Rebecca Addison
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Reese Hayes' Half Bath webseries on Vimeo
It might be hard to believe, but this web series was produced in nine days. → Read More
Top 5 Hiking Trails
Emerald View Park Encircling the neighborhoods of Mt. Washington, Duquesne Heights and Allentown, this trail offers scenic views of the city. pittsburghparks.org/emerald-view-park Frick Park Spanning... → Read More
Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s Avenue Q continues through Sun., May 13
Avenue Q debuted on Broadway in 2003, four years before the great recession hit and left many struggling to find work. → Read More
Top 5 Organizations Looking for Volunteers
From mentoring middle schoolers to fighting hunger, there’s no shortage of opportunities to help your fellow Pittsburghers → Read More
Vince Dorse's Untold Tales of Bigfoot
Untold Tales of Bigfoot Vince Dorse untoldtalesofbigfoot.com When Pittsburgh-based comic artist Vince Dorse released his web-comic series Untold Stories of Bigfoot in 2013, it was... → Read More
Jim Rugg releases new Street Angel issue for Free Comic Book Day
Pittsburgher Jim Rugg knew he wanted to be a comic artist from an early age. “I started out reading comic books and I loved them and I love to draw and once I realized lots of people got paid to draw comic books, that was it for me,” Rugg says. → Read More
SPACE’s Marx@200 explores the German philosopher and what we can learn from his theories
Next week would’ve marked German philosopher and political theorist Karl Marx’s 200th birthday. Marx’s theories were the foundation for communism, which calls for the redistribution of wealth and the end of social class. → Read More
New episodes of all-female superhero series Heroineburgh to debut at Pittsburgh Filmmakers
A superhero series that tackles the subject of gentrification? → Read More
Worth checking out: local true-crime podcast Give Me Murder or Give Me Death
Give Me Murder or Give Me Death Epicast Network epicastnetwork.com If you’re sick of the drama surrounding your favorite true-crime podcast (ahem, Sword and Scale),... → Read More
Pittsburgh-produced TV show, Tomorrow’s World Today, comes to Science Channel in May
Walking into Inventionland — a business incubator in O’Hara Township that’s part office space, part maker space — is like walking into a Disney theme park or Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There’s a tree house, knights in shining armor, human-sized sweets and a whole lot of futuristic-looking technology. → Read More
Pittsburgh-area martial artist creates new karate style
John Morgart was 7, when his dad first tried to introduce him to martial arts. He took him to C.S. Kim Karate in Irwin, Pa., but the visit didn’t go as planned. → Read More
Pittsburgh illustrators create original pieces for Pittsburgh CLO’s Up and Away
Pittsburgh CLO’s Up and Away tells the story of the world’s first superhero. → Read More
Pittsburgh designer Elaine Healy debuts collection at Vancouver Fashion Week
Pittsburgh has come a long way since being named No. 1 on GQ’s Worst Dressed List in 2011. A string of boutiques offering local wares have popped up in neighborhood business districts. → Read More
Pittsburgh’s IonSound Project bring music to area workers
Over the past several weeks, musicians with IonSound Project have been popping up in retailers around Pittsburgh. → Read More
Uptown’s Eco-Innovation District is slated for three public-art projects
This month, the city issued the first RFP for the new art installations → Read More
Children’s advocates say family courts unfairly favor fathers, even when they’re the abusers
At a custody hearing in Allegheny County on May 20, 2016, the 9-year-old boy at the center of the case took the stand and was asked a series of questions. → Read More
Candidates in Pittsburgh City Council District 8 special election talk gun violence, PWSA and wet basements
Democrat Sonja Finn, independents Marty Healey and Erika Strassburger and Republican Rennick Remley will face off in the March 6 election. → Read More
PostSecret: The Show stops in Pittsburgh
In 2004, Frank Warren printed out 3,000 plain postcards. → Read More
Advocates say Pittsburgh’s drag performers need more latitude to shine
Last week, on the same day the British island territory of Bermuda revoked same-sex marriage rights for its citizens, a dozen people went to Pittsburgh City Council to speak in support of legalizing drag performances. → Read More
Pennsylvania legislators call on state to recommit to Paris Climate Agreement goals
Democratic leaders in Allegheny County are proposing legislation to reduce statewide greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent by 2025 → Read More