Pittsburgh Opera Brings Gertrude Stein’s Love Story to Pittsburgh: Interview With Ricky Ian Gordon

  This week, the Pittsburgh Opera hosts the Pennsylvania debut of ’27’ – an opera about the love story of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. Ricky has Pittsburgh ties and graciously agreed to answer a few questions for us. 1. Tell me about your first impression of Pittsburgh. I […]

Fish Fry Friday: St. James in Sewickley

Pittsburgh Fish Fry

Name: St. James Church Date: February 12, 2016 Time We Ate: 7 PM Random review of #fishburgh adventures during Lent. Find a fish fry on this Google maps collection. You can also follow them on Facebook and find tons of reviews and suggestions. Here is our general criteria: In review, the factors we assess or review include: Location/directions/parking/signage Atmosphere/Volunteer […]

Fish Fry Friday: Ash Wednesday Edition at Assumption Church

Pittsburgh Fish Fry

We got a jump-start on Lenten fish fries this year when we made a spur of the moment decision to run up the street on Ash Wednesday. So this is a very special edition of Fish Fry Fridays. Random review of #fishburgh adventures during Lent. Find a fish fry on this Google maps collection. You can also follow […]

The Return Of Fish Fry Fridays 2016 Edition

Pittsburgh Fish Fry

Lent will be here in three weeks and we are revving up to bring back a popular feature #FishFryFridays – our review of regional fish fry events. In 2014, we visited five fries. Unfortunately, we slacked off in 2015 and only visited one (or maybe two?) One of our biggest challenges is timing – Laura […]

Review: The Danish Girl

Spoilers. Last week, Ledcat and I went to AMC Loews at the Waterfront to see ‘The Danish Girl.’ This is one of my least favorite movie theaters because of its slightly shabby condition, a fact not helped with the introduction of self-serve soda fountains. Still, AMC brings in the lesser known films on a regular […]

Win Tickets to See ‘Yinz ‘R Scrooged’ at Bricolage Sat Matinee

yinz 'r scrooged

This is fun. The folks at Bricolage liked our review of the holiday Midnight Radio show Yinz ‘R Scrooged so much that they offered us two tickets to giveaway for Saturday’s matinee performance. So if you’d like to win 2 tickets for a 2 PM performance on this Saturday, December 19 – do this! Leave […]

‘Scared of Sarah’ Intense Exploration of Family, Relationships

I’ve been referring to this play by Off The Wall Productions as a play about autism, but I must amend that now having watched the play for myself. Lily and Sam are wrestling with the fact that Lily is unexpectedly pregnant, a turn of events that generates the usual array of fears about finances, parenting […]

Enter to win Dark Sky Island from Enya #Giveaway

Enya Giveaway

DARK SKY ISLAND the new album from the internationally renowned singer ENYA Featuring “Echoes in Rain” Out November 20 Amazon: http://po.st/aDSIdlx iTunes: http://po.st/iDSIdlx http://enya.com http://facebook.com/officialenya http://twitter.com/official_enya http://instagram.com/official_enya How To Enter! We are giving away two copies of this album. Leave a comment below telling us why Enya speaks to you. You must be 18+ and […]

Yinz ‘R Scrooged Explores Classic Themes With Pittsburgh Twist

yinz 'r scrooged

If you haven’t been to a performance of Midnight Radio at Bricolage theater, you are missing a terrific show (or shows) in the style of a 1940’s radio program.  The final show of the season is a ‘Pittsburgh flavored’ take on the Charles Dickens holiday classic. Written by Tami Dixon, Yinz ‘R Scrooged introduces us […]

Enter to Win A Head Full of Dreams From Coldplay! #Giveaway

Coldplay Album Giveaway

Enter to win A Head Full of Dreams from Coldplay! A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS the new album from COLDPLAY Including “Adventure Of A Lifetime” and “Hymn For The Weekend” – the band’s collaboration with Beyoncé Out Now! CD: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamazon Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamznvnyl MP3: http://smarturl.it/AHFODamznmp3 http://coldplay.com http://facebook.com/coldplay http://twitter.com/coldplay http://instagram.com/coldplay #AHFOD   How To Enter! We are […]