Plein-air painters Ron Donoughe and Josh Hoffman show images of their work and talk about how they’re inspired by the city's dramatic, undulating topography, its built environment and each other. Parish Hall, Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave. A book, print and poster sale will follow.

Daniel Burnham, legendary architect behind New York’s iconic Flatiron Building, designed more skyscrapers in Pittsburgh than in any other city except Chicago. His Highland Building in East Liberty, commissioned by Henry Clay Frick and opened in 1910, was one of Burnham’s last projects and boasts some unique architectural flourishes. In this illustrated talk, author and […]

Carnegie-Mellon University history professor Dr. Edda Fields-Black shows how the Union Army, led by Harriet Tubman, freed 756 enslaved rice plantation workers in South Carolina in June, 1863 – as […]