Explore the beauty of the Amazon in this stunning, lush exhibit.

Tropical Forest Conservatory is a 12,000 square foot multi-level display space designed to feature a new theme every two years.Featuring new plants and displays, this exhibit introduces you to the unique cultures and ecosytems of this diverse and exciting South American region.

For more information, call (412) 622-6914.

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This exhibition of more than 70 works from the museum's permanent collection and local private collections reveals how photographers from the past 160 years have explored the human subject, through an exceptional range of practices: from daguerreotypes, to black-and-white silver gelatin prints and color chromogenic prints, to digital inkjet prints.

Included are rarely exhibited gems by masters of the medium --- such as Julia Margaret Cameron, August Sander, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Frank, and Garry Winogrand --- alongside the work of little-known photographers.

For more information, call (412) 622-3131.

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This exhibition features 100 original photographs by renowned Los Angeles-based photographer Julius Shulman of houses designed by iconic Modernist architects, such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey and John Lautner. Also presented are 20 original drawings, and renderings of three key projects by Neutra.

Born in 1910, Julius Shulman is an architectural photographer who specializes in California modernism around the world.

For more information, call (412) 622-3131.

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This exhibition represents one of the finest private collections of contemporary botanical art in America.

These 54 artworks are expressions of the purely aesthetic forms found in nature and a reminder that we are stewards of our natural resources for future generations. They are drawn from the collection begun by businessman Isaac Sutton in the 1980s.

For more information, call (412) 268-2434.

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Inspired by William Shakespeare's "Richard III," this play is an evocative fantasy drama that depicts the classic struggle for power and status as six queens vie for the throne.

From the aged Duchess Of York, who is 99 years old, to young Lady Anne, who must marry Richard III in order to reign, to the Duchess' daughter Anne Dexter who has no hands, the play traces the shifting passions and ambitions of the six women who are trapped in a world they vie to control, where nothing quite goes as it should. As this mysteriously beautiful story unfolds, these noble women find themselves caught in the complex dance of life, grappling with selfish aims, painful losses and the blinding desire for the crown.

For show times and tickets, call (412) 621-4445.

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Founded in 1992, this quartet specializes in passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding classical and contemporary music.

The quartet takes its name from Antonie Brentano (1780-1869), believed by some to be composer Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) "Immortal Beloved".

Presented by the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, which presents chamber music of the highest quality performed by internationally and nationally recognized ensembles to tri-state residents. For more information, call (412) 624-4129.

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Handmade between 1700 and 1830, this exhibit features lifelike figures and colorful details that recreate the Nativity within a vibrant and detailed panorama of 18th-century Italian village life.

More than 100 superbly modeled human and angelic figures, along with animals, accessories, and architectural elements, cover a 250-square-foot area and create a memorable depiction of the Nativity as seen through the eyes of Neapolitan artisans.

For more information, call (412) 622-3131.

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This monthly poetry reading program features a reading from the work of Renee Alberts.

Renée Alberts talks to rivers and shortwave radios to make poetry, collage, sound and photography. Her poetry collection, "No Water", came out in 2009. She collaborates across mediums with some of Pittsburgh's finest writers, musicians and dancers.

For more information, call (412) 622-3114.

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Guests are welcome to join this library book club which meets every other month to focus on the world of food.

Jeffrey Steingarten's "The Man Who Ate Everything: And Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes & Pleasurable Pursuits" is this month's selection.

For more information, call Julie or Kaarin at (412) 622-3151.

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Using letters read evocatively by leading actors, this 2006 documentary film brings the brilliant, sometimes tragic, bawdy and all too human composer to life.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a prolific and influential composer who created over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music.

Admission is free. Presented in part by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. For more information, call (412) 392-4876.

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