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Left: A volunteer puts on gloves before handing out Iftar boxes at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh during Ramadan. Above: A volunteer walks through the large empty prayer room at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.

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FTER A WEEK OPERATING with almost a dozen of his workers staying home due to coronavirus protections, Abdullah Salem started to debate whether he should temporarily close his restaurant and grocery. His father opened Salem’s in the back of another grocery store in 1981, the year Abdullah was born, and this would be the ﬁrst time in his memory that they wouldn’t be operating for the Muslim community during Ramadan. “We were crippled,” says Salem. “But I just have

such a genuine concern for people who are sourcing halal products, because if we were to close, people would have a hard time sourcing halal products.” While no one is spared the ﬁnancial, emotional, or health risks of COVID-19, it’s particularly trying for Muslims during Ramadan. The holiday, running April 23-May 23, is one of the holiest months for Muslims, a time to refocus their faith and reconnect with friends, family, and neighbors. After abstaining from food from sunrise to sunset each day, breaking fast (called iftar) is an important,

spiritual time to share food in a community setting. That’s no longer possible to do in person, but Salem, along with many in Pittsburgh’s Muslim community, are making the best of it. Like many religious leaders, Imam Chris Caras of The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh (ICP), has been streaming nightly prayer services and Qu’ran readings (halaqah) on Zoom from his home during Ramadan. The sessions are private for security reasons, but congregants can register easily online. (Those without access to computers or the internet CONTINUES ON PG. 6

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Mohcine Eljoufri, Director for the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, breaks fast with his family at their home.

can use the ICP ofﬁces, one at a time, if they need to.) Additionally, ICP is running an online fundraiser to keep the lights on and its community resources operating during the pandemic. “Our work has not slowed down, but only adapted to new challenges,” reads the fundraiser’s description by Imam Chris. “We are still supporting the needy. We are still teaching the deen. We are still assisting families with marriage and death. We are still here.” While online communication is better than no contact at all, ICP director Mohcine Eljoufri says there’s a palpable pain without in-person contact for these prayer sessions. It’s like being thirsty, he says, “and you need a whole gallon of water, but you only get two, three sips.”

The face-to-face interactions Eljoufri gets with his community now are through delivering meals and groceries, including some donated by Salem’s, to anyone who needs them. ICP runs a food pantry, cooks hot meals in the mosque’s kitchen, and coordinates with 412 Food Rescue and other nonproﬁts to ensure there’s always enough food for anyone who needs it. The deliveries are physically distant and brief, a minute tops, but Eljoufri says even 60 seconds of interaction with people in the congregation can make a difference. With people losing jobs and the general stress of the pandemic, connecting with people by providing food is one constant that they can rely on. For Salem, that entails changing the way the grocery operates day-to-day.

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He’s donating hundreds of food boxes containing pita bread, dates, rice, meat, vegetables, and silverware. The takeout business is so busy he frequently has to pause orders for 15-20 minutes so his staff can catch up. This also means pivoting to more online orders. Prior to the stay-at-home orders, Salem says he did about 5-10% of his business through GrubHub, Postmates, Uber Eats, and other online delivery services, but now that number is closer to 50%. In the restaurant’s dining area, which during any other year would be packed with Pittsburghers whether celebrating Ramadan or not, Salem has removed all the tables and chairs and now uses the area to store groceries. There’s tape to indicate six-foot distances for shoppers, plexiglass barriers between customers and workers, the shopping carts are sanitized after every use, and everyone is wearing gloves and masks. Salem misses the energy of breaking fast at his buffet — every year he posts a sign on the ﬁrst night of Ramadan reading “The Buffet Is For Everyone” — but is CONTINUES ON PG. 8

