Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

By Kimberly Marcott Weinberg Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will celebrate the campus’s history as Bradford’s original airport as part of celebrations for its 50th anniversary. Today’s Pitt-Bradford is located on a tract of land that served as Harri Emery Airport from the 1920s until the Bradford Regional Airport was constructed in the early 1950s. Pitt-Bradford retiree and local historian Linda Delaney has researched and curated an exhibit with the help of Bruce and Beverly Perry and Bernie Picklo. The exhibit will open Tuesday as part of Founders’ Day events planned at Pitt-Bradford for its 50th anniversary and remain on display in the KOA Gallery in Blaisdell Hall through Oct. 6. The gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. Special hours are planned for Alumni and Family Weekend Oct. 4 through 6, when the exhibition will be op...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will present a “Bits of Bygone Bradford” lecture series in February and March. The series of historical lectures was developed by the Bradford Landmark Society for the Pitt-Bradford Division of Continuing Education and Regional Development. Sessions are from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays Feb. 16 through March 22. The cost for the lectures is $15 per class or $75 for all six. Classes take place in Room 200 of the Seneca Building at 2 Main St. in Bradford. The first week’s topic is “Bootleggers, Bullets and Blood” about the 1920s moonshine feud between Olean, N.Y., and Bradford. On Feb. 23, the subject is “Build a Better Bradford with Bricks.” At one time, Bradford had five brick plants manufacturing bricks that were used all over the east coast. Participants will learn the story of the brick works, the significance of the Italian immigration to the area and the history behind the “Bradford Reds.” ...

The new book by Sally Ryan Costik, "Bootleggers Bullets and Blood," is an entertaining look at the gangsters in Bradford during Prohibition, detailing the murders, bootleggers, raids by Dry Agents, and more. It includes a list of those arrested for bootlegging in Bradford - maybe your grandparents were bootleggers! The book is for sale at the Main Street Mercantile (45 Main Street), and at the Bradford Landmark Society at 45 E. Corydon Street. Sally was my guest on today's LiveLine on 1490 WESB. If you missed it, don't fret. You can listen here . The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947