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The Toonseum: A celebration of comics, characters and culture

March 7, 2018 Casey Hoolahan, Pittsburgh Cultural District, The Toonseum, Wonder Woman

By Casey Hoolahan, Point Park News Service Comics: you’ve grown up reading them and watching them on television, but have you ever thought about their cultural and artistic value? The Toonseum in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District is just one of three museums in the United States focusing on exhibiting comic art. Established in 2007, the Toonseum was originally located at the... Read More

Challenges are behind hometown hero rapper Hardo

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Hardo, Stage AE

By: Matthew Ryan Miramontes, Point Park News Service Joseph Barnett is putting the past five years of challenges behind him. Under the moniker Hardo, the Pittsburgh native rapper is building a strong local and national audience. At his latest performance in his hometown on Jan. 19 at Spirit Hall in Lawrenceville, hundreds of fans gathered to support the rapper at... Read More

Downtown Pittsburgh high school students protest Parkland shooting

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Gracey Evans, Parkland shooting, Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School, Pittsburgh Public Schools, protest

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Have You Gotten Your Flu Shot?

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 Center for Disease Control, Christie Barron, flu shot, Pittsburgh

By Trina McConnell, Point Park News Service Everyone wants to know if you’re vaccinated, from your doctor to your employer, even the cashier at the drug store is asking, “Have you gotten your flu shot?” As a mother of two boys, Kat Schnur counts herself lucky neither of her sons have gotten the nasty flu that’s currently filling hospital emergency... Read More

Specialty Cupid’s Choice Donuts has students feeling the love

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

By: Meghan Macioce, Point Park News Service Getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit, Dunkin Donuts has released a limited run of seven specialty Cupid’s Choice Donuts. The promotion, which runs from which runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14, has doughnut enthusiasts getting into the holiday spirit. Stopping at the Market Square location before a class or a study session... Read More

Part two: Fashion Bloggers Take the Pittsburgh Scene by Storm

February 13, 2018

By: Brittany Maniet, Point Park News Service This story is the second part of a series about local fashion bloggers. Read the first part here. Jessa Gibboney, known as Wavy Alabaster (http://wavyalabaster.com), started blogging when she and her husband moved to Pittsburgh. “My husband Ben and I made a big life decision about a year and a half ago when... Read More

A Day in the Life of a City Firefighter

February 12, 2018 Darryl Jones, Megan Bixler, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

Members of local Pittsburgh companies share their experiences as on-the-clock firefighters in the big city By: Megan Bixler, Point Park News Service Max Hartman, inspired by many family friends, realized when he was a young boy that he wanted to fight fires for a living, but he didn’t expect to be handling overdose calls in his career. Meanwhile, Ryan Jones... Read More

Fashion Bloggers Take the Pittsburgh Scene by Storm

February 8, 2018February 13, 2018

By: Brittany Maniet, Point Park News Service This story is the first part of a series about local fashion bloggers. Read Part 2 here. Sydney Carver took a chance starting a fashion blog after taking a marketing and public relations class at James Madison University. Forsaking the corporate world when she moved to Pittsburgh, Jessa Gibboney began blogging, styling customers... Read More

Restricted Release Inmates face years alone in a cell

February 5, 2018 ACLU, Emery Barron, Gary Lenigan, Jessica Federkeil, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, restricted housing unit, Robert Polzer

As reform slowly moves through corrections system, are the “worst of the worst” forgotten about? By Gary Lenigan and Jessica Federkeil, Point Park News Service In 2010, while testifying in his own defense on a rape charge, Robert Polzer stabbed himself in the neck with a pen and screamed “I love you” to his victim, erratic behavior that continued in... Read More

Turning Empty Storefronts into Art venues

February 1, 2018February 1, 2018

By: Krista Marple, Point Park News Service Pittsburgh is one of the many cities that are making better use of empty storefronts by transforming them into art galleries joining cities like Chicago, Vermont, Connecticut and New York City making this cultural change. Artists are being offered temporary spaces to showcase their work at a discounted or even no cost price... Read More