Pittsburgh taps Casey Droege to lead program bringing public art to city parks pghcitypaper.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pghcitypaper.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Casey Droege had an idea to create an arts economy in Pittsburgh. The artist, curator, and consultant started Small Mall, a storefront concept selling affordable.
A conversation with poet Yona Harvey
In poet Yona Harvey’s latest collection, “You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love” (Four Way Books), several poems feel equal parts composition and collage. And there’s a reason for that.
The 26 poems explore everything from parenthood to America’s legacy of racism. Most are more conventionally laid out. But Harvey says she considers all her work collaborations of a sort. In the case of “Performance Perm / ‘I’d Rather Be A Blind Girl,” it s as a kind of communion with the late blues singer Etta James.
“Something told me
CP Illustration: Abbie Adams As we stagger away from 2020, we look back at the past year as one of devastating loss and seemingly endless instability. But hopefully, two developments provide some reason to look ahead with cautious optimism. The coming days will see a new presidency promising a swifter, more organized response to the coronavirus crisis. And already, two versions of the COVID-19 vaccine are making their way through frontline workers and vulnerable populations, and will eventually reach the general public. Instead of New Year s resolutions,
Pittsburgh City Paper asked local artists, musicians, politicians, and community members to reveal the first thing they’re dreaming of doing once they receive their vaccinations. (Please note, that even after being vaccinated, recipients are still asked to wear masks and practice social distancing to be safe.) Hopefully, the