Exhibition of large-scale paper doll compositions by Charlie Wallace, guest curated by Steph Neary, opening as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Gallery Crawl.
Exhibition exploring privatisation and public utility, curated by Jacquet Kehm and presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
Kickoff session for the National History Day Pittsburgh competition, where students and teachers explore the 2027 theme and primary source research.
Free quarterly open house of visual arts, live music, dance and spoken word across the galleries and eclectic spaces of Pittsburgh's Cultural District.
Free farewell evening for the Pedantic Fall 2026 residency cohort, with a toast, light food and drinks, and a chance to meet the residents.
Free Saturday morning yoga class held at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighbourhood.
Inaugural free, family-friendly block party closing Bedford Avenue in the Hill District, with live music, a costume parade, trunk-or-treat and kids activities.
Free annual fair of artist books, zines and independent presses, with book launches, performances and conversations, in its fourth edition.
Free guided tour led by 59th Carnegie International artist Brooke O'Harra that invites visitors to respond to works of art through limited physical movement.
Annual Halloween cover show at Bottlerocket Social Hall where local bands play their favorite records in costume, with free admission.
Halloween-themed sinister speakeasy with spooky dance sets, games, prizes, a costume contest and a haunted-house-style experience.
Reading performance by artist Priyesh Gothwal on food packaging and labelling regulations in India, part of the 59th Carnegie International.
Participatory performance in which the audience and collaborators interpret asinnajaq's photographs through music at the Carnegie Music Hall.
Performative reading by artist Maithili Bavkar, featured in the 59th Carnegie International, that blends spoken word and printed matter.
Bilingual story session with Bogota artist Gabriela Pinilla, who shares her illustrated book 'Escuela de la Belleza' and hands out a special colouring book.
Book launch of 'Berlin Babel' with author Lin Hierse and translator Jon Cho-Polizzi, part of the Germany on Campus series.
Free all-day music listening sessions by Sweet Abyss residents, with live DJ sets, 'Show and Tell' slots and an all-day visual mixtape, as part of the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair.
Annual festival of Slovak heritage with traditional music and dance, lectures, vendor and informational displays, and the Czechoslovak Room at the Cathedral of Learning.
Monthly book club meeting hosted by the Pittsburgh Goodreads community, with food from local vendors, book discussion, and activities.
Official Pittsburgh Steelers tailgate before a home game at Acrisure Stadium, with live music, food, drink specials and prizes.
Free lecture by Eric Yttri on how the 2026 Nobel Prize in neuroscience and optogenetics are changing our understanding of the brain, followed by a Q&A.
Free screening of the documentary 'Yalla Parkour' by Areeb Zuaiter, presented by SCREENSHOT: Asian Film Festival in partnership with Backyard Docs and Pittsburgh Sound & Image.
Free public lecture by artist Kearra Amaya Gopee on their work in 'If the word we', part of the 59th Carnegie International.
Free screening of the documentary 'Brothers in Blood: Black in Vietnam' followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and a Vietnam veteran.
Free trivia night presented by Bakery Square and Pittsburgh Bar Trivia, with a $50 City Kitchen gift card prize for the winning team.
Free science seminar by Dr. Lucas DeGroote on the dangers of bird migration and the decline of North American bird populations.
Free jazz concert by the Paul Thompson Quintet honouring Jaco Pastorius and marking the 50th anniversary of his debut album.
Free Latin American and Caribbean cultural festival organized by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Free, informal one-hour lunchtime opera concert by Pittsburgh Opera's Resident Artists, followed by a reception.
Hour-long reading, performance, game show and panel talk on what a book is, moderated by Jenna Peng, followed by a hands-on bookbinding workshop.
Free workshop on the history of bookplates (ex libris) and how to make your own bookplates and stickers to take home.
Virtual lecture for members on the history and impact of the Carnegie International, the museum's 59th survey of international art.
Traditional music ensemble Devilish Merry blends Appalachian and Irish melodies with ballad-based songs about American history and heritage.
Family night with free kids' meals, face painting, balloon art and entertainment from CoCo the Clown, with proceeds supporting the UPMC Mercy Burn Center.
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Free pre-opera talk introducing Gluck's 'Orpheus & Eurydice' with Pittsburgh Opera, held before each of the three November performances at the Byham Theater.
Free craft bazaar celebrating the creativity of Pittsburgh's refugee and immigrant communities, with photographs from the Study Buddy Program in the Art Theater.
Free 60th anniversary celebration of the International Poetry Forum with a poetry reading by Joel Dias-Porter and stories from the Forum's history by Jake Grefenstette.
Seminar by Andrés Cuervo, director of Colombia's National Bird Collection, on how century-old bird specimens from Colombia reveal new species and climate change impacts.
Jamaica Kincaid presents her essay collection 'Putting Myself Together' in conversation with moderator Anderson Tepper at Alphabet City.
Monthly networking event for artists and creatives hosted by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council at WQED's Fred Rogers Studio.
