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Grace, Grit, and Gospel Roots

On December 13, Nashville recording artist Becca Bowen brings her signature mix of southern charm and stage fire to Pittsburgh for Santa on the Scene, theCITYSCENE magazine’s inaugural holiday gala benefiting UPMC

November 1, 2025

Featured·Interviews

Small Acts, Great Weight

Every so often, a book comes along that whispers instead of shouts — and somehow its quiet is what stays with you. Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is exactly that kind

November 1, 2025

Opinion

Daisy Jade, Pittsburgh television correspondent, actress, and model. Photo by Ashley Elle

Daisy Jade, Unscripted

Costumes, live mics, refueling jets mid-air, a dress sewn from Carnegie Music Hall seats, and the slow-burn life Daisy Jade has built in Pittsburgh.

September 1, 2025

Featured·Interviews·Lifestyle

Conversations with an Author

At first glance, the phrase “what happens when tragedy strikes twice in the same house?” reads like a line from a crime thriller. But when Laura Burkett says it, it lands as a

September 1, 2025

Featured·Interviews

The Perfect 10 Summer

Aubrey Worek moves with the confidence of a woman who has been through fire and come out forged. She’s a fitness expert, a national champion, a TV personality, and the founder of

July 1, 2025

Featured·Health + Wellness·Interviews

Focus on Fitness: Bridget Baranet

When Bridget Baranet laced up her sneakers for her first fitness class, she never imagined she’d become one of Pittsburgh’s most sought-after instructors. Today, she’s not only a top-ranked ClassPass favorite but

July 1, 2025

Featured·Health + Wellness·Interviews

Book Review: The Villa

SynopsisThe Villa is a sun-soaked suspense story split between two timelines, both in the same eerie Italian villa. In the present, writers Emily and Chess head to Italy for a working vacation

July 1, 2025

Lifestyle

Life After Baseball: Jason Grilli

When you meet Jason Grilli today, what you notice first isn’t the All-Star pedigree or even the easy smile of a man who’s pitched in the biggest stadiums under the brightest lights.

May 1, 2025

Featured·Interviews

Book Review: Demon Copperhead

SynopsisDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is a powerful coming-of-age novel that follows the life of a boy born into poverty in rural Appalachia. Inspired by David Copperfield but rooted in contemporary American

March 1, 2025

Lifestyle·Opinion

Book Review: The Honey Witch

SynopsisThe Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields tells the story of Marigold, a young woman who inherits the role of the Honey Witch, but is cursed to never find love due to

February 6, 2025

Lifestyle