Prohibition Pastries opens a second location selling boozy desserts
Through the Pay It Forward program, customers can donate desserts to local frontline workers.
01 Dec 2020
Pittsburgh startup PorchShip wants to take the hassle out of online shopping returns
Like DoorDash or Instacart in reverse, PorchShip takes online shopping returns from your porch back to, say, the Amazon shipping hub where they came from.
01 Dec 2020
Pittsburghers remember Robert ‘Snakeguy’ Habegger as community advocate, outdoors adventurer
#BeLikeSnakeguy
30 Nov 2020
The Pittsburgh Foundation distributes $1.62 million in CARES Act funds to 28 nonprofits. See the list here
The rapid relief funding goes to 28 local nonprofits that are providing immediate help to those in need.
24 Nov 2020
The ‘ludicrously oversized’ pickle Downtown just deflated. Here’s the hilarious press release
In a very 2020 move, the "ludicrously sized" giant pickle Downtown suffered a rip and deflated. Of course it did. Read the funny press release here.
25 Nov 2020
Gov. Wolf announces new mitigation efforts with rise of Covid cases
Bars and restaurants must end alcohol sales for on-site consumption at 5 p.m. the night of Nov. 25.
23 Nov 2020
Mac Miller makes Time Magazine’s top 10 best songs of 2020 list
The first single released after his death in 2018, the song is a meditation and a lament. “So tired of being so tired,” he sings, “Why I gotta build something beautiful just to set it on fire?”
23 Nov 2020
Tom Hanks and Billy Porter named honorary cabinet members for Tree of Life campaign
The project marks a new beginning for the congregation, which two years ago, experienced the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
19 Nov 2020
From bioreactors to teeth-cleaning chewing gum, AlphaLab and AlphaLab Gear companies pitch their ideas
These Pittsburgh tech startups all have the chance to build something bigger.
19 Nov 2020
The Heinz Endowments awards $5.75 million to arts groups in Pittsburgh for both operating grants and innovation
Twenty-seven organizations are receiving grants in which 100 percent of the amount is designated for general operating support.
18 Nov 2020