2+ week, 3+ day ago  (134+ words) Ice Ball A couple of kids sniggering behind a corner mailbox in waitgot me good they did. One, off the top of my cool tossle cap and the second, a square plunk to the shoulder that stung.Then there they ran…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (145+ words) Editor's note: The Pittsburgh Quarterly team has interviewed many of the most interesting and noteworthy people in our "city-state of Pittsburgh" as my old editor and friend John Craig used to call this area. The number of interviews that have…...

4+ week, 10+ min ago  (243+ words) The five main characters represent archetypes similar to those in the film "The Breakfast Club," as we have a teacher (baritone Yazid Gray), a jock (baritone Erik Nordstrom), a basket case " Alona, the sweet girl (soprano Shannon Crowley), and the…...

4+ week, 11+ min ago  (295+ words) Thomas Solich is the owner of Solich Piano & Music, which has stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, and, as of 2022, Pittsburgh. Blind since birth, he became a champion wrestler, classically trained pianist and successful entrepreneur, becoming one of the largest Yamaha…...

4+ week, 8+ min ago  (371+ words) Mark Twain's famous quote, "history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes," can easily apply to our region today. Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania are in the midst of a renewed period of self-evaluation. While there are some who perceive our…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (347+ words) Within a day of the Jan. 7 news that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will close on May 3, I began receiving emails suggesting I create a group to save the paper or start a replacement. Why? Because I worked at The Pittsburgh Press…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (189+ words) Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan's Wild Bouts in McKeesport and Allegheny City'pittsburghquarterly.com Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan's Wild Bouts in McKeesport and Allegheny City "The air of Pittsburgh has been thicker today than at any time since the discovery and general…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (97+ words) Editor's note: The Pittsburgh Quarterly team has interviewed many of the most interesting and noteworthy people in our "city-state of Pittsburgh" as my old editor and friend John Craig used to call this area. The number of interviews that have…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (180+ words) A Wintry Forest Trail Walk in Lawrence County'Pittsburgh Quarterly A Wintry Forest Trail Walk in Lawrence County About an hour's drive north of Pittsburgh in Lawrence County, Plain Grove Fens Natural Area is a wonderful place to visit. It's just…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (845+ words) For a Steelers fan, watching 60 minutes of football at Acrisure Stadium without a sea of Terrible Towels is hard to imagine. In the mythology surrounding Pittsburgh's most popular sports franchise, a playoff game against the Baltimore Colts at Three Rivers…...