Photo by Neil Strebig Vilma Vargas, who was part of the Artists in Exile program at City of Asylum, working on one of her political cartoons. By Neil Strebig Vilma Vargas is one of many artists Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum has taken under their wings via their ‘Artists in Exile’ program. It is a prog...

After a series of soft opens, Casellula @ Alphabet City will open Friday, January 20 to the public. Housed in the Masonic Building at 40 W. North Ave., restaurant owner Brian Keyser has centered the menu around cheeses that can be paired with an assortment of fine wines. Keyser is the proprietor of ...

Photo by Sam Ditch The mugs created by Daniel See and men from the Pleasant Valley Men's Shelter are being sold at the Mattress Factory with all proceeds going to PVMS. By Alyse Horn Project Home(less), an initiative that imprints handprints of the homeless onto mugs, was created by a person who did...

This weekend, during Alphabet City's grand opening on Saturday and Sunday night, there will be a screening of " Pursuing Happiness " featuring Randy Gilson of Randyland. The screening for Saturday night is sold out, but tickets are still available for Sunday night with a screening at 7 p.m. Tickets ...

Photo courtesy of City of Asylum City of Asylum will have the grand opening for its bookstore at Alphabet City , 40 W. North Ave., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 14. Children's Storytelling will begin at 11:30 a.m., and there will be free coffee and treats as well as 10% off all book pu...

Photo courtesy of  The Warhol Museum Daily Gallery Talks 11 a.m. with Donald Warhola, Artist Educators, or Collections or Curatorial Staff 3 p.m. with Artist Educators When led by the museum’s artist educators, the talks focus on a series or one of Warhol’s works. When led by Donald Warhola, who is ...

At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, Neu Kirche will host "Take the Temperature," the first event in a series that will focus on the topic of women in the arts in Pittsburgh. There will be a cocktail hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. before the event, and those who wish to attend are encouraged to sign u...

Several Northside vendors invaded the 2016 Handmade Arcade this year at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, December 3. Read the list of those vendors below, and if you're still  short on holiday gifts consider buying from and supporting a friendly Northside neighbor. Chillibibbi Ph...

By John Fries Pittsburgh-area teens age 13-17, both those contemplating a career in the dramatic arts and those who'd just like to develop their acting skills and self-confidence, are encouraged to register for Prime Stage Theatre's 2017 Summer Theatre Camp,  Monologues and Movement . The camp runs ...

Photo of Marc Nieson courtesy of Ayne Terceira By Alyse Horn On 8 p.m. on Friday, December 9, Marc Nieson will be giving a reading from his memoir “Schoolhouse: Lessons on Love + Landscape” at Alphabet City, 40 W. North Ave. Nieson, a professor at Chatham University and a member of the advisory boar...