“Transformation” is Contemporary Craft’s triennial exhibition established to recognize excellence in the field of craft. For its 12th iteration, the exhibition highlights the expressive and technical possibilities of wood. Nineteen […]

Escape to the magical, mythical lands of Scandinavia through fine and folk art. From stunning landscapes and portraits to exquisite furniture and decorative arts, The Scandinavian Home is a meditation […]

The second annual Pittsburgh Playhouse Fall Fest features entertainment for everyone! Enjoy food & drinks, games, local vendors, arts & crafts and rolling performances of Boo's Halloween House Party! Fall […]

Poet Yona Harvey (You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love) and scholar Tahira J. Walker (Rhetoric, Intersectionality, and Black Women in Pittsburgh) explore what it means to be a Black woman living in a city deemed most unlivable for them. The pair will discuss their respective works and the intersection of history, community, […]

What are we missing when we limit the canon to American works? What books from outside of the US should we be putting at the top of our lists? In this program, City of Asylum Writers-in-Residence Anouar Rahmani, Mukhtar Shehata, Bertony Louis, and Olena Boryshpolets share the books and writers from their home countries—Algeria, Egypt, […]

Bethany Baptist Church Community Minitries will host a Musical Celebration in honor of its 25th Anniversary to the community. The Musical will feature choirs, soloists, Liturgical Dances, from Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. The Musical is schduled for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025, 3:00 P.M. Admission is FREE. For information, contact Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones, Minister […]

Poets Aaron El Sabrout, imogen xtian smith, and Julian Talamantez Brolaski take to the Alphabet Reading Garden for a poetic exploration of ecologies. These trans and nonbinary writers will embark on a poetic exploration of their own homes, with special attention to the intricacies of our ecosystems, formed by both the natural world and our […]

Writer-in-Residence Volodymyr Rafeyenko has supplied a 600-word essay in Ukrainian to be translated by both Mark Andryczyk and Dominique Hoffman. In this program, Mark and Dominique go head-to-head to defend their translations. Who will come out on top?

Anne Carson is one of the most celebrated classicists of our times. Her translations and essays have transported the texts of Aeschylus and Sophokles through time and space to bring them to today’s modern audiences. This program features staged readings of two of Anne’s works: Cassandra Float Can (based on Aeschylus’s Cassandra) and Antigonick (based […]

When a candle flickers, love sparks. Set against the backdrop of bohemian Paris, La Bohème follows four impoverished artists surviving with little more than friendship, passion, and their love for art. When Rodolfo, a poet, and Mimì, a young seamstress, meet, the two are drawn into a tumultuous and passionate affair with a love that […]

Get swept away in cinematic sound. Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite opens the program with lush waltzes and high drama. International violin sensation Timothy Chooi takes center stage in Korngold’s Violin Concerto, a dazzling work with all the musical drama of old Hollywood. The night concludes with Borodin’s powerful Symphony No. 2, a heroic and majestic work […]