Art & Museums category, Page 25
Western Pennsylvania well-represented in ‘Art of the State’ juried exhibition
Art is a deeply personal experience, from the feelings a person gets when viewing a painting to the emotions that started the artist’s brush moving in the first place. For Pamela Cooper of Greensburg, one of the artists whose work will be part of the State Museum of Pennsylvania’s 54th...
Latrobe to celebrate downtown upgrades, promote local art and businesses
Latrobe will welcome visitors Wednesday to help celebrate completion of downtown infrastructure improvements. The public also will find retail bargains and art displays throughout the business district as part of an Art Walk event and monthly Shop Hop Night promotion. Activities begin at 3 p.m., when city officials, merchants and...
Fort Ligonier goes all out for Cannon Ball auction prizes
The Cannon Ball returns to the grounds of Fort Ligonier on Sept. 17, after going online in 2020 because of the pandemic. Under two large tents on the patio of the education building and adjacent lawn, the signature fundraising event will feature the unveiling of a new whiskey collaboration with...
Saint Vincent debuts new galleries to public for 8th Catholic Arts Biennial
Those attending Saint Vincent College’s Eighth Catholic Arts Biennial exhibit will be greeted by new surroundings and fresh perspectives that reflect the intersection of modern faith and social concerns. The juried show will be on display Sept. 7 through Oct. 29 in the Verostko Center for the Arts, a new...
Jazz returns to The Westmoreland with 2 upcoming concerts
The long tradition of jazz music at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will continue this fall with two concerts by audience-favorite musicians. Kevin M. McManus and The Bone Forum will open the series Sept. 15 in the Greensburg museum, with pianist Eric Barchiesi next up on Oct. 20. Both...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of August. Here are some ways to spend it. Party at the Pier The Riverlife Party at the Pier is Saturday at a new location – The Highline on the South Side, a converted train terminal. The open space encompasses a 500-foot long elevated park overlooking...
Westmoreland Symphony to play under the stars for Ligonier museum benefit
There’s another opportunity to hear the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra perform outdoors, as the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art-Ligonier Valley and Ligonier Country Club present “An Evening Under the Stars.” The benefit for the museum is set from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 18 on the grounds of the country club...
The Westmoreland plans Central, South American culinary experience
Diners are invited to take a culinary trip south of the border via the Border Cantos Dinner at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Presented in conjunction with the “Border Cantos | Sonic Border” exhibition showing through Sept. 5 in the Greensburg museum, the dinner...
Revolutionary War reenactors to fire up Living History Weekend at Compass Inn
Proctor’s Militia, a local Revolutionary War reenactment group, is returning to Laughlintown’s Compass Inn Saturday and Sunday for the site’s final Living History Weekend of the summer. Activities will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Scott Henry of Greensburg, captain of the unit,...
Opening act: 2 decades ago ‘NSync was 1st headliner at Heinz Field
Bill Viola Jr. knows exactly where he was the night of Aug. 18, 2001. “I was at Heinz Field for the ’NSync concert,” said Viola of North Huntingdon, who attended with wife Jenn and some friends. “That was the place to be. Everyone wanted to be at that concert.” It...
Latrobe historical society to screen film portraying community in 1937
In a two-part program, Latrobe Area Historical Society will present a documentary film produced in 1937 that depicts the people and places of the community in the period before World War II. Originally sponsored by Latrobe’s public school system, the silent black-and-white film includes images of local schoolchildren, businesses and...
East Suburban Artists League prepares for annual CCAC Boyce show in Monroeville
UPDATE 8/13/21: CCAC has made the decision to cancel the ESAL show due to covid concerns. • • • Several decades ago when she was living in the Washington, D.C., area, artist Eileen Yeager took a printmaking class. It started her fascination with monotyping, a process by which a unique,...
Westmoreland Museum’s summer fun day includes shopping, music, movie
On Saturday, visitors to The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg can browse a pop-up shop, grab a bite to eat, hear live music and finish the late-summer fun day with a free movie. Three small business owners will be selling their wares from 3-8 p.m., including: • A...
