Ron Bernthal

Each year, starting with World Cocktail Month in May and stretching into summer, a select group of Accor Hotels MGallery Collection properties celebrate the art of mixology across many of its properties worldwide, turning bars into a stage for creativity and connection. This year, 16 MGallery Collection hotels invite guests to experience the bar as a destination in its own right.

The 4-acre, $31 million multiuse cultural park on 8th Street Block of Downtown Pittsburgh will serve as a new recreation and event space for the neighborhood. Pennsylvania’s Governor Josh Shapiro secured $50 million in the 2025/2026 budget to ensure Pennsylvania is ready to welcome millions of visitors for major events. In April, Governor Shapiro participated in the opening of the new 4-acre Arts Landing.

While often thought of in the context of museums, art is not confined to any single building or gallery. Especially in Norway, known for its picturesque fjords and towering peaks, art becomes an extension of the landscape itself. Several sculptors have embraced this extraordinary setting, placing their works amid windswept coastlines, quiet forests and rugged mountain terrain. Up Norway compiled a selection of Norway’s top five outdoor sculptures.