Pride Project, Inc. isn’t structured around cut-and-dry goods and services: It aims to fill in the gaps of what a traditional education can provide, to give people ‘experiences that aren’t quantifiable.’ By Lucia Shen Photo: Ashlee Green In December 2020, Pride Project Inc. bought the former Chatham...

David Oresick has ties to Silver Eye Center for Photography and Carnegie Mellon University. By Lucia Shen Photo: Mattress Factory David Oresick, a native Pittsburgher with ties to Silver Eye Center for Photography and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), has been named the Mattress Factory Museum’s new...

'As bad as it was in 2020 is how good it is right now.' Photo: Tim Maloney, owner of Dirt Doctors Cleaning Services, runs his company by 'glorify[ing] God in all that we do.' Courtesy of Maloney By Lucia Shen Back in 1994, Tim Maloney had just been laid off, but he and his future business partner Sc...

There's a reason Hollywood loves it here. By Lucia Shen Photo: The former Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary, circa 1890-1891, where Alexander Berkman served his sentence for the attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick. Gift of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Public Domain Humans love a good ...

Former State Rep. Jake Wheatley, Angel Gober, and Dr. Kathi Elliott have been named for the new Pittsburgh mayor’s team. By Lucia Shen Photo: Now-Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, who at the time of the photo, was a state representative, speaks at a Pittsburgh Black Elected Officials Coalition press conf...

The late George Ferris, a former Northsider, invented the Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Now, Pete and Jeff Geissler are bringing his name back into the limelight. By Lucia Shen Photo: Jeff and Pete Geissler, authors of a new book about the late George Ferris. ...

Selected ‘Artists Inn Residence’ will work alongside Northside artist Natasha Neira and Stephen Grebinski for one month to publish a zine. By Lucia Shen Photo: Northside artist Natasha Neira screen printing, back in 2019. Neira and fellow artist Stephen Grebinski are now taking applications for the ...