Pennsylvania: The Newsletter

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On natural and economic disasters, 1970s sports comedies, and "Rust Belt goon masculinity"
Dec 15, 2024 • Noelle Mateer
A distressing update from the world of sport
And I don't even mention Penn State's terrible season in this
Oct 28, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Follow the trash
How to find good Western PA swimming holes
Aug 25, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Amish-themed cover band at a wing festival
That’s the dispatch
Aug 9, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Tiny plane, big state
You can fly to a forest, kind of.
Jul 22, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
There are two Pennsylvanias
Just kidding — there are more than that — but over the past month I’ve been to a mining festival and also the 125th U.S. Open.
Jun 26, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Fear and Loathing at the Ridgway Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous
They say the chainsaw has done for the world of sculpture what the electric guitar did for music…
May 22, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Watching the Pennsylvania propaganda film from The Brutalist
Allegedly no state or nation has been the deciding ground of "so many issues" in “the history of man.”
Mar 14, 2025 • Noelle Mateer
Pennsylvania: The Newsletter
Pennsylvania: The Newsletter
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Pennsylvania: The Newsletter

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