From 02/17/2018: Chain Reaction Contraption winners Katelyn Johnson (16), Chris Venzin (16), and Ethan Crosby (15), all from Hempfield Area High School along with team mentor and Westinghouse engineer Tim Johnson and Carnegie Science Center staffer Madelyn Dinnerstein.

From 02/17/2018: Alex Kanczes (14, West Mifflin High School) discusses his participation in the Fairchild Challenge, a national program encouraging teens to connect with the environment, sponsored locally by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

From 02/10/2018: Assumption School 8th grade poets Roman Frankovich, Jason Ficorilli, Westin Harper, Lydia Valeriano and Elena Restaine

From 02/10/2018: Pittsburgh CAPA’s production of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars previewed by stage manager and senior, Cynfanee Scott, and producer, Tracey McPherson. Productions run 2/9 (7 pm), 2/10 (2 and 7 pm) and 2/11 (2 pm).

From 02/03/2018: Pittsburgh Music Academy cellists Madeleine Whitewolf (12, Carson Middle School), Sarah Voigt (11, O’Hara Elementary), Helayna Baer (13, Springdale Jr./Sr. High School), David Shi (12, Marshall Middle School), Sophie Meloy (12, Mellon Middle School) and Tad Swanson (14, Hampton High School) along with instructors Nicole Myers and Simon Cummings.