Arts & Culture – Point Park News Service

Finding Yourself in The Music: Putting Emotions Into Words

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Fig, Finding Yourself in the Music, Sara Flanders

By Sara Flanders This is the final installment of the Finding Yourself in the Music series. When unsure how to deal with her negative emotions, Elizabeth Harris used what she calls “genre-fluid” music as a therapeutic outlet. Harris remembers singing all the time as a child and looking up to her Grandpa who was a wedding singer in a polka... Read More

Finding Yourself in the Music: Self Expression and Inner Truth

April 19, 2019April 22, 2019 Dinosoul, Finding Yourself in the Music, Sara Flanders

By Sara Flanders This is the second installment of the Finding Yourself in the Music series. Donny Donovan thought she was a boy at a young age, but as she got older and got assigned to gendered sports teams and activities, she realized she was a girl who liked girls. For years she felt something was wrong with her and... Read More

Finding Yourself in the Music

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Adam Hawley, Finding Yourself in the Music, Jude Benedict-Ess, Sara Flanders

How music has helped local members of the LGBTQIA+ community By Sara Flanders This is the first installment of the Finding Yourself in the Music series. Music helped Jude Benedict-Ess through their transition into their non-binary gender identity and gave them a way to communicate with those around them. Adam Hawley found inspiration from a famous musician to find his... Read More

The Year Of The Pig Is Celebrated In Squirrel Hill

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Chinese New Year, Jared Murphy, Lunar New Year

Photos and text by Jared Murphy The Chinese New Year Parade in Squirrel Hill rang in the Chinese New Year on February 17th. This year, the Lunar New Year celebrates the Year of the Pig. The pig is the twelfth of the Chinese zodiac symbols and was last honored in 2007. Read More

Pudding Wrestlers Battle For Top Spot

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Jared Murphy, Pudding Wrestling Massacre

Photos and text by Jared Murphy The 10th anniversary of Pudding Wrestling Massacre was held at Spirit in Lawrenceville on Feb. 15. The event featured wrestlers battling for a cash prize and bragging rights. Read More

Breaking Bread in the ‘Burgh

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Francesca Dabecco, Nick Malburg

By Francesca Dabecco A version of this story ran on NextPittsburgh. Every Monday at 4 a.m., Nick Malburg rises like the bread he makes to begin an age-old baking style in the kitchen of his Stanton Heights ranch home. He pulls heaping piles of dough prepared the day before from his refrigerator, cut and shaped into rounded molds, ready to be scored and baked to a crispy... Read More

The Person Behind the Artist

January 17, 2019January 23, 2019 dance, Jordyn Hronec, Point Park University

By Jordyn Hronec, Point Park News Service Before class starts, there’s a specific energy buzzing in the air. When the teacher opens the door, dancers quickly file into the large, echoey studio with sunlight filtering through the tall windows that reveal the ghost of a once industrial city looming outside. The dance students are eager to get stretching. One student... Read More

Pittsburgh’s Pickle Craze: How the city’s relishing the past and future of pickles

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop, Lauren Clouser

By Lauren Clouser The owner of Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop woke up in the middle of the night with an idea for pickle cotton candy. Wigle Whiskey created over 30 tests before finally getting the right combination for their pickle-flavored spirit. And, most famously, Pittsburgh is home to a three-day festival dedicated entirely to pickles. Since the time of H.J.... Read More

The Strange Science of the Center for PostNatural History

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Center for PostNatural History, Lauren Clouser

By Lauren Clouser Richard Pell has traveled to Utah to pick up a taxidermy goat, received mice embryos in the mail and currently has a great dane in his freezer waiting to be stuffed. These are just a part of over 60 exhibits that make up the Center for PostNatural History, a storefront museum in Garfield founded and operated by... Read More

When Two Become Yinz: The Pittsburgh Cookie Table Tradition

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Cookie Tables, Justin Bersuder, Lyndsay Bersuder, Mike Audey, Ryan Koch, Tyler Martin, Victoria Bails

By Victoria Bails Ryan Koch and Mike Audey decided to have a cookie table at their wedding because of the regional tradition. When Megan and Tyler Martin were planning out their wedding, Tyler wasn’t aware it was only a local practice, but they knew they wanted one at their wedding. Family tradition and, similarly, Pittsburgh tradition led Lyndsay and Justin... Read More