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Hosta show and sale planned at Soergel Orchards in Wexford
The annual juried Hosta Show, presented by the Daffodil and Hosta Society of Western Pennsylvania, is set for 1-4 p.m. June 1 at Soergel Orchards Farm Market, 2573 Brandt School Road, Wexford. Entries for the juried show of cut leaf and potted hostas/arrangements will be accepted from 5-8 p.m. May...
Westmoreland Heritage Trail plans Trail Towns Festival
In conjunction with National Trail Day, Westmoreland Heritage Trail is hosting a Trail Towns Festival on June 1. Trail enthusiasts are invited to cycle, walk, jog or push a stroller and join in the festivities to help support the trail, which covers 8.5 miles from Saltsburg to Delmont and 5.9...
Clemente Museum plans outdoor mural painting weekend
A larger-than-life-size mural of Pirate’s great Roberto Clemente will soon grace the side of the Clemente Museum in Lawrenceville. The museum has partnered with local mural artist Kyle Holbrook on the project. “Holbrook’s mural painting style encourages community members to participate in the painting process with him. In conjunction with...
Out & About: Action for Animals boosters enjoy a walk in the park
A brief afternoon downpour couldn’t dampen spirits at Action for Animals Humane Society’s annual Walk for the Animals, on May 19 at Twin Lakes Park in Unity. Participants came on two feet and four to enjoy a walk around the lakes, a pet blessing, food and vendor sales, basket raffles,...
Tickets on sale for Pittsburgh’s ‘Lion King’ run
Tickets are on sale now for the September run of Disney’s “The Lion King” at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Tickets are available at 412-456-6666, trustarts.org and at the Box Office at Theater Square in downtown Pittsburgh. VIP ticket packages, including prime seat location, commemorative souvenir program and exclusive merchandise...
Sci-fi films inspire new installation at the Mattress Factory
The newest installation at the Mattress Factory, opening May 23, takes on the form of a science fiction film set. A free opening reception for the artwork, Patte Loper’s “Laboratory for Other Worlds,” is set for 6-8 p.m. May 23, in the museum’s Monterey Annex, 1414 Monterey St., in Pittsburgh’s...
Popular Lincoln Highway SupperMarket returns for 5th season
Instead of stopping at the supermarket, the Lincoln Highway Experience invites hungry people to stop on summer Wednesdays at the SupperMarket. The fifth season of the weekly gourmet picnic event kicks off 5-8 p.m. June 5 on the museum grounds at 3435 Route 30 East, Unity, at the intersection with...
Out & About: St. Anne Home hosts 16th annual progressive dinner
Breaking bread with friends is one of life’s great pleasures. Participants in the St. Anne Home’s 16th Annual Progressive Dinner were able to double, or even triple, that pleasure. Select guests traveled to select homes for their first courses, then made their way to another location for their entrees. All...
Out & About: New Eagle Scouts honored, challenged at dinner
The Boy Scouts of America mission is to help young men (and now young women) develop self-confidence, a sense of ethics and academic, leadership and citizenship skills to carry into adulthood. Some attendees at the Westmoreland-Fayette Council’s 61st Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner, held May 16 at Stratigos Banquet Centre in...
Out & About: Spring Rhapsody wraps WSO 50th anniversary season
The Spring Rhapsody Gala was like icing on the cake of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s triumphal 50th anniversary season. Held May 18 at a private club near Ligonier, the black-tie gala came a week after the symphony’s season-ending concert, featuring the blockbuster movie music of composer John Williams and conducted...
Out & About: First Westmoreland Art Nationals show opens at WCCCVideo
The first of two Westmoreland Art Nationals exhibitions, sponsored by the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, opened May 18 at Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood. The second will open June 29 at Twin Lakes Park, to be held in conjunction with the festival from July 4-7. The exhibitions this...
Out & About: Artistic achievers gather at The Palace Theatre
“Achievement in the Arts is Westmoreland County’s sports award for creatives,” says Kelli Brisbane, Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s director of corporate engagement and events. The trust presented its 21st annual arts awards to seniors from 18 county high schools May 15 at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Categories include theater, visual...