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coping as best he can. That cross section of customers at Salem’s is reﬂective of Pittsburgh’s Muslim community, which has populations from all over the world, including Bengali, Egyptian, and Indonesian people. When asked about the dish most traditionally used to break fast, Eljoufri says it really depends on where you’re from (though dates and water are generally the ﬁrst thing consumed after sunset). Eljoufri is Moroccan and prefers mint tea and a traditional Moroccan dish called harira, a soup generally consisting of lentils, chickpeas, tomatoes, and meat. Salem, on the other hand, is often still working at sunset and ends up breaking fast 20 minutes late with a bottle of Smartwater on his drive home. With no concrete end to the stayat-home orders in sight and very little chance that things will be opening up before the end of Ramadan, both Salem and Eljoufri are steadying themselves by focusing on the work. The holiday is all about good deeds and as long as there’s a viable way to do them, they say they’ll keep at it. During Ramadan, it’s a reward

to sponsor somebody and to provide meals for them to break fast with. “It’s like Christmas for us,” says Salem. “Like Macy’s is to Christmas, that’s Ramadan for us.” Salem thinks about his “old school” father and how seriously he took the responsibility of feeding his community. It comes with personal sacrifice, but it’s a duty he feels particularly obligated to fulfill during the pandemic. But for now, Salem is cherishing his place in the community and looking forward to the next time everyone can be together, breaking fast at his buffet. “It’s the most beautiful thing in the world,” says Salem. “I’m not just saying that from a business point, or an article point, or anything. It’s a place where you’ll see a massive mix of people from all kinds of religions, sitting, can-oftuna style, next to each other so close. You have people from an Indian doctor who is the head of a cardiac ward sitting next to a local family from Garfield sitting right next to a refugee family. All are talking. All are enjoying. All are eating together.”

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URING THIS PANDEMIC, people have come together through fundraisers and mutual aid in big ways. Usually, financial donations are done through GoFundMe or another official fundraising platform. But Jon Potter, often known by his handle pghparagliding, raised over $20,000 on Reddit and has given almost all of it away, also on Reddit, to strangers who need help. A few years ago, Potter began helping people who posted in the r/Pittsburgh subreddit with handyman tasks like installing an antenna or plumbing repairs. Eventually he created another subreddit, called Pittsburgh Good Deeds (r/PittsburghGoodDeeds), where people can ask for help and Potter, or one of the 1,000 other members, can offer to chip in. Requests come in for things like getting a ride to a food bank, fixing a leaking roof, repairing a washing machine, and other tasks. Only once has physical labor taken on an extreme meaning. Last August, one of Potter’s good deeds went viral when he donated a kidney to a stranger who he found on Reddit. The story was featured everywhere from the Washington Post to People magazine. Now, Pittsburgh Good Deeds is a small nonprofit. Potter and his single employee do general handyman repairs, and they do about half of them for free. Right now, they are focusing mostly on roof repairs to avoid physically entering people’s homes. Before the pandemic hit, Pittsburgh Good Deeds rarely gave financial assistance, mostly focusing on physical fixes. But since so many people have lost their jobs or wages amid the fallout, there has been an increase in people asking for help buying groceries or paying rent. Last month, when Potter received a $1,000 Hometown Hero award from KDKA radio’s Larry Richert, he posted to Reddit asking if anyone needed financial assistance. He gave it all away once people started messaging about bills they needed help paying, but something else happened. In the original

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REDDIT.COM/R/PITTSBURGHGOODDEEDS post, Potter added at the end that people could “chip in” if they wanted, so he could give away more money. Through that post, he raised about $8,000 and gave that away, too. Two weeks ago, he posted on Reddit again, ready to give away another $13,000. Not just anyone could gain the trust of hundreds of strangers on the internet and collect their money through an unofﬁcial channel. He says the track record he’s built up over several years is responsible. “That hit me when I was tallying up everything and getting ready to give out a second round of money. I was like, ‘These people really, really trust me,’”

says Potter. “It’s an absolute honor. I’m very humbled that people do trust me to that extent.” In return, Pittsburgh Good Deeds requires a trust in strangers from Potter. When he says he’s giving away money, he has to trust that the people asking really need it. “So far, 30% of people who asked for money asked for someone else, either a neighbor or a coworker, or even an employee,” says Potter. “That’s really encouraging.” He says that while there is the occasional dishonest or disingenuous person, it’s more common for the general community to label a call for help a scam. Last

