October 2019 Est. 1985
The Northside Chronicle
CCAC honors first nursing class of 1969
Volume 35 Issue 10 - FREE -
The Community Newspaper of Pittsburgh’s Historic Northside
By Haley McMonagle The Community of Allegheny County CCAC hosted an anniversary brunch at its Allegheny Campus on Sept. 14 to honor its first
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Dr. Stuart Blacklaw, right, commemorates 50 years of CCAC’s nursing program. See CCAC, Page 29
Northside gas station site of assaults By NSC Staff
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The former St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church on Lockhart Street in Historic Deutschtown is under renovation: It will soon become a 16-unit apartment building called the St. Peter’s Residences. The bell from the former church, cast in Baltimore in 1887, will be on display in the building’s reception area. Read the full story on Page 4.
Etta Cox a staple of Northside jazz
By Zach Armstrong
Simple assault charges were filed against two men whose connection to an Exxon gas station on Brighton Road in Marshall-Shadeland is unclear at the time of printing, as well as an employee of the gas station, after they fought with two Black women, both Northside residents, on Friday, Sept. 20. The charges were approved by the AlSee Exxon, Page 2
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Audiences in jazz clubs, Broadway theaters, film screenings and social gatherings have found themselves entertained for decades by the immense singing and acting talent of Northside celebrity Etta Cox. Cox, who was crowned the 2018 Northside Mardi Gras Queen, is best known for her jazz singing, performing various gigs in Pittsburgh alongside trombonist Al
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Dowe and his band. She and Dowe have also performed in Atlantic City and New York City, opening for big names including Ray Charles, Danny Glover, and Doc Severinsen. In Pittsburgh, Cox has become a regular performer at the city’s most popular venues and clubs including the former James Street, Atria’s and Brown Chapel AME Church. “Etta Cox has been a staple of the jazz program at City of Asylum since the beginning,” said Abby Lembersky, director of programs at
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City of Asylum. “Her concerts consistently amaze and delight, and keep audiences clamoring for more.” Cox’s acting career on both screen and stage has also become prolific. She appeared in several Broadway productions including “I Love My Wife”, “The 1940’s Radio Hour” and “The Me Nobody Knows.” In film, Cox made appearances alongside actors such as Russell Crowe in movies including “Cemetery Club,” “Bump in the See Cox, Page 5
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