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Heroes on four legs: meet some amazing animals

By Lindsay Patross | December 16, 2021

Stories of phenomenal animals that are changing the way people see the world.

Indiana, PA: The Christmas Tree Capital of the World

By Jenna McGuiggan | December 1, 2021

Tracing its Christmas Tree roots back to 1918, local farmers are keeping the Christmas spirit alive just an hour from Pittsburgh in Indiana, PA.

The Barefoot Forge

Learn how to saber a champagne bottle from a Pittsburgh blacksmith

By Lindsay Patross | November 19, 2021

A Pittsburgh blacksmith and an acrylic pour-artist in Boston.

Explore New Orleans with Esquire magazine editor Dave Holmes

By Lindsay Patross | September 28, 2021

Dave Holmes talks with celebrities about their favorite destinations.

Need a break? Brush up on your New Orleans history

By Mary Staes | September 17, 2021

In between bagging garbage that’s been sitting out for weeks, separating building materials, and crossing your fingers that the WiFi and electricity doesn’t go out again, we thought you might want to brush up on a little New Orleans history.

"Drinking Partners" - Ed Bailey (left) and Day Bracey, (Photos courtesy of Epicast Network)

🎧 The best Pittsburgh podcasts to check out

By Adam Earnheardt | September 13, 2021

There’s a smorgasbord of Pittsburgh entertainment and culture on podcast apps like Audible, Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn Radio. From business and health to entertainment and sports (and even more sports), you’ll find a PGH podcast to fit just about every genre.

Pittsburgh Oktoberfest beers

🍻 Prost! Guide to Oktoberfest beers from Pittsburgh Breweries

By Aadam Soorma | September 10, 2021

A look at Oktoberfest beers from Pittsburgh breweries.

Street flooded? Here’s how to check if your catch basin is clean, and how to DIY

By Mary Staes | August 26, 2021

Here’s how to clean your catch basins ahead of potential flooding.

backyard chickens

🐓 City Chicken: More Pittsburghers are raising backyard hens

By Kristy Locklin | August 26, 2021

Urban chickens are hatching up all over Pittsburgh. We talked to residents in Avalon and the surrounding neighborhoods about the foundations of fowl-keeping.

You can find generations of Pittsburgh black history at The Crystal Barber

By David Rotenstein | August 26, 2021

The Crystal Barbershop might have been Pittsburgh’s best-known tonsorium. Its owner, William “Woogie” Harris, was a legendary gambling baron and one of the city’s wealthiest Black entrepreneurs. Harold Slater was his friend, son-in-law, and successor in the iconic Hill District establishment. Slater’s story begins more than a century ago in rural Virginia and it continues today with his daughter’s Bloomfield barbering business.