Patricia Sheridan

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Features Associate Editor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Articles

This Pittsburgh native is making her mark in Murano art glass

1 month ago | post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan

Venice is often depicted as a haven of romance, with lovers on gondolas being serenaded as they drift under the Bridge of Sighs into a maze of Italian canals. Pittsburgh native Mickey Tesone did fall in love in Venice, but not on a gondola. Cupid hit his mark while she was shopping. “I was 28 years old and traveling with my grandmother and aunt when I met Ennio [Leperdi] in his showroom in Murano,” she recalled. The three women were shopping for Venetian glass.
Buying Here: Nearly century-old Tudor in Point Breeze listed for $1.465 million

1 month ago | post-gazette.com | Patricia Sheridan

Dr. Lynda Flom and her husband, Howard Kline, are only the third owners in the nearly 100-year history of their Tudor-style stone home at 6850 Reynolds St. in Point Breeze. “It's killing me to sell it,” said Dr. Flom, a pediatric neuroradiologist who bought the house from Dr. William McNaugher. He and his father, Dr. Samuel McNaugher, worked at Allegheny General Hospital. The couple have lived there for 38 years, raising three children who are now adults and have moved away.
Jewish Women’s Foundation empowers handy women and others with grants

Feb 26, 2025 | 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.
Jewish Women's Foundation empowers handy women and others with grants

Feb 26, 2025 | 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.
Buying Here: French Norman mansion in Edgeworth 'built by true craftsmen' priced near $3.1 million

Feb 21, 2025 | 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.
Hill Dance Academy Theatre steps into major role with national conference in Pittsburgh

Feb 20, 2025 | 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.
Hill Dance Academy Theatre hosts annual International Association of Blacks in Dance conference in Pittsburgh

Feb 20, 2025 | 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.
Her murals are building bridges between people, especially children

Feb 16, 2025 | 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.
‘Dignity of hard work’: Rivers of Steel’s new captain is a Breezer

Feb 11, 2025 | 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.
Rivers of Steel's new captain grew up in Point Breeze and is glad to be home

Feb 11, 2025 | 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.