Photo by Laura Slovesko By Alyse Horn Prime Stage Theatre, which runs out of the New Hazlett Theatre at 6 Allegheny Square East, will open its season with the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Harper Lee “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Friday, November 4 and run through Sunday, November 14. The Saturday, No...

By Ed Skirtich A reunion with jazz musicians, collaboration with new musicians, and a chance to renew relationships with patrons from past jazz performances happened to me during Tony Campbell's Jazz Jam Session at James Street Gasotropub and Speakeasy. To play with bandleader and alto saxophonist T...

The second annual Maker Faire Pittsburgh kicks off this weekend and will run Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The locations of Maker Faire are: Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square, 10 Children’s Way; Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, 10 Children’s Way; and Nova Place, 100 South Commons. The...

Back for its second year, Raw Draw, Neu Kirche’s annual fundraiser to support women in the arts, will open doors at 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 5 at 1000 Madison Ave. Raw Draw begins at 7 p.m., when over 40 local artists will begin live drawing for one hour. After an hour, finished or not, the draw...

Photo by Donnie Mangino The unassuming house that is home to La H ü tte Royal. By Donnie Mangino At first glance, a passerby may notice the neatly manicured grass or the porch swing swaying in the breeze and continue walking-by simply because the typicality of the brick house blends into the normalc...

Photo courtesy of Huszar's Hungarian bar and grill Huszar , 627 E. North Ave., announced its 2nd Bacon Roast will take place on Saturday, October 1 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Traditional Hungarian bacon roasts (Szalona Sutes) include guests roasting their slab-bacon over open fire pits, which is then ...

By Alyse Horn After a noise complaint in July during the Deutschtown Music Festival, James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy was forced to close its Ballroom until further notice. The venue needed to undergo renovations on its second floor to make it soundproof and add ventilation, said General Manager K...

Photo by Donnie Mangino By Donnie Mangino A collection of painted mannequin heads, a row of brightly painted wooden doors, beds of thriving flowers and plants, swirls of color on every surface. From the outside it appears to be confused artistic chaos, but on the inside there is an unmistakable meth...

Photo courtesy of New Hazlett By Josh Storey The New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, is turning 10 this year, and to celebrate they are throwing the best 10-year-old’s birthday party you’ve ever seen with adult-sized games from City of Play, pizza and hot dogs from Wood Fired Flatbreads an...

Photo courtesy of the Mattress Factory "A Second Home" by Dennis Maher on display in the museum. By Ed Skirtich An evolutionary, futuristic world of art in Dennis Maher’s “A Second Home” amazed over 300 visitors who attended his opening installation at the Mattress Factory on August 12th. During the...