Courtesy of DS Kinsel This morning’s interviewee is an artist, community organizer, activist and then some who co-founded BOOM Concepts and has shown his art everywhere from the streets of our city to the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. In addition to making vivid multimedia art, he funds other creatives and holds the powers that […] Read more.
With a history dating to 1896, the Carnegie International is America’s oldest exhibition of contemporary art. This year’s edition is the 58th and features over 100 artists. In the four years since the last exhibition, much has changed — the pandemic shattered our sense of normalcy, protests over racial injustice rocked the nation and political upheaval called into […] Read more.
Courtesy of Books Forward Today’s Local to Know is an author who wanted to buck the trend of male-dominated fantasy novels. Meet Catherine Raphael, a self-described feminist who helped found the Women and Girls Foundation of SWPA and whose debut novel, Journey to the Heart Stone, comes out next week. The book takes place in […] Read more.
Courtesy of Ja'Sonta Roberts. We’ve got lots of amazing out-of-school educators doing really important work here in Pittsburgh. One such Local to Know is Ja’Sonta Roberts, Assemble’s Off-Site Programs Manager and also a gifted vocalist who sings with Pittsburgh Black Rock act Royce. Without further ado, let’s meet Ja’Sonta and learn more about where she […] Read more.
I’m delighted to turn things over to a special guest and someone with whom I spend a large portion of my waking (and sleeping) hours. She spent countless hours this summer in Pittsburgh’s public pools to determine which one was the best overall. Along the way, we visited new neighborhoods, spent time with friends and […] Read more.