{"id":277408,"date":"2026-09-02T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277408\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:46:08","slug":"world-class-creatives-team-up-sept-18-to-celebrate-pittsburghs-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277408\/","title":{"rendered":"World-class Creatives Team up Sept. 18 to Celebrate Pittsburgh\u2019s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An inaugural weeklong Pittsburgh exhibition including the \u201cStartUP PGH\u201d innovation conference and the first-ever Pittsburgh Homecoming crescendos Sept. 18 with an epic, future-themed event: \u201cPittsburgh Tomorrow, A City on the Rise,\u201d featuring interactive installations by 20 Pittsburgh creatives including Oscar-winner Brendan Burch, world-renowned experiential artist Johannes DeYoung, Attack Theatre founders and artistic directors Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope, and DJ and producer Hussein Pwono, aka DJ pvkvsv.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sept. 18 event, 7-10 p.m. at Rockwell Park in N. Point Breeze, is open to all, but space is limited and advance registration required <a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/iwasbwyd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Also, all registered out-of-town visitors get a free ticket to two weekend events: Pirates\/Brewers game, Fallingwater, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Phipps Annual Flower Show, Warhol \u201cHomecoming\u201d exhibit, Kamin Science Center, Children\u2019s Museum, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, and Pittsburgh Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Sept. 18 collaboration is\u00a0quintessential Pittsburgh,\u201d said\u00a0Attack\u2019s de la Reza.\u00a0\u201cWe started with one idea, but this group\u2019s curiosity and creativity soon grew it into three distinct movement installations of gesture and flow, sight and sound.\u00a0A wall of shadows, appearing and disappearing, envelops dancers, in a similar way that the three rivers envelop the city \u2014 an interdisciplinary playground for dancers to explore, reminding us that Pittsburgh is not only a destination, but an invitation to influence what is to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ACityonTheRise_Sept.18th_HomecomingPartyFlyer8.5x11_V7-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44380\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe artists span animation, video, and interactive media,\u201d said\u00a0DeYoung, CMU Art Professor and founder of Pennsylvania Expanded Animation Alliance. \u201cAll are active in Pittsburgh and internationally, but this will be the first time their works are presented together in Pittsburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The immersive Sept. 18 event is a production of Pittsburgh Tomorrow, the nonprofit that\u2019s opening the door for a new generation of Pittsburghers and a new chapter in regional growth. Start-UP PGH involves a dozen economic development groups combining their separate conferences and pitch competitions into a single innovation festival creating national attention, venture investment, and local jobs. The Pittsburgh Homecoming adds a major cultural tourism component, shining a national spotlight on Pittsburgh\u2019s cultural and quality of life assets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been working with these groups for over a year, and it\u2019s exciting to see everyone coming together for a common purpose,\u201d said Pittsburgh Tomorrow founder Douglas Heuck. \u201cPittsburgh really has the ingredients to be the world\u2019s best place to live, and we\u2019re working with partners in every sector to lift the veil on the incredible things afoot here. 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