September 2015 Breezefest 2015 by Brookline’S Own Wild Kindness Records, Made Crafts with by Kathleen Keating Their Children, and Stopped by the Many Sidewalk Vendors
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September 2015 BreezeFest 2015 by Brookline’s own Wild Kindness Records, made crafts with by Kathleen Keating their children, and stopped by the many sidewalk vendors. “Wow, what a perfect day,” was the sentiment among BreezeFest was hosted by the Brookline Chamber of volunteers Saturday, August 8, as this year’s BreezeFest drew Commerce and the South Pittsburgh Development to a close and Brookline Boulevard reopened to traffic. The Corporation. Rohrich Toyota was the generous premier thousands who attended during the day could certainly agree. sponsor. Other sponsors included the Brookline Area The revitalized BreezeFest followed the annual Brookline Community Council, PNC, Community Bank, Sam’s Club, Breeze, bringing together food trucks, street vendors, live and the City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks and music, and children’s activities for a fun-filled afternoon. Recreation. The event is entirely volunteer-run and the committee is always looking for more volunteers and Building on the success of last year’s Brookline Unveiled, community suggestions for improving the event. Contact BreezeFest attracted throngs of people to the new and [email protected] for more information on how to improved Brookline Boulevard. Attendees patronized local participate. businesses, danced to music performed by musicians signed Photos by Pawsburgh Photography 2 September 2015 Brookline Updates Community Contacts Community Crimes Zone 6 Pittsburgh Police, Zone 6 412-937-3051 July Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak 412-255-2131 Zone 6 Crimes Total Brookline Brookline Recreation Center 412-571-3222 Homicide 2 1 Carnegie Library 412-561-1003 Aggravated Assault 2 0 State Senator Wayne Fontana 412-344-2551 Robbery 4 1 State Representative Dan Deasy 412-928-9514 Burglary 16 2 State Representative Dan Miller 412-343-3870 Theft 23 7 State Representative Harry Readshaw 412-881-4208 Stolen Vehicle 2 0 Brookline Christian Food Bank 412-344-8451 You can now follow Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 6 reports on Facebook. Meals-on-Wheels 412-343-8144 Dollar Energy/Columbia Gas Cap 412-344-4222 SEPTEMBER COMMUNITY MEETINGS September 8 Tuesday Brookline Block Watch 7 p.m. at Magistrate Jim Motznik’s office 736 Brookline Blvd. September 14 Monday Brookline Chamber of Commerce Meeting 6 p.m. at Carnegie Library 708 Brookline Blvd. September 21 Monday South Pittsburgh Development Corp. 7 p.m. at United Presbyterian Church 1036 Brookline Blvd. We have over 1,400 readers. Pick up The Brookline at a Boulevard merchant. Look for “The Brookline Available Here” sign in the window. The Brookline The Brookline Staff Contact Us Dan Kaczmarski Features Editor Email: [email protected] or Victoria Cumer Layout Editor [email protected] Joseph Samuel Rogers Staff Writer Phone: 412-531-1252 Amy Fisher Photography Jan Beiler Proofreading Deadlines for Submissions and Ads Ericka Hough Proofreading September 8 for October’s Issue Julie Salas Proofreading October 8 for November’s Issue Devon Strayer Proofreading Deborah Brimmer Distribution Polly Parker Business Interested in Advertising with us? Travis Sefzik Business Contact us at [email protected] or Ryan Askey [email protected] for rates and more Mitch Lievovich information. The Brookline is available by email or USPS mail. A one-year postal delivery subscription is $25 for non-SPDC members and $15 for SPDC Members Copyright 2015 South Pittsburgh Development Corporation—All Rights Reserved September 2015 3 Call for Volunteers • ANGELS’ PLACE Volunteers needed at Angels’ Place, Inc. Help us work with children, arts and crafts, organizing and more. If interested, please call Stephanie at 412-531-6667. www.angelsplacepgh.org • BROOKLINE CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY call Pat Erny at 412-344-8451 • CLOTHES CLOSET MINISTRY call Brookline United Presbyterian Church at 412-531-0590 • DOGIPOT MAINTENANCE call Lisa at 412-304-3086 • FOREVER HOME BEAGLE RESCUE call 412-304-4034 or [email protected] Foster homes needed as well as donations of dog food, blankets and bath towels. • MEALS ON WHEELS sponsored by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church call 412-343-8144 • OASIS: HELP CHILDREN READ Tutors (age 50+) needed in Pittsburgh Schools, including Brookline PreK-8 and West Liberty K-5. Call John D. Spehar at 412-232-2021. In partnership with Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. • OPEN YOUR HEART TO A SENIOR Volunteers needed to assist senior citizens. Call Family Services at 412-661-1670 Are you unable to volunteer your time right now? You can still help many of these organizations. Meals on Wheels accepts cash and