Travel tip: These 9 countries offer more bang for the buck
If you’re looking for more bang for your international travel buck, SmarterTravel has a list of countries with the best exchange rates for the U.S. dollar. As an added bonus, seven of the nine countries listed are right here in the Western Hemisphere. Whether you’re on a tight budget or...
‘Satan and Adam’: Mt. Pleasant native films unlikely blues duoVideo
A filmmaker from small-town Western Pennsylvania makes a movie about an unlikely blues duo busking on the streets of New York City. It sounds like a movie in itself — especially because it was 30 years in the making. That’s the story behind “Satan and Adam,” a documentary directed by...
Charities find challenges go along with doing good works
There are dozens of charities and nonprofits at work in the area, some large and high-profile and others smaller and more limited in scope. They serve the hungry, the homeless and those struggling with issues of mental, spiritual and physical health. Not all their clients are human, either. Some have...
Entertainment planner: May 16-29
Friday May 17 Broken Arrow: The Music of Neil Young, Lamp Theatre, Irwin. 724-367-4000 or lamptheatre.org Michael Christopher, Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh. 412-231-7777 or riverscasino.com “Pirate Queens,” The Theatre Factory, Trafford. Through May 25. 412-374-9200 or thetheatrefactory.org Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center Great Performers Series program, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh. 412-392-4900 or...
Pickled Chef products coming to Greensburg Shop ‘n Save
Lovers of The Pickled Chef now have another source for their favorite piquant products. Items are now in stock at Shop ‘n Save, 730 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg. “We are thrilled to have partnered with the Charley’s, a fellow Greensburg business and family, to provide our local, artisanal small-batch, hand-crafted...
Artist will compare her work to Warhol’s in Westmoreland program
Contemporary artist Mickalene Thomas will discuss her work on May 29 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. Thomas will join Jose Diaz, chief curator at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, to explore how her artistic process and work are thematically and stylistically similar to Warhol’s. The...
Westmoreland’s ‘Art as Fashion’ to give insider’s view of Met Gala
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg will offer an insider’s view of the Met Gala during its Art as Fashion red carpet cocktail party on May 24. Special guest will be Clyde B. Jones III, Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in...
Mattress Factory offers free day to honor its late founder
The Mattress Factory will offer free admission from 1-5 p.m. May 19 in honor of its late founder, Barbara Luderowski. Current exhibitions include “A Selection from the Greer Lankton Archive,” including various 2-D and 3-D pieces, and “Artists in Residence: William Earl Kofmehl III, Laleh Mehran, OSGEMEOS, Karina Smigla-Bobinski, and...
Catch ‘Spamilton’ all summer long in the Greer Cabaret Theater
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Parody is probably another one. Hard on the heels of the record-breaking Broadway hit musical “Hamilton,” there is “Spamilton: An American Parody.” Called “smart, silly and often convulsively funny” by the New York Times, “Spamilton” will have a summer-long run with...
Scottdale theater group tackles Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’
Arthur Miller’s Tony Award-winning drama, “The Crucible,” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. May 16-18 and 2:30 p.m. May 19 in the Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale. “The Crucible,” Miller’s most popular and frequently-produced work, retells the story of the Salem (Mass.) witch trials of 1692-93. It was written...
Reggae Night to kick off Palace Theatre’s free summer concerts
Thank goodness summer is just around the bend. Appropriately, the Palace Theatre’s annual free Thank Goodness It’s Summer concert series is set to start up, too. Things kick off with Reggae Night with Pittsburgh jam rock/funk/reggae band Brahctopus on May 30 just outside the Greensburg theater in the S&T Bank...
Out & About: Cinco de Meowo benefits ‘los gatos sin hogar’
“Los gatos sin hogar necesitan tu ayuda.” That translates from the Spanish as “The homeless cats need your help,” according to Google. It also was the message of the annual Cinco de Meowo party held, appropriately, on Cinco de Mayo (or May 5) in the Youngwood Fire Hall. Hosts were...
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks satisfies passion for fashionVideo
Westmoreland Walks organizers displayed their passion for fashion — and for their cause — at the second annual Passionately Pink Fashion Show, held May 11 in the Christ Our Shepherd Center in Unity. Close to 100 ladies and a few gents gathered to see what’s hot this season from Betsy’s...
