Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs

After about a year of being shut down for renovations, the Downtown branch of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh reopened on Tuesday, with more space than before. On Saturday, Carnegie Library Downtown held community tours for their Grand Reopening Celebration, and, of course, I went to photograph the new space...

Nature is healing. After being shut out for much of the last year, activists of all stripes are returning to the stately marble steps and gilded interior of the Pennsylvania Capitol...

UPDATE — 3:20 p.m., Tue., April 20: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 389 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 3...

On April 14, the city of Pittsburgh sent out a Formal Invitation for Bids requesting a long list of less-lethal weapons for the Pittsburgh Police force. This request includes hundreds of sponge rounds, thousands of projectile beanbags, and dozens of tear gas canisters, as well as other less-lethal weapons that Pittsburgh Police used last summer during Black Lives Matter protests in response to instances of police brutality...

Video Archive "Right now as we speak they are in this room, these 12 strangers, and they know the whole world is waiting."

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Heads2Gether the “high standard” in Washington, PA is hosting their first ever Head Out Event on Sat., April 24 from 2-6 p.m. at their store front located at 875 West Chestnut St. The event will feature live music from Johnny Cardo, and Friends of Elvis, food trucks, live glass blowing, vendor booths, and so much more...

Mother’s Day Threadbare Cider House & Meadery 1291 Spring Garden Ave., Troy Hill. threadbarecider.com Threadbare has announced three ways to celebrate Mother’s Day at their location...

Filmmaking is hard work, especially when your movie involves both hiking in the wilderness and escaping murderous backwoods cannibals. Add in a low budget, and you have The Boonies, a locally shot horror film, which will be out on streaming and VOD platforms on April 20...

No, the condiment giant Heinz doesn’t make its popular ketchup in Pittsburgh anymore. But the company that got its start in Sharpsburg still has a fiercely loyal following in the Steel City...

On Mon., April 19, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that he received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Wolf got the shot at Family First Health in York, Pa. Wolf stated that he decided to wait until all Pennsylvania residents were eligible for the vaccine before getting his own...

Video Archive "People live in terror of [expletive] and don’t recognize real risk, and we’re seeing that play out big time with this vaccine."

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If you drive down Gibson Road in October, you might think you’ve been transported to Humboldt County, but no, the Gibson family hemp farm is about as local as it gets. Nestled in the rolling hills of Northern Butler County, their 200-acre farm is filled with the purples and greens of their various CBD and CBG hemp strains of all terpene profiles and phenotypes...

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Susan Merenstein, Pharmacist and Owner of LabNaturals CBD has over 40 years of Holistic Clinical Pharmacy experience and has always prided herself on being open to new and innovative ways to help her clients, both people and pets, lead healthier lives. That’s why Susan developed LabNaturals CBD, a line of People and Pet friendly, easy-to-use, low cost CBD products including Oils, Pain Balms, Capsules, and Gum!

Pittsburgh music and entertainment venues have been crushed by the pandemic. They have been forced to close due to COVID restrictions, they have tried to raise funds to keep staff employed and have lobbied Congress for funds to help them stay afloat...

A long-running art project in Pittsburgh has announced it will shut down after nearly 20 years of operation. Future Tenant, which describes itself as "the flagship experiential learning initiative of the Masters of Art Management program at Carnegie Mellon University," revealed on its website that it is "sunsetting."

This week's Marijuana Issue cover features pals partaking in cannabis products by Pittsburgh artist Morg Cunningham. Hailing from the North Hills and now a neighbor in Beechview, Cunningham works by day as a digital designer and an illustrator at night...

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As a rapidly growing force in the Pennsylvania medical marijuana industry, PurePenn is committed to improving the lives of Pa. patients by providing the highest quality medical marijuana products. However, it’s not the only commitment they have made to the region...

Like most political races, the 2021 Pittsburgh mayoral contest has been filled with attacks, broad goals, and debates, as it should. But what gets lost sometimes is a focus on what a mayor of Pittsburgh can actually accomplish...

As the population rushes to become vaccinated, there are still reported cases of infection, some of them not human. Today, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium announced that two female lions have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans...

A group of talented Pittsburgh musicians have come together again for the second season of the Save Our Stages Concert Series. The series raises awareness of the struggles local venues are facing, and also raises money for their survival...