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Fineview Bus Stop
Bidwell offers 'Walk-Up Wednesday' plant sales
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New bus stop platform marks restored service on Fineview loop route
Courtesy of the Fineview & Perry Hilltop Citizens Councils
PITTSBURGH, PA 10/20/21 Mayor Peduto, City Councilmen Lavelle and Wilson, County Councilwoman Olivia Bennett, and Port Authority officials were honored at a community meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26 by Fineview and Perry Hilltop Citizens Councils for their work in restoring the Biggs Avenue at Glenrose Street bus stop along the #11 Fineview loop route.
Initially a trolley stop, for decades the stop provided a convenient place for Fineview and Perry Hilltop residents to access the #11 bus for transportation to the Northside Giant Eagle, Downtown, and other Northside amenities. The Port Authority of Allegheny County removed the bus stop due to safety concerns.This created hardship for those in the hilltop communities who depended on public transportation.
In response, the City of Pittsburgh supported the residents of the two hilltop neighborhoods by building a substantial bus stop platform near the bottom of the Glenrose city steps. The Port Authority subsequently agreed to restore the stop on the #11 Fineview route.
To thank the honorees for their support and celebrate the success of their efforts, they were recognized by Fineview and Perry Hilltop Citizens Councils at a community
Photo: Fineview & Perry Hilltop Citizens Councils
The bus stop at Biggs Avenue at Glenrose Street along the #11 Fineview loop route is now restored, increasing food security for Northsiders in the hilltop communities.
meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 at The Pittsburgh Project on the Northside. Each was presented with a specially designed memento. Lenny Marino, manager of the Cedar Avenue Giant Eagle, donated a $100 gift card as a door prize at the event, calling to mind the connection between reliable public transportation and fresh food. n
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Back in June of 2021, the cafe made waves by transitioning from a traditional tipping model for its workers to a service model, where every check included an automatic
20% service fee. A series of setbacks, though, including a water main break and ongoing pandemic-related factors have caused the business to reevaluate how—and if—they will move forward.
“We’ve been operating under very challenging (and completely abnormal) circumstances for nearly two years,” the social media post reads. “Pivoting our business model again and again, food cost fluctuations, labor strains, rising costs, safety guidelines, and on and on… we’re exhausted. Physically, emotionally, mentally.”
The post went on to thank customers for their patience, support, and understanding.
Photo: Pear and the Pickle
Troy Hill's Pear and the Pickle announced that Sunday, Nov. 21 was their last official day of service this year.
Penn Brewery offering winter tours again
Brewers at Penn Brewery are leading in-person tours again this winter. The next tour date is Saturday, Dec. 18. It starts at 1 p.m. and each $25 ticket includes a 16-ounce beer and a growler fill. Masks are required and guests are asked to wear flat, closed-toe shoes.
Visit https://www.pennbrew.com/tours for more details.
Yoga with Barbara launches online classes ‘for the rock’n’roll lifestyle’
Yoga with Barbara, led by Vice President of Get Hip Records Barbara Garcia-Bernardo, now has a new online class schedule.
All classes are held via Zoom and there are two options: beginner and all-levels. Beginner classes are held Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m.; all-levels classes are offered on both Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. Classes are in the power vinyasa style and according to the studio’s newsletter, are “a way to support and enhance the rock’n’roll lifestyle.” The first one is free.
Visit Garcia-Bernardo’s website at https:// gethip.com/yoga/ for more information and to join the mailing list.
AIR reopening exhibition spaces to the public
Artists Image Resource (AIR), located in Historic Deutschtown, is reopening its exhibition spaces to the public on Friday, Dec. 10 with “2021 PRINTWORK.” Jurors for the
show were Rachel Rearick and Joseph Lupo. It takes place from 6-9 p.m. and features 38 artists from around the U.S. Food and drinks are provided. It will run through Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. 2021 is AIR’s 25th anniversary of operation in Pittsburgh.
Direct your questions to info@artistsimageresource.org or visit http://www.artistsimageresource.org/ for more information.
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"Always one hand on the hilt" by Kyle Nobles is part of AIR's upcoming show, "2021 PRINTWORK," premiering Dec. 10.
Moonshot Museum releases design renderings for forthcoming facility
Moonshot Museum, set to be “Pennsylvania’s first museum dedicated exclusively to space,” according to a press release, released final design renderings for its facility, set to open in the summer of 2022.
The museum, which is currently under construction and according to the Pittsburgh
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for inspiration, ideas, and growth for many artists trying to make it big. If you fast forward a few decades from Humphries’ heyday, hip-hop and R&B are now all the rage not only in Pittsburgh and the Northside, but also in many major cities across the country.
The “Golden Era” of hip-hop is deemed to have taken place between the late 1980s in Pittsburgh in 1992. He got his start in the industry as a promoter and emcee at New York City’s Latin Quarter club during the “Golden Era,” and met and mentored many upcoming artists who went on to become legends. Gray has produced nine albums on major labels including Sony; he has countless amounts of wisdom and insight to give on the industry as a whole.
“Just for Paradise to even know your name was a huge deal,”said MC Lyte in
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Roger Humphries, left, appeared on "Song for My Father" by Horace Silver, right, which helped to put Pittsburgh on the map, musically speaking.
and early 1990s, and industry legend, activist, and Northside resident Paradise Gray experienced all of it firsthand.
After spending time in North Carolina, Gray quickly moved around New York from the Bronx to Brooklyn, then finally settled Netflix’s docuseries, “Hip-Hop Evolution.”
Gray explains how it’s different for every person in the industry who possesses a “star quality” that makes them a contender to become one of the greats. He’s seen this a lot in the Pittsburgh music scene.
“It’s different for a DJ, a rapper, a dancer, and graphic artists. There are different paths, but if there’s one thing they all have in common it’s putting the work in, taking it seriously at a young age, making your mind up that this is what you want to do, and you commit to putting the time in to do it the best. You understand the history of what you’re dealing with… Nowadays, you can make something and put it on the internet, have no clue what you’re doing, and pop!”
“I would say that the Pittsburgh area has so much of a concentration of incredible, brilliant artists of all ages… it’s amazing. I wish that the artists here could see themselves as I see them,” Gray stated.
Mentoring Mac Miller
During Gray’s time in Pittsburgh, he has worked immensely with young artists as they came up in the industry, including the late Mac Miller.
“I’ve mentored thousands of artists, but Mac… he was a quiet guy. Always intelligent, humble, a real nice guy. I really appreciated him as a person and a human being, as well as admiring him as an artist. He did what I suggested that older-school artists did: He put the work in.”
The world didn’t know Mac Miller until he was a VIP, but Gray knew him when he was around 15 years old. Gray called Mac a “student of rappers.”
“... He memorized songs dating all the way back to the Golden Era and beyond, and he took it seriously… he was a very talented and unique individual.”
Gray explained his take on how New York City and Pittsburgh compare music-wise: While the Latin Quarter club in New York offered a place for new and upcoming artists to begin shooting their shot at becoming well known among the community, here in Pittsburgh there was the more recent but now defunct Shadow Lounge.
“The Shadow Lounge really gave artists like Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Jasiri X, Formula412, and many others that oppor-
tunity to have a safe space [for] fellowship
Photo: Brook Ward via Flickr CC BY-NC 2
The late Mac Miller, whom Gray mentored, pictured with Ariana Grande at a 2016 Steelers pre-game Terrible Towel Kickoff.
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