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1 month ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Patricia Sheridan
The drywall is cracking, or the toilet won't flush, or a light fixture is flickering - unless you live with someone handy - most women will call the handyman, plumber or electrician. But for some, that's not an option.
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1 month ago | 
post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan
The drywall is cracking, or the toilet won’t flush, or a light fixture is flickering — unless you live with someone handy — most women will call the handyman, plumber or electrician. But for some, that’s not an option.
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2 months ago | 
post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan
Looking at 430 Woodland Road in Edgeworth, you might think it’s a beautiful example of Tudor architecture. But you would be as mistaken as Anne Boleyn when she decided to wed Henry VIII. This house, with its timber and brick facade, is actually French Norman Revival in style. “What distinguishes it from Tudor is the round room similar to a silo,” said owner Doug McAdams. He uses the little round room in the turret as his office.
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2 months ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Patricia Sheridan
Hill Dance Academy Theatre celebrated its 20th anniversary in January by co-hosting the annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference in Pittsburgh.
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2 months ago | 
post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan
Hill Dance Academy Theatre celebrated its 20th anniversary in January by co-hosting the annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference in Pittsburgh.
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2 months ago | 
post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan
The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze is known for its grand masters, however, since August a small mural-style painting designed by artist Ebtehal Badawi and painted by anyone who wanted to add a few strokes of color is on exhibit in the rotunda until March 30th. The painting is the first thing visitors see when they come into the museum. Badawi, who was born in Saudi Arabia, wants to stop the bullying and the marginalizing people through her art and her Pittsburgh Builds Bridges organization.
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2 months ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Patricia Sheridan
Growing up in Point Breeze was, well, a breeze for Mary Murrin. "I am a Breezer through and through," says the new president of Rivers of Steel. The nonprofit's mission is to "strengthen the economic and cultural fabric of Western Pennsylvania by fostering dynamic initiatives and transformative experiences." Key to those experiences is honoring the region's steel, coal and other industrial heritage and reinterpreting places like the Carrie Furnaces for another generation.
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2 months ago | 
post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan
Growing up in Point Breeze was, well, a breeze for Mary Murrin. “I am a Breezer through and through,” says the new president of Rivers of Steel. The nonprofit’s mission is to “strengthen the economic and cultural fabric of Western Pennsylvania by fostering dynamic initiatives and transformative experiences.” Key to those experiences is honoring the region’s steel, coal and other industrial heritage and reinterpreting places like the Carrie Furnaces for another generation.
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2 months ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Patricia Sheridan
Celebrating its 50th year, the Pittsburgh Antiques Show is now officially vintage, but it will have to wait another 50 before it can be considered a true antique. The show's golden anniversary edition, presented by the Historical Glass Club of Pittsburgh, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bethel Park on Feb. 15-16. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 15 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 16. Tickets are $10, or $15 for a 9 a.m. entry. Children under 12 get in free.
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2 months ago | 
mahoningmatters.com | Patricia Sheridan
The year this farmhouse was built, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. It was 1912 and the world was just stepping into a new century. Nearly a 100 years later, the house was in about the same shape as an ocean liner resting at the bottom of the Atlantic. Tom Sipes bought 3745 Saxonburg Blvd. in Indiana Township at an online foreclosure auction. "It was completely a nightmare, like gutted out, like a guy had started to work on the house and got in over his head," he said.
