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House Calls in Oakmont

The Kerr family’s 1897 home — now the Kerr Museum — is still intact, still intimate, and still waiting for the doctor to come back from his rounds

BY: AAKANKSHA AGARWAL

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FOOD HALL FIASCOS

Once promising incubators, the food hall concept has evolved — and become steeped in lawsuits

BY: RACHEL WILKINSON //

This year marks a decade since Pittsburgh received its first food hall. In 2015, Smallman Galley launched in the Strip District, described then as a “restaurant incubator/culinary school/food hall hybrid” whose vision was to springboard restaurant concepts into brickand-mortar establishments.

Smallman was the first venture from the Galley Group, named after

co-founders Tyler Benson and Benjamin Mantica’s time as Naval officers, when the pair was inspired by seeing markets and food halls in Southeast Asia. Amidst Pittsburgh’s buzzy, up-and-coming food scene , Smallman attracted national attention, landing Benson on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Food and Drink list in 2019. The model’s benefits, pitched to potential vendors, were numerous: lower

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The Novo Asian Food Hall in the Strip District's terminal opened on Fri., March 1, 2024.

start-up costs, a built-in customer base to build from, and a stable place to test concepts before launching a traditional restaurant.

“It’s gonna catapult their careers to the next level no matter what they do,” Benson told Pittsburgh City Paper in 2016.

Notable alumni include Iron Born Pizza, known for its Detroit-style square pies, which grew from a counter at Smallman in 2017 to a Strip District sit-down restaurant and Millvale take-out spot two years later.

Today, Pittsburgh’s food halls have largely moved away from a business incubator model. The Galley Group’s second project, Federal Galley, launched in 2017, remained after Benson and Mantica’s departure in 2020. Federal Galley — located in Nova Place, the former site of the historic Allegheny Center Mall — still operates as a “restaurant accelerator,” offering chef-owners rent-free space, upkeep, and guidance on building their brands for a 30% revenue share, according to its website.

By contrast, the next generation of food halls embraces a more collective spirit, bringing together established restaurants and upand-comers with the promise of a joint venture.

Last year, Pittsburgh welcomed Novo Asian Food Hall to the Strip District Terminal, in a bid to spotlight a burgeoning community of Asian restaurateurs with seven concepts under one roof. Lawrence Hall followed in April 2024, opening on Butler Street in Lawrenceville and featuring four kitchens with “everyone from food truckers to seasoned pros.”

An industry source, who asked to remain anonymous, reflected on Pittsburgh food halls’ shift.

“Galley Group, back when Smallman first opened, that wasn’t the same thing. That was an incubator, and that did really well, and it spun off a lot of great businesses. But this round of food halls isn’t that,” the source tells City Paper.

Within a year of opening, vendors at both Novo and Lawrence Hall exited, and management at each food hall now faces lawsuits, with court documents detailing internal disputes that even predated their highly publicized launches. CP decided to investigate the allegations of unethical business practices and mismanagement at these halls, as well as their pivot from incubators to standalone dining destinations, and the benefits and drawbacks for

vendors and patrons.

“Food halls can be really amazing, tapping into experienced and well-loved restaurant brands in a new location, to gain new followers, to create a solid vibe, all while sharing overhead,” the same anonymous source tells CP . “That sounds amazing, like rising tides [for all the businesses involved]. But I feel like Pittsburgh seems to not have figured it out.”

MORE THAN A FOOD COURT?

The food hall concept is, of course, not new, with origins dating back to open-air markets in Mesopotamia, Rome, and Istanbul. The modern iteration owes its lineage to the mall food court, which originated at the Paramus Park Mall in Paramus, N.J.

Food halls — which house a variety of vendors often in an architecturally novel or historic building — began to boom in the U.S. in the 2010s, driven by millennial foodie culture. While some criticize them as a glorified version of the half-century-old food court — or simply call them “ the new food truck ” — industry

analysts contend food halls elevate the concept by swapping restaurant franchises serving pre-warmed food for local businesses making made-to-order specialties.

In 201 , a report from commercial real estate firm ushman and akefield stated no other retail category had generated as much growth as food-related retail, with food halls leading the trend. According to ushman and akefield’s 202 State of the ood alls report , between 2019 and 202 , food halls opened in the .S., representing 55 growth, and weathering the pandemic “significantly better” than the restaurant industry at large.

The food hall also became a symbol of postindustrial redevelopment, repurposing warehouses, factories, and vacant lots. Popular urbanist and ouTuber ity erd often okes that you can pin a city’s stage of redevelopment to when a food hall appears.

awrence all revamped a site that once housed an abandoned car dealership , and, prior to that, a laundry facility and vaudeville theater dating back to the 1 90s. aunched by three awrenceville residents founders Brett inarik and Phoebe raser, and director of operations Adam arvey awrence all billed its leadership as bringing an ideal mi of skills.

ver five years, awrence all’s management overcame a global pandemic and a protracted battle over parking, finally opening the space in April 202 .

awrence all opened with four kitchens: AD D o ered American fusion, including loaded potatoes, and T A specialized in modern Italian dishes both operate under oaded ood Group ); a Palapa e panded its e ican cuisine from its South Side restaurant; and uddy’s Soul ood served home-cooked ribs, collard greens, mac and cheese, and a 5-cent wing special. eona’s Ice ream, the woman- and GBT -owned local business that had already been selling its popular lactose-free ice cream wholesale for 10 years, also opened its first brick-andmortar scoop shop inside awrence all.

By the end of the food hall’s first year, two vendors left, each praising for helping to develop their businesses.

