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Reader Up: American Shorts Reading Series scores with The Anatomy of Baseball

The always edgy American Shorts Reading Series kicks off its 2008 season with The Anatomy of Baseball, featuring an all-star lineup: broadcaster Lanny Frattare, NPR’s Stefan Fatsis and editor Lee Gutkind. (more >)

Thu May 8, 7:30 p.m.

Carnegie Library Lecture Hall

4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland

Viva vino: Pittsburgh Wine Festival VIP and Grand Tasting events

Oenophiles unite! Sip, sniff, swirl, and swish along with some of the world’s finest wine makers and chefs at one of the country's top wine festvals, which culminates on Thursday with a Grand Tasting at Heinz Field.
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Thu May 8, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Heinz Field

North Shore

Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival opens in Pittsburgh

25 films, 4 venues, a red carpet gala, and stories from around the globe promise to make this year's Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival one of May's must-see events.
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May 9 through 18, various times

Harris and Regent Square Theaters, Melwood Screening Room, Andy Warhol Museum

Downtown, Regent Square, Oakland, North Side

Like, yeah: Totally Awesome '80s Bash at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

Gag me with a spoon: the year is 1983. Don your finest day-glo threads and time travel to when grafitti and break dancing ruled the streets, Duran Duran ruled the airwaves and the Children's Museum was born on Pittsburgh's North Side. Totally awesome. (more >)

Fri May 9, 7 - 11 p.m.

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

10 Childrens Way, Northside

Opera Night Out: Bellini’s The Capulets & the Montagues and post-show fête at Bossa Nova

Opera suddenly got a lot more fun: join opera fanatics Nachum Golan and Steve Hough for a convention-bending role-reversing production of an age-old family drama, followed by a post-show party at Bossa Nova. (more >)

Fri May 9, 8 p.m.

Benedum Center and Bossa Nova

719 Liberty Avenue and 123 7th Street, Downtown

Twindie sister act: Tegan and Sara perform at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg

Canadian twin sister-popsters Tegan and Sara bring their slick indie sound to the Palace Theatre, touring behing their fifth album, The Con.

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Sat May 10, 8 p.m.

Palace Theatre

21 W Otterman Street, Greensburg

05.07.08 - 05.14.08

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