Free workshop for Pitt students, faculty and staff to design and build a miniature 3D book nook from upcycled and found materials, facilitated by Angela Hindes.
Free jazz concert by Joe Sheehan and his collective Kinetic, blending global folk traditions with modern jazz in 'Music for Distant & Fabled Lands'.
Free post-performance talk in which General Director Bill Powers interviews the cast of Pittsburgh Opera's production of 'Orpheus & Eurydice'.
Free all-ages Steelers tailgate with live music, food and drink specials at Stage AE, the official tailgate of Acrisure Stadium.
Free concert by the University of Pittsburgh's African Music and Dance Ensemble, combining drumming, voice and dance from across Africa.
Jazz quartet Mila Shadel Quartet, led by saxophonist Lou Stellute, plays original arrangements of Joni Mitchell's music in the Thursday Night Jazz series.
A holiday market featuring fresh greens, garlands, poinsettias, and custom wreath design at Phipps Garden Center.
Member-only holiday morning with early museum access, a hot cocoa and cookies bar, a chance to meet Santa and a printed photo per household.
Dr. Curt Harden presents the R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar on the diversity of ground beetles in shallow subterranean habitats in Appalachia.
Free jazz quintet led by Pittsburgh saxophonist Lou Stellute plays multiphonics and completely improvised tunes in the spirit of Ornette Coleman.
Free, informal holiday Song Shop concert with a sing-along for the whole family, performed by the Resident Artists of Pittsburgh Opera.
Seminar by Dr. Chris Nygren on painting on stone, using a 1530 work by Sebastiano del Piombo to explore the ecological and cultural contexts of the genre.
Half-hour radio preview of the opera 'Partenope', hosted by WQED's Anna Singer, introducing the singers, music and production.
Free talk by the Pittsburgh Opera company introducing the composer, the story and details of the opera to all ticketholders, held one hour before each performance.
Free monthly art crawl with art, dance, music, shopping and dining along Penn Avenue, held on the first Friday of each month.
Free, informal lunch-hour concert by the Resident Artists of Pittsburgh Opera, with a reception afterwards.
Free public seminar of lightning talks by Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientists on nature, culture and the future of life on Earth.
Free R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar in which Dr. Morag Kersel and Dr. Meredith Chesson discuss Early Bronze Age pottery from the Dead Sea Plain.
Free, informal one-hour Song Shop concert by the Resident Artists of Pittsburgh Opera, with a reception afterwards.
Free lecture by Dr. Nancy Odegaard on the dilemmas of conservation, from human remains to stolen art, as part of the R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar series.
Free exhibition of eight bronze sculptures cast from the wood works of Pittsburgh sculptor Thaddeus Mosley at Arts Landing.
Public art installation by Shikeith, a weathering steel and neon ship's hull that glows haint blue, marking his first public art commission.
Interactive public art installation by Pittsburgh artist John Peña in which visitors place magnetic shapes on the sculpture to show the current time and weather.
Free science seminar with curator Dr. Lisa Haney about the new long-term exhibition Egypt on the Nile.
Free outdoor public art exhibition by Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd, co-founders of Rainbow Serpent, featuring a monumental sculpture of the solar god Ra at Arts Landing.
Large-scale public art commission by the duo Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis, with six artworks across the Arts Landing grounds.
Public ground mural by Sharmistha Ray painted on the pickleball courts of Arts Landing, merging game-design logic with abstract painting.
Free public art installation of three sculptures by Pittsburgh artist Darian Johnson, a collaboration between the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and VaultArt Studio.
Public art project by Sharmistha Ray, painted as a geometric design on the playing surfaces of Arts Landing's pickleball courts.
Public art commission by Shikeith, a weathering steel and neon piece that extends Project Blue Space at Arts Landing.
Immersive audio installation and listening environment by Hprizm, the moniker of Kyle Austin, with new recordings and sculptural works at Wood Street Galleries.
Free exhibition at 820 Gallery on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.
Free public sculpture by Rainbow Serpent co-founders Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd that reimagines the Egyptian sun deity Ra.
Exhibition by Torkwase Dyson, with an animation at the Buhl Planetarium and a studio installation of drawings, paintings, objects and video, part of the 59th Carnegie International.
Weekly Monday session of recorded guided and sound meditation held at the Heinz Memorial Chapel.
First U.S. survey exhibition of Cecil McDonald, Jr., with photography, montage, film and a video installation exploring Black culture and masculinity.
Free guided tour of the 59th Carnegie International, created by artist Brooke O'Harra and the museum's docents, in which visitors respond to artworks through limited physical movement.
Third annual free community street festival on Forbes Avenue with food and drinks, games, local vendors, arts and crafts, pumpkin painting and the family musical 'Boo's Halloween House Party'.
A bilingual early learning programme for caregivers and children aged 0-5, run by La Escuelita Arcoiris in partnership with Duolingo's Early Learners First initiative.
