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Must-See Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: March 24-30


A large sculpture outside a brick building
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.

 

A woman dances while extending an oversized shawl with lots of fringe beside a guy playing an acoustic guitar
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.

 

Overhead view of two nearly naked bodies, shown from behind, laying back-to-back in a ditch
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.

A puppet sits on a chair looking up at a person off camera who is only visible from the legs down
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.

 

person with short dark hair, a gray goatee, and glasses that are yellow on top and clear on the bottom
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.


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