5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 15-17
Here are some suggestions on how to spend this St. Patrick’s Day weekend:
Go green
The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. One of the oldest and largest in the country, this green celebration spans Liberty Avenue to Grant Street to Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown. The parade encompasses over 22,000 participants representing Irish heritage in Pittsburgh. This year’s theme is a free and united Ireland. There will be a pre-parade Roman Catholic Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in the Strip District at 8 a.m. and following a blessing of the grounds and the new St. Patrick statue by Bishop David Zubik. The parade draws 200,000 people.
Details: www.pittsburghirish.org/parade/
The Pittsburgh St. Patrick's Day parade is almost here! How are you gearing up for parade weekend? We're starting our day the way St. Patrick intended - with Roman Catholic mass! Join us 8am Sat. at Old St. Patrick's Church in the Strip for a pre-parade mass with @BishopZubik pic.twitter.com/Io6bRPworI
— Pittsburgh St. Patrick's Day Parade (@PghStPatsParade) March 14, 2019
Cheers to 50
Celebrate five decades of the band Alabama at 7:30 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena, Uptown today. The group that is known for transforming country music has sold 80 million albums and accumulated 43 No. 1 singles. They are members of the Country Music Hall of Fame and have raised over $250 million for charity.
Details: ppgpaintsarena.com
I'm seeing Alabama at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA on Friday, March 15th. Who's Joining? https://t.co/f5CztiH6qr
— Hounds4Life (@Hounds4L) March 14, 2019
A disappearing act
This is the final weekend for Eric Jones and his magic show “Impossible,” at Liberty Magic, a 70-seat, speakeasy performance space, Downtown. Jones is known from performances with “Penn and Teller: Fool Us,” and “America’s Got Talent.”
Liberty Magic is recommended for those ages 18 and over; no one under 12 will be admitted. The site is a BYOB speakeasy with a $5 per guest corkage fee.
Details: trustarts.org
Have you had the chance to experience Liberty Magic presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust?
Don’t miss your chance to catch artist Eric Jones in his last few performances through March 17! #LovePGH ????♣️??
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— Visit Pittsburgh (@vstpgh) March 14, 2019
In the Time of the Butterflies
This is the final weekend for Prime Stage Theatre’s “In the Time of the Butterflies,” a play based on the real-life story of the teenage Mirabal sisters, code named “the Butterflies,” who sparked a revolution to overthrow dictator Rafael Trujillo’s violent regime in the Dominican Republic in the late 1950s, according to a press release.
The show runs Friday through Sunday at the New Hazlett Theater Center for the Performing Arts on the North Side.
Details: www.primestage.com
Frances Tirado plays Mate in In the Time of the Butterflies. Check out this video to hear what this show means to her and then get your tickets at https://t.co/G84G8mXTAz to see her bring this character to life onstage! #PSTButterflies https://t.co/y94KCznDdR
— Prime Stage Theatre (@Prime_Stage) March 5, 2019
Listen in
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto Friday through Sunday at Heinz Hall, Downtown. As part of the symphony’s season-long Rachmaninoff Cycle, Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček makes his Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra debut performing Rachmaninoff’s monumental “Piano Concerto No. 3. “ Conductor Juraj Valčuha returns to illuminate the kaleidoscopic imagery of two of Respighi’s most vivid and evocative tone poems, “Fountains of Rome” and “Pines of Rome.” Both works are pay homage to the eternal city in all of its glory, it says on the cultural district’s website.
Details: culturaldistrict.org/production/55693/rachmaninoffs-third-concerto
"Rachmaninoff wrote his Third Concerto for his 1909 tour of the United States...He played it with Fritz Reiner and the PSO in 1941. It is a composition of astonishing range..." Mark Kanny | @TribLIVE https://t.co/EoxtdtE7iS
— Pittsburgh Symphony (@pghsymphony) March 14, 2019
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