By Erika Fleegle A man and a woman meet in the center of the room. He leans in to kiss her. She stops him, turning her head, and exits. A piano plays a few distinct notes on a descending scale. Orchestral music swells. The woman, Cathy, takes a seat at a writing desk and begins to sing: Jamie is ove...

Photo by Erika Fleegle The annual farmer's market in East Park was held May 8 for the first time this year. By Erika Fleegle Northside residents didn’t let overcast skies stop them from getting the first fresh produce of the summer. East Park played host to vendors of all kinds for the first of the ...

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...