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George Takei's Real Star Treknew
A civil-rights crusade enhanced by social-media celebrity — shows no signs of ending.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
12-05-2013 |
Culture
Affront Officenew
You think Pirates fans have suffered at the hands of the Nuttings? Try working for them!
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
04-11-2013 |
Sports
Unsportsmanlike Conductnew
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit suit proves just how out-of-bounds sports culture has become.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
01-09-2013 |
Sports
Heavyweight Championsnew
A Pittsburgh doctor and a lawyer may be World Wrestling Entertainment's real champions. But why do some people think the fix is in?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
12-02-2010 |
Sports
The Ring Leadernew
Lauren Fisher has taken her share of knocks, but that hasn't dimmed her dreams of fighting in the the first Olympic women's boxing event.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Lauren Daley |
04-26-2010 |
Sports
Tags: Lauren Fisher
Todd Smith's Shady Venturenew
If you asked Todd Smith seven or eight years ago what he'd be doing by 2010, the words "online sunglasses entrepreneur" probably would never have come out of his mouth. But after losing his job at Merrill Lynch, he decided to turn his fashionable hobby into a new online business venture.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-11-2010 |
Fashion
Tags: stunners, Sunglasses, San Francisco, California, business, web, Bay Area, Pittsburgh, fashion, online
The Cost of Repairing the Murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Churchnew
Painted in the Depression era, the church's murals go well beyond standard religious iconography. Along with traditional Catholic imagery of angels and the Virgin Mary, they include World War I-era soldiers killing Christ, crowned with barbed wire; a worker killed in a mining accident.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
KATE GIAMMARISE |
12-22-2009 |
Art
Paul Ross Spadafora Wanted to Demonstrate His Commitment to Boxingnew
In 1992, a 16-year-old boxing prodigy named Paul Ross Spadafora walked into the Island Avenue Tattoo shop in McKees Rocks. Weeks before, he'd dropped out of his sophomore year at Sto-Rox High School to focus on boxing. A natural righty who fought as a left-hander, he asked to have a paw-print tattooed on his upper stomach, with the word SOUTH inscribed above it.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
SEAN D. HAMILL |
12-22-2009 |
Sports
The Pittsburgh Casino Survival Guidenew
The Rivers Casino has everything that a casino is supposed to have: cashier cages, restaurants, bars, and of course ATM. Beyond that, though, the Rivers will have plenty of surprises in store when it opens.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
08-03-2009 |
Travel
The Latest in Pittsburgh's 'Gestures' Series Is a Thoughtful Examination of Our Sense of Placenew
The 12th in the Gestures series at Pittsburgh's Mattress Factory was themed to suggest connections to place, and the artist's ability to be attuned to the many layers of an environment.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Kuntz |
06-08-2009 |
Art
How to Jump on the Pittsburgh Penguins Bandwagon in Stylenew
With Stanley Cup fever having taken hold in Pittsburgh, even folks who've never watched a game in their lives are getting into the action. So we've asked a few rabid Penguins fans for tips on how to behave yourself while watching the game.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
06-08-2009 |
Sports
The Song Remains the Same: Pittsburgh's Going to the Super Bowlnew
Like the displays loaded with black 'n' gold novelties cropping up in Pittsburgh's Strip District, the Steelers going to the Super Bowl also means local musicians popping up with would-be fight songs, vying for air-time and fans' pocketbooks.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-02-2009 |
Recreation
Making a Better Lemonadenew
Heart and Soul Foods is focusing on making healthy lemonade, made simply from water, lemon juice and agave nectar. An eight-ounce serving has 80 calories, and it's delicious.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
10-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
How the Rusyns Could Save Civilizationnew
Of all of the ethnic groups that have settled in Pittsburgh, few are as mysterious as the Carpatho-Rusyns. So convoluted is their history, so mysterious their origins, that many Rusyns are mysteries even to themselves.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
09-29-2008 |
Culture
Pittsburgh's Bread Man: Jody Freyvogelnew
Until recently, only coffeehouse staff and private clients would see him in the morning's wee hours, delivering batches of freshly baked goods. Now, the chemical-engineer-turned-baker can be heard educating folks on the lifespan of baked goods at The Twilight Market, a burgeoning farmers' market in the Central North Side.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Colleen Van Tassell |
06-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
