You literally cannot go wrong with any of the three theaters operated by the Pittsburgh Filmmakers. This weekend, master photographer Annie O’Neill's "Work in Progress" exhibit opens at the Melwood, plus showings at the other two Filmmakers' locations: the Regent Square Theater and the Harris.
This Pittsburgh-bred NYCer—whom you probably recognize from VH1's weekly Top 20 Countdown—is the creator of the popular web shows "Yinz Luv 'Da Stillers" and "Yinz Luv Da Guins."
Creative, quirky and caring, Pittsburgh’s Sampsonia Way is also the international Main Street for the City of Asylum program for writers, making sure the pen stays mightier than the sword.
I have no suggestions for your Friday and Saturday evening this week. If I may make a vague recommendation, go somewhere quiet and soothing. Just take it easy because Sunday will be big.
Whatever you crave—be it comfort food, global fusion, handmade pasta or something completely off the wall
(nitro wasabi-flavored peas,
anyone?)—you’re likely to find it here on our list of the year’s 25 Best Restaurants.
Much has been written about how the Pittsburgh area has reinvented itself from a steel city to a tech town, how the region has held up as the gleaming example of never-say-die renewal.
Pittsburgh is on track to become a major player in the entertainment industry, generating jobs and revenue. But there are challenges to realizing this dream.
Jamie and Ali McMutrie, for their inspiring bravery and selflessness while saving orphaned children of Haiti—both before and after the country’s devastating earthquake—are Pittsburgh magazine’s 2010 Pittsburghers of the Year.
