South Side News

Jerry Kraynick repaired more than 400 donated bikes for his Bike Before Christmas program last year.

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With its vibrant sets and costumes, and the lighthearted musical synthesis of Eastern European folk and jazz, it's hard to imagine Brundibr staged in a concentration camp.

Some of Pittsburgh's iconic bridges and tunnels will close for filming of "The Next Three Days" Saturday and Sunday, officials said.

As bookkeeper for a Hampton crane company in the early 1990s, Cindy Botinovch got daily visits from a stray, black-and-white cat outside her office.

The firm of Loysen+Kreuthmeier Architects was recognized for its design of the North Side library.

Good and evil. Prudery and depravity. The pursuit of knowledge and its unintended consequences.

By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop , TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, October 29, 2009 Last updated: 3:40 pm Central Blood Bank is hosting a special "New Moon"-themed blood drive from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Sokol Club on Carson Street in the South Side and from 1 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dingbats, at Pittsburgh Mills.

Rege Behe can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7990. He sits behind his desk at McKees Rocks High School, a man very much at ease with himself and his world.

Potential 'Real World' cast mates enjoy a group session. This past Saturday, Pitt students who weren't at the Homecoming game could most likely be found at the MTV "Real World" casting call in Pittsburgh's South Side.

The request was approved by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Another right turning lane on the northbound side of the bridge will be added and the existing right turn lane will become a second left turn lane.

Fall is harvest time. Fortunately, we don't have to wander far afield in order to pile a table high with wonderful things to eat.

"I'm trying to keep these abs as tight as possible," Jon Belan says after a weightlifting session at the gym.

Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus walks sideways as he looks up and admires the facade of the Clarissa Boutique in the 1700 block of East Carson Street on the South Side last week.

Good Schools Pennsylvania, the Education Law Center and the Pittsburgh NAACP are co-hosting an education summit Monday in the South Side.

This weekend is the occasion of one of the ghost-walking tours of the haunted South Side put on by Haunted Pittsburgh and tour guide Woody Cunningham.

The live music scene in Pittsburgh is hardly music to Tony DePaolis' ears. At 27, he says he counts himself among an endangered species -- musicians who support themselves solely by performing.

Residents of Pittsburgh's South Side continue to fight plans to build condominiums in the area.

Residents Mike Kocinsky, Pete Kazimer and Mike Hmel stand on Harcum Way on the South Side, where they are opposing a developer's plan to build three 40-foot condominiums.

Children participate in Halloween celebrations, with pumpkins and ghoulish mannequins.