Pennsylvania’s ugliest creature is a depressed fictional pig called the Squonk who will take center stage Saturday at ...

“Squonk shows are radically inclusive and accessible, inviting everyone to create joy together,” says Jackie Dempsey, Co-Artistic Director of Squonk.

Oddities of all sorts filled the outside and inside of Bottle Works Arts on 3rd Avenue Saturday as cryptid fans from around ...

Oddities of all sorts filled the outside and inside of Bottle Works Saturday as cryptid fans from around the region and beyond gathered for the third annual Squonkapalooza. The festival celebrates all ...

The Squonk, a cryptid that resembles a wrinkled pig, or maybe a black bear with mange, is rumored to roam the dark hemlock ...

Jackie Dempsey is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Squonk. The Pittsburgh-based theatrical performance group has ...

The origin of the Squonk — said to reside in the Keystone State’s Hemlock Forest — dates back to 1910, with a book called “Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods” — and Pennsylvanians ...

Hand to Hand," said Jackie Dempsey, a member of Squonk. Here is the schedule of events for Saturday night: • 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, and 9:30 p.m. Squonk Opera Hand to Hand in PPG Plaza ...

The squonk is not only said to be "Of distinctly low mentality" but also so ugly it's given to constant crying over its appearance. ( Image from "Fearsome Critters" by Henry H. Tryon as ...

The squonk - reportedly the homeliest of all living things in Pennsylvania - obviously is a creature of myth and legend. We included it in our Monsters of Pennsylvania series simply because it is ...

FEELING A BIT SQUONKY lately? Well, no wonder. Pittsburgh-based weirdos Squonk Opera — the same folks who made a musical of “Night of the Living Dead”— have been busily immortalizing our ...