Thursday, November 10, 2011
Cindy Bahn and her husband host students through two different exchange programs.
At Cindy Bahn’s Edgewood home, the whole world is welcome. Through programs with the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh and Rotary Exchange, she and her husband, Peter Evered, have been hosting students from around the globe since 2008. They started when someone simply asked them to be a host family. “Our first student was from Japan and she was incredibly talented,” Bahn said. “In Japan, you get certificates for mastering different things, and she had one in sushi making and one in massage, so we learned lots and lots and lots.” Their own learning experience sent the couple on an ongoing adventure, as they continued their involvement in the programs with students from Ireland, Taiwan, Brazil and others. Currently, the couple is hosting two …
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Swisshelm Park is your destination for Irish revelry, as Pub in the Park has music, food and more!
While the splitting of St. Patrick’s Day into two local holidays (the actual commemoration of Pat’s birth on the 17th and “Parade Day” this Saturday) may not exactly fit with any proper tradition, it does provide a nice excuse to throw back a Guinness and dance a half-hearted jig twice in one week. Fortunately, Swisshelm Park’s finest Irish joint, Pub in the Park, has filled its schedule with enough events for both Gaelic celebrations. The nearly-week-long event kicks off Friday night with a performance by Whiskey Limerick, an energetic Irish quintet made up of the Susko family of Turtle Creek. “They’re real, lively Irish music,” says Pub in the Park’s Maggie Sabol. “You’re laughing and then you’re singing and dancing.” Whiskey Limerick …
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Irish-born Mark Dignam shares stories through songwriting, performing
On stage against a black curtain speckled with lights and a bongo that softly keeps time, Mark Dignam closes his eyes and sings of home. "And the old triangle, went jingle jangle / All along the banks of the Royal Canal," he croons from an Irish standard set along the famed seaway in Dublin, Ireland, the city where he was born. As he finishes, Dignam lays down his guitar and grabs the bottle of Sam Adams at his feet. "If I murder your name, it's because I'm a foreigner," he said to the crowd, laughing into the microphone as he called the first performer to the stage. A veteran singer-songwriter who has lived in Swisshelm Park for nearly a decade, Dignam organizes gigs and runs open-mic shows around Pittsburgh like this Acoustic Cafe …
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Maggie Sabol
12:05 am on Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thank you, Sean, for a great article and your enthusiastic description of our wonderfully kept secret, Pub in the Park! Lovely to meet you this evening! Truly appreciate the exposure and promotion. See you at the Pub! more ›