Culture

(Carnegie Museum of Art)
A 19th century papier-mâché pianoforte, a daguerreotype photograph of President Barack Obama inaugural address, and water decanters commissioned by President James Monroe are among the works...more
Local
February 20, 2012
February 22 to April 1 is not only a period to give up a favorite guilty pleasure for the Christian Lenten Season, activists also plan to make it a time to take a stand against abortion. The...more
Art
February 13, 2012

Bringing the history of humans and their domesticated animals together, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will display Andy Warhol’s Dogs and Cats paintings through the end of June.The Warhol...more
Art
February 13, 2012

The Awesome Pittsburgh Foundation, a new local chapter of a national project, is on a citywide search for one thing: new projects it thinks are awesome.Each month the group awards a $1,000 grant to an...more
Architecture
February 9, 2012

The Urban Redevelopment Authority Board voted today to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the URA and The Buncher Company to begin renovation of the Strip District. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke...more
Culture
February 9, 2012

A new play exploring the 1995 arrest and death of Johnny Gammage opens tonight at the Henry Heymann Theater. It runs through February 19 before moving on to the August Wilson center Downtown March 2nd....more
Economy
February 2, 2012
Starting in May, Pennsylvania will likely join a minority of states that check to see if people have too much in savings to qualify for federal food stamps. Some 43 jurisdictions, including states,...more
Local
February 1, 2012
After a battle with an undisclosed form of cancer and dementia, Retired Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died Tuesday in his sleep at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in the Philadelphia suburb of Wynnewood....more
Politics
January 31, 2012

You may have thought 2012 was the year of the dragon, but state House lawmakers have assigned a moniker.With a unanimous vote last week, House members declared 2012 the “Year of the Bible.”The...more
Architecture
January 25, 2012

In order to prevent Johnstown landmarks from being stripped of their history and possibly even being torn down, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cambria County will formally transfer the ownership of three...more
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