A group of Sewickley Academy students gathered Wednesday to express their distrust of administrators following several high profile controversies at the private school. Members of student-led organization CARES (Collective Action for Representative Education at Sewickley) held a press conference voice their concerns and present their demands of change to the
CP photo: Amanda Waltz Bloomcraft Building on Melwood Avenue The Glitter Box Theater and Babyland, two active, community-based arts spaces, have lost their homes as tenants of Oakland s Bloomcraft Building. The organizations announced the news this week on their respective social media accounts. For the last few years, both venues offered low-cost, accessible places for local artists, musicians, performers, and activists to meet and host events ranging from live punk shows to political fundraisers to play festivals. It is with a heavy heart and much collective frustration that we are forced to tell you that Babyland must close its doors at 460 Melwood this July, wrote local artist and Babyland member Mary Tremonte in a Facebook post on Sunday. The owner of the building has chosen to not renew our lease after our initial 5-ye