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Latrobe Art Center hosts 10th annual Mr. Rogers juried exhibition
The 10th annual Mr. Fred Rogers Juried Art Exhibition opens Wednesday at Latrobe Art Center. Paying tribute to the children’s television icon and Latrobe native, the show will feature 65 pieces by local and regional artists including two- and three-dimensional works, paintings in a variety of mediums and photography. The...
Who’s watching? Carnegie Museum exhibition explores dark side of AI
In 1984, Rockwell sang a song called “Somebody’s Watching Me,” a paean to paranoia that included the line, “I always feel like somebody’s watching me.” Maybe it was just a timely shout-out to George Orwell’s dystopian novel — in which somebody always was watching — or maybe Rockwell really was...
Trib sports columnist Tim Benz to join WPXI’s ‘Final Word’
Tribune-Review sports columnist Tim Benz is joining the regular lineup of WPXI-TV’s social media-driven Sunday night sports show “The Final Word.” Benz will become a regular panelist on the 11:30 p.m. program on an every-other-week basis. He joins Trib columnist Mark Madden among others. His first show is Sunday. The...
Pittsburgh Cultural District lights up for entertainment industry ‘red alert’Video
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust today is joining a nationwide “red out” to call attention to the ongoing shutdown of the live events industry and to urge Congress to pass the RESTART Act and extend Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to unemployed and independent contractors, often called 1099...
27th annual Labor Day crafts festival will still go on at Westmoreland Fairgrounds
Things will be a little different this year at the annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Retail Marketplace, but it still promises attendees a good time. About 150 vendors will set up at the 27th annual sale, from Sept. 4-7 at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant Township. That’s...
Latrobe Art Center classes help youngsters unlock creativity
Latrobe Art Center will offer various fall art classes for young people, from first grade through high-school. All class sizes at the center at 819 Ligonier St. are limited to no more than eight participants. Staff members will meet all required safety guidelines and all in-person students will need to...
City of Asylum’s jazz poetry festival stars international performersVideo
City of Asylum’s 16th annual Jazz Poetry Festival will go virtual this year, with free concerts and readings from eight national jazz ensembles and 10 poets from nine different countries. The festival will kick off at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 with classically trained clarinetist and composer Waclaw Zimpel collaborating with...
Ligonier museum plans garden tour, plein air painting weekend
The natural beauty of the Ligonier area is the focus of two September programs scheduled at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. • The museum’s head gardener, Anne Clark, will lead a tour of the gardens on the museum grounds at 1 p.m. Sept. 18. “This tour...
Southwestern Pa. artists vie for ‘Art of the State’ exhibition awards
Finalists for awards in the 53rd annual “Art of the State” juried exhibition at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg include six artists from Westmoreland County and nine from Allegheny. Because the museum remains closed due to the covid-19 pandemic, winners will be announced on Facebook and Twitter at...
Vandergrift native to compete in virtual ‘East Coast Regional GrandSLAM’
Mariah Passarelli is going to share her story. The Vandergrift native who lives in Downtown Pittsburgh is one of eight people competing in The Moth’s first virtual East Coast Regional “GrandSLAM—A Multi-City Showdown” at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The Moth is a non-profit group based in New York City dedicated to...
After 6 decades, Laurel Ballet founder closes school doors
After more than six decades of training ballet students, Eleanor Tornblom, owner and artistic director of Laurel Ballet in Greensburg, is calling it a career and closing her studio doors. “I’m 83, and I’ve done this all my life,” Tornblom said from her Greensburg home. “It’s over, and that’s a...
Arts, cultural groups in Southwestern Pa. can apply for new pandemic relief grants
In response to the ongoing impacts of the covid-19 pandemic, a group of 15 foundations and a private Pittsburgh-area donor have announced the Arts|Equity|Reimagined Fundto help regional arts and cultural organizations weather the effects of the shutdown. The fund is open to all groups but “will prioritize small to medium-sized...
Greensburg artists’ mosaic finds home in Puerto Rican church
A mosaic created for a show at the Greensburg Art Center will have a permanent home at a chapel in Puerto Rico. Artists Rosemary Sovyak of Hempfield and Tom Niggel of Greensburg combined their talents for the piece that was part of last winter’s “Collaborations” exhibition, featuring works made by...