donations of cookies, desserts and bread. Add a grocery store gift card to your shopping cart and send it to the Brookline Christian Food Pantry, c/o Pat Erny, 2918 Pioneer Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226–2038. Due to cutbacks to the food stamp program, more people are depending on the food pantry. If you are able, please consider helping those who are less fortunate. Brookline Memorial Recreational Center New! New! New! Autumn Car Cruise Join the Movement with “Cize” Live! This fun dance-style class Our Autumn Car Cruise for 2015 will be held Friday, will have you bustin’ out moves you can take anywhere! It’s so September 18 – 5 p.m. to dusk. Come join the fun with your fun and exciting you’ll forget you’re working out! Classes will Classic Car or just come and enjoy all the other cars! There be held on Saturdays at 10 a.m. beginning September 19. As will be Food, Fun, Music and Friends! an added bonus, the first class on September 19 is FREE! Call the Center for more information: Yoga & Restorative Yoga Classes Come join us for regular Yoga Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. (Sorry, no 412-571-3222 class on Tues. Sept 15.) Mats required. Appreciation Restorative Yoga classes are held Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Experience deep mental and physical relaxation while using It is with sorrow that we note the passing of Charles props to support your body in yoga postures. This class is (“Charlie”) McLaughlin. Charlie served the community for ideal for those with bad backs, hips and knees. Cost is $50 for many years in many and varied ways and from 1985-2010 6 sessions or walk in for $10 a class. Mats are required for was District Justice of the 19th Ward. He will be missed. both classes. Family Game Night Come join the fun every Friday night beginning September 11. Coach Milan will be sharing a variety of board games. The fun begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m. Adult Special Needs Gym Class Join Coach Joe for an hour of exercise and fun! This class is for Intellectually Challenged Adults and will start on Thursday September 11 at 1 p.m. Back by Popular Demand - Fall Flea Market! Saturday Sept 12 -- noon to 2 p.m. Bring your own table and set up or just stop by and shop! 4 September 2015 Thank You! the first day of business. They took it as an opportunity to by Keith Knecht welcome intrepid shovelers in for a hot drink. Those first years were magical; no one had ever used their imagination in the way they were, not just in Brookline, but in the entire 19th ward. Cannon brought offbeat culture, youthful thinking and a community hub to a neighborhood that largely had no idea what those things even were. Nate’s magnanimous nature and idea factory coupled with old-fashioned blarney made it a fun place and drew people together regardless of their stripe. Cannon Coffee became the official clubhouse of community do-gooders and creatives. Over the years many dozens of meetings, political appearances, parties, reading groups, clean-ups, musical acts, poetry slams, and every other type of gathering has been staged there. The shop has served as a sort of anchor of cultural vitality. It helped draw interest in the potential of Brookline Boulevard and Nate himself is a frontman for what a great place Brookline is, particularly to the under-40 set. In nearly every local paper feature about Brookline, Cannon Coffee was mentioned as a place to experience. My father used to tell me as a lad “the only constant is change.” So it was ironic that moments after the thought of “some things never change” entered my head, Nate took me Cannon Coffee’s Nate Mallory aside and told me he was selling his business. I was not entirely surprised since I knew that he was itchy It’s unusual to call something that’s been around 5-1/2 years an to try something new and possibly go in another direction. A institution. It was just that long ago, in the winter of 2010, that personality with as much mercurial quality as Nate’s requires Nate Mallory and Ben Haake opened Cannon Coffee. That the change and new challenges. He gave it a solid five years of shop feels like a Brookline icon is a testament to its owners’ vision, effort and right down to the wire he was experimenting with hospitality, energy, and commitment to the community. This month, new items and ways to make the Cannon Coffee experience as the establishment changes ownership, Keith Knecht reflects on better. Cannon Coffee and the dynamo that is Nate Mallory. Certainly his patrons and many friends will be sad to see the A couple of weeks ago, I strolled into Cannon Coffee for Master of Ceremonies hang up his megaphone and top hat. my daily mug of black joe, to sit in the red chairs and collect How could we not? He is one of kind and a founding father my thoughts for a few moments. Owner Nate Mallory was of the idea that Brookline can be “cool” too.