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A Night To Remember.

  What a horrific Saturday evening. It started off annoyingly. I was headed to the world premiere “Time To Act,” an opera scheduled at the Bitz Opera Center, the home of Pittsburgh Opera.       The venue, located at the far east end of the Strip District, is in a less trafficked area. Still on street parking was no where to be found. Every space was taken. Wanting not to miss the opera, I pulled into a garage with a sign that announced a $7 fee for 2 hours. $10 for more than 2 hours. Hurriedly, I locked the car with my portable phone and meds and glaucoma eye drops inside. Looking up around the corner of the street, all the signs I could read was one for Smallman with the cross street unidentified. No sign there for the cross street. I knew the direction of the opera and got there with time to spare. The premiere was very interesting and after the performance I got to speak to three of the singers. (I love basking in the light of celebrity). Seems like ticket sales a...
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Announcing PFO's 2026 Season!

  Click below to hear a special announcement from the Pittsburgh Festival Opera team!  Announcing Pittsburgh Festival Opera's 2026 Season! Then Sings My Soul: Celebrating African American Voices Masterclass with Susheel Bibbs Saturday, March 28 2 - 5 p.m. Then Sings My Soul Concert Sunday, March 29 4 p.m. Calvary Methodist Church 971 Beech Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15233 For tickets and more information: CLICK HERE Three Tenors Concert Sunday, June 28 3 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 For tickets and more information: CLICK HERE La Dolce Vita Sunday, July 26 5 p.m. Allegheny Country Club 250 Country Club Road Sewickley, PA 15143 For tickets and more information: CLICK HERE An Evening Under the Stars with OUR Stars Wednesday, August 26 7 p.m. Schenley Plaza Tent 4100 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 For tickets and more information: CLICK HERE Mildred Miller International Voice Competition Semi Finals Saturday, October 17 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Finals S...
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Meet Me at the Oak – A Family’s Living Legacy Threatened by Bigotry

  I have to thank Joyce Meggerson-Moore for two reasons. First off, as chair of the New Horizon Theater board of directors, she allowed me to review the company’s latest production three days before it closed.   Normally, reviewers are expected to see a production on opening night or shortly thereafter. Her thoughtfulness introduced me to Layon Gray, a playwright I had never before encountered, but one to keep an eye on, judging by his insightful and emotion-packed Meet Me at the Oak . Secondly, the play, staged at Pittsburgh Public Theater’s third floor Helen Wayne Rauh Rehearsal Hall, provided me with two hours of gripping narrative played out by a septet of accomplished actors and a solid and inventive production staff. The mood starts out rather ominously as the audience listens to Billie Holliday’s haunting 1939 protest song, “Strange Fruit” piped out into the theater as we look on set designer, Herb Newsome’s, comfy, cozy and warm domicile flanked by two white p...
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Commemorate 250 years of the US at the Frick

  See American History Through Rare Photographs Commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States while standing face-to-face with the everyday people who built this country, from those who forged steel in Pittsburgh to those who constructed the Empire State Building. Lewis Hine Pictures America Is On View →   Draw Connections Between the Fricks &  Lewis Hine Pictures America March 12 at 5:30 p.m. Hine’s photography of Homestead further illuminates the disparity between the Fricks’ lived experience and the workers who toiled in the mills. Dive deeper with a unique guided evening tour of Clayton and the exhibition. Look At PGH’s Industrial Past →     UPCOMING EVENTS March 5  –  Cocktails and Conversations:  Lewis Hine Pictures America March 8  –  Through the Lens of Arrival: The Italian Immigrant Experience in Image, Film, and Live Music March 12  –  Guided Evening Tour of Clayton and  Lewis Hine Pictures America M...
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