Arts Landing — the 4-acre, outdoor civic space located at Eighth Street and Penn Avenue in the Cultural District — is open on time ahead of next week’s NFL Draft.

Yes, it’s a musical about corn.

There are undoubtedly some shows in the theatrical canon that are overdone. It can be groan-inducing to see the same plays and musicals performed over and over again, revived and revisited ad nauseam. Thornton Wilder’s classic “Our Town,” while frequently produced, isn’t one of them.

At Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, people can find books, magazines, historical records — and NFL Draft-themed merchandise.

Much like the circus at its center, the musical “Water for Elephants” is a dazzling spectacle — but also a bit messy, and with a lot of darkness lurking in the shadows beyond the Big Top lights.

Michael Zagaris has been photographing NFL football for almost six decades, attending 44 Super Bowls. Now, he’s sharing his photographic journey with Pittsburgh.

The temperature Tuesday afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh didn’t climb much above freezing. But patrons at Kayla Branca’s new candle workshop, The Studio by PGH Candle, said they felt something warm wash over them upon entering the Wood Street store.

From brews to “Beetlejuice,” from coconuts to crafts, Pittsburgh’s got a lot going on this weekend. If you’ve got some free time after a busy week, here are a few things to try out around town.

A Market Square brawl last weekend has renewed pressure on business owners and elected leaders to crimeproof one of Downtown Pittsburgh’s most visible public spaces — just weeks before hundreds of thousands of visitors descend on the city for the 2026 NFL Draft.

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a “reported parachutist” jumped off a skyscraper near the former site of the Civic Arena.