Phone: (412) 454-6000
• Admission: $3.50 - $7.50

This "museum within a museum" captures the Pittsburgh region's evolution and impact as a sports leader over more than a century, from amateur to pro and across the spectrum of sports.

• Recurring daily
• Location: Carnegie Science Center
• Phone: 412.237.3400
• Admission: $10 - $14

Dive into physics aboard the USS Requin submarine. Discover the science that let 80 sailors live beneath the sea in the U.S. Navy’s first radar picket submarine.

• Recurring weekly on Saturday
• Location: Carnegie Science Center
• Phone: 412.237.3400
• Admission: $10 - $14

Observe the skies over Pittsburgh from the rooftop observatory. Fee is $1.00 per person. No reservations required. For tour times and information, call the SkyWatch Hotline at 412.237.3327.

• Recurring daily
• Location: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
• Phone: (412) 622-6914
• Admission: $10.00 for adults, $9.00 for seniors and students, and $7.00 for children (2 - $18)

Phipps unveils Tropical Forest: Thailand, a 12,000-square-foot exhibit space filled with tlush plants, indoor waterfalls, towering canopy walk, and so much more!

• Recurring daily
• Location: Downtown Hotels
• Phone: (800) 342-2349
• Admission: $16-$40

This tour combines the Pittsburgh Historic Neighborhood Tour and the Pittsburgh Heritage Tour.  Free time for lunch (not included) at Station Square.  Adults save $8.00 (children save $4.00) on this combination all day tour.

• Recurring daily
• Phone: (800) 342-2349
• Admission: $10-$25

A study in contrast takes you to the old and new in Pittsburgh. Our tour begins with a ride on the historic Duquesne Incline to the top of Mt. Washington for a spectacular view of Pittsburgh’s three rivers and Point State Park where the city of Pittsburgh began.   In 1753, a frontiersman named Christopher Gist led young George Washington to the land of the Three Rivers. Travel to Old Allegheny City, now known as the North Side, to Manchester, Mexican War Streets, Millionaires Row and Calvary Church.  Journey past the Carnegie Science Center, PNC Park, Heinz Field and the Andy Warhol Museum.

 

• Recurring daily
• Times: Tuesday - Saturday (10 AM to 5 PM), Sunday (1 PM to 5 PM), Closed Monday
• Location: Mattress Factory
• Phone: (412) 231-3169
• Admission: $9.00

• Recurring daily
• Times: see website
• Phone: 412.237.3400
• Admission: $10-$14

• Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
• Times: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Succop Conservancy
• Phone: 724.586.2591
• Admission: varies

Enjoy relaxed learning for adults at the tranquil 50 acre Succop Conservancy in Butler, PA.  Indulge your interest and absorb yourself in a time-honored craft or trade.  Blacksmithing, Native American Gardening, Tea and Social Graces, Bagpiping, Period Cradle Making, Canvas Floor Cloths, Herb Course, green Building Beer Brewing and more.  Check the summer / fall course schedule at www.heritagefolkschool.org or call 724.586.2591. 

• Recurring weekly on Friday
• Times: 3:30 pm -- 6:30 pm
• Location: Oakland business district
• Phone: (412) 683-6243
• Admission: free

• Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
• Times: Fri/Sat: 12:00-8:00pm, Sun: 12:00-5:00pm
• Location: moxie DaDA gallery
• Contact: Christine Whispell
• Phone: (412) 682-0348
• Admission: Free

Corey LeChat's head is not just in the clouds, it’s in the stratosphere, mesosphere, through the thermosphere and exosphere and toward galaxies and dimensions far beyond. With his lens trained on rocket ships and astronauts, Corey's latest photographic series launches the viewer on a journey through space and time. The casual view captures unbelievable things, like attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion or even C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. Thankfully these moments are not lost in time, but preserved for the entire cosmos to see (and then perhaps to also dream of spacemen). Corey LeChat's latest series of 35 mm color photographs materializes at moxie Dada, August 9 through 30.

• Recurring daily
• Times: Fri. 8:00PM & 10:00PM / Sat. 7:00PM & 9:00PM / Sun. 7:00PM.
• Location: The Pittsburgh Improv
• Phone: (412) 462-5233
• Admission: Other
• General Admission Adult: 0
• General Admission Senior: 0

When Pablo Francisco hits the stage, his consistent over the top performance immediately brings his audiences to their feet with boisterous laughter and applause. His unmatched high voltage energy and creativity continues to explode his fan base worldwide.