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year, a man posted about contemplating suicide due to unpaid bills. Other Redditors thought it was a scam and took the post down. Potter loaned him $2,000 and the two became friends. Potter doesn’t want to take too much credit for his altruism. He’s been heralded as a modern-day Mister Rogers. But he doesn’t want to be lifted up “higher than I am.” “I never really intended for it to be this huge mission of kindness, but it’s sort of starting to become that,” says Potter. “I always just say I’m just a regular dude that just kind of stumbled into this.” Just a regular dude, repairing roofs for free in the middle of a pandemic.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious,” says businessperson and entrepreneur John Sculley. You Tauruses aren’t renowned for such foresight. It’s more likely to belong to Aries and Sagittarius people. Your tribe is more likely to specialize in doing the good work that turns others’ bright visions into practical realities. But this Year of the Coronavirus could be an exception to the general rule. In the past three months as well as in the next six months, many of you Bulls have been and will continue to be catching glimpses of interesting possibilities before they become obvious. Give yourself credit for this knack. Be alert for what it reveals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For 148 uninterrupted years, American militias and the American army waged a series of wars against the native people who lived on the continent before Europeans came. There were more than 70 conflicts that lasted from 1776 until 1924. If there is any long-term struggle or strife that even mildly resembles that situation in your own personal life, our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to call a truce and cultivate peace. Start now! It’s a ripe and propitious time to end hostilities that have gone on too long.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Novelist Marcel Proust was a sensitive, dreamy, emotional, self-protective, creative Cancerian. That may explain why he wasn’t a good soldier. During his service in the French army, he was ranked 73rd in a squad of 74. On the other hand, his majestically intricate seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time is a masterpiece — one of the 20th century’s most influential literary works. In evaluating his success as a human being, should we emphasize his poor military performance and downplay his literary output? Of course not! Likewise, Cancerian, in the coming weeks I’d like to see you devote vigorous energy to appreciating what you do best and no energy at all to worrying about your inadequacies.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Fortune resists half-hearted prayers,” wrote the poet Ovid more than 2,000 years ago. I will add that Fortune also resists poorly formulated intentions, feeble vows, and sketchy plans — especially now, during an historical turning point when the world is undergoing massive transformations. Luckily, I don’t see those lapses being problems for you in the coming weeks, Leo. According to my analysis, you’re primed to be clear and precise. Your willpower should be working with lucid grace. You’ll have an enhanced ability to assess your assets and make smart plans for how to use them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Last year the Baltimore Museum of Art announced it would acquire works exclusively from women artists in 2020. A male art critic complained, “That’s unfair to male artists.” Here’s my reply: Among major permanent art collections in the U.S. and Europe, the work of women makes up 5%º of the total. So what the Baltimore Museum did is a righteous attempt to rectify the existing excess. It’s a just and fair way to address an unhealthy imbalance. In accordance with current omens and necessities, Virgo, I encourage you to perform a comparable correction in your personal sphere.

