Good morning, Pittsburgh!
The fireworks are packed away and the coolers are refilled, which means the city has settled into the good part of summer, the stretch where the calendar stops shouting and Pittsburgh just gets on with being fun.
A genuine legend rolls in this weekend: Bob Dylan plays Stage AE on Sunday. Before that, the Pittsburgh Symphony scores Disney's Fantasia live at Heinz Hall, Mean Girls struts the Benedum, and a RuPaul's Drag Race breakout taps her way through City Winery.
Millvale hosts a night of independent wrestling, Phipps introduces you to a warren of adoptable rabbits, and a Cuban drummer runs a jazz brunch in the Strip. High summer, plenty to do.
In today's What's On Pittsburgh:
🎤 Bob Dylan brings six decades of songbook to Stage AE on Sunday
🎬 The Pittsburgh Symphony scores Disney's Fantasia live at Heinz Hall
🤼 Independent wrestling takes over Mr. Smalls in Millvale on Saturday
🐰 Phipps runs a hoppy hour with a warren of actual rabbits
- And much more!
Let's get to it.
- Madison Johnson
All Weekend Long
🎭 Mean Girls turns the movie you can quote by heart into a fast, glittery Broadway musical, running at the Benedum Center downtown through Sunday.
🎩 Lee Terbosic in In Plain Sleight settles the Pittsburgh magician into the tiny Liberty Magic parlor for a close-up sleight-of-hand run, playing Friday through Sunday downtown.
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Friday
🎬 Fantasia: Film Live in Concert
The Pittsburgh Symphony plays the scores to Disney's Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 live while the animation runs on the big screen, the easiest on-ramp to the orchestra for kids and grown-ups alike.
Details: Heinz Hall, Downtown · Friday, July 10 · See link for showtimes
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💃 Suzie with a Z: Suzie Toot One Woman Show
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 17 breakout Suzie Toot brings her one-woman cabaret to City Winery, tapping and singing her way through Vaudeville and Broadway history in a single riotous evening.
Details: City Winery Pittsburgh, Strip District · Friday, July 10 · 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $42+
See More: Link
🐰 Hoppy Hour with Rabbit Wranglers
Phipps invites the Rabbit Wranglers into its Wonderland flower show for a morning of meeting adoptable bunnies among the blooms, which is exactly as charming as it sounds.
Details: Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park · Friday, July 10 · 10:30 a.m.
Cost: Included with admission
See More: Link
Saturday
🤼 Enjoy Wrestling: Best for Business
Pittsburgh's Enjoy Wrestling promotion runs an independent pro-wrestling card at Mr. Smalls, the rare Saturday night where the storylines land as hard as the suplexes, and it runs six bucks.
Details: Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale · Saturday, July 11 · 7 p.m.
Cost: $41
See More: Link
🎺 Hugo Cruz and Caminos: Cuban Jazz Party Brunch
City Winery and MCG Jazz throw a midday brunch built around Cuban-born drummer Hugo Cruz and his band Caminos, live jazz and a full plate starting at noon.
Details: City Winery Pittsburgh, Strip District · Saturday, July 11 · Noon
Cost: $24+
See More: Link
📿 Suma's DIY Beaded Necklace
Spend a Saturday afternoon at Suma Jewelry Co. stringing your own beaded necklace, a low-key hands-on session you leave with a finished piece.
Details: Suma Jewelry Co. · Saturday, July 11 · Noon
Cost: $29
See More: Link
🌲 Forest Bathing at Allegheny Commons
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy leads a slow, guided forest-bathing walk through Allegheny Commons on the North Side, a quiet reset that asks nothing of you but showing up.
Details: Allegheny Commons, North Side · Saturday, July 11 · 10 a.m.
See More: Link
Sunday
🎤 Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan brings six decades of the American songbook to Stage AE on the North Shore, with Jimmie Vaughan and the Tilt-A-Whirl Band and Brittney Spencer opening. You do not need a reason to see Dylan while you still can.
Details: Stage AE, North Shore · Sunday, July 12 · See link for showtimes
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🍿 Reality Finale on the Big Screen
Bakery Square streams a buzzy reality-TV finale live on its 160-square-foot courtyard screen, a free, easy Sunday-night hang in East Liberty.
Details: Bakery Square Courtyard, East Liberty · Sunday, July 12 · 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
See More: Link
🦜 Birding for Beginners
The National Aviary starts you on your birding life with a two-part beginners' class, the first session on the North Side and admission to the Aviary rolled in.
Details: National Aviary, North Side · Sunday, July 12 · 11 a.m.
Cost: $30+
See More: Link
In Case You Missed It
🍽️ NEXTpittsburgh rounded up seven new Pittsburgh restaurants worth building a summer night around, from the people who track every opening in the city.
🌉 NEXTpittsburgh went inside the secret room tucked under the South Tenth Street Bridge, the kind of hidden-Pittsburgh corner you drive over a hundred times without knowing it exists.
🖥️ The Bloop Museum in Penn Hills quietly opened as a deep dive into early computers and vintage media, founded by a chiptune composer and collector.
⚽ The Pittsburgh Riveters pulled off a historic playoff win over Racing Louisville in the USL W Conference semifinal, and did it in ninety-degree heat.
🖼️ NEXTpittsburgh's gallery column maps out where to spend a summer night with Monet and where to find Not Approved Comics, its monthly look at what is new on local walls.
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