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FRYINGAWAY
After several successful years in Hazelwood, Community Kitchen Pittsburgh is bringing its culinary programs, and its famous fish fries, back to Uptown
BY: RACHEL WILKINSON
Community
RACHEL WILKINSON
MICHAEL C. KOVAC
NEIGHBORHOOD
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF MICHAEL C. KOVAC
“THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE TREATED US AS THEIR OWN [AND] SHOW[N] NOTHING BUT RESPECT SINCE WE ARRIVED.”
AFTER THE MADNESS
Several Pittsburgh-area college basketball standouts have found a temporary home in Slovakia
BY: MICHAEL C. KOVAC // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
March Madness usually means a fun distraction at the close of winter. But to the athletes at the heart of the madness, it means something far different.
For most, that final college sport will be the last time they play the game they love at such a high level. Many elite players go on to compete for precious few NBA roster spots. Thirty or so have the talent and good fortune to earn guaranteed contracts at that level. Others settle for the G-League — the
NBA’s low-paying minor league — with hopes of earning a call up.
More adventurous hoopers crisscross the globe playing ball for the highest bidders. Five former U.S. college basketball standouts — including some with ties to the Pittsburgh area — chose the latter option and, today, find themselves in Bratislava, Slovakia. R.J. Gunn (Duquesne University), Dontay Caruthers (University at Buffalo), Isaiah Cousins (University of Oklahoma), Shamiel Stevenson (Pitt and University of
Nebraska), and Trent Buttrick (Penn State and University of Massachusetts) all star for BK Inter Bratislava, a team that simultaneously competes in the Slovak Basketball League (the Slovenská Basketbalová Liga to the Slovaks) and the European North Basketball League. As spring breaks, these talented basketball nomads hope to bring home a championship for their fervent Bratislavan fans.
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The author interviews R.J. Gunn during practice.
MARCH 7, 2025:
GOPASS ARENA, BRATISLAVA
On this unseasonably warm, 65-degree Thursday evening, the team has practice at their home arena, located near the center of Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital. They are coming off a road victory the night before and have a big home game scheduled for Saturday. Tonight, they just stretch and have a light shoot-around. Afterward, Gunn and Caruthers take some time to shed light on their overseas experiences.
Both had successful collegiate careers and had no trouble finding agents to represent them. Like the large majority of overseas professional hoopers, they are working their way from lower-paying leagues to higher-paying ones (such as those in France and Italy); the Slovakian league is somewhere in the middle of the pack when it comes to overseas ball.
After Gunn obtained his master’s in leadership from Duquesne, he started his career with a team in the Netherlands. He spent the following summer playing in Colombia and, while there, signed his contract with BK Inter Bratislava.
Caruthers has spent more time in the professional ranks. After he obtained his master’s in educational
studies from Buffalo, he spent a short time in the G-League. He then played in Germany for a couple months before COVID derailed the season and led to him taking a year off from basketball. Taking time off tends to scare teams away, so Caruthers had to take a step down in competition and work his way back up to the bigger leagues. He spent time playing in Bosnia and Macedonia before signing with BK Inter Bratislava near the start of the current season.
Gunn, a South Carolina native, describes Slovakia as “a very chill place,” likening it to a cold-weather northern state in the U.S. Caruthers, a Rochester, N.Y. native, describes Slovakia as “one of the best places” where he has played.
While the transition from the U.S. to Europe has been relatively smooth for both talented young men, as expected, their experiences have included some minor bumps in the road. Gunn chuckles about arriving in Europe without the adapters needed to power his electronic devices. Caruthers has taken up cooking to get a taste of home without having to settle for fast food every day.
Gunn and Caruthers have a positive arrangement with BK Inter Bratislava. Because the team provides them with housing, meals, and use of
PHOTO: MICHAEL C. KOVAC
R.J. Gunn dunks on Patrioti Levice on Mar. 8, 2025.
a vehicle, they can bank a decent amount of their salary. While frequent games and practices keep them busy, they still find time to immerse themselves in the local culture. When the weather allows, they set out on foot to explore the city. They sample the local cuisine. And they spend time in nearby Vienna, Austria.
T hey speak positively about their experiences with the club. Caruthers explains, “The people here have treated us as their own [and] show[n] nothing but respect since we arrived.”
The feeling is mutual. Team manager Andrej Hyza praises the Americans’ talent and character; he describes all of the Americans on the squad as good guys. As a result, the team has good chemistry and has experienced quite a bit of success so far this season. That success has not come without challenges, and their foe on Saturday may pose their biggest competition yet.
MARCH
8, 2025:
GOPASS ARENA, BRATISLAVA
Tonight, Inter Bratislava BK clashes with Patrioti Levice for the fourth time this season. Patrioti Levice, which has its own cadre of talented U.S. players and is seeking its fourth straight league title, came out on top in each of those prior meetings.
Gopass Arena — BK Inter Bratislava’s home venue — holds up to 4,500 fans. This is more of a hockey and soccer city, so less than half the seats are filled for tonight’s big game. Still, the fans who do show up make their presence felt. They’re into the game from start to finish, led by two fans seated near courtside who incessantly bang on drums. American hip-hop music is played during warmups and virtually every stoppage in play.
Gunn, Caruthers, Cousins, and two Slovak players start the game. They get off to a slow start, and Patrioti Levice takes a
22-13 lead at the close of the first quarter, much to the displeasure of Bratislava’s head coach, Aramis Naglić. Naglić stands around six-foot-eight, has a shaved head, and looks like a villain from a James Bond movie. He was a member of Croatia’s 1992 silver medal-winning team — a team that would have likely won the gold, had the U.S. not sent the Dream Team to compete in Barcelona that year.
In the second quarter, the team turns the game around.
Gunn, a six-foot-seven, all-around talent does whatever the team needs, helping to facilitate the offense and pulling down tough rebounds. Caruthers, a six-foot-one point guard, is a pest on defense and turns that defense into offense. Isaiah, a six-footfour guard, provides a consistent scoring punch. Stevenson, standing six-foot-six,
PHOTO: COURTESY MICHAL ŠABO
Dontay Caruthers talks with Inter Coach Aramis Nadlić.
is an ultra-athletic perimeter player who makes tough shots. Buttrick, who just joined the team last month, is six-foot-nine and provides an inside presence.
It’s an e cellent all-around team effort, with the Slovak players making key contributions as well. In the end, Bratislava finally takes down their nemesis 81-73. Gunn, acknowledging that Patrioti Levice is “a really good team,” explains that “it is important to pull out those kinds of wins.”
The Slovak Basketball League season comes to a close later this month. That’s when true career uncertainty begins for these hired guns. It’s not necessarily a bad thing — they’ve all had strong seasons and should have no shortage of suitors for their talents. While there is the possibility of remaining in Slovakia, players who en oy the level of success they’ve enjoyed this season tend to end up elsewhere in Europe, Asia, or… who knows.
Slovakia has been a good fit for them, but there are higher-paying leagues out there, and professional basketball players have a limited window to ma imi e their earnings. Such uncertainty would cause most a great deal of anxiety. But this is the life these talented ball players chose — they get to play the game they love in front of adoring fans, all while receiving a cultural education few others are fortunate enough to enjoy.
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PHOTO: MICHAEL C. KOVAC
BK Inter Bratislava applauds their fans after beating Levice on March 8, 2025.
“HAIR
IS NOT JUST HAIR RIGHT NOW — OUR HAIR CHOICES ARE DICTATED BY EUROCENTRIC AND WHITE BEAUTY IDEALS.”
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT
Local lawmakers have won bipartisan support for a bill centered on the beauty and dignity of natural and textured hairstyles
BY: ATIYA IRVIN-MITCHELL
Outside of picture day, hair is something many people can go for long periods without thinking about. Still, studies show that Black Americans experience hair discrimination from the classroom to the workplace, meaning negative bias manifested toward Black natural or textured hairstyles. Sometimes, this could mean braids, locs, and kinky hair being deemed “unprofessional.” Other times, it takes shape in suspensions given to children for wearing culturally meaningful hairstyles. To combat this, legislators in the commonwealth and D.C. are lobbying for the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act, aka the CROWN Act, a law that would prohibit the denial of professional and or educational opportunities based on hair text and protective styles.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF LA'TASHA MAYES
Since the law was first introduced and ultimately passed in California in , states including Te as and Maryland have followed suit in protecting what e perts say is a form of cultural e pression. Lawmakers had previously attempted to make the CRO N Act the law of the land in the Keystone State, but, ultimately, the legislation didn’t make it out of the ouse. This time around, with the CRO N Act out of the ouse State Government Committee, and having secured a second consideration vote in February with bipartisan support, U.S. Rep. La’Tasha Mayes (D-Pa. ) is feeling optimistic about the legislation’s future.
There’s great momentum with the CRO N Act. It was actually one of the first bills that moved as we returned to the house in February, Mayes says. e had an almost unanimous vote out of the state government committee. Then, in second consideration, we had a unanimous vote. The CRO N Act will be coming to the oor for final passage when we return to session in the ne t two weeks.
(Editors Note: On March 17, shortly before press time, the CROWN Act passed the Pa. House 194-8.)
Recalling her days as a community organi er, Mayes tells Pittsburgh City Paper that for years, she participated in conversations among Black women and within the Black community about how Black hair is often policed. To try and get her colleagues to understand the stakes, Mayes says, she often poses the question of how they would feel if they knew, at any given moment, that their hair’s natural state could become a liability.
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON
Pa. State Rep. La'Tasha Mayes shakes Mayor Gainey's hand during a Kamala Harris rally on Oct. 10, 2024.
“I’ve had to ask them, ‘have you ever been barred from an economic opportunity because of this? Have you ever been humiliated in a public space because of what your hair looks like?’ And of course, the answer is no,” Mayes says. “How your hair naturally grows out of your head … should not result in any form of discrimination.”
Through the CROWN Act’s journey, Mayes has been able to garner support for the legislation across the aisle amongst two Republican legislators, one of whom is raising Black daughters. In conversations with colleagues, Mayes says they’ve stressed that the conversion around hair discrimination isn’t “frivolous” due to the significance hair holds for Black people.
“Hair is a part of the cultural pride of Black people,” Mayes says. “That shouldn’t be repressed because an employer may not understand — or isn’t willing — to make a very simple accommodation for a Black person to be able to wear their hair as it naturally grows.”
Should it pass, the CROWN Act would amend Pensylvania’s Human Relations Act to prohibit discrimination based on a person’s hair type, while giving the Human Relations Commission more staffing to take on more cases related to hair-based discrimination.
Although the CROWN Act itself is only a few years old, University of Pittsburgh program and research manager Monica Henderson says pushback to hair discrimination can be traced back to the 1970s in the form of advocacy, lawsuits, and demands for justice. However, in the absence of laws that considered hair a part of racial discrimination, Henderson says that back then, it was an uphill battle. Having previously testified in support of the CROWN Act’s passage in Massachusetts, Henderson explains that Black hair itself is not a problem; however, the negative way that people can react to it creates a variety of stressors in an already marginalized community.
“Black hair is artistic, it’s beautiful, it’s whatever somebody wants it to be,” Henderson says. “But the way hair is valued [or not] has caused traumatic experiences in healthcare, or it has led to inaccurate testing in healthcare, [and] toxic chemicals in hair products have been linked to cancers, and again, that disproportionately impacts Black individuals.”
According to a 2020 study, Black women with natural hairstyles are less likely to land job interviews than white women or Black women with straightened hair. As of 2019, research shows that
Black women are 1.5 times more likely to be sent home from the workplace because of their hair. In her capacity as a social scientist, Henderson says she’d prefer it if Black hair was allowed to be just hair, yet data shows that the politics of Black hair significantly impact various aspects of life.
“We don’t have autonomy over our hair choices as much as we should, and haven’t since enslavement,” Henderson says. “The CROWN Act is just a way for us to have a legal safeguard to fall back on when we have no one else to turn to because of how we’re treated on our hair because hair is not just hair right now — our hair choices are dictated by Eurocentric and white beauty ideals.”
At the national level, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa. 12) is one of six legislators reintroducing the CROWN Act in the House of Representatives while U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) introduced similar legislation in the Senate. If passed, the legislation would provide research to Congress supporting the necessity of prohibiting hair discrimination. Not only that, but having originally introduced the legislation at the state level alongside the Speaker of the Pa. House Joanna McClinton, (D-Philadelphia), Lee says that the CROWN Act would further protect Black Americans from discrimination when
inclusion is under attack.
“Theoretically, it would end one of the lasting vestiges of anti-Blackness in this country and anti-Black discrimination in this country,” Lee says. “When we think about the opportunities that we are owed as American citizens … we are still not scratching the surface on ensuring that everybody has access to them. We’re not scratching the surface on ensuring that Black and brown students are not just comfortable, but accepted.”
From where Lee stands, requiring Black Americans to alter a cultural aspect of their appearances or face accusations of insubordination is another barrier to obtaining education and job opportunities. By supporting this legislation, Lee says, lawmakers would be doing their part to ensure that the United States lives up to its promise to treat its citizens equitably.
“We shouldn’t have to worry about being made to feel lesser than [or] ugly or inferior, because this is how we are. This is who we are,” Lee says. “This would be akin to saying that we would not allow young white girls to come to school if their hair isn’t in an afro if they don’t chemically alter their hair … We wouldn’t do that to other cultures, and we shouldn’t do it to ours.” •
PHOTO: COURTESY OF LA'TASHA MAYES Pa. State Rep. La'Tasha Mayes
The average American mind cannot comprehend Pittsburgh’s geography. From our bizarro intersections to our unconventional navigation habits, the City of Bridges presents challenges for even the most seasoned driver, cyclist, or pedestrian. Most of this is related to our topography, but Pittsburgh’s unusual layout is also a byproduct of our layered history, successive waves of immigration, and, in at least one case, a local pub owner’s stubbornness.
“IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET IT DOWN TO 50.”
Geographer Stentor Danielson set out to chronicle Pittsburgh’s cartographic quirks with Pittsburgh in 50 Maps The book, out now from Belt Publishing, is by turns fascinating, amusing, and revealing, showing off our city’s evolution from indigenous hunting and trading hub to a medsand-eds metropolis.
me the other day asking if I knew anybody in Pittsburgh,’” Danielson says. They immediately pitched the book to Belt, “and it kind of went from there.” Pittsburgh in 50 Maps is the fourth installment of Belt’s Maps series following Detroit , Cleveland , and Buffalo.
The maps by Danielson — who notes that, technically, there are more than 50 — run the gamut from topographical relief maps to watersheds to transit and back again.
“Of the ones that I was especially excited about doing, there’s the map about the Pittsburgh left, which was a fun one because it required, in some ways, some of the most research,” Danielson says. “It’s technically illegal, according to PennDOT, so there’s no existing database of where you can make a Pittsburgh left.”
Danielson sifted through publicly available data and used Google Street View and GIS software to study every traffic light in Pittsburgh, all in an effort to identify intersections where drivers are most likely to make the notorious quick left turn.
“WHAT GOT ME INTO MAPS WAS REALLY LORD OF THE RINGS.”
MAPPING THE ’BURGH
Some locals may already know Danielson from their popular Mapsburgh Etsy store, which features fantasy-style maps of cities and countries as well as laser-cut maps of Pittsburgh’s street grid.
“What got me into maps was really Lord of the Rings ,” Danielson tells Pittsburgh City Paper . On that first read through, there’s plenty of things that went over my head, but I just loved the map.” (Danielson’s Lord of the Rings-inspired map of Pittsburgh makes a cameo in Pittsburgh in 50 Maps’ end papers.)
Partly inspired by Tolkien’s series, Danielson went on to study geography and works by day as an associate professor at Slippery Rock University. After Danielson invited Vicky Johnson-Dahl, author of Belt’s Buffalo in 50 Maps book, onto their New Books Network podcast, the subject of a Pittsburgh installment of the series came up.
“She was like, ‘Well, funny you ask that because the editor just messaged
Organized into four sections, Pittsburgh in 50 Maps first situates the city geographically. The second grounds readers in city transit, and the final two sections consider Pittsburgh’s notable communities, people, and places. Each reveals fascinating details about the city — for example, in the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood map, Danielson notes Rogers’ passing quote about his equal attraction to men and women, which caused a stir in 2019.
“What’s surprising is always going to depend on what background you come into it with,” Danielson says. They learned numerous details while putting the book together. “[Al-Masjid al-Awwal] in the Hill District was the first mosque in the United States to be founded by a non-immigrant community. I was surprised to learn things like that.”
Implicit in many of the maps are Pittsburgh’s lingering issues with pollution, racism, and changing economic priorities. Partly inspired by
PHOTO: COURTESY OF ARCADIA PUBLISHING Stentor Danielson
the book’s three predecessors, Danielson included maps showing Pittsburgh’s distribution of racial groups, rates of asthma juxtaposed with pollution sources, and an overview of regional fracking wells.
“The map showing all the municipalities that border the city, that’s in all of [the …in 50 Maps books],” they explain.
But others are quintessentially Pittsburgh, like the map focused on Evergreen Cafe proprietor Phil Bacharach. Bacharach’s parking spot-turned-loading zone has long been a nuisance for unprepared drivers on Penn Avenue in Point Breeze. He’s been the subject of several CP stories over the years and who won Best Jagoff in CP ’s reader poll. “ City Paper definitely has been all over that story about Phil and his parking spot,” Danielson laughs.
From our sports teams to local heroes like pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson, Pittsburgh in 50 Maps considers the city from all angles. The lovingly assembled book is fun for both a quick skim and a long look, with the detail-packed graphics rewarding repeated reads. Readers will have an opportunity to hear from Danielson on Thu., March at Stay Gold Books and Thu., April at Riverstone Books in McCandless.
Danielson says it was a challenge to narrow the options from among so many Pittsburgh possibilities. “In some ways, they’re all my favorite, Danielson says. It was a struggle to get it down to . •
PITTSBURGH IN 50 MAPS
PHOTO: COURTESY OF ARCADIA PUBLISHING
The cover of Pittsburgh in 50 Maps
“WHAT I TEACH MY STUDENTS IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO [THE FOOD] IS GOING TO, THEY WILL RECEIVE IT WELL IF IT’S MADE WITH LOVE.”
FRYING AWAY
After several successful years in Hazelwood, Community Kitchen Pittsburgh is bringing its culinary programs, and its famous fish fries, back to Uptown
BY: RACHEL WILKINSON // RWILKINSON@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Two weeks before its annual Lenten fish fry, students at Community Kitchen Pittsburgh are piloting a new dessert.
During a Friday morning meeting, executive chef Bruce Harris pulls a recipe for banana pudding Rice Krispie Treats for “the 106s” — students from the nonprofit culinary school’s 106th class — to test out. Three class tiers, encompassing Community Kitchen’s range of programs, all go to work, supervised by Harris and chef Joe Joint, the inhouse baker and a CKP graduate (class 76).
“I think the flavor’s there,” Joint tells the students after sampling the treats. “Needs a little tweaking, but that’s the point of what we did … Making it, trying to work out all the kinks.”
“Recipe development,” Harris says. “R and D.”
Everything at Community Kitchen, which provides culinary training and job placement to students at no cost, presents a learning opportunity. The morning’s dessert development flows into making a family meal for lunch, which then doubles as a commencement for one class.
After thanking the graduating
students, Harris adds, “Be sure to stop by for fish fry and say hello.”
Every year, says Community Kitchen founder and executive director Jennifer Flanagan, there’s nothing like fish fry. The organization’s biggest fundraiser, the fish fry is a community event so beloved that it even brings back CKP alumni eager to volunteer.
“The firemen come down, the public works people come over,” Flanagan tells Pittsburgh City Paper “Politicians show up, you get all your city councilors. The gang’s all here.”
Flanagan attributes the fish fry’s popularity — Community Kitchen’s is frequently named the best in the region — to the quality of the food, all of which is made from scratch.
“We’re trying to teach people how to cook. So we’re doing hand-cut fries and we’re making our own tartar sauce,” she says. CKP’s fried fish sandwiches feature “giant pieces” of handbattered haddock on a BreadWorks bun, which “people love.” (Flanagan concedes that the fish is too big, but “it’s part of the experience.”)
The pace of the fish fry is yet another learning opportunity for students, offering “very fast, a la carte” training from serving hundreds of diners in a single Friday night.
This year marks Community Kitchen’s seventh annual fish fry, and the event is bittersweet, as it will be the organization’s last in Hazelwood. Last June, CKP quietly announced it would move to a larger space in
Uptown, now planned for fall 2025.
Flanagan remembers that their current building on Flowers Avenue was converted in 2018 from a former G.C. Murphy five-anddime store, and “it was empty for so long, it wasn’t on the post office rolls anymore,” she says. “We had to apply to get the address back into the system.”
Community Kitchen has since become a neighborhood landmark in a redeveloping Hazelwood, drawing visitors from across the region for its fish fry season, which began there, and its guest chef dinner series. This year, the nonprofit is partnering with nearby Hazel Grove Brewing to serve beer at its fish fries. CKP also launched a food truck initially stationed at Mill 19 in the Hazelwood Green development.
“We love this neighborhood. This neighborhood has been so good to us,” Flanagan says of Hazelwood. “But we really have outgrown this space … really, it’s a good problem to have, but it is sad to leave, because it’s been such a great home.”
The move to a new 20,000-square-foot warehouse will nearly double the footprint of Community Kitchen’s operations. In addition to its culinary training programs, CKP produces nearly 2,500 community meals per day, which go to school lunches, after-school programs, shelters, and nonprofits.
A larger space will also allow CKP to expand its in-demand butchery program, as well as open a grocery store and market set up to accept SNAP benefits. Flanagan notes that, despite recent development, Uptown is still considered a food desert, and CKP’s move to the neighborhood will fulfill a need for a local market while also employing and training students in a new space.
“The fact that we’re putting that SNAP retailer in the grocery market, I think it’ll be helpful for the residents there,” Flanagan says. “A walkable market with all the staples, fresh produce, the meat that we’re sourcing from local farms … we’re excited about that.”
Similar to opening in Hazelwood, the new space, rumored to be a former UPMC laundry facility, has also long sat vacant, allowing CKP to “design it from the ground up,” Flanagan
says, “Everything from loading in and loading out, to how the kitchen flows, we’re really putting a lot of thought into the building.”
For those wanting to ease into CKP’s fish fry future, its food truck is making the rounds for the first time this year. On Fridays during Lent, the fish fry-ready truck will come to the Southside Works and to Community Kitchen’s future location at 304 Jumonville St.
The Uptown stops will demonstrate that “we’re only about 10 minutes down the road” from Hazelwood, Flanagan says.
Community Kitchen, which Flanagan founded in 2013, started in Uptown, representing a full circle moment for her. Since then, she reflects, Pittsburgh’s food industry has expanded significantly, touching other growth and representing even greater job opportunity.
“I always say this: without this industry, every other industry suffers,” Flanagan says.
“Name [an] industry that wants to attract new employees. What do they do? They take them out to dinner. People look at neighborhoods, and the ones that are thriving have bars and restaurants.”
Executive Chef Harris also hails from the Hill District, telling City Paper “the fact that we’re going back is like a big [homecoming] for me.”
CKP’s fundamentals won’t change, says Harris, who espouses the now organizationwide philosophy of “love on a plate.”
“What I teach my students is that regardless of who [the food] is going to, they will receive it well if it’s made with love,” Harris says. “So in addition to all the culinary training, and how hard I am on them and all of that good stuff, at the end of the day, we want to serve good food to good people.” •
PHOTO: COURTESY OF COMMUNITY KITCHEN PITTSBURGH CKP 2024 Lenten fish fry
You deserve quality work.
SPRING EVENTS IN PITTSBURGH
THU., APRIL3
THU., MARCH 20
THEATER • MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival. Showtimes vary. Continues through Sat., March 29. Multiple locations. Ticket prices vary. pittsburghfringe.org
ART • DOWNTOWN
August Taught Us… 3-5:30 p.m. Continues through April 6. August Wilson African American Cultural Center. 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. Free. Timed tickets available. awaacc.org
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 7 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 6. O’Reilly Theater. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $35-88. ppt.org
MUSIC • NORTH SIDE
Ramin Akhavijou presents Ego. 8 p.m. Continues through Fri., March 21. New Hazlett Theater. Six Allegheny Square East, North Side. $20-34. newhazletttheater.org
SAT., MARCH 22
EXHIBITION • OAKLAND
Spring Flower Show: A Bloom for Every Room. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 20. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. One Schenley Dr., Oakland. Included with regular admission. phipps.conservatory.org
EXHIBITION/FESTIVAL • OAKLAND
NatureFest and Uprooted: Plants Out of Place Opening 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Included with regular admission. carnegiemnh.org
PENGUINS • NORTH SIDE
Penguin-Palooza. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Continues through Sun., March 23. National Aviary. 700 Arch St., North Side. Included with regular admission. aviary.org
DANCE • EAST LIBERTY
La Roche and Bodiography present Spring Gala 7 p.m. Kelly Strayhorn Theater. 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. $15-30. kelly-strayhorn.org
SAT., MAR.22
THU., MARCH 27
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE! 7 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $39-89. trustarts.org
FILM/DANCE • OAKMONT/ VIRTUAL
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival 7 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 6. The Oaks Theater. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $15-40. Virtual screenings available. shanasimmonsdance.com
FRI., MARCH 28
DANCE • CARNEGIE
Corningworks presents Stand By: An Allegory. 8 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 6. Carnegie Stage. 25 West Main St., Carnegie. $35-40. corningworks.org
SUN., MARCH 30
CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN
Pennsylvania Cannabis Convention. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $20, free for Pa. medical cannabis patients. pacannabisconvention.com
TUE., APRIL 1
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh presents Peter Pan. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 6. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $38-125. trustarts.org
OPERA • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Opera presents Madama Butterfly. 8 p.m. Continues through Sun., March 30. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $15-179. pittsburghopera.org
MON., MARCH 24
LIT • OAKLAND
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Leif Enger. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall Oakland. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $25-35. pittsburghlectures.org
THU., APRIL 3
PARTY • OAKLAND
La Fleur 6:30 p.m. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. One Schenley Dr., Oakland. $125-150. phipps.conservatory.org
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Jesus Christ Superstar. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 13. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $17.50-73.50. trustarts.org
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La Fleur at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
PHOTO: COURTESY OF PITTSBURGH OPERA Pittsburgh Opera presents Madama Butterfly
SAT., APRIL 12
SAT., APRIL 19
FRI., APRIL 4
DANCE • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents Spring Mix: 5 for 55. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 6. August Wilson African American Cultural Center. 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $25-135. trustarts.org
SAT., APRIL 5
MARKET • STRIP DISTRICT
Vintage Pittsburgh 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Heinz History Center. 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. Included with regular admission. heinzhistorycenter.org
MUSIC • UPTOWN
Disturbed with Daughtry and Nothing More. 6:30 p.m. PPG Paints Arena. 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown. Tickets start at $37. ppgpaintsarena.com
PARTY • POINT BREEZE
Quantum Theatre presents Q Ball: The Scarlet Masquerade 7-11:30 p.m. Rockwell Park. 7514 Thomas Blvd., Point Breeze. $125-250. quantumtheatre.com
MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE
Reggie Watts 8:30 p.m. Doors at 7:30 p.m. Spirit. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $35. spiritpgh.com
MON., APRIL 7
MUSIC • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Boy Band Symphony 7:30 p.m. Heinz Hall. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $40-150. trustarts.org
FRI., APRIL 11
MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE
Kool Keith and MC Homeless with Speed Plans and DJ Halo 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Spirit. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. spiritpgh.com
PARTY • NORTH SIDE
Eggstravaganza 11 a.m-3 p.m. Continues through Sat., April 19. National Aviary. 700 Arch St., North Side. Included with regular admission. aviary.org
SUN., APRIL 13
MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
St. Vincent with Wallice. 6 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $45-85. promowestlive.com
MUSIC • MCKEES ROCKS
Ani Difranco. 6:30 p.m. Roxian Theatre. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. $213-269. roxiantheatre.com/shows
MUSIC • MILLVALE
Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $27. mrsmalls.com
THEATER • SOUTH SIDE
City Theatre presents King James 5:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., May 11. City Theatre Mainstage. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $35-55. trustarts.org
DANCE • DOWNTOWN
Twyla Tharp Dance 7:30 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $20-79. trustarts.org
TUE.
APRIL 22
MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse, and Carcass 6 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $49.50-99. promowestlive.com
LIT • OAKLAND
SAT.,
APRIL26
WRESTLING • CREIGHTON
TacoMania: Brawl at the Brew House with Enjoy Wrestling 2-8 p.m. Pittsburgh Brewing Company. 150 Ferry St. ,Creighton. $16.60-52.96. beersoftheburgh.com
MUSIC • MCKEES ROCKS
Iron and Wine: Light Verse Tour. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Roxian Theatre. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. $53-103. roxiantheatre.com/shows
TUE., APRIL15
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel 7 p.m. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. 4440 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $25. pittsburghlectures.org
SUN., APRIL 27
MUSIC • MCKEES ROCKS
Bright Eyes. 7:15 p.m. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Roxian Theatre. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. $59-209. roxiantheatre.com/shows
THU., APRIL 24
FILM • MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
JFilm Festival. Continues through Sun., May 4. Times and locations TBA. Tickets TBA. filmpittsburgh.org/pages/jfilm
FRI., APRIL 25
FILM • VANDERGRIFT
April Ghouls Drive-In Monster-Rama 7:45 p.m. Continues through Sat., April 26. Riverside Drive In. 1114 Lees Lake Ln., Vandergrift. $15 per person, free for kids 12 and under with paying adult. Camping available. riversidedrivein.com/special-events
MUSIC • MILLVALE
The Bouncing Souls: East Coast! Fuck You Tour with H2O, Dave Hause and The Mermaid, and School Drugs. 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $35 in advance, $40 at the door. mrsmalls.com
LIT • OAKLAND
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents R.F. Kuang 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall. 4440 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $25-25. pittsburghlectures.org
WED., APRIL 30
MUSIC • MILLVALE
Bob Mould with J. Robbins. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $27.50 in advance, $30 at the door. mrsmalls.com
TUE., APRIL 15
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh presents Some Like It Hot 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 20. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $38-125. trustarts.org
SAT., APRIL 26
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $12-25. trustarts.org
THU., MAY 1
THEATER • SOUTH SIDE
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Waitress. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., May 25. Gargaro Theater. 327 S. Main St., South Side. $24-51.50. trustarts.org
PHOTO: MATTHEW MURPHY Some Like It Hot at Benedum Center
CP PHOTO: MARS JOHNSON TacoMania: Brawl at the Brew House with Enjoy Wrestling PHOTO:
FRI., MAY 2
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh presents Come From Away 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., May 4. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $39-115. trustarts.org
SUN., MAY 4
MARATHON • DOWNTOWN
DICK’S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. 7 a.m. Downtown and North Shore. Free. Registration required for runners. thepittsburghmarathon.com
MUSIC • DOWNTOWN
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass and Other Delights 7:30 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $85.75. trustarts.org
WED., MAY 14
SAT., MAY 24
FESTIVAL • NORTH SHORE
Riverlife Chalk Fest. 2-6 p.m. Continues through Sun., May 25. Isabella Street and Allegheny Landing, North Shore. Free. riverlifepgh.org/chalkfest
COMEDY • MUNHALL
Fortune Feimster: Takin’ Care of Biscuits Tour 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall. 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. $29.75165.75. librarymusichall.com/all-shows
THEATER/SPORTS • DOWNTOWN
360 ALLSTARS. 7:30 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $12-25. trustarts.org
THU., MAY 29
CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN
SAT., MAY 3
FRI., MAY 16
TUE., MAY 6
MAY 3
DRAG/MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
Solid Pink Disco with DJ Trixie Mattel, Rebecca Black, and DJ Mateo Segade
7 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $46-86. promowestlive.com
MUSIC/FILM • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Music of Star Wars 7:30 p.m. Heinz Hall. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $35-90. trustarts.org
SAT., MAY 3
BATTLE • DOWNTOWN
Kaiju Big Battel: Breakfast of Champions. 7:30 p.m. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $30-50. trustarts.org
LIT • OAKLAND
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Laurence Leamer. 7 p.m. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. 4440 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $39. pittsburghlectures.org
FRI., MAY 9
DANCE • DOWNTOWN
The Wizard of Oz with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., May 18. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $28-135. trustarts.org
SAT., MAY 10
CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival
8 a.m. Continues through Sun., May 11. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $30-120. pittspowerfit.com
PARTY • DOWNTOWN
PAAR Teal Ball. 5:30 p.m. Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh. 600 Commonwealth Pl., Downtown. $150-300. paar.net
MON., MAY 12
LIT • OAKLAND
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Elizabeth Kolbert and Terry Tempest Williams. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall. 4440 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $25-35. pittsburghlectures.org
FESTIVAL/MUSIC • MILLVALE
Millvale Music Fest Times vary. Continues through Sat., May 17. Multiple locations, Millvale. Free. millvalemusic.org
SAT., MAY 17
PARTY • SOUTH SIDE
THE BASH: A 50th Anniversary Concert Celebration 7:30 p.m. City Theatre Mainstage. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $100-150. trustarts.org
MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE
Wheatus and Punchline. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Thunderbird Music Hall. 4053 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $22.50 in advance, $30 at the door. thunderbirdmusichall.com
TUE., MAY 20
MUSIC • OAKLAND
Sessanta with Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and Primus 7:30 p.m. Petersen Events Center. 3719 Terrace St., Oakland. Tickets start at $49. peterseneventscenter.com
MUSIC • MCKEES ROCKS
Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton. 8 p.m. Doors at 7 p.m. Roxian Theatre. 425 Chartiers Ave., McKees Rocks. $47-109. roxiantheatre.com/shows
FRI., MAY 23
MUSIC • UPTOWN
Barry Manilow: The Last Pittsburgh Concert. 7 p.m. PPG Paints Arena. 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown. Tickets start at $19. ppgpaintsarena.com
Solar Punk Pittsburgh 1-6 p.m. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. Free. Registration required. reimaginejobs.org
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
MADAME CLICQUOT: A Revolutionary Musical. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 8. Byham Theater. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $39.20-117.04. trustarts.org
SAT.,
MAY
31
LIT/FESTIVAL • DOWNTOWN
Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. 10 a.m-5 p.m. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. pittsburghbookfestival.org
PROM • NORTH SIDE
LGBTQ+ Youth Prom. 6-10 p.m. The Andy Warhol Museum. 117 Sandusky St., North Side. Tickets TBA. Open to teens 13-19. warhol.org
SUN., JUNE 1
FESTIVAL • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade. 12 p.m. 11th Street at Liberty Avenue, Downtown. Free. pittsburghpride.com/marchandparade
TUE., JUNE 3
MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us Tour, Part 2 with Geese 6 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North
THU., JUNE 5
Battel: Breakfast of Champions at Byham Theater
PHOTO: COURTESY OF SHORE FIRE MEDIA
Solid Pink Disco with DJ Trixie Mattel at Stage AE
JUNE 3
FRI., JUNE 6
PARTY • NORTH SIDE
Garden Party: Pink. 5:30-11 p.m. Mattress Factory. 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side. $125-375. mattress.org
SAT., JUNE 7
CONVENTION • DOWNTOWN
3 Rivers Comicon. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 8. David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. $6-11, free for kids 9 and under. 3riverscomicon.com
SUN., JUNE 8
COMEDY • STRIP DISTRICT
Napoleon Dynamite Live 7:30 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. City Winery Pittsburgh. 1627 Smallman St., Strip District. $90-125. citywinery.com/pittsburgh
TUE., JUNE 10
MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
Justice: Live 7 p.m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $55-125. promowestlive.com
SAT., JUNE 14
MUSIC • NORTH SHORE
Less Than Jake Summer Circus with The Suicide Machines, Fishbone, and Bite Me Bambi 6 p..m. Stage AE. 400 North Shore Dr., North Shore. $32.50-75. promowestlive.com
TUE., JUNE 17
THEATER • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh CLO presents Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 22. Benedum Center. Seventh St. and Penn Ave., Downtown. $66.64133.84. trustarts.org
WED., JUNE 18
MUSIC • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony 7:30 p.m. Heinz Hall. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $35-95. trustarts.org
THU., JUNE 19
COMEDY • DOWNTOWN
Adam Ray presents Dr. Phil LIVE 8 p.m. Heinz Hall. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $52.75-102.75. trustarts.org
FESTIVAL • DOWNTOWN
Pittsburgh Juneteenth Celebration 10:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 22. Mellon Spray Park. Downtown. Free. stoptheviolencepgh.com/wpa-juneteenth
FRI., JUNE 20
PARTY • HIGHLAND PARK
Summer Safari: A Secret Garden 7-10 p.m. Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. 7370 Baker St., Highland Park. $150-300. pittsburghzoo.org
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PHOTO: MICHAEL SCHMELLING Vampire Weekend at Stage AE
ESTATE NOTICE
ESTATE OF WYNN, POWELL, P , A/K/A IF NECESSARY, LANELLE POWELL DECEASED OF PITTSBURGH, PA No. 022501430 of 2025. Michelle Wynn Extr. 212 Gilliland Pl, Bellevue, PA, 15202
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, April 2, 2025, at 1:15 PM. Amanda Bobnes 2167. 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.
