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Shop Owner Supports Pittsburgh’s Artistic Sustainability
By: Caitlyn Scott If you’d asked Kelly Sanders in 2016 what she would have envisioned herself doing in the next seven years, she probably wouldn’t have expected to be co-owner of a Pittsburgh-based gift shop. Upon a chance meeting, Sanders would soon take her passion for art and expand it on a hyper-local scale, giving…
Grant Street Pastor Restores Faith in Downtown Community
By: Luke Mongelli Pastor Brian Evans began his sermon on a cold mid-January morning the same way as he did hundreds of others: with an anecdote from his own life that would pull his congregation towards a deeper connection with the message of his church and the word of God. The 42-year-old New Kensington native has been…
Ballerina turns into a screamer
By Virginia Garner From the age of two, Melina Kennelly spent her childhood days in a Carnegie dance studio learning strict ballet technique; but now she’s overcoming conforming to rigid boundaries and letting herself go in music. As the audience settled in at the Mr. Roboto Project in Friendship after being in the frigid January…