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16 things to do this week, from the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival to the Frocktails Prom
What’s happening this week in Pittsburgh, March 20-26? Discover out right here. Go to every group’s web site and social media for Covid protocols. Know of a cool occasion? E mail us.
Monday, March 20: A Look Behind Pittsburgh Penguins Radio at iHeartRadio
4-7 p.m.
What’s it like to supply a radio present for a professional sports activities group? Tech25 and iHeartRadio are taking you into the management room for a behind-the-scene class hosted by Wayne Anderson. The producer of Pittsburgh Penguins Radio will present a uncommon glimpse at how the present comes collectively — together with suggestions for stepping into the trade. Purchase tickets.
Monday, March 20: Spring Equinox Sundown Hike in South Facet Park
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Hike your method into the sundown, and spring, with Enterprise Open air. Exploring South Facet Park — a 65-acre hidden gem bordering the South Facet Flats and Arlington — the 2-mile loop contains elevation modifications and loads of time to cease and take within the spectacular views. Headlamps are included with the registration charge.
Monday, March 20: A Dialog with Cecile Richards at Chatham College
6:30-7:30 p.m.
For its twenty fifth anniversary, the Pennsylvania Middle for Girls and Politics at Chatham College welcomes a nationwide chief for girls’s rights and social and financial justice. This yr’s Elsie Hillman Chair in Girls and Politics, Cecile Richards served as president of the Deliberate Parenthood Federation of America and Deliberate Parenthood Motion Fund for 12 years. Writer of The New York Instances bestseller “Make Bother,” Richards was named one in all TIME’s 100 Most Influential Folks within the World in 2011 and 2012. The free dialog takes place at Campbell Memorial Chapel.
Monday, March 20-Sunday, March 26: CMU Worldwide Movie Pageant at McConomy Auditorium, Harris Theater and August Wilson African American Cultural Center
Numerous instances
This esteemed native competition makes use of cinema to deal with huge questions surrounding the idea of change. Audiences will expertise tales representing numerous cultures and 20 international locations — from the struggles of a Palestinian man dwelling in Haifa to a lady’s eight-year journey again to Seoul. Particular company and catered receptions increase the 12 award-winning movies. See showtimes and purchase tickets.
Monday, March 20: Takács Quartet on the Pittsburgh Playhouse
7:30 p.m.
Takács Quartet — the primary string quartet to be inducted into the Gramophone Corridor of Fame — performs music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Béla Bartók and Franz Schubert as a part of this Chamber Music Pittsburgh manufacturing. Celebrated for its revolutionary strategy to chamber music, the world-renowned quartet options Edward Dusinberre (violin), Harumi Rhodes (violin), Richard O’Neill (viola) and András Fejér (cello). Purchase tickets.
Tuesday, March 21: Prototype PGH Incubator Pitch Night time at Ascender
6:30 p.m.
Be there when the most recent native companies collaborating in Prototype PGH’s incubator cohort current their revolutionary concepts. The night time kicks off with networking, meals from Nurture PGH and native libations, adopted by 5-minute pitches and an awards ceremony. Donations help the nonprofit’s mission to construct gender and racial fairness within the tech sector. Register at no cost.
Thursday, March 23: Discovered Footage Pageant at Bottlerocket Social Corridor
7:30 p.m.
The place are you able to watch a Moose Lodge recruitment video, Pizza Hut coaching tapes and Cabbage Patch Youngsters Conference footage multi functional night time? Celebrating obscure movies that point forgot — culled from dusty thrift shops and property gross sales — childhood associates Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher created “the world’s largest assortment of unusual, outrageous and profoundly silly movies.” Sit again and benefit from the duo’s newest and best VHS finds augmented by their witty “where-are-they-now commentary.” Purchase tickets.
Friday, March 24: Teen Style Present on the Andy Warhol Museum
6-8 p.m.
The subsequent era of fashionistas is able to make a press release on the runway. Showcasing type and sustainability, this teen-produced present highlights repurposed, reimagined and recycled clothes and equipment. Register at no cost.
Friday, March 24-Sunday, March 26: Pittsburgh Humanities Pageant within the Cultural District
Numerous instances
Public radio legend Ira Glass. Hip hop star Monie Love. Mayan bioengineer Jorge Jimenez. These are a number of the inspiring voices that may spark neighborhood connections throughout this three-day competition. Pairing international figures with native thought leaders, the thought-provoking weekend kicks off Friday with The Legacy of Girls in Hip Hop, that includes DJ Perly, graffiti artist Juliandra Jones and avenue dancer Teena Marie Custer. The night time culminates with music by Grammy-nominated rapper Monie Love, DJ Perly and native feminine emcees. Don’t miss Saturday’s featured program, An Night with Ira Glass: Seven Issues I’ve Realized. Extra classes discover fascinating subjects from Flamenco, fascism and voguing, to digital actuality Shakespeare. Q&As invite neighborhood members to affix the dialogue. View a schedule and purchase tickets.
