Pittsburgh instinctively repurposes steel metaphors for pretty much everything, from actual heavy industry to sports teams and even restaurant menus. But with her new installation at the Carnegie Museum of Art, visiting artist Marie Watt thinks she has found a fresh way to revisit the city’s favorite alloy.
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Pittsburgh CLO will offer trolley shuttles, discounted tickets for kids and free child care during shows in an effort to bring back audiences lost since the pandemic shutdown.
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Her new book is a collection of 40 humorous essays that draws on her reading experiences from childhood to the creative writing classes she teaches as an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
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The 45th-anniversary re-release of Pittsburgh-shot zombie classic "Dawn of the Dead" includes the first local theatrical screenings in years.
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Alex Nedjelkovic made 30 saves to backstop the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 victory at the Washington Capitals.
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While the city won’t be in the path of totality like its northern neighbors in Cleveland and Erie, approximately 97% of the sun will be covered in Pittsburgh.
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An unprecedented collaboration between the Frick Pittsburgh and New York's Frick Collection features the Pittsburgh premiere of works by Vermeer, Rembrandt and more.
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An axiom holds that explicitly political art is a tough sell. And such works can be heavy-handed. Yet artists who engage their material with open hearts can overcome such barriers. That’s what the folks at the National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section say they have in “The Abortion Monologues.”
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Check out "Unblurred Takeover by BOOM" along Penn Avenue, or watch the new contemporary dance production "The Show of 1,000 Tomorrows" — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Larry Lucchino, the hard-driving powerhouse behind baseball’s retro ballpark revolution and the transformation of the Boston Red Sox from cursed losers to World Series champions, has died. He was 78.
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Ed Piskor, a Pittsburgh-based cartoonist known for his "Hip Hop Family Tree," was found dead Monday at age 41.