Shirley McMarlin stories, Page 77
Out & About: Diners enjoy farm-to-table fare at watershed farm
How’s this for a mouth-watering summer dinner menu: • Garden gazpacho with tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers • Watermelon and feta salad with arugula and honey herb vinaigrette • Thai kohlrabi salad with smoked salmon • Grilled street corn with Baja sauce, chili powder and Parmesan cheese • Green tomato pork...
Travel tip: Ohio town hosts ‘Shawshank’ anniversary celebration
Fans of “The Shawshank Redemption” are invited to a 25th anniversary celebration from Aug. 16-18 in Mansfield, Ohio, where the classic prison break movie was filmed around the old Ohio State Reformatory. Cast members including Bob Gunton (Warden Norton) will attend, along with director/screenwriter/producer Frank Darabont and Turner Classic Movies...
Lincoln Highway Experience plans night of friendly competition
A night of friendly competition is planned for Aug. 23 at the Lincoln Highway Experience in Unity. Starting at 6 p.m., the “Thinkin’ Lincoln Summer Classic” will feature fun individual and team competitions both outside and in the museum’s new addition. Individual games will include basketball, fold a pie box...
‘Mr. McFeely’ to be honored at regional Emmy Awards
David Newell — best known as Mr. McFeely, the “Speedy Delivery” man of “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” — is the recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2019 Board of Governors Award. The award will be presented at the 37th annual Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards...
Entertainment planner: Aug. 8-21
Thursday Aug. 8 The Bricks, TGIS free concert, The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org “Cabaret,” Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. Through Aug. 24. 724-745-7300 or littlelake.org “Violeta,” Quantum Theatre production, Frick Park lawn bowling greens, Pittsburgh. Through Aug. 25. 412-362-1713 or quantumtheatre.com Friday Aug. 9 500 Miles to Memphis, The...
Cruise back to the fabulous ’50s at The Stroll in Ligonier
If you have no particular place to go on Aug. 9, pick up Mustang Sally in your Little Deuce Coupe and head for Ligonier for some fun, fun, fun at The Stroll. The 17th annual 1950s-themed car cruise and dance contest is set for 5-9 p.m. on the downtown Diamond...
Bryan Adams ‘shines a light’ on 4 decades of musicVideo
“Shine A Light,” the title track of Bryan Adams’ new album, was co-written with prolific collaborator, English musician Ed Sheeran. “I met Ed in Dublin this year at one of his shows and we kept in touch,” Adams said in a tour press release. “One day I sent him a...
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival ranks high for vendor profit
The Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival has been ranked as the nation’s 15th most profitable classic and contemporary craft show for 2018 by “Sunshine Artist” magazine, a leading publication for art and craft show exhibitors, promoters and patrons. The magazine’s 27th annual “200 Best” list, released today, says it was...
Latrobe Art Center has fall classes for all ages, skill levels
The fall lineup of art classes for all ages and skill levels will begin in September at the Latrobe Art Center. Two new classes are designed to create more interest in art among middle to high school students. Instructor Sharon Coons was an art teacher for 30 years, says center...
The Clarks to play annual Big Brothers Big Sisters benefitVideo
The Clarks will take the stage at Greensburg’s Palace Theatre on Oct. 19 for the band’s annual benefit concert for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. The band’s latest release came in May — “Between Now and Then, Volume 2,” featuring all of the original members, is a...
Out & About: Greensburg Art Center adds ‘Bug-elisk’ sculpture
Greensburg artist Brian McCall was hard at work on Aug. 4, installing his new addition to the Greensburg Art Center’s sculpture garden, when he was asked for the name of the piece — a tall rectangular column with ants, grasshoppers and beetles climbing the sides and a bee perched on...
Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer moving to larger venue for next sale
To accommodate more vendors and more shoppers, the Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer is moving to a larger venue for its next event. Dubbed by organizers as the “biggest vintage fair yet,” the Mixer is scheduled for 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 9 at Nova Place, the former Allegheny Center in Pittsburgh’s North...