‘Art Neighbors’ lend their talents to Greensburg Art Center show
Many hands make light work, and they also can make beautiful art — as illustrated by the upcoming “Art Neighbors” exhibition at Greensburg Art Center. Now in its second year, the show features work by artists who are members of either, or both, the Greensburg and Latrobe art centers. The...
Animals in motel rooms star in Carnegie’s next online exhibitionVideo
The Carnegie Museum of Art’s next online exhibition will feature video vignettes of “wild North American migratory animals relocated from their natural habitats to vacant motel rooms.” Launching Aug. 19, the unusual work is “migration (empire),” a 24-minute video by multidisciplinary artist Doug Aitken. The film was exhibited on the...
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continues online programs, reopening plans
When will patrons be able to return to Pittsburgh’s Cultural District for live music, theater and other entertainment? While the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust does not have a date to resume in-person programs, it is “working with national tours and presenters to realign all 2020 season programs into the 2021 calendar...
Teen pens musical adaptation for Diamond Theatre of Ligonier
While some teens have been busy during the pandemic shutdown recording TikTok videos, a 15-year-old from Laughlintown has gone a big step further. Lanigan McCulty created “Greece Lightning the Musical,” which will be staged this weekend at the Diamond Theatre of Ligonier. Granted, he might have an advantage over the...
Popular Pittsburgh club Brillobox closes doors for good
Brillobox, a popular Pittsburgh club offering live music, food and dance parties, is closing its doors. Owners Lou Ickes and Janessa Walter announced the closure via a Facebook post. “We are wrapping it up. We appreciate everyone that has been a part of Brillo, over the years. It’s been a...
Pittsburgh CLO postpones live shows, plans virtual ‘Christmas Carol’
Pittsburgh CLO has postponed all scheduled in-person performances until 2021, citing “uncertainties and risks related to the ongoing health crisis.” Postponed shows includes the previously scheduled fall Kara Cabaret productions of “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” and “Untitled.” The annual production of “A Musical Christmas Carol” at the Byham Theater will be...
Delmont’s Apple Hill Playhouse is closed but fond memories remain
Pat Beyer says she’s heard many times over the years that ghosts inhabit the Apple Hill Playhouse in Delmont. After all, the structure has been around since Civil War times, starting out as a barn before its reincarnation as a theater with a long string of owners. Beyer, Apple Hill’s...
Pittsburgh playwrights produce new works for online performance
Five Pittsburgh-area playwrights have written 10-minute plays responding to the current state of the world. A one-night-only digital reading of the resulting works, entitled “Homegrown Stories,” is planned for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 6 as part of City of Asylum’s The Show Must Go On(line) Series. The initiative is a collaboration...
Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama’s podcast debut
LOS ANGELES — The first guest of Michelle Obama’s new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama. The former United States president is expected to appear on “The Michelle Obama Podcast” on Spotify, the Obama’s Higher Ground and streaming service announced Friday. The podcast will debut Wednesday. In...
Sage’s Army online art auction features Western Pa. artists’ work
The work of noted area artists will be available in an online art auction to benefit Sage’s Army. Bidding will begin at noon Wednesday. Among more than two dozen artists donating work are prominent local artists including Dan Overdorff, Mary Ellen Raneri and Toni Antonucci, along with national and international...
Apple Hill Playhouse is closing, leaving theater group seeking new home
The Apple Hill Playhouse in Delmont is going dark. “The time has come” to permanently close the historic stage, executive artistic director Pat Beyer said. “I’m just too old to be in this game anymore. This is my 38th year,” said Beyer, 79. However, it’s just the barn that’s closing,...
Westmoreland Ballet Company plans ‘The Nutcracker’ film based in Greensburg
Westmoreland Ballet Company is seeking dancers and other community partners for a film version of the beloved holiday classic, “The Nutcracker.” “Incorporating area artists, musicians, performers, community members and business owners, the film will highlight Greensburg and surrounding towns,” according to the recently established company. Filming will begin in September....
