Front Porch Theatricals opens its summer season at New Hazlett Theater this weekend By Erika Fleegle Everyone loves a good love story. But what if that love story doesn’t end – or isn’t told – as expected? That’s where The Last Five Years comes in. The musical, produced by Front Porch Theatricals, o...

Courtesy of Carnegie Science Center In honor of Armed Forces Day, active members and veterans of the U.S. military can receive a free ticket to see D-Day: Normandy 1944 at the Rangos Omnimax Theater at Carnegie Science Center on May 16 by presenting their military ID at the ticket counter (one ticke...

Photo courtesy of Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community 5k By Erika  Fleegle Highmark hosted its annual Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community 5k Saturday, May 16, at Stage AE on the North Shore. Troy Hill’s Sarah Heinz House participated to benefit its summer camps for local youth. In addition to th...

By Justin Criado  The annual East Park flea market is back for another year. The Community Alliance of Spring Garden-East Deutschtown now sponsors the Saturday event, which runs through October. Vendors can start setting up around 8 a.m. and are required to pay a $10 fee each Saturday they participa...

By Erika Fleegle As the weather warms up and farmer’s markets pop up throughout the Pittsburgh Area, Northside residents are looking forward to all the fresh produce the season has to offer. On Saturday, May 16, Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) XXII, a program of Leadership Pittsburgh Inc., w...

By Justin Criado Resident Northsiders Sarah and Domenick Sims-Erwin are in the long, unpredictable process of restoring a historic home on 406 Foreland St. in Historic Deutschtown. Now, over a year in to the new project, contractor troubles have put them behind schedule, not to mention drained funds...

Courtesy of Neu Kirche Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center is celebrating the first annual NEU CITY project in the Food City Community Garden in East Deutschtown. Five artists merge contemporary art with urban gardening to create immersive public works that activate the garden space. Each artist is i...

Photo by Justin Criado  Volunteers work on the garden at the Sarah Heinz House during Comcast Cares Day 2015 April 25. By Justin Criado Sarah Heinz House celebrated the annual Comcast Cares Day Saturday, April 25 as Comcast employees and personnel helped teamed with volunteers to landscape, clean-up...

Star Wars, Ghostbusters to clash at Carnegie Science Center Friday night COURTESY OF CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER Carnegie Science Center’s next adults-only night will uncover the science behind science fiction. The event, 21+ SciFi, will be held on Friday, April 24, from 6-10 p.m. Stormtroopers from Gar...

Photo by Justin Criado Angela Williams of Perry Hilltop speaks during the GTECH ReClaim Northside project kick-off Wednesday, April 22 at the Pittsburgh Project. By Justin Criado GTECH Strategies held its ReClaim Northside project kick-off Wednesday, April 22 at the Pittsburgh Project in Perry Hillt...