South Park concerts have become a summertime tradition

In Bethel Park, the egg definitely came before the chicken.

Beauty can be in the eye of the creator as well as the beholder.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh served as an apt venue for the Mt. Lebanon Junior Women’s Club 22nd annual gala, as the March event benefited an organization for youngsters and their families: East End-based Jeremiah’s Place, which represents Pittsburgh’s only crisis nursery.

By Steven Kowalczuk, The Cocktail Chef

Not all that long into a workout session led by a seriously fit instructor, I stop to ask a question.

Images Courtesy Carnegie Historical Society

Just like the water that migrates along Thoms Run and weaves its way into the mighty Chartiers Creek, immigrants looking for a better life flowed into the region with the hope of working in the bustling coal mining industry that popped up around the stream in the late 19th century.

South Hills Village is unique in that the border between two municipalities runs through it. Where is it?

The Crystalline Cave at Sterling Yoga and Wellness in Scott Township provides a venue for halotherapy.

Ras el hanout ingredients

Mt. Lebanon’s neighborhood commercial district along Route 19 continues to thrive after nine decades.

Year of the Earth Pig is celebrated with food, fun and dancing at the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Bethel Park’s history contains fascinating facts, but the South Parks shops are one curiosity worth exploring. Yes, that strip mall running along Library Road and featuring 21 retail stores and businesses is located in the municipality, not South Park or South Park Township.

By Photos courtesy Molly Murdoch Finnell

You might not recognize Johno Prascak’s face, but you more than likely recognize some of his work – particularly if you watch KDKA or have been to Sarris Candies in Canonsburg (his art graces some boxes of delicious chocolate) within the last several years. Prascak was born in Munhall and gr…

WOMEN of Southwestern PA’s annual Symphony of Food: A Chef’s Showcase has become a signature charity event in Washington County. Each January, Bella Sera Event Venue hosts the women’s organization and its sellout crowd. “I never dreamed that this would happen,” says the organization’s founde…

Judé Ernest of Mt. Lebanon teaches the art of turning raw wool into felt artwork.

Serves 8-12

Not all that long into a workout session led by a seriously fit instructor, I stop to ask a question.

Images Courtesy Carnegie Historical Society

Just like the water that migrates along Thoms Run and weaves its way into the mighty Chartiers Creek, immigrants looking for a better life flowed into the region with the hope of working in the bustling coal mining industry that popped up around the stream in the late 19th century.

South Hills Village is unique in that the border between two municipalities runs through it. Where is it?

The Crystalline Cave at Sterling Yoga and Wellness in Scott Township provides a venue for halotherapy.

Ras el hanout ingredients

Mt. Lebanon’s neighborhood commercial district along Route 19 continues to thrive after nine decades.

Year of the Earth Pig is celebrated with food, fun and dancing at the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Bethel Park’s history contains fascinating facts, but the South Parks shops are one curiosity worth exploring. Yes, that strip mall running along Library Road and featuring 21 retail stores and businesses is located in the municipality, not South Park or South Park Township.

By Photos courtesy Molly Murdoch Finnell

You might not recognize Johno Prascak’s face, but you more than likely recognize some of his work – particularly if you watch KDKA or have been to Sarris Candies in Canonsburg (his art graces some boxes of delicious chocolate) within the last several years. Prascak was born in Munhall and gr…

WOMEN of Southwestern PA’s annual Symphony of Food: A Chef’s Showcase has become a signature charity event in Washington County. Each January, Bella Sera Event Venue hosts the women’s organization and its sellout crowd. “I never dreamed that this would happen,” says the organization’s founde…

Judé Ernest of Mt. Lebanon teaches the art of turning raw wool into felt artwork.

Serves 8-12

Pirates announcer Joe Block always wanted to live and raise his family in the South Hills.

Photos courtesy Bill Haberthur

Bethel Park Community Foundation’s annual fundraiser, Bethel’s Bounty, took place at the Crown Plaza Pittsburgh South and hosted more than 350 attendees. Guests came hungry, eager to sample bites from The Porch at Siena, Spoonwood Brewing Company, Hello Bistro, Rowdy BBQ, Tim Cassidy Caterin…

What is felt?

The Nutbrown family had three ideas on how to pay for college: The family could sell earthworms, breed chinchillas for their fur or grow Christmas trees.

