This is the weekend Phipps drops you down the rabbit hole into a five-month wonderland flower show, the Pirates open a homestand against the Phillies, and the neighbor's air conditioner just kicked on.

Spring is finally doing the thing. Tchaikovsky's Sixth runs three nights at Heinz Hall, Millvale turns 30 stages into one giant block party, Braddock takes over the Frick, and somehow you still have to choose what to skip!

Let's get to it.
- Madison Johnson

🎻 Tchaikovsky's Pathetique runs three nights at Heinz Hall (Fri-Sun, 7:30 p.m.) as the Pittsburgh Symphony unpacks a Sixth Symphony Tchaikovsky finished nine days before his death.

🎭 A Midsummer Night's Dream is Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's full-weekend run at the Benedum Center, Shakespeare's mischief refracted through Mendelssohn, a cast of fairies, and one of the company's signature shows.

🌸 Summer Flower Show: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland opens this weekend at Phipps and stays through September, with bizarre botanicals, oversized characters, and a rabbit hole to actually fall down.

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The Pirates open a three-game homestand against the Phillies at PNC Park with a Friday-night first pitch. River view, pierogi races, and the ballpark you talk friends from out of town into seeing.

The ninth annual Millvale Music Festival fans out across 30 stages over two days, with 300+ bands, food trucks, and visual art. Mr. Smalls anchors the indoor Butler Street stages.

Braddock comes to The Frick for the inaugural night of a series celebrating Pittsburgh's neighborhoods. Braddock-based businesses set up pop-ups across the grounds, plus after-hours access to the Lewis Hine Pictures America exhibit.

Walnut Street fills with the fifth-annual outdoor craft fair that bills itself as "the other" Shadyside art festival, with independent artists, makers, and food vendors set up block-to-block all day.

The Tony-winning rock musical lands at Greer Cabaret in its first Pittsburgh revival since 2003, with Robert Ramirez directing John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's meditation on identity and survival.

Dena Blizzard, Liz Glazer, Leighann Lord, and Helen Wildy take O'Reilly Theater for the Ladies of Laughter showcase, four sets in a series that has launched many women in comedy.

Bring your scraps, the bookstore brings glue and scissors. Two hours and you walk out with your own homemade junk journal.

Phipps sells off the used bulbs from this year's flower show. Take a piece of spring home; come early because the best selection goes fast.

The Homeless Cat Management Team and Pittsburgh C.A.T. team up at the Castle Shannon Fire Department for a spaghetti dinner benefiting both Pittsburgh cat rescues. Promised: a "purr-fectly wonderful evening."

The National Aviary and L.L.Bean put you in a kayak with binoculars on North Park Lake, gliding past chirping birds before the rest of the lake wakes up. All gear provided.

🎷 Pittonkatonk drew music lovers to Schenley Park over the weekend for the city's biggest free brass-band gathering.

⚾ Oneil Cruz drew praise from manager Don Kelly for his "most complete game" yet in the Pirates' Tuesday win.

🌟 Sri Venkateswara Temple in Penn Hills is celebrating 50 years of serving Pittsburgh's South Asian community.

📺 Fred Rogers gets a fresh look in "Friends & Neighbors," a new documentary that surfaces the Latrobe native's wisdom for adult audiences.

🏠 Mt. Washington Tudor on the market this week is the kind of house you actually do reach by riding the incline up.

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