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A Cemetery Special
Richard "Rick" Sebak (born June 5, 1953) is an American public broadcasting television producer, writer and narrator who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Early life and education Richard Sebak was born on June 5, 1953, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He attended Bethel Park High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. Career 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. As of March 2006, 313,227 copies of Sebak's films had been sold or given away as pledge gifts by public television stations nationwide, which WQED credits with largely helpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Bethel Park, officially the Municipality of Bethel Park, is a borough with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, located approximately southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 33,577 as of the 2020 census. History The area that is now Bethel Park was originally settled around 1800 and was first established as Bethel Township, in 1886. It was named after Bethel (meeting house). Bethel Park was incorporated as a borough on March 17, 1949, and became a home rule municipality in 1978. The first armored car robbery in the U.S. occurred on March 11, 1927, when a Brinks truck, heading towards the Coverdale Mine about a mile away was attacked. Paul Jaworski and his 'Flatheads" gang destroyed the road with dynamite to steal a mining payroll. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of , all of it land. Its average elevation is above sea level. Bethel Park lies at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the paper formed under its present title in 1927 from the consolidation of the ''Pittsburgh Gazette Times'' and ''The Pittsburgh Post''. The ''Post-Gazette'' ended daily print publication in 2018 and has cut down to two print editions per week (Sunday and Thursday), going online-only the rest of the week. In the 2010s, the editorial tone of the paper shifted from liberal to conservative, particularly after the editorial pages of the paper were consolidated in 2018 with '' The Blade'' of Toledo, Ohio. After the consolidation, Keith Burris, the pro-Trump editorial page editor of '' The Blade'', directed the editorial pages of both papers. Early history ''Gazette'' The ''Post-Gazette'' began its history as a four-page w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimetic
Mimesis (; grc, μίμησις, ''mīmēsis'') is a term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a wide range of meanings, including '' imitatio'', imitation, nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry, the act of expression, the act of resembling, and the presentation of the self. The original Ancient Greek term ''mīmēsis'' ( grc, μίμησις, label=none) derives from ''mīmeisthai'' ( grc, μιμεῖσθαι, label=none, 'to imitate'), itself coming from ''mimos'' ( μῖμος, 'imitator, actor'). In ancient Greece, ''mīmēsis'' was an idea that governed the creation of works of art, in particular, with correspondence to the physical world understood as a model for beauty, truth, and the good. Plato contrasted ''mimesis'', or imitation, with ''diegesis'', or narrative. After Plato, the meaning of ''mimesis'' eventually shifted toward a specifically literary function in ancient Greek society. One of the best-known modern studies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Program About Unusual Buildings & Other Roadside Stuff
Richard "Rick" Sebak (born June 5, 1953) is an American public broadcasting television producer, writer and narrator who lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. Early life and education Richard Sebak was born on June 5, 1953, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He attended Bethel Park High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. Career 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. As of March 2006, 313,227 copies of Sebak's films had been sold or given away as pledge gifts by public television stations nationwide, which WQED credits with largely helpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandwiches That You Will Like
''Sandwiches That You Will Like'' is a 2002 PBS documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED. The unique sandwich offerings of cities across the United States (although excepting two from California, the remaining sandwiches all originate no further west than Texas) are shown, from those that are often found outside of their city of origin (cheesesteak from Philadelphia) to the virtually unknown (St. Paul in St. Louis). The sandwiches showcased are: *Tripe — George's, Italian Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * The Elvis — Peanut Butter & Co., New York City, New York (retail shop closed in 2016) *Beef on weck — Schwabl's, West Seneca, New York *Roast beef — Kelly's Revere Beach, Revere, Massachusetts *French dip — Philippe's, Los Angeles, California *Italian beef — Mr. Beef, Chicago, Illinois *Loose meat — Taylor's Maid-Rite, Marshalltown, Iowa *Cheesesteak — Dalessandro's, Roxborough, Philadelphia; Geno's and Pat's, South Philadelphia * Pig ears and snouts — C & K B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Old Amusement Parks
