October 2008

Event Guide

Event Listings for August 2008

  • May 16- September 28
    Shear Madness
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh CLO
    Location: Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret Theater
    Contact: 412.325.1582
  • August 1–September 14
    Doppel Ganger: Photos by Fumino Hora
    Location: Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries
    Contact: 412.681.5449
  • August 1
    Kids Play
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
    Location: Market Square
    Contact: 412.566.4190
  • August 1
    National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: National Kidney Foundation
    Location: Latrobe Country Club
    Contact: 412.261.4115
  • August 1
    Stay and Play
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project
    Location: Market Square
    Contact: 412.566.4190
  • August 2
    Celebrate the Lotus
    Beneficiary: Westmoreland Museum of American Art
    Location: Private Home
    Contact: 724.837.1500
  • August 2
    Children’s Hospital Baby Day
    Location: Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Contact: 412.665.3640
  • August 2
    Figure Pittsburgh Art Exhibition Opening
    Beneficiary: Sweetwater Center for the Arts
    Location: Sweetwater Center for the Arts
    Contact: 412.741.4405
  • August 2
    St. Barnabas 5K Run/Walk
    Beneficiary: St. Barnabas Free Care Fund
    Location: St. Barnabas Medical Center
    Contact: 724.444.5530
  • August 3
    Pedal N’ Party
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: Rivertowne Pour House
    Contact: 412.321.4422
  • August 5
    Cool Wines for Hot Nights with John Eld
    Beneficiary: Sweetwater Center for the Arts
    Location: Sweetwater Center for the Arts
    Contact: 412.741.4405
  • August 5-17
    West Side Story
    Pittsburgh CLO
    Location: Benedum Center
    Contact: 412.456.6666
  • August 6
    Edwin McCain Acoustic Trio
    Beneficiary: Westmoreland Cultural Trust
    Location: The Palace Theatre
    Contact: 724.836.8000
  • August 6
    Sample of Station Square
    Beneficiary: Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
    Location: Station Square
    Contact: 412.321.4625 x248
  • August 7
    Eighth Annual Fore the Children Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County
    Location: Olde Stonewall Golf Club
    Contact: 724.287.4733
  • August 7–October 23
    Thursday Farmers’ Market
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
    Location: Market Square
    Contact: 412.566.4190
  • August 7
    Volunteers of America Summer Picnic
    Beneficiary: Working Order and All of Us Care
    Location: Squaw Valley Park
    Contact: 412.782.5344
  • August 8
    Sporting Clay Shoot
    Beneficiary: Ruth York Morgan Health Education Learning Place
    Location: Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Shooting Academy
    Contact: 724.223.3875
  • August 8
    Think Pink It’s Friday
    Beneficiary: Adagio Health
    Location: Diesel Club Lounge
    Contact: 412.253.8163
  • August 9-10
    2008 Relay for Life
    Beneficiary: American Cancer Society
    Location: McKeesport Area High School
    Contact: 412.919.1100
  • August 9
    A Night in the Tropics
    Beneficiary: The National Aviary
    Location: The National Aviary
    Contact: 412.323.7235 x240
  • August 9-January 25
    Exploring the Arctic Seafloor: Photographs by Chris Linder
    Location: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
    Contact: 412.622.3131
  • August 9
    Dog Days of Summer
    Beneficiary: Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and Paws With a Cause
    Location: Town Center at the Waterfront
    Contact: 412.321.4625 x248
  • August 10
    Concerned Bikers 4 McGuire Home
    Beneficiary: McGuire Memorial
    Location: Holiday Inn, Beaver Falls
    Contact: 724.643.5725
  • August 10
    Elixir Second Annual Golf Outing
    Location: Westwood Golf Club
    Contact: 412.481.1811
  • August 11
    13th Annual Verizon Wireless Skins Challenge
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: Allegheny County Country Club
    Contact: 412.321.4422
  • August 14
    Pittsburgh Wine Opener
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Contact: 412.321.4422
  • August 16
    Summer Kids’ Zoofari
    Location: Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
    Contact: 412.665.3640
  • August 16
    Walk for Strength
    Beneficiary: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia
    Location: Hartwood Acres
    Contact: 412.471.9474
  • August 17
    Red, Ripe & Roasted: Tomato and Garlic Festival 2008
    Beneficiary: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
    Location: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
    Contact: 412.622.6914
  • August 17
    Second Annual Bike-a-thon/Cycle Splash
    Beneficiary: American Cancer Society
    Location: Raccoon Creek State Park
    Contact: 412.919.1100
  • August 18
    Seventh Annual Chip In For Preparedness Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: American Red Cross Westmoreland County Chapter
