Corey O’Connor
Corey O’Connor, son of late Mayor Bob O’Connor, will share the story of his family’s experience with cancer at the Cancer Caring Center. O’Connor, Community Development Representative for Congressman Mike Doyle, will talk about how cancer affects not just the patient but the family as well.
Details are below; please call 412-622-1212 to register.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
7:00–8:30 PM
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital will provide FREE prostate cancer screenings next month. Details are below, and to schedule an appointment, call 412-578-7131.
To help promote the screenings, click on this flier to download a printable PDF:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
2:00 PM
I was pleased to find a review of Wai Wai Chinese Cuisine in today’s Pittsburgh City Paper. In their dining review, Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth write favorably about Bloomfield’s newest Asian restaurant, finding its greatest strength “the ability to work expertly within the framework established by countless Chinese-American restaurants, yet serve dishes that, while assimilated, are distinctive enough to be a cuisine of their own”.
I stopped by the restaurant to pick up dinner and congratulated owner Wai Lam, who was also pleased with the review. I recommend giving the article a read if you’ve yet to experience Wai Wai, or even if you’re a regular customer — I overlooked the fried lemongrass wonton appetizer until the review brought it to my attention in delicious detail.
Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center and the City of Pittsburgh will present a recruitment event called “Become a City Employee” tomorrow at the Bloomfield-Garfield Activity Center. From 5:30 to 7 PM the focus will be on police and firefighter positions, with concentration on other jobs from 5 to 5:30.
Computers and counselors will be available to assist in applying online. Details are below, and for more information, call ENEC at 412-362-8580.
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation provided this poster of the event on The Bulletin Blog:
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
5:00–7:00 PM
In last week’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article titled “Box Heart Gallery offers blue-chip art exhibit”, art critic Kurt Shaw reviewed Box Heart Gallery’s “The Angel and the Last Child on Earth” exhibition. Shaw wrote that “Bloomfield is not the kind of place you’d expect to find a blue-chip art exhibition”, and praised the “slick, sophisticated, well-polished works that are absolutely moving in every sense”. Gallery owner Nicole Capozzi added that this is the only show in eight years where people have stood and cried while looking at the work.
The Angel and the Last Child on Earth
For Norwegian photographer Reinhardt Sobye, this is his first solo show in the United States, comprising 14 subtly manipulated digital prints of poverty-stricken children from other parts of the world. Mr. Shaw’s article illuminates some of the meaning and history behind Sobye’s work, and I recommend the read if you are interested in viewing the artwork, which I also recommend. Sobye would probably recommend the same, having written the following response to the article:
The article by Mr. Shaw was terrific good. He illuminated in words what I build into images and thus made the exhibition a great favor regarding the public. He also was accurate with the info about Hertervig and the Megumi Story. I sent the article to my regular gallery (Toho Gallery) in Tokyo where, in September, portraits of her parents will be on display.
I believe the Yokotas (Megumi’s parents) will very much appreciate this attention for their daughter in Mr. Shaw writing. A strange thing…so much shared values of definitions of humanity. There is a common language here. I am proud to be part of such a process.
Also in Tokyo in 1999 “Witness”, people were crying in the exhibition rooms. Then there are no difference between artist and audience…we experience the opposite of individual islands…we become the human ocean.
Marvelous.
Reinhardt Sobye has previously been shown in three international exhibitions at Box Heart, and prints of some of his past work can be viewed at the gallery. Bloomfield may not be the kind of place most people would expect to find world-class art shows, but visitors to Box Heart know to expect differently.
Box Heart Expressions Art Gallery is located in the heart of Bloomfield at 4523 Liberty Avenue, and “The Angel and the Last Child on Earth” exhibit runs until next Saturday, August 16. If you’ve seen the show, let others read your review by leaving a comment on this post.
