Curtain Up! on Coal Hill Nook PGH
Coal Hill Nook PGH is a new retail business that affirms the old showbiz motto The Show Must Go On — even if it...
Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival runs Nov. 18-21
“I think the short gives a freedom to filmmakers. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem." — Jane Campion (The Piano)
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Lawrence C. Connolly: Exorcising and Exercising the Emotions
PITTSBURGH HORROR/SCIENCE FICTION author Lawrence C. Connolly has been delving deeply into the inner recesses of readers’ minds since the early 1980s when his...
Flashback to The Future: The Byham House
Achieving the perfect arabesque or brisé is hard enough. Doing it far away from home is even harder. For full-time pre-professional dancers at the...
Dots With and Without End: A Studio Visit with Jason LaCroix
On a second story porch of a newly bought property in Braddock, artist Jason LaCroix and I stand on small piles of chipped lead...
Movie Mondays- “La La Land” at the Hollywood
Located in the Dormont business district, the Hollywood Theater was first built-in 1925. After changing hands and closing its doors for renovations over the...
Radiant Hall opens new artist work space in McKees Rocks
“Every collaboration helps you grow.” — Brian Eno
“I like the idea of collaboration ... it pushes you. It's a richer experience.”
— Frank Gehry
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Bringing BOOM to You
When I walked into BOOM Concepts to talk to co-founders Thomas Agnew and DS Kinsel, it was the night before the opening of the...
Movie Mondays: Riffing with the Mads at Hollywood Theater
In the not-too-distant future, way down in Deep 13... For anybody around in the 90s with a cable subscription, this song should be instantly...
‘Waitress’ To Cast Local Talent in Very Special Part
A queue of young actresses formed inside of the Trust Arts Education Center on Liberty Avenue for a role that required just one line—and...