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Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery showcases work by East Suburban Artists League
All of this amazing art is in one place. It’s the East Suburban Artists League’s annual holiday season art show running through Dec. 27 in the Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery. Visitors can meet the artists from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 6. Tina Booth, art gallery coordinator, says the variety...
Canonsburg’s ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ gets boost from Hallmark ChannelVideo
The streets are adorned with holiday lights. The windows are decorated with red-and-white candy canes and pink-and-green gum drops. The trees are trimmed with sparkling ornaments and silver garland. It’s reminiscent of a scene out of a vintage Hallmark movie. So it’s fitting that Canonsburg’s Old Fashioned Christmas has all...
Highmark First Night Pittsburgh invites people to share their vision for the futureVideo
A traveling public art installation known as the Dream Wall Project is a new addition to this year’s Highmark First Night Pittsburgh events on New Year’s Eve. The project, which promotes the idea of inclusion, is the work of artist and photographer Anna Schuliger, a Marshall native who lives in...
Vandergrift’s Casino Theatre hosts annual holiday extravaganza
Get in the holiday spirit at “Hometown Christmas 2019: Counting Down to Christmas.” This 24th annual event will feature songs that exude happy feelings this time of the year. There are three performances at the Casino Theatre in Vandergrift. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Dec....
Larrimor’s in Pittsburgh celebrates 80 years making the city fashionableVideo
Larrimor’s has been dressing Pittsburghers for eight decades. The high-end designer men’s and women’s clothing and accessories Downtown boutique continues to survive the challenges of brick-and-mortar retail stores because one thing hasn’t changed in 80 years. “It has always been about customer service,” said Lisa Slesinger, whose grandfather Harry Slesinger...
Vintage cameras see new light as lamps at Rosie’s Workshop in Ross Park MallVideo
Vintage cameras are seeing new light inside Rosie’s Workshop at Ross Park Mall. Owners Jen and Blair Koss find old cameras and turn them into functional pieces of art that can light up a room with the flip of a switch. The couple buys cameras and other materials and manufactures...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 29-Dec. 1
You probably ate too much turkey, stuffing, potatoes and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Get moving and work off all calories. The weekend is the perfect time in Pittsburgh. Here are some options. Holiday parade The 39th annual WPXI Holiday Parade presented by Neighborhood Ford Store is Saturday in Downtown. It...
Point Park grads capture picture-perfect moment with Tom Hanks in Pittsburgh
Danette Levers changed her Facebook profile picture at 7:34 a.m. Friday. There’s a pretty good chance she won’t ever change it again. She waited for months to upload that photo of her standing next to Tom Hanks. She idolizes the actor. She can recite most of his movie lines from...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Fox Chapel native opens Simple Sugars holiday pop-up shopVideo
Bakery Square will be a little smoother this holiday season. Simple Sugars, an all-natural handmade skincare product line specially formulated for sensitive skin, has opened a holiday pop-up shop through Dec. 22 in the East End shopping complex. The products have previously been sold only through its website. “I have...
Stay warm, see holiday lights at Lumaze Pittsburgh, a new indoor festivalVideo
Run through sparking icicles. Take a seat in an illuminated horse’s carriage. Walk under a tunnel of lights. Enter a castle of bright bulbs. Pose for a photo next to a gigantic glass slipper. These are a few of the experiences at Lumaze Pittsburgh, a new indoor holiday festival, which...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 22-24
The unofficial start to the holiday season begins this weekend with the annual Light Up Night. It’s one of many fun choices this weekend in Pittsburgh Shining bright Friday is your chance to see national recording artist and recent Queen frontman Adam Lambert as he leads the entertainment at the...
Joanne Rogers, Pittsburgh’s ‘luckiest widow’ savors seeing, appearing in Mister Rogers movieVideo
Joanne Rogers calls herself the luckiest widow in Pittsburgh. The presence of her late husband, Fred Rogers, is everywhere. “He is just there,” she said of Mister Rogers. “I don’t have to give up all of him. And, you know, thank goodness. I’m just fortunate.” The movie “A Beautiful Day...