you to play catch up. Do what poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti suggests: “Make your mind learn its way around the heart.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Aphorist Aaron Haspel writes, “The less you are contradicted, the stupider you become. The more powerful you become, the less you are contradicted.” Let’s discuss how this counsel might be useful to you in the coming weeks. First of all, I suspect you will be countered and challenged more than usual, which will offer you rich opportunities to become smarter. Secondly, I believe you will become more powerful as long as you don’t try to stop or discourage the influences that contradict you. In other words, you’ll grow your personal authority and influence to the degree that you welcome opinions and perspectives that are not identical to yours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “It’s always too early to quit,” wrote author Norman Vincent Peale. We should put his words into perspective, though. He preached “the power of positive thinking.” He was relentless in his insistence that we can and should transcend discouragement and disappointment. So we should consider the possibility that he was overly enthusiastic in his implication that we should NEVER give up. What do you think, Sagittarius? I’m guessing this will be an important question for you to consider in the coming weeks. It may be time to re-evaluate your previous thoughts on the matter and come up with a fresh perspective. For example, maybe it’s right to give up on one project if it enables you to persevere in another.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The 16-century mystic nun Saint Teresa of Avila was renowned for being overcome with rapture during her spiritual devotions. At times she experienced such profound bliss through her union with God that she levitated off the ground. “Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction,” she wrote. I hope that you will be periodically moving in that direction yourself during the coming weeks, Capricorn. Although it may seem odd advice to receive during our Global Healing Crisis, I really believe you should make appointments with euphoria, delight, and enchantment.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grammy-winning musician and composer Pharrell Williams has expertise in the creative process. “If someone asks me what inspires me,” he testifies, “I always say, ‘That which is missing.’” According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you would benefit from making that your motto in the coming weeks. Our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to discover what’s absent or empty or blank about your life, and then learn all you can from exploring it. I think you’ll be glad to be shown what you didn’t consciously realize was lost, omitted, or lacking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself,” declares poet Natalie Diaz. I think she means that she wants to avoid defining herself entirely by her past. She is exploring tricks that will help her keep from relying so much on her old accomplishments that she neglects to keep growing. Her goal is to be free of her history, not to be weighed down and limited by it. These would be worthy goals for you to work on in the coming weeks, Pisces. What would your first step be?

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In the course of my life, I’ve met many sharp thinkers with advanced degrees from fine universities — who are nonetheless stunted in their emotional intelligence. They may quote Shakespeare and discourse on quantum physics and explain the difference between the philosophies of Kant and Hegel, and yet have less skill in understanding the inner workings of human beings or in creating vibrant intimate relationships. Yet most of these folks are not extreme outliers. I’ve found that virtually all of us are smarter in our heads than we are in our hearts. The good news, Libra, is that our current Global Healing Crisis is an excellent time for

According to Aries author and mythologist Joseph Campbell, “The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.” He was referring to our early human ancestors, and how they stumbled upon a valuable addition to their culture because they were curious about a powerful phenomenon, not because they knew it would ultimately be so valuable. I invite you to be guided by a similar principle in the coming weeks, Aries. Unforeseen benefits may emerge during your investigation into flows and bursts that captivate your imagination.

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year with breast cancer, her 86-yearold mother told her not to worry, and Mary said she hasn’t. “I told her I wouldn’t because I knew if there were any problems, Joseph would take care of me, and he has.” Joseph Rapp is Mary’s brother, an oncology nurse at a local health care provider, and not only her best friend, she says, but her “hero” through the past year, from her initial biopsy through 20 radiation treatments, going with her to as many radiation treatments as he could. Joseph also helps take care

of their mother and Mary’s husband, who has Type 1 diabetes, all of whom share space together in their Glenshaw home. Mary is honoring her brother during Nurses Week, celebrated nationally this year from May 6-12, at a time when nurses across the world ﬁnd themselves working on the frontlines of a global pandemic. Headlines share stories of nurses working long hours under unprecedented conditions. Photographs show the lines left on the faces of health-care workers, marks left behind from long shifts wearing the required masks. “He works tirelessly as an advocate for all his

patients,” Mary says of her brother. When he worked at UPMC Hillman for years, she says all of his patients became like family to him. He has attended funerals of his patients and remained friends with their families. And, she says, through it all, he takes care of his own family, too. “He’s working hard to keep us all safe during this pandemic,” she says. All over the world, people are recognizing the good work of people like Joseph, with nightly salutes to essential workers in larger regions like New York City. In Pittsburgh, messages in support of health-care CONTINUES ON PG. 14

