An evening at one of the North Side’s newest business Establishments, perpetuating one of the North Side’s oldest industries! DAVID HOSTETTER of Western Avenue in Manchester, one of Allegheny’s wealthiest businessmen, established his fortune on the manufacturing of Hostetter’s Bitters.…
Steve Mellon Steve Mellon has been a Post-Gazette staff photographer since August 1997. A native of Jeffersonville, Indiana, he came to Pittsburgh in 1989 to work as a photographer at The Pittsburgh Press. In 1992, while at the Press, he…
Neighborhoods in the Wings: Spring Garden and East Deutschtown Tour The Allegheny City Society will conduct two FREE half-day tours of the East Deutschtown/Spring Garden neighborhood June 6, 2015. The Society will work with residents and business owners in the community in…
ACS members are invited to the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Allegheny City Society, Thursday, April 23rd at the Rivers Casino. Free Parking in the Casino Parking Deck Doors Open 5:30 pm, Dinner 6:00 pm, Program 7:30 pm. This year…
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go “The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing” (1955) Alleghenean Harry Kendall Thaw was the first man to…
Jim Kastner Born on the North Side of Pittsburgh, schooled in Spring Hill, Troy Hill, and Downtown, James Kastner now resides in Murrysville, PA. His past forty years have been spent in the beauty industry—a far cry from his days…
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go 415 East Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 “I Was a Communist for the FBI” (1951) Noir thriller…
ACS 4th Annual Winter Film Series This year, featuring films shot in and about Pittsburgh. Dinner and a Movie at Bistro to Go “Mrs. Soffel” (1984) Filmed on location in the old Allegheny County Jail and Pittsburgh vicinity and based…
Join us October 25, 2014 at 9:00AM at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, 416 West North Avenue, North Side, 15212 for an interesting talk and tour of some of the North Side Architectural Work of R. Maurice Trimble. R. Maurice Trimble…
Please join us and our friends at the MAYA Organization for two great events! First, their kick-off party this Monday, August 11th for Batam Nights Happy Hour at Wigle Whiskey, Craft Whiskey Distillery, in the Strip for their Annual Pedal…
The original Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair opened June 1, 1864 near Federal and Ohio Streets in Allegheny City. The Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair was a regional fund-raising effort to benefit wounded Union soldiers and their families. In observance of the 150th anniversary…
Join us at the Company Room at Bistro Catering Co., for a luscious dinner buffet. The William Rimmel Award will be presented to Dan Rooney and Carol Peterson, authors of the highly acclaimed 2013 book: “Allegheny City – A History…
In 1947, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor went to William Powell for his portrayal of the obstreperous Clarence Day, Sr. in “Life With Father.” Set in the 1890’s, the film will give us a sense…
William Powell and Myrna Loy teamed up to create six movies in The Thin Man series, starring as Nick and Nora Charles–one of cinema’s favorite couples. “After The Thin Man” is considered by many critics to be the best of…
Our second film in the ACS 2014 Winter Film series: MY MAN GODFREY. Author and Hollywood historian Robert Matzen has agreed to speak prior to our free screening of “My Man Godfrey.” Matzen recently released his newest book,“Fireball,” about the…
From a little frame house on Federal Street and the old Sixth Ward School, to the bright lights of Hollywood — William Powell spent his boyhood years as a son of Allegheny City! William Powell appeared in nearly a hundred…
Chaplin classic shorts “The Rink” and “One A.M.” will be screened in the cool confines of the New Hazlett Theater, along with a newly-restored Chaplin short, “The Pawn Shop.” Tom Roberts will perform live accompaniment of his own composition. Lemon…
Alba Flamenca! Buhl Park will fill with the wild strumming and stomping of Alba Flamenca, Pittsburgh’s own flamenco troupe. A cultural excursion not to be missed! Cold Lemon Blennd will be available.
Buhl Park becomes a cabaret July 17th as Daphne Alderson brings her songs and chansons to our stage. BYO brie and baguettes for a splendid evening of cabaret music! Lemon Blennd will be served.
Allegheny City Ragtime Orchestra Extensive research has uncovered the works of George A Reeg Jr., a Deutschtown ragtime-era composer. Tom Roberts has formed a ragtime band of musicians (some from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra!) to perform these works and some…
