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Barbara Vancheri Leaves Post-Gazette Respected, long-time holding of Block Communica- The paper’s general manager, Post-Gazette film critic and re- tions. Last year, after more than Lisa Hurm, explained to Schooley porter Barbara Vancheri has left two centuries in Downtown, the that the PG had "a very difficult the paper. paper moved into a new head- fourth quarter [2015], as did the quarters on the city’s North Side. entire industry" due to major de- clines in ad revenue. Vancheri announced her departure in an email on her last day, March Meanwhile, the president of the 31. She explained that she had Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, accepted a buy-out. This is just Michael A. Fuuco told Schooley the latest in reductions being exe- that “our hope is that once they The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG) cuted by the company. In early get through the buyouts that they was first published as The Pitts- March, Tim Schooley reported in stop there . . . you can’t do the job burgh Gazette in 1786. The paper the Pittsburgh Business Times [needed] with a diminished staff.” was won the prestigious Pulitzer that both layoffs and buy-outs Prize six times. It’s a signature begun in late 2015 were continu- ing. (In 2013, the newspaper re- leased James Richards, also editor of Pittsburgh Applause, as man- Inside This Issue ager of the paper’s online events calendar.)

A consultant is Page hired to help the PF/PCA 2 “Outsiders” Gets Season 2 Local rock Page legends honored The Pittsburgh-shot series “The renewal of ‘Outsiders’ at annual event 4 “Outsiders” has been renewed by marks the first time in the modern SAG-AFTRA loses Page cable network WGN America for Pittsburgh production era that a two respected a second season, reports Rob scripted prime-time drama has leaders 5 Owen in the Pittsburgh Post- made it to a second season,” Gazette. Owen writes. Local anchor Page Wendy Bell fired over coments 5 For more information, click http:// www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv- Videohouse in Page radio/2016/03/11/WGN-America- complicated battle with FCC 8 renews-Outsiders-pittsburgh- -millvale/ stories/201603110217 Pittsburgh A&E Group Interiors are shot at 31st Street 643 Liberty Avenue #401 Studios in the Strip District. The Pittsburgh, PA 15222 series follows a mountain family Ph (412) 325-7070 fighting an energy company. Fx (412) 325-7069

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A consultant has been hired by makers, founded in 1971 and one the Heinz Endowments. She be- the Heinz Endowments to assess of the largest media arts centers in gan her efforts in early March. the issues facing Pittsburgh the nation and arts education/ Presumably this means a report Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center exhibition organization Pittsburgh will be ready by summer. for the Arts, reports Marylynne Center for the Arts, which began Pitz in the Pittsburgh Post- in 1945. In a separate article, Pitz reports Gazette. that the PF/PCA board is seeking The organization has been strug- to reinvent and streamline itself. gling financially for more than a For details on this subject visit year with a $1 million deficit, http://www.post-gazette.com/ major layoffs and the resignation local/city/2016/03/14/Film-and- of long-time leader Charlie Hum- arts-group-looks-to-revamp-board phrey. -following-leadership-shakeup/ stories/201603100008 Pittsburgh Filmmakers/ According to Pitz, - Pittsburgh Center for the Arts based arts and culture consultant (PF/PCA) was formed in 2006 Alyce Myatt has a $35,000, three- through the merger of two sepa- month contract to evaluate the PF/ rate entities: Pittsburgh Film- PCA and report her findings to

