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Summer Art Camps at WMAA

  LAST CALL FOR SUMMER ART CAMPS!  Registration closes June  1 Summer Splash Art Camps Registration closes Saturday, June 1 A few spots are still available for these Camps: July 8-12 (ages 7-8)  register here July 22-26 (ages 9-10)  register here The Westmoreland is gearing up for another summer of fun! Jump in to one of the Museum's Summer Splash Art Camps for a week of engaging art exploration!   Taught by experienced, passionate art educators, camps offer participants a colorful array of art mediums, art making techniques, and dynamic in-gallery activities. Kids will learn about art by immersing themselves in The Westmoreland's inspiring collection.   SUMMER SPLASH ART CAMPS   Your Support Makes a Difference!  Through memberships and donations, the support of the community is vital to The Westmoreland's success in offering uplifting art experiences. To learn more about supporting The Westmo...

Chatham Baroque announces 2024-25 Concert Series

  Chatham Baroque announces the Chatham Baroque + Renaissance & Baroque 2024/2025 Concert Series, a bold and ambitious lineup of Baroque period and early music performances spanning ensemble configurations, eras, and the globe. The season makes the music of the past present by including a tantalizing mix of performances by Chatham Baroque with critically-acclaimed guest artists, as well as an amazing array of world-renowned visiting ensembles with virtuosic musicians from around the world. The season opens on September 27 through 29 with Chatham Baroque: A Garden of Harmony: Austrian & German Music for Strings featuring highly regarded Chatham Baroque members Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba, and Scott Pauley, theorbo, and four superb instrumental guest artists. Chatham Baroque co-artistic director Scott Pauley says, “The program highlights virtuosic music from 17th-century Austria and Germany by composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Schein, wr...

A world premiere — get your tickets today!

  One week until a WORLD PREMIERE! THE COFFIN MAKER  debuts May 29 Check out our special events in celebration of this milestone production. In this new installment of his century-spanning chronicle of the Black experience inspired by his mentor August Wilson,  Pittsburgh theater legend Mark Clayton Southers  turns back the clock to 1849 Oklahoma. There, free man Lawrence Ebitt and his wife Eula live peacefully preparing bodies for burial with care and respect, until their world is turned upside down by a bounty hunter who gets more than he bargained for and a fugitive determined to forge his own future. This Western-Comedy-Revenge play is a genre-defying world premiere spiked with heart-stopping revelations.  SPECIAL EVENTS BLACK BRILLIANCE • Friday, May 31 at 6 p.m. Join us on Friday, May 31, for Black Brilliance: A celebration of Black creativity! This free affinity party from 6 to 7 p.m. features food and beverages, networking opportunities, spotlights ...

JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA

  Pittsburgh CLO Presents JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA One Night Only!   •   Saturday, June 1 at 7:30pm Benedum Center Buy Tickets   ONE NIGHT ONLY!  Be it jazz, conversing with crowds, or working with top flight musicians, Goldblum does it all with a joyful sense of connection and reveling in the moment. Audiences will enjoy a night of classic jazz and improvised comedy with the beloved and gregarious Hollywood star.  This performance is 90 minutes with no intermission. Buy Tickets Check out our Pittsburgh Today Live segment!   With film credits including "Jurassic Park," "Independence Day," "The Fly," "The Big Chill," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," and "Thor: Ragnarok;" theatre performances including "The Pillowman," "Speed the Plow" and "Domesticated;" and television show "The World According to Jeff Goldblum", television appearances including "Portlandia" ...