The Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild is celebrating the MCG Jazz 30 th Anniversary Concert Series beginning in September. Tickets are on sale now. Friday, September 23 and Saturday, September 24 mark the first installment of the concert series with the Michael Feinstein Trio at the MCG concert hall, 181...

Photo courtesy of Matthew Craig By Alexandria Stryker Imagine a Pittsburgh more connected to its own community, both present and past — picture your city with more pedestrian engagement and with a more revitalized landscape. At a special presentation during the Northside’s OpenStreetsPGH event on Ju...

Photo of Tuhin Das courtesy of Renee Rosensteel By Donnie Mangino Tuhin Das is the ICORN writer-in-residence of City of Asylum in Pittsburgh, and is the author of seven poetry books. In April 2016 he had to flee his home and country Barisal, Bangladesh from threat of death and violence from fundamen...

Photo by Henry Pyatt The Bastard Bearded Irishmen closed down the Main Stage on Saturday night during the Deutschtown Music Festival. By Alexandria Stryker Deutschtown was alive and rocking last weekend with the sights and sounds of its fourth annual music festival — an event that drew bands, vendor...

Photo courtesy of Samantha Sears By Alyse Horn Samantha Sears will be performing Friday, July 8 at 9:30 p.m. at James Street Gastropub, 422 Foreland St. This is her second year performing at the Deutschtown Music Festival. Find out what she loves most out DMF and her advice for those attending for t...

Photo by Alyse Horn Amy Novelli and Gus Dieker work on the top portion of the mural on Wednesday, July 6. By Alyse Horn The side of the Allegheny City Brewing building, 507 Foreland St., is getting beautified. Residents who walk by will notice “Deutschtown!” painted on the building, accompanied by b...

On Wednesday, July 13 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Roger Humphries & RH Factor will perform during Jazz Wednesday in conjunction with Summer on Sampsonia by City of Asylum. Humphries performs every Wednesday, and every Thursday there is the Silenced Film Series . “Offside” will be shown this Thursday, Jul...

Photo by Alyse Horn By Alyse Horn Bakers, movers, shakers; all are welcome at the Tripoli Street Bakeyard , located at the intersection of Tripoli Street and Chestnut Street. The bakeyard started as an innovative project out of Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center in part with their Fallow Grounds for...

The Deutschtown Music Festival is a free event that began in 2013 with 46 bands. Today, it had grown to 189 bands performing in multiple venues throughout Historic and East Deutschtown, but also other neighborhoods such as Troy Hill and Spring Garden. Cody Walters, co-founder for the event, said alm...

Photo by Casey Cunniff Members of Pittsburgh Flow Collective were seen about the party performing for attendees. The Mattress Factory held its annual Urban Garden Party on Friday, June 17, raising a total of nearly $270,000 for the museum. The theme this year was “Light Up the Night” to celebrate th...