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The weekend-long event featuring hundreds of home services and products is a  counterpart to Pittsburgh’s Spring Home & Garden Show. 

You will have to wait a bit longer for the 40th annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show. The show, which in the past included more than 1,800 exhibits and attracted 350,000 people over 10 days, had been scheduled to run April 9-18. ON Monday, Executive Director John DeSantis announced the show would be postponed until October. “While we had hoped to open in some capacity this April, it is clear that more time is required to address the COVID-19 pandemic,” DeSantis says. “We are, of course, e...

Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show moved to autumn Staff Reports PITTSBURGH — Traditionally held in spring, the Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show has been postponed until October. The specific October dates will be announced later this spring, organizers of the popular event inside the David Lawrence Convention Center posted Monday afternoon on Facebook. The state’s occupancy restrictions for Pennsylvania were increased to 20 percent capacity on Monday, but that still does not make viable the h...

The 2021 Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show has been rescheduled a second time, to October. And for the first time in 20 years, title sponsor Duquesne Light will not be a part of the show. “We are taking a pause,” said Hollie Geitner, a Duquesne Light spokeswoman. “It just doesn’t feel right for us at this time. We are a critical infrastructure company and it would be very concerning to be at an indoor event. We want to make sure we keep the lights on for our customers.” Geitner said they ...

Show Executive Director John DeSantis said the 10-day event is planned for April instead of its usual March time slot. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the show is planned for April 9-18 at the David Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. “We slid it back a month in anticipation of going forward with the show,” DeSantis said. “We’ve been watching (the covid-19) numbers week to week. We feel like the extra month will allow us to have a show close to normal. Because if the show can’t be...

Last years show closed early because of the pandemic. February 2, 2021 PHOTO BY FRANCESCA FELLO Nearly a year after COVID-19 put an end to large indoor gatherings, the Duquesne Light Home & Garden Show at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center is still on, albeit a month later than normal. The show, which in the past included more than 1,800 exhibits and attracted 350,000 people over 10 days, is scheduled to run April 9-18. “We slid it back a month in anticipation of going forward with the s...

A local writer will appear on a true-crime cable television show Sunday for his investigation into the murder of a 13-year-old California girl in 1998.  John DeSantis will be featured in Sunday’s episode of “On the Case with Paula Zahn” on the cable channel Investigation Discovery for his reporting of the kidnapping, rape and murder of Christina Williams in Seaside, Calif.   DeSantis, 64, a veteran journalist and the author of three books who currently serves as the public information...

Good morning to you. on "fox and friends," sounds like deputy attorney general rod rosenstein sounds like he could be out before you know it. we will talk about the big speech the president gave last night, chuck and nancy as well. a great roundtable, governor john desantis joining us from florida. the number 3 republican in congress joins us, sarah sanders, the press secretary and former governor from the great state of wisconsin, a big surplus of cash. a busy 3 hours kicks off in 13 minutes fr...