Photo by Alyse Horn By Justin Criado Volunteers created a garden space for the Northside Coalition Senior Housing at 1500 Brighton Place on Tuesday. Board members of the NCFH and Rivers Casino team members transformed the grassy space in the back of the housing as part of a beautification project, w...

By Cristina Holtzer After riding a bicycle for three hours around Pittsburgh and touring gardens in the hot sun, an ice-cold beer will be a well-earned reward. Growth Through Energy and Community Health (GTECH), a Pittsburgh community development company on Hamilton Avenue, will host its 3rd annual ...

Photo by Abbey Reighard Randy Gilson opened Randyland in his backyard in the 1990s to be used as a community urban garden. By Abbey Reighard “Lookin’ good Randy!” Randy Gilson put down his brush to wave and call out his thanks to the car that rolled by his home. After three decades of giving to the ...

Photo courtesy of the Children's Museum By Bill Schlageter Director of Marketing at the Children's Museum Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh will host its 10th annual "Kindergarten... Here I come!" event on Saturday, August 9 from 9 a.m  1 p.m. Children entering kindergarten this fall and their familie...

Photo by Dalton Amato James Hoy designed his Central Northside home i nspired by the Steampunk genre , which is currently for sale. By Abbey Reighard A science fiction subgenre is no longer confined to the imagination, thanks to one developer on the Northside. James Hoy can be spotted riding his cus...

Photo by Alyse Horn An African penguin greeted Night in the Tropics attendees as they arrived at the event on Saturday, July 12. By Alyse Horn “This event is for the birds.” That was the consensus Saturday night at the National Aviary for its annual Night in the Tropics fundraiser, which raised $190...

Photo by Alyse Horn Olympus Mons played the Main Stage at Middle Street and Foreland Street during the 2014 Deutschtown Music Festival on Saturday, July 12. By Alyse Horn and Abbey Reighard It’s estimated that 6,000 people poured into the Northside on Saturday, July 12 for the daylong Deutschtown Mu...