FEATURED EVENTS

Waddling back into weather-permitting weekends this winter, enjoy our Pittsburgh Zoo penguins taking a walk outside the Aquarium. Fun for everyone! The penguins will start their parade at the upper entrance of the Aquarium at 11:30 am sharp and typically spend about 20 minutes exploring outside. Guests will line the pathway along the Aquarium and the penguins will parade past. This event is popular, parade viewing is not guaranteed.

Black History Month 2025 celebrates the National Negro Opera Company (NNOC), founded in 1941 in Pittsburgh as the first African American opera company in the United States. Mary Cardwell Dawson established the company with the goal of promoting African American performers in the opera world, which was predominantly white at the time. The NNOC was instrumental in breaking racial barriers within the classical music world, offering a platform for Black opera singers to showcase their talents and gain recognition for more than two decades.