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Cathy Schlott, manager of animal training, works with a Lanner...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:59 -0400

Cathy Schlott, manager of animal training, works with a Lanner Falcon during a preview of the National Aviary’s show “Talons!”

Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette

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Malkin’s parents cheer on the Penguins… sort...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:25:27 -0400

Malkin’s parents cheer on the Penguins… sort of.

Penguins fans hold up oversized cutouts of Vladimir and Natalia Malkin’s heads during Game 1. Their son Evgeni scored a goal in the first period.

Peter Diana / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Power play, penalty killers give Penguins 4-1 win over Ottawa

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby fights through two Islanders to...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:59:15 -0400

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby fights through two Islanders to score a goal in a Game 5 matchup in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in Pittsburgh Thursday night.

—Matt Freed/Post-Gazette

Slideshow: Pens, Vokoun shut out Islanders

Doing the Mothers’ Day dance Odin Silak, 4, of Gibsonia...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:41:31 -0400

Doing the Mothers’ Day dance

Odin Silak, 4, of Gibsonia hams it up for Erica Prise of the Picture People, during a complimentary Mother’s Day portrait shoot this week at Children’s Hospital in Lawrenceville.

Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

Cheering on the Pittsburgh marathon runnersA woman shows her...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:28:00 -0400

Cheering on the Pittsburgh marathon runners

A woman shows her support for the Pittsburgh Marathon runners as they pass by in Shadyside.

— Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

Check out the Post-Gazette’s Pittsburgh Marathon Tumblr blog here:

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Pittsburgh Marathon success declared over unique challenges

Cheering for the Penguins Remy Zadach , of Jefferson Hills ...

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:41:00 -0400

Cheering for the Penguins

Remy Zadach , of Jefferson Hills wears her Penguins-themed eyewear at the “Annihilate the Islanders Rally” in the courtyard of the Allegheny County Courthouse on May 1.

Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette

Penguins beat Islanders 5-0 in Game 1

Lighting a candle for Palm Sunday A parishioner lights a candle...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:49:44 -0400

Lighting a candle for Palm Sunday

A parishioner lights a candle upon arriving for Palm Sunday services at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood.

Bob Donaldson / Post-Gazette

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Spring comes to Dormont A view of the changing spring landscape...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:55:00 -0400

Spring comes to Dormont

A view of the changing spring landscape from Broadway Avenue looking northwest along LaSalle Avenue in Dormont .

—Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette

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Releasing the firkins at Pittsburgh Craft Beer WeekVolunteer...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:29:00 -0400

Releasing the firkins at Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week

Volunteer Jenny Fuga, of Westview, sports a beer-inspired manicure Saturday during the Release the Firkins Real Ale Fest at Highmark Stadium. The event offered about 40 “real ales,” brews that are cask-conditioned in small kegs called firkins, and poured by gravity — not with C02 pressure for carbonation.

—Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

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Dribbling on the Clemente BridgeHarlem Globetrotters Slick...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:44:18 -0400

Dribbling on the Clemente Bridge

Harlem Globetrotters Slick Willie Shaw (left) and T-Time Brawner demonstrate their skills before dribbling across the Roberto Clemente bridge Thursday. The bridge arrival is part of “Globetrotter Week” in Pittsburgh, which includes multiple anti-bullying school assemblies and culminates with a game at CONSOL Energy Center Sunday.

Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette

Robin at the ready… Folllowing a night of storms, this...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:06:49 -0400

Robin at the ready…

Folllowing a night of storms, this robin on Beacon Street in Squirrel Hill was out ready to face another day.

—Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette

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Testing the fountain at Point State Park A welcome harbinger of...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:52:32 -0400

Testing the fountain at Point State Park

A welcome harbinger of warmer weather: The fountain at Pittsburgh’s Point State park was on today.

Larry Roberts/Post-Gazette

Surrounded by daffodils Juliet Taylor,19, a sophomore at the...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:01:27 -0400

Surrounded by daffodils

Juliet Taylor,19, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, studies English in Schenley Plaza in Oakland.

-Bill Wade/ Post-Gazette

16th Street Bridge steel view The steelwork of the 16th Street...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:01:10 -0400

16th Street Bridge steel view

The steelwork of the 16th Street bridge breaks up the view of the smokestacks at the former H. J. Heinz plant and the Troy Hill and Spring Garden neighborhoods.

Kurt Weber/Post-Gazette

Painted feet = penguin artwork Educator Jamie Travitz guides...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:01:19 -0400

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

“Teenie” Harris pictures of Jackie Robinson in...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:28:00 -0400

Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson at Forbes Field, Oakland, c. 1947. © 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.

Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson tying spikes in locker room, c. 1947. © 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.

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.

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.

© 2004 Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive.

“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

Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on a warm...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:41:00 -0400

Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on a warm evening.

—Bill Wade/Post-Gazette.

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St. Benedict the Moor and the moon A sculpture of St. Benedict...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:41:06 -0400

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

Studying in the Cathedral of Learning Mili Patel, 19, of South...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:38:38 -0400

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

Bishop Zubik washes the feet of inmates at the Allegheny County...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:58:16 -0400

Bishop Zubik washes the feet of inmates at the Allegheny County Jail during a Maudy Thursday service.