In the market for a pirate bus? It’s all yours for $50,000
The 26-seat bus has been used for wine tours and corporate meetings and even weddings. Aye!
03 Jun 2020
The Show Must Go On(line) gets high praise from Bloomberg Businessweek
City of Asylum has found a way to connect with audiences and other help local groups do the same.
28 May 2020
Mark Cuban takes Pittsburgher John Dick’s lead to reimburse employees who eat lunch at local restaurants
"CivicScience will be reimbursing employees’ expenses from local establishments this week and we hope other companies do the same,” wrote John Dick on social media.
15 Mar 2020
A proposed cracker plant near Wheeling may be a boon to Ohio but could be an environmental threat to PA
Ohio's economic development organization said it awarded the grant to Thai chemical company PTT Global Chemical America and its South Korean partner, Daelim Industrial Co.
12 Feb 2020
The New Yorker praises the Pittsburgh Symphony’s note-perfect performance and savage precision
Music critic Alex Ross visited Pittsburgh after listening to the PSO's Brucker Ninth Symphony -- for the 10th time. He had to understand how such a formidable achievement came about.
04 Feb 2020
Pittsburgh’s air was unsafe to breathe for three months in 2018, report says
There were 90 days in which half or more air monitoring locations reported levels of particulate matter or ozone pollution above levels that pose "little to no risk" to human health according to the EPA.
30 Jan 2020
Best NFL trade of the season? The NYT credits Pittsburgh with the win.
Is Minkah Fitzpatrick actually so good that Steeler fans "might very well consider petitioning to rename the city after him"?
05 Dec 2019
Duolingo, at $1.5 billion, is our region’s first venture-funded unicorn
They've now got another $30 million in venture funding and more than 300 million users worldwide.
05 Dec 2019
How is Mister Rogers remembered here? This beautiful AP story explores his actual neighborhood(s).
"If you were a Pittsburgh kid watching him in his 1970s and 1980s heyday, you believed that his neighborhood was in our midst."
21 Nov 2019
Check out this uplifting New York Times story on Tom Hanks and Fred Rogers
"Tom Hanks is as nice as you think he is and exactly what you hope him to be."
14 Nov 2019