Join authors Dan Rooney, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers and longtime North Side resident, and Carol Peterson, local historian, to hear about:

Allegheny City: A History of Pittsburgh's North Side

   A book signing follows the program, with copies available for purchase.

Wednesday, May 29, 6 pm

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Allegheny Branch

1230 Federal Street, 15212

 Seating is limited to 45 people.

 To register, please call: 412.237.1890.

www.carnegielibrary.org 

The Allegheny City Society Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the
Annual Meeting of the Allegheny City Society will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the historic Cardello Building, 701 North Point Drive.

A buffet dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a business meeting and program immediately following. The 2013 William Rimmel Award will be presented to Dan Handley for his creation of Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory.  Important announcements for the upcoming business year will be made. Please, come join in the fun and meet fellow Society members and friends who hold dear the memory of former Allegheny City and the present North Side. So many wonderful developments are happening. You will not want to miss it!!

Reservations for the dinner and program may be made by mail, by email and by telephone. The cost of the evening is $25.00 which includes everything--dinner, a great program, free parking, and a great North Side space--the historic Cardello Building.

(With the infrastructure upgrades to the ramps to and from Beaver Avenue, please be aware that your GPS may not get you directly to the Cardello Building!  Please watch this space for conscise directions to follow!)

Join us at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church on North Avenue at 7:00PM for a screening of "Allegheny Uprising." 

Based on true events from Pennsylvania history:  Settlers on the Pennsylvania frontier storm British forts in the years before the American Revolution.

The title "Allegheny Uprising" might lead one to think that this film is a thrilling modern-day adventure about Allegheny's secession from the City of Pittsburgh, but actually this 1939 'Eastern Western' stars John Wayne as Jim Smith, leader of the Conococheague Boys, paired with Claire Trevor as a follow-up to their success in "Stagecoach," released that same year.

Silent film great Thomas Meighan was an Allegheny City native who found stardom in the early days of Hollywood. Join us at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church Tuesday, March 12 for a screening of "Manslaughter." Directed by the great Cecil B. DeMille in 1922, "Manslaughter" stars Thomas Meighan as the DA who must prosecute his own fiance (Leatrice Joy) when she kills a cop. Comparing the loose morals of the Roaring Twenties with the Fall of Rome allows DeMille to create a salacious visual spectacle.
Musical accompaniment will be provided by Allegheny's own TOM ROBERTS at the UU Church Steinway! We'll also have a brief presentation on the life of Thomas Meighan and some selected shorts. (Also featuring Pittsburgher Lois Wilson!)

UNDAUNTED: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

Join us February 26th at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church as director Dan Handley presents his wonderful documentary on the Allegheny Observatory.
Featuring interviews with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Art Glasser, and narration by Pittsburgh's own David Conrad.
Discover the people responsible for scientific advancements in astronomy, spectroscopy and early aviation that happened right here in Allegheny

The Allegheny Brass Band

http://www.alleghenybrassband.com/

Great Music in a wonderful new North Side Park!
The Buhl Community Park in Allegheny Square 
7 to 8:30, Tuesday August 21st.

Bring a chair and enjoy an evening concert in the North Side's newest park directly across from the Children's Museum in the heart of Old Allegheny City.

Presented by the Allegheny City Society
Funded with a grant from the Buhl Foundation
With support from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and the New Hazlett Theater

AQUI TANGO !

Maureen Conlon Gutierrez                                  Ernesto Contenti

Layo Puentes    Tomas "El Cacho" Roberto (AKA "Tom Roberts") 

Great Music in a wonderful new North Side Park!
The Buhl Community Park in Allegheny Square 
7 to 8:30, Tuesday August 7th.

Buhl Park will be transformed into Buenos Aries as Acqui Tango performs authentic Argentine tango music.  They will be joined by Pittsburgh's tango community, who will dance the sensuous tango in the former Ober Park.  A magical night, not to be missed!

Bring a chair and enjoy an evening concert in the North Side's newest park directly across from the Children's Museum in the heart of Old Allegheny City.

Presented by the Allegheny City Society
Funded with a grant from the Buhl Foundation
With support from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and the New Hazlett Theater

Ortner-Roberts Duo

http://www.ortnerrobertsduo.de/index.php?page=home-english

Great Music in a wonderful new North Side Park!
The Buhl Community Park in Allegheny Square 
7 to 8:30, Tuesday July 17th.

Bring a chair and enjoy an evening concert in the North Side's newest park directly across from the Children's Museum in the heart of Old Allegheny City.

Presented by the Allegheny City Society
Funded with a grant from the Buhl Foundation
With support from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and the New Hazlett Theater

The Allegheny Brass Band

http://www.alleghenybrassband.com/

Great Music in a wonderful new North Side Park!
The Buhl Community Park in Allegheny Square 
7 to 8:30, Tuesday July 3rd

Bring a chair and enjoy an evening concert in the North Side's newest park directly across from the Children's Museum in the heart of Old Allegheny City.

Presented by the Allegheny City Society
Funded with a grant from the Buhl Foundation
With support from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and the New Hazlett Theater

Summer Solstice Event at Calvary United Methodist Church

971 Beech Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233

6:00 PM - Doors open

6:30 PM - Remarks on Tiffany windows and concert produced by Poets Corner Arts while the sun sets through the windows

8:30 PM - Refreshments and social in the 1895 Victorian chapel

$25 in advance (go to http://www.showclix.com/event/SunsetThroughTiffanys )

$30 at the door (cash or check only)

Sponsored by Preservation Pittsburgh and Poets Corner Arts

Proceeds benefit Preservation Pittsburgh and Poets Corner Arts

For further information, please call 412-231-2007 or email info@preservationpittsburgh.org

Louis Comfort Tiffany changed the physics of making stained glass in America by re-creating the medieval techniques of using solid stained glass instead of painting on glass to create glass designs. He added additional techniques of twisting the glass to get new colors, throwing confetti made of glass onto molten glass, and sandwiching up to five pieces of glass behind each other in a single composition. 

 And here in the North Side of Pittsburgh, we have Tiffany's three largest windows executed between 1894-95. The subject matter for his windows was chosen by Calvary Methodist Church patrons, but the design was done by the artist. Women in his shops made most of his windows.The Resurrection window is on the northwest side of the church. At the summer solstice, light through the magnificent window is at its peak during the year. Due to the physics of refraction, Tiffany's layered glass changes colors only when the sun comes through at unique angles, such as on Solstice. The Resurrection window has everything - layered glass ,confetti glass in the dappled tree leaves, streamer glass ,and drapery glass...as well as the three panels being a "time-lapse" of events on the day of the resurrection. The Jesus figure, which for most of the year is walking out of an Allegheny Cemetery-like mausoleum, appears suspended on a cross of gold which extends down the steps and transforms the Roman soldiers from blue armor to silver and gold. In the other sun-swept window of the Parousia, the angels wings seem to flutter as they change colors before your eyes.

While the concert music by Poets Corner is playing, you can see this happen this year on June 20.  The collection plate for the church used by Charles Scaife, the Joseph Horne family and Shea families will also be on display.  Afterwards is a reception with refreshments by Fabled Table. Click on the attachment to receive your invitation to the event. You may order your tickets online. The event is sponsored in order to raise funds to continue advocacy for saving the endangered religious structures in and around Pittsburgh.