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Dr. Lori brings laughs and appraisals to Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
When appraiser Lori Verderame comes to the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, she expects to see antique glassware and ceramics from regional manufacturers... → Read More
Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show returns March 3-12
The Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show returns March 3-12 to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown with 1,900 exhibits covering more than... → Read More
Clothing exhibition reveals 1,000 years of Black history — in Pittsburgh and beyond
Designer and writer Tereneh Idia remembers vividly standing in Drexel University’s Main Building and yelling, “I am Amina of Zazzau, Hausaland!” She... → Read More
Local books: Authors tackle the Immaculate Reception, an Alaskan adventure and rifle shooting
A Klondike adventure, a Hunker, Pa., sharpshooter and some Steelers fans who missed Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception at Three Rivers Stadium are... → Read More
Us: Meet 4 Pittsburgh Hall of Famers who never played for the Pirates
Each of us has a story. To suggest someone for the Us column, email kkirkland@post-gazette.com. This story was updated at 8:42 a.m. It was a beautiful... → Read More
Historic homestead celebrates Hogmanay and other holiday traditions
Are you ready for Hogmanay? That’s the Scottish name for a new year celebration and it’s just one of the 18th-century holiday traditions on... → Read More
'Dazzling Nights' puts you amid a million lights at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Pittsburghers like lots of lights this time of year. Heck, we kick off the holiday season with Light Up Night! But you’ve never seen lights like... → Read More
Symphony Splendor Holiday Fantasy Tour returns with 23 trees, more glamour
Can you have too many Christmas decorations? Scott Cavanaugh doesn’t think so. He’s been accumulating ornaments and other holiday finery since... → Read More
Mira Nakashima honors her father's legacy while making her own functional art
When Mira Nakashima comes Saturday to give a talk at the University of Pittsburgh, she might pass by her old home in Point Breeze. She and her ex-husband... → Read More
This Hill District mentor loves getting 'my arms around' Pittsburgh
Growing up in the projects in Aliquippa, sharing a four-bedroom apartment with his parents and seven older siblings, Jacques Moye couldn’t imagine... → Read More
Fall Home Show returns this weekend
The Fall Home Show returns Friday and runs through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown. Visitors will find exhibitors with the... → Read More
D-Day re-enactment draws 40,000 to the beaches of Conneaut, Ohio
CONNEAUT, Ohio — Trenches and what look like giant jacks replace sand castles and beach towels this week on the wide swath of sand below Conneaut... → Read More
Cranberry gardener learning how to create hillside beauty despite deer
Other than family and friends, few people get to see Cassie Stopar’s favorite garden – a hillside covered in three season with colorful shrubs... → Read More
Vocalist Bev Rohlehr makes a harmonious garden on the South Side Slopes
Bev Rohlehr calls her home a “unicorn” because it came with a waterfall, a fish pond, no neighbors and a great view of Downtown. But her garden... → Read More
Dermatologist on Symphony Splendor tour likes to get her hands dirty
Dr. Suzan Obagi thinks she might have been a carpenter in a former life. Her hands are always busy. As a dermatologist, she works to make people more beautiful.... → Read More
You could take home some of her strange and wonderful plants
How does Barbara Logan’s garden grow? With shrimp plants, variegated borage, cat’s whiskers and lots of other plants you’ve probably... → Read More
Edgeworth gardener colors outside the lines for the Sewickley Garden Tour
Architects Benno Janssen and Ralph Griswold designed this home and landscape in Edgeworth, but Ada Davidson made it magical. “She took the whole... → Read More
'Monet in Bloom' for Phipps Conservatory's Summer Flower Show
Step into paintings by impressionist artist Claude Monet in Phipps Conservatory’s Summer Flower Show, which opens Saturday and runs through Sept.... → Read More
Kelly critics find lots to love in others' high school musicals
Break a leg! No, really, break a leg and screw up your show. That’s what I expected to read when I edited the first few reviews of local high school... → Read More
Woodville is thriving with new/old additions and a gritty, tipsy history
Robert Windhorst watched a daily barn raising as he drove by on Washington Pike in Collier, Each day he passed on his way home from work, Amish carpenters... → Read More