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Pop Filter Hot Pick: VIA Music & New Media Festival

Marty Levine Wednesday, September 26, 2012

There's nothing like VIA in Pittsburgh and there never has been, say those who program the cutting-edge audio and visual festival. What's new this year? Everything.

Arts and Culture, Concert, Dance, Design, Emerging Technology, Entertainment Technology, Events, Film, Innovation, Internet, Media, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter, Reuse / Rebuild

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Just DIY It at the Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire!

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, September 19, 2012

There's no better place to nurture your inner inventor--or yarn bomber--than at the Mini Maker Faire, setting up shop on September 22nd at Buhl Community Park and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

Arts and Culture, Design, Emerging Technology, Events, Innovation, Kidsburgh, Media, Parks and Recreation, Pop Filter, Reuse / Rebuild

North Side

Pop Filter Hot Pick: 48 Hour Film Project screens locally made movies

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Could you make a movie in 48 hours? See who rose to the Scorcesean challenge, creating an entire film--from writing and casting to filming and editing--in a mere two days. This weekend, the world’s largest and oldest filmmaking competition hosts a screening of the 48 Hour Film Project's 35 at the Hollywood Theater.

Energy, Film, Media, Pop Filter

Dormont

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Summer Gallery Crawl & Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, July 11, 2012

This Friday the 13th head downtown for a double whammy of arts and culture. It all kicks off with the Cultural Trust’s free Summer Gallery Crawl from 5:30 to 9 then wraps up in style at Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh at the former Bally's Building.

Arts and Culture, Community, Concert, Design, Events, Film, Media, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Pop Filter Hot Pick: World premiere of JacobTV & Distinctively Dutch Gallery Crawl

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 25, 2012

On April 27th, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Distinctively Dutch Gallery Crawl will make Downtown a showcase of innovation and artistry from the Netherlands. From the world premiere of JacobTV's reality opera The News and a street battle between elders and yuppies to dining delights such as homemade pistachio pate, we'll get you culture crawling Dutch style.

Arts and Culture, Dance, Events, Film, Media, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Pop Filter Hot Pick: First-of-its-kind PGH Photo Fair

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The PGH Photo Fair debuts this weekend as the first locally produced presentation of photography within the contemporary fine art market. Transforming the ballroom of East Liberty's former YMCA, the unique fair will feature international exhibitors selling museum-quality prints and photo-based art, from 1940s-era images of Pittsburgh to limited-edition art books.

Arts and Culture, Events, Media, Pop Filter, Redevelopment

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Calling all geeks, artists and green innovators to Penn Avenue!

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Pittsburgh has a legacy of innovation and invention and now local innovators have a place to geek out and go beta with like-minded techies and greenies. Teaming up with Unblurred, the annual GA/GI Festival is back with a bigger-than-ever showcase of homegrown eco, art and technology industries.

Arts and Culture, Community, Design, Emerging Technology, Events, Green Design, Innovation, Kidsburgh, Media, Music, Neighborhoods, Performing Arts, Pop Filter, Redevelopment, Shop Local, Sustainability

Friendship & Penn Ave Arts District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Distinctively Dutch Festival presents the US premiere of Diespace by PIPS:lab

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Sure, you spend countless hours on social media sites but have you ever imagined a website for the dead? Prepare to ponder the outlandish concept and be totally immersed in dazzling visuals and interactive multimedia, as Amsterdam-based PIPS:lab presents the US premiere of Diespace.

Arts and Culture, Events, Media, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Downtown & The Cultural District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: get UNBLURRED by the arts along Penn Avenue

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The mild temps aren't the only reason to be out on city streets this Friday. From the grand opening of the one-of-a-kind Center for PostNatural History (think taxidermy meets Sea Monkeys!) to an open art studio at Assemble, Unblurred is your passport to experiencing local arts talent.

Architecture, Arts and Culture, Community, Dance, Design, Development, Events, Film, Literary Arts, Media, Music, Neighborhoods, Performing Arts, Pop Filter, Shop Local, Talent

Friendship & Penn Ave Arts District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Playing for Change promotes world peace through music

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Music has long been a catalyst for advancing world peace. Now, The Playing For Change band--an all-star lineup of musicians hailing from Northern Ghana to New Orleans--will bring a global multimedia peace movement to the Byham for one vibrant night on the 29th.

Arts and Culture, Community, Concert, Diversity, Events, Media, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Downtown & The Cultural District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Distinctively Dutch Festival launches Downtown

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, February 15, 2012

For the next three months, the cutting-edge culture of the Netherlands will converge on Downtown's Cultural District and arts venues around town. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is set to kick off its Distinctively Dutch Festival, packed with two dozen events, work by 75 artists, ambitious world premieres, and a festival buzz that can already be felt.

Architecture, Arts and Culture, Dance, Design, Events, Film, Kidsburgh, Literary Arts, Media, Move to Pittsburgh, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Downtown & The Cultural District, Oakland, North Side

Pop Filter Hot Pick: 10 new shows open at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Ten new art exhibits will converge under one roof this Friday night, when Pittsburgh Center for the Arts hosts an opening party for its latest round of solo shows. From trash-inspired sculpture made from taxidermy and body bags to mixed-media paintings that reference videos of the tsunami in Japan, the presentation showcases and impressive crop of regional talent.

Arts and Culture, Events, Film, Media, Performing Arts, Pop Filter

Shadyside, Oakland

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, January 25, 2012

There's the US debut of Norwegian artist HC Gilje's immersive light and video installation. And the toy theater parlor from the The Society for the Advancement of Miniature Curiosa. Not to mention burning poi, snakes and other pyro-props of Steel Town Fire. Get set for 34-plus venues forming a virtual arts hothouse Downtown.

Architecture, Arts and Culture, Community, Design, Events, Film, Kidsburgh, Media, Music, Performing Arts, Pop Filter, Shop Local

Downtown & The Cultural District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Out Of Rubble premieres at Downtown's SPACE

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, November 30, 2011

One month after the US marked 10 years of war in Afghanistan--the longest war in our country’s history--a compelling new exhibition and publication is transforming Downtown's SPACE Gallery into a venue for thinking about the representation and the aftermath of deadly conflict--as well as the hope for survival and peace. And you are invited to make, think, act, and discuss.

Arts and Culture, Energy, Media, Pop Filter

Downtown & The Cultural District

Pop Filter Hot Pick: Three Rivers Film Festival

Jennifer Baron Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Marking its 30th year, the Three Rivers Film Festival is back with 16 days of visiting filmmakers, top documentaries and international films, live music, and a not-to-be-missed opening bash. With more than 50 films lighting up three city theaters, we've got your hot ticket.

Arts and Culture, Events, Film, Media, Pop Filter

Downtown & The Cultural District, Oakland, Regent Square

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