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Must-See Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: February 24-March 2


A Black woman with long dark hair walks down a runway wearing a long orange, pink, and red dress
Threads of Destiny Fashion Show // Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Opera

Monday, February 24

MUSIC

Les Délices with Nicholas Phan. PNC Theatre, Downtown. 7:30 p.m. 

 

FASHION

Pittsburgh Opera Fashion Show: Threads of Destiny. Bitz Opera Factory, Strip District. 6:30 p.m.

 

STAGE

City Rewinds: 50 Years of New Plays. City Theatre, South Side. 7 p.m.

 

WORKSHOP

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort Workshop: Ars Combinatoria: A Generative Poetics. College of Fine Arts, Oakland. 2-4 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.

 

FILM

Unstoppable. Andrew Carnegie Free Library Music Hall, Carnegie. 6-9 p.m.

Side-by-side display cases of artistic mineral objects
Gala Porras-Kim’s 202 mineral objects at Carnegie Museum of Art or at Carnegie Museum of Natural History // Photo by Paul Salveson, courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles

Tuesday, February 25

ART

Community Craft Night. WorkshopPGH, Regent Square. 6-9 p.m.

 

NETWORKING

Creative Hive. Art & Soul Cafe, Downtown. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

 

MUSIC

Make Them Suffer with Like Moths to Flames, Aviana, and Windwaker. Preserving Underground, New Kensington. 7 p.m.

 

FILM

Wicked Sing Along. Row House Cinema, Lawrenceville. 8:15 p.m.

 

LITERATURE

World Literature: Caryl Phillips (Saint Kitts, England) Another Man in the Street. Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8 p.m.

Sam Kean. Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 7-8:15 p.m.

Wednesday, February 26

ART

Slavery, Museums, and Public Engagement: Panel Discussion. University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 12-2 p.m.

 

STAGE

Ghosts. Carnegie Mellon University, Philip Chosky Theater Proscenium, Oakland. 2 and 8 p.m. Continues through March 1.

The back of a Black woman wearing a tan cowboy hat and draped sleeveless brown shirt poses with her arms raised up in front of an urban brick building
Njaimeh Njie in Lifting Liberty at Kelly Strayhorn Theater // Artwork by Njaimeh Njie

Thursday, February 27

ART

Gala Porras-Kim Opening Celebration. Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 6 p.m.

After Hours: Screening of Isla Hansen's 'How to Get to Make Believe' + Artist Q&A. Mattress Factory, North Side. 6-8 p.m.

Njaimeh Njie: Lifting Liberty Opening Reception. Kelly Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 6-8 p.m.

 

MUSIC

Thursday Night Jazz: Delana Flowers’ Retrospect of Love. Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.

Sound Series: Amythyst Kiah. The Andy Warhol Theater, North Side. 8 p.m.

Giant Day, The Garment District, and Pairdown. Spirit, Lawrenceville. 8 p.m.

 

FILM

The Six Triple Eight. Community Forge, Wilkinsburg. 6-8:30 p.m.

Shenandoah. The Lindsay Theater, Sewickley. 7 p.m.

 

STAGE

The Spongebob Musical. Gargaro Theater, West End. Various times. Continues through March 2.

Roger Guenveur Smith's IN HONOR OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT. August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. 7:30 p.m.

The Laramie Project. The Theatre Factory, Monroeville. 7:30 p.m. Continues through March 1.

Up and Away. Segriff Stage, Rochester. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Continues through March 2.

Detail of colorful museum exhibit showing a bizarre version of Mister Roger's Land of Make Believe featuring a large Grimace head
After Hours: Screening of Isla Hansen's 'How to Get to Make Believe' // Photo courtesy of the Mattress Factory

Friday, February 28

ART

The Ohringer Art Salon. The Ohringer, Braddock. 7 p.m.

 

STAGE

I Never Saw Another Butterfly and The Terezin Promise. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Love Is… Alumni Theater Company, Homewood. 7 p.m. Continues through March 2.

Open Mic Night. Center for Life, Hazelwood. 5-8 p.m.

 

TALK

Creative Mornings with Natalie Bencivenga. COhatch Shadyside, Shadyside. 8:30-10 a.m.

 

COMEDY

A Journey Through the Upside Down. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 9 p.m.

 

WORKSHOP

Black History Month STEM Event. The Citizen Science Lab, Bethel Park.

Assemble 21+ Night: Pleasure Products with Buzz Me In. Assemble, Bloomfield. 7-9 p.m. 

 

MUSIC

Pittsburgh Emo Night. Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Squirrel Hill. 9 p.m.

Buffchick x Brye. Mr Smalls Theatre, The Funhouse, Millvale. 8 p.m. 

Tommy Castro & the Painkillers. Moondog’s, Blawnox. 8-11 p.m.

 

FILM

Renegade Screening #1. Little Giant Studio, Allentown. 8:30-11 p.m.

 

LITERATURE

meTamorphosis: a queer and trans-led reading series. White Whale Bookstore, Bloomfield. 7-8:30 p.m.

A white man with a gray goatee and black glasses poses on a theater stage with his arms on his hips while wearing a bright blue shirt and a bright red cape
Dave Joseph as George Roth in R-ACT's "Up and Away" // Photo by Tim Piper

Saturday, March 1

ART

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War. The Frick Art Museum, Point Breeze. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

CDCP x WCDC present Charlotte Ka Opening Reception. Lohr Gallery, Wilkinsburg. 12-5 p.m. Continues through May 31.

Featured Artists Exhibition Opening Reception. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Lawrenceville. 4-7 p.m. Continues through April 18.

2 Years of Exhibition Group Show. Bottom Feeder Books, Point Breeze. 6-8 p.m. Continues through March 29.

 

FILM

Craft Night at the Movies: Dirty Dancing. Andrew Carnegie Free Library Music Hall, Carnegie. 6:30-9 p.m.

 

DANCE

Radiance. August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. 7 p.m.

 

MUSIC

Family Day. Bitz Opera Factory, Strip District. 12-3 p.m.

Verdi Requiem. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 4 p.m.

Sweaty Already String Band. Beck-Ringland Tavern & Scenery Hill Brewing, Washington. 7 p.m.

In Like A Lion. Poetry Lounge, Millvale. 8-11 p.m.

The Right TurnClyde Experience. Beacon Hotel, Butler. 8 p.m.

Old Neon. Kingfly Spirits, Strip District. 8-11 p.m.

 

LITERATURE

An Afternoon with Frederick Joseph. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main, Lecture Hall, Oakland. 1-2 p.m.

Sunday, March 2

FESTIVAL

Horror Realm Con 2025. Crowne Plaza Hotel Pittsburgh South, Downtown. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

 

MUSIC

Isle of Hope. The Jonnet Building, Monroeville. 7:30-9 p.m.


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