the click and the soul catcher

A lady holding flowers wanders through the Wherehouse art space on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh during the Unblurred gallery crawl.

Jonathan Talat Phillips, author of The Electric Jesus, speaks at the beginning of the Evolver Convergence at the Wherehouse in the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA.

Tracy on her toes, toes on the floor, floor flat, door open, breeze all around.

Tracy spins in silks in the doorway of the big stone mansion.  Part Vegas showgirl, part pilates ass kicker, part je ne sais quois, she is all kinds of interesting and never boring.  

GETTYSBURG, PA - Rick Santorum announces the suspension of his campaign for presidency while surrounded by his family at a last minute stop in Gettysburg, PA.  See more and read more at the New York Times Week in Pictures.

GETTYSBURG, PA - Rick Santorum’s campaign staff waits for him to take the podium in Gettysburg, PA moments before he suspended his campaign for president.  See more photos and read more at the NY Times Week in Pictures.

BEDFORD, PA - The room where Rick Santorum was to speak at Bedford County Sportsmen’s Club sits empty on the day the former senator cancelled his campaign stop there.  After taking a long weekend to care for his ailing daughter Bella, Santorum cancelled a string of events leading to his announcement to suspend his campaign for the GOP presidential nominee.  See more at the NY Times Week in Pictures slideshow.

MARS, PA - A worker hangs a “Freedom” sign next to an American flag before a primary election night party for Rick Santorum at a hotel in Mars, PA.  The weeks that followed weren’t easy for Santorum, ending in a series of cancelled events and the suspension of his campaign in a last minute stop in Gettysburg, PA.  See more photos from the NY Times Week in Pictures.

MARS, PA - Clint VanWuffen, an aide to former senator Rick Santorum, steams a large American flag before a primary election night party at a hotel in Mars, PA.  See this photo and read the article in the NY Times here.

HAVANA, CUBA - People listen to Pope Benedict XVI deliver mass to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people in Revolution Square on March 28, 2012.  The Pope called for more freedom for the people of Cuba and met with Raul and Fidel Castro during his several day visit.  See more photos of the Pope’s visit at the Tribune Review.

HAVANA, CUBA - Pope Benedict XVI waves from his Popemobile as he leaves Revolution Square after delivering mass to a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people on March 28, 2012.  The Pope called for more freedoms in Cuba and met with both Raul and Fidel Castro on his several day tour of the country.  See more coverage of his visit from Stephanie Strasburg and Justin Merriman in the Tribune Review.

HAVANA, CUBA - A man lights candles outside of the cathedral in Central Havana, which was illuminated for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba.  

See this photo in the Boston Globe’s Big Picture with other cool pictures from Cuba.

See this photo in the Denver Post with even more cool pictures from Cuba.

PITTSBURGH PA - A tree tender prunes a tree in Arsenal Park with a chainsaw in preparation for an upcoming tree climbing contest to be held there in May.