TMC Podcast (Ep09) – Mike DeChellis

Larry Bruno Foundation  Mike DeChellis | Close to Home   On episode 9 of The Magical Coach Podcast, Rick Mancini talks with legendary Beaver County athlete, coach, and educator Mike DeChellis about growing up in Beaver Falls, the importance of sports, and receiving life changing guidance from the many coaches he played under, including Larry …

Storyburgh: Stories of Struggle and Survival

Stories of Struggle and Survival Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead     On January 29, 2020, Storyburgh hosted a moth-style storytelling event at the East End Cooperative Ministry with the theme, “Stories of Struggle and …

Combat Chaplain

Rev. Joseph R. Grosko: In My Own Words  By his own admission, the Rev. Joseph R. Grosko of Braddock, Pennsylvania was always breaking the rules and looking for adventure. That’s why his ordination as a Catholic Priest in 1959 and commission as a Navy Chaplain during the Vietnam War were such peculiar life choices …

Women’s Roles in History

Recognizing What Women Done Did   WOMEN’S HISTORY MATTERS In 1904 the Rev. Joseph H. Bausman opens his centennial account of our county by saying, “Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has a wealth of historic interest beyond what many even of its own most intelligent citizens appreciate.” More than a century later Bausman’s estimation of our collective …

TSVP Radio Theater Podcast (Ep13) – MLT’s It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

McKeesport Little Theater It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play     On episode 13 of the TSVP Radio Theater Podcast, we present It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, performed and recorded before a live audience at the McKeesport Little Theater in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.     Let’s keep local podcasting alive!  If you …

TSVP Radio Theater Podcast (Ep12) – R-ACT’s 2019 Holiday Radio Show: Little Women

Little Women 2019 R-ACT Holiday Radio Show On episode 12 of the TSVP Radio Theater Podcast, we present R-ACT Theatre Productions’ 2019 Annual Holiday Radio Show, Little Women, performed live at the historic Merrick Art Gallery in New Brighton, Pennsylvania.   Watch the Show   SUPPORT LOCAL PODCASTING Let’s keep local podcasting alive!  If you like our podcast, please help …

Stories of . . .

Stories of . . . History   STORIES TEACH US Rudyard Kipling said, if history were told in the form of stories it would never be forgotten.  We agree.  Stories animate facts and provide chronological form: every story has a beginning, middle and end.  Moreover, stories are logical and explanatory, they make sense.  Even the …

Local Historians in Service

Local Historians in Service   My father has been a volunteer firefighter for 53 years. Since the 1960s living next door to the fire department I literally grew up in the shadow of gleaming red fire trucks, massive hoses, rubberized coats and boots, and the iconic brass eagle peaked helmets worn by the firefighters. In …