LOCALPittsburgh Uncovered Weekend – May 31-June 2

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Performance/Screen

Your High: Yearbook Inspired Comedy, May 31, 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy , 943 Liberty Avenue, $12.  Tis the season for high school proms and graduations, so it’s the perfect time to take a walk down memory lane about the good ‘ole high school days with improv games and scenes inspired by actual high school yearbooks belonging to Arcade Comedy Theater cast members. arcadecomendytheater.com,

Open-Late Film Series: Explore how Hollywood portrayed the Vietnam War (2nd in a 4 film series), Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, www.heinzhistorycenter.org/film-series, 6:30 p.m. Community conversation about the film facilitated by History Center staff and local Vietnam War veterans, followed by a 7:00 p.m. screening of the film “Hamburger Hill”

Roast to Jon Snow, Burning Bridges Comedy Club at Hambone’s, 4207 Butler Street, 412-346-8071,  June 1 (8 p.m. -9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m – 11:45 p.m.), June 2 (9 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.), $15.  For all those mourning the end of the Game of Thrones series and/or dissatisfied with its ending, come see which characters show up at the roast to finish off Jon Snow.

Music

Eden Hall Summer Series Jazz Night: The Funky Fly Project, Cross Currents, Stacia Abbott, Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus, home to the Falk School of Sustainability and Environment, June 1, 6:30 p.m – 8:30 p.m., 6035 Ridge Road, Gibsonia.  This concert is the first in the 3-part Eden Hall Summer Series held at the Hilda M. Willis Amphitheater.  While the concert and the beautiful outdoor surroundings are free, concert goers can bring their own picnic or purchase food from Eden Hall’s on-site restaurant featuring a $10.50 gourmet slider bar with sides and dessert. Pre-orders are appreciated.  Alcohol is also available for purchase for those 21+.  www.edenhall.chatham.edu.,412-365-1172, EdenHallEvents@Chatham.edu

Art

Opening Reception for FiberArt International 2019, May 31, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at Contemporary Craft (2100 Smallman Street) and the Brew House Association (711 South 21st Street) View the juried artwork of 55 fiber artists from 43 states and eight counties at Fiberart International 2019 sponsored by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh.  The event is free and open to the public. www.contemporarycraft.org/exhibition/fiberart-international-2019/

Food

Highmark International StrEAT Festival, June 1 & 2 (12 p.m. – 8 p.m.), Stanwix and 7th on Penn Avenue. This outdoor festival includes food vendors, live music, eating contests, cooking demonstrations, games, and more.

Community

Find your “treasure” at three community-wide yard sales happening this weekend.

Mexican War Streets Yard Sale, June 1, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Northside

Brookline Yard Sale, June 1, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Highland Park Yard Sale/Bryant Street Festival, June 2, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.