''Great Old Amusement Parks'' is a 1999 PBS television documentary VHS DVD produced by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. It aired on PBS on July 21, 1999. Vintage surviving "Traditional" amusement parks are presented here with historic references to their origins. Unique old rides for each park are profiled such as the oldest surviving roller coaster, the only surviving Noah's Ark walk-through attraction. Most parks are family owned and their families are interviewed along with each park's attendees. Subjects include Connecticut's Lake Compounce, California's Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Whalom Park in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania's Idlewild Park and StoryBook Forest, Kennywood's Thunderbolt, Deno's Wonder Wheel at Coney Island, and San Diego's Giant Dipper where a local radio station held a Roller Coaster Riding Contest. Not covered here are vintage "traditional" amusement parks no longer with us. Being produced in 1999, this has not been updated to indicate if these are still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shore Things
Shore Things is a 1996 PBS television documentary by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. The show profiles American beaches, the things they are known for, and other notable facts. The beaches and other things featured are: *Daytona Beach, Florida — cars allowed on sand *Stephen Leatherman — "Dr. Beach" *Venice, Los Angeles, California — canals; artists *Ocean City, New Jersey — boardwalk; salt water taffy; dry town *Ocean City, Maryland — crabs *Outer Banks — fishing * Punalu'u, Hawai'i — fishing *Calabash, North Carolina — seafood *Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — gay beach *Cape Cod — horseshoe crabs; Cape Cod National Seashore *Nantucket, Massachusetts — sailing *Lucy the Elephant — Margate City, New Jersey *Ocean Beach, San Diego, California — dog beach *Kailua, Hawaii — a "simple" beach Bonus Features on the DVD Include * Kelly's Roast Beef from "Sandwiches That You Will Like" * Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Diners And Other Roadside Restaurants
''Pennsylvania Diners & Other Roadside Restaurants'' is a 1993 documentary created by Rick Sebak. The program originated in a 1992 item in ''The Pennsylvania Road Show'' about Lee's Diner. It was to be called "Pennsylvania Diners" but added "Other Roadside Restaurants" to cover other establishments than diners. When it was released on DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ... in 2006, additional stories not seen nationally were included. Reception In 1994 the show was nominated to the ''Mid Atlantic Emmy Award Competition'', for "Outstanding Cultural Programming". David Dillon, the architecture critic from ''The Dallas Morning News'' reviewed the show describing it as "amiable, if somewhat plodding". See also *'' Pittsburgh A To Z'' References External links Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburghese
Western Pennsylvania English, known more narrowly as Pittsburgh English or popularly as Pittsburghese, is a dialect of American English native primarily to the western half of Pennsylvania, centered on the city of Pittsburgh, but potentially appearing in some speakers as far north as Erie County, as far west as Youngstown, Ohio, and as far south as Clarksburg, West Virginia. Commonly associated with the white working class of Pittsburgh, users of the dialect are colloquially known as "Yinzers". Overview Scots-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian and Croatian immigrants to the area all provided certain loanwords to the dialect (see "Vocabulary" below). Many of the sounds and words found in the dialect are popularly thought to be unique to Pittsburgh, but that is a misconception since the dialect resides throughout the greater part of western Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. Central Pennsylvania, currently an intersection of several dialect regions, was identifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh City Paper
The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is Pittsburgh's leading alternative weekly newspaper which focuses on local news, opinion, and arts and entertainment. It bought out ''In Pittsburgh Weekly'' in 2001. As of April 2015, ''City Paper'' is the 14th largest (by circulation) alternative weekly in the United States. History The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is a free publication and is distributed in most neighborhoods throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area every Wednesday, with about 70,000 copies printed weekly. The ''City Paper'' was originally based in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Like most alternative weeklies, the publication tended toward a left-wing viewpoint. ''Pittsburgh City Paper''s slogan is "All Paper, No Plastic." The ''Pittsburgh City Paper'' is locally owned and has no business relationship with other ''City Paper''s found in other cities such as the ''Washington City Paper'' and ''Philadelphia City Paper''. In 2016, Steel City Media sold the ''City Paper'' to the owners of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQED (TV)
WQED (channel 13) is a PBS member television station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Owned by WQED Multimedia, it is sister to public radio station WQED-FM (89.3). The two outlets share studios on Fifth Avenue near the Carnegie Mellon University campus and transmitter facilities near the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, both in the city's Oakland section. Established on April 1, 1954, WQED was the first community-sponsored television station in the U.S. and the country's fifth public television station. It was the first station to telecast classes to elementary school classrooms when Pittsburgh launched its Metropolitan School Service in 1955. The station has been the flagship for the shows ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'', ''Once Upon A Classic'', '' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'' (a co-production with Boston's WGBH-TV; filmed in New York City), and ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'' (whose live-action scenes are filmed in Pittsburgh). History A pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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