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4 Pittsburgh Applause Pittsburgh Applause Local Rockers To Be Honored @ Stage AE The newest inductees for the This year’s inductees are: “We’re extremely happy for this Pittsburgh Rock ‘n Roll Legends year’s Legends, and look forward has been announced to celebrating with them in Joe Grushecky April,” said Rebecca Whitlinger, (Modern Era Legend) a of the Cancer Caring Center, in a prolific songwriter, singer press release. “We thank the fans and guitarist who has re- for voting, and hope everyone leased 18 albums as the will join us to congratulate the leader of the Iron City honorees and all of the nominees, Houserockers or as a solo for everything they’ve done to artist. enrich our lives through music. The opportunity to see so much Billy Price Pittsburgh talent in one room on Created in 2014, the Pittsburgh (Modern Era Legend), one night is what makes the Leg- Rock ‘n Roll Legends is a local who was recently nomi- ends celebration truly unique.” registry honoring the individuals nated for best soul blues and organizations that have con- album at the 37th Annual This year’s ceremony is sched- tributed to the rich history of rock Blues Music Awards. uled for April 28 at Stage AE. For music in Pittsburgh. Proceeds more information, visit http:// raised by the annual awards cere- Pat Dicesare www.pittsburghrocklegends.com mony benefit the Cancer Caring Music Industry Profes- Center, which provides free sup- sional Legend) whose port services to cancer patients firm, founded in 1973 with and their families. Rich Engler, put Pittsburgh on the music industry map Inductees for the 2016 awards by booking big name artists were selected through weighted ballots cast by more than 1,550 The Skyliners registered voters from the general (Legacy Legend), one of public and the Pittsburgh Rock ‘N the biggest doo wop groups Roll Legends Awards Academy in history. of Voters, comprised of more than 200 local producers, promoters, Sean McDowell music historians, musicians, me- (Music Broadcaster Leg- dia, educators and other music end), who has been a lead- industry professionals. ing radio disc jockey and local rock supporter for nearly 23 years.

www.pittsburghapplause.com www.pittsburghaebook.com 5 Pittsburgh Applause Pittsburgh Applause SAG-AFTRA Loses Two Leaders One of the entertainment indus- Hills 90210”) has been named way and dealing with issues rang- try’s leading unions suffered two Acting President. ing from race to sexual orienta- sad losses as March came to a tion. close. Ken Howard is best known for two roles: portraying Thomas Patty Duke began her career in Jefferson in the stage and film her early teens, appearing of such versions of the musical “1776” programs as the soap opera “The and the television series “The Brighter Day.” Her biggest break White Shadow” (1978-1981). is portraying deaf-blind author and activist Helen Keller (1880- A winner of the Tony Award and “1776” is an entertaining mixture 1968) in the Broadway play “The an Emmy Award, critically ac- of fact and fiction concerning the Miracle Worker.” She and co-star claimed actor and union leader signing of the Declaration of In- Anne Bankcroft reprised their Ken Howard died on March 23 at dependence, a key moment in stage roles in the 1962 film ver- the age of 71. early U.S. history. Along with sion. Duke won an Academy William Daniels, John Cullum Award for her performance. Howard played a critical role in and Howard da Silva, he was a the 2012 merger of the Screen member of the original Broadway Television viewers know her best Actors Guild with the American cast who made the transition to from “The Patty Duke Federation of Radio & Television the film. Show” (1963-1966), a situation Artists into SAG-AFTRA. The comedy developed specifically for performers union has hundreds of On “The White Shadow,” Howard Duke in which she portrays cous- members in the Pittsburgh area played a retired Caucasian basket- ins who look identical but are and maintains a full-time office in ball player who takes a job coach- otherwise very different. . ing an inner city high school team composed primarily of African- She was the former wife of Only a few days later, current American teens. It was considered “Addams Family” star John Astin SAG-AFTRA president, the one television’s groundbreakers, and the mother of Sean Astin, best Oscar and Emmy winner Patty presenting teen life in a realistic known from the “Lord of the Duke died at the age of 69. Ac- Rings” movies. tress Gabrielle Carteris (“Beverly Bell Fired Over Comments Wendy Bell, the long-time news African-Americans. anchor at WTAE-TV has been fired for making racially stereo- “They have multiple siblings from typical words on the station’s multiple fathers and their mothers Facebook page. work multiple jobs,” Bell wrote. “These boys have been in the sys- tem before. They’ve grown up there. They know the police. The station is owned by media They’ve been arrested. They’ve conglomerate Hearst Corpora- made the circuit and nothing has tion’s television division. scared them enough. Now they are lost.” According to TheWrap.com’s Brian Flood, the comments in- Bell had been with the station for volved a mass shooting in Wil- 18 years. kinsburg that resulting in the deaths of six people, all young

