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Happening This Week

American Idiot
Tuesday – Sunday
Heinz Hall, Cultural District

An all-new musical based on Green Day’s Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum album.
More info/tickets: http://culturaldistrict.org/venues/heinz-hall

Night Of The Living Dead
Friday 5p
Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District

This classic, locally-made 1968 horror movie is the terrifying take of a group of people trapped in a rural farmhouse who are attacked by unnamed “living dead” monsters. Ghostly attire is encouraged but not required.
More info: (412) 454-6000

Manor At Midnight Oscar Classics: Chinatown
Saturday Midnight
Manor Theatre, Squirrel Hill

The Manor Theatre ends their midnight Oscar run with 1974’s Chinatown, a searing murder mystery directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jack Nicholson as an LA private eye on the trail of some very unsavory characters.
More info: http://www.manorpgh.com/img/ManoratMIdnightOscar.pdf

Some information provided by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Five Things To Do This Week (and One Next Week)

Akira
Tuesday 7p
ToonSeum, Cultural District

Based on the groundbreaking cartoon series, this 1988 animated Japanese film is set in an obsessively detailed version of a post-apocalyptic Japan.
More info: http://www.toonseum.org/

Obscure Game Night
Wednesday 9p
Hambone’s, Lawrenceville

Not much on the website, but it looks as if it’s a night dedicated to weird and obscure board games. Sounds ridiculously fun.
More info: http://www.barsmart.com/bars/events.cfm?evnt=2A987CA4-A612-8638-C3FCEB69BDE5D8DD&id=990

MAKEnight
Thursday 6p-9p
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side

Create keepsake items, feast on local artisan foods & specialty cocktails, more. Ages 21+.
More info: http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/makenight/Event?oid=1610569

Gojira with Devin Townsend and The Atlas Moth
Saturday 8p
Mr. Smalls, Millvale

If you’re at all into metal, this is an awesome lineup. That’s a lot of musicianship for one evening.
More info/tickets: http://www.mrsmalls.com/NewPHP/home.php?section=events

Pulp Fiction
Saturday Midnight
Manor Theatre, Squirrel Hill

Tarantino’s classic 1994 film shown in all its glory on the silver screen. If you’re like me, you were too young to see it when it was new.
More info: http://www.manorpgh.com/img/ManoratMIdnightOscar.pdf

Arcade Comedy Theater Grand Opening
Friday, Feb 15 8p
Cultural District

I’m a week early on this one, but let’s support our newest comedy club. Their mission statement: “Arcade Comedy Theater provides an interactive platform for players of all levels, both onstage and off, to experience various forms of theatrical comedy, from proven standards to offbeat styles.”
More info: http://arcadecomedytheater.com/

Some information provided by:
http://old.post-gazette.com/events/
http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/EventSearch

Four Things To Do This Week

This week: Oscar season kicks off and one of the best musicals of all time visits Pittsburgh!

Steel City Poetry Slam
Tuesday, ~9:30p, $5
Shadow Lounge, Shadyside

The Steel City Poetry Slam is held on the third Tuesday of every month at the Shadow Lounge on Baum Blvd. Sign up sheet goes out usually between 9:15 and 9:30pm, and the slam starts shortly thereafter.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/steelcityslam

Pittsburgh Job Fair
Monday, 11a
Holiday Inn, North Hills

All job seekers are encouraged to network, submit resumes and connect with hiring managers from some of the area’s top local employers.

Les Miserables
Tuesday 1/15 Sunday 1/27
Benedum Center For The Performing Arts

Based on Victor Hugo’s classic 1862 French novel, this stage musical has touched lives around the world with the powerful story of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his life-long struggle for redemption during the French Revolution. See the musical behind the movie that’s nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, among other awards.

Tickets: http://trustarts.culturaldistrict.org/production/32852/les-miserables#tab=buy_tickets

Manor At Midnight: Oscar Classics
Every Saturday through 2/23
The Manor, Squirrel Hill

My favorite local theater is showing classic Oscar films, leading up to the big event every Saturday at midnight. This week: the beautiful One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

More info: http://www.manorpgh.com/img/ManoratMIdnightOscar.pdf

Sat. Oct. 13 – Free Screening of OfficeSpace at the Rex

If you have ever sat in traffic, worked with a consultant, fought with a broken printer or just worked in an office – you will appreciate the movie Office Space. Origonally released in 1999, Office Space has become a cult classic with an all-star cast.

If you loved the film or by some strange chance haven’t seen the film – you can watch it for FREE on Saturday night at the Rex theater on the Southside.

Movie is free, but they do ask you buy a drink from the Rex.

We are happy to announce our next FREE MOVIE NIGHT at The Rex Theater. We will continue our free movie nights with a hilarious cult classic written and directed by Mike Judge, OFFICE SPACE. The movie is FREE to everyone 21+, but we do ask that you buy a drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) from our bar to help us pay for the cost of licensing the film so that we can continue our Free Movie Nights at The Rex.

Doors open at 7pm, Movie starts promptly at 8pm, this is a Fully Seated show. NO outside beverages please, but you are welcome to bring your own snacks. You must be 21+ with proper ID to attend. Sound will be provided by our full concert sound system.

We will be featuring themed drink specials, and we’ll have some special office supplies and other prizes to give away to the BEST COSTUMES.

Office Space – Free Movie Night at the Rex
Saturday, October 13, 2012
8pm
Rex Theater, 1602 East Carson Street

Thanks to LivingPittsburgh for the heads up on this event.

Here is the official trailer for OfficeSpace: