Tony Norman: Ain’t no stoppin’ Pittsburgh’s Black voters
Nearly two dozen activists transformed a corner lot on Wiley Avenue in the Hill District into ground zero for democracy in Pittsburgh.
26 Sep 2022
Tony Norman: Romare Bearden’s work is like looking into the face of a dear friend
Though steeped in the compositional strategies of American and European modernism, Bearden’s work is usually specific about the toil, trouble and triumph of the 20th-century African-American experience.
19 Sep 2022
Tony Norman: Filmmaker Chris Ivey’s activism comes from love
Chris Ivey drives his media truck with its electronic billboard Downtown and throughout the city like a town crier, writes Tony Norman. But he isn't the angry, one-note bomb thrower he’s often caricatured as by his critics.
12 Sep 2022
Tony Norman: Spend a day with the retired pool hustlers of East Liberty
The men who play pool in a back room at the Vintage Senior Services Center look and sound like characters from an August Wilson play.
06 Sep 2022
Tony Norman: When ‘book ‘em’ means something else
Instead of agonizing over crime stats, those who gather in the conference room with Officer Shifren wrestle with the vagaries of the human condition as participants in the Homewood Short Stories Reading Group.
29 Aug 2022
Tony Norman: Robert Wideman wants to share his story of redemption
Robby Wideman was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1975. When his sentence was commuted, his whole life changed. He met with Tony Norman to share his story.
22 Aug 2022
Tony Norman: ‘I’m here to tell the untold stories of Pittsburgh’s Black communities’
"In my old role, I think it’s fair to say that I was something of a 'finger pointer.' That’s not what I’ll be doing for NEXT," writes Tony Norman.
15 Aug 2022