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Minimalist artist-designer John Eastman shows we don't need much — beautifully
Minimalist living space in Regent Square welcomes walk-in visitors through December. → Read More
Classical radio station WQED-FM quieted by transmission problems
Classical music listeners have been commenting on social media for the past couple of days that they can’t tune into WQED-FM 89.3. WQED reported... → Read More
Black Women for Positive Change helping to lead fight to de-escalate violence in Pittsburgh and U.S.
A Mt. Lebanon woman and the Pittsburgh network is part of an organization looking to strengthen families. → Read More
Artists and makers team up for three-city virtual holiday marketplace
Artists and makers in Pittsburgh are teaming up with counterparts in Cleveland and Akron this weekend for a sales opportunity to power each other through... → Read More
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announces merger of 14 parishes in region
Fourteen groups of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will merge on Jan. 4, Bishop David Zubik announced Saturday. The mergers will reduce... → Read More
Food pantries have adjusted to increased need, but they anticipate a surge
Food insecurity across the 11 counties that the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank serves is projected to have increased 42% during a tumultuous 2020. What... → Read More
Walkabout: A newbie is introduced to pickleball
Over the past few years. I had seen neighbors Donna and Laurie walking together to the Allegheny YMCA in workout gear. One day we stopped to talk, and... → Read More
Walkabout: A discussion on sacrifice and who owns the wind
We have a renewable future, one that could even enrich the little guy → Read More
Tearing it all out in autumn, even the hopeful peppers
Fall cleanup of the garden is a bittersweet time of reverie. → Read More
The American yellowwood experiment, one year in
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy collecting early data from living laboratory of American yellowwood saplings in Schenley Park → Read More
Walkabout: Mt. Lebanon neighbors put love above political differences
When you are friends with a person before you know how she feels politically, it’s easier to keep liking her in spite of her political affiliation. Some... → Read More
100 years later: KDKA's celebration to reenact historic first broadcast of 1920 election results
On Nov. 2 a century ago, engineer Frank Conrad, a little bit the maverick, went where no man had gone before — into a little shed atop the tallest... → Read More
Walkabout: No ghosts in sight as New York City residents venture out for early voting
Contrary to unreliable reports, New York City is alive and kicking, with millions of real people on the streets → Read More
Walkabout: A season that's ending in an lifeless buzz
A baseball game in isolation is just a demonstration of how to play it. → Read More
PICT Classic Theatre offers a new 'Dr. Jekyll’ thriller on radio
“It may sound strange, but radio is one of the best ways to see a play,” says Alan Stanford, PICT Classic Theatre’s director. → Read More
North Side native celebrates Nobel Peace Prize in Rome
“It was such a validation of the work we do and a recognition that the link between hunger and conflict are deep,” Anna Horner says of the award. → Read More
Come out and say cheese! Photographer connects with community with ‘porchtraits’
Portrait photographer Anita Buzzy Prentiss finds opportunity and forges bonds with families who sit for porch photos. → Read More
Walkabout: Housemates by chance, friends by choice
Two women solve housing needs thanks to connections they made through Perry Hilltop Citizens Council → Read More
Weekend of events to culminate in Pride Parade and virtual live music
SisTers Pittsburgh and Transgender Coalition of Pennsylvania team up to hold annual event → Read More
Two restaurants planned for former Original Hot Dog Shop location in Oakland
Mero Restaurant Group to open Viva Los Tacos and sublet space to Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop in storied location → Read More