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Thu., June 4

ART • SEWICKLEY
lux ex tenebris Opening Reception. 6-8 p.m. Continues through Mon., July 27. Sweetwater Center for the Arts. 200 Broad St., Sewickley. sweetwaterartcenter.org

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As a teenager growing up in the Philadelphia area, Jeff Bergman knew he wanted to pursue something in the world of show business. He loved listening to his mother play the piano by ear and admired her writing. When he told his father, who worked in the fashion industry, about his showbiz aspirations, his father replied asking for his plan B, and he admitted he didn’t have on...

Pittsburgh’s porn palaces once did double duty as places to view sex films and as arenas where lawyers and moral reformers fought constitutional battles over the First Amendment. But today, infamous places such as the Northside’s Garden Theater and the Harris Theater downtown are touted as redevelopment and rebranding success stories.

Throughout the city’s history...

Given its proximity, Aspinwall has become a sort of home away from home for me. One short drive and bridge crossing takes me to my gym, supermarket, and T.J. Maxx/Marshalls, my preferred places for cheap skin and hair care, as well as middle-aged white lady dilly-dallying.

And yet, for all my visits over the last decade or so, I never once patronized Tavern In The ...