Join Lauren Bailey on PCA&M's front lawn on May 18th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM for this relief printing activity!

Scouts can earn the Oceanography Merit Badge by attending this interactive program. Learning is through group presentation, technology, and traditional book and paper.

Join the Bushy Run Sewing Circle, where creativity and encouragement bloom. The group will be meeting on the fourth Sunday of the month at 1P.M. in the museum Stone Room. For further information contact the Museum office (724) 527-5584.

Maura Cheeks is the author of ACTS OF FORGIVENESS which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Her other work has been published in the Paris Review, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Tin House, and others.

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to hear from New York Times Best Selling Author Peter Stark who will deliver a riveting talk based on his book Young Washington.

Four outstanding presentations focused on the French and Indian War and The Seven Years’ War (three in person one via zoom) will be presented during Fort Ligonier’s Seven Years’ War Symposium at the Fort Ligonier Center for History Education. Complimentary admission to the historic site and museum’s galleries included with symposium registration. (Lunch included)

The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is pleased to announce the return of our annual Civil War Symposium, slated for April 13, 2024.

Visitors with sensory sensitivities will enjoy our free sensory-friendly Open Houses. These open houses will take place after the Glass Center is closed to the general public, so visitors may explore the space on their own time.

Learn about collecting art with Eric Widing, Deputy Chairman and previous head of the American Paintings department at Christie's. 

Grab a plate! Join us for a fantastic full-tasting experience catered by Pittsburgh's own soul food restaurant, Carmi Express, paired with storytelling on the true history of soul food by a James Beard Award-winning food historian.

This FREE Hot Jam features Leana Quade along with Jon Capps and Ryan Thompson, competitors on Blown Away Season 4, a glassblowing competition released on Netflix on March 8.

This year’s camp will offer a unique opportunity for students to explore monologues from August Wilson’s plays. Through this exploration, students will examine Wilson’s work and use these monologues as a lens to analyze and interpret the author’s intended meaning.

Gilda Sheppard, PhD, is an award-winning filmmaker who has screened her documentaries throughout the United States, internationally in Canada, Ghana, South Africa, the Festival Afrique Cannes Film Festival, Nigeria Abuja Film Festival, and in Germany at the International Black Film Festival in Berlin.

Join the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF) at the historic Mansions on Fifth, a boutique hotel in the restored former McCook Mansion and residences in Shadyside, for a Preservation Advocacy reception to learn about the value of preservation easements as a critical tool in saving historic buildings.

In partnership with Westmoreland Reads, join us for a virtual program with Clint Smith, author of this year’s community book selection How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

This year’s camp will offer a unique opportunity for students to explore monologues from August Wilson’s plays. Through this exploration, students will examine Wilson’s work and use these monologues as a lens to analyze and interpret the author’s intended meaning.

Zero hour 10 a.m. It’s lonely out in space—so come to the Museum for a sculpture event. Will it be Mars or the moon? Astronaut or alien? Create an out of this world 3D scene. Materials will be provided.

During their visits to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, guests have the chance to travel back in time to the wonders of the Trolley Era- when the bright lights and clanging bells of the trolleys filled the streets of America. This experience would not be possible without our Museum Guides, who lead visitors on this journey through the decades.

AWCommunity Days is a quarterly event that is proudly sponsored by UPMC/UPMC Health Plan and Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD). This free family-friendly event features local vendors, artisans, performers, and themed community building activations at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

This entertaining program will explore whiskey's origins, methods of production, definitions, and cultural and political influences. Enjoy one grand tasting across brands, styles, and regions. The tasting features whiskies that span the entirety of the category: Scotch, Japanese, Irish, Canadian, Indian, and American.

TRUTHSayers Speaker Series features Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, in conversation with Muriel Fox Alim, President of Freedom Unlimited, Inc.

During their visits to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, guests have the chance to travel back in time to the wonders of the Trolley Era- when the bright lights and clanging bells of the trolleys filled the streets of America. This experience would not be possible without our Museum Guides, who lead visitors on this journey through the decades.

My Hair Ain’t Nappy portrays a young girl who loves her natural beauty and embraces a variety of looks that she achieves with her hair. T

Join the Bushy Run Sewing Circle, where creativity and encouragement bloom. The group will be meeting the fourth Sunday of the month at 1 P.M. in the Stone Room of the Museum.

New to birding and don’t know where to start? Long-time nature enthusiast looking to improve your birding skills or learn about the birds in our communities? Then you won’t want to miss our program, led by Ben Kehoe, and in partnership with the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, Winter Birds and Where to Find Them on Saturday, January 20th here at the Heritage Center.

They started life in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul and are now one of the last fleets of PCC cars still in revenue service, having traveled far and wide. With lots of photos, Minnesota Streetcar Museum historian Aaron Isaacs will tell you their story, which started with a PCC that was supposed to go to Pittsburgh.

Let’s get ready for the 2023 Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! Join us at Powdermill Nature Center for a workshop all about this important community science project, and help tally and identify birds as part of the Rector area count.

Join us as we hit the trails for a guided nature walk! We’ll meet in the atrium of the Powdermill Nature Center at 2 pm before heading outside to explore. This family-friendly experience is open to participants of all ages.