Due to the frigid weather that the City of Pittsburgh faced this year, the CitiParks warming centers were activated several times to offer shelter to those living in the surrounding Pittsburgh neighborhoods. But in Downtown, no CitiParks warming center exists. There are six CitiParks warming centers located around the city in Beechview, Brighton Heights, Greenfield,…
By: Gavin Petrone Walking through Riverview Park on a cool, late-March afternoon, one would be hard pressed to see any obvious sign of white-tailed deer. No tracks, no visible buck rub on tree bark, no droppings; no deer. The deer’s meal of choice, sprouts and seedlings, litter the ground along Riverview’s trails. These plants were…
By: Cilia Catello Jon Engle caught a black eye in the tiny, overcrowded room as “Short Fictions” new album “Fates Worse Than Death” pulsated around the cement walls of the Mr. Roboto Project. Engle’s friends snuck him into the venue and despite the board members’ best efforts, fists were flying and people were suspended in…
by Gavin Petrone Point Park University’s full-time faculty union still has not reached a contract with the administration, with the two sides still failing to agree on a resolution. In the wake of the union mobilization during President Brussalis’s inauguration parade in mid-September, both the administration and negotiating faculty say that not much progress has…
How did Pittsburgh earn the title of a union city, and what are some current labor movements? By: Erin Yudt A local university is about to present the largest labor union to the state National Labor Relations Board in nearly two decades — if enough members sign on. The University of Pittsburgh’s over 10,000 full-time…
By: Luke Mongelli Senior journalism student Luke Mongelli sits down with his boss Chris Copen, owner of Bottlerocket Social Hall in Allentown, Pa., which is run by “unemployable film students, creative dropouts, and comedy nerds.” Copen details his roots of theater and event planning to his journey of taking over the bar that has been…
By: Alexis Wary Student Alexis Wary sits down Aime Downs to talk about her journey from working on her high school and college newspaper to becoming the Communications Director of Allegheny County. Downs has been the director since 2012 and has over 25 years of experience in municipal, county and state government serving in both…
By: Caitlyn Scott Piano was always Nancy Xiao’s style, or, at least that’s what she thought. Despite her playing for over 10 years, a meeting with her mother’s friend, Jin Yang, changed the course of Xiao’s musical path, causing her focus to shift towards an instrument that many Westerners would mistake as a regular guitar. …
By: Justin Stewart Oakland can be a busy area during week day afternoons and weekends. While there are no shortage of restaurants, museums, college campuses, and shopping venues, there is only one comic book store: Phantom of the Attic. Located on the 2nd floor of 411 South Craig Street, the comic book specialty chain has…
