The Soul Pitt

Soul Pitt Quarterly (SPQ), Western PA’s only free magazine that features stories and information pertaining to the urban community, is proud to announce its latest issue featuring Grammy-nominated R&B singer and Pittsburgh native Shanice Wilson on the cover.  This fall issue, at 108 full color pages, hits the streets today (Friday, Oct 17th) and is packed full of timely information on health issues as well.  With Highmark as its main sponsor, and other top advertisers such as Gateway Health Plan and Allegheny Health Network, it’s no surprise that the fall edition focuses on various diseases that impact the Black community such as breast cancer, diabetes, and health care provider concerns that are currently in the media.  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!

The Soul Pitt Quarterly Spring 2013 Issue is out.
96 full color pages pack with community events, stories and businesses.
Welcome our newest advertisers and show them support.
Special Exclusive SPQ interview with Curtis Martin and more!
Pick up your FREE Copy this week.

“Success is a journey, not a destination”
by Dessie Bey

The ambiance in the reception area sets you at ease; a Charles Bibbs painting adorns the reception room wall. You recognize the culture of beauty that you will become in your own way.

Women psych themselves up for an appointment at the salon. We walk in knowing that we’re suspended in time and patiently wait. “Time waits for no one” but everything is on hold when a woman props herself in the chair of her stylist and lets him/her work magic. If you’re lucky enough to get on the books of Anthony Jefferson you count it a blessing.

Mark Anthony Hair Salon Inc. opened in 1998 and Owner/Operator Anthony Jefferson can boast of 25 years professional experience in the business. His résumé illuminates a history of service under premiere establishments: Pittsburgh Beauty Academy, primary barber instructor; stylist at Bobby J’s, Pro Hair Designs and Premadonna’s Hair Salon. Anthony obtained his barber and teacher’s license from the Pittsburgh Beauty Academy and was privately trained by Framesi International, the nation’s leading hair color company.  Continue reading →

Put Jimi Hendrix, Mos Def , Wiz Khalifa, and a little Duke Ellington into a box and shake it up and it would literally spit out 720 Record Shop.

Enter the old-school but hip-hop styled café, slash record store, slash vintage clothing spot at the corner of 44^th  and Butler Street in Lawrenceville,  and you could be anywhere from Amsterdam to Soho, London to  NYC. The record shop joins a growing number of funky clothing stores, bars, restaurants and coffee shops nestled away on Lawrenceville’s main thoroughfare just blocks away from the new Children’s Hospital. Continue reading →

Soul Pitt Media had the pleasure of meeting fashion and eye-wear designer Stevie Boi from Baltimore at the Organization of Black Designers Conference in Cincinnati, OH in October.

If you watch MTV or read fashion magazines, you’ve probably seen Stevie Boi’s work. Remember the jewel-encrusted sunglasses Lady Gaga wore on her Monster Ball tour? Boi made those. In fact, the 22-year-old Baltimore-based designer is largely responsible for the extravagant, impractical turn that high-fashion eyewear has taken in the last couple of years. Big-name designers had already created dazzling sunglasses that you couldn’t find at the mall, but Boi upped the ante considerably. — Baltimore City Paper

People around town are saying awesome things about the new issue of our magazine!  More will be distributed today and Saturday.  Here are some folks enjoying their copy while riding the bus into work.  Let us know what you think about our Fall 2012 print issue of Soul Pitt Quarterly.  Click here or the comment link below to share what you like or don’t like.  We are always looking to improve and we are always looking for great story ideas from the community.

Soul Pitt Quarterly’s biggest and best issue with Kiya Tomlin on the cover – 108 pages, packed with stories for your Soul, are hitting the streets as you read this!
Get yours while you’re out and about!