This weekend was the very first weekend of the 60th anniversary of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, TRAF for the hip, dope, SWOLE crowd. And it was spoiled by Jagoffs who wanted some free stuff.
Under the cover of darkness, unknown thieves took coasters from Pittsburgh’s Dave DiCello, large paintings and.. to top it off, a painting, on wood, of Mr. Rogers! Who in the world, or in the neighborhood, has the guts to steal a Mr. Rogers anything? Isn’t that like stomping on a Terrible Towel?
And even more, how do these night-art-raid thoughts begin?
āYa know what would make us a bunch of money fast?ā And then they downĀ a few more ābravery beersā and go to it! Ā Butā¦. they forget to plan what the next step might beā¦. likeā¦ āWhere do we hide or sell stuff that has been mentioned all over the news?”
And what actually is the black-market rate for Pittsburgh coasters and a Mr. Rogers painting? Will the thieves put the coasters and Mr. Rogers painting inside of a trench coat and hang out at the corner of Liberty and Stanwix flashing passersby “Hey.. pssst! Check me aht! Mr. R originals here!”
Art thieves..thanks for spoiling the artist party on the first weekend. Don’t you know the annual tradition? It’s the rain’s job to spoil TRAF, not yours YaJagoffs!
Rachael Rennebeck is a Pittsburgh jagoff (the term of endearment version of jagoff of course) who cofounded YaJagoff Media, LLC. With decades of experience eating, drinking, shopping, living, and being among yinzers, we birthed the Pittsburgh-centric company encompassing all things related to the 412, oh, and the 724.
