Photo courtesy of Walk for a Healthy Community website By Kristin Douty Run or walk, rain or shine at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community at Stage AE on the North Shore, May 17th at 7:45 a.m. This year, a new donation team will represent the Northside Community Food Pantry, an organization tha...

By Alyse Horn At 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 the City of Asylum will be hosting a reading with Indian-American author Akhil Sharma. According to the City of Asylum website, Sharma was born in Delhi and immigrated at the age of 8 to the United Stated. His novel, "An Obedient Father," won the PEN/Hem...

Photo courtesy of Lydia Vanderhill A smart phone application has been created to make picking up farm stand food easier for participants. By Alyse Horn Northsiders looking to pick up fresh locally grown grocery products year round may look no further. The Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance Farm Stand makes...

By Kristin Douty Construction on the Garden Theater, 10 W. North Ave., has revved up for the final renovation stage to ensure that theater construction is completed by June. On March 13, the Allegheny Central City Association held a meeting at the Allegheny Traditional Academy to discuss the progres...

Photo courtesy of Mattress Factory By Alyse Horn Mattress Factory will be holding an ARTLab event from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 and Saturday, May 3 in the lobby of the museum. ARTLab allows people of all ages to “come together and create art though laboratory style activities that promo...

Photo courtesy of Ron Donoughe Painting the Mexican War Streets (above) has been one of Ron Donoughe's favorites to paint thus far. By Alyse Horn Last summer Ron Donoughe, a Pittsburgh artist, decided to start a year-long journey around the 90 neighborhoods in the city and document what he saw throu...

Photo courtesy of Rob Collins Above is the new store front for Allegheny City Market, which will be opening by the end of March 2014. By Alyse Horn A new grocery store will be opening in the old location of Doug’s Market, which closed on December 7, 2013 . Rob Collins, owner of Bryant St. Market, 59...

Photo courtesy of PSYEP 2013 Report Moving the Lives of Kids (MLK) Mural Project provided youth with an opportunity to consider art as an occupational choice. They planned and painted a mural depicting Pittsburgh’s rich Jazz heritage, located in the Strip District. By Alyse Horn In part of his refor...

Photo courtesy of Laura Smith Several walkers finishing the 2011 Hearts in the Park walk.   By Kristin Douty Allegheny General Hospital needs Northsiders of all ages to join the fight against heart disease at their 11th Annual Hearts in the Park Walk on May 10. Every spring, AGH’s Cardiovascular Ins...

Story and photo By Kristin Douty For the eighth consecutive year, the Progressive Dinner event on Feb. 22 pulled residents out of their homes to enjoy the company of their fellow neighbors in the historic district of the Mexican War Streets. Northside native David McMunn started the dinners after li...