This woman is so smart and cool under pressure. Imagine being confronted by these goons who are too cowardly to even show their faces.

Did you hear, before the NFL Draft last night, Pittsburgh's rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"? There's a saga behind it that goes back weeks, and years, and more than a century to 1900. Here's the story: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

Still looking for your place to watch the NFL Draft with other fans? We got you: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

Welcome to Pittsburgh, NFL Draft visitors! Have a local beer at one of these nearby breweries and taprooms: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

Truth Serum.

The Iron is flowing as the new Pittsburgh Brewing Downtown Taproom opens: www.post-gazette.com/business/dev...

Work.

This is tragically beautiful.

It was hard for me to pick just one poem by Jan Beatty, but here we are. This is Dropping Blotter Acid at the Slag Dump (two pages), which probably should win an award just for the best title ever. From her tremendous collection, Jackknife. Happy Poetry Month, yinz!

Show of hands from my writer friends: Who wouldn't want to win a $175,000 literary award? Pittsburgh author Adam Ehrlich Sachs is one of eight winners of this year's Windham-Campbell Prizes: www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/202...

More draft for the Draft: Pittsburgh Brewing Co. is popping open a Downtown taproom: www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

At $844.95 per person, this pre-NFL Draft tasting dinner in Downtown Pittsburgh isn't for everyone, but it is for a good cause: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

This is a most remarkable collection of essays on writing and working.

Inner Groove Brewing is closing its taproom in the city's Allentown neighborhood on April 18 with a farewell party, but the original Verona brewery and taproom will spin on: www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

Penn Brewery is "moving forward": www.post-gazette.com/business/car...

The Pittsburgh Brewers Guild Three Rivers Beer Week includes some interesting events, including the first public tours of Grist House Command, the Collier brewery in a former Cold War Nike missile command center: www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

Holy pigskin: To make a special beer for Nemacolin Resort for the NFL Draft, Pittsburgh Brewing Co. swabbed the actual 1972 Immaculate Reception football: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

Forge on, Pittsburgh, with VisitPittsburgh's new campaign to market Pittsburgh as a solid tourist destination: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

How to do the NFL Draft: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

In the Sunday paper, my latest for the goodness section: Deven finally gets a kidney! www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

There's a 2026 NFL Draft watch party for just about everyone in and around Pittsburgh next month but some are filling fast: www.post-gazette.com/sports/2026-...

The @pghcitypaper.com is ... back? www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/pitts...

My latest for the PG goodness section previews the Fred Rogers Scholars' "Puppets, Puppets Everywhere" exhibition in Latrobe: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

The Pittsburgh Zoo is floating the idea of building the Pennsylvania Aquarium on the North Shore: www.post-gazette.com/life/recreat...

My latest for the goodness section: The colorful life of Pittsburgh Pop artist Peter Stanick: www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...

The missiles that once protected Pittsburgh: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

Hey, Maude! www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...

Ethan Magoc has been named the new Interim Director of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center (INC). Since 2022, Ethan has served as Managing Editor, leading a commitment to student-centered journalism. www.jou.ufl.edu/2025/05/27/e...

Also for this week's PG goodness section, I was honored to talk with Wilkinsburg-born U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Autumn Caluya -- and I talked with her for about four times as long as I was supposed to. She is the USS Gettysburg's Sailor of the Year: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

I don't think I've ever seen such questionable passing as was made recently by the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf girls basketball team. Turns out, it was part of their late-in-the-game plan: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

This Keystone Trails Association Spring Hiking Weekend in the Laurel Highlands is going to be 🔥: www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoor...

Anybody have any bright ideas? thenextchallenge.com

highlight of my day is that I got connected to this guy and am sending him a copy of my book to thank him for the piece of perfect cinema.

Too bad this is just "seasonal": "[S]eeking enthusiastic and friendly individuals to join our team as the Easter Bunny character at our Easter photo set. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to bring joy to children and families as they capture special moments with the Easter Bunny."

My latest for the PG's goodness section: These exceptional students have been offered full-ride scholarships worth $188,000 to $256,000: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

Today at Phipps in Oakland! www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

I am going to hunt down Punxsutawney Phil. I will find him and then I will grind his bones to make my bread.

Licorice the Lizard is OK! blueskypit.com/customer-car...

Spoke with @davidenrich.bsky.social and @greenwell.bsky.social about current threats to press freedom and what ought to be done about them. Thanks to @columjournreview.bsky.social for hosting, and to all of the audience members who asked such great questions. www.cjr.org/kicker/the-l...

When someone asks how they got together, Deepa and Rakshith will have quite a story. “I feel like that’s how a lot of our stories go," she says. "We think we’re going on a hike and it ends up being this crazy adventure.” My latest for the PG's goodness section: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

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Kingfly Spirits closes. www.post-gazette.com/life/drinks/...

Imagine being a high school senior and you go to school on a Friday and get called to the office and you open a door and there's your family and a person holding a giant check made out to you for $158,080. My latest for the PG: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

Tonight is the Pittsburgh Chinese Cultural Center's Greater Pittsburgh Lunar New Year Gala: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

Michael Papp’s body was cold and stiff inside his secluded Cuyahoga County jail cell when an officer finally opened the door. Officers reportedly walked the pod 50 times, peeking inside cells for signs of life. Yet, somehow, they missed a dead body. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/02/c...

A "slug" is the name newspaper people give to a story internally. I call this one GOODKARMA. www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

CUTENESS WARNING: My latest for the PG is a preview of events ringing in the Year of the Fire Horse: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...

Interviewing @bobbatzjr.bsky.social, who spent three years on strike from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after 30 years at the paper, was a real joy. Hearing how he and his colleagues went from strike mode to employee mode and now to "save the paper" mode is a ride. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Turns out those of us who went on strike for more than three years were right from the very start.

This morning’s joe.