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ debuts in PittsburghVideo
It was a beautiful night in the neighborhood in Pittsburgh as the Mister Rogers movie debuted. A red carpet gala and special screening of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” took place Wednesday at the SouthSide Works Cinema in Pittsburgh. Rogers’ wife Joanne Rogers arrived at 6:30 p.m., smiling and...
Kaufmann’s clock unveiled at Carnegie Science Center mini railroad exhibitVideo
You won’t be able to meet under this Kaufmann’s clock. But it can still conjure up memories of waiting for a date under the recognizable timepiece. A replica of the department store, including the clock where people met for decades in Downtown Pittsburgh, is the latest piece to be installed...
2 million lights shine at Kennywood holiday attractionVideo
Kennywood Park visitors will immediately see the lights — tunnel of brightly colored, pulsating LED bulbs. There are 15,000 strung on three miles of aircraft cable at the West Mifflin amusement park. They shine like a prism and can be configured in 9,000 ways via a computer program. It’s the...
Fred Rogers’ clothing will be on display at Heinz History Center
More than 20 items of Fred Rogers’ clothing from his beloved children’s show will be added to the Strip District’s Senator John Heinz History Center’s “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” exhibit, beginning Friday. The timing is right because the much anticipated “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” a film about Rogers starring...
Welcome to ‘The Symphony Splendor Holiday Home Tour’Video
The outside of the 152-year-old farmhouse on Murdstone Road in Upper St. Clair is adorned with festive wreaths on every window, as well as the front door. The minute you see it, the holiday season has arrived. Dressed to the nines, it’s one of seven stops on the sixth annual...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 15-17
The Steelers are off, but there’s still plenty going on this weekend. Animal magnetism The Pittsburgh Pet Expo is Friday through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. There will be a diving dog competition and pet costume contest, as well as chicken races, hermit crab races, stunt...
Pittsburgh’s Omni William Penn Hotel shines bright after yearly cleaning of chandeliersVideo
The lobby inside the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh shined a little brighter Thursday. The annual cleaning of the three $250,000 chandeliers took place. It’s a ritual to get them extra sparkly for the city’s annual Light Up Night. The event, held this year on Nov. 22, kicks...
Night of comedy aims to help North Strabane couple who lost home in landslide
Doug and Suzanne Grimes are paying a mortgage on a house that’s no longer there. Their North Strabane home was ruined by a landslide in June 2018 and declared unsafe. It was demolished a few months later. The couple is now saddled with a second mortgage, storage costs and over...
Sweet competition benefits the Leechburg Public Library
You don’t have to cross an ocean to see who is crowned the next best baker. Just come to Leechburg. An upcoming spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Leechburg Public Library will include a baking contest for a chance to be the named “Star Baker of Leechburg.” The idea came from...
Diamond showroom to open in Downtown Pittsburgh
The gems sparkle from inside the glass display cases at the Rothschild Trading Company, a Pittsburgh and Los Angeles-based diamond manufacturer, that celebrates the grand opening of its diamond showroom in Downtown Pittsburgh Friday, Nov. 8. Owner Henry Rothschild rented the space six months ago. The New Orleans native chose...
Quantum Theatre presents ‘Shakespeare’s Will’ in a Homestead churchVideo
The pool of water inside the church is enticing. It’s a different kind of prop used for this play – “Shakespeare’s Will.” But then again it’s Quantum Theatre, which mounts productions in unusual spaces with non-traditional sets. Quantum Theatre founder and director Karla Boos has transformed West Homestead United Methodist...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 8-10
This Veterans Day weekend includes the 100th anniversary of the city’s parade as well as other happenings. Veterans Day Parade The 100th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade is Saturday in Downtown. The event kicks off at Liberty Avenue and 10th Streets. Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jack...
