Article: WESA, Bill O’Discoll

This fall will be a good time to be an arts patron in Pittsburgh.

For eight weeks starting in September, the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts will host some 30 artists and companies from 20 countries, each presenting a show or exhibit that’s a premiere for the U.S., North America or the world.

This will be the fourth Festival of Firsts presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and the first since 2013 – the year the event made a splash with a giant rubber duck moored at the Point.

By Bill O’Discoll, WESA