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GREATER PITTSBURGH'S PREMIER LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
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  After her first year as a medical student at Harvard University, Nancy E. Davidson took a summer job in a laboratory that focused on breast cancer research — and it piqued her interest so much that she decided to devote her life to thinking about breast cancer as a disease. “The science, then and now, is so exciting, and the understanding of the science of breast cancer goes directly into how we think about its care,” Dr. Davidson [...]  The man that came to dinner and stuck around” is what William Day calls [...]  By day, the showroom of Lexus of North Hills is filled with shiny, luxurious vehicles. And sometimes, by night, it is filled with some of Western Pennsylvania’s most charitable people, coming together to raise funds and awareness for various local non-profits. [...]  In addition to Big Brothers Big Sisters, Coonelly is heavily involved in Pirates Charities, whose mission is to improve the health, fitness, and education of youth. [...]  For Animal Friends President and CEO David Swisher, a love of animals took him from being an accountant to being named the organization’s first CFO 16 years [...]  Back in the ’80s, what we now know as Pittsburgh’s Cultural District was a seedy corridor of adult bookstores, strip clubs, and grimy bars. Today, it’s home to art galleries, Heinz Hall, the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, Byham Theater, and a number of corporate offices, including that of EQT Corporation — the lead sponsor of this month’s Pittsburgh Cultural Trust [...]  What started out as a brainstorming session between Soffer Organization’s marketing consultant Pamelyn McMahon, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant SouthSide Works Chef Ricky Kirsop, and Michelle Kirsop has grown into the al fresco event of the [...]  Inside the doors of the National Aviary on the North Side, birds fly freely and squawk loudly — but not as loudly as the excited elementary students standing nearby, here on a field trip and squealing over the African Penguin exhibition. “We have a broad audience here,” says Executive Director Patrick Mangus. [...]  When Twilight: Breaking Dawn star Lisa Howard comes to Pittsburgh this summer to perform as Mother Abbess in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s production of The Sound of Music on the Benedum Center stage, you can thank CLO executive producer Van Kaplan for making [...]  As we all know, nonprofit organizations could not sustain themselves without the generous support of the public. But effectively getting the word out, so that the public becomes familiar with the organization and, in turn, volunteers, advocates, [...] |
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