When I was a kid, my uncle and grandfather worked in Oil City at factories with names like Pennzoil and Quaker State. Today, the factories are gone and my friends who live there are filmmakers and musicians.
So, next weekend, visitors will be forgiven if they can’t figure out where the “oil” in Oil City’s [...]

Erie may be a small city, but thanks to some amazing venues and patrons, we get big city entertainment without the traffic and the ticket prices. Within 2 miles of our home, one of the greatest and newest venues sits on the campus of Mercyhurst College: the D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.
Mercyhurst is known around here [...]

There’s not much to Seneca, PA, a tiny community in Venango County stretching along Route 257. It’s elongated rather than compact. There’s no real downtown, but along the strip of 84 Lumber, discount smoke stores and four wheeler dealerships sits Brother Bean Global Coffee House, the best live music venue in Northwestern PA.
Bruce [...]

I started going to First Fridays my freshman year at Temple mainly because it was a fun way to explore one of Philly’s historic neighborhoods on a student budget. On the first Friday of each month, Old City’s art galleries open their doors to give guests a look at their latest exhibitions and many offer [...]

There is nothing I love more than an evening of music, food and wine. Last month I needed one of those nights, so I headed to the CLO Backstage Bar downtown Pittsburgh to see the lovely and talented (and fellow Pittsburgher) Joy Ike perform. She belted out in her beautiful voice, songs from her new [...]

The Pirate’s may not be the best team in the league but their position adds more entertainment to PNC Park guests.  PNC Park’s traditional sky blast was a fun filled night packed with a ball game, concert, and fireworks show.  Our beloved Pittsburgh Pirates went up against Cincinnati in an ill-fated match that I’d rather [...]

Never say that you do not have time to do something.  Make time!  Especially if it is in good old Beaver County, with some of your childhood buddies.  My native land of Aliquippa has a hidden treasure that everyone should know about, I am spreading the word whether it is online, in print, or even [...]

The popular clothing manufacturer, American Eagle Outfitters, based in Pittsburgh, sponsored a two-day music festival in the streets of the South Side this past weekend. Musicians who took part in the first New American Music Union Festival ranged from college bands to the legendary Bob Dylan. The festival started at 6 p.m. on Friday, August [...]