    Location: Greensburg Country Club
    Contact: 724.834.6510 x116
  • August 18
    14th Annual Ladies Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: Women’s Healthcare Services at the Washington Hospital
    Location: St. Clair Country Club
    Contact: 724.223.3875
  • August 18
    20th Annual Tito Francona Golf Outing
    Beneficiary: The Cardiology and Oncology Programs at Heritage Valley Beaver
    Location: Olde Stonewall Golf Club and Connoquenessing Country Club
    Contact: 412.749.7050
  • August 18
    Christopher Seretti Memorial Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh Film Office, ACHIEVE, Special Olmpics, and “Christopher College Scholarship Fund”
    Location: Montour Heights Country Club
    Contact: 412.261.2744
  • August 18
    Robert Cray Band and Keb’ Mo’
    Beneficiary: Westmoreland Cultural Trust
    Location: The Palace Theatre
    Contact: 724.836.8000
  • August 19
    Tuesday Stew
    Beneficiary: Union Project
    Location: Union Project
    Contact: 412.363.4550
  • August 21
    Child-Oriented Businesses Unite!
    Beneficiary: Child-Oriented Businesses
    Location: 100 Hafner Ave.
    Contact: 724.940.1090
  • August 21
    Pittsburgh 50 Finest
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: Omni William Penn Hotel
    Contact: 412.919.1100
  • August 21
    Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre at Hartwood Acres
    Beneficiary: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
    Location: Hartwood Acres
    Contact: 412.281.0360
  • August 22
    ALF Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: American Liver Foundation
    Location: Longue Vue Club
    Contact: 412.434.7077
  • August 22
    Child-Oriented Businesses Unite!
    Beneficiary: Child-Oriented Business Owners
    Location: 12045 Perry Hwy.
    Contact: 724.940.1090
  • August 22
    Cocktails for Canines
    Beneficiary: Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
    Location: Buckhead Saloon
    Contact: 412.321.4625 x248
  • August 22
    Pretty Woman
    Beneficiary: Alzheimer association
    Location: Carabella, 328 Allegheny River Blvd Oakmont
    Contact: 412.261.5040 x117
  • August 22
    Rae Gold Fashion Show
    Location: Society for Contemporary Craft
    Contact: 412.261.7003 x16
  • August 22
    Second Annual Charlie Ross Memorial Charity Invitational Golf Outing
    Beneficiary: Mainstay Life Services
    Location: Quicksilver Golf Club
    Contact: 412.344.3640
  • August 23
    American Diabetes Association &
    WTAE-TV Healthy 4 Life Expo
    Beneficiary: American Diabetes Association
    Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center
    Contact: 412.824.1181
  • August 23
    Catholic Charities Golf Classic
    Beneficiary: Catholic Charities Butler County
    Location: Conley’s Resort
    Contact: 724.287.4011
  • August 23
    Head Over Heels Gala
    Beneficiary: University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Location: Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh
    Contact: 412.648.6106
  • August 23
    Jam on Walnut
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: Walnut Street, Shadyside
    Contact: 412.321.4422
  • August 23
    Seventh Annual Bocce nel Giardino Tournament and Fundraiser
    Beneficiary: Westmoreland Cultural Trust
    Location: Greensburg Garden and Civic Center
    Contact: 724.836.3074
  • August 24
    Aquathlon Challenge 2008
    Beneficiary: Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh
    Location: Henry Kaufmann Family Recreation Park
    Contact: 412.521.8011 x171
  • August 24
    Bark in the Park
    Beneficiary: Animal Friends
    Location: South Ridge Loop at North Park
    Contact: 412.847.7055
  • August 24
    Fourth Annual Cocktail Party
    Beneficiary: Dee Dee Sacco Fight For Life Fund
    Location: LeMont Restaurant
    Contact: 412.781.7453
  • August 24
    VIP Reception for New York Artist Carlo Thertus
    Beneficiary: The Art Center Butler and Cask Foundation
    Location: The Art Center Butler
    Contact: 724-283-6922
  • August 25
    10th Annual ACHIEVA Million Dollar Golf Outing
    Beneficiary: ACHIEVA
    Location: Valley Brook Country Club
    Contact: 412.995.5000 x404
  • August 25
    VIP Reception for New York Artist Carlo Thertus
    Beneficiary: Butler Art Center and Cask Foundation
    Location: Butler Art Center
    Contact: 724.283.6922
  • August 25
    Wine Dinner
    Location: Pangea
    Contact: 412.621.3152
  • August 26
    Pittsburgh Pirates 65 Roses Club
    Beneficiary: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
    Location: PNC Park
    Contact: 412.321.4422
  • August 27–October 19
    Intimate Landscapes: The Gouache Paintings of Thomas Paquette
    Location: Westmoreland Museum of American Art
    Contact: 724.837.1500 x27
  • August 28
    Chicks & Chat
    Beneficiary: Music for Life African Children’s Choir
    Location: Verve
    Contact: 412.456.2890
  • August 30 – October 25
    “Variations/Phenomena,” by Christo Braun
    Beneficiary: Élan Fine Art Gallery
    Location: Élan Fine Art Gallery, Sewickley
    Contact: 412.749.0427