It is a pleasure to present the 25 Best Restaurants in Pittsburgh and celebrate a year that vaulted the region’s dining scene to a whole new level of sophistication.
A market and shopping place by day; a bustling creative gallery expo by night. Penn Avenue has transformed into a hub of creative energy through efforts by the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative.
Carnegie Mellon alumnus Aron Ralston and the inspiration for 127 Hours returned to his alma mater to give graduates advice on how to conquer life—one cliffhanger at a time.
Are clunky computer monitors, old cellphones, expired prescription bottles
and other “junk” cluttering up your home? Now you can give them a second life by barely lifting a finger.
In February, IBM’s supercomputer, nicknamed “Watson,” beat two humans in a three-day “Jeopardy” competition—and not just any humans: really smart people like Ken Jennings, the winningest contestant in the history of the show.
Finales of the International Poetry Forum and the Gist Street Reading Series were hard hits, but Pittsburgh’s literary scene—made of indie publications, small press organizations and everything in between—continues to grow and receive recognition.
