JoAnne Klimovich Harrop stories, Page 70

We’ve all been there – heading to the store to return a gift the day after Christmas, because it was the wrong size, the wrong color, or the just plain wrong present. Nobody wants to be the person who gives the bad holiday gift. But how is it truly avoidable?...

This is no joke: There is an interactive mural at the Pittsburgh Improv comedy club in the Waterfront, Homestead. Artist Brian Holderman, of the West End, painted the piece that adorns the side of the building. He’s drawn a female comedian, audience members laughing, cocktails, a piano and a marquis....

East End Brewing Company in Larimer turns 15 on Thursday and its owner is celebrating by honoring local craft brewers this week. “When I first started this business I didn’t think I would last 15 hours or 15 days let alone 15 years,” founder and owner Scott Smith said. “It...

Harlem Globetrotter Chris “Animal” Hyche sat on the bleachers inside the gymnasium surrounded by students he didn’t know. But he felt comfortable telling them something personal. Lifting his right hand, he told them: “I love you.” The children from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood raised their...

Coffee, doughnuts and ice cream? All in one place? The new Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins store opened Monday on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield. Customers lined up at 5 a.m. to grab a free coffee mug and continued to walk in throughout the day to pick up drinks, sandwiches and sweet treats....

Ian Bunbury was suspended 4,000 feet in the air via a harness with his dog Henry for four hours while shooting a movie scene at Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in British Columbia, Canada. Bunbury looked at his dog as the pair traveled in various positions up and down the hill....

The streets are adorned with holiday lights. The windows are decorated with red-and-white candy canes and pink-and-green gum drops. The trees are trimmed with sparkling ornaments and silver garland. It’s reminiscent of a scene out of a vintage Hallmark movie. So it’s fitting that Canonsburg’s Old Fashioned Christmas has all...

A traveling public art installation known as the Dream Wall Project is a new addition to this year’s Highmark First Night Pittsburgh events on New Year’s Eve. The project, which promotes the idea of inclusion, is the work of artist and photographer Anna Schuliger, a Marshall native who lives in...

Larrimor’s has been dressing Pittsburghers for eight decades. The high-end designer men’s and women’s clothing and accessories Downtown boutique continues to survive the challenges of brick-and-mortar retail stores because one thing hasn’t changed in 80 years. “It has always been about customer service,” said Lisa Slesinger, whose grandfather Harry Slesinger...

Vintage cameras are seeing new light inside Rosie’s Workshop at Ross Park Mall. Owners Jen and Blair Koss find old cameras and turn them into functional pieces of art that can light up a room with the flip of a switch. The couple buys cameras and other materials and manufactures...