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7 Pittsburgh Applause Pittsburgh Applause Cultural Ke$ha To Share Her Pride Multi-platinum recording artist She identifies as bisexual and is District Kesha will be the headliner for active in animal rights and LGBT this year’s Pride in the Streets, the rights. Makes Delta Foundation has an- nounced. The event is scheduled for Satur- Downtown day, June 11. The Delta Foundation is lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender Livable (LGBT) organization that pro- duces the city’s major Pride Pittsburgh has been named by events each June celebrating the Liveability.com as having one of LGBT community. Pride in the the best Downtowns in the United Streets is an outdoor concert and States --- and the Pittsburgh Cul- party held on Liberty Avenue in tural District is cited as a key fac- the Pittsburgh Cultural District. tor. Kesha Rose Sebert --- often re- Liveability.com is web site the ferred to as Ke$ha --- is a 29-year ranks the quality of life in Ameri- -old singer, songwriter and rapper can cities. It is owned and oper- from Nashville whose song “Tik ated by Journal Communica- Tok” is among the best selling tions of Tennessee. digital singles in music history.

“The 14-block Cultural District in downtown provides daily oppor- tunities to watch performing art- Celebrate Pittsburgh’s ists and dine in some of Pitts- Images arts & entertainment burgh’s most prestigious restau- rants. Venues ranges from places like the Altar Bar, a popular place to check out emerging artists and the college crowd, to the Heinz Hall, home of the internationally acclaimed Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Museums and art gal- leries always have inspiring ex- hibits to see.”

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Pittsburgh’s legendary tradition of the “parking chair” is getting an upgrade thanks to the Carnegie Museum of Art. To learn more, visit http://press.cmoa.org/ news-releases/

To have an image considered contact Jim Richards at [email protected] www.pittsburghapplause.com www.pittsburghaebook.com 8 Pittsburgh Applause Pittsburgh Applause Videohouse Battles FCC InventHelp Local television production firm The commission’s web site ex- & TV Center Videohouse is in a tussle with the plains that “a key part of the Federal Communications Com- FCC’s efforts to meet the demand A noted Pittsburgh firm is helping mission (FCC), reports John for spectrum is the first-of-its- a Florida inventor re-imagine the Eggerton in multiple articles pub- kind Incentive Auction, a means traditional home entertainment lished in Broadcasting & Cable. of repurposing spectrum by en- center. couraging licensees to voluntarily Videohouse has been a supporter relinquish spectrum usage rights of The Pittsburgh A&E Book, the in exchange for a share of the professional directory occasion- proceeds from an auction of new ally published by Pittsburgh Ap- licenses to use the repurposed plause editor James A. Richards. spectrum.”

At issue is the spectrum space It is, to say the least, an extremely Inventor service company In- issued to Videohouse’s low- complicated situation. However, ventHelp (best known for the power television (LPTV) station, anyone interested in accessing annual INPEX trade show) is ped- WOSC. The company wants to Eggerton’s many related articles dling a new creation to manufac- keep it, but the FCC intends to can click http:// turers called the Flat Screen TV auction it off along with that of www.broadcastingcable.com/bnc/ Entertainment Center. other LPTV’s as part of a plan to search/Videohouse increase the nation’s wireless in- A press release explains that the frastructure. wall-mounted unit can accommo- date the television set, DVD player, cable box and related equipment thus “eliminate the need to use a freestanding piece of furniture to house electronics.”

“The Flat Screen TV Entertain- ment Center would consist of a wall-mounted entertainment cen- ter designed for use with a flat screen television. The unit could be constructed of wood or lami- nated particleboard. The unit would feature an upper frame that would neatly surround the user’s wall-mounted television. One- to three shelves would be located below the upper frame. The shelves would be sized for hold- ing a DVD player, cable/satellite box, game console, and DVD cases. Flat Screen TV Entertain- ment Center could be produced in a range of sizes and finishes, and include a lower raceway-style cover that could be used to con- ceal the various power cords ex- tending from the lower center of the unit.”

www.pittsburghapplause.com www.pittsburghaebook.com THU 21 Novelist and raconteur Truman Capote gets reflected in the play “Tru” at the O’Reilly Theater. Stage AE is really THU rocking tonight with 7 the band Wolf Alice. THU 28 Head over to Stage AE and join the cele- bration honoring some of Pittsburgh’s There’s nothing more greatest music artists. FRI tragic than spilt pop- corn as the Pittsburgh 8 Playhouse presents “The Flick”. FRI FRI The Pittsburgh Ballet closes out its 2015-2016 29 15 season with “Le Corsaire” at the Although . he’s pub- lished four novels, Jim Richards is participating in a new author’s night at Barnes & Noble.

www.pittsburghapplause.com www.pittsburghaebook.com National/World A&E News Round-Up Sorry folks, but Jim didn’t have time to write a roundup or an editorial this month!