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workers have shown up in windows and on murals. For several weeks last month, a group of Pittsburghers organized an “illumination ovation,” with the hashtag #LoveFromPGH, featuring a lit-up Downtown skyline that included a heart-shaped array of lights made from windows on the Reed Smith building. “We wanted to create an event that everyone could participate in,” says Evelyn Castillo, one of the organizers of the #LoveFromPGH event. “It was important to us that we applaud the efforts of all the essential workers who are keeping our communities safe. … Hopefully it also conveyed our appreciation for all the hard work that is being done.” That hard work includes the care given to South Side resident Maria Mangano, whose baby was born prematurely in March and has been at the hospital ever since. “I have a family at home to care for too, so who cares for the baby for the hours I can’t be at the hospital? It’s his amazing nurses,” Maria shares. “They’re making sure he’s comfortable, adjusting all the tubes and wires, reporting all the important details to his doctors, cooing over him, all while following protocols to keep all the NICU babies and themselves safe during a pandemic.” During National Nurses Week, some businesses offer discounts and giveaways to nurses to show their support. (Search “National Week freebies” for multiple online sources.) Locally, a team of Pittsburghers recently launched the city’s chapter of Frontline Foods, an organization designed to feed healthcare workers while boosting local restaurants at the same time.

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The Pittsburgh group has so far donated over 400 meals to various hospitals and healthcare centers, and they hope to sustain this number every week. (To donate or to learn about volunteer opportunities, visit frontlinefoods.org/pittsburgh.) Others are showing their support in simpler ways, like a chalk mural recently drawn in honor of nurses in the Friendship Parklet behind West Penn Hospital. And a “Thank you workers” sign hung up across the street from the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. “These people are superheroes,” says Maria. •

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N SAT., MAY 9, the Bloomﬁeld Saturday Market will open for the season, but things will look drastically different. Rather than the typical lot packed with mingling, chatting shoppers and farmers, consumers (in limited numbers) will be directed on a one-way path through vendors spaced six-feet apart, following strict social distancing guidelines. Tables will be used to space patrons from producers with trays to pass money and goods. Vendors will no longer showcase their products; instead, they’ll keep them sealed in vehicles, packaging per customer. Preorders will be encouraged and delivered through a curbside, contactless drive-thru. “We want to minimize the amount of decisions a person has to make,” says Christina Howell, executive director for the Bloomﬁeld Development Corporation (BDC). “When you’re in a market, you can look over and

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say, ‘Oh! I want to go over there!’ But then suddenly, you’re walking backwards. How do we absolutely minimize the variables in people’s movement?” The Bloomfield Saturday Market is one of the many city markets adopting strict guidelines in response to the coronavirus outbreak. There’s no question, with overcrowded supermarkets and empty shelves, whether or not farmers markets are essential, but with COVID-19 rattling the city’s food industry, their future has remained uncertain. With this in mind, market organizers have modified operations in order to provide safe, accessible markets for their neighbors. Sara Draper-Zivetz, organizer of Lawrenceville Farmers Market, says they’re stepping up efforts to make sure members of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be able to use their benefits. Howell says that the BDC is working with Just Harvest to create a safe system for SNAP users

with receipts instead of chips. Both Bloomfield and Lawrenceville are allowing cash payments, though it’s discouraged. For those concerned about long lines and contact risks, there will be online platforms. Abi Gildea, organizer for the Bloomfield Saturday Market, describes their end goal as an “Etsy for farmers.” Gildea is hoping to host all vendors and their goods on an e-commerce platform. Draper-Zivetz says the Lawrenceville website may be as simple as aggregating vendors’ independent sites into one. Lawrenceville and Bloomfield are ahead of many markets in Allegheny County; few have reached the point of guidelines and have postponed their opening dates. The City of Pittsburgh has pushed back their five markets to early June, and markets in Ross Township are waiting for the go-ahead. The Robinson Farmers Market at Holy Trinity has recently

