Happy Monday. The weekend's still a few sleeps off, but the next three nights are quietly loaded, so here's what's actually worth leaving the house for between now and Thursday. There's a 40-seat magic show hiding in the Cultural District, free jazz at golden hour, and a film you won't catch anywhere else in town this week.
★ MIDWEEK PICK
Michael Misko in I Laugh in the Face of Magic
Liberty Magic · Cultural District / Downtown
Liberty Magic is the best little room in town that nobody talks about: a tiny Cultural District speakeasy where you sit close enough to watch the sleight of hand refuse to look like sleight of hand. Michael Misko's 'I Laugh in the Face of Magic' runs through the 26th, but the seats are few and weekends go first, so a weeknight is the smart play. Go, get baffled, and don't ask how it's done.
Tuesday
TUESDAY, SEP 8
Theron Brown
Arts Landing · Cultural District / Downtown · Free
Pittsburgh pianist Theron Brown plays a free outdoor set in the Cultural District, presented with MCG Jazz. Grab a bench, catch golden hour, and let somebody else pick the soundtrack for once.
TUESDAY, SEP 8
ben musser album release show
Club Cafe · South Side · $10-$12
Ben Musser throws an album release show at Club Cafe, and release nights are always the loose, everybody's-a-little-emotional kind of set. Around ten bucks to catch a local before the rest of the room catches on.
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Wednesday
WEDNESDAY, SEP 9
Moon Market & Music - Eighties Enough (80's Tribute)
Moon Park
One of the last Moon Market & Music nights of the season: food trucks, a vendor market, craft beer, and an '80s tribute band, all free. Worth the drive west for a low-key weeknight that keeps the kids happy too.
WEDNESDAY, SEP 9
It Takes a Lifetime: Book Talk with Libby Cataldi
Senator John Heinz History Center · Downtown / Strip District
Author Libby Cataldi traces her family from a village in southern Italy back to Pittsburgh in this memoir talk at the History Center. Quiet, thoughtful, and a good excuse to wander the galleries before it starts.
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Thursday
THURSDAY, SEP 10
Film: This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
Carnegie Museum of Art · Oakland
CMOA screens a slow, stunning film from Lesotho about one elderly woman who refuses to go quietly. If a weeknight art-house screening is your speed, this is the one to build the evening around.
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