Never Underestimate The Power Of A Good Scandal! 11 Pittsburgh Applause Pittsburgh Applause Social Media Blues Strikes The Young

Locally and nationally, arts & Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, That press release is available entertainment professionals have Google Plus, Instagram, Snap- online at http://www.upmc.com/ been trying for years to figure out chat, Reddit, Tumblr, Pinterest, media/NewsReleases/2016/Pages/ the best way to use social media Vine and LinkedIn. The average lin-primack-sm-depression.aspx in their marketing and outreach to respondent used social media while Flanagan’s article can be youth --- but maybe they should- about 61 minutes per day and read at http://www.billboard.com/ n’t, reports Andrew Flanagan in accessed social media accounts articles/business/7290221/ Billboard. 30times per week. depresso-social-media-sad- pittsburgh-study In a March 25 article, Flanagan Frequent users of social media describes a recent study con- were 2.7 times more likely to be ducted by the University of Pitts- depressed. More than a quarter of burgh (Pitt) on the effects of so- the respondents were classified as cial media on young adults. The having high indicators of depres- results are not good. “The more sion. time young adults use social me- dia, the more likely they are to be There is some debate as to depressed,” the report concludes. whether the heavy use of social media leads to depression or is The survey asked nearly 1,800 reflective of existing depression. Americans between the ages of 19 “It may be that people who al- and 32 about their use of social ready are depressed are turning to media in tandem with “an estab- social media to fill a void,” the lished depression assessment lead author, Lui yi Lin, suggested tool.” The project focused on 11 in a press release. popular social media platforms: THE APPLAUSE PUZZLE “Being Shakespearean”

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ACROSS DOWN Last Month’s Solution 1. The Bard’s shortest tragedy 1. The Bard’s famous contemporary 4. He play the Bard in a 1998 movie 2. Play: “Much ___ About Nothing” (with 43-Across) 3. Painter’s stand S N A K E S J E A N S M T 8. “Mad Men” subject 5. Grand poem M O 9. Human listening organ 6. Soup vegetable H A D M A C E 10. Famous 1977 TV mini-series 7. The computer from “2001” A B K E N N E D Y P H A 12. The Bard’s probable orientation 11. See 24-Down 13. What you do with 9-Across 12. Small stream M A R L P O L A R 15. The Bard’s famous 14. Toward land Moorish general 17. What Donald Trump hates to do R E S T A T E C A T L 16. The Bard’s rumored boyfriend 18. The Bard’s wife (with 22-Across) (with 35-Across) 20. Number of feline lives O T L P A R A D E 19. A long time 22. See 18-Down 21. The Bard’s theater company 23. Louse’s egg C O D L E T O 25. Old Testament exile leader 24. The Bard’s stage (with 11-Down) E R M I T E 27. Egypt’s famous river 25. “Yuck!” K T H F R O G 28. Donald Trump’s favorite type 26. 1983 Woody Allen movie S F E T A of communication 28. Horn sound 29. See 41-Across 30. Lobster eating need D U B L I N A U 31. Night bird 33. “E/R” setting 32. Cooking instruction 34. The Bard’s royal madman P E O M C 35. See 16-Across 36. Belonging to actor/singer Jerry 37. Pull 38. A vegan would never touch this L I P S T P A T R I C K 39. Hip Pittsburgh clothing 40. An emoter in 40-Across company (init.) 41.Marcia and Cindy’s TV sister I D E S E E L N O S E 40. The Bard’s tragedy about a Danish prince A R O A M U G A E L I C 41. He starred in 1998’s “Basil” (with 29-Across) M I S S P I G G Y E N G 42. TV show: “I’ll Fly ___ ” 43. See 4-Across

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