Sunburn tattoos? Don’t put your skin at risk, dermatologists sayVideo
Even if it’s not a good idea, somebody is bound to try it. Witness this summer’s social media buzz around “sunburn tattoos.” To create sunburn tattoos, tanners cover a portion of skin with a decal, stencil or sunscreen and then head out into the sun with the rest of their...
Ticket sales take off for ‘Kecksburg’ UFO movie premiereVideo
Tickets are going fast for the Sept. 12 world premiere of “Kecksburg,” a feature film based on the famed 1965 UFO incident in the tiny Westmoreland County village of the movie’s title. The event will take place at the State Theatre Center for the Arts, 37 E. Main St., Uniontown....
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks pops corks at Bella Terra event
Having a glass of wine (or maybe two) at a scenic area winery is a great way to wrap up the work week. Westmoreland Walks Inc. offered that opportunity to about 130 supporters with Pink Corks at the Vineyard, on Aug. 2 at Bella Terra Vineyards near Hunker. The sunset...
Out & About: Gig on Main gets downtown Irwin rocking
For good food and fun, there’s nothing better than a block party — except maybe a two-block party. The annual Gig on Main took over two blocks of Irwin’s major thoroughfare on Aug. 3, and party-lovers of all ages stopped in. A bandstand was set up at the intersection of...
Out & About: STAT Summerfest highlights healing power of horsesVideo
There’s one kind of horsepower that will make your engine run. There’s another kind that can assist in various kinds of healing, personal empowerment and therapy. It was that second kind of power highlighted at the fourth annual Summerfest on Aug. 3 at STAT Ligonier Therapeutic Center in Cook Township....
Out & About: Sweet dogs are special guests at Animal Friends bash
Organizers from Animal Friends of Westmoreland called their latest fundraiser the Dog Days of Summer Cash Bash — a fitting name both for the date and for the personable pooches in attendance. Not only did attendees at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield have a chance to go home with a share...
Travel tip: Gettysburg Rocks festival helps kids with cancer
If Gettysburg has a soundtrack, it’s a fife, drum and banjo, right? Not during Gettysburg Rocks, scheduled for Aug. 9-11. Held in February and August, the semiannual music festival features about 150 bands playing a variety of music genres at 20 area venues. Founded in 2014, the event benefits Four...
Need information on safe cosmetics? Here are some resources
When Ovie Marshall, an esthetician at The Spa at Aestique in Hempfield, decided to use natural beauty and skin care products, she says she found valuable information in Stacy Malkan’s 2007 book, “Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry.” The book asserts that (as of...
Locally made skin-care products and cosmetics find their niche
“You are what you eat” has long been a folksy tenet of good health. Increasingly, people are coming around to the notion that you also are what you put on your body in the form of skin-care and beauty products. Ovie Marshall, a medical and laser esthetician at The Spa...
‘Girls in Pearls’ to showcase YWCA Westmoreland thrift store finds
The mission of the YWCA Westmoreland County is to empower women and to eliminate racism, but once a year it’s also to show people how to look good on a budget. To that end, “Girls in Pearls: Walk the Red Carpet,” the annual show of fashions from the Y’s downtown...
Get to Greensburg for ‘Antiques on the Avenue’
Two things are dear to the heart of Amy Zimmerman, co-owner of The Shepherd’s Keeper at Kinderhook, an antiques and collectibles store in Greensburg. The first is (obviously) antiques and the second is downtown Greensburg itself. “My father was an antique dealer, so it’s in my blood,” she says. “I’ve...
Entertainment planner: Aug. 1-14
Thursday Aug. 1 “Everybody,” 12 Peers Theater production, Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. Through Aug. 18. 412-626-6784 or 12peerstheater.org Supper Break String Band, TGIS free concert, The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org Fort Armstrong Folk Festival, Riverfront Park, Kittanning. Through Aug. 4. armstrongfestival.com Friday Aug....
Kennywood picks ‘Wizard of Oz’ theme for Fall Fantasy Parades
Visitors to this year’s Fall Fantasy Parades at Kennywood Park can expect to see lions and tigers and bears, oh my! The theme for the 70th year of the nightly parades, set for Aug. 3-20, is “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” More than 150 marching bands from high schools and...
