October 24, 2018: “Jason McKoy will be the first to admit that he’s not very good at skateboarding. “When I got my first board I ate it hard,” he says with a laugh, remembering that inaugural faceplant at age 11. “But I didn’t stop because I loved it so much.”...
October 8, 2018: “Jennifer Chenoweth isn’t the artist you’d expect to see in Wilkinsburg. An entrepreneur and principal of Fisterra Studio in Austin, Texas, Chenoweth creates contemporary abstract paintings and sculptures. After responding to a public art call...
September 12, 2018: “The steelpan drum, an instrument made popular in the Caribbean, is the catalyst for a new youth music program in Wilkinsburg. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, the steelpan was traditionally made from used oil barrels and discarded metal...
August 30, 2018: “Dee Briggs was expecting to do a routine demolition when she bought the vacant house next to her art studio in Wilkinsburg, Pa. But when Briggs walked inside for the first time, she found a bunch of personal effects left behind by the families...
August 10, 2018: “When Leona’s Ice Cream Sandwiches moved to Stoner Way in Wilkinsburg four years ago, co-owner Katie Heldstab said they didn’t know the lot behind their building was also part of the property that they rent. For two years, it sat vacant and...