T A, which departed the food hall in arch, wrote on its Instagram page, “ e’ve spent the past year bridging the gap between our kitchen table and yours while dining at awrence all, and we’ve gained invaluable knowledge about which of our dishes warm your heart Truly, T A would not e ist were it not

for the enthusiasm encouragement that the concept was met with by ownership.” eona’s, which announced its move from in April to open a di erent scoop shop, wrote to CP: “ e are grateful for the time we spent with our awesome customers and the knowledge we gained throughout the year at awrence all . e learned more than we could have imagined about our ethics as business owners, and what true hospitality should look like. ost importantly, we learned that if we opened up a eona’s Scoop Shop, people would be e cited to come visit us.”

The eona’s scoop shop is slated to open on Penn Avenue in Garfield by early fall. harles elson of uddy’s which moved from a candy and convenience store in omewood and es s artinez of a Palapa tell CP that, while sales at the food hall were not as strong as they e pected in the first year, they have received support from the city, as well as tapped into a new market in awrenceville. artinez says the service at is “the best of all the food halls,” and the space works especially well for parties and events.

elson tells CP his e perience at has helped him grow uddy’s, and the business “started o as one of the worst in the building”,

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Bartender Dakota Randolph makes a drink during the grand opening of Novo Asian Food Hall in the strip.

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which is now “doing the best in the building at the moment.”

He hopes Cuddy’s next phase will be a brick-and-mortar restaurant, adding, “This is our first year. Business takes a long time. Everybody wants to make a million dollars.”

Cuddy’s, Nelson says, operated in Homewood for seven years, “and I came down here and I made more money in one year than I’ve ever done in those seven years. So I can’t do too much complaining.”

Despite some successes, behind the scenes, a source who asked not to be identified described awrence all as a “sinking ship.” The first year, they claim, was marked by a tense environment due to an ongoing legal dispute between two of ’s founding partners. ess than three months after opening, operations director Adam Harvey had been fired from the food hall, documents filed in Allegheny’s Court of Common Pleas show. (Harvey declined to comment due to the pending legal case; Minarik did not return requests for comment.)

arvey filed a lawsuit alleging breach of contract and failure to remit wages by Tidemark Partners 1, the food hall’s partnership agreement e ecuted by arvey and Brett

Minarik. (Phoebe Fraser is not named in court documents.) Documents show a breakdown of the partnership, in which Minarik is described as the primary financier.

In the complaint filed in ctober 202 , arvey claims he contributed 21 , 1 to the food hall and undertook responsibilities “with the understanding he would receive future compensation,” including a minimum 5,000 annual salary and a distribution share of the upcoming profits, as described in the partnership agreement. arvey’s filing states he was making a commensurate salary of 25 per hour from 2019 to April 202 via “an implied oral contract.”

arvey alleges in the filing that, approaching the food hall’s soft-opening, Minarik “began to assert more control of the business outside of his role as financier” and “usurped” arvey as operations director. Harvey alleges he was given a “verbal ultimatum” to sign a resolution agreement with a covenant not to sue, and was removed as a partner before being “unilaterally and wrongfully terminated” in uly 202 , depriving him of his partnership share, salary, and accrued wages. Harvey is also suing for attorneys’ fees.

Minarik contends that Tidemark had cause

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to remove Harvey following “intensifying, prohibited, unprofessional conduct” in June 2024, but “in an effort to wipe the slate clean and give [Harvey] a second chance,” introduced the resolution agreement, which Harvey had the opportunity to review. A month later, Minarik’s filing alleges that Tidemark “became aware of false, slanderous, and derogatory statements made by [Harvey] about Tidemark” and fired him under a non-disparagement clause.

Minarik’s filing further claims that no agreements reference an hourly wage and dismisses Harvey’s “indication that he and Tidemark had some obscure oral contract in place” as “nonsensical.”

The case is still pending and has been assigned to the county’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center. Harvey is seeking a jury trial.

It’s unclear what effect the litigation will have on the food hall, but one source says the current owners’ lack of industry experience and the desire to quickly recoup costs could negatively impact restaurant partners involved.

“You’re never going to make your money back in the first year,” the anonymous source tells CP. “That’s not food. This is not Wall Street; this is Butler Street.”

FOOD FIGHT

Novo Asian Food Hall opened in the Strip District Terminal with an idealistic vision, but was also quickly beset by a legal dispute.

Novo founder Alex Tang, who started the East Liberty sushi restaurant Mola in 2018, told Pittsburgh Quarterly he saw larger cities supporting Asian food halls. As Pittsburgh grew and diversified, he envisioned a similar venture devoted to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) cuisine.

A press release claimed Novo would serve dishes from “Korean delicacies to Vietnamese street food,” and that the 8,600-square-foot space would feature vibrant murals painted by Carnegie Mellon students, neon signs, and hanging red lanterns to “add excitement and energy.”

In addition to a central bar, vendors included a mix of long-established restaurants and newer concepts. The seven original food stalls were Sumi’s Cakery, which since closed its Squirrel Hill location in Dec. 2024 after 12 years; Teachana, a boba tea and ramen shop; Tan Lac Vien , a Vietnamese bistro with a location

in Squirrel Hill; Korea Garden 2, which relocated to Novo after 22 years in Oakland; Kung Fu Chicken, which launched a Shadyside location in March, one year after opening at Novo; and Lolo’s Kusina, billed as a “treasure trove of Filipino street food delights,” which has operated a restaurant, Lola’s Eatery, in Lawrenceville since 2019. Tang also opened a second Mola location, Mola II, becoming a vendor and co-owner.

According to some food vendors, the vision of Novo as a cooperative enterprise has not come to pass. In November 2024, eight months after the food hall’s grand opening, four stall operators filed a lawsuit against Tang and his company, Asian 168, in the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas.

Among several counts in the filing, plaintiffs representing Sumi’s Cakery, Kung Fu Chicken, Teachana, and Tang’s co-owners in Mola II allege breach of contract, fraudulent representation, and a fiduciary failure to remit profits — including those made at Novo’s central bar — that they contend were to be equally shared among the businesses. The filing suggests it remained

unclear if there were profits, as Tang allegedly did not provide accounting information. (Sumi Chun, owner of Sumi’s, declined to comment, and other parties involved in the lawsuit did not respond to requests for comment by press time.)

