Category: Entertainment
They fight like girls
By Megan Guza Point Park News Service The bright red blood stands out in stark contrast against Jamie Bishop’s white boxing gloves. But the 17-year-old model and high school student isn’t worried about her next photo shoot or what her friends at school will say. Her only focus is on finishing her fight. “I just knew [...]
House concerts earning multiple bookings
By Holly Tonini Point Park News Service Dwight Diller asked for no applause after he finished a song on his clawhammer banjo. The West Virginia strummer told his audience of about 20 that it’s easier for him to judge if they liked the song without clapping. The silence also made it easier for him to [...]
Joe Turner’s Going to School: high school student set to direct August Wilson play
By Mia Crow Point Park News Service DeVaughn Robinson caught the acting bug in the 7th grade in 2008 when he co-directed a production of Snoopy at the Urban League Charter School. His love of theater grew when he won third place honors in the national August Wilson Monologue competition in New York. Now at [...]
Highmark’s First Night hosts third Sing-Off Contest
By Alexandra Perry Point Park News Service Joining the hundred other events and activities at Highmark’s First Night Pittsburgh 2013 is Equitable Gas’ annual First Night Sing-Off contest. The contest is a unique way for Pennsylvania students from 6th to 12th grade to show off their talent and earn money for their school. The sing-off [...]
NHL lockout sends fans back to college
By Megan Guza Point Park News Service Aaron Troy’s eyes never leave the ice as a Robert Morris University forward grabs a rebound and slides the puck past the Bentley University goalie. It’s not a Sidney Crosby backhander, but Troy will take it. “It’s not the best hockey, but it’s hockey,” he said. Troy, like [...]
Dagorhir Battle Games joins residents looking for a good, clean fight
by Ligaya Scaff Point Park News Service On an unseasonably warm November day in Schenley Park, a group of warriors and soldiers waged battle . One fighter, a fearless samurai, jabbed at enemies with an 8 ft. glaive while blocking body shots. Clad in handcrafted leather armor, another fighter “died” after receiving one too many [...]
Women’s hockey growing in Pittsburgh
By Chris Dazen and Stevie Watson Point Park News Service While searching for a new form of exercise after becoming a mother, Laura Reisinger came across a newspaper advertisement for women’s hockey. Gretchen Maxeiner stumbled across the same ad. “It was the least likely thing I could think of to do,” she said. Maria Totin [...]
ROOT Sports’ Dan Potash: from Beverly Hills to The City of Champions
By Stevie Watson Point Park News Service Growing up in Beverly Hills, ROOT Sports personality Dan Potash’s life did not compare to an episode of 90210. An only child to divorced parents, Potash lived in a humble apartment, eating frozen dinners and working an after school job. Though he had good friends, but he knew [...]
Pittsburgh: Capital of the undead!
By Kimberly Smith Point Park News Service Since the release of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in 1968, zombie culture has grown tremendously. And Pittsburgh has become recognized as a popular “Zombie Capital” of the world. Stu Neft, co-owner of Lawrenceville’s House of the Dead, says that he thinks one of the main attractions [...]
Ready to ‘Rock on the slopes?
By Pamela Diana Point Park News Service The new rocker ski technology is taking the industry by snowstorm and is making it easier to ski for all levels of skiers. Almost all new skis that are showing up in ski shops for this upcoming season have some kind of rocker technology. Traditional skis are [...]
