The first weekend of October kicks off with a George A. Romero film screening at the Warhol theater, Nova Night Market and an insider's look at Allegheny Inn, Alphabet City, Teutonia Mannerchor and other Northside buildings with DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh. Thursday, October 4 Walk-in Vaccine Hours at the...

Close out the month of September this weekend with the final Fish Fry Friday at Riverview Church, an open house at the Allegheny Observatory and a City of Asylum "jazz and poetry interlude" featuring musician Jaimeo Brown and poet Lauren Russell. Thursday, September 27 Toastmasters Club at Carnegie ...

The annual African American Heritage Day parade kicked off in the Northside on Saturday, August 25 at 11 a.m.  Photos by Ashlee Green This year's African American Heritage Day parade began on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Quik-It Chicken parking lot and ended at Manchester Field. Organizations, dance t...

Enjoy yourself in the Northside this weekend with a storytelling event featuring stories from the transgender community, the African American Heritage Day Parade and dance competition and an Allegheny Commons Community Garden Meet & Greet. Thursday, August 23 Reverend Beat-Man and Nicole Izobel Garc...

By Merecedes J. Howze, Pittsburgh Public Schools The 2018-2019 school year is quickly approaching, and four Northside schools have new school leaders.  In addition to the new (and some familiar) faces at these schools, Northside parents will be afforded the opportunity to meet their child’s principa...

By Atiya Irvin-Mitchell On the Northside, there is a barbershop that acted as a second home for much of the Manchester community: Richey’s Barbershop. On July 6, James Richey, the man who made the shop a fixture in the neighborhood, died at the age of 77. After Richey’s passing, it became clear that...

Manchester Historic Society welcomed neighbors and friends to the annual Manchester House & Garden Tour on Sunday, August 5. Manchester showcases fine examples of architecture from the 19th and early 20th century. In 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. This year's tour co...

By Sarah Gross On July 6, 2018, the Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF) welcomed one of its most influential partners to Pittsburgh from Puerto Rico. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in September of last year, BBF has been working  tirelessly to do what it can to help. Raul Rodriguez, the...

By Ashlee Green Photos by Clifton Loosier It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Monday night and the city is winding down as workers head home for the day. But for Eric Quarles, 20, of Manchester, and Justin Bermudez, 16, of Perry Hilltop, the action is just getting started. “Let’s go, let’s go,” “Giddy up, giddy up,...

By Ashlee Green In April 2017, Norfolk Southern Railway received a $20 million grant from PennDOT to upgrade 14 bridges in Allegheny County. Three of those bridges—at Columbus, Pennsylvania and West North Avenues—are located along the Pittsburgh Line, a rail line running through the Northside. Some ...