The complaint accuses Tang of mismanaging Asian 168 to intentionally “distress” the plaintiffs’ businesses so he could “take over” their slots in the food hall without payment, part of a “scheme to defraud” them using his position as Novo’s manager. Those who filed the lawsuit further claim they signed onto the food hall believing they were equity owners in Asian 168, and, after investing more than $300,000 each, later discovered they’d been excluded from ownership or interest rights. They also allege Tang excluded them from operations, including a point-of-sale system, and promoted businesses unequally on the food hall’s website and delivery services like DoorDash. The case is reportedly in mediation.

In June, Lolo’s Kusina announced its permanent closure at Novo to refocus on its sister restaurant, Lola’s Eatery.

“We entered the Novo with sincere hope: to

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Novo Asian Food Hall in the Strip District's terminal opened on Fri., March 1, 2024.

help spotlight Filipino cuisine in a bold new space,” reads a post on Lolo’s Instagram page. “What began with trust, a handshake, and a shared vision quickly unraveled. It became clear that the environment created by the project’s leadership (someone we once considered a friend) was no longer safe, sustainable, or aligned with our values.”

Lolo’s owner, Maximilian Blume, tells CP he experienced issues similar to those detailed in the lawsuit, including exclusion from Novo’s point-of-sale system and a lack of transparency about accounting and profit sharing.

“An owner needs to be able to see the books, POS backend, and accounting, and that was kept hidden from us, and still was on our exit,” Blume says.

Though Blume and his co-owner and partner, Zoë, had an established restaurant at Lola’s, “we went into Novo looking to start up a new business venture called Lolo’s … pushing a new concept,” he explains. “And I think some of the attraction with a food hall is [still] that incubator-ness.”

“The pitch was: hey, come here, we’re having more options. We’re going to be in a

more walkable location,” Blume says. “There’s apartments going up, the [disposable] income in the Strip [District] is higher. There’s a good likelihood that you will attract [customers] and you’ll do better in business.”

Blume says he considers Mola to be a “top-notch” restaurant and was excited to work with Tang. Shortly after Novo’s launch, culture and personality clashes began to reveal themselves, both among the vendors and with management.

“We went in thinking that we’re going to be part owner, and as part owner, we’ll have one-seventh say in how the business is operated,” Blume says. “I think what happened was there were seven heads talking, and there was no cohesion. [We were] not really understanding these seven [don’t] actually hold the same weight.”

Blume says that, during disputes about marketing, Lolo’s ideas were shot down and outsourced to a marketing team (though he acknowledges there was a marketing push for Lolo’s). They were also “butting heads” about changing a staple side dish, Lolo’s garlic rice.

“We talked about this Asian food hall about

being authentic to ourselves. Let’s be authentic ourselves,” Blume says.

After “lack of trust, tensions in the water, [and] a stressful situation, my partner and I decided, hey, you know what? This is not working out. This is not what we were told,” Blume says.

Following what the closure announcement described as “months of exhausting legal back and forth,” Lolo’s departed the food hall.

“We still mourn it, because the idea of what it could have been would have been amazing,” Blume says. “We really wanted to push a small authentic Filipino restaurant in there.”

But the experience did serve as an incubator in a sense, sharpening their focus and clarifying what they want out of their agship restaurant. Lola’s is expanding its roster of community events, recently hosting Ube Fest in July. Originally planned for Novo, the festival turned out 42 vendors to celebrate the purple yam, Filipino food, culture, music, and local businesses in Lawrenceville.

“It was a showcase of how you can push positive energy into something like that,” Blume says. •

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Michael Watkins of Charleroi poses for a portrait while watching the Washington Wild Things play the New Jersey Jackals at EQT Park on July 29, 2025.

THE WILD THINGS OF SUMMER

At EQT Park in Washington, good oldfashioned baseball still feels possible

BY: COLIN WILLIAMS // CWILLIAMS@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

The sun’s setting on a hot Western Pennsylvania day, and fans are lining up for the baseball game. Tents from local sponsors line the wide concourse. Kids hop excitedly or beg for ice cream while the announcer calls out tonight’s lineup. A few fans straggle near a large mister. The press box is packed with journalists and scouts. No, this isn’t PNC Park, but EQT Park in Washington, Pa., where a couple thousands fans have filled a parking lot tucked behind a mall to catch the Wild Things, who play in the Frontier League, a “partner league” of B without direct club affiliations. any of the players are recent college graduates; a few have more experience. Tonight, they’re playing the New Jersey Jackals (based in Paterson), and, despite a topof-the-order walk, the Wild Things quickly set to work on the hapless ackals, getting out to a two-run lead in the first inning.

Minor-league ball is a bedrock institution in small- to mid-sized American cities, but the lower tiers of the sport have also been jarred by league-wide reforms, private equity, and attendance woes exacerbated by COVID. Teams have tried temporary and permanent rebrands, family-friendly promotions, and countless theme nights to get fans through the gates, to varying results, but those haven’t eased pressure from MLB — which forced a MiLB-wide contraction and realignment that saw 42 teams lose farm-team status and others fold or relocate in 2021 — and other forms of entertainment. Meanwhile, one company, Diamond Holdings, has quickly bought up a quarter of all minor-league teams and forced further relocations.

“THE PLAYERS ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH ALL OF THEIR FANS. THERE’S NOT A BAD SEAT IN THE HOUSE. I JUST LOVE IT WAY MORE.”

