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PSO virtual concert series opens with celebration of Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will bring a new type of front row experience to music lovers via an online concert series premiering Oct. 19. ”Front Row: The PSO Virtual Experience” will include five episodes that will traverse the region and offer classical and popular music, along with Holiday Pops and...
Dianoia’s Eatery in Pittsburgh’s Strip District serves up Italian pumpkin dish
Gnocchi is the treat inside this pumpkin. DiAnoia’s Eatery in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has brought back its famous Gnocchi Pumpkin Bowl for a third year. The homemade Italian pasta is usually served in a “hearty” bread bowl, but chef and co-owner Dave Anoia adds what he calls a “festive flair...
Downtown Pittsburgh restaurant Pork & Beans closes
After four years in Downtown Pittsburgh, the barbecue restaurant Pork & Beans is closing. “We’ve made the difficult decision to retire Pork & Beans, but all the wonderful friends and memories will last a lifetime,” the restaurant posted on Instagram. “Thank you so much for everything.” View this post on...
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival brings speakers to online audience
A reboot of the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival will offer online “smart talk about stuff that matters.” Interviews available for free explore health care and policy, incarceration, technology and creating opportunities for artists of color in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival @ Home kicks off Friday with the first of four...
Doors Open Pittsburgh offers inside look at iconic city buildings
Being nebby isn’t always a good thing, but Doors Open Pittsburgh encourages it. On Saturday, the annual event will give visitors an inside look at 22 iconic, historically significant or just plain interesting structures in Downtown Pittsburgh and on the North Side. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; individual...
Police: Missing Pittsburgh man found safe
Updated: Lampkin has been found and is safe, according to Pittsburgh police. Pittsburgh police are searching for a 75-year-old man last seen Sunday in the city’s Carrick neighborhood, authorities said. Leslie Lampkin was last seen wearing black pants, dress shoes and a brown plaid blazer, according to police. He was...
Police: Man stable after being shot twice in Downtown Pittsburgh
A man was in stable condition Saturday after being shot in Downtown Pittsburgh. City police were alerted about 11:15 a.m. to a reported shooting on Fort Duquesne Boulevard, between the Seventh and Ninth street bridges. Officers found the male victim in the 100 block of Seventh Street. He had been...
John Williams, Ben Folds have new Pittsburgh Symphony dates
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced new 2021 dates for two special concerts that were postponed from the 2019-2020 season. “An Evening with Honeck & Mutter & Williams” will take place on June 9, while Ben Folds will appear with the orchestra on Oct. 15 next year. Both concerts will begin...
Most charges held against 3 protesters accused in 941 Saloon fracasVideo
Three activists faced preliminary hearings Friday morning for charges related to summer protests targeting a Downtown Pittsburgh bar’s dress code that some called racist and transphobic. A majority of the charges against Gam Craft, Dena Stanley and Chrissy Carter were held over for trial. The issues surrounding the 941 Saloon...
Western Pa. restaurants recognized for diverse wine selections
Pour a glass of wine and raise a toast. There are 17 Western Pennsylvania restaurants within a 50-mile radius of Pittsburgh that have been recognized — some for the first time — in Wine Spectator’s 2020 restaurant awards. Wine Spectator is a wine magazine that honors the world’s best wine...
Allegheny County restaurant task force shuts down 2 repeat offenders for covid-19 violations
Health inspectors shut down two Allegheny County restaurants, for the second time, over the weekend for flouting covid-19 restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus, according to reports from the county health department. On Saturday at Savoy in the Strip District, inspectors noted patrons orderings drinks without food...
Big Burrito Restaurant Group has plan to gradually reopen, expand indoor dining
Big Burrito Restaurant Group president Bill Fuller has decided to open more of his eating establishments now that Gov. Tom Wolf announced indoor dining capacity in Pennsylvania restaurants can increase to 50% starting Monday. The openings will be gradual, Fuller said Friday. The plan begins with Kaya opening its Strip...
