McKeesport Community Day ‘What Would Your Mother Say?’
Activities, entertainment, food and more
to celebrate McKeesport! A celebration of mothers in one of
the best ways possible — an evening of
storytelling about motherhood (from the
joyous to the messy) from a variety of
perspectives. Proceeds will benefit nonprofit
organizations dedicated to making the world
better for mothers and their children.
Date: May 8
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: Carnegie of Homestead Music
Hall, 510 East 10th Avenue, Munhall
Contact: librarymusichall.com
Date: June 6
Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Address: Palisades,
100 Fifth Avenue, McKeesport
Contact: mckeesport-pa.gov
PAN Spring Coin Show
Dates: May 7-9
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: pancoins.org
Opportunities to learn about and buy, sell,
or trade coins, paper money, tokens, medals,
gold, silver, and bullion. There is also the
PAN Kids Zone program on Saturday.
Phipps Spring Flower Show:
Canopy of Color
Dates: Through Apr. 19
Address: Phipps Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive,
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Contact: phipps.conservatory.org, or
412.622.6914
Signature displays will delight not only
in beds below, but baskets and designs
above, creating a world of color waiting to be
explored.
Pittsburgh EQT Children’s
Theater Festival
Dates: May 14-17
Address: Cultural District,
Downtown Pittsburgh
Contact: pghkids.trustarts.org
Live performances from professional and
international artists, free activities, family-
friendly art and more!
Steel City Con
Dates: Apr. 17-19
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: steelcitycon.com
A Comic Con that has over 100,000
square feet of convention space; there will
be dealers and artists, contests, celebrities,
and more!
Western PA Italian Festival
Dates: May 29-31
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: simoneventmanagement.com
Billed as the largest indoor Italian festival
in PA!
WILKPEX by
Wilkinsburg Stamp Club
Dates: Apr. 17-18
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Address: Gateway Hall/Monroeville
Fire Company No. 4,
4370 Northern Pike, Monroeville
Contact: wilkinsburgstampclub.com/
wilkpex.php
Exhibits and sales related to stamp
collecting, including a youth area.
Concerts & Shows
Philadanco!
Date: Apr. 28
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: August Wilson African
American Cultural Center,
980 Liberty Avenue, Downtown Pittsburgh
Contact: aacc-awc.org
The Philadelphia Dance Company
celebrates its 50th anniversary season and
60th anniversary of its dance school this year
and is celebrated for its innovation, creativity
and preservation of predominantly African-
American traditions in dance.
The Brass Roots:
‘Movies, Movies, Movies!’
Date: May 22
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: East Liberty Presbyterian
Church, 116 South Highland Avenue,
Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
Contact: thebrassroots.com
Iconic themes arranged for brass,
percussion and organ by composer Danny
Elfman for the “Batman” and “Beetlejuice”
films like you’ve never heard before!
Le Vent du Nord Presented
by Calliope
Date: Apr. 25
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: Carnegie Lecture Hall,
4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Contact: calliopehouse.org
Calliope, an organization for the
promotion and preservation of traditional
and contemporary folk music, hosts this
award-winning and acclaimed band, which
features button accordion, guitar and fiddle
in a repertoire drawing from both traditional
sources and original compositions. Tickets
can be purchased online.
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra:
From Darkness to Light
Date: May 9
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: Katz Performing Arts Center –
JCC, 5738 Darlington Road,
Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill)
Contact: edgewoodsymphony.org, or
412.473.8880
Deeply expressive and profound music
by Federico Garcia and refreshing and fun-
loving surprises by Roger Zahab, brilliant
Pittsburgh composers, plus some from
Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky.
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at
Greensburg Civic Theatre
Dates: Apr. 30 to May 2
Address: 951 Old Salem Road,
Greensburg
Contact: gctheatre.org, or 724.414.1220
The famous Tennessee Williams play
about a Southern family in crisis, especially
husband and wife Brick and Maggie, and
their interaction with Brick’s family over
the course of one evening’s gathering at the
family plantation home in Mississippi.
(Adult themes/situations.)
Irwin Car Cruise
Date: Apr. 25
Time: Noon to 5 p.m.
Address: Main Street, Downtown Irwin
Contact: downtownirwin.com
Enjoy a variety of classic vehicles, great
food and more!
Eaglemania at The Lamp
Dates: May 8 & 9
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: 222 Main Street, Irwin
Contact: lamptheatre.org, or 724.367.4000
Formed in 2010, Eaglemania has evolved
into a nationally touring tribute to The
Eagles, performing all the hits: heartfelt
ballads, rock anthems laden with guitar
harmonies, and the unmistakable vocal
harmonies.
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