Fashion With Compassion is Good for the Heart

Don't miss Fashion with Compassion, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign.

BY PM STAFF

Fashion With Compassion is Good for the Heart
February has arrived, and with the change on the calendar comes countless images of Cupid and love. February is also full of heart—it's American Heart Month.

That's why next Thursday, Feb. 9, Fifth Third Bank and Pittsburgh Magazine are teaming up to present Fashion with Compassion, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women initiative. The event features a strolling fashion show with models from the Docherty Agency, live music by The Kevin Howard Duo, hors d’oeuvres, Boyd & Blair cocktails, a silent auction and more. Tickets are $45 each or $80 per pair, with all proceeds benefiting Go Red for Women. Mark you calendars now—we hope that you can join us!

(Fairmont Pittsburgh, 510 Market St., downtown. Thurs., Feb. 9, 6-8:30 p.m. $45. Info, tickets: email Wendy McCabe, Go Red for Women director, at wendy.mccabe@heart.org)
—Leah Gally, PM Marketing Manager

The Smiling Moose Aims to Please
At some point in its nine-year lifespan, Carson Street standout The Smiling Moose began filling an under-represented niche in the South Side spectrum. Actually, it’d be more accurate to say it stopped filling a niche. See, unlike most joints on that side of the river, the Moose has become an anytime, anyone kind of a bar—go for food, go for drinks, go for the game, go for a show, go for quiet, whatever. There are bars where you go to party, there are bars where you go to eat, and there are bars where you go to hang out—and the Moose can be all three. Read up on South Side’s most agreeable establishment in this week’s edition of After Dark!
—Sean Collier, PM Associate Editor

Heat Up the Night at Istanbul
Istanbul Grille, the multicultural, multifaceted venue and eatery in the heart of Lawrenceville, always warms up a cold winter night. This Saturday, it’ll bring the heat by spinning the globe all the way to Brazil for a samba performance by Sao Paolo’s own Luciana Brussi Constantino. The acclaimed performer and choreographer will not only show off her own moves, but also teach you a few of your own—there will be an informal lesson during intermission and an open dance at the end of the evening. Some of the ’Burgh’s resident belly dancers will join in the fun. And don’t be shy about bringing the kids—the young ones are encouraged to attend, and aspiring dancers younger than 12 get in for free.

(4130 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Sat., 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, tickets: janim.org)

In Theaters This Weekend: New films coming to Pittsburgh this weekend include Big Miracle, with Drew Barrymore and whales; The Woman in Black, with Daniel Radcliffe and ghosts; and Chronicle, with teenagers and superpowers. PM Film Editor Sean Collier will be on the 102.5 WDVE Morning Show tomorrow at 7:15 a.m. to review Big Miracle and The Woman in Black. Couldn’t they have just made it into one movie and had the nefarious ghost scare the whales back to the open ocean? Find out tomorrow morning on 102.5 FM or DVE.com!

Tomorrow The River’s Edge Studio Art Gallery is hosting “Café Night,” an open house featuring local musical talents Carley LoFaso and Scott Stine. Listen to original music while discovering the studio’s collection of paintings, photography and other stunning pieces. Click here for more.

Much like a scrapbook, the exhibit “Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007-2010” at the Carnegie Museum of Art displays the work of nine local photographers who have watched our city hit a growth spurt over the last four years. Click here for more.