Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corporation | (412) 235-7263 |
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100 Fifth Ave, Suite 614
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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New Website, Same Downtown Mission
On June 5th, 2018 Downtown CDC will be launching a new modernized website that allows Pittsburghers to more easily find information about their city. The website is designed with the theme live, work, play in mind and depicts how Pittsburgh has a bit of everything as one of the most livable cities in the nation. The website is the next step in rebranding for the Downtown CDC (formerly the Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corporation).
However, the mission is still the same: to serve Downtown Pittsburgh through innovative programs and events that support residential development, assist small businesses, and promote the arts and entertainment. Some upcoming events this summer include the Highmark Italian StrEAT Festival and Pittsburgh Fashion Week. Check out the new website here!
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Pittsburgh Pride This Weekend!
A multi-day Downtown concert series, food vendors, family activities, a parade, and more. Pittsburgh Pride will be keeping Downtown vibrant this weekend! See what's going on as part of the massive celebration of the LGBTQ+ community:
Pride Rocks PGH with Troye Sivan
June 8 @ 7:30 p.m.
10th Street + Liberty Avenue
Pride Rocks PGH is a new multi-day concert event that will take place on Liberty Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. Capital Records recording artist Troye Sivan will kick the series off! Learn more here.
Pride Rocks PGH with TBA
June 9 @ 7:30 p.m.
10th Street + Liberty Avenue
Stay tuned for the exciting announcement from the Delta Foundation about the Pride Rocks PGH performer for Saturday!
Pittsburgh PrideFest
June 9 @ 12:00 p.m. - June 10 @ 7:00 p.m.
Downtown Pittsburgh between 6th Street and 10th Street
PrideFest will continue as a two-day free event. This year's event will feature over 150 vendors, food booths, family-friendly games and inflatable attractions, a wide variety of continuous entertainment on three stages. and a Radio Dance Party area. Learn more here.
Rally + EQT Equality March
June 10 @ 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
View the parade route here.
The EQT Equality March will include floats, marching contingents, and a few surprises. Be a part of it or watch as people proudly show who the LGBT community is in Pittsburgh.
Photo Courtesy: Pittsburgh Pride
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Oakland Based Playhouse Theater is Having One Last Celebration
The Pittsburgh Playhouse Lights Out Celebration will be taking place June 18 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cassia Crogan, Marketing and PR Coordinator of Point Park University, emphasizes that the event is meant to not only celebrate the Playhouse's success but to also reminisce with its patrons.
"It's everyone's [last] opportunity to come back to someplace that was an important part of their lives," Crogan says. This farewell party will be the final time that the Playhouse opens its doors in Oakland before it moves Downtown to Point Park University.
Because Point Park is a Downtown-based university, the Playhouse will be more accessible for student performers and closer to the academic resources that those performers may need. The New Pittsburgh Playhouse will also be located in the Cultural District, which will further enrich Downtown arts culture and encourage even more visits to the district.
The Playhouse's current Oakland location is comprised of three different buildings that aren't necessarily meant for performances. However, the New Pittsburgh Playhouse building, which will be located along Forbes Avenue, between Smithfield and Wood Street, is specifically constructed to be a performing arts space.
It's bigger, about four stories tall, and has the capacity to house a larger audience. The increased stage space and newer technology also enable the Playhouse to present larger-scale and more complex performances for the audience's enjoyment.
Traditionally, the Playhouse ends its season in May and reopens in the fall. Their final production, Robinhood, ran from May 5 to 20. After the Lights Out Celebration, the Playhouse will reopen at its new Downtown location, a little later than its usual fall reopening.
The Lights Out Celebration includes open mic performances, wine and beer cash, and light snacks and nonalcoholic beverages. Playhouse memorabilia will also be available.
Tickets for the Lights Out Celebration are on sale now. To RSVP for the event, click
here
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Pirata, located at 274 Forbes Ave., celebrates the cuisine and lore of South America, Puerto Rico and Cuba, not to mention over 200 varieties of rum. The only restaurant that we know of in Downtown Pittsburgh that offers delicious Empanadas and Cubanos!
Their hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday are 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (their kitchen closes at 11:00 p.m.) And on Sundays, Pirata is closed.
Photo Courtesy: Pirata's
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Designer Spotlight: Lauria Pascuzzi
Lauria Pascuzzi feels that she was born to be a fashion designer- it's runs in her family. Her great-grandmother made her own clothes, as did her grandma. Her mom was always creative when she was younger, sewing and making things. And when Lauria's grandmother passed away, Lauria found old sketchbooks that held all of her fashion designs. It was this that launched her desire to design more fashion of her own.
Lauria is graduating from the Art Institute this June with a degree in fashion design. Her senior collection, titled Mask//d, focused on mental disorders. Lauria studied psychology before studying fashion. Each piece in her collection was inspired by a different mental disorder and taking something that is usually perceived as dark and presenting it in a positive light and into something beautiful. Her first fashion show was in April at the Lupus Foundation in which she received third place. She was honored to be a part of the show because she is personally connected to Lupus through her mom, and was shocked that she even placed. From there, her career continued to snowball and now has a show planned for this summer in addition to the Pittsburgh Fashion Week show in the fall. "I was so excited when I was selected to be a part of the Pittsburgh Fashion Week. Since I just had my first show, I applied really on a whim not expecting anything. The Pittsburgh Fashion show just always seemed so big and so far away. I am still shocked!"
For the Pittsburgh Fashion week, Lauria is introducing her collection 2030. This will be a spring 2019 collection inspired by gender equality and women rights progress and women who are bringing about change in the world. In working with Women's Rising, a subset of the Business in Sustainable Development Commision, Lauria selected several women to base her collection off of including Angela Markle, Melinda Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Tarana Burke, and Maxine Waters. Select garments in the collection are named after these women. The Sustainable Development Commission has found that when women lead in business there are longer term benefits in the economy, politics and the environment. In combining her designs with her inspirations, Lauria is embodying the armor that women have to wear daily. "I wanted to do something to incorporate how women are perceived, soft but structured, so I am using lace to make an armor, giving the soft a harder edge, representing struggles women go through daily."
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Rock 'n' Joe's Bacardi Party: Be There!
Bacardi drinks, outdoor seating, live acoustic music. Enough said! Join Rock 'n' Joe and the Bacardi Girls to celebrate the warm summer weather and sample some yummy Bacardi-infused drinks. The event is on Saturday June 9th
, from
5-7 PM
at the Rock 'n' Joe on Penn Ave. You can RSVP and save the date here!
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Music City Downtown Weekly Calendar
Andys @ Fairmont Pittsburgh
Thursday, June 7 - Tania Grubbs - 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 - Etta Cox- 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Backstage Bar
Friday, June 6 - House Band Daryl Shawn at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 7 - Jared Wilson at 5:00 p.m.
Eddie V's
Tuesday, June 5 - Symmetry - 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6 - George Heid 3 - 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 7 - Reggie Watkins Quartet - 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Friday, June 8 - TBA - 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 - TBA - 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Howl at the Moon
Live music on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at
8:00 p.m. and Fridays at
6:00 p.m. For more information, visit Howl at the Moon's website
here
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NOLA
Friday, June 8 - Jeff Fetterman - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 - Glen Strothers project - 8:00 p.m.
Olive or Twist
Live music every
Thursday,
Friday, and
Saturday at
9:00 p.m.
Redbeard's on Sixth
Live acoustic music every Thursday and Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
DJ Ridiculous every Friday and Saturday from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Revel + Roost
Friday, June 8 - Ellis Callahan - 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Rivers Casino
Friday, June 8 - Tres Lads - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 9 - Random Play
- 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6 - WNL- Jessica Lee & Friends - 5:30 p.m.
Market Square Farmers Market
Thursday, June 7 - Tony Barge - 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Saturday Night Market & Downtown Sound Series
Saturday, June 9 - BB Guns, Clara Kent, & DJ Kanti Kasa - 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Downtown Events this Week:
TUESDAY, 6/5
Wednesday, 6/6
THURSDAY, 6/7
SUNDAY, 6/10
The Mavericks, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Art Festival Main Stage, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Ongoing Events
Worth New York and W by Worth collections for women sizes 00-20 in The Diamond Building. Text style strategist Bear Brandegee for your appointment at 412-877-0464.
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124 Sixth St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15
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Alihan's is a family owned restaurant which brings the authentic taste of Turkey to Downtown. Alihan is not only the owner, but he is the head chef as well: using family recipes, making sure all meals are prepared in a traditional way, from fresh ingredients, and of course, in healthy Mediterranean style.
Come to experience the hospitality of a Turkish family who welcomes every guest with a smile and cares of every customer's needs.
We are BYOB, so don't hesitate to bring a bottle of your favorite brand to accompany our fresh meals.
We are open every day from 11am-11pm
, Fridays and Saturdays until midnight
, serving lunch specials, dinner, and brunch on weekends. Also, we offer kids' specials, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, and dairy-free menus.
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220 5th Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-394-3400
An enticing menu comprised of Vallozzi family traditions such as homemade pastas (including Helen's gnocchi) and the pizza that made them famous, as well as fresh steaks and seafood. The menu also boasts a number of Italian meats and cheeses flown in from Italy weekly and served from their 'Fresh Mozzarella' bar.
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