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Costumes rule at Steel City Con

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A number of years ago, William Shatner, the captain of the Enterprise (aka James Tiberius Kirk), appeared on a television comedy and faced Starfleet-costumed fans of his series at a convention and told them to get a life. He later backed off on his rant, but the “get a life” statement has long been applied to the obsessed fans of any television show, movie or computer game who try to dress up like a character, speak in a created language or role play. View The Gallery >

Costumes rule at Steel City Con

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A number of years ago William Shatner, the captain of the Enterprise, aka James Tiberius Kirk, appeared on a television comedy and faced Starfleet-costumed fans of his series at a convention and told them to get a life. He later backed off on his rant, but the “get a life” statement has long been applied to the obsessed fans of any television show, movie, and computer games who try to dress up like a character, speak in a created language or role play. View The Gallery >

Special prom for special students

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More than 150 students and their peer partner dates from 16 school districts, who regularly meet monthly to interact for social and educational opportunities participate in at Prom for Students with Disabilities at the Omni William Penn Hotel on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. View The Gallery >

In Focus: A giant McCutchen

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Andrew McCutchen stands in the on-deck circle at PNC Park and puts the finishing touches on his Marucci “Cutch22” bat as the chunky sounds of “The King’s Motorcade” blare from the ballpark’s sound system. The song is Mr. McCutchen’s signal. Time to go to work. As he makes his way to the batter’s box, his image appears on the giant screen of the scoreboard. That image was filmed in a massive tent at the team’s Bradenton, Fla., facility during spring training. The tent serves as headquarters for the PNC Park scoreboard crew. There, Mr. McCutchen spent an hour being filmed against a green screen to produce images for a season’s worth of computer graphics to be played across PNC Park’s big screen. Function and management of the screen requires the efforts of more than 25 employees, including a full TV production crew that controls the video feed. So the next time you’re at PNC Park and you see a giant image of Mr. McCutchen flash across the scoreboard with the city skyline as a backdrop, you’ll know who to thank. — Peter Diana View The Gallery >

In Focus: Juma’ah Prayers

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Each Friday afternoon, a one-story brick building at Bigelow Boulevard and Parkman Avenue becomes a sort of United Nations of Pittsburgh. More than 600 Muslims representing in excess of 45 countries gather there at the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh for weekly Juma’ah prayers. The gathering is an occasion for Muslims to listen as the Imam offers guidance in Islamic teachings and to pray. Worshippers represent a variety of professions. You’ll see students in blue jeans and T-shirts, business professionals in suits, health care workers in scrubs. View The Gallery >