By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor City Books, located in Allegheny West, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Aug. 10. Local authors will be on hand to perform book signings, and drinks and refreshments will be served throughout the day. “It’s going to be pretty low-key, but we’ve been doing a lot ...

By Northside Chronicle Staff Avenues of Hope applications due by April 30 Applications for the first quarter Avenues of Hope, a program by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh to support multiple main streets across Pittsburgh, are due by April 30. The program supports existing smal...

This weekend in the Northside: The annual Autumn House Press fall fundraiser at Wigle Whiskey, a Star Party in Riverview Park, a meet and greet with the Pittsburgh Police K-9 Unit, and more.  Photo of Authors Tiana Clark, S. Brook Corfman, Cameron Barnett, and Malcolm Friend courtesy of Autumn House...

This weekend in the Northside: Jazz Conspiracy Big Band is back at the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339, the CreativeMornings/Pittsburgh monthly breakfast lecture series features Summer Lee, KISMET art exhibit opens at City Books, and more. Photo of the Allegheny Elks Lodge #339 in Historic Deutschtown by ...

BREATHE is a new art exhibit curated by Pittsburgh artist Grits Capone and featuring exclusively black artists. It's on display at Iamb Gallery at City Books through Aug. 24. By Zach Armstrong When Eric Garner was pinned down on a New York City sidewalk by police officers for allegedly selling cigar...

This weekend, commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a film from the Reel Q Festival at The Warhol, a free jazz performance in Riverview Park, a glass recycling collection event at Threadbare Cider House, and more.  Photo courtesy of Threadbare Cider House Thursday, June 27 Foo...

Spring has sprung and this weekend, there are activities galore. Don't miss the Pittsburgh Black Elected Officials Coalition's Employment & Career Event at CoLab18, Independent Bookstore Day at City Books, and Museum Lab Opening Weekend, featuring an all-levels slacklining workshop with Steel City S...

Catch Guggenheim Fellow Kate Daniels reading from her new book of poems at Alphabet City, meet up with your Northside neighbors to help clean Lake Elizabeth and bring your pets to Wagsburgh to have their photos taken with the Easter Bunny. All of this and more, this weekend in the Northside. Thursda...

City Books hosted a Tree of Life Memorial Reading on Saturday, Nov. 10 for Pittsburgh poets and residents to gather together, reflect and grieve victims of the October 27 shooting. By Sophia Mastroianni Poet Tereneh Idia reads a passage regarding the importance of the solidarity of humanity. Two opu...

This weekend in the Northside: Wigle celebrates a new "funky experimental spirit," City Books hosts a Tarot Night with reader and illustrator Molly Wright and the Carnegie Science Center is showing "Jaws" on the Rangos Giant Cinema. Thursday, August 9 Donation Yoga at Get Hip Records Join Barbara of...