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What Do We Need to Make Western Pa. the Best Place to Live? Read More »

We asked a cross-section of regional leaders to respond, in 75 words or less, to this question: What do we need to do to make Western Pennsylvania the best place to live in the world? “The incredible transformation here in such a short time gives me tremendous hope and excitement for the future of our …

Annual Heart Ball Raises More Than $1.2 Million

Annual Heart Ball Raises More Than $1.2 Million Read More »

More than 550 attendees celebrated the accomplishments of the American Heart Association on Saturday, February 17 at the 29th Annual Pittsburgh Heart Ball. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”231″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] This year’s theme, Heart of a Champion, celebrates lifesaving advancements in cardiovascular research and increases awareness of programs to improve the health of local communities that have …

Calgon Carbon’s Randy Dearth Crowned King of the 2018 Mardi Gras Gala

Calgon Carbon’s Randy Dearth Crowned King of the 2018 Mardi Gras Gala Read More »

Balloons, boas, a sit-down dinner, dancing, Dixieland-style bands and a carpool karaoke video featuring some of Pittsburgh’s most influential corporate leaders were all showcased at what has become one of Pittsburgh’s premier social gatherings: the Annual Mardi Gras Gala to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation Western/Central Pennsylvania. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”230″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] 2017 King Jerry MacCleary …

The Trouble with “Capital”

The Trouble with “Capital” Read More »

In the summer of 2013 a remarkable event occurred in the publishing industry. A challenging, 685-page economic text written by an obscure French economist and published by an academic press became an overnight best seller. Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” (referred to here simply as “Capital”) sold so quickly that Harvard University Press couldn’t keep up …

Gentlemen’s Night Out Raises $180,000 for the National Aviary

Gentlemen’s Night Out Raises $180,000 for the National Aviary Read More »

The 2018 Gentlemen’s Night Out on the North Shore benefitting the National Aviary was held on Friday, February 9th. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”229″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] The black-tie event was hosted by the National Aviary’s Board of Trustees President and Executive Vice President of Mascaro Construction Company, Michael Mascaro. Nearly 200 guests attended the fundraiser and were …

Opinion

A Love Story

by Elizabeth Deiseroth

I met Rita on our mutual first day of employment in the kitchen of a suburban Pittsburgh family 13 years ago. Our boss, Betsy, was delighted with our installation, as it meant that her long and inconvenient kitchen renovation project was complete. Rita and I were placed on either side of a white, 36-inch wide, …

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Examples of What to Say

Examples of What to Say Read More »

Even small children love to hear simple stories about their ancestors, and as children grow into teenagers and then young adults the stories can become more complex and serious. For example, consider Great-Grandpa Henry Knox’s many shortcomings as a rancher. Or the general klutziness of the Knox men, who are disposed to walk around with …

Arts

A Peek Inside the Pittsburgh Playhouse

by David Aschkenas

The Pittsburgh Playhouse building in Oakland, which serves as the performing arts center of Point Park University and the Conservatory of Performing Arts, is nearing its end, as a new state-of-the-art theatre complex is set to open on Forbes Avenue in downtown later this year. Photographer David Aschkenas documented the Playhouse in its final phase …

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PQ Poem

Matter of Light

by James Brasfield

A matter of light, part of the tree’s shade over the yard, a zelkova leaf, narrow palm of the rustbelt in April, green tints, then little by little turning red, a leaf surviving first snows, becoming half furled, wing ruffled, in the uncharted scales of ice, their lunar tarnish, and around it, leaf by leaf …

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Tell the Right Stories to your Children

Tell the Right Stories to your Children Read More »

In the last few posts I’ve spent a lot of time talking about kids who grow up in wealthy families and the issues they face, as well as talking about how virtually all American kids are raised these days. I’ve devoted so much time to these subjects because I want to emphasize the many minefields that surround …

92nd Cinderella Ball Held at the Omni William Penn

92nd Cinderella Ball Held at the Omni William Penn Read More »

On Saturday, January 27, seventeen local debutantes walked the length of the ballroom at the Omni William Penn on the arms of their fathers before a crowd of family and friends during the 92nd presentation of the Cinderella Ball. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”227″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Ball chairs Brette Gillman and Natalie Kelley, escorted by their husbands …

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