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Aspinwall, PA – Allegheny RiverTrail Park presents a winter festival called Shiver on the River on Friday, December 17 from 6pm-9pm. Shiver on the River will feature live music, a holiday market with artisanal vendors, a special holiday display for children on loan...

The Fox Chapel Garden Club has reinvented itself this holiday season by moving its annual holiday floral fundraiser outdoors, says co-chair Weezie Walter. Safety first in the era of covid, so the holiday event, traditionally held indoors at the Fox Chapel Golf Club...

By Patricia Sheridan Staff writer With more than 18 acres to roam, “The River Rocks: Let’s Blaze a Trail!” party at Allegheny RiverTrail Park was an outdoor extravaganza celebrating the park’s 10th anniversary. The Friday night event also showed off an additional mile...

Tawnya Panizzi | Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 12:00 p.m. Attendees of the River Rocks fundraiser at Allegheny RiverTrail Park in Aspinwall will get a first-ever glimpse at 6 acres of newly acquired property that is expected to further transform the site into a regional...

Fishing Report: Rivers catfish on the prowl in cooler waters John Hayes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette jhayes@post-gazette.com Sep 9, 2021 12:00 PM Allegheny River (Allegheny County) Doug Shriber and his son, Nate, 6, both of Squirrel Hill, landed a 37-inch, 41-pound...

Aspinwall Riverfront Park expands, changes name to Allegheny RiverTrail Park Tawnya Panizzi | Wednesday, July 21, 2021 2:02 p.m. E Aspinwall Riverfront Park, the recreational gem off Freeport Road with a fishing dock, dog park and garden-lined trail, has expanded by...

Riverfront Theater Company eager to return to in-person productions with 'Into the Woods Jr.' Tawnya Panizzi | Wednesday, July 21, 2021 11:35 a.m. Details Riverfront Theater Company has teamed up with Emmerling Ice Cream in Indiana Township for a pre-show fundraiser....

Public invited to participate in interactive Juneteenth art display at Aspinwall park Tawnya Panizzi | Tuesday, June 22, 2021 2:52 p.m. A public art display this week at Aspinwall Riverfront Park will honor and raise awareness of Juneteenth, the holiday that...

ASPINWALL RIVERFRONT PARK HONORS JUNETEENTH WITH AN INTERACTIVE WORK OF PUBLIC ART Aspinwall, PA   Aspinwall Riverfront Park is honoring Juneteenth with a work of public art.  “As an African American who lived in Galveston, I want to convey that our history is part of...

Aspinwall Riverfront Park offers busy slate of summer music TAWNYA PANIZZI | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:43 a.m. JAN PAKLER | FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW The Rock the River concert series will kick off June 27 at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Shown here is a concert from June...

In brief: Riverfront Theater Company holding open auditions, Aspinwall yard sale and more in Aspinwall, Fox Chapel TRIBUNE-REVIEW | Monday, May 10, 2021 11:01 a.m. SUBMITTED Riverfront Theater Company actors rehearsing at the performance space at Aspinwall Riverfront...

Photo courtesy of Sweetwater Center for the Arts. 30 Pittsburgh summer camps your kids will love Sally Quinn April 20, 2021 Features, Guides to PGH, Kid Friendly Businesses, Kid Friendly Events, Kidsburgh Pittsburgh This article first appeared in Kidsburgh.org, which...

90.5 WESA | By Julia Zenkevich Published April 12, 2021 at 5:51 AM EDT   Margaret J. Krauss / 90.5 WESA A partial view of the Brilliant Line from Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell a 3.6 mile long stretch of railroad to...

We are so grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of support for our funding application for the acquisition of the Brilliant Line. Given that we only had 3 and 1/2 days to pull this off over Easter weekend, we had hoped for 100 letters and 1,000 positive comments in...

By Ryan Deto CP photo: Abbie Adams View of Brilliant Branch Railroad Bridge from Aspinwall Riverfront Park There is a four-mile abandoned rail corridor that connects Pittsburgh's East End to Aspinwall across the Allegheny River. Pittsburghers have probably spotted it...

by Tawnya Panizzi Residents from Sharpsburg to Pittsburgh’s East End could be connected by a four-mile bike/pedestrian corridor that would provide access to fitness, recreation, shopping and dining in a project that’s expected to cost nearly $14 million. Allegheny...

Look for expanded seating, longer hours and a more extensive menu from the riverside dining gem. April 7, 2021  Hal B. Klein PHOTOS COURTESY FARMER X BAKER Jennifer Urich’s mission to elevate riverfront dining at Aspinwall Riverfront Park entered its third season...

Let's capitalize on this once in a lifetime opportunity to create Pittsburgh's own High Line and link ARP with the East End! Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell ARP the Brilliant Line, a magnificent nearly 4 mile long rail corridor stretching from the Park,...

https://cleveland.cbslocal.com/video/5430718-eye-catching-art-exhibit-at-aspinwall-riverfront-park/ Waves of Gratitude is showing what the community is grateful for after a tough year.  

by Kristy Locklin Aspinwall Riverfront Park is commemorating the first anniversary of the pandemic with “Waves of Gratitude,” a public art installation made of 1,800 ribbons hanging 24 feet in the air that was organized by Susan Crookston, the park’s executive...

Women-Owned Restaurants and Businesses You Can Support in Pittsburgh March 8, 2021 by Emily Catalano Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! To celebrate today, we thought that we’d highlight some of the fantastic women-owned restaurants and food businesses in...

by Bob Batz Fox Chapel High School students recently showed some love to Aspinwall Riverfront Park to kick off a series of public art projects there this spring. They fabricated and painted big wooden letters to make an “L-O-V-E” sign and decorated that with two wood...

Feeling the Love at Aspinwall Riverfront Park   Aspinwall Riverfront Park just got a lot more lovely. The park is displaying a large LOVE sign and two large painted hearts, and the public is invited to stop by and take pictures with family and friends!   The...

Aspinwall Riverfront Park wants to know what you are grateful for. The Park plans a large-scale work of public art to focus on and inspire gratitude. The work will be composed of thousands of hanging colored ribbons, each with a hand-written note of what someone is...

by Tawnya Panizzi Aspinwall Riverfront Park just got a lot more “Love”ly.  The Park is displaying a large LOVE sign and two large painted hearts and inviting the public to take pictures with friends and family there.  The installation is the first of a series public...