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Architecture
Phipps Conservatory is almost ready to open a structure that will likely be the greenest of Pittsburgh’s many green buildings.The Center for Sustainable Landscapes was designed to meet a standard...more
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Phipps Conservatory is almost ready to open a structure that will likely be the greenest of Pittsburgh’s many green buildings.The Center for Sustainable...more
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Books
Josh Raulerson covers the highbrow-lowbrow split with Pittsburgh Cultural Trust President & CEO...more
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Food May 11, 2012
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Del’s Bar & Ristorante DelPizzo
The Food Network reality show Restaurant: Impossible, came to Pittsburgh last winter to spend two days and $10,000 trying to fix Del’s Bar & Ristorante DelPizzo in Bloomfield. The episode...more
Theater May 10, 2012
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Pop!
Take a look inside Andy Warhol’s vibrant and artistic world with the City Theater’s new musical, Pop! Anthony Rapp plays Warhol in an unconventional show based on the 1968 shooting in New...more
Books May 10, 2012
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James Gibson
Rabbi James Gibson puts in long hours in his book-lined study at Temple Sinai, poring over scripture and theological texts. But, as he tells Josh Raulerson, he's also an avid reader of spy novels and...more
Culture May 10, 2012
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Walls are Bad, Outside is Good
Friday marks the start of Sustainable Pittsburgh’s 11th annual Great Outdoors Week, or as organizers like to call it, the “ten day weekend.” The event running from May 11th to May 20th...more
Books May 9, 2012
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Bringing Poe to Life
Edgar Allen Poe
The Raven, a movie starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe, takes the macabre stories of Poe and brings them to life with a series of ghastly crimes that he must solve. Kevin Ewert, Associate...more
Culture May 8, 2012
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Same-Sex Marriage in the Election
Brian Moulton
With Vice President Joe Biden’s recent statement in support of same-sex marriage, and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s concurrence on Monday, two top Obama administration officials have...more
Books May 7, 2012
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Mary Frances Cooper
CLP Director Mary Frances Cooper
Mary Frances Cooper, President and Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, loves the heft and texture of a good book. But, as she tells Speaking Volumes, Cooper also sees a bright future for...more
Theater May 3, 2012
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Dutchman
Tami Dixon and Jonathan Berry
When a white seductress encounters a young black poet on a subway train, idle banter gives way to twisted aggression, and atrocities occur while everybody is looking. Actress Tami Dixon and director...more
Books May 2, 2012
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Nothing Like a Glass of Wine & a Good Book
Pittsburgh Wine Festival Grand Tasting
Hop on the North Shore Connector Thursday for the 10th annual Pittsburgh Wine Festival at Heinz Field. Wine Festival President Ed Harrell talks about the highlights and offers tips on how to sample...more
Art April 30, 2012
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Cultural Trust Gives Sneak Peek At 2012 Arts Festival
People who were passing through Point State Park on Monday morning may have been tapping their feet a little more than usual, as they got a preview of things to come at this year’s annual Dollar...more