Weekly Events | April 5, 2026

Can’t-Miss Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: April 6-12

A group of people interact on a sidewalk and stairs outside a red brick building — 212 Stories // Photo courtesy of Attack Theatre

Monday, April 6

FILM
Pittsburgh Movie Club Meeting: Go (1999)! Espresso A Mano, Lawrenceville

LIT
PGHwrites: Jade Song’s “I Love You Don’t Die” (Book Launch). City of Asylum, North Side

STAGE
Carnegie Mellon University presents Company. Philip Chosky Theater, Oakland. Continues through April 18

Tuesday, April 7

LIT
Reading & Convo: Larissa Pham "Discipline" (w/ Santiago Jose Sanchez). White Whale Bookstore, Bloomfield

MUSIC
Opus One and WYEP present Madison Cunningham. Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and MCG Jazz presents Lynn Speakman Quintet. Lounge at the Greer Cabaret, Downtown

NETWORKING
Open Door at Little Giant: A Creative Industry Meetup. Little Giant Studio, Allentown

STAGE
Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Primary Trust. O'Reilly Theater, Downtown. Continues through April 12

A man and a woman, both little people, perform a scene together on stage — Becoming Benjamin Lay // Photo courtesy of Braddock Films

Wednesday, April 8

FILM
Jump Cut Theater presents Film Kitchen. The Parkway Theater, McKees Rocks

MUSIC
Opus One presents Bleed From Within. Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
The Last Dinner Party. Stage AE, North Side

STAGE
Our Town. PIttsburgh Playhouse, Downtown. Continues through April 12
Quantum Theatre presents 10 Out of 12. Mellon Institute, Oakland. Continues through April 26

WORKSHOP
Assemble presents Needle Felting. Two Frays Brewery, Bloomfield/Garfield

Thursday, April 9

ART
Crafted in the Valley and Morgan Overton Opening Reception. Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley
Pitt Studio Arts presents Out of Bounds: Studio Arts Student Exhibition. Bellefield Gymnasium, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. Continues through May 1

COMEDY
Second City presents Laugh Harder, Not Smarter. City Theatre, South Side. Continues through April 18

DANCE
Confluence Ballet presents IMAGES. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland

Seven people in matching shirts stand smiling together in front of colorful — "Not a Compliment: Envisioning a World Without Street Harassment" documentary screening // Photo of End Street Harassment Pittsburgh at Assemble in 2024, courtesy of the presenters

FILM
End Street Harassment Pittsburgh presents World Premiere Screening of "Not a Compliment: Envisioning a World Without Street Harassment." Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, Downtown
Women in Film & Media Pittsburgh Showcase. The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, Sewickley

MUSIC
Opus One presents Dogs in A Pile. Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
WYEP presents My Politic with Mark Dignam and Mirabelle Skipworth. Club Cafe, South Side
River City Brass presents Les Mis N'At. Linton Middle School, Penn Hills
Thursday Night Jazz: John Shannon Trio’s “A Day in Tarifa” (Vinyl Release). City of Asylum, North Side

NETWORKING
Crafts and Carafes. Happenstance Cafe, Lawrenceville

STAGE
Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Asking for Trouble. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Homestead
Naomi Chambers, Jameelah Platt, and Max Emiliano Gonzales present Hillside Motion: A Hill District Performing Arts Showcase. Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium at Kaufmann Center, Hill District
Off Broadway Group presents The Jersey Tenors. Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown. Continues through April 12

Portraits of two men, one white with glasses and short curly brown hair, one Black with short gray hair and a beard — Anthony Elms + Hamza Walker in Conversation // Photos courtesy of Mattress Factory

Friday, April 10

ART
A Black & White Tie Art Installation Reveal Party. NK Arts Center, New Kensington
Living Women : art in a world not made for us. Ketchup City Creative Gallery, Sharpsburg. Continues through April 19

COMEDY
David Koechner. Pittsburgh Improv, Homestead

DANCE
Attack Theatre presents 212 Stories. Attack Theatre Studios, Lawrenceville. Continues through April 12
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents Spring Mix. August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. Continues through April 12

LIT
Reading & Convo: Jennifer Maritza McCauley "Neon Steel" (w/ Chiwan Choi). White Whale Bookstore, Bloomfield

MUSIC
River City Brass presents Les Mis N'At. Carson Middle School, McCandless
Mai Khoi & The Dissidents Album “Five Years In Exile” Release Party. Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie
TIZA presents Nuance. Jackworth Ginger Beer, Larimer
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents The Rite of Spring. Heinz Hall, Downtown. Continues through April 12

STAGE
Off the Wall presents Breadcrumbs: A Play by Jennifer Haley. Carnegie Stage, Carnegie. Continues through April 18
Steel City Shakespeare Center presents Agamemnon. West View Hub Hubworks, West View. Continues through April 19

TALK
Anthony Elms + Hamza Walker in Conversation. Mattress Factory, North Side
Global Problems, Global Solutions Conference. La Roche University, North Hills

WORKSHOP
Deep Dive Movement Series: Beverly Bautista Spaulding Commercial Jazz. PearlArts Movement & Sound, Braddock

A woman in a yellow headwrap sings passionately on stage — Nidia Góngora // Photo courtesy of Calliope

Saturday, April 11

ART
Forging Community: A Celebration of Contemporary Blacksmithing. Contemporary Craft, Lawrenceville

DANCE
Steel City Squares presents April Square Dance. Shiloh Center, Lawrenceville
The Pillow Project presents SECOND SATURDAYS. The Space Upstairs, Point Breeze

FEST
Crafton Sustainability Festival. Crafton Park, Crafton

FILM
Carnegie One and Film Pittsburgh present Film Premiere - Becoming Benjamin Lay: A New Documentary by Tony Buba and Marcus Rediker. Carnegie One, Braddock

FUNDRAISER
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Our Stories, Our Songs: The Music That Made Us. The Barn at Highcroft, Mars

LIT
Write Pittsburgh presents Curveball: Exercises in Surprises. Virtual, Zoom
Resistance & Resilience: Poetry Night featuring readings from Otto & Tommy Wyatt Blake. Stay Gold Books, Regent Square

MARKET
ThriftBurgh presents Vintage Mart Spring Break. Construction Junction, Point Breeze

MUSIC
Calliope House presents Nidia Góngora. The Original Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District
River City Brass presents Les Mis N'At. The Palace Theatre, Greensburg
In Bed By Ten. Spirit, Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Opera presents Saddles, Smoke and Songs. Ople Farms, Zelienople
WYEP presents Kashus Culpepper. Thunderbird Cafe, Lawrenceville
National Artists Corporation and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents The Temptations & The Four Tops. Benedum Center, Downtown

TALK
Spring Awakening - An Urban Gardening Discussion with Wild Ones. Trace Brewing, Bloomfield

WORKSHOP
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Adult Art Workshop: Doodle Bowl Casting. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
Deep Dive Movement Series: Beverly Bautista Spaulding Commercial Jazz. PearlArts Movement & Sound, Braddock

Sunday, April 12

LIT
PGHwrites: Free Association Reading Series with Faith Barrett, Jessica Lanay, Frank Lehner & Joy Priest. City of Asylum, North Side

MUSIC
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Borealis: A Constellation of Classical and New Music in Concert. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
Alex Harding & Lucian Ban Present “Dark Blue”. City of Asylum, North Side

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