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Can’t-Miss Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: June 1-7


A band performs on a colorful stage with drums and hanging objects, SQUONK displayed below.
Fri, June 5: Squonk's Joy Machine Premiere // Photo by Sue Wallace

Monday, June 1

FEST 
SisTers PGH presents Pride Live Drag Experience. The Stonewall Inn Pittsburgh, Downtown 

FILM 
Keylight Film, WIFM Pittsburgh presents The Nowhere Inn Screening Event. Government Center, North Side 
Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project Screenings. The Rangos Giant Cinema at the Kamin Science Center, North Side 

NETWORKING 
Hot Kind Artists Coffee Klatsch. Lawrence Hall, Lawrenceville 

Tuesday, June 2

LIT 
Book Launch! Andrew Moore, "The Beasts of the East". White Whale Bookstore, Bloomfield 
Story Club PGH presents Story Slam! (Behind Closed Doors). Alphabet City, North Side 

MUSIC 
Pittsburgh Youth Chorus presents A Grand Night for Singing Cabaret. Greystone Fields, Gibsonia 
St. Vincent with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Heinz Hall, Downtown 
Built to Spill. Mr. Smalls, Millvale 

TALK 
Free Summer Lecture Series. Pittsburgh Glass Center, East Liberty 
Queer Quarterly: Nightlife Edition. 1Hood Media, Oakland 

WORKSHOP 
Tech25 & Stonewolf Studios presents Liberation Lasers Workshop. Tech25, Mount Oliver 

Wednesday, June 3

MUSIC 
The Sonder Bombs. Bottlerocket Social Hall, Allentown 

STAGE 
Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown. Continues through June 14 

WORKSHOP 
Riverlife Pittsburgh presents Write a Thing with Holly Hilliard. Shore Thing, North Side 

A football player in a red jersey stands beside a man in a brown jacket amid a crowd.
Thu, June 4: The Lindsay Theater's Summer Series: Nine on 90s kicks off with two showings of the 1996 romantic dramedy "Jerry Maguire" // Photo courtesy of the Lindsay Theater

Thursday, June 4

ART 
lux ex tenebris and Ali Pirl Exhibition Opening Reception. Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley 

FILM 
Nine on '90s: "Jerry Maguire". The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, Sewickley. Continues through June 14 

LIT 
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures presents Made Local: Alec Karakatsanis. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland 
Book Launch Party: 100 Things To Do in Pitttsburgh Before You Die. Trace Brewing, Bloomfield 

MUSIC 
Pretty Cryptid EP Release Party & Flash Tattoos. The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield 

STAGE 
Javi Benitez in Handmade Miracles. Liberty Magic, Downtown. Continues through July 5 
New Horizon Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Coconut Cake. Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall, Oakland. Continues through June 14 
Pickleball. Little Lake Theatre Company, Canonsburg. Continues through June 14 

TALK 
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Lunch Pail Lecture: The Duquesne Club's Origins and Henry Clay Frick's Role. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze

A woman in a dark dress sits on the floor as papers dramatically float around her.
Thu, June 4: Sweetwater Center for the Arts presents lux ex tenebris and Ali Pirl Exhibition Opening Reception // Photo courtesy of Bianca Black

Friday, June 5

ART 
Whose presents Furpile: a Please-Touch Plushie Sculpture Show (FIRST FRIDAY). Mary's Bar, Garfield 
Eyes to See. Spinning Plate Gallery, East Liberty. Continues through June 27 
Pride HOT Jam. Pittsburgh Glass Center, East Liberty 
I Love Furry. Bunker Projects, Bloomfield. Continues through July 19 
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Arts Landing, Downtown. Continues through June 7 
Unblurred: First Friday Art Crawl. Multiple Locations, Bloomfield/Friendship, Garfield 

FEST 
Squonk's Joy Machine Premiere. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Arts Landing, Downtown. Continues through June 7 

MARKET 
The Garfield Night Market. BGC Community Activity Center, Garfield 

MUSIC 
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Summer Fridays at the Frick | The Stemtecs Band. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze 
Allegheny County Summer Concert Series presents River City Brass. South Park Amphitheater, South Park Township 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Elliot Pullen and the Pearl Snaps. Acoustic Stage at Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Spin Doctors. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Sweetwater Center for the Arts presents Sweet Jazz with Check Your Bucket. Walnut Green, Sewickley
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Appalachian Honey. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Natalie Rogers. Acoustic Stage at Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Sunset Drive. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
The Temptations and the Four Tops. Benedum Center, Downtown 
Pride Amplified featuring Momma with Gaadge. Mr. Smalls, Millvale 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Broom. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Disco Divas. Heinz Hall, Downtown. Continues through June 7

Man in casual clothes sitting on a stool against a plain grey background.
Thu, June 4: Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures presents Made Local: Alec Karakatsanis // Photo of Alec Karakatsanis courtesy of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Saturday, June 6

ART 
Gavin Benjamin: In The Air Tonight. Zynka Gallery, Sharpsburg. Continues through August 9 
Homespun opening reception. Bottom Feeder Books, Point Breeze. Continues through July 11 
East Liberty Public Art Walking Tour. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty 
Nikkei: Pittsburgh Voices. Atithi Studios, Sharpsburg 

DANCE 
Carnegie Performing Arts Center presents Spectacular, Spectacular Dance Recital. Andrew Carnegie Music Hall, Carnegie. Continues through June 7 

FEST 
The Unplugged Society, Woolly Bear Books, and the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall presents The GOLD STAR Party! – Because You’re Doing Great. Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie 
3 Rivers Comicon. David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Continues through June 7 
Loud and Proud Music Festival. Allegheny City Brewing, North Side 
Pittsburgh Pride. Allegheny Commons Park West, North Side. Continues through June 7 

FILM 
Pride Rocky Horror with a Drag Show. Row House Hollywood, Dormont 

MUSIC 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Ki Lyrics. Acoustic Stage at Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Casaundra Williams. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Marcus Smith & The Rapscallions. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
McKinney & The Waymores w/ Grace Campbell. Club Cafe, Soth Side 
Planet K-Pop: The Ultimate K-Pop Tribute Concert. Benedum Center, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents The Pharcyde. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Lhagic. Acoustic Stage at Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown

Impressionist painting of houses by a river at sunset, with trees and reflections in water.
Sun, June 7: The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Isms of Art - Tracing French Moderns // Photo courtesy of The Frick

Sunday, June 7

FEST 
Afro P Funk and Poetry: Exalting the Divine Feminine. Glitterbox Theater, Homestead 
Pittsburgh Pride March & Parade. Multiple Locations, Downtown through North Side 

FILM 
Drusky Entertainment presents Napoleon Dynamite Live - A Conversation with Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, and Jon Gries. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Homestead 

MUSIC 
Three Rivers Arts Festival presents Trousdale. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Ceramic Knives. Dollar Bank Stage at Arts Landing, Downtown 
Casey Catone. Acoustic Stage at Rachel Carson Bridge, Downtown 
Monroeville Recreation & Parks presents Summer Concert Series: Stacy and the Wild Cards. Tall Trees Ampitheater, Monroeville 
Allegheny County Summer Concert Series presents Pittsburgh Opera. Hartwood Acres Park Ampitheater, Allison Park 
Pittsburgh Concert Society presents Alumni Concert. Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland 
Resonance Works presents Romeo & Juliette, A Resonance Works Opera Preview. Acclamation Brewing, Verona 

STAGE 
The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case. New Hazlett Theaater, North Side 

TALK 
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens presents Isms of Art - Tracing French Moderns. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze 


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