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Annual Barrel & Flow festival celebrates Black beer and spirits

At this year’s Barrel & Flow festival, more than 3,000 people flooded The Stacks at 3 Crossings in the Strip District, tasting beer, trying new restaurants and learning about the contributions of Black people to the beer and spirits industry. There were more than 150 vendors, including Black brewers, Black...
Meet Thelma Tambellini, Wholey’s longest-tenured employeeVideo

She doesn’t eat seafood, but that hasn’t stopped a longtime employee from making a career out of crustaceans and fish at Wholey’s in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Thelma Tambellini, 65, the longest-employed staff member at Wholey’s, is easy to spot in her standard uniform featuring a bright-blue Wholey shirt and name...
Grandma’s cookie jars: Nostalgic trend making a sweet comeback

Lifting the lid and reaching in to sneak a cookie from a cookie jar is a childhood memory for many. There was nothing better than grabbing one — or more — of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies we knew were just waiting for us inside that ceramic, porcelain or...
Barrel & Flow beer fest ‘making a real impact’ on the Black brewing experience

A few days before the Barrel & Flow festival, the event “Welcome to Pittsburgh: A Celebration of Black Culture,” presented by Crafted for Action and Velum Fermentation on the South Side, generated excitement. Day Bracey, founder of Barrel & Flow, describes the festival as both a community and a movement....
New Braddock Public House will take over former Superior Motors space

A Braddock restaurant space, vacated by chef Kevin Sousa at the outset of the covid pandemic, is reopening with new ownership. Craft brewer Brew Gentlemen, which is also located in Braddock, is opening a restaurant and brewpub called Braddock Public House in the old Superior Motors space. Alaina Webber, co-owner...
A look at the hairstyles from the 2024 Summer Olympics

Paris — Olympians at the Paris Games are taking care with their hair. French curl braids have been a popular choice, and there’s a wide array of dyes, plaits and long locks. After honing his style for the walk-in at Stade de France ahead of the 100-meter final — weaving...
Who has the best pizza in Bloomfield? Find out at Little Italy Days

Who has the best pizza between three shops along Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield? It will be determined at Little Italy Days, running Aug. 15-18. The annual festival features four days of food, games, crafts and live entertainment with more than 30 acts on three stages. New this year is a...
What to do with all those fresh-picked cucumbers? Try this Greek salad

There is a lot of chatter about how challenging it is to use up all of the zucchini and tomatoes that inundate farms and gardens in the height of the summer. But somehow, there’s not as much discussion about how to use up all of those cucumbers. If you have...
Allegheny County announces Big Mac Day

“Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.” Big Mac Day is here. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato has declared Friday as Big Mac Day in the county. To celebrate, local McDonald’s restaurants will offer $2 Big Mac sandwiches through Aug. 11. The offer is available solely through the MyMcDonald’s Rewards app. Big Mac Day is held...
Can a 6-second kiss each day lead to a more intimate relationship?

After 13 years of marriage, Bethany Meola acknowledges she and her husband can get mired in the midlife chaos that comes with navigating careers and raising three children. That’s why the six-second kiss felt so good. A daily intimacy exercise pioneered by couples therapists and clinical psychologists John and Julie...
Female Olympians hit the fashion runway in Paris to celebrate hard-won gender parity

PARIS — It may be too early to call these Paris Olympics the Fashion Olympics. But, in the city widely considered the capital of fashion, the word “fashion” has surely been mentioned so far more by now than in any other Games. And so it made sense to Angela Ruggiero,...
High school reunions going strong despite presence of social media

Debbie Gathagan, 67, said planning a class reunion is a lot like planning a wedding. Gathagan’s last name was Tedesco when she graduated from Penn Hills in 1974. She stayed in the area until she moved to Plum about two years ago. After 20 years without seeing most of her...
Mattel releases new ‘Blind Barbie’ doll

Mattel launched the first ever blind Barbie this week in partnership with the American Foundation for the Blind. The new doll comes with a red-and-white cane, sunglasses that provide additional eye protection for individuals who may be sensitive to light and a slightly upward-looking gaze that blind people may have,...
Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides

Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a bone stuck in his throat. Michael Berkheimer was dining with his wife and friends at a wing...
Rockaway Pizzeria moving to Regent Square

Rockaway Pizzeria is set to move from White Oak to Regent Square this fall. Corbin Waligura, manager of Rockaway Pizzeria, confirmed that the move will take place in October. The pizzeria will move into the former Square Cafe space on South Braddock Avenue across from Hemlock House, which is under...
Volunteering would feel good even if it didn’t have health benefits. But it does

After retiring from 35 years as a teacher, Jeff Kellert began volunteering as a tutor and helped with monthly dinners at his synagogue. Later, he got certified to lead support groups every other week for the National Mental Health Alliance, an organization for relatives of people with mental illness. Altogether,...

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