Tonight, in Washington, those worries feel far away. The locally owned team is clad in eye-catching purple as part of Neuro[divergent] Night Out with the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and

staff is on hand as planned for Milk & Cookies Time. Fans clap and cheer, and several keep score, including Gena Sheller of Washington, who’s sitting with her family. Sheller says the minor-league game is more intimate than the product in Pittsburgh.

“I feel like there’s more fan interaction,” she tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “You just feel more part of the game.”

Down in the lower bowl, Kayla Thompson catches City Paper ’s attention with her Wild Things tattoo. She’s lost track of how long she’s had season tickets and even keeps a blog on independent baseball. Her feelings are similar to Sheller’s.

“The players actually interact with all of their fans. There’s not a bad seat in the house. I just love it way more,” Thompson says. The best part? “Getting to experience the playoff atmospheres that we’ve had for so many years, everybody cheering, and our team actually trying to fight for something.”

Thompson notes the Wild Things’ “soul-crushing championship losses,” including to the Schaumburg Boomers in 2021 and the Québec Capitales last year. But the team has racked up a dozen playoff appearances and nine division titles since 2002 (that’s five and four, respectively, since the Pirates’ last playoff appearance in 2015). Despite giving up a run in the top of the third, the team comes roaring back in the bottom half of the inning with a walk and four singles.

“I think they’re going to be battling for the last playoff spot. [It’s] kind of up in the air. We have a whole basically new team on the infield,” Thompson tells CP. “I’m always hopeful. So we’ll see.”

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Kenzee Johnston waves a Wild Things flag after a run scored during the Washington Wild Things Game.

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Washington's mascot, The Wild Thing, greets young fans during the ball game.

The team settles in and quiets the Jackals for the remaining innings. Fans applaud; the temperature falls. Between innings, kids crash together on the field in in atable costumes, and the Washington Wild Thing himself takes turns mugging with fans and leading ild Things sta , who seem to be everywhere tending to fans, in cheers as the runs pile up. oul balls clatter in the bleachers, and fans give chase. Bugs swirl in the lights as the sky gets dark. osin dust in the air, the crack of the bat, the smack of the ball in a fielder’s glove this is baseball, baby. ven if beers at T Park are 10, the moneyball aspect of the game feels distant.

Another five runs after the stretch seals the deal, and fans begin to trickle away it’s a school night, after all . A 1-11 rout of ew ersey keeps the ild Things hot on the ake rie rushers’ heels in the entral Division. In Pittsburgh, the mood has curdled, with fans protesting and leading chants against Pirates ownership, but tonight in ashington, ctober or rather, September baseball, free of worries about trade deadlines and gambling scandals and tributes gone awry, still feels possible. •

The Washington Wild Things play the Evansville Otters Aug. 20 at 6:05 p.m. and Aug. 21 at 7:05 p.m. at EQT Park, One Washington Federal Way, Washington, Pa.

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON Tyreque Reed, right, jogs back to the dugout after an inning of play.

HOUSE CALLS

IN OAKMONT

The Kerr family’s 1897 home — now the Kerr Museum — is still intact, still intimate, and still waiting for the doctor to come back from his rounds

BY: AAKANKSHA AGARWAL

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Just before dawn near the turn of the 19th century, when Oakmont was little more than a grid of muddy streets and tidy front porches, Dr. Thomas R. Kerr returned home on horseback. The black saddlebag slung across the horse’s back was heavy with glass vials, a leather strap, and the worn tools of a general practitioner who treated

everything from fevers to farm injuries. Back then, Oakmont was still a young borough, incorporated in 1889, perched on the banks of the Allegheny River. Families came for the promise of clean air, tree-lined streets, and a bu er from Pittsburgh’s sooty industrial core. In those days, you were either very rich, working-class poor, or, if

you were lucky, someone like Dr. Kerr: a physician who occupied a rarefied slice of the professional middle class.

He tied his horse to the post in front of his 1897 Queen Anne house, climbed the steps, and walked past the beveled glass door into a world that, remarkably, has survived him.

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The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont

Today, that world is known as the Kerr Memorial Museum. Tucked along Delaware Avenue in Oakmont, it is not a reconstruction or a decorator’s vision of the Victorian era, but the preserved home of one family.

The rest has been added piece by piece, sourced by antique dealers to match precisely what would have been there.

“It’s the kind of place where you could spend a full day in just one room,” Alatheia Nielsen, who's visiting the museum in full Victorian dress, tells Pittsburgh City Paper “What made it most memorable was how the docents effortlessly wove the Kerr family’s story into the broader history of middle-class life. They were just as giddy to share their knowledge as I was to learn.”

about his patients and his family,” Joan Stewart, a docent and Kerr Museum board member, tells City Paper . “He was a man of faith and an upstanding member of the community. Virginia wanted to preserve the legacy of her father by giving her house and contents to the Borough of Oakmont to share with future generations.”

In its heydey, inside the kitchen, Minty, the family’s servant, was already at work. Flour sifted through the crank of the Hoosier cabinet: a marvel of late-19th-century design that combined storage and workspace in a single piece of furniture. In one drawer sat bags of sugar; in another, an egg holder; above it, hooks for tea towels, tin measuring cups, and a lemon squeezer. On summer mornings, peaches from

“IT’S THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE YOU COULD SPEND A FULL DAY IN JUST ONE ROOM.”

Dr. Kerr’s property (the house and the adjacent medical office built in 1905), added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, is one of the rarest things in Western Pennsylvania: a Victorian house museum that doesn’t just look like the period, it is the period. About 60% of the furniture and belongings once belonged to the Kerr family. Though some parts were modernized while Virginia Kerr, the doctor’s only child, still lived there, the restoration returned the house to its 1890–1910 glory. Today, the Kerr Museum offers a rare glimpse into the emerging middle-class experience, often overshadowed by narratives of either extreme wealth or severe poverty during the Industrial Age.

