We Can Be: Grant Oliphant talks to Tony Norman
Tony Norman talks about everything from the revolution we're undergoing today to why he's "enormously heartened and optimistic about the future."
16 Jul 2020
Heinz Endowments awards $2.3 million ‘initial wave’ in emergency grants
Additional funding is in the pipeline, and the Endowments “is continuing to monitor developments closely and will move quickly to help organizations operating in the front lines of this crisis."
08 Apr 2020
Everyone needs to do their part in the largest improv act this community has ever experienced
It seems to be part of our DNA. When the chips are down and there is a challenge to be faced, we work together, writes Grant Oliphant.
18 Mar 2020
COVID-19: A test of community. A message from the Heinz Endowments
"We are in this thing together and in finding ways to embrace our collective responsibility and accountability to each other."
12 Mar 2020
Heinz Endowments launches Pittsburgh Readiness Institute to prepare high school seniors for careers
The Heinz Endowments is investing $700,000 in a six-week summer pilot program, with the aim of having a year-round program to train students across Allegheny County by 2022.
10 Feb 2020
Local writers to be honored at Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards
It is one of the few programs in the region providing philanthropic support to artists across all disciplines, from costume and set design to music and theater.
05 Dec 2019
Grant Oliphant on his new thriller ‘Ring of Years’
The Heinz Endowments president spoke with NEXTpittsburgh about his new novel's 20-year journey to the local independent publisher Exciting Press.
29 May 2019
The long-shuttered Roxian Theatre announces lineup for grand opening in May
The theater's reopening coincides with further redevelopment of the McKees Rocks business district.
20 Feb 2019
#MeTooPA launches for free counseling and legal advice for those experiencing sexual harassment
Free, anonymous counseling and legal advice for those facing sexual harassment and assault at work or school.
21 Jan 2019
Alisha Wormsley will manage new artwork-in-residency program, the result of the ‘There are Black People in the Future’ controversy
Wormsley's project gained national attention last spring when a billboard carrying the phrase was removed in East Liberty.
14 Jan 2019