decided to open on May 18 and in Bellevue, organizers are trying to gauge what methods will be successful, unsure if they’ll be open by early June. “[Organizers] pushing back the markets at the beginning of the season hurts in an interesting way,” says Chris Brittenburg, co-owner of Who Cooks For You Farm in New Bethlehem which is preparing to sell at local farm stands, including the Bloomfield Saturday Market. “We haven’t been making money for a long time, and we spent a huge amount of money in preparation throughout the winter. The early markets are really important.” Finances are a concern from both sides. Draper-Zivetz says they are preparing to take a loss this year; Gildea has launched an online fundraiser to help with extra expenses, including hazard pay for their employees. With extra hands needed at booths to vend safely, website costs, and additional boxing and bagging of produce, farmers can expect a higher price tag on the season. Higher expenses paired with added market regulations are making some vendors question their involvement in this year’s markets. They fear the loss of community as a draw for consumers, and as Marcella Ogrodnik, owner of Salvadoran eatery Café Agnes, puts it, the “impulse buy” that accounts for many sales. “One of the big draws of these markets is the prepared foods,” says Jake Kristophel, co-owner of Fallen Aspen Farm. “People come there, they all meet up, they eat, they hang out with friends, they drink coffee. I think you just lose a big piece of what the farmers market is with that.” Kristophel typically attributes 70% of his sales to farmers markets. Todd Wilson, founder of Tiny Seed Farm, feels similarly. “For me, markets are a culmination of our work. We get there

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Brittenburg and his partner, Aeros Lillstrom, however, have faith in the market season despite uncertainties. Brittenburg notes that Pittsburghers are currently “bottlenecked” to ﬁnd sources of local produce. With limited access, they’re hoping sales spike.

“We are going to plant a lot, and we’re hoping to sell it all. We’re hoping it’s going to be a great year because of this online thing. In terms of ﬁelds, we’re loading them with vegetables,” says Brittenburg. “Pittsburghers can absolutely rely on getting vegetables.”

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COUPLE OF WEEKS into the stay-at-home order, Sarah Rashmee Souri hit a wall. She was still working as a psychotherapist, though all her sessions were moved online, but Souri wasn’t ﬁnding any personal moments of joy. “I realized I was not doing something during this pandemic that I was encouraging all my therapy clients to do,” she says. “Try to incorporate some fun into this difﬁcult lockdown situation many of us are in these days.” With that in mind, Souri and her husband turned to parody. They created a disco track called “Corona Blues,” based on “Boogie Shoes” by KC and the Sunshine Band. Souri was inspired by “Stayin’ Inside,” a viral coronavirus Bee Gees parody from Brent McCollough that hit the internet in late March.

“I KNOW THAT’S HARD, BUT IF YOU CAN, TAKE SOME TIME TO FIND SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, LIKE A CREATIVE PROJECT.” Since the start of the pandemic, people around the world have found solace in music. In Italy, those with balconies have been singing outside to keep up their morale. Police in Spain were ﬁlmed singing the kids’ tune “Baby Shark” in the streets. Livestream home performances have become a part of everyday life. And subsequently, music parodies with COVID-19 ties have infested the web. “They say laugher is the best medicine. It makes me feel good seeing comments saying people laughed,” says Souri. “I love when a client laughs during a session. I think it’s healthy for us emotionally to ﬁnd the lighter side in life.” With “Corona Blues,” Souri and her husband joined a few other Pittsburghers, in addition to those across the globe, who have taken to creating parodies in this time of uncertainty. Around the time “Stayin’ Inside” debuted, Pittsburgh couple Claire and Mel Vatz uploaded a coronavirus-themed parody of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” to YouTube. SCREENSHOTS: YOUTUBE