MessFest is even bigger, messier this year at Carnegie Science Center
It sounds like a child’s dream and a parent’s nightmare. It’s the annual MessFest, set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 22 at Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Science enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in the visitor-favorite family event that includes egg-drop challenges, bubble science,...
History Center to host U.S. Air Force pilot who flew mission on Sept. 11, 2001
That fateful day 20 years ago when planes were grounded, Heather Penney took flight. The U.S. Air Force fighter pilot flew a mission on Sept. 11, 2001 prepared to shoot down the enemy – even with the chance her father might be flying one of the other aircraft, although she...
You Are Here gallery in Jeannette hosts 3rd anniversary show
You Are Here gallery is celebrating its third anniversary with an exhibition opening Saturday. A public reception is scheduled for noon-6 p.m. in the art space at 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette. At 3 p.m., there will be a toast to the featured artists, along with a reading of original haiku...
West Overton Village expanding distillery, museum post-covid
West Overton Village near Scottdale has its sights set on expanding its museum and distillery. West Overton is a pre-Civil War era village that was home to industrialist Henry Clay Frick — founder of H.C. Frick & Co. coke manufacturing — and his grandfather, whiskey distiller Abraham Overholt. The family...
The Café at the Frick Pittsburgh museum reopens after more than a year
The Café at the Frick reopened Thursday — and with a new look. After being closed since March 2020 because of the pandemic, the Point Breeze eatery at The Frick Pittsburgh has been transformed into what spokesman Greg Langel describes as “a café that will serve carryout lunch offerings such...
Latrobe Art Center’s Yellow Tie Gala returns with banana splits, cocktails
Latrobe Art Center will be painting the town yellow once again, as its Yellow Tie Gala returns Aug. 20. The party will spill out of the center at 819 Ligonier St., turning the street into a pop-up night club complete with seating and a stage on which Neon Swing X-perience...
Carnegie Museum of Art’s ‘Wild Life’ shows work of 2 innovative women artists
Opening Sept. 3 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, “Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray & Jessi Reaves” will offer visitors a window into the worlds of two celebrated artists whose works complement each other, while defying conventional categorization. “While Murray and Reaves were born 46 years apart, there are fascinating connections...
Civil War communications spotlighted at Hanna’s Town encampment, reenactments
Five cannons, 10 presenters, a regimental band and a working telegraph station will help bring the mid-19th century back to life during a Civil War battle reenactment and encampment Saturday and Sunday at Historic Hanna’s Town. Hempfield resident Bob Sidley is helping to organize the weekend event as a member...
New Kensington Camera Club’s ‘Americana’ at Pittsburgh Mills mall is rural, patriotic, nostalgic
“Americana” is more than a genre for the New Kensington Camera Club — it’s everyday life for area photographers. The works of 17 local photographers are showcased in the new exhibit, “Americana,” at the Pittsburgh Mills mall until Sept. 4. “We decided to do Americana history — rural, patriotic and...
2 Greensburg sites share Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s 75th anniversary show
In selecting works for Pittsburgh Watercolor Society’s “75th + 1” exhibition, juror Barbara Jones said she “tried to pick a broad range of techniques. What I’m always attracted to with watercolor is the technique and the layering and how the artist uses that to sort of finesse it and create...
Murrysville artist’s work will go on display at Brushes and Beans Café
Like so many other large-scale public events, art shows largely went by the wayside during the covid-19 pandemic. So, when Murrysville artist Barbara Jewell saw that a new coffee shop, Brushes and Beans Café, offered their space as a venue for local art displays, she was immediately energized. It cemented...
Island-hopping theme inspires Ligonier Valley art campersVideo
Rita Haldeman’s young students are using sticks, stones, lots of paint, and even more imagination, to explore cultures and art forms from across the globe. In her 20th year teaching art camps at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art’s Ligonier Valley location, the Jeannette artist decided to take this summer’s...