“What we learned about Dr. Kerr was that he was a respected family doctor who cared

local orchards lined the counter. Today, it is the scent of lemons that hangs in the air. Minty would press them into juice, sweeten them, and perhaps, if the doctor looked particularly worn from his rounds, bring a glass of lemonade upstairs before he even had time to remove his coat.

Dr. Kerr was a graduate of Western Pennsylvania Medical College, the institution that would later become the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In an era when local physicians shouldered every emergency, he was Oakmont’s first call. His telephone number, written on early ledgers, was simply “41.”

Visitors to the Kerr Memorial Museum tour all three levels of the house — first floor, second floor, and even the basement — as well as Dr.

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The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont

Kerr’s medical office.

The home’s annunciator, a speaker tube working as an early intercom device, is still mounted in the kitchen. It maps the domestic hierarchy. Arrows point from the family’s rooms toward the kitchen, where Minty would have listened for the bell summoning her upstairs.

In the formal dining room, an Aarts & Crafts-style beaded chandelier, meticulously restored by the late Janet Shoop, the museum’s president, throws light across polished oak furniture. The dining room remains exactly as it was when Jessie and Thomas were newlyweds.

The table is set with Jordan almonds, candlesticks, and a delicate glass salt cellar, reminders of a time when small luxuries marked social standing. A tall celery vase sits on the table — a period-correct detail that feels oddly extravagant until a docent informs you that, in 1900, celery was an imported delicacy, shipped from the Mediterranean and displayed proudly in water-filled crystal.

The Kerr Museum complements its permanent room displays with rotating exhibits that explore themes from 19th- and early 20th-century life. One upstairs bedroom serves as a dedicated gallery, with at least

three new exhibits each year. These displays, drawn from both the museum’s collection and local donations, have featured Victorian christening gowns, bridal wear, and early household tools. A standout in 2024 was The Brown Collection Exhibit, showcasing Gilded Age-to-Roaring Twenties fashions from the prominent W.H. Brown family, including ornate dresses worn by socialite Margaret Brown.

“Touring a house like Kerr helps us in the 21st century see people from the past as they really were — smart, funny, creative humans just like us,” Nielsen says. “Learning how something as ‘simple’ as a dual gas-electric light fixture worked radically changed my understanding of what life was like then.”

Currently, the featured exhibit “Thomas, Jessie, Virginia: Meet the Kerr Family” runs through October 2025. This special tour invites visitors to look beyond period objects and fully enter the lives of the Kerrs themselves — what they loved, how they worked, and why it matters now. Their family stories frame the experience, weaving together medicine, education, and domestic life through original tools, anecdotes, and personal passions.

“As our guests explore the house, they

begin to see how much of it still feels familiar,” Stewart says. “We hear people say, ‘This reminds me of my grandparents’ house,’ or even, ‘This is exactly like the house I grew up in.’ It’s as though the Kerrs have just stepped out for a walk.”

On your way to the basement, you’ll pass the pie safe, ventilated to keep desserts cool and critter-free. In the basement, stone walls close in. Under rows of empty canning jars, a feather basket waits, once used to catch the down from plucked chicken or geese, later stuffed into pillows. It’s a small, strange slice of Victorian life.

There’s the root cellar, dug deep into the earth to keep vegetables preserved through Pennsylvania winters, and beside it, the coal cellar, where deliveries once came by wagon and were sent sliding down a chute, broken into chunks, and carried to the furnace.

On the second floor, the past feels even closer. Dr. Kerr and Jessie’s bedroom, furnished with a brass bed, is small and spare.

The nursery feels paused mid-play: a rocking horse caught mid-gallop, dolls seated neatly for tea, waiting. Down the hall, Virginia’s room catches the light books, a vanity and vases of flowers, books still perched on the dresser.

In the sitting room, a Victorian curiosity cabinet stuffed with seashells, porcelain figurines, and fragments of a world far larger than Oakmont, speaks to the era’s obsession with collecting and displaying knowledge.

If the rooms feel so alive, it is because the museum was never conceived as an interpretation. It was a bequest.

Virginia Kerr never married. She lived in the family home until her death in 1994 at the age of 91. By then, Oakmont had paved streets and electric lights, but much of the house had gone unchanged. Rather than allow it to be sold or modernized, she left it to Oakmont Borough, along with every piece of furniture, every book, every household tool.

Today, the Kerr Memorial Museum stands as one of Oakmont’s most extraordinary civic gifts. Volunteers and local historians have honored Virginia’s will with painstaking care. The Museum is owned by the Borough of Oakmont and operated by an all-volunteer staff and board, reflecting a broad base of community support.

Education and community engagement are central to the Kerr Museum’s operations. All tours of the museum are guided

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The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont

by docents, many of whom are local volunteers with a passion for history (including retired educators like Virginia herself).

Beyond tours, the Kerr Museum hosts year-round programs that bring 19th-century life to the present. Spring features a Victorian May Day celebration with ower crown-making, garden tours, and May Pole re-enactments. October brings spooky yet historical Halloween tours exploring Victorian mourning customs, while December o ers candlelit Christmas displays, caroling, and visits from Santa.

A fan favorite is “Tea with the errs,” an o -site ictorian tea fundraiser with themed talks and costumed hosts. The upcoming event, “A Garden Party,” will be held on Sun., Sept. 14 at the Oakmont Country Club. Guests are invited to wear hats or fascinators and enjoy tea, sweet treats, and period air, all

to support the museum’s preservation e orts.

“Experiencing historical life up close — whether in a beautifully staged house or a full Victorian dress — helps us move from thinking, ‘I don’t know how people ever lived like that!’ to ‘These people faced the same problems I do, and I can learn a lot from them,’” Nielsen says.

