CP photo: Kaycee Orwig Local Hidden Gem for Animal Experiences: Black Cat Market Co-owner, Indigo Baloch Pittsburgh boasts a number of great ways to see and experience art and entertainment. Some are more obvious, like the major museums located in the city’s Oakland and North Side neighborhoods. Others are a little harder to find, but no less interesting or worthwhile. See below for
Pittsburgh City Paper’s list of
local faves and
hidden gems, including galleries, theaters, tours, and other fun ways to spend a day with friends or family, or on a solo adventure.
Art Museum
4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. cmoa.org
CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Owners Nicole Capozzi and Josh Hogan No one gets into art for the money, and no one gets into the art gallery business with the guarantee that their gallery will have a long and fruitful career. But with hard work, cheap rent, and trust from the local arts community, BoxHeart Gallery in Bloomfield has stuck around for two decades, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new exhibit,
BoxHeart Turns 20!, which opens Wed., Jan. 20. The show features a mix of local and international artists showing old and new work in a wide variety of mediums, from painting to sculpture to jewelry. What links them all is their connection to BoxHeart. Gallery owner Nicole Capozzi says she never tries to make artists’ work fit into a certain theme, but just wants them to make whatever they re good at, and the art will sp
Submitted photo/Art by Mary Becker
Above, Pandemic Baby Playdate, by artist Mary Becker. It will be part of Boxheart Gallery’s 20th anniversary exhibit.
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Despite a year in which more people likely saw its exhibits online than in-person, Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood is forging ahead with plans for its 20th anniversary in the new year.
“We think that artists are extremely important, especially during these changing times,” said gallery owner Nicole Capozzi.
Following the spring pandemic business closures, Boxheart reopened to the public this past June, offering scheduled in-person visits and also virtual 3-D tours that art lovers could enjoy from home.
3 months ago Share The West Orange Wildcats youth cheer program recently took home multiple national titles at the Pop Warner National Cheer & Dance Championship in Orlando.
Some championships just mean more than others.
The West Orange Wildcats youth cheer program was about to understand the meaning of that as they sat and waited in the Orange Convention Center.
After the scores had been tallied, both the Wildcats Jr. Pee Wee and Wildcats varsity teams were waiting to hear their names called during the Pop Warner National Cheer & Dance Championship.
Then, the moments for both teams happened, and the results were big: The Wildcats Jr. Pee Wee team picked up the title in the YCADA PW 1 Non-Mount Cheer Junior Pee Wee Small Division, while The Wildcats Varsity team picked up the title in the YCADA PW 1 Non-Mount Cheer Varsity Small Division.