NEW YORK (NNPA)—Smiling broadly, the spirited petite woman named Sylvia weaved through the ballroom crowd at the Sheraton New York Hotel, holding a camera ready to aim. She snaps two or three pictures; then excitedly heads back to her seat, leaning back into her husband’s arm.

After only a moment, she bounces back up and heads back toward the stage.

EDDIE LEVERT

Tapped on the back by a friend trying to greet her, she suddenly swings around, her face beaming.

Yelling over the jamming music of Eddie Levert, the lead singer of the O’Jays, she says, “Oh, I’m fine, girl! I’m here! And Eddie is here! And I am having a good time!”

Once again she disappears into the crowd toward the stage. Her husband relaxes at the table, chuckling at her enthusiasm.

On June 26, from 2-3 p.m., the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater will host a taping before a live audience for an episode of “Humanities on the Road,” the new television initiative presented by Pennsylvania Humanities Council and broadcast on Pennsylvania Cable Network.

This “Humanities on the Road” episode features University of Pittsburgh professor Laurence Glasco, Ph.D., presenting the work of Charles “Teenie” Harris, a photographer who chronicled the events and daily lives of African-Americans for one of the nation’s most influential Black newspapers, the Pittsburgh Courier and the New Pittsburgh Courier.

TEENIE HARRIS

Several of Pittsburgh’s famous faces put on their boogie shoes and sashayed for charity during the third annual “Dancing with the Celebrities of Pittsburgh” last month.

Much like the popular “Dancing with the Stars” television program, this event paired 14 celebrities with local dance instructors. The couples trained for about three months, displaying their skills at the benefit program held at the Westin Convention Center.

CELEBRITY DANCERS—Danielle Nottingham, with Chris Roth, dance instructor, after they finished dancing the American Cha Cha. They finished third in the competition.

Event celebrities ranged from television and radio personalities such as WPXI news anchors/reporters Danielle Nottingham, Peggy Finnegan, and WPXI chief meteorologist, Julie Bologna; Jim Lokay, KDKA traffic and transportation reporter, Jennifer Antkoviak, KDKA news anchor; Michele Michaels, WDVE radio personality; Kate Guerriero, Tribune Review columnist, to Lou Guarino, owner of Louis Anthony Jewelers, and Ziggy Murin, master hair colorist/stylist of Izzazu Salon, just to name a few.

This week I visited the Northside Elks in the Hill District, the cast party of “Jitney” in the Hill District, CJ’s in the Strip District, Babylon in the Strip District, Tim’s Lounge in the Hill District and Club 21 in the Strip District.

My first stop was at Tim’s Lounge in the Hill District where Booda aka Lil Ike celebrated his birthday with family and friends. He is the son of the legendary Sean “Ike” Harris of the Hill District.

All the ladies came out to Babylon in the Strip District at Red Carpet Fridays.