Friday, March 24: “Girls Rock” at Heinz Corridor
8 p.m.
Who doesn’t like to sing alongside loud to “I Really feel The Earth Transfer,” “What’s Love Acquired To Do With It?” or “Hit Me With Your Greatest Shot?” This weekend, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra honors trailblazing feminine singers and songwriters who modified pop and rock and roll without end — and for the higher. Celebrating Girls’s Historical past Month, the powerhouse manufacturing highlights the exceptional music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Pat Benatar and Coronary heart. Purchase tickets.
Saturday, March 25: Maple Insanity at Succop Nature Park
10-11:30 a.m.
Neglect March Insanity — this month is all about Maple Insanity. The candy custom of maple sugaring isn’t just for Vermont. Head as much as Butler for this out of doors occasion hosted by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. Find out how folks have used maple sugaring by way of the eras, comply with the demonstration path to find the science behind the custom and make your personal syrupy goodness. Register on-line.
Saturday, March 25: Good Wooden Barrel-Aged Beer Fest at East Finish Brewing Firm
12-3 p.m.
For those who crave barrel-aged stouts and barleywines, funky sours, saisons and wheat beers — this brew fest is for you. Pattern suds from 12-plus breweries as you savor the wide range of barrel-aged beers. Fest-goers get unique entry to the Larimer brewery, pub and patio, two slices of East Finish Chewing pizza and a memento stemware glass. Purchase tickets.
Saturday, March 25: Sew Pittsburgh Frocktails Promenade at Wilkins Faculty Neighborhood Middle
6-9 p.m.
Whether or not you by no means attended promenade, wish to relive promenade or wish to create the final word anti-prom, don’t miss this social gathering. Be a part of the artful Sew Pittsburgh neighborhood for a night of creating, friendship and enjoyable. All outfits are welcome, from fancy to DIY and anything-goes — the thought is to showcase your genuine type and aptitude. The maker merrymaking features a vogue present, hors d’oeuvres and treats, and swag baggage. Photographer Kitoko Chargois can be available to seize each second — and fab look! Purchase tickets.
Saturday, March 25: “Il Trovatore” on the Benedum Middle
8 p.m.
For the primary time in 20 years, Pittsburgh Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s magnum opus, “Il Trovatore.” One of many world’s hottest operas, it’s an epic story of affection, sacrifice, deception and red-hot revenge. Even if you happen to’ve by no means seen an opera, you’ll doubtless acknowledge the “Anvil Refrain,” featured in numerous TV exhibits and movies. Performers embody internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano and Pittsburgh resident Marianne Cornetti and Canonsburg native Alexandra Loutsion. Purchase tickets.
Sunday, March 26: Chatham Baroque’s “Mirrors” at Carnegie Music Corridor
4 p.m.
Sensational Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique and world-renowned German Baroque orchestra Concerto Köln be part of forces to discover the complicated relationship between textual content and music. That includes music from De Bique’s acclaimed debut album, “Mirrors,” the manufacturing is centered round George Frideric Handel’s “arias for heroines of antiquity similar to Cleopatra, Rodelinda and Alcina,” in addition to dynamic works by Carl Heinrich Graun and Riccardo Broschi. Purchase tickets.
Sunday, March 26: “Metal Magnolias” & Working Girls’s Salon on the O’Reilly Theater
6:30 p.m.
For those who love the enduring 1989 movie a couple of Louisiana salon proprietor named Truvy — portrayed by the inimitable Dolly Parton — then you’ll be able to’t miss Pittsburgh Public Theater’s stage adaptation. Tonight begins with a pre-show completely happy hour on the Pub at The O’Reilly with Inventive Director Marya Sea Kaminski, who directs the play. Purchase tickets.
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A wicked week of weather has left residents picking up the pieces throughout the region after multiple tornadoes touched down, including the first in Pittsburgh city limits since 1998.
It’s been an active and unprecedented tornado season for Southwestern Pennsylvania, and according to experts, storm season began a bit early this year.
Over the past two weeks, we’ve seen storms and high winds create a path of destruction throughout the region, including last weekend in Washington County, before it started again yesterday in parts of Westmoreland, Washington, and Allegheny counties.
