By Alyse Horn The Woods Run Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1201 Woods Run Ave., is partnering with Brightwood Civic Group, WesBanco and NeighborWorks of Western Pennsylvania to bring residents a Money Smart Series of financial and homebuyer education workshops. The Financial Education...

Photos courtesy of Beth Hutton Volunteers from Brightwoods Tree Care Day that happened this past fall. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 By Alyse Horn Brightwood Civic Group and Tree Pittsburgh will be pruning trees from 10 a.m. until noon this Saturday. Volun...

Allegheny Observatory hosts a public lecture the third Friday of each month except for December. This month, on March 21, “The Higgs Boson: a story of broken marriages” will be presented by Ayres Freitas, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh. On April 18, "How Do You D...

Fineview Citizens Council will be having an Easter Egg Hunt for children at 1 p.m. on April 19 at Fineview Park playground, located on Fineview Ave. and Lanark and Myler Streets. In order to confirm the event, at least 30 children need to be pre-registered by April 1st, 2014. To register please call...

By Kristin Douty For the past three years, the Carnegie Library has not only made Black History Month a priority, but also a tradition. This year’s planning committee for Black History Month ensured a system-wide celebration for the Carnegie Library. Joyce Broadus, the manager of the Hill District b...

The City of Asylum is conducting a survey to better understand the Northside and how people feel about life in the community. The survey will assist City of Asylum in planning and evaluating its programs. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes and is completely anonymous. To take the survey, please click t...

West View Danceland Northside Oldies Reunion will be on February 8 at West View Fireman’s Banquet Hall, 398 U.S. Route 19. It’s $20 to attended, and the dance will be from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Holly Coleman The monument is located at the intersection of Ley and Lowrie streets in Troy Hill. By Alyse Horn On Friday, January 17 a motorist slid and crashed into the World War I monument in Troy Hill. The monument broke into several different bits, but is in the process of bei...

Press release Join Silk Screen: Asian Arts and Cultural Organization on Saturday, February 1st at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to celebrate and ring in the Chinese New Year 2014 begins – The Year of the Horse! At this celebration, Silk Screen will present and introduce the Chinese New Year with m...

Oliver Lake, the musical curator of City of Asylum’s annual Jazz-Poetry Concert, is gathering community members to talk about life in the Northside at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21. The meeting will be at the Young Men’s and Women’s African Heritage Association, 1205 Boyle St. Another meeting wil...