Weekly Events | March 9, 2025
Must-See Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: March 10-16
By
Jordan Snowden , Blog Contributor
Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Sound in Motion // Photo by Rachel Nicole Harman
Monday, March 10 ART
AWAKENING Fine Art Exhibition and Gallery . The Castle, McKees Rocks. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.. Continues through May 3.
“Keiko Fukazawa Retrospective: The Space in Between .” Contemporary Craft, Lawrenceville. Available to view during open hours. Continues through May 3.
MUSIC
AcoustiCafe Open Stage . The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, Millvale. 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Opera presents The Way of Tea: Recital and Ceremony . The Art Room, Strip District. 6-8:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents PUBLIQuartet . PNC Theatre, Downtown. 7:30 p.m.
Tyler Ramsey with Nick Guckert . Crafthouse Stage and Grill, Whitehall. 7:30 p.m.
STAGE
Theatrical Reading of Christine Bethea’s Birthday at Tiffany's . Pittsburgh City Theatre, South Side. 7-8 p.m.
LITERATURE
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library 2025 Book Sale . The Edgewood Club, Edgewood. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
An Evening with Author Bruce Cameron . Riverstone Books, McCandless.
Tuesday, March 11 ART
The Archive As Liberation . Silver Eye Center for Photography, Bloomfield. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.. Continues through April 19.
LITERATURE
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures presents Made Local with Michael E. Sawyer . Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland. 6 p.m. See our Q&A with Professor Sawyer about his new book here .
MUSICGlixen with Suzy Clue and She's Green . Bottlerocket Social Hall, Allentown. 8 p.m
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon // Photo courtesy of Keith Sherman and Associates
Wednesday, March 12 ART
Artist Talk with Sandra Bacchi . Pittsburgh Glass Center, Bloomfield. 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Spring Birdhouse Party . Workshop Studios, Wilkinsburg. 7-9 p.m.
FILM
Pittsburgh Film Kitchen: Women’s History Month . The Parkway Theater, McKees Rocks. 6 p.m.
STAGE
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live . Byham Theater, Downtown. 7 p.m.
MUSIC
Kim Dracula with Hanabie, Crystal Lake, and Kaonashi . Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks. 6:30 p.m.
TALK
Egyptian Dinner & a Reading: Between Home and Accommodation: Parallel Lives of Egyptian Workers in Dubai . The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry at CMU, Oakland. 5:30-7 p.m.
Thursday Night Jazz: Sounds of Now with Miriam Elhajli // Photo courtesy of City of Asylum
Thursday, March 13 ART
Judy Barie: The Shape of Things . ZYNKA Gallery, Sharpsburg. Available to view during open hours. Continues through April 19.
TALK
Unfamiliar Intelligence: Art, AI, and Robots . The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry at CMU, Oakland. 5:30-7 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Women’s Role in Tech, Video Games, Anime, Manga, and Comic Books . Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, East Liberty. 6:30-7:30 p.m.
In Conversation: Reading Gertrude Abercrombie . Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 6:30-7:30 p.m.
CHILDREN
One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure . Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie. 4:30-5:15 p.m.
LITERATURE
Traci Sorell . Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland. 6 p.m.
Heartprints: An author visit with Nataliia Sahaidak . Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie. 7-8 p.m.
MUSIC
Thursday Night Jazz: Sounds of Now with Miriam Elhajli . Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.
FILM
The Voices: Emerging Filmmakers Showcase . The Lindsay Theater, Sewickley. 7 p.m.
NETWORKING
Intermission: An Artful Networking Series . August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. 6-10 p.m.
Ghost Cat Anzu at Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival // Film still courtesy of GKIDS
Friday, March 14 ART
Meet Mario, the new director of The Warhol . The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 5-8 p.m.
Evening Mass Art Market . The Dog Penn, Strip District. 5-9 p.m.
every speck of dust illuminated Opening Reception . Tomayko Foundation, Bloomfield. 6-8 p.m. Continues through April 18.
RAW MATERIAL Opening Reception . The Frame Gallery at CMU, Oakland. 6-9 p.m. Continues through March 16.
DANCE
Texture Contemporary Ballet presents Sound in Motion . New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 8 p.m. Continues through March 16.
MUSIC
Thunderbird 25th Anniversary featuring Butler Street Revival . Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall, Lawrenceville. 7:30 p.m.
Beauty Slap . The Original Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District. 8 p.m.
Hot Stuff Disco . Brillobox, Bloomfield. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
FILM
Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival . Row House Cinema, Lawrenceville. Various times. Continues through March 27.
Saturday, March 15 ART
Ashcrafted Imagery . Lawrenceville Market House, Lawrenceville. 11-6 p.m.
TALK
MEMORY, BLACK SPACE, & CONTEMPLATION: Marvin Touré, L. Kasimu Harris, and Dominique Duroseau in Conversation . ALMA | LEWIS, Homewood. 2-4 p.m.
FESTIVAL
Black in Bloom . August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. 12-3 p.m.
MARKET
Spring Dream Pop-Up Market . Alternate Histories, Greenfield. 12-4 p.m.
WHITNEY: A Tribute Concert with Dwayne Fulton // Photo collage by Kelly Strayhorn Theater, from images by Randall Coleman and public domain
MUSIC
Thula Sizwe . First Unitarian Universalist Church, Shadyside. 2:30 p.m.
WHITNEY: A Tribute Concert with Dwayne Fulton . Kelly Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 5:30 p.m.
Spacebastard Live . Dormont VFW, Dormont. 6 p.m.
Bastard Bearded Irishfest 2025 . Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall, Lawrenceville. 6 p.m.
Guild of Gaia . TacOcat, North Side. 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Lift Every Voice . Heinz Hall, Downtown. 7:30 p.m.
DANCE
Children's Performance of Sound in Motion . New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 4 p.m.
LITERATURE
An Afternoon with Author Illah Nourbakshs in Conversation with Monica Ruiz . Riverstone Books, Squirrel Hill. 2-3:30 p.m.
Blamage Books presents Meghan Lamb's MIRROR TRANSLATION Release . 222 Ormsby, Mount Oliver. 7 p.m.
COMEDY
Unique: An Improv Show About Disabilities and Mental Health . Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 9 p.m.
Sunday, March 16 STAGE
ARTfully UPlifting . The Pittsburgh Playhouse, Downtown. 2 p.m.
COMEDY
Gutfeld Live ’25 Tour . Cambria County War Memorial Arena, Johnstown. 3 p.m.
LITERATURE
An In-Store Signing with Alton Brown . Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 12-2 p.m.
NETWORKINGSociety of Sculptors Winter Gathering . Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, East Liberty. 3-4:30 p.m.