The National Weather Service confirmed 19 tornadoes in the tri-state area this year, with 10 in Pennsylvania.
Fourteen happened this month alone, the most we’ve seen in May since 1985. Four of those twisters happened across the Pittsburgh region on Friday.
These numbers are abnormally high. The average number for the entire year is six.
The Pittsburgh Zoo did not take a day off Saturday after a tornado came through on Friday. Parts are a bit messy with leaves and tree limbs strewn about.
On people’s minds was just how rare it was that a tornado was in the city itself.
Tornadoes and Western Pennsylvania don’t typically find themselves in the same sentence.
“It’s not something that usually happens; it’s like a Kansas thing,” Mat Georgetti said.
Or so Georgetti thought. He spent his day at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
“It’s kind of wild because we have a bunch of mountains here.”
Over in Westmoreland County, National Weather Service meteorologist Matthew Kramar was assessing the damage of what was determined to be an EF0 tornado.
“People are very lucky. It moved over highly residential areas. This is a crisis adverted in a way that the damage was as minimal as it was. The tornado was not very strong, but still enough to cause damage to trees, siding, shingles,” Kramar said.
He got a look at a trampoline that was mangled.
“All of a sudden, I saw the wind going crazy behind me,” Matt Kaninberg said.
Kaninberg says it all happened quickly.
“I didn’t think anything of it. My wife calls me and says you need to get outside now. I look[ed] out, and my trampoline was two houses down; it was crazy.”
Kramar says we average four to six tornadoes a year. We’ve had 19 this year, including 14 in May alone.
“We are well ahead of schedule on our tornado season,” Kramar said.
Zoo employee Christopher Haro experienced the storm on his way home.
“It’s a bit scary,” Haro said. “It’s a real shocker, I mean, the hot and the cold weather, especially this late in the season already, it’s a lot of devastation going on, so we’re worrying driving home, being inside the house or even with the dogs at home, it’s a lot.”
Everyone is hoping the weather simply calms down.
Photos from the Chicago Cubs’ 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on May 18, 2024.
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Baseball America has the Pittsburgh Pirates taking two pitchers in their recent mock draft
Baseball America recently released their staff mock draft for the first 39 selections of the draft. Five of their writers, including Ben Badler, Carlos Collazo, JJ Cooper, Peter Flaherty, and Geoff Pontes, did their mock draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates have two selections in the first 39 picks. That includes the 9th overall pick and the 37th overall pick, with Pontes getting to choose the 9th pick and Badler taking the 37th pick. The two players they selected would build upon the biggest strength of the organization, but many fans probably wouldn’t like it as it ignores the weakest part of the system.
Pontes has right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage trading in his East Carolina Pirates uniform for a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform. Yesavage has had a great season, working to a 2.09 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, and 4.96 K:BB ratio through 86 frames. Yesavage has struck out a staggering 41.7% of the batters he’s faced to pair with a strong 8.4% walk rate. He’s also only allowed four home runs this season.
Yesavage throws four pitches, all sitting at an above-average level or better. He isn’t like the Pirates’ last first-round pick pitcher, Paul Skenes, as he only sits 93-95 MPH, but it plays as an above-average pitch already because of its carry. His two breaking pitches include a slider and a curveball. Of the two, the former is the better. It’s a mid-80s offering with good lateral movement, according to MLB Pipeline. But his curveball is still a good pitch. His splitter gives him a plus off-speed offering.
Yesavage keeps his arm short in his wind-up and delivers the ball from an overhead arm slot. He is also from Pennsylvania, Pottstown to be specific. This arm slot also helps his fastball get good vertical movement through the zone. He will turn 21 soon after the draft and is considered a top-12 draft prospect by most outlets.
Kuhns is also a PA pitcher, hailing from the historic town of Gettysburg. He is a projectable arm as he stands at 6’3”, 177-LBS. The lanky right-hander can hit the mid-90s. Along with some projectability, he has a quick arm that should help him add velo as he ages. But his curveball is a fun pitch to watch. Kuhns’ breaking offering can hit 3000 RPM. He also can spin his slider well.
Now, it’s still only a mock draft. Nothing is set in stone, so take it for what you will. But if the Pirates truly went this direction with their picks (or even just took one pitcher with their first two picks), you’d almost have to assume they would deal from within the system at the trade deadline for controllable position players. Either way, this would add to a system that has arguably the most pitching depth among any team. However, we shall see how the Pirates draft come July.
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