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“I am an infectious disease doctor up to my ears in the pandemic in Upstate NY,” reads one of the “Stayin’ Inside” comments. “I took my guitar into the ICU and sang your song. Brilliant suppressor of anxiety. This is what we need. Thanks Mel and Mrs. Mel.” “What a great song!” reads another. “All over the world, we’re in the same situation. I live in The Netherlands. A song like this, makes me smile.” Mel Vatz responded to the video by thanking everyone who watched. “We had no idea that this video that we sent to a few friends and family would reach so many people. It is very humbling and great fun. We are glad to be able to create a few moments of joy and some laughter. Stay safe, sheltered, and healthy.”

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Since then, the couple has created two other coronavirus parodies: “We Can End This Infection,” an interpretation of a ’60s classic protest anthem to reﬂect hopes for unity, and a take on Madonna’s “Material Girl” titled, “Living in a Pandemic World: Another Coronavirus Song.” The videos have collectively racked up almost 800,000 views on YouTube alone. After Pittsburgh resident Ryan Ferrebee was temporarily laid off from his job at City Theatre, he created “Bored as Hell,” a quarantine-take on Lizzo’s hit song “Good as Hell.” “I thought maybe a hundred or so of my friends would get a laugh from it,” says Ferrebee. The video has over 18,000 views and was featured on Today.com, among other outlets.

“I’m just excited that so many people found some joy in my project,” he says. COVID-19 is affecting everyone, no matter age, gender, location, or economic status. The world is collectively dealing with grief, loneliness, fear of the unknown, and those with mental health issues are feeling the stress even more so. “The lockdown is making people feel more of the things that they originally came to therapy about,” says Souri. “People with great fear of germs, imagine how they’re doing, how that’s affecting them. Or people that struggle with being isolated. One of the things I tell my clients is that it’s important to know the difference between what you can control and what you can’t control. Creativity and hobbies are something that you can control.” It took a little convincing to get Souri’s husband on board for the video in which they are singing and dancing in matching outﬁts, but being goofy, not being afraid to make a fool of yourself, and stepping out of your comfort zone, Souri feels, can be very therapeutic. Especially when you are doing it with loved ones. “I know that’s hard, but if you can, take some time to find something that makes you happy, like a creative project,” says Souri. “Not in a pressureﬁlled way, but something that you love. Creative projects can be a good outlet.” Souri notes, however, that “You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. … If you’re just getting through your day, that’s successful too. Don’t compare yourself to others, we all have our own journey and different ways of handling the lockdown.” Find what brings you joy, whether it’s watching parody videos, creating parody videos, or simply letting yourself accept that it is OK to do nothing at all, too.

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must log in to artallnight.org and complete the registration form between May 1-11 (for video and audio submissions) or until May 13 (for image submissions). All artwork must arrive during this registration window to be displayed. Over the course of Art All Night, the website enables visitors to place bids on pieces. The bidder’s contact information is then shared with the artist, who takes over the transaction from there. Golden stresses that 100% of art sales go to the artists. But much like the physical event, once 2 p.m. hits, the website will be taken down or, as Golden puts it, the “digital doors” will close. While the website requires less legwork compared to past shows — which often required modifying buildings for public use by adding railings, ramps, and steps, as well as buying insurance, renting port-a-johns, and hiring security — there are still limitations. The musical performances, live paintings, and demonstrations that have would have otherwise happened in person are now being presented in prerecorded videos. Activities for children and families — which will be held from 4-8 p.m. May 16 and again from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on May 17 — include a collaborative art project and a scavenger hunt, as well as a free coloring book available to download now. Golden says this is why they avoid using the term “virtual” to describe the ﬁrst-ever online Art All Night, as that term implies a recreation of the “atmosphere” that comes with an event. But she says they’re “doing the best we can” to create a great experience for everyone involved. “The purpose of the show is still the same,” she says. “Those of us who are interested in putting this version of it on are still motivated and excited.”

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