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Fiber arts groups knit community along with cozy creationsVideo
About a decade ago, we started hearing about hipsters resurrecting retro items like typewriters, record players and flannel shirts, along with those perpetual favorite pastimes of grannies everywhere — knitting and crocheting. Google “hipster knit hat,” and up pop pages of images, descriptions, patterns and knit-it-yourself kits for sale. But...
