Pittsburgh Speakers Series

09/16/2025

We are saddened by the passing of Robert Redford, who spoke for us at Heinz Hall during the 2005-2006 season.

Robert Redford, film icon, Oscar-winning director and activist, has died at age 89.

04/09/2025

The legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber joins us on stage tonight as the final speaker of the 2024-2025 season!

03/27/2025

We are thrilled to announce the 2025-2026 Pittsburgh Speakers Series lineup!

02/20/2025

Admiral James Stavridis joins us at Heinz Hall this evening. As former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, he will share his unique global perspective in this fifth lecture of the 2024-2025 season.

01/30/2025

We are thrilled to welcome artificial intelligence pioneer Oren Etzioni to Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts for the fourth event of the 2024-2025 season!

11/14/2024

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed is on stage at Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts tonight for the third event of the 2024-2025 season!

10/25/2024

09/25/2024

We're looking forward to seeing you tonight for Opening Night of the Pittsburgh Speakers Series, presented by the University of Pittsburgh! We have a change in our evening program – due to medical reasons, Nina Totenberg is unable to be with us.

We are honored to welcome (on less than 24-hour notice!) one of the nation's most distinguished appellate lawyers, constitutional scholars, and former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal!

Neal Katyal has argued more than 50 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, breaking a record previously held by Thurgood Marshall. He runs one of the world’s largest Supreme Court practices at a firm where he occupies the role formerly held by Chief Justice John Roberts. Don't miss hearing this sought-after expert on our nation's highest court!

06/19/2024

Happy Juneteenth! Celebrated since 1866, this day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021. Historian Annette Gordon-Reed was one of the integral voices who brought Juneteenth into the national conversation. We look forward to hearing from her as the third speaker in the 2024-2025 season.

05/03/2024

Andrew Lloyd Webber is said to be the first person from the world of the arts and culture to be made a member of the Order of the Garter – the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain. We look forward to having Sir Lloyd Webber with us next season!

The composer said he was ‘humbled, grateful and, quite frankly, staggered’ to be made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter.