Look, we know it’s lent. And to those practicing Catholics, that may mean giving up alcohol for the next 40 days...

Natural-gas industry boosters make several arguments for why natural-gas drilling, aka fracking, is beneficial for Pennsylvania. But their main argument, and one that is often repeated by Republican and many Democratic politicians, is economic...

This is how it starts. First, a friend sends a link to the Wikipedia pages for the musical Cats, because neither of you have ever read it before and it’s filled with alien names and a nonsense plot...

It's been almost two months since 22-year-old Tonee Turner was last seen at Dobra Tea in Squirrel Hill. The date was Dec. 30 and that same night, a firefighter reported finding Turner's wallet, keys, and cell phone about three miles away from Dobra Tea on the Homestead Grays Bridge pedestrian walkway...

The Lumineers played in Pittsburgh last night for the band's biggest headlining show in the city to date. The Denver-based band, which rocketed into fame with their 2012 radio hit, "Hey Ho," is touring in support of its third studio album, fittingly titled III...

In college, Maura Jacob and her friends would hold what she called “action camp skill shares.” Students would get together and talk about topics ranging from protests, to how to be safe on campus, or how to fix a bike. Jacob, who is now in Pittsburgh doom-pop band, Action Camp, which she co-founded with Bengt Alexsander 14 years ago, is returning to that idea on Sat., Feb. 29 when Action Camp holds a joint skill-share/single release show at The Smiling Moose...

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Video Archive There was another Democratic debate last night...

I should have known something was up when she placed her laptop on the couch and patted the cushion. That’s a move normally indicating a surprise grooming session or a desperate plea for company while she watches yet another Law & Order: SVU marathon...

“Last year was nuts.” Jasmine Cho laughs as she says this, but it's no joke...

Every morning, I walk to my son's daycare to drop him off. He's a little guy right now, just a few months old, and I feel both protective and adventurous when we're out in the world together...

Getting locally produced honey from BEEBOY Honey is no easy task. It’s not sold at farmers markets or grocery stores...

There's nothing quite like homemade soup. Cheaper than ordering at a restaurant and more flavorful than what comes in a can, nothing beats soup from a home kitchen...

Jay “Ruff Bone” White has been making films in Pittsburgh for years. Now the Beltzhoover native and self-taught filmmaker will showcase the work of his peers with Pittsburgh Black Film Network: A Day Dedicated to Black Short Films...

Pepperoni rolls have long been a staple of West Virginia culture and cuisine. They were allegedly invented there a century ago by an Italian baker named Giuseppe Argiro as a portable lunch for the local coal miners, and they remain a ubiquitous favorite throughout the state today...

Under a sheet of glass at Adda Coffee and Tea House on Pittsburgh’s North Side, a chocolate bar from S.K. Frey Chocolates and Confections is broken into small squares, carefully arranged into a work of art on display at the counter. Under the register, one of the company’s wrapped bars sits among a row of other hip chocolates with clean and minimalistic labels lining a shelf...

Nik Forsberg and Sarah LaPonte know that Nordic food, to most eaters, isn’t the most appealing cuisine. But the duo’s “loosely Nordic” pop-up Fet Fisk has been consistently filled to capacity, even the most skeptical diners developing a “Fet Fisk addiction.”

Sharif Rasheed is a snacktivist. The founder of Safi Health Co., a newly created, Pittsburgh-based snack company, believes that good nutrition fuels change...

As vanessa german and Deesha Philyaw were sending ​TENDER ​​a literary anthology & book of spells: evidence to the press last year, a Gender Equity Commission report cited Pittsburgh as more difficult to live in for Black women.  This was something german and Philyaw, as well as the 17 other writers and visual artists in TENDER — and other Black women living in Pittsburgh — already knew...

The volunteer cider-making group A Few Bad Apples gets a lot of attention during the fall months. It's an exciting time: That's when the members are picking and collecting apples, bottling cider, and spreading their message of sustainability and waste-reduction in Pittsburgh...

There’s the saying that if cooking is an art, then baking is an exact science, where any miscalculation could result in a collapsed cake or rock-hard cookies. But don’t tell that to Robin Stanton of GetMoMuffins...