Art All Night Lawrenceville 2012 at Willow Street Development

Art All Night Lawrenceville 2012

It’s hard to believe it’s already been 15 years since the very first Art All Night event in Pittsburgh! This weekend, head over to Lawrenceville for 24 hours (actually 22 hours) of local art and music. This year’s location will welcome over 10,000 visitors to the 50,000 sq ft Willow Street Development (40th and Willow St. in Larryville) and the cost of entry is $0.00.

Art All Night is a vast display of artwork with over 1,200 pieces to explore. Each artist is allowed to submit their single best piece of work about anything. ANYTHING. This is a true art show with absolutely no boundaries. No Fees, No Jury, No Censorship. Attend with an open mind or stay home being bored.
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Quantum Theatre Presents “Fat Beckett” (show review)

Quantum Theatre Pittsburgh presents "Fat Beckett"

“Perspective…an inescapable truth.”

Samuel Beckett is most noted for his play Waiting for Godot, where his two main characters wait endlessly for a man who never comes. By the wishes of Beckett, his plays must be performed without changes to his tedious stage directions and under no circumstances can male characters ever be played by women. This set writer and lead actress Gab Cody and her counterpart Rita Reis on a mission: to find the “existential clowning piece” for women. In her own words Cody “set out to create a piece of highly physical theater that poses existential questions in the most ridiculous of situations.” In seeing the opening night of Quantum Theater’s “Fat Beckett” it seems that Cody and director Sam Turich have succeeded.
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David Calfo’s Steel City Salvage Art Goes Upscale at Arbor Aid

Arbor Aid 2011 with art by Dave Calfo presented by Tree Pittsburgh

This Friday’s Arbor Aid 2011 fundraiser will feature a variety of artwork for sale from over 40 local artists, but there’s one sculptor in particular whose work you’re going to feel like “salvaging.” David Calfo, an unboring Pittsburgh native, salvage artist and nature enthusiast, has contributed three sculptures, two of which are composed exclusively of materials reclaimed from the historic McBride Log House.
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Rust Melt: New Abstractions from Pittsburgh Art Exhibit

Rust Melt Art Exhibit at the Fe Arts Gallery on Butler Street

Rust Melt: New Abstractions from Pittsburgh opens today at the Fe Arts Gallery in Lawrenceville. The exhibit is curated by Julie Leidner and Elizabeth Mooney and features the works of eight artists with ties to Pittsburgh: N Sean Glover, Jessica Langley, Dana Lok, Clayton Merrell, Meghan Olson, Karen Seapker, James A. Schaffer, and Adam Welch.

Opening reception tonight (Friday, August 12, 2011) at 7:00pm – 9:00pm.
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Delicious “Fish” Sandwich

Delicious "Fish" Sandwich

Dear Pittsburgh,

Please note that quote marks indicate parts of a sentence repeating something someone else said. In their secondary function, their use is ironic, indicating the item in marks is somehow, perhaps, an imposter. For example, ‘You gonna get the “Seasoned Beef” on your taco?’

At no time, ever, Pittsburgh, should they be used for emphasis. Yes, Pittsburgh, really. Not ever. You’re just wrong on this one.

(That said, Neid’s Hotel has a way bitchin’ fish sandwich. Yinz should bike dahn and get one. Even on days that aren’t Friday.)
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