Photo courtesy of Merecedes J. Howze By Merecedes J. Howze In part with Serve Pittsburgh, one local Northside school helped to "Beautify the Burgh" on Friday, May 9, 2014. Roughly 250 students at Pittsburgh King K-8 volunteered to help clean up the areas around our school. Staff and students had a g...

Photo by Abbey Reighard By Abbey Reighard Two young men have been selected to put their martial arts skills to the test at a world competition – skills they mastered while attending free lessons on the Northside. Gregory Young, a senior at Central Catholic High School, and 15-year-old Matt Mascellin...

Parents of children entering kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year are invited to bring their children to Ready Freddy ‘Kindergarten Transition Events’ at Spring Hill School located at 1351 Damas Street, and at M.L.King School, located at 50 Montgomery Place, both on the Northside. The Spring H...

Photo courtesy of Allegheny Historic Preservation SocietyThe Afro-American Institute Boys' Choir, pictured above, will be performing for the Tiffany Concert Series later this month.  By Alyse Horn Presented by the Allegheny Historic Preservation Society, The Tiffany Concert Series at Calvary United ...

Photo courtesy of PSYEP 2013 ReportMoving the Lives of Kids (MLK) Mural Project provided youth with an opportunity to consider art as an occupational choice. They planned and painted a mural depicting Pittsburgh’s rich Jazz heritage, located in the Strip District. By Alyse Horn In part of his reform...

By Alyse Horn At 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, TEDxGrandviewAve will host an event at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square E. TEDx is similar to the annual TED Conference, but TEDx is an independently organized and community based version of the original TED experience. At a TEDx event, TEDT...

Photo courtesy of Robin WeberDesiree Wienand is from Pittsburgh, but previously worked and lived in Southern California and Hawaii.   By Alyse Horn On November 1, 2013 the National Aviary welcomed Desiree Wienand to the team as the new director of development. As director of development at the aviar...