Final Weekend of the Festival!
11 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival
The final weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival is upon us and there is still plenty to see and do! We have had a great festival so far, with amazing music from the Pittsburgh Symphony, Blind Boys of Alabama, the Tom Tom Club, Tea Leaf Green, Formula 412, James McMurtry, Brandi Carlile and many [...]
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10 June 2011 by Lauren in 2011 Festival, Featured
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Juried Art shows the unique talent of Pittsburgh artists.
8 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival, Visual Arts
The Three Rivers Arts Festival has always been a place where established and emerging artists could come together to share their art with the public. Since the beginning of the festival, the Juried Visual Art Exhibition has been a major part of the festivities. The exhibition was begun as a regional show but eventually expanded [...]
Creative Reuse Inspires at The Three Rivers Arts Festival!
7 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival
Under a tent in the Creativity Zone kids are hard at work crafting crowns and swords, and just about anything else they can imagine, out of tinfoil, plastic tubing, forks and spoons and whatever else is found in the many colorful bins that line the tables. On the field in Point State Park, a castle [...]
The Pittsburgh Symphony’s Triumphant Return
6 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in 2011 Festival, Music
The sound of strings warming up floated through the evening air. A gentle melody is formed with the hum of crickets and the murmur of the three rivers surrounding the park. The crowd stretched from the stage all the way out to the artist’s tents, filling the green space with attentive listeners. They had all [...]
Buckwheat Zydeco
6 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Buckwheat has played at Presidential inaugurations, won Grammy Awards, and seen the zydeco genre make stabs at national popularity.
Emerging Artist Profile: Dan Sullivan
3 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in Artists Market
“Glassblowing is both art and craft,” says Dan Sullivan. “It’s all about learning to control both heat and gravity, in order to achieve perfection.”
Brandi Carlile
3 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
Carlile has a reputation for impressive performances, a result of her eerie ability to make spaces seem smaller, the distance between performer and listener less.
Seth Clark: Three Rivers Arts Festival Poster Artist
2 June 2011 by Emily O'Donnell in Featured, Visual Arts
It was about three years ago that Seth Clark traveled the country looking for the best city in which to begin his career as an artist and designer.
Formula 412
1 June 2011 by Ross Scarano in Music
By now, you already know Formula 412’s story—five seasoned veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene who came together to form a hip-hop group relying on live instrumentation rather than the DJ and producer driven beats synonymous with hip-hop.