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🎭 Rigoletto
Benedum Center · Cultural District · Fri 7 p.m. and Sun 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh Opera takes the Benedum for Verdi's revenge tragedy, sung in Italian with English supertitles above the stage. Two hours twenty five minutes with one intermission. Friday at 7 or Sunday at 2, and the company flags onstage depictions of sexual violence. Why go: The Sunday matinee comes with free childcare for ages 2 to 12 if you register ahead.
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🦉 Creatures of the Night
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve · Fox Chapel · Fri and Sat, entry at 6:30, 7 or 7:30 p.m. · $15, $10 members, under 2 free, register ahead
Fireflies lead you down the Beechwood trails to meet larger than life costumed nocturnal animals: a great horned owl, an acrobatic flying squirrel, a little brown bat, and one real live creature of the night. It runs outdoors, rain or not, and costumes are encouraged. Why go: A rare October thing for small kids with no bouncy castle in sight.
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FRIDAY, OCT 16
🚜 Hops and Hayrides
Trax Farms · Finleyville · Fri 4 to 7 p.m., last hayride 6:30 · $12 online, $14 in store
An evening hayride through the fields at Trax, with Brew Gentleman beer around a bonfire, plus the corn maze, yard games and food trucks. Finleyville, about 25 minutes south. The last hayride up leaves at 6:30, so do not cut it fine. Why go: Twelve dollars online buys the whole farm for three hours.
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FRIDAY, OCT 16
⚽ Pitt Men's Soccer vs North Carolina
Ambrose Urbanic Field · Oakland · Fri 7 p.m. · $12 in advance, $15 on the day
Pitt hosts North Carolina under the lights at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Friday Happy Hour night, on ACCNX if you would rather watch it at home. Twelve dollars in advance, fifteen on the day. Why go: Neither the Pens nor the Steelers are in town, and college soccer in Oakland is the cheapest real sport you will find.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
🧙 Ecstasies and Witches with Ed Simon
Carnegie Library, South Side · South Side · Sat 1 to 2 p.m. · Free
Writer Ed Simon takes the South Side library through witchcraft and Carlo Ginzburg, the Italian scholar credited with inventing micro-history. There is an optional essay to read first, Ginzburg's own Witches and Shamans, and the whole hour is free. Why go: A one hour lecture on witchcraft, two weeks before Halloween, for nothing.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
🎃 Halloween Make-It-Now
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Friendship · Sat 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. · $30 to $45, ages 5 and up (8 and up for glass candy), register ahead
Carving is for amateurs. At the Glass Center you blow your own glass pumpkin with an artist at your elbow, or make a spooky suncatcher, or flamework a piece of glass candy. Twenty minutes to an hour depending what you pick. Book ahead. Why go: Thirty to forty five dollars and you go home holding the thing you made.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
☕ Pittsburgh Coffee and Chocolate Festival
Monroeville Convention Center · Monroeville · Sat, sessions 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or 3:30 to 6 p.m. · $35 plus fees, $25 if you buy ahead
Roasters, chocolatiers, bakeries, wineries and distilleries fill the Monroeville Convention Center with samples, and you can buy full size bags of whatever converts you. Two sessions, 11 to 1:30 or 3:30 to 6, so pick one and commit. Why go: Twenty five dollars if you buy ahead, thirty five at the door, and you will not need lunch.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
💚 Suicide and Mental Health Awareness Walk
South Fayette School District Stadium · South Fayette · Sat 2 to 5 p.m., walk sets off 3:30 · Free admission
South Fayette opens its school district stadium for an afternoon built around mental health: a resource fair, food trucks, and a walk that sets off at 3:30. Free admission, and the rest of the activities run from 2 until 5 on Old Oakdale Road. Why go: Free, outdoors, and easier to turn up to with other people than alone.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
🔥 Community Campfire in Lower Frick Park
Frick Park Hollow · Regent Square · Sat 4 to 7 p.m., register ahead · $5, under 4s free
The Parks Conservancy builds the fire in the Frick Park hollow and hands out sticks. Bring your own things to roast and a blanket, because seating is thin. Lawn games, live music and pumpkin painting for the kids. Enter at Lancaster and Hutchinson. Why go: Five dollars for three hours of woodsmoke, and under-fours go free.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
🎤 The Arcade List
Arcade Comedy Theater · Downtown · Sat 7 p.m. · $15
Two of the best independent improv teams in town, back to back: the trio Sleepover run an absurd daydream, then Latchkey Kids make up bits on the spot. General admission, doors on Liberty Avenue, and 21-and-overs can bring a six pack for a five dollar corkage. Why go: Fifteen dollars for two Pittsburgh improv teams is the cheapest night Downtown.
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SATURDAY, OCT 17
🎧 Afro-Caribbean Third Saturdays: DJ Flipwave's Birthday Bash
Spirit, the Lodge · Lawrenceville · Sat 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., 21 and over · $15 in advance, $25 at the door
DJ Flipwave's Afro-Caribbean third Saturday takes over Spirit's Lodge, and this one is his tenth annual birthday bash: Haitian kompa and soca, with Flipwave on the decks himself. Ten at night until two in the morning, 21 and over, on 51st Street in Lawrenceville. Why go: Fifteen in advance against twenty five at the door, so buy online.
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