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First Tee Pittsburgh opens Arnold Palmer Learning Center in Schenley Park
New clubhouse at the Bob O’Connor Golf Course allows youngsters to learn good values and the importance of following through. → Read More
Schenley Park's golf course was for everyone
Municipal courses invited average Americans to start swinging clubs; the Dandy Duffers and Green Link Golf Club members played at Schenley. → Read More
How Mellon took 'corporate modern' architecture to the bank
Tall windows, glazed emerald brick, warm interiors and natural light defined Mellon Bank’s “corporate modern” architecture of the 1960s. → Read More
Caren Glotfelty is retiring from the Allegheny County Parks Foundation
California native worked in state government, taught at Penn State, oversaw Heinz Endowment grants and raised money to improve county parks. → Read More
After the Tree of Life shooting, they found fortitude and friendship
After Officer Tim Matson gave his Medal of Valor to the man whose life he saved, Dan Leger donated it to the Heinz History Center → Read More
58th Carnegie International, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi, will open in September 2022
North America’s oldest contemporary art show, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, will open Sept 24, 2022 and run through April 2, 2023 → Read More
River City Brass kicks off City of Asylum series with free concert Tuesday
City of Asylum partners with 15 arts groups to present free summer programs under a large tent at 318 Sampsonia Way. → Read More
Lacelike climbing space Gymlacium to finally open along with MuseumLab
Architect’s first, three dimensional rope sculpture, laced through Carnegie steel book stacks, opens to visitors at Museum Lab on June 12. → Read More
'The Current War' opens as a musical in Westinghouse Park
The battle over electricity between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison featured skullduggery, electrocuting an elephant and titanic egos. → Read More
Art curator retires from Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Animating Downtown galleries such as SPACE, Cell Phone Disco and → Read More
Home tweet home: Concrete birdhouses are part of new public art on Allegheny River
“Invisible Ecologies,” a new public artwork made of 42 birdhouses, is being installed on the Downtown side of the Allegheny River. → Read More
Oakland landmark will become Latin American Cultural Center
Art, material culture, history and geography of Latin American, Caribbean countries will be exhibited at the Latin American Cultural Center. → Read More
Daniel Libeskind tours Tree of Life or L'Simcha Congregation
Architect who created master plan for 9/11 memorial in New York City visits Tree of Life synagogue and Hunt Stained Glass Studios. → Read More
Daniel Libeskind, architect set to transform Tree of Life, visits Hunt Stained Glass Studios
Architect who created 9/11 memorial master plan and Berlin’s Jewish Museum listens and sketches on tour of Hunt Stained Glass Studios. → Read More
Spruced-up Botany Hall showcases plants' diversity at Carnegie Natural History Museum
Curator and collections manager are digitizing more than 500,000 botanical specimens from Pennsylvania, the U.S., Europe and South America. → Read More
Van Kaplan, longtime Pittsburgh CLO chief executive, retiring in September
Marc Fleischer, who joined the arts group in 2014, will succeed Mr. Kaplan and have the title of executive producer → Read More
Author explains how Pittsburgh's economy shifted from mills to hospitals
As steelworkers aged and the region’s largest industry tanked, poorly paid caregivers dominated Western Pennsylvania’s service economy. → Read More
Carnegie Library director to retire on Dec. 31
Trustees to launch nationwide search for new head of Carnegie Library system → Read More
Brian Broome fights, redefines Black masculinity in searing memoir
After a boyhood in Warren, Ohio, Brian Broome moved to Pittsburgh, where he found sobriety and nurtured his love for thoughtful writing. → Read More
RV users are rarin' to go
Nine dealers and 75 factory representatives gather at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; demand for recreational vehicles increases. → Read More