MARKET PLACE
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: 700 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. April 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM. 1016A Tamara Darson, 128 Elizabeth King, 2036 James Sheets, 2117 Rick Barnett, 2133 Brandy Banal, 3022 Kyonna Turner. 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: 1005 E Entry Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15216 on 4/2/2025 at 11:30 AM. Michael Miller 4108 and Tracy Pane 6107. 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: 141 N Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15208 on April 2nd, 2025 at 11:00 AM. M019 Shannon Jones, 6072 Raven Bradford, 3116A Tanashia Hackley. 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 110 Kisow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15205 April 2, 2025 at 11:15AM. Wendy Roedler- 107. 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 Extras Space’s lien at the location indicated: 902 Brinton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 on Wednesday April 02, 2025 at 11:30am, Theodore Jackson 2056, Austiana Tate 3154. 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 and bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the 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: 111 Hickory Grade Road, Bridgeville, PA 15017. April 2, 2025 at 12:30pm. Branden Jones 1007, Andrew Henry 2277. 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: 1212 Madison Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. April 2nd, 2025 at 1:30 pm. Rhyane Stevens 2040, Mark Galvan L125. 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. April 02, 2025 at 1:45 PM. Charmine Moore-1035, Deion Cole- 2090, Dawna Miles- 5052 Emotions Whitfield-5073. 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 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 April 2, 2025 at 1:00pm. 3296 Todd Harris; 7021 Anthony (Taylor) Foster. 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.
FINANCIAL
NAME CHANGE IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-25-1684
In re petition of Tika Pariyar, parents and legal guardians of Zoe Darjee minor, for change of name to Zoe Pariyar. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 19th day of March 2025, at 9:30 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, 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.
FINANCIAL
PUBLIC NOTICE
NAME CHANGE IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-24-012802
In re petition of Preston Rexford Williams for change of name to Preston Rexford Waring. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 26th day of March 2025, at 9:30 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may showcase, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for.
OFFICIAL
IS THIS MIC ON?
ACROSS
1. Watch dog org.?
5. Kazakhstan’s capital
11. Doc with good horse sense?
14. Vegetable that some eat with a knife
15. “Das Lied von der Erde” composer
16. Catch 22 pilot
17. Start of a one-liner
19. Fanciful invention
20. Sponge in a bath
21. Stopgap records
22. “Rain Is a Good Thing” singer ___ Bryan
23. EPA chief Zeldin
24. One-liner, part 2
28. Round number?
29. Food for the gods
31. It’s about a foot
34. Anxiety relieving drug, for short
37. Classic Mazda
38. A long, long, (keep going) long time
39.
One-liner, part 3
41. Faucet trouble
42. Woven product
44. __-do-well
45. Soapmaking compounds
46. They’re one thing after another
48. Bank (on)
50. One-liner, part 4
53. The Knicks’ home: Abbr.
56. Like one using they/them pronouns
57. Louvre
Pyramid architect
58. One of the simple machines
60. Schmaltz
61. End of the one-liner
64. Goat’s cousin
65. Cryptographer’s key
66. Environment
67. ___ for life
68. Forward, as an email
69. Wine selection
DOWN
1. Bad environmental news
2. Tea variety
3. Birch bark boat
4. Starting from 5. “I’ll answer every question,” initially
6. Old floor feature
7. Lost intentionally
8. First character in the Torah?
9. He played Aslan in the Narnia films
10. “Indiana Jones” quest
11. Optional
12. “Gnossiennes” composer
13. Lemon producer
18. What worker’s
work for
22. With clarity
25. Out of site addresses?
26. “What are ___?” (question of incredulity)
27. Band that were 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
28. In a pungent fashion
30. Knocks on the door
31. 60ths of a min. 32. Masters accomplishment
33. Approximately 35. Expected in 36. Month in which Pitbull and Lin-Manuel Miranda
were born
40. Keene detective
43. Dudes
47. Justin Trudeau’s wife
49. Barbecue spot
51. Doesn’t spoil
52. For a select audience
53. Paris transport
54. Dumping grounds?
55. Act the braggart
56. Luxury breakfast item nowadays
59. Bucket of bolts
61. “Bad Moon Rising” pop grp.
62. Real understanding
63. O’Hare’s IATA code
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
ADVERTISEMENT
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on March 25, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:
ROOSEVELT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
• Finish Floor Replacement and Miscellaneous Work
• Plumbing Prime
Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on March 3, 2025, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.
We are an equal rights and opportunity school district.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION of the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on April 1, 2025, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for:
PITTSBURGH VARIOUS LOCATIONS
• Emergency Generator Replacement Set 2
• General, Electrical, and Asbestos Primes
PITTSBURGH OBAMA 6-12
• Loading Dock Repairs
• General Prime
Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on March 10, 2025, at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.
We are an equal rights and opportunity school district.
