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He has served on the boards of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Financial Corporation, and the University of Pittsburgh. [7] For his work, Strickland has won various awards including a MacArthur Fellowship "genius" award in 1996. [8] He has been honored by the White House, [3] and received the Goi Peace Award in 2011. [4]
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 1988 novel by American author Michael Chabon. It is a coming-of-age tale set during the early 1980s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . It was Chabon's first novel, which he began writing as a 21-year-old undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh .
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?" [4] Long-time Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz grew up in Pittsburgh. [4] "Lo and Behold," which appears on The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan and the Band, tells the story of the narrator recounting a train ride with "I come into Pittsburgh / At six-thirty flat / I found myself a vacant seat / An' I put down my hat ...
B. Deirdre Bair; Scott Baker (journalist) Mary "Molly" Ella Bakewell; Esther Barazzone; William Tecumseh Barks; Chloe Barlow; Tom Barnes (American journalist)
Katz and his first wife Agnes donated $10 million to the University of Pittsburgh, his alma mater. At the time, this was the largest donation ever made to the university. [ 2 ] The university renamed its business school the " Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business " in his honor in 1987.
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 2008 comedy-drama film based on Michael Chabon's 1988 novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. It was produced by Michael London and executive produced by Omar Amanat. Shooting in Pittsburgh ended in October 2006, [2] with the film set for
Sebak's first foray in the nostalgia documentary is the 1984 documentary Shag for South Carolina ETV, about a dance popular in the region. Four years later at WQED, Sebak produced The Mon, The Al & The O, about the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers, which meet to form at Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle; and Kennywood Memories, about Kennywood, a historic local amusement park.
Fictional works in which the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States or its metropolitan area serves as a primary setting. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.