Weekly Events | March 23, 2025
Must-See Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: March 24-30
Solo exhibition by Mattress Factory artist-in-residence Marc Vilanova // Photo of Marc Vilanova’s Phonos at Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona by Anna-Benet
Monday, March 24 STAGE
How to Prepare for a Long Distance Run . The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 9 p.m. Continues through March 26.
R-ACT Theatre Productions General Meeting . Grace Lutheran Church, Rochester. 7 p.m.
LITERATURE
Duquesne University’s Coffee House Reading Series: Sheila Carter-Jones and Jane McCafferty . Genesius Theater, Dusquesne University, Downtown. 7 p.m.
Percival Everett . Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 25 NETWORKING
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council presents Creative Hive . Community Forge, Wilkinsburg. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
STAGE
Jawsica . The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 8:30 p.m.
MUSIC
The Clarion Quartet Presents: Music of the Exiled . Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.
Sound Series: Flore Laurentienne with special guest GLO-TREE . The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 8 p.m.
Flamencodanza // Courtesy of Pittsburgh Fringe Festival
DANCE
Flamencodanza . Metta Academy, Bloomfield. 7 p.m. Continues through March 26.
Wednesday, March 26 STAGE
DR GLAS . The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 5:40 p.m. Continues through March 29.
12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) . Highmark Theatre, Downtown. 7:30 p.m. Continues through March 30.
MUSIC
A Cabaret of Legends . The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 7 p.m. Continues through March 28
World of Music: Pascuala Ilabaca & Fauna (Chilean Singer-Songwriter) . Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 27 ART
Floral Methods Preview & Reception With Théo Bignon . Bunker Projects, Bloomfield. 5-7 p.m. Continues through May 18.
Group Critique with Guest Critic Janel Young . Radiant Hall Mckees Rocks, Mckees Rocks. 6-8 p.m.
Pittsburgh Art Battle Showdown . Atithi Studios, Sharpsburg. 7 p.m.
DANCE
Ballet Legato presents Prismatic Impressions . New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 7 p.m.
MUSIC
Thursday Night Jazz: Orrin Evans Trio Fifty Shades of O . Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival Opening Night // Still from Les Couers Simples
FILM
Lights, Camera, History: A League of Their Own . The Lindsay Theater, Sewickley. 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival Opening Night . The Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 7 p.m. Continues through April 6.
COMEDY
I Pierogi – A Labor of Lazzi . Mettā: A Healing Arts Community, Garfield. 8:30 p.m. Continues through March 28.
STAGE
How I Learned (Not) To Drive . The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 8:20 p.m. Continues through March 29.
LITERATURE
An Evening with Will Bardenwerper . Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 7 p.m.
Friday, March 28 ART
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl . Downtown. 5:30 p.m.
Haute Glue . The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 5:30 p.m.
Green Grows Over . 707 Gallery, Downtown. 5:30-9 p.m.
Radiant Hall presents Jordan Wong: Artist Talk + Exhibition . The Portal, Bakery Square, East Liberty. 6 p.m.
Exhibition Opening: Marc Vilanova . The Mattress Factory, North Side. 6-8 p.m.
DANCE
Corningworks presents STAND BY — an allegory . Carnegie Stage, Carnegie. 8-9 p.m. Continues through April 6.
sum of y’all: Grand Opening & World Premiere . PearlArts, Braddock. 8-9 p.m. Continues through March 29.
Flamenco Pittsburgh Presents: A Weekend of Passion, Music & Dance . James Simon Sculpture Studio, Downtown. 8-9 p.m. Continues through March 30.
COMEDY
The Gathering Presents… Spring Break 2025 . Bloomfield Garfield Activity Center, Garfield. 7 p.m.
Select Start Improv Show: Winners Circle . Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 9 p.m.
Fringe StorySlam . Bloomfield Garfield Activity Center, Garfield. 10:15 p.m.
MUSIC
Beethoven’s Pastoral . Heinz Hall, Downtown. 7:30 p.m. Continues through March 30.
Corningworks presents STAND BY - an allegory // Photo by Frank Walsh
Saturday, March 29 ART
Heaven X . 621 N. Dallas Ave., Homewood. 6-8 p.m.
Monochrome . Redfishbowl, Lawrenceville. 7 p.m.
MUSIC
Echoes: An Evening of Music with KEA . The Frick Art Museum, Shady Side. 4-6:30 p.m.
6 Degrees of HipHop: Round 2 . The Forge Urban Wine Bar, Homestead. 8-11 p.m.
STAGE
Murder at Ringside Auditions . Grace Lutheran Church, Rochester. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Continues through March 31.
Guilty Pleasure: A Cumming Out Story . Mettā: A Healing Arts Community, Bloomfield. 7 p.m.
Josephine . New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 8:30 p.m.
FILM
"Snow White" Sensory Friendly Screening . The Lindsay Theater, Sewickley. 9:30 a.m.
DANCE
Weaving In: A Caper . Los Sabrosos Dance Co., Garfield. 7 p.m.
Dread Scott // Photo courtesy of the artist
TALK
In Conversation: Dread Scott . Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 6:30-7:30 p.m.
LITERATURE
An Afternoon with Author Rachel Ekstrom Courage . Riverstone Books, Squirrel Hill. 2-3 p.m.
WORKSHOP
Signs, Symbols, & Synchronicities: The Power of Perception . Ujamaa Collective, Hill District. 2:22-4:22 p.m.
Sunday, March 30 ART
The Art of the Crucifixion: From Anguish to Absurdity . The Frick Art Museum, Shady Side. 2-3 p.m.
Art of Visibili-T: A Celebration of Trans Creativity ! QMNTY Center, North Side. 6-10 p.m.
FILM
A Mother Apart . Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 2-4:30 p.m.
LITERATURE
Pittsburgh Indie Expo . Heinz History Center, Strip District. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
World Literature: Marcia Douglas (UK, Jamaica), The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive . Alphabet City, North Side. 3-4 p.m.