A market and shopping place by day; a bustling creative gallery expo by night. Penn Avenue has transformed into a hub of creative energy through efforts by the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative.
The Penn Avenue corridor is a very determinately revitalized piece of Pittsburgh, now teeming with arts, food, new business and a vitality that had started to lag ... until now.
The fabulous Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is now a ripe 118 years old, and the Oakland landmark will open a new summer show this weekend called "Living Harmoniously with Nature."
Cirque du Soleil is a menagerie of incredible talents, some of the most splendid performers in the world, and in "Totem," every member of the cast is breathtakingly perfect.
Yes, Double Wide Grill is a themed restaurant. No, it's not an overpriced Rainforest Cafe, nor a place where you’ll pay ridiculous prices for cheesecake just for the opportunity to eat it near some sunglasses from Terminator 2.
As co-author of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, Hollee Temple found she had to re-evaluate her career in law to gain order in her life.
Finales of the International Poetry Forum and the Gist Street Reading Series were hard hits, but Pittsburgh’s literary scene—made of indie publications, small press organizations and everything in between—continues to grow and receive recognition.
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.
When it comes to bars, the hidden gems are either off the beaten path, in a neighborhood not known for nightlife or otherwise isolated from our normal nocturnal routes.
