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Texture Ballet School - Spring Performance - May 17, 2026

Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 1:00 pm & 5:00 pm

​Bethel Park High School
309 Church Rd
Bethel Park, PA 15102

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Texture Ballet School - 2026 Spring Performance 

Texture Ballet students will take the stage to present the timeless ballet - Swan Lake - as well as several exciting contemporary and tap works!   

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Mother of all Pottery Sales 2026

The Mother of All Pottery Sales is a celebration of all things clay. This colossal event features stunning ceramic artwork, clay demonstrations, and a hands-on activity!  

Get first dibs on some of the region’s best pottery when you buy a $20 early bird ticket and shop from 10:00 - 11:00 am. General admission is free from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm and requires no pre-registration. 

Union Project | 801 N. Negley Ave. Pittsburgh | Saturday, May 9, 2026, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Sharing a terrific article from Art | Basel showcasing many of our grantees...

Pittsburgh’s art scene: from rust to renaissance

As the 59th Carnegie International opens, a city once synonymous with industrial grit reveals itself as one of the most dynamic cultural destinations in the United States

By Emilie Trice | Apr 23, 2026

When the Carnegie International launched in 1896, Pittsburgh was so polluted that it was referred to as ‘hell with the lid off.’ By the time Andy Warhol was an art student at Carnegie Tech in the 1940s (known today as Carnegie Mellon University), Pittsburgh’s steel mills literally rained ash, blanketing the city with soot. This year, the 59th Carnegie International returns to a city transformed by civic investment and creative resilience. Once a symbol of Rust Belt decline, Pittsburgh is now environmentally oriented, tech-savvy, and home to an arts ecosystem that is more vital than ever. Keep reading :)

Caption for header image: The Andy Warhol Bridge, connecting the downtown Cultural District and the North Side. Photograph by Sean Carroll for Art Basel.

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Neighborly: a play on two stoops

City Theatre is thrilled to announce an in-process reading of Neighborly: a play on two stoops by Chisa Hutchinson. The play was developed through the theatre’s Kemp Powers Commission Fund for Black Playwrights. 

Friday, May 15th - 7pm 

Tickets are free, but registration is required.

In this untraditional buddy comedy, a teenage Harlem transplant and a middle-aged gruff Yinzer form an unlikely friendship in present-day Pittsburgh’s Mexican War Streets; but when the community that brings them together threatens to tear them apart, these two next door neighbors must confront generations of divisiveness in the city they call home.   

The play was developed through a residency for Hutchinson over the summer of 2024 that included engaging with numerous partners and community members in Pittsburgh. “So after a sweet, days-long whirlwind tour of town which included archival research and museums and meetings with leaders and artists and a pilgrimage to August Wilson's house and visits to various other historic sites, it was literally just seeing some random bearded guy take out his trash on a drive that sparked the idea for this play,” said Playwright Chisa Hutchinson. “Pittsburgh is legit one of the most unassuming and least pretentious places I've been in, and I hope I did it justice in this play.” 

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New Hazlett Theater Upcoming Events

Speak

Presented by Prime Stage Theatre

May 1-10, 2026

A moving story about a teenage girl who uses art to find her voice and redefine her identity. Based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

Give Voice Concert

Presented by Prime Stage Theatre

May 4 | 7:30 PM

Give Voice Concert celebrates the heart-stirring original songs of award-winning composer and Broadway Alumna, Carla Bianco.

Working

Presented by Front Porch Theatricals

May 15-24, 2026

Working (the 2012 updated version) is based on Studs Terkel’s landmark 1974 oral-history book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.


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