Cultural District Crawl
The Cultural District does not always feel like a district. It can get lost in Pittsburgh’s downtown shuffle of new and old and rich and poor. But once a month that changes. On gallery crawl Fridays,...
View ArticleCinema in the Park
In every episode of Man v. Wild, Bear Grylls survives rugged terrain by creating fire from the unlikely, eating the unthinkable and spooning through the night with Mother Earth. That’s not me. Like...
View ArticleWeek’s End: September 16th
Most are attracted to live theater for the thrill of rare emotion, passionate performers or preservation of yuppie social status. I go for the martinis. The theater and martini are perfect Friday night...
View ArticleOccupy Pittsburgh Wants To Talk About It
Talking to the same people about the same things gets old, especially when that conversation takes place in a tent and bathing is a luxury long since lost. It should be no surprise that Occupy...
View ArticleAllegheny Courthouse Is A Gothic Grump
In a place like Pittsburgh, a poster child for economic regeneration, generational collide and divide is inevitable. Steel hands constructed the city with brick and mortar before being rebuilt by the...
View ArticlePopping Up All Over Pittsburgh
Fraley’s Robot Repair, located at 201 6th Street, is one of ten Project Pop Up sites currently squatting in abandoned downtown storefronts. Others are certainly worth the eight enjoyable seconds it...
View ArticleA Picture of Pittsburgh at Heinz History Center
Editor’s Note: The Teenie Harris exhibit at Carnegie MoA is not a prerequisite for this article, but it is definitely worth seeing, and trumps whatever you have planned for this weekend. If you enjoyed...
View ArticleRace Reality in Gammage Project Pittsburgh
Black History Month is often viewed as an annual celebration of societal obstacles overcome, highlighting the people, places and moments that advanced civil rights in America. But no one is...
View ArticleIowa and Tennessee and Pittsburgh
Iowans do not have many claims to fame. We lead production in several industries–soybeans, ethanol and meth, to name a few–but have not contributed heavily to the American collection of influential...
View ArticleA David Sedaris Day in Pittsburgh
Right now Bill Clinton is addressing a collection of the world’s sharpest young idealists at Heinz Hall. The One Young World Summit brought to Pittsburgh some 1,500 delegates from 196 countries to...
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