Julia Teufel, 3, waters bugleweeds at the Discovery Garden at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. The Discovery Garden will celebrate its 13th anniversary next month. "We want the kids to relax, enjoys nature and what is available all around them," Bea Novak, education specialist with the discovery program, said.

feature: flying kite for first time.

feature: silhouette.

missed assignment.

three rivers art fest feature I.

From left, Brianna Simard, 3, her mother Pam Simard, Aaron Ebner, 7, Erin Simard, 8, and Emma Simard, 6, of Shaler, enjoy ice cream during the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh. Pam Simard took the kids to the arts festival as a reward for their last day of school.


three rivers art fest feature II.

sweet adelines, color.

I. Laura Covell of Poland, Oh, sings during the tenor practice session. Many Greater Harmony Chorus singers have met close friends through the group. "Nobody comes to visit me," Covell, who lives the farthest from Valencia, said. "But I get plenty of cards and e-mails."

II. Greater Harmony Chorus' bass singers Marge Pusateri, left, Grace Marzalak, center, and Marlene Betler, right, listen to the next song they will learn, "He Was There At Mardi Gras." The Greater Harmony Chorus is already practicing for next year's regionals, which is Mardi Gras-themed.

III. Marge Pusateri reacts after realizing the difficult tones she must learn in "He Was There At Mardi Gras."

sweet adelines, black & white.

I. Lisa Putney, front center, Linda Smith, back left, and Dee Swierkowski, right, practice the "Camelot Medley" during the Great Harmony Chorus' practice at the Glade Run United Presbyterian Church in Valencia. The a capella group won first place in the regional Sweet Adelines competition in Cleveland.

II. Bonnie McKibben, center, conducts the Greater Harmony Chorus.

III. The Greater Harmony Chorus' tenor practice section uses keyboards, i-pods and digital recorders to improve their singing.

community redevelopment.

Hazel Hastings, left, and Nanda Boyd, right, protest the North Shore redevelopment outside the development hearing at the John P. Robin Civic Building. Residents of all townships came to the hearing to show solidarity against the proposal. "I think you are looking at the city as a destination for suburbanites," Rachel Canning of Perry Hilltop said to the committee. "And not a place where people live."

Lord Stanley.

Set I. Penguins fans follow players to a celebration outside Martini's Wood Fired in Pittsburgh the day after the Penguins win the Stanley Cup. Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma and game 7 hero Max Talbot greet the fans with the Stanley Cup.

Set II. Penguin fans celebrate their Stanley Cup Championship in the Oakland district in Pittsburgh.

Set III. Toby Lang, left, and Heath Strasser, right, react to a play during game 7 of the Penguins-Red Wings Stanley Cup Play-offs at Sports Rock Cafe in Pittsburgh. Strasser, originally from Pittsburgh, drove six hours from Tennessee to watch Game 7 in his home town.
Plus other fan celebration pictures.