Thursday 12 Art in the Park The Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation presents Wilkinsburg’s 2012 Art in the Park from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Penn Avenue Parklet, 743 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg, Every Thursday there will be food, music vendors and fun for the whole family. There will also be live entertainment.
This week I visited Highland Park, Black Beauty Lounge in the Hill District, Galaxy Lounge in Homewood, Shadow Lounge in East Liberty, Mellon Park in Point Breeze and the North Side Elks Lodge in the Hill District. Hip-hop artist Divine Seven and friends were chillin’ at the Classic Material event held at the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty.
You always know who your friends are. They’re the ones who help you look your best, and they’re honest if your new ‘do makes you look bad. Your friends help you with homework, they support your dreams, and they forever hold your secrets without spilling.
(NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn: I recently accepted a job on the West Coast. I have lived all my life on the East Coast, except for the few years I attended school in Florida. This is the problem. I immediately joined a church, but I was not accepted into the choir. I have a fantastic voice.
The Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s hot summer season of affordable entertainment rolls on with a partnership with Westinghouse High School, Homewood Children’s Village and NBC/ iTheatrics to present “FAME JR., Westinghouse High School’s first theatrical production in 10 years. THE FAME CAST (Photos by J.L. Martello)
This week I visited the Racquet Club in Monroeville, CJ’s in the Strip District, Tim’s Bar in the Hill District, Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District and the North Side Elks in the Hill District. My first stop was at the North Side Elks, where the one and only birthday girl, Shirley Watts, celebrated her birthday in style with family and friends. Brothers Mike and Vernard havin
Thursday 5 Art in the Park The Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation presents Wilkinsburg’s 2012 Art in the Park from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Penn Avenue Parklet, 743 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg, Every Thursday there will be food, music vendors and fun for the whole family. There will also be live entertainment.
by Terri SchlichenmeyerFor New Pittsburgh Courier Summer is coming, and that means a summer job. But what can a kid like you do? You’re so past the Kool-Aid stand age. Babysitting only goes as far as next weekend, which isn’t enough. And your mother’s chore list, well, ’nuff said.
(NNPA)—Dear Gwendolyn: I am one year away from receiving my law degree, but my husband won’t help. I was in my first year of law school when we met. Six months after we met I got pregnant. Getting through the second and third year of school was extremely difficult, but I made it.
What would you do if you lived next door to someone featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” a burglar, or someone who committed suicide? These are questions that Paige K. Mitchell, 21 from Penn Hills, asks in her 60-page mystery novella, “Secret Shadows.” PAIGE K. MITCHELL (Photo by J.L. Martello)