Several young ballet dancers have visions of sugar plums dancing through their heads as soon as they slip on their first tutu or pair of tights.

Kids will take some creative measures to avoid piano lessons.

"Get your haggis right here! Chopped heart and lungs boiled in a wee sheep's stomach! Tastes as good as it sounds! Good for what ails ya!" – Groundskeeper Willie, "The Simpsons"

By Culinary director Brandon Weimerskir

Austin Thomas knows exactly what he wants for Christmas.

Following the completion of a second phase of renovations, the Mt. Lebanon History Center has reopened. The Historical Society of Mount Lebanon welcomed the public in September to see the improvements to the building’s main floor and check out the exhibit “Mt. Lebanon’s Fire Department: 100 …

There’s something incredibly nostalgic about the holiday season – no matter how old you are. Some think of big snows and aluminum trees decked with Shiny Brite Christmas ornaments. Others remember gleefully unwrapping Cabbage Patch Kids under real trees adorned with Hallmark Keepsake ornamen…

Mt. Lebanon added the Distinguished Blue Devil category to its Hall of Fame and introduced its latest inductees during a ceremony at Cefalo’s Banquet Facility in Carnegie. Legendary coaches Art Walker (football) and Charlie Stull (tennis) headlined the first class of Distinguished Blue Devil…

When Marc Sheffler imitated Elvis Presley at his cousin’s birthday party at age 5, it would set the course for a career in show business.

Before the turn of the century, local grocery markets offering natural and organic food weren’t popular.

Anyone who delves as deeply into cuisine as Francine Segan is bound to hear someone inquire every once in a while:

Axes remind me of a grimly scowling Carrie Nation brandishing them to smash up saloons. No fun there.

Talk to Suzanne Palko about her new position chairing the Town Hall South board of directors, and she’s likely to share a list of the speakers that the lecture series has hosted since 1969. “Every time I look at this,” she says, “I’m impressed by the people who have come over the years, some…

Sweet soy glazed salmon with Asian cucumber salad

The Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District is one of just four museums nationally and the only site east of the Mississippi River to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission,” which will explore the Space Race and Apollo 11 mission,…

More than 600 guests were transported to “A Night In Old Havana” at St. Clair Hospital’s 21st Annual Summer Swing at St. Clair Country Club. Guests of Summer Swing enjoyed the sights, sounds and tastes inspired by Havana’s vibrant culture, including a Latin band, salsa dancers, conga drums, …

When the original Eat’n Park restaurant opened on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in 1949, it caused a traffic jam on Route 51. At the beginning, the restaurant was a carhop, with peppy servers bringing food and drinks to patrons’ vehicles. While Eat’n Park has been a Pittsburgh institution since its…

Check out this recipe for Bakn's Salmon & Arugula Over Fettuccine.

Walking around Bill Robertson’s Bridgeville home is like taking a time machine back 400 years.

Thirty years ago, they were big baseball players back at Bethel Park High School. Yet those Boys of Summer don’t sit around trying to recapture a little of the glory of their PIAA championship. Their scrapbooks stowed away in attics, they are not left with sharing boring stories with those who will listen as that fellow does in Bruce Springsteen’s classic “Glory Days.”

McMurray Rotary Club’s Dinner En Blanc was a night of white, from guests’ outfits to festive balloons to napkins for the waving.

Without both sides, there’s no way to properly tell the story of the Whiskey Rebellion that reached a climax throughout western Pennsylvania in 1794.

Bicyclist, bus driver, Big Band enthusiast: South Hills native Dale Abraham long ago left an accounting career behind and found happiness playing swing music on Pittsburgh NPR affiliate WESA-FM, home of "Rhythm Sweet and Hot."  

Waterskiing attempt goes awry, but a good time had by all

Bethel Park native Paul Petroskey is better known to the world as "Weird Paul," a YouTube star who calls himself the "original vlogger." Sharing VHS home movies and music videos from his childhood and even making new videos on archaic analog equipment, Petroskey's channel has attracted worldwide attention and is the focus of a new documentary.

The seven volunteer "friends" groups are like the spokes in the Montour Trail Council's bike wheel that have kept the trail humming for nearly three decades.

Performances are scheduled from May through September.