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WHAT'S ON PITTSBURGH · MIDWEEK
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Happy Monday. Three of this week's picks are free, and they are a free run, a free campfire and free trick-or-treating. Tuesday is the quiet one, with Jesse Welles bringing his topical folk songs indoors at Stage AE. Wednesday is Carrick's market with one week left in its season, and indoor trick-or-treating out in Moon. Thursday is the heavy one, with Othello on the sideline, Goblin scoring Tenebre live, Steph Tolev at the Improv, ghost stories at North Park and a run from Bakery Square. Let's get to it! - Madison
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★ MIDWEEK PICK
🎭 Othello of the End Zone, or The Steel City Tragedy
New Hazlett Theater · North Side · 7:30 PM · Pay what you can, from $20
The New Hazlett and DEMASKUS Theater Collective have moved Othello to the sideline of America's most beloved football franchise, and made Imani Othello its head coach. Franky D. Gonzalez wrote it, Shaunda Miles McDill directs, and Cynthia Dallas plays a Black woman calling plays at the height of her power while the doubt closes in. Opening night is pay what you can from twenty dollars, which is the cheapest the run gets. Strong language throughout, and it is a 7:30 curtain on Allegheny Square. Why go: Shakespeare's jealousy play relocated to Steelers Sunday, on opening night, for twenty dollars.
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TUESDAY, OCT 20
🎸 Jesse Welles: Red Tour 2026
Stage AE · North Side · 7:00 PM
Welles built a following writing sharp topical folk songs to camera, and he is bringing the Red Tour indoors at Stage AE. Doors at seven, all ages, no face value published. Why go: Songs written for a phone camera, finally played loud in a real room.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT 21
🥬 Carrick Farmers Market
Community Pavilion · Carrick · 3:00 PM
Carrick's Wednesday market runs three to seven at the Community Pavilion on Brownsville Road, and the season closes on the twenty eighth. One Wednesday left after this one. Why go: A south city market that almost never makes a list, and it is nearly done for the year.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT 21
🎃 Halloween Spooktacular
Moon Township · 5:00 PM · Free
Moon Township runs its trick-or-treating indoors at the UPMC Events Center, with local businesses and community groups handing out the candy. Five to eight thirty, and it is free. Why go: Free indoor trick-or-treating on a Wednesday, which solves the weather and the school night at once.
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THURSDAY, OCT 22
🎹 Claudio Simonetti's Goblin: Tenebre Tour
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall · Lawrenceville · 8:00 PM · $66.72 to $77.01
Claudio Simonetti plays his Tenebre score live against a screening of Dario Argento's film, then a set from the Goblin catalogue: Suspiria, Dawn of the Dead, Profondo Rosso. Doors seven, show eight, eighteen and over. Why go: The man who wrote the sound of Italian horror, scoring it in front of you in Lawrenceville.
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THURSDAY, OCT 22
🎤 Steph Tolev
Pittsburgh Improv · Homestead · 7:00 PM · $31.14
Tolev's act is loud, physical and entirely unembarrassed, and she is doing a Thursday at the Improv in Homestead. Seven o'clock, twenty one and over, two item minimum in the showroom. Why go: One of the least polite hours in stand-up, and the room is small enough to hurt.
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THURSDAY, OCT 22
🔥 Campfire Ghost Stories at North Park
North Park Boathouse Lawn · Allison Park · 7:00 PM · Free
Josh and Gab tell ghost stories around a fire on the North Park boathouse lawn, with ASL interpretation and a prize for the best costume. Seven to eight, free, weather permitting. Why go: Free ghost stories around an actual fire, and you can bring the kids and a blanket.
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THURSDAY, OCT 22
👟 East End Pub Run
Fleet Feet Bakery Square · East Liberty · 6:30 PM · Free
Fleet Feet's Bakery Square store sends a group out every Thursday at six thirty, with one, three and six mile routes and two dollars off your first draft at City Kitchen. Joining is free. Why go: A free run with three distances and a beer at the end, which is the right order.
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Pittsburgh 7-Day Outlook
A quick look at Pittsburgh’s week ahead, so you know when to grab the umbrella and when to make the most of the dry spells.
| Monday |
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65° / 38° |
0% rain |
| Tuesday |
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66° / 38° |
0% rain |
| Wednesday |
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64° / 38° |
0% rain |
| Thursday |
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65° / 43° |
0% rain |
| Friday |
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63° / 39° |
0% rain |
| Saturday |
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64° / 39° |
0% rain |
| Sunday |
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65° |
0% rain |
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- Madison
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