Pittsburgh Playhouse plans virtual theater, dance, speaker events
Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse is getting ready to launch “Here. Now. Next!,” a fall season of virtual offerings, including theater and dance productions, the new Dance Speaker Series and a re-imagined Media Innovators Speaker Series. The season will include several new works. “Some of our work this fall will...
Pittsburgh police charge 3 protesters for harassing Downtown diners during ‘Civil Saturday’
Three Pittsburgh protesters have been charged by police for a pattern of disorderly conduct Sept. 5 that started at the McDonald’s on Liberty Avenue and continued to an area outside Sienna Mercato on Penn Avenue. Parts of the protest were captured on video that went viral on social media nationwide,...
Because of pandemic, Pittsburgh Fashion Week has virtual look this year
Pittsburgh Fashion Week will have a signature look this year. Because of the pandemic, the event is being held virtually Sept. 21-25. There won’t be an in-person runway show, but there will be plenty of style, said John Valentine, executive director of the Downtown Community Development Corp., which is hosting...
Duquesne professor placed on leave for using racial slur during lesson
Duquesne University placed an education professor on paid leave Friday after backlash erupted in response to his use of a racial slur during a virtual class on Thursday. The class was captured in videos and posted to social media. Effective Friday afternoon, “that faculty member in the video is on...
Pittsburgh pizzeria sues Winghart’s owners over Market Square fire
The owner of a Market Square restaurant is accusing the previous owners of its neighbor, Winghart’s, of failing to call for help for 45 minutes when a fire broke out there last fall. Rudolph Sergio Muto, who owns La Gondola Pizzeria & Restaurant, filed a lawsuit in Allegheny County Common...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and opera take stage for outdoor concert SundayVideo
Classical music-starved fans in Western Pennsylvania will finally get to see a live performance Sunday. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Opera will perform an open-air concert at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s mobile stage in the parking lot of their Strip District headquarters. It’s part of PBT’s Open Air...
FNB Corp. works with Pittsburgh Penguins as plans for new headquarters continue
In a post-covid-19 future, executives with FNB Corp. meet with clients at its 24-story headquarters Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District and walk across the street to PPG Arena, entering through the FNB Gate to seats in the FNB Club section in time for the puck drop at a Penguins game. Now...
Weekend fracas in Downtown Pittsburgh viewed by some as isolated; others waryVideo
The actions of protesters Saturday on Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh were “an isolated incident,” Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership President Jeremy Waldrup said Wednesday. “We welcome protests, and we understand the needs for folks to get out during these times and demand change,” he said, while adding the public conflicts Saturday...
‘Shopopoly’ to showcase Downtown Pittsburgh’s business district
The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s latest promotion is a Golden Triangle take on an iconic board game. “Monopoly” has become “Shopopoly.” Customers who visit stores from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and get a color-coded game card (available at the shops or in Market Square) stamped to be entered into...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announces financial changes because of pandemic
In the wake of canceled concerts and postponed tours, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on Thursday announced a series of financial cutbacks to help sustain the organization through the pandemic. The 87 musicians have agreed to a 25% reduction in base salary. Additionally, 75% of the staff has been affected with...
Art Rooney Awards Dinner and Auction held onlineVideo
The 47th annual Art Rooney Awards Dinner and Auction has gone virtual. Like so many nonprofits, the event could not be held live because of the pandemic. Organizers compiled a video with messages from the honorees, along with showcasing the football jerseys, golf packages, spa certificates and hotel stays that...
Pittsburgh Cultural District lights up for entertainment industry ‘red alert’Video
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust today is joining a nationwide “red out” to call attention to the ongoing shutdown of the live events industry and to urge Congress to pass the RESTART Act and extend Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to unemployed and independent contractors, often called 1099...
Moon man killed in Parkway East motorcycle crash
A motorcyclist died in a crash with an SUV Monday on the Parkway East outbound, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the motorcyclist as Gregory John Rozzo, 60, of Moon. Rozzo was headed east in the center lane and the SUV was in the...
