All the world’s a stage, as theater-goers are finding out

By Bryan Lawver
They meet in firehouses, churches and abandoned porno theaters.  They mingle with fire-eaters and snake charmers.  They are young and busy, and they are here to see theatre.

Arts center breeds new life for McKees Rocks

In the midst of a community that was forgotten about after the steel mills left town, lies a refurbished, contemporary multi-million dollar building.

Crafters creating their own handmade Pittsburgh

By Mitch Donaberger
Rebecca Morris of Lawrenceville runs a brightly-colored store front in Lower Lawrenceville dedicated to selling handmade crafts built by Pittsburghers – for Pittsburghers.

East End nonprofit seeks incubates community development

By Julia Cowher
It’s a Wednesday evening at the Union Project: Blaring music of a jazzercise class mixes with the whirring of potters’ wheels, along with the chatter of conversing neighbors.

Hazelwood: A forgotten neighborhood

Theresa Nagy, 26, of Hazelwood is giving the area where she has lived her whole life only about five more years until she calls it quits and moves.

Bakers hoping to make dough for the holidays

By: Doug Andiorio
Despite the weak economy, Jackleen Rebottini expects to see some familiar faces over the Christmas holidays.

Opinion: Bloggers are journalists too

By Iva Provias, special to the Point Park News Service
Bloggers and journalists have worked it out amongst themselves that blogging does not mean the author is a journalist, but surely a journalist can blog.

Threatened at home, writer seeks new life in Pittsburgh

By Angela Disipio
Although the colorful mural isn’t finished and its writing is indecipherable to most Pittsburghers, the house on Sampsonia Way has helped transform a drab alley into a unique sanctuary for exiled writers.

Photographer’s perspective: Landmark case still shapes vision

By Andrew Weier, Point Park News Service
On August 1st, 1977, Hilda Bridges was kidnapped by her estranged husband and held captive in their formally shared apartment in Titusville, FL. In an attempt to prevent her from escaping, Mr. Bridges forced his wife to remove all of her clothing. When police officials arrived at the scene, [...]

Q & A with Geoffrey Wilson

Geoffrey Wilson, 41, North Hills
Geoffrey Wilson, 41, moved to Pittsburgh a year ago to settle down with his fiancée. Originally from New Jersey, he has spent the last 12 years making a name for himself in Chicago bars. He was voted Chicago’s Reader Magazine’s Best Bartender of 2008.  Wilson, who has been working at Embury [...]

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