The museum regularly partners with local groups, joining Oakmont festivals and marking milestones like Virginia Kerr’s 100th birthday. These events invite the community to see local history not just as preserved, but as alive and shared. • KERR MUSEUM 402 DELAWARE

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The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont

EGOOD LUCK, BABE

ast Liberty offers plenty of places to get soused, and each one has its charms. Trying to impress a date? Commerce Bar is the sexiest spot in town. Planning a boozy brunch with some out-of-towners? Your parents will love Margaux. Going out with a group? Grab a table in Lorelei’s beer hall and order a few pizzas from Woodfired. Oysters and Sazeracs? Muddy Waters.

Women’s sports and local beers? Title 9 PGH.

The platonic ideal of a neighborhood bar? Kelly’s. You get the idea.

The first floor of The Maverick hotel, once home to the short-lived M Bar and the Ace Hotel’s Whitfield restaurant, recently welcomed Hey Babe, a “throwback lounge” by big Burrito Restaurant Group veterans, Danielle Cain and Rob Hirst. From their pre-opening Instagram posts, I couldn’t quite tell what they were going for. But I have fond memories of a New Year’s Eve spent in Ace Hotel’s lobby. I enjoyed M Bar when it was around, partially because it felt like a little secret. And I’m always looking for another option to get a martini on a Monday.

“Throwback lounge” is an appropriate descriptor. There’s a certain classic, laid-back elegance to Hey Babe that feels designed for comings and goings. The area is nicely sized, with high-coffered ceilings and large windows (three of which are covered in colorful, instantly iconic decals). Globe pendant lights and fringed hanging lamps provide gentle warmth. The blue walls are lined with connected velvet booths, and the center of the room is dotted with high tops that comfortably fit three people. Everything is generously spaced to allow easy movement throughout.

On my first visit to Hey Babe, a busy Friday evening just days after opening, its strengths were more suggested than obvious. The food menu offered (and still offers) small and large plates, all called "shareables," and a selection of sandwiches and salads. There were gems, particularly the crispy eggplant with grilled peppers and whipped feta, on its way to becoming a signature dish. Most items I tried were good, but not revelatory, and the eclecticism suggested a lack of focus or clear identity.

BY: IAN RIGGINS

While it may have taken a few months, I’m excited to say Hey Babe has come into its own and carved out a niche in the East Liberty food and drink scene.

The inventive cocktails were the highlight. Spirit-forward tipples like the luxurious Artist In Residence (Hayman’s Vibrant Citrus Gin, Cynar, Cherry Heering, Luxardo Maraschino, and

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON

Inside Hey Babe, East Libety's new cocktail bar and restaurant

chocolate) comfortably shared space with the summery Li’l Baby Jeffrey (Cruz De Fuego Mezcal, lychee-saffron syrup, and lemon bitters) and the refreshing Pandan Hi-Ball (house-made pandan soda and Suntory Toki whisky). The cocktails, in addition to an impressive selection of wine, beer, and nonalcoholic options, made the drink menu more than twice the size of its food counterpart.

"THERE’S A CERTAIN CLASSIC, LAID-BACK ELEGANCE TO HEY BABE THAT FEELS DESIGNED FOR COMINGS AND GOINGS."

A promising sign for any new bar or restaurant is its willingness to make changes. When I visited Hey Babe a second time, a little over a month later, the menu had been tweaked in a positive direction. The dishes that had left me lukewarm had been removed. In their place were some real stunners, including the decadent, yet bright five-spiced

pork belly (with fish sauce caramel, daikon, Granny Smith apple, crispy shallot, and a citrus and herb salad). I also ordered the BLT, on which house-made bacon, pesto aioli, and pine nuts elevated the dish from a foolproof diner staple to something that makes your eyes involuntarily roll back in your head. Even the cocktail menu had been updated. One drink I’d tried on my first visit had been a bit overengineered, with too many strong flavors clashing. On my second visit, it had been replaced with the Summer Moon, a deceptively simple mix of Suntory Toki, Meletti, and Aperol that tasted like a distant cousin of a Boulevardier, with upfront sweetness and a bitter, complex finish. It immediately topped my list of favorite local cocktails.

I tend to judge a cocktail bar by its gin martini, so I ordered one from Hey Babe’s $9 “Golden Hour” menu (available 4-6 p.m., Monday through Friday). The pre-chilled glass was given a few spritzes of vermouth, and the house gin (Askur Yggdrasil, an Icelandic London dry) was shaken with ice. I’d normally be wary of a shaken gin martini, but the extra

dilution helped, considering the glass was only waved in the general direction of Italy. It was a terrifically cold, smooth, and boozy drink worth coming back for.

Hey Babe is an ideal setting for happy hour or a nightcap, somewhere you can run into friends and linger at their table without feeling like you’re in the way. You can share some plates to tide you over until your dinner reservation, or park yourself in a booth and make an evening of it. I’d love to see them expand their hours to breakfast and lunch, a selfish wish that demonstrates how quickly Hey Babe has made its mark. Meet me there some early weekday evening; I’ll buy you a $9 martini. •

HEY BABE

CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON

Hey Babe's "Summer Moon" cocktail

PARTY • DOWNTOWN

Riverlife’s Party at the Pier: Dreamscape 7:30-10:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. VIP entry. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $125-300. riverlifepgh.org/2025patp

SEVEN DAYS AUG.

THU., AUG. 21

PARTY • NORTH SIDE

Sloth Birthday Celebration 10:15 a.m.-2 p.m. National Aviary. 700 Arch St., North Side. Included with general admission. All ages. aviary.org

MUSIC • OAKDALE

Evening Thyme with Tunes 5-7 p.m. Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. 799 Pinkerton Run Rd., Oakdale. $2-18, free for kids under 3. pittsburghbotanicgarden.org

MARKET • OAKLAND

Vintage Mixer Night. 6-9 p.m. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. One Schenley Dr., Oakland. $15-35. phipps.conservatory.org

MUSIC • NEW KENSINGTON

Hotline TNT with Sour Widows 7 p.m.

