Tag: Holly Tonini
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 [...]
Election Day 2012: Voters turn out in droves
8 p.m. Polls close on a busy day of voting By Audrey Prisk Point Park News Service Lenora Austin has been working polls in the Pittsburgh area since 2000. At 8:02 p.m. Tuesday, she was pushing her walker behind a row of long tables in the lobby of University of Pittsburgh’s Wesley W. Posvar [...]
Festival planned in Mt. Lebanon to celebrate books
By Holly Tonini Point Park News Service When women get together, they often talk about books, said Meredith Mileti, a fiction writer who lives in Mt. Lebanon. Mileti and her friend and fellow author, Gwyn Cready of Mt. Washington, should know: The two frequent book clubs and have started a festival to celebrate what they [...]
Pittsburgh hosts international delegates at 2012 One World Summit
By Kimberly Smith, Audrey Prisk and Holly Tonini Point Park News Service When Pittsburgh put in a bid to host the 2012 One Young World summit, happening this weekend, it did so with a sense of determination, said Kate Robertson, co-founder of the summit. “They didn’t say, ‘We intend to bid, here’s the document, tell [...]
