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Joe Grushecky, Houserockers plan 40th-anniversary album reissue
Time flies when you’re rockin’ the house. The 40th anniversary of “Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive),” the second album from Joe Grushecky and the Iron City Houserockers, is being celebrated with a deluxe, expanded reissue. The reissue will include remastered original tracks and previously unreleased tracks of...
Artists of all ages, abilities sought for Latrobe Art Center show
Latrobe Art Center is inviting artists of all experience levels, ages 3 and older, to submit entries for its annual Open Show. “At Latrobe Art Center we believe in ‘Art for All’ — art for artists of all ages and experience levels. We want artists, aspiring or experienced, to showcase...
Greensburg Night Market will go on, with safety plans in place
The Greensburg Night Market will go on as planned this summer, with the first of five monthly events pushed back one month to June 25 on South Pennsylvania Avenue behind the Westmoreland County Courthouse. Safety accommodations, including hand sanitizing stations, no product sampling and social distancing practices, will be in...
Pittsburgh Playhouse season will celebrate ‘American spirit’Video
The upcoming season at Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse will celebrate “love, human resiliency and community spirit,” according to a video announcement from managing director Drew Martorella and artistic director Steven Breese. The 2020-21 season includes the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning “Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches,” eclectic dance...
Reba McEntire moves tour, PPG Paints Arena show to 2021
Country music icon Reba McEntire has rescheduled her upcoming arena tour to 2021 because of coronavirus concerns. The tour was scheduled to launch in July. Her July 16 concert at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh has been moved to next year on Aug. 6. Previously purchased tickets will be honored...
James Taylor postpones tour until 2021, including Pittsburgh show
James Taylor has postponed his 2020 United States tour dates until 2021, including a performance at PPG Paints Arena. Taylor, with His All-Star Band and special guest Jackson Browne, originally were scheduled to play Pittsburgh on June 16. The concert has been moved to June 17, 2021. Fans should hold...
Greensburg YMCA to host drive for Westmoreland County Food Bank
Greensburg YMCA will host a Trunk to Truck Food Drive to benefit the Westmoreland County Food Bank on Saturday. Employees of the Y will be present from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to handle donations at the gym doors at 101 S. Maple Ave. This event will follow non-contact protocols....
Neon Swing X-perience offers fans free online-only album
Neon Swing X-perience is offering fans a free album-length compilation of never-before-released songs titled “Guess You Had To Be There: Unreleased, Rare, and Live Tracks.” The online-only 15-track album is available exclusively through the Pittsburgh-based band whose music encompasses swing, hot jazz, blues, rockabilly and horn rock rooted in the...
Shakespeare troupe plans open reading session on Zoom
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks is taking registrations for the next Bring Your Own Bard, an informal session in which professional actors and non-actors can perform their favorite Shakespeare pieces. BYOB is set for May 26 on Zoom, with the room opening at 7 p.m. and the program beginning at...
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival announces new opening date
The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival has announced the postponement of opening day for this year’s festivities. Originally scheduled to start its six-weekend run on Aug. 22, the festival now will open on Oct. 3, according to its Facebook page. “Due to the current health concerns and taking into consideration the safety...
Help needed to plant Pittsburgh-area community flower gardens
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is seeking volunteers to assist with planting some of its Pittsburgh and Allegheny County community flower gardens. “Healthy people of all ages who want to get outdoors and help beautify local communities can sign up now to volunteer through mid-June,” the Conservancy says. “To prevent the...
Heading back to the office? Prepare your dog for separation anxiety
While your cat might have resented your recent work-from-home schedule, chances are your dog loved it. Dogs love having their owners around. While science disputes the notion that dogs are true pack animals, no one denies that most dogs are pretty sociable. More time at home for you means more...
Latrobe Art Center reopens its galleries to visitorsVideo
Latrobe Art Center is welcoming patrons back into its gallery. Hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Ricolita’s Cafe in the center at 819 Ligonier St. also is open for takeout during the same hours. The center will be following these protocols to maintain social distancing and CDC guidelines: • Visitors...
CMU film festival to screen ‘Sorry We Missed You’
Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival will present a special virtual screening and the Pittsburgh premiere of “Sorry We Missed You,” by acclaimed English director Ken Loach. The drama, set to screen online on May 16, concerns “work in the lower reaches of the gig economy and its effects on family...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh changes date of virtual gala, meal delivery
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and MuseumLab will host the Great Night In Family Gala 2020 on June 14. The event, originally set for June 6, was changed to allow the museum to update the program. “Specifically, the Gala program will address — and enable parents and children to have...
Pittsburgh Opera’s annual Maecenas gala going virtual this year
Pittsburgh Opera’s annual season-ending Maecenas gala is going digital this year. Historically held at venues such as the Benedum Center or Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, the 36th annual fundraiser will instead be broadcast online on June 14. From 7-7:30 p.m. that evening, Pittsburgh Opera will broadcast a live pre-show hosted by...
10 quarantine habits to keep after shutdown endsVideo
We breathe a tentative sigh of relief as much of Western Pennsylvania approaches the yellow phase in the gradual easing of coronavirus-related restrictions, beginning Friday. There are a few things we won’t miss when we emerge from the covid-19 quarantine — things like social distancing that keep us apart from...
Hempfield senior wins performing arts scholarship, awardVideo
Talent is only a portion of what makes a performer successful, says Tony Marino, founder and artistic director of Stage Right School for the Performing Arts in Greensburg. It also takes hard work, discipline, attitude and integrity — all of which he says Stage Right student/performer Grace Rusnica has in...
U2’s Bono marks 60th birthday with ’60 Songs That Saved My Life’Video
U2 front man Bono celebrated his 60th birthday by releasing a playlist of “60 Songs That Saved My Life.” On the band’s website, Bono calls the songs “(the) ones I couldn’t have lived without … the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60 … through all...
Idlewild extends 2020 season passes to include all of 2021
Though an opening date for this year has not been set, Idlewild & SoakZone has announced that it will extend all 2020 season passes through the entire 2021 summer season. Dining passes and other perks also be extended at the Ligonier Township amusement park. The 2020 season passes that include...
The Westmoreland plans online gift box photo album workshop
Editor’s note: This event is now at maximum capacity. Another Pop-Up Studio is set for June 24, with a project to be announced. The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will host its first digital Pop-Up Studio on May 27, inviting participants to create their own explosion gift box photo albums....
Jonas Brothers to thank health care workers with SiriusXM sessionVideo
The Jonas Brothers will interact with an audience of frontline health care workers and their families at noon Friday on SiriusXM Hits 1’s Celebrity Session on SiriusXM radio channel 2 and on the SiriusXM app. The brothers will answer questions about their music, including their upcoming single “X,” featuring Karol...
Have a weird talent to share? Yinzfest is looking for you
Do you have an unusual, eclectic or downright weird talent that you’d like to share? Yinzfest 2020, coming Aug. 15 to Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, could be just the place for you. “The mission of the festival has always been to book interesting and different talent in Pittsburgh that...
Jeannette gallery seeks applicants for online artist showcase
You Are Here gallery in Jeannette is seeking applications for its artist of the week program. The new website feature is designed to introduce artists to the community and to help them promote their work during the coronavirus-related shutdown. “For many artists, unless they have a side gig, their artwork...
Quarantine sparks creativity for Mother’s Day celebrationsVideo
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention — and it’s taking a little inventiveness to celebrate Mother’s Day this year. With eat-in restaurant meals off the table and family gatherings giving way to social isolation, creativity kicks in. Many accepted the challenge of finding a new way to show...
