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What to do this weekend, from the Carrie Carpool Cinema to the Sweet Jazz Series Find out here. Friday, May 21: Bike Anywhere Day 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Ride into the weekend during the final day of this cycling celebration. Swing by the event’s Commuter Cafes at Sally’s Path in Bakery Square and the BikePGH office to enjoy free refreshments and resources. Don’t have a bike? No problem: Healthy Ride is offering free rides. Friday, May 21: Quest and the Girl with the Yellow Jacket 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. You’ve heard hip hop, you’ve seen an opera, but have you ever experienced a hip hopera? Next up for the New Hazlett Theater’s Community Supported Art Performance Series is this virtual premiere created by Pittsburgh hip hop artists Dr. Hollyhood and Jon Quest that chronicles a complex love story. Buy tickets. ....
By CAITLIN BYRD | The State | Published: March 7, 2021 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Tribune News Service) Ken Gordon never kept a journal during his time at The Citadel. But no one, he explained more than 35 years later, can forget hell. When Gordon reported to the Charleston campus in August 1984, he found a South that refused to let go of its past. Confederate battle flags waved in the stands during home football games. Cadets marched to Dixie during Friday afternoon parades. Eighteen years had passed since Charles DeLesline Foster broke the color barrier in 1966 to become the first African American to join the Corps of Cadets. Yet Gordon, an 18-year-old Black freshman from Willingboro, N.J., remembers being called one name more than any other his first year: The N-word. ....