Doors at 6 p.m. Preserving Underground. 1101 Fifth Ave., New Kensington. $17. preservingconcerts.com

MUSIC • NORTH SHORE

Chevelle with Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society. 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $73-100. promowestlive.com

FILM • SEWICKLEY

Emerging Filmmakers Showcase: Strange Angels 7-8:30 p.m. The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center. 418 Walnut St., Sewickley. Free. Reservation required. thelindsaytheater.org

MUSIC • MILLVALE

Asleep at the Wheel with The Shootouts. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $35-40. mrsmalls.com

FRI., AUG. 22

MUSIC • HAZELWOOD

Mill 19 winds down with the Slavic Summer Party. Presented by Summer Sounds with Weather Permitting, the concert features the Chicago-based group Black Bear Combo,

SAT., AUG. 23

CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN

Oddities and Curiosities Expo 10 a.m. Continues through Sun., Aug. 24. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $11.55238.53. odditiesandcuriositiesexpo.com

MARKET • POINT BREEZE

yART Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media. 1047 Shady Ave., Free. pghartsmedia.org/yart

along with local bands Turli Tava, Polkamaniacs, and Gypsy Stringz. Hear the “street music of the Balkans,” Macedonian wedding music, and folk music from across Eastern Europe, all infused with jazz, rock, and other genres. 6-10 p.m. 14501 Lytle St., Hazelwood. Free. RSVP required. hazelwoodlocal.com

BURLESQUE • BRADDOCK

The Titsburgh Revue: Burlesque and Variety Show. 7 p.m. The Glitterbox Theater. 210 W. Eighth Ave., Homestead. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. theglitterboxtheater.com

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

The Magic of Motown 7:30 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $60.77-100.89 trustarts.org

FESTIVAL • SHADYSIDE

Shadyside...The Art Festival on Walnut Street 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Sun., Aug. 25. 5428 Walnut St., Shadyside. Free. artfestival.com

FESTIVAL • WEST NEWTON

The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Continues through Sept. 28. 112 Renaissance Ln., West Newton. $12-27. pittsburghrenfest.com

AUTO • CREIGHTON

Iron City Car Cruise. 11 a.m. Pittsburgh Brewing Co. 150 Ferry St., Creighton. $10. pittsburghbrewing.com

ART • SQUIRREL

HILL

Let Memory Shine: Illuminating Family Stories Through Art. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Doors at 10:30 a.m. Carnegie Library of PittsburghSquirrel Hill. 5801 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. kitafoundation.org

FILM • MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Along Event Showtimes vary. Multiple Pittsburgh Cinemark locations. $13.45. cinemark.com

PHOTO: NATALIA SHEVTSOVA Kommuna Lux at The Original Pittsburgh Winery

PHOTO: BRITTA MOLETZ

Sloth Birthday Celebration at National Aviary

PHOTO: COURTESY OF NETFLIX

KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Along Event at Cinemark

FESTIVAL • LAWRENCEVILLE

Summer Recess Food and Music Festival

2 p.m. Spirit. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. Free until 3 p.m. $10-20. All ages until 9 p.m., 21 and over after. spiritpgh.com

MUSIC • LARIMER

Pittsburgh Honky Tonk Block Party.

4-9 p.m. Jackworth Ginger Beer. 6615 Hamilton Ave., Larimer. $28.52. All ages. instagram.com/honkytonkpgh

FILM • NORTH SIDE

Summer Film Screening: Atmospheres + Auras 7:30-10 p.m. Mattress Factory. 509 Jacksonia St., North Side. $10. mattress.org

SUN., AUG. 24

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Rumbón de la Calle. 1-2:30 p.m. Mellon Square. Sixth Ave., Downtown. Free. All ages. pittsburghparks.org

LIT • NORTH SIDE

Tragedy strikes an upscale resort in the Dominican Republic, where weary sta members are at the mercy of their reckless, wealthy guests. No, this isn’t an upcoming season of White Lotus — it’s the concept behind The Grand Paloma Resort, a new book by award-winning author Cleyvis Natera. Learn more about this psychological thriller when Natera attends a reading and discussion at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City. 3-4 p.m. 40 W. North Ave., North Side. Free. RSVP required. Livestream available. cityofasylum.org

DANCE • ALLISON PARK

Ballet Under the Stars. 5:30 p.m. Show at 7:30 p.m. Hartwood Acres Amphitheater. 4000 Middle Rd., Allison Park. Free. Registration required for performance. All ages. pbt.org/ performances/ hartwood

MUSIC • STRIP DISTRICT

Kommuna Lux with Ceramic Knives. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. The Original Pittsburgh Winery. 2809 Penn Ave., Strip District. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. pittsburghwinery.com

MON., AUG. 25

FILM • DOWNTOWN

See the latest Spike Lee joint when it hits the big screen at the Harris Theater. Highest 2 Lowest stars Denzel Washington as a gifted music mogul who, after being targeted with a ransom plot, is “jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma,” according to a synopsis from A24. The film, based on Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, also features rap artist A$AP Rocky. 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Continues through Thu., Sept. 4. Harris Theater. 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $10-13. trustarts.org

TUE., AUG. 26

LIT • LAWRENCEVILLE

Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series

7 p.m. Hop Farm Brewing Company. 5601 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Free. hemingwayspoetryseries.blogspot.com

WED., AUG. 27

OPERA • LAWRENCEVILLE

Pittsburgh Festival Opera presents An Evening Under the Stars with OUR Stars.

7 p.m. Schenley Plaza. 4100 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. All ages. pittsburghfestivalopera.org

PHOTO: MICHAEL HENNINGER

Ballet Under the Stars at Hartwood Acres Park

LEGAL NOTICE

The Dirt Conservancy has been incorporated under the provisions of the PA Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988. Purpose: Conserve and restore nature lands, create trails, and environmental stewardship programs.

MARKET PLACE

Xylem Services USA LLC’s Pittsburgh, PA, o ice seeks a Sr. Lead Application Engineer (Engineer-III). This is a hybrid o ice-based/ work-from-home position that will be responsible for studying the BID specification and inlet/outlet parameters, among other duties. Apply at https:// www.xylem.com/en-us/ careers/.

PUBLIC AUCTION

EPS US, LLC’s Pittsburgh, PA, o ice seeks a Consultant to be responsible for working with new and existing EPS clients to deliver integrated technical and workflow solutions. Apply at: https://recruiting.ultipro.com/EPR1000EPSUS/ #CONSU002185.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 1005 E Entry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15216 on 9/3/2025 at 11:30 AM. 6107 Tracy Pane. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 880 Saw Mill Run Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15226, September 3, 2025, at 1:15 PM. Alexis Wunderly 1079, Wayne Copeland 3206, Staci Patterson 4088. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s Lien at the location indicated: 3200 Park Manor Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15205 on September 3, 2025 at 1:00pm. 2080 Neil Nichols; 4008 Brittni Stine; 6006 Joshua Gray. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 6400 Hamilton Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 September 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM. Brkel Spearman-1009, Jingyi Hu3003, Devaughn Matthews-4006, Anedra Williams-4055, Tekena Jones-4101 and Norma J Gri in-L042. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy

Space’s lien at the location indicated: 110 Kisow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15205 September 3, 2025 at 11:15AM. Eric Clark-181, Geo ery Ballance-408, Autumn Jennings-428. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 902 Brinton Road Pittsburgh, PA 15221 on September 3rd, 2025 at 11:30 am. Terrance Parker 1198, Jayla Johnson 2121 and Paul Demuth 2275 . The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its a iliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell the contents of leased spaces to satisfy Extra Space’s lien at the location indicated: 141 N Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15208 on September 3rd, 2025 at 11:00 AM. 3166A Vera Yu, 3167A Brenda Pugh, 3289A Mark Jones, 4055 Dawayne McDonald, 6046 Muhammad Shahzad, L045 Winema Givner, L096 Mikayla Gee, L120 Celinda Bailor, 2297A Cortney Beatty, 2179A Jaida Hardin. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PERSONALS

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PERSONALS

A happy guy who loves good food, great conversation, and even better company — just looking for someone who enjoys the same interests! Give me a call at 412-313-4320 —and if I miss your call, leave a message and I’ll get back to you soon!

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-008018

In re petition of Kyeema Shiah Thompson for Change of name to Kyeema Amari Thompson.

To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 17th day of September, 2025, at 9:30 a.m, as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-7625, In re petition of Noah Ryan Marshall for change of name to Alex Noa Marshall. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 10th day of September, 2025, at 9:30 a.m, as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

ADOPTION

REGISTERED MALE & FEMALE TEACUP

YORKIES PUPPIES

are ready for Adoption Raised in a Loving Home. Small size, a ectionate and ready for their forever home, if Interested Contact: boylecharlesallen@ gmail.com

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-7024, In re petition of Kimberly E. Alford for change of name to Kimberly E. Allen. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 27th day of August, 2025, at 9:30 a.m, as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-003912, In re petition of Emily Mary Gainor for change of name to Emily Mary Bloom. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 10th day of September, 2025, at 9:30 a.m, as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-007174, In re petition of Temilolu Olumuyiwa Adeyeye for Change of name to Temi Joshua Adeyeye. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 3rd day of September, 2025, at 9:30 a.m, as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

FOR THE DOGS

ACROSS

1. Iliad figure

5. Follower of Mary

Dots on a map

46. Top dog

48. Christian Pulisic’s team, for shor

8. Iconic o ice park where Lumon’s o ices in Severance is filmed

Coming” poet

34. Chinese fruit

37. ___ room

14. Knock down

NAME CHANGE

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: NO. GD-25-007081, In re petition of Christine Schlarp for change of name to Christine Elara.

15. Boo-boo, in totspeak

16. Actor Mandel

17. Nobelist Pavlov

18. Towering

19. Sound o

20. Collie that’s into rastafarianism?

23. Bard’s preposition

24. Stetson, e.g.

25. Tell tall tales

26.

Corporate o icers: Abbr.

28. Investment

30. Unwanted e-mail

32. “Awright!”

33. Wriggler

35. Dieters’ units: Abbr.

36. Being, to Sartre

37. Short horror tales of a mystery dog shared on the Internet?

42. Naval base?

43. Shed tears

44. Natl. Adopt-aDog Mo.

45. Years and years

52. Cineaste’s channel: Abbr.

53. Salon o ering

54. Option for welfare recipients, briefly

56. Musical talent

57. Yellow slobbery dog in a Bond film?

61. Japanese dog

62. Part of BYO

63. Leon Uris’s “___ 18”

64. Wranglers rival

65. Like much music of the 90s

66. Rapper born Tracy Morrow

67. Sassy

68. Girl’s nickname

69. Like some sums DOWN

Crops up

2. Les Miserables inspector

3. Flowering shrub

4. TV’s warrior princess

5. Plenty, casually

6. Looks for

7. Eight furlongs

9. Yonder items

10. “My bad!”

11. They served under Eisenhower

12. Like the first season of Severance

13. Observe

21. Pen filler

22. Hopes that one will

27. ___ Bridge (walkway to Citi Field)

29. Naval bases?

31. ___ del Carmen, Mexico

32. “The Second

38. One whose work is walked all over

39. Chosen course

40. Basically decent

41. Sharp as a tack

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Noble Italian family name 50. Caught

Compact 53. Big hit 55. Small feathered friend 58. “How sweet ___!” 59. A Chaplin 60. Jump over

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