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PNC Community Mutt Strut Benefits Medical Service Dogs
Hundreds of humans and dogs descended on Frick Park Saturday, September 14 for the fourth annual PNC Community Mutt Strut hosted in Pittsburgh to benefit Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc., an organization that trains medical service dogs to help veterans and people who suffer from PTSD, seizures and other medical issues. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”335″ …
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Over 200 Works of Glass Art Sold at Art on Fire
Over 550 guests celebrated glass at the Art on Fire Celebration and Auction on Friday, September 13 at Nova Place. It was the most successful event to date benefiting Pittsburgh Glass Center (PGC). [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”334″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Chairs Stacey and Andrew Rhodes joined honorary artist Shelley Muzylowski Allen and PGC co-founder Kathleen Mulcahy at …
Ideas for a Better Pittsburgh: Semifinalists, Part IV
Pittsburgh Quarterly invited readers and neighbors to offer up their best ideas for improving the region through the Spring 2019 Pittsburgh Tomorrow Contest. The 13 finalists chosen by the Pittsburgh Today advisory board were published online and in the Fall 2019 issue of the magazine. But the ideas of another nearly three dozen thinkers made …
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Family House Polo Match Raises More Than $220,000
The 36th Annual Family House Polo Match on Saturday, September 14 drew close to 2,000 attendees to Hartwood Acres. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”333″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] In addition to a professional polo match, guests enjoyed a silent auction, children’s tent, shop vendors, libations and food truck garden. More than $220,000 were raised to directly support the Family …
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Ideas for a Better Pittsburgh: Semifinalists, Part III
Pittsburgh Quarterly invited readers and neighbors to offer up their best ideas for improving the region through the Spring 2019 Pittsburgh Tomorrow Contest. The 13 finalists chosen by the Pittsburgh Today advisory board were published online and in the Fall 2019 issue of the magazine. But the ideas of another nearly three dozen thinkers made …
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The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh Hosts Private Viewing of Access+Ability Exhibit
The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh was joined by friends and supporters on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 for an exclusive, private viewing of the Carnegie Museum of Art’s temporary exhibit, Access+Ability. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”149″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Access+Ability was organized by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. This powerful exhibition resonates deeply with The Children’s Institute, as …
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Ideas for a Better Pittsburgh: Semifinalists, Part II
Pittsburgh Quarterly invited readers and neighbors to offer up their best ideas for improving the region through the Spring 2019 Pittsburgh Tomorrow Contest. The 13 finalists chosen by the Pittsburgh Today advisory board were published online and in the Fall 2019 issue of the magazine. But the ideas of another nearly three dozen thinkers made …
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Ideas for a Better Pittsburgh: Semifinalists, Part I
Pittsburgh Quarterly invited readers and neighbors to offer up their best ideas for improving the region through the Spring 2019 Pittsburgh Tomorrow Contest. The 13 finalists chosen by the Pittsburgh Today advisory board were published online and in the Fall 2019 issue of the magazine. But the ideas of another nearly three dozen thinkers made …
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Pittsburgh: Buy, Sell or Hold?
We’ve asked a group of the region’s leading financial experts to give their opinion on the following question: “If the Pittsburgh region were an investable security, what changes, if any, would you want to see before you advised your clients to invest?” Their answers follow. Linda Duessel, Federated Investors: Pittsburgh already is a “buy.” It’s …
The Allegheny County Parks Foundation Hosts Third Annual Twilight Picnic
The Allegheny County Parks Foundation treated the sell-out crowd of 430 guests at its third annual Twilight Picnic for the Parks on Saturday, August 24 to a stunning celebration of the region’s nine parks, one of the largest public parks systems in the country. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”332″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Event planner Nancy Byrnes designed an …
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Riverlife Celebrates 20th anniversary with Party at the Pier “Bold Paradise”
Riverlife has been working for two decades to bring parks, trails and quality real estate development to Pittsburgh’s riverfronts. On the evening of Friday, August 23, the nonprofit organization celebrated its 20th anniversary with a blowout Party at the Pier at the North Shore amphitheater at Rivers Casino. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”331″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Over 800 …
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And the Finalists Are…
In the Spring issue, we launched a competition among our readers and residents to send in ideas to make Pittsburgh a better place to live. Ideas could range from something that wouldn’t cost a dime to a multi-million dollar infrastructure project. Part of the reason I wanted launch this contest was that it didn’t seem …
Bell, Link, Bachar, Logue, Gould, Dressel, Koverola
Maurice Bell is chief of operations at the Port Authority of Allegheny County. His public and private sector transportation career spans more than 25 years and includes work in fixed route, paratransit operations, airport shuttle management, and shipping and delivery logistics. He came to Pittsburgh from Keolis North America in Dallas, Texas, where he was …
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Summer Safari: A Wild Zoo Party
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s annual party, Summer Safari, sold out with over 1,400 guests. Party-goers strolled through the zoo on the warm summer night of Friday, July 26 to enjoy the animals and a variety of delicious foods and thirst-quenching drinks, all while donning safari-inspired fashion. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”328″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Guests this year …
Passport to Elegance Charms Guests with Wheels and Wings
The third time was definitely a charm as the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix hosted the third annual Passport to Elegance at the Lynx Jet Center on Thursday, July 18. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”326″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Guests enjoyed a balmy summer evening featuring Mustang and Shelby race cars, classic cars and vintage aircraft. The highlight of the …
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17th Annual Night in the Tropics Sells Out With 1,300 Guests
The National Aviary’s 17th annual Night in the Tropics fundraiser sold out with 1,300 guests turning up in tropical attire on Saturday, July 13. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”325″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Party-goers enjoyed the new theme, Rio!, and sampled delicious food from over 35 area restaurants, signature cocktails, wine, and Penn Brewery beer as they met beautiful …
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Cultural Trust Hosts Immersive Dance Party
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Summer Gallery Crawl culminated with “Footwork,” an immersive dance party in the heart of the Cultural District. From 9 p.m. to midnight on July 12, the Peirce Studio located at 805 Liberty Ave. was transformed into a posh, urban getaway—the perfect setting for this one-of-a-kind dance party. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”324″ display=”basic_thumbnail” …
Grand Prix Gala Benefits Autism Society and Merakey Allegheny Valley School
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix put the CAR in Carnegie on Saturday, July 13 as they held their Blacktie & Tailpipes Gala at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh in Oakland. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”322″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] 300 guests filled the Music Hall Foyer for a night of fundraising for the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and Merakey …
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The Next Five Years and Beyond
For this special feature, we invited the presidents of the region’s leading institutions of higher education to respond to the following: What will be your strategy in the next five years to address the needs of students in the future? Their responses follow. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Geraldine M. Jones California University of Pennsylvania gives …
Urban Garden Party Raises More Than $225,000
Urban Garden Party: Solstice was held on Friday, June 21 at the Mattress Factory. The event is the museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year. This year, the theme was Solstice, and guests were transported to a mystical world, courtesy of Event Architect Thommy Conroy. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”320″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Guests at the VIP party were …
Famous Last Words…
Editor’s note: Oil and gas man Michael L. Benedum and his wife Sarah created the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation in memory of their only child who died in 1918 at the age of 20. On the anniversary of the Foundation, which has distributed more than $500 million in philanthropy to Pittsburgh and West Virginia, we …
The Torch Is Passed
The next generation of the Mellon family has taken the reins of the largest grant-making organization in western Pennsylvania. Richard A. Mellon, 56, has been named chairman and chief executive officer of the Richard King Mellon Foundation and the R. K. Mellon Family Foundation, the boards of both foundations announced. He succeeds Seward Prosser Mellon, …