1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (704+ words) It's been nearly 40 years since Danny Elfman played in Pittsburgh. Laughing as he recalls that early visit, he muses, "It would have been a little club, you know," reflecting on the grit of his first tours. Now, the maestro of…...

23+ hour, 45+ min ago  (327+ words) As the U. S. prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial birthday, a local crafting company is creating a lineup of commemorative keepsakes to honor the nation's historic milestone." Wendell August Forge, a Mercer County-based blacksmithing manufacturer known for its local flair and modern…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (588+ words) Pittsburgh's favorite neighbor now has a You Tube channel. Fred Rogers Productions, which owns, oversees and disseminates Mister Rogers Neighborhood content across 200 countries, started a You Tube channel earlier this month. It aims to "spark wonder and imagination through full…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (447+ words) At Lautrec, dinner unfolds like a performance " choreographed, theatrical and built for spectacle from the first course to the last. This July, Lautrec " Nemacolin's storied French fine-dining destination " reopens its doors for an exciting new chapter, one that reimagines not…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (976+ words) Last Sunday, Julia Lacey got dressed in white and headed to the Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore. She wasn't there to get married " that isn't scheduled until the fall of 2027 " she was there to plan it." "[Wedding planning] has…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (719+ words) You've likely never heard of Dr. John D. Kelly or Professor Jim Daniels. Poke about the dusty, deepest corners of your brain for some reference to them that you've perhaps forgotten and you'll come up empty; John and Jim do not…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (557+ words) Splitting a six-pack with a fellow Pitt grad in my office was a great way to spend a Monday. And since we were imbibing non-alcoholic beer, I was able to function hangover-free on Tuesday. In May, Mike Poggi, a longtime…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1116+ words) Since 1885, one Queen Anne Victorian in West Shadyside has stood quietly as the world changed around it. Through a shifting neighborhood, the rise and fall of the steel industry, and decades of less-than-stellar upgrades in other historical homes nearby, 719 Amberson…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (213+ words) A Pittsburgh theater company known for its bold, stripped-down storytelling is packing a punch with the second Pittsburgh premiere of its 23rd season. Patrick Jordan, barebones productions artistic director, says that this season's deep-dive works aim to have the audience feeling…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (546+ words) In May of 2019, Rossilynne Culgan wrote the second edition of "100 Things to Do in Pittsburgh Before You Die." Pittsburgh is an everchanging city, and in the past seven years, it has transformed. With that, Culgan decided that it was time…...