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Shuttered concert venue donates $80K in equipment to community arts organization Share Updated: 7:25 PM EDT Apr 10, 2021
Shuttered concert venue donates $80K in equipment to community arts organization Share Updated: 7:25 PM EDT Apr 10, 2021
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Show Transcript TONIGHT SOME PITTSBURGH BUSINESSES DID NOT SURVIVE THE PANDEMIC FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS FOR GOOD AND SHANDY THAT WAS A CASE FOR A SOUTHSIDE BSINESS, BUT TONIGHT PART OF THAT CONCERT BENUE LIVES ON A NEW ENTERPRISE IN STANTON HEIGHTS. THE REX THEATER WAS A SOUTHSIDE STAPLE FOR LIVE MUSIC UNTIL THE PANDEMIC SHUT IT DOWN WHEN EVERY EXPERIENCE A LOSS IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WAYS I MAKE IT THROUGH THOSE TOUGH TIMES IS BY LAUGHING OR TELLING A JOKE OR FINDING SOME COMEDY TO LAUGH TOO WHAT BEN PEDAGAR WHOSE COMPANY RAN THE REX FOUND ON FACEBOOK. WAS THIS LOS ANGELES COMEDIAN WHO IRONICALLY BOUGHT THIS STRUCTURE IN STANTON HEIGHTS FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE. I WAS FOUNDED IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER AND THE IDEA IS TO CREATE LIVE WORK PLAY ENVIRONMENT FOR STAND-UP COMEDIANS AS WELL AS SHOWCASE OTHER LOCAL ART THE STEEL CITY ARTS FOUNDATION PEDAGAR SAYS A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF THOUGH. THE REX WAS GONE THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE CONCERT VENUE WAS STILL THERE, YOU KNOW WESTERN PA GUY AND I GREW UP GOT BROUGHT UP ON MR. ROGERS, YOU KNOW. TAUGHT US TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WHEN HE CAN BE A HELPER PENTAGAR HELP HOFSTETTER BY GIVING HIM A HUGE PART OF THE REX80,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT WE’RE DONATING IS IT’S BASICALLY THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE REX IS BEING MOVED HERE TO STEEL CITY ARTS FOUNDATION LIKE A TRANSPLANT. THIS EQUIPMENT MEANS THAT WE CAN FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AND FINANCES ON OTHER THINGS THAT WE’RE DOING AND NOT WORRY ABOU IT SOUNDS AND LOOKS FOR HOFSTETTER. WHO SAYS HE NEVER GOT TO KNOW HIS NEIGHBORS IN LA HE’S DISCOVERED THE NEIGHBORLY SPIRIT OF PITTSBURGH. I’M NOT FROM HERE,
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