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Painted feet = penguin artwork
Educator Jamie Travitz guides Kaden, an African penguin from the National Aviary, across a sheet of paper after having dipped his feet in paint to create an original work of art as patients and families of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC watched.
—Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette
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“Teenie” Harris pictures of Jackie Robinson in Pittsburgh.
Photojournalist Charles “Teenie” Harris, of the Pittsburgh Courier took pictures of baseball player Jackie Robinson’s visits to Pittsburgh.
1. Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson at Forbes Field, Oakland, c. 1947.
© 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.2. Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson tying spikes in locker room, c. 1947.
© 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.3. Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel Robinson, with luggage
and another man, at bus station, c. 1946.
© 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.4. Baseball executive Branch Rickey and baseball player Jackie Robinson seated on sofa in hotel,
January 1957.
© 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.5. Front row from left: Douglas Jones, Charles Evans, Thomas Wallace, Sterling Smith, Joe Lewis, and Larry Hubbard. In the back row: Roy Campanella, Gair Allie, Jackie Robinson, Joe Black, Carlos Bernier, and Sam Narron, with Ronald Gray holding shoes on left, posed on Kennard Field for Opening Day ceremonies for Uptown Little League, May - June 1953.
In a review of the new movie :”42” based on Robinson’s life, Post-Gazette reviwer Barb Vancheri says “Pittsburghers will be dismayed and delighted by the film”
Movie review: ‘42 — Jackie Robinson Story’ shows pain that went with his triumphs
All photos © 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.
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Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on a warm evening.
—Bill Wade/Post-Gazette.
Check out more pictures by Post-Gazette photographers on our Photos of the Day page: http://old.post-gazette.com/photooftheday/
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St. Benedict the Moor and the moon
A sculpture of St. Benedict the Moor, in Pittsburgh’s Hill District stands alone in the foreground of the crescent moon early in the morning on April 5.
Darrell Sapp / Post-Gazette
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Studying in the Cathedral of Learning
Mili Patel, 19, of South Barrington, Ill. studies on the 35th floor of the Cathedral of Learning Monday afternoon on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
—Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette
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Bishop Zubik washes the feet of inmates at the Allegheny County Jail during a Maudy Thursday service.
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Induction into the Hall of Valor, Soldiers and Sailors Hall, Pittsburgh.
—Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette
For more pictures by Post-Gazette staff photographers, check out the Photos of the Day page.
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First flowers of spring
Crocus bloom from underneath piles of last year’s fallen leaves in Regent Square. Today marks the first official day of spring.Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette
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Kickin’ it young school… in Highland Park
Alex Pappas, 3, of Highland Park, plays soccer with his father Mikhail, 31, on N. Highland Avenue near their apartment.—Lake Fong/Post-Gazette
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Prayer candles at St. Paul in Oakland
Prayer candles burn at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the day Pope Francis was announced as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
—Michael Henninger, Post-Gazette
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Meet Violet, the lucky mouse. She was purchased to be lunch for a snake but the snake did not want to eat her. So, the snake’s owner posted an online notice that anyone who needed a mouse could come and get her. The posting was seen by a customer of Animal Nature, a pet shop in Regent Square, who collected the mouse and brought her to the shop, where she is now up for adoption (not lunch).Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette
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Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach Dan Bylsma hands out pizza to students waiting in the “rush” tickets line outside Consol Energy Center before Monday’s game against Tampa Bay. The Pens won, 4-3. —Matt Freed/Post-Gazette
Malkin scores tying goal to spark Penguins 4-3 win over Lightning
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The Oh Snap! exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art had guests playing and making their own art with light devices. Photographer Bill Wade made some long exposures along with some camera movements.
Britney Brinkman of East Liberty gets her photo taken as two of her creations hang next to a Richard Misrach photo. The public can submit to have their photos added to one of the 13 from the Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection on display in the Forum Gallery.
Slideshow of photos from the Oh Snap! exhibit at the Carnegie
— Bill Wade/Post-Gazette
Carnegie Museum lures visitors with interactive ‘Oh Snap!’ exhibit
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A harbinger of an early spring, Great Blue Heron have arrived a couple of weeks early to mend their nests high in the sycamore trees along Big Sewickley Creek in Bell Acres.
Bob Donaldson / Post-Gazette
