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JANUARY
• Jan. 12-20: Pittsburgh RV Show, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown
• Jan. 14-20: Pittsburgh Restaurant Week
• Jan. 15-27: "Les Miserables" with new look and orchestrations, PNC Broadway Across Series
• Jan. 19-Feb. 10: "Seminar," City Theatre
• Jan. 24-Feb. 3: "The Sound of Music," Pittsburgh Musical Theater
• Jan. 24.-Feb. 24: "1776," Pittsburgh Public Theater
• Jan. 25-27: 2013 World of Wheels -- David L. Lawrence Convention Center
• Jan. 29: "One Singular Sensation" tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, Heinz Hall
• Jan. 31-May 6: "You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!," CLO Cabaret
FEBRUARY
• Feb. 10: 55th annual Grammy Awards
• Feb. 14-17: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performs "Moulin Rouge -- The Ballet" for the first time here, Benedum Center, Downtown.
• Feb. 15-18: 2013 International Auto Show, David L. Lawrence Convention Center
• Feb. 15-24: August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at the August Wilson Center, Downtown. Third play (set in 1911) in his 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle.
• Feb. 24: 85th annual Academy Awards
• Feb. 21: Bon Jovi at Consol Energy Center
MARCH
• March 1-10: Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show, David L. Lawrence Convention Center
• March 26-April 7: Broadway hit "Book of Mormon" comes to Benedum Center, Downtown.
• March 30-July 21: "Japan is the Key ..." Pittsburgh Collects Prints and Ivories, 1900-1920, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• March 31: Green Day at Consol
APRIL
• April 5-7: Anime convention Tekkoshocon at David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
• April 6: Eric Clapton at Consol.
• April 11-21: JFilm Festival, the Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum's 20th annual festival at the Manor Theater and other venues.
• April 18: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
• April 8: Tony-winning star of stage and screen Christine Ebersole sings for the Trust Cabaret series, Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown.
• April 18-May 4: Tony-winning best play "Clybourne Park," Pittsburgh Public Theater
• April 19-20: Pittsburgh Folk Festival, Oakland
• April 19-27: Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week
• April 19-Aug. 18: Fiberart International 2013, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Shadyside, and the Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District.
• April 20: Pittsburgh Symphony's "Singing City" concert with 2,300 singers, Petersen Events Center
• April 26: Fleetwood Mac at Consol
• April 27: Sandra Bernhard at the Byham Theater, Downtown.
• April 26-29: 15th IAYC International Yiddish Conference & Retreat at the DoubleTree Hotel, Green Tree.
• April 27-May 5: Pittsburgh Opera's production of Rossini's "La cenerentola (Cinderella)," Benedum Center.
• April 30: Black Keys and The Flaming Lips, Consol
MAY
• May 3-4: Race weekend for the Pittsburgh Marathon
• May 6: Karen Akers concludes the first Trust Cabaret series at the Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown.
• May 9: Pittsburgh Wine Festival, Heinz Field East & West Club Lounges
• May 10: "The Great Gatsby," opens with Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan
• May 15-19: Pittsburgh International Children's Festival, Oakland
• May 24-26: National Cartoon Society Convention at ToonSeum, Bricolage, August Wilson Center and Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown.
JUNE
• June 7-9: Pittsburgh Symphony season finale with Manfred Honeck leading Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 and star pianist Yuja Wang performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
• June 7-16: Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Downtown. On opening day the fountain at Point State Park is turned back on after a $9.6 million upgrade.
• June 7-16: Pittsburgh Pride Week
• June 14: New Superman franchise "Man of Steel" opens
• June 14-16: Americans for the Arts convention (opening reception at the Andy Warhol Museum).
• June 22: Kenny Chesney "No Shoes Nation" Tour at Heinz Field
JULY
• July 1-3: 150th anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg events
• July 2-4: EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta
• July 4-7: Furries are back: Anthrocon at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
• July 6: Taylor Swift at Heinz Field
• July 7-9: Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival, Cultural District
• July 8: One Direction, Consol
• July 20-21: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, Schenley Park
• July 30-Aug. 4: "The Buddy Holly Story" concludes Pittsburgh CLO season.
AUGUST
• Aug. 2 (tentative): "300: Rise of an Empire" movie release, prequel to 2007's "300"
• Aug. 9-25 (tentative): Bike Fest Party on Aug. 9, followed by two weeks of activities
• Aug. 25 (tentative): Pedal Pittsburgh
SEPTEMBER
• Sept. 7: Steel City Big Pour at Construction Junction, North Point Breeze
• Sept. 10: 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, a pivotal battle of the War of 1812. It honors U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's role in building ships at Presque Isle and his victory against the British Navy near Sandusky, Ohio.
• Sept. 13-16: Steel City Tattoo Convention
• Sept. 23-29: Pittsburgh Fashion Week
OCTOBER
• Oct. 5: Carnegie International opens at Carnegie Museum of Art. The oldest exhibition of international contemporary art in North America, led for the first time by three curators: Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers and Tina Kukielski, runs through March 16, 2014.
• Oct. 5: 27th annual Head of the Ohio, Allegheny River, North Shore
• Oct. 11-20: 28th annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
NOVEMBER
• Nov. 8: "Thor: The Dark World," opens in movie theaters
• Nov. 8-23: Three Rivers Film Festival
• Nov. 19: 150th anniversary of President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in Soldiers National Cemetery
• Nov. 22: Light-Up Night, Downtown
• Nov. 22 (tentative): Next installment of "The Hunger Games" triology, "Catching Fire," opens
DECEMBER
• Dec. 6-29: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's "The Nutcracker," Benedum Center.
• Dec. 13 (tentative): Premiere of next installment of "The Hobbit" series: "The Desolation of Smaug," which includes special effects work by Aliquippa native Joe Letteri.
• Dec. 31: First Night Pittsburgh, Downtown
First Published January 9, 2013 12:00 am
