JUNE 2025
Find the events calendar online at www.cec.pitt.edu/hilldistrict/calendar
HAPPENING AT THE CEC IN THE HILL DISTRICT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner And Design
Artists Naomi Chambers and Alecia Dawn
Young invite the Hill District community to engage in a creative process that amplifies shared history and collective voice through art-making and storytelling
Hill District community members are invited to a dinner and brainstorming session to come up with good suggestions for the location and concept of an upcoming public art project
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Autism Urban Connections INC. Monthly Family Group
Join this monthly group for families of those diagnosed with Autism Enjoy a meal and participate in engaging activities.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Zone 2 Public Safety Meeting
A monthly meeting for the Zone 2 Public Safety Council & Community
Upcoming Closure
The CEC in the Hill District will be closed for Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19th.
ADDRESS & CONTACT
CEC - Hill District 1908 Wylie Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-383-2226
cechill@pitt.edu
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Senior Jazz Conection
Seniors are welcome to come and enjoy an afternoon of lunch and jazz.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
6 PM - 7:30 PM
Pitt Jazz Wednesdays on the Hill
Join us for an evening of jazz.
*Evening hours determined by
PARKING & TRANSPORTATION
On-street parking is available on Wylie Avenue
Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses 83, 82, and 81 have stops at Centre Ave and Dinwiddie St
UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE
CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AROUND THE CITY
JUNE 14 - JUNE 16
Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration at Market Square and Point State Park
The Western PA Juneteenth Celebration returns with the Grand Jubilee Parade, a voting rights forum, and a military tribute It also features the Pittsburgh Black Music Festival with live jazz, gospel, hip-hop, RnB, funk, blues, and soul
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
3 PM - 6 PM
Pre-Juneteenth Festival
Celebrate at the Pre-Juneteenth Festival with the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh and community partners
Enjoy free food, live entertainment, a fitness class, kids’ zone, and guest speakers Leon Ford, Jason Rivers, and Rev Cornell Jones
Location: Homewood-Brushton YMCA, 7140 Bennett St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15208
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
3 PM - 6 PM
Pre-Juneteenth Festival
Enjoy African dancing and drumming and honor unsung community heroes at this New Life Community Ministries event The New Life Community Ministries festival will also feature arts and crafts, games, a scavenger hunt, free snacks and food trucks.
Location: Universal Park, 1 Memorial Park Lane, Penn Hills, PA, 15235
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
Freedom festivities in Penn Hills
12PM - 3PM
Enjoy African dancing and drumming and honor unsung community heroes at this New Life Community Ministries event. The New Life Community Ministries festival will also feature arts and crafts, games, a scavenger hunt, free snacks and food trucks
Location: Universal Park, 1 Memorial Park Lane, Penn Hills, PA, 15235
ADDRESS & CONTACT
CEC - Homewood 622 N Homewood Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412-383-0830
cechomewood@pitt.edu
JUNE 18
Movie Night in Oakland
6:30 PM
Join members of Equipoise, Pitt’s community for African American and Black staff and faculty, for a screening of “American Fiction ” The film will be followed by a discussion and happy hour at Spirits and Tales. Refreshments will be served during the movie.
Location: William Pitt Union, Room 630, 3959 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
JUNE 21
Glass Creation Celebration
9:30AM - 3PM
Celebrate Juneteenth at the Pittsburgh Glass Center with free community events in partnership with Kelly Strayhorn Theater and the Legacy Arts Project Enjoy glass-making demos and explore Myth-Science of the Gatekeepers, a multimedia installation with life-size Black queer Kemetic deities by Rainbow Serpent.
Location: 5472 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206
JUNE 22
Cultural expression in Carnegie 2 PM -4 PM
This Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall event combines cultural expression and historical education Pitt Associate Professor Alaina Roberts is among the local experts who will speak at the festivities. The celebration will also include performances by local studio Dance INK and artwork displays.
Where: 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, PA, 15106
Location: 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie, PA, 15106