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Sometimes We Need Dayz Off

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 27, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Features, Latest Stories, Lifestyle, Spring 2022

By Samantha Hindman Dayz Off Members Patrick Thomas, Finn Haney, Matthew Stratz, Clay Strickland Long before the release of Pittsburgh-based indie music band Dayz Off’s first album “So Much More,” or even the addition of bass player Patrick Thomas, the then...

All Killer No Filler & The Appeal of Tribute Bands In Pittsburgh

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2021

By: Kevin Turcovsky Zack Ethridge takes up the part of multiple musicians in the same performance. This is because he plays bass for All Killer No Filler, a pop punk cover band. There are many tribute/cover bands that play in the area, with All Killer No Filler being...

Art vs. Vandalism: Color Park

by Frank Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2021

By: Grant Clarke When Ex-Steeler Baron Batch was arrested for graffiti in the summer of 2016, graffiti detective Alphonso Sloan was the man who put the handcuffs on him. “I would consider us friends even from the beginning,” Sloan said. “He was always a nice,...

Vox Populus

by Zoey Angeluccci | Sep 6, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2021

The Latin words vox populus mean “voice of the people.” Journalists use this phrase to describe a type of storytelling that asks people on the street their opinions about important topics. With this in mind, Point Park University students talked with people in...

Theatre Creator Writes His Plays About Tough Conversations

by Zoey Angeluccci | Nov 17, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2020

By Vanessa Vivas At the age of 11, Adil Mansoor chose himself and his identity as a young queer Pakistani boy. At the age of 35, he chose himself again and took an uncomfortable conversation about queerness with his Muslim mother to write a play. Mansoor is a local...

Take a trip to Cuyahoga Valley

by Point Park News Service | Oct 30, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Fall 2020, Lifestyle, Photojournalism

By Jared Murphy A Wood Duck perches on a log in Beaver Marsh in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Great Falls of Tinker’s Creek in nearby Cleveland Metro Parks. The view from above Brandywine Falls. Ledges Trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. A Broad Winged Hawk...