In 2009, the nonprofit assistance organization then known as South Hills Interfaith Ministries moved into its Bethel Park center on South Park Road. "We knew then there were issues with the building that we wanted to address at some point going forward," executive director Jim Guffey recalled. Improvements such as

Warm and sunny is a perfect way to start the 2024 WPIAL playoffs, with softball and lacrosse first-round contests getting the ball rolling Monday.

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Pleasant Hills Garden Club is having their annual plant sale! The event will be held on Sunday this year, May 19, 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm. The sale is located at Mowry Park, Pavillion 1. 400 Mowry Park Drive, Pittsburgh, PA. 15236

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter P.O. Box 10524 Penn Hills, PA 15235 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Spring has sprung and it is time for growth and renewal! Also, it is the time of year where goal-driven, talented, and barrier-breaking individuals set the tone for their futures. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter, Penn Hills, PA, has experience when it comes to charting new paths and overcoming challenges. One of our Charter Members, Triumphant Soror LaTonya Frazier of Beaver Falls, never shied away from overcoming obstacles in her life, whether personally or socially. Soror Frazier demonstrated to our Chapter and the community what it truly meant to be an overcomer, by persevering and staying the course during difficult and trying circumstances. In honor of her life, we have instituted a scholarship fund in an effort to see her legacy live on through inspiring and awe-striking individuals. The Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. located in Penn Hills, PA, proudly continues its tradition of upholding the principle of Scholarship by providing two $1000.00 awards to recipients whom we believe demonstrate what it takes to be an overcomer. The women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter, would like to personally congratulate the 2024 winners of the LaTonya Frazier Overcomer Scholarship. Congratulations Alonna Morton and Demetrius Broadnax Jr! These individuals have shown that regardless of their circumstances, they can embody and accomplish whatever it takes to overcome. We applaud their efforts and we look forward to what the future holds for them. We would also like to thank all the 2024 applicants from Allegheny and surrounding counties for their entries. Your work also did not go unnoticed. We look forward to the applicants for the 2025 scholarship season. Applications will open in the early Spring of 2025, so be on the lookout for more! Thank you, Joan Baucum-Robinson Public Relations Chair, Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. For more information about the Gamma Alpha Tau Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and their upcoming events, please visit https://www.zphibgatz.org/. About Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The sorority is committed to scholarship, service, sisterly love, and finer womanhood. With a rich history of empowering women and serving communities, Zeta Phi Beta continues to make a lasting impact across the globe. Media Contact: Joan Baucum-Robinson, Public Relations Chair gatz.pubblicrelations.zpb@gmail.com Follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GammaAlphaTauZetaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alleghenyvalleyzetas/

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A 45th anniversary screening of George Romero's classic zombie film Dawn of the Dead, along with the Double Feature: Trailer Bash and Raging Pages trailer and screenplay competitions, will highlight the Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival, set for Sunday, May 19, at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center. A celebration of the art of cinema and the region's rich motion picture tradition, the event also includes a Q&A with actors from Dawn of the Dead, filmed at the Monroeville Mall and considered one of the most influential horror films of all time. The afternoon begins at 12:30 p.m. with the Double Feature trailer and screenplay competitions, a curated program of Official Selections of coming attractions, all of which are eligible to earn one of the premiere trailer trophies on the festival circuit"the "Tabby""for Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Score, overall Best Trailer and the Audience Favorite award! This event is free to the public but reservations are requested to ensure seating for all. At 1:30 p.m., in collaboration with the George A. Romero Foundation's "Romero Lives!" series, the festival continues with a 30-minute Q&A with Dawn of the Dead actors Melissa Dunlap ("Airport Zombie Kid"), Bob Michelucci ("Scope Zombie") and"in a very rare public appearance"Jeannie Jeffries ("Blond Zombie"). The one-of-a-kind panel is hosted by fellow "zombie talent" veteran and director/producer Mike Ancas (Day of the Dead, Chasing Zombies). Following the Q&A, at 2 p.m., watch Dawn of the Dead as it was intended to be seen: on the big screen. Romero's gut-chomping, genre-defining sequel to Night of the Living Dead premiered April 12,1979 at the Gateway Theater in downtown Pittsburgh yet is rarely seen on movie screens. The plot follows two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter and his television executive girlfriend who seek refuge from a zombie epidemic in a secluded shopping mall. The late critic Roger Ebert gave the movie four out of four stars and proclaimed it one of the best horror films ever made. Empire named it one of the 500 Greatest Movies of all Time in a 2008 survey. The film also launched the career of makeup and special effects artist Tom Savini, a Pittsburgh native who went on to work on classic horror films such as Friday the 13th parts 1 and 4, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Tickets are on sale now! The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, formerly The Tull Family Theater, is an independent, film-driven arts nonprofit located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

Pittsburgh City Paper's "Best Filmmaker" of 2023, Steve Rudzinski, will screen his indie horror sensation, CarousHELL Trilogy, at The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center's next Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Rudzinski, of Coraopolis, has garnered numerous awards from the indie horror community, including a Lifetime Achievement Award for directing from Grossfest, a horror convention; Best Feature Film of 2021 at the LA Indie Horror Fest, and the 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Award. His work is also a hit in Prague, where a theater licensed the first CarousHELL film for six months of theatrical screening, and found fan reaction so positive that it has also licensed parts 2 and 3. Emerging Filmmakers Showcase events, a staple at The Lindsay, were developed to accelerate filmmakers' exposure and encourage exchanges between local artists and the public. Described as "equal parts hilarious, heartwarming and bloody," the CarousHELL Trilogy"the story of a sentient carousel unicorn trying to raise his half-human son"will be screening in its entirety for the first time in the U.S. Rudzinski, a horror fan since seeing Nightmare on Elm Street at age 3, says he hopes to inspire younger creatives who are considering a career in filmmaking. "It really is possible to make movies yourself and get them into the public eye!" Rudzinski serves as writer, director and co-producer of the trilogy. Other regional cast and crew members include co-writer and co-producer Aleen Isley, also of Coraopolis; director of photography and editor Scott Lewis of Mount Oliver; SFX designer Cody Ruch of Emsworth; and South Fayette Township native Rob Steinbock, producer/co-producer of the first film. Total running time is 220 minutes and includes brief intermissions between films. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Rudzinski and others involved in the project. Big Spring Spirits, a community-centric craft distillery based in Bellefonte, Pa., will also be on hand with "CarousHELL-inspired" signature cocktails available for purchase. While the event is free, RSVPs are requested to ensure seating for all. The Lindsay Theater, an independent, film-driven arts nonprofit, is located at 418 Walnut St. in Sewickley.

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An Oakmont native is facing a potential sentence of life in prison after a federal jury Wednesday convicted him of kidnapping a Bethel Park woman, driving her to Nevada and killing her in the desert. John Matthew Chapman, 44, of Oakland, Md., who previously lived in Allegheny County, was found

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Complete with frosty hair, even whiter teeth and ever-present sunglasses, meet Joe Bidentime. "He came into my life at the end of 2020. And the reason he came into my life was he was president, and I'm an equal-opportunity offender," Bethel Park native April Brucker said. Four years earlier, she'd