It’s History!: Heinz History Center

This week on It’s History! we tour the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. The museum features a range of exhibits on Western Pennsylvania history including some notable figures such as Mr. Rogers and H.J. Heinz and the world renowned company he built. We will […]

PA Books: “Calder: The Conquest of Time”

Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America’s unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist’s death, is the full story of his life […]

It’s History!: PA State Police Museum

The PA State Police Museum tells the story of more than 100 years of State Police service. Join It’s History! as we learn about the State Police rodeo, the Camp Hill prison riots, the largest manhunt in PA history, and the meaning of the elements of the State Police patch. The museum is located next […]

PA Books: Trumpet Call To Victory

Trumpet Call to Victory tells the story of a small parochial high school located in the Pennsylvania coalfields that reached the summit of basketball glory in the late 1960s. Glorious victories and heartbreaking defeats are chronicled on Saint Gabriel’s path to capturing multiple state championships. Unsung heroes and scholastic superstars take center stage during what, […]

It’s History!: PA German Cultural Heritage Center

Come along with It’s History! on a tour of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. The Heritage Center is located at a 19th century farmstead and includes a stone farmhouse, barn, summer kitchen, and a one-room schoolhouse. Join It’s History! to learn more about 19th century Pennsylvania Dutch culture and lifestyle. Watch It’s History! and […]

It’s History!: Fort Pitt Museum

In this episode of It’s History!, we visit the Fort Pitt Museum in downtown Pittsburgh. Join us as we learn about the history of Fort Pitt and its role in the French and Indian War. We will look at everyday life at the forks of the Ohio River in the 18th century and explore the […]

Bob Casey, Democrat for U.S. Senate

PA Press Club with Sen. Bob Casey, Democrat for U.S. Senate. Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.

PA Books: Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

The other great renaissance of black culture, influence, and glamour burst forth joyfully in what may seem an unlikely place—Pittsburgh, PA—from the 1920s through the 1950s. Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August Wilson’s famed plays about noble but doomed working-class strivers. But this community once had an impact on American history […]

Lycoming College Senior Film Festival 2018

The Lycoming College Senior Film Festival 2018 showcases student-produced documentary, experimental, and feature films. The festival is hosted by the Lycoming College Film & Video Arts Program.

PA Books: “Gettysburg Eddie”

Born in Gettysburg, PA only a dozen years after the bloody Civil War battle, Eddie Plank grew up on a farm and was a late-bloomer. By his early twenties, he was a local star on the town ball team and enrolled in the Gettysburg Academy in order to pitch for the Gettysburg College team. Soon […]