The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination (IFCI) presents the work of Pittsburgh-native, Kevin Osterhout in Phantasmagoricals. Please join us on a vivid and surreal journey into the life and mind of local artist, Kevin Osterhout. This prolific collection of incredibly vivid and intricate hand-drawn illustrations spanning almost a decade provides a glimpse into the subconscious of a brilliant artist who suffered from mental illness and substance use. Although this exhibition is not just a posthumous celebration of his work; It is an intimate portrait of a beautiful life cut short by the common perils of contemporary American society.

As the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania celebrates its annual 143 Day this weekend in honor of Pittsburgh’s most beloved neighbor, Fred Rogers, the Senator John Heinz History Center has partnered with the City of Pittsburgh to become the exclusive retailer for their popular “Kindness Zone” street signs.

Wooden roller coasters clacking. Merry Go Round band organ blaring. Children claiming ride partners and shouting through Kennywood’s iconic tunnel on a school picnic day. These sounds were solely missed during May and June 2020 that will, thankfully, burst back into our lives starting Saturday, May 8, when America’s Most Thrilling Historic Landmark begins its 123rd season of fun.

Carnegie Museum of Art visitors can experience the museum’s vast art collection and distinct architecture in a whole new way by booking a Date with a Docent on Thursday evenings. Led by one of the museum’s esteemed docents, these physically distant, one-on-one, and small-group personalized mini-tours offer visitors an in-depth look at a specific area of the museum’s collection, exhibitions, or architecture. Tours are free with the price of museum admission, which is free on Thursday evenings between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. during the month of May.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, part of the Senator John Heinz History Center’s family of museums, will open for its 53rd season on Saturday, May 1.

Located just an hour’s drive from downtown Pittsburgh in Avella, Washington County, Meadowcroft offers a safe and fun outdoor adventure for the whole family.

Visitors of all ages can watch a blacksmith forge red-hot iron in a 19th-century historic village, use an atlatl (a prehistoric spear-thrower) in a 16th-century Monongahela Indian village, throw a tomahawk at an 18th-century Frontier Trading Post, and explore the prehistoric wonders of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter – a National Historic Landmark recognized as the oldest site of human habitation in North America.

TD Projects (Tina Dillman, independent artist and curator) will be launching the second season of The Bloomfield Garden Club (BGC), a monthly salon highlighting local and regional artists working in dance, music, comedy, literary, visual, and/or performance art. The goal of the BGC is to provide an experimental platform for artists from various backgrounds to create new work, and to provide sources of revenue for those that are the most vulnerable- females, mothers, artists along the queer spectrum, and artists whom identify as other than just white.

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy announced today that the newly refurbished PNC Carousel in Oakland’s Schenley Plaza, one of city’s most cherished park attractions, has reopened to the public.

On behalf of DEMASKUS Theater Collective, a national service-oriented collective of artists and administrators seeking to make known the messages of the marginalized through the production and presentation of quality, compassionate, and inclusive artistic events. We are excited to announce that tickets are currently on sale for BLACK MARY, an interactive experience honoring the life and times of Mary Fields, the first African American female United States Star Route mail carrier. The production is presented by DEMASKUS and in association with Post Theatrical, a festival of plays that use the post as a theatrical medium conceived and coordinated by RealTime Interventions.

Irma Freeman Center for Imagination is proud to present F.A.E. (Friends Are Everywhere), an exhibition by Anthony Queen and Casper Pauclul.

F.A.E. opens on Friday, April 2nd, 2021 with a reception from 3 - 7 PM. The show will be up through April, with a soft closing on April 18th - 19th. Gallery Hours will be on Sundays from 2 - 5 pm, or by appointment. Irma Freeman Center for Imagination is located on 5006 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.