Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 19

You know a movie theater has been around for a long time when the first film it ever showed was a silent hit at the time. That’s a boast that the Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill can make. When it opened on Murray Avenue exactly 100 years ago on May...

When 2022 began for Daria Zhuravska, she was feeling good about her life in Ukraine. The 27-year-old Kyiv resident had landed a job as an office manager for an information technology company. She was living with her boyfriend, not far from her family and friends and enjoyed taking dance and...

When 2022 began for Daria Zhuravska, she was feeling good about her life in Ukraine. The 27-year-old Kyiv resident had landed a job as an office manager for an information technology company. She was living with her boyfriend, not far from her family and friends, and enjoyed taking dance and...

Pittsburgh small businesses owned by women and people of color, including Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Asian Americans, will be on the receiving end of $1 million in grants from Comcast as part of its RISE Investment Fund. RISE stands for “Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment.” Comcast says it was formed...

An eclectic lineup of pop, rock and classical music acts is set to take the stages of Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater and South Park Amphitheater as part of Allegheny County’s free 2022 Summer Concert Series. Alternative rockers Soul Asylum will perform on Aug. 19 as one the highlights of the...

One of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust is the Terezin concentration camp. All of the concentration camps were horrible, but this particular camp had its own brand of insidiousness. Terezin was established in 1941 in the Czech town of Terezin as a destination for European Jews from prominent families,...

Carnegie Mellon University graduates are no strangers to the Tony Awards but this year the School of Drama’s cup may have runneth over. During a streaming nominations event Monday, four Carnegie Mellon alumni were announced as nominees for nine Tony Awards. This marks 13 consecutive years in which CMU alumni...

The restoration of Wilkinsburg’s 106-year-old downtown train station has brought recognition to the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. This week, the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office announced that the Wilkinsburg CDC has received a 2021 Community Initiative Award. The organization is one of only three recipients statewide. It will be awarded...

It’s one of the old war horses of Broadway theater and yet a play that never goes out of style. “Arsenic and Old Lace” returns to the stage this weekend as the final show of the 2021-22 season for the Prime Stage Theatre company. The play officially opens at the...

Last November, folks gathered on the front lawn of the Westinghouse Castle, which once served as the general office of the Westinghouse Air Brake Co., to hear some good news. The grand building, which dates back to 1890 and had long been in disrepair, was being brought back to life...

Much has been said and written in the aftermath of a gunman’s attack on three congregations at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. With 11 people dead, it was the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Now a new film, “Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree...

It took far less time for pioneering journalist Nellie Bly to travel around the world than it did for her statue to finally be erected at Pittsburgh International Airport. The unveiling, first announced in March 2020, coincided with the start of the pandemic. But now, over two years later, a...

There is a line in the “The White Rose” that not only sums up what the play is about, but applies to the many atrocities human beings have witnessed throughout history. “If you don’t have the courage to speak up, then you are just as bad as the people that...

It’s beer to the rescue. Helltown Brewing of Western Pennsylvania has created a new brew designed to bring attention to 412 Food Rescue of Pittsburgh’s cause of preventing fresh, leftover food from being thrown away by stores and restaurants. The new limited edition, low-ABV (alcohol by volume) IPA called “412...

Is there a lovesick person among us who hasn’t imagined kissing someone they’re pining for? Or how about a thirsty individual imagining a cool sip of water? While not necessarily a good substitute for the real thing, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to exploit sensitivity...

Guitar enthusiasts will want to pay a visit to the Carnegie Science Center later this month when a new exhibition, “Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked The World,” takes center stage. The history of the guitar is a fascinating one and dates back further than most people may realize — the...

Carlin Long has never forgotten the best friend he lost in high school. Her name was Cynthia Phillipson and they both attended Steubenville Catholic Central High School. They were both talented athletes. Long became a track star who competed in the mile, 800 meter and 4 x 800 meter relay...

Following a two-year absence due to the pandemic, an effective vehicle for new play development is returning to the City Theatre stages on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The Momentum New Play Festival is back for a May 16-21 run featuring public readings of three new plays in progress as well as...

From its ornate interior to its classic marquee design, Downtown Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center harkens back to an era when going to a theater for a play, movie or concert was an experience in itself. One look at the marquee over the main entrance — with its white block letters against...

Outside of the Rolling Stones, it’s difficult to think of a single rock band that’s kept going consistently since the mid-1960s. But Jefferson Starship, originally known as Jefferson Airplane, is one of those bands. The group has just released its first new studio album in 12 years, “Mother of the...

It was Remington shaver spokesman Victor Kiam who famously said, “I like it so much, I bought the company.” For Elon Musk, the opposite is true. The world’s richest man, according to Forbes Magazine, Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion on Monday and then said he...

The Pittsburgh area is known for its sports teams, sports fans and, to a lesser extent, its sports bars. And it looks like Western Pennsylvania will be making room for yet another one of the latter with a bit of a twist. The Twin Peaks Restaurant chain based in the...

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has fallen again. The state Department of Labor and Industry’s monthly report for March, released Friday, shows the unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point, declining to 3.6%. In addition, the commonwealth’s unemployment rate for March 2022 was 2.2 percentage points below its March 2021 level....

A week ago (Friday) Jack White released a new album, played the national anthem before the Detroit Tigers home opener, kicked off his “Supply Chain Issues Tour,” with a show at the Motor City’s Masonic Temple theater, proposed to his singer/girlfriend Olivia Jean on stage during the show and then...

From old-fashioned saloons and greasy spoons to tattoo parlors, sports stadiums and a shop that sells only instruments you can pick, the South Side has edgy entertainment and enough history to call itself iconic. The neighborhood was once populated by steelworkers coming off their shifts and looking for a place...