By Katrice Stallworth – 9th Grade, Trinity Christian School

...Vendors sold food(Soul Ice), hand-made clothing with fabrics from South Africa, health and wellness products among other things. Artists such as the Flow Band, Pieces of a Dream, Con Funk Shun, and the Spirit-filled Music Ministry performed. .....In summary, T. Rashad Byrdsong’s mission was to promote camaraderie among Pittsburgh’s African American community. Read more [...]

By Delaja Evans- 12th Grade, City Charter High School

  Aside from the regatta there were many different activities going on in downtown Pittsburgh during the first weekend of August. Read more [...]

 By Ashley Priore- 11th Grade, The Ellis School

Democratic candidate for President of the United States, Hillary Clinton, visited Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center on Saturday, July 30th. With Tim Kaine, Vice Presidential nominee, Anne Holton, Kaine’s wife and former Secretary of Education for Virginia, and 42nd President and husband of Hillary, Bill Clinton, by her side, this event was part of a bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio. Read more [...]

By Emma Paulini- 12th Grade, Fox Chapel Area High School

On the night of July 28th, 2016, the worlds of science and art collided — in the best sense possible.  This cross-curricular evening, the first in a series dubbed “The Invisible Jazz Experimental Laboratories”, brought together physicists and artists from the Pittsburgh area to develop new points of view and perspectives of our world. Read more [...]

By Emma Paulini- 12th Grade, Fox Chapel Area High School

In the warm and welcoming atmosphere of the Steel City Slam, audience members snap and hoot as they connect with a piece. “Feel it in your heart; feel it in your pinky toe,” quipped Jude, the emcee for the night. Read more [...]

By Serena Zets- 11th Grade, Pittsburgh CAPA

In a world reeling from the June 2016 anti-LGBTQIA attack in Orlando, the Carnegie Library teen section's gay straight alliance (GSA) is a place full of hope. Read more [...]

By Demarre Evans- 12th Grade, Central Catholic High School

On August 7, 2016, I had the chance to interview the author of Justifying Our Bull, Darnell L. Ramsey. His book is about developing God-like character, something he feels is very important.     Read more [...]

By Sienna Rodriguez-12 Grade, Pa Distance Cyber Charter School    

For going on almost three years now, I have been living a vegan lifestyle. It is my way to try to reduce the amount of animal suffering that is put out into the world.   Read more [...]

By Zoe Vongtau-11th Grade, Baldwin High School

On August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the alleged birth of hip-hop in the Bronx came. 43 years later on August 11th, 2016 at 6022 Broad Street, a revival of hip-hop in Pittsburgh came once again.     Read more [...]

By Daphne Fetsko- 12th Grade, City Charter High School

As a teenager in 2016, anxiety is a feeling I have become far too accustomed to, which is quite common among young people today. This is not to say that anxiety has never been an issue in previous generations, but there is undoubtedly a noticeable rise in teenagers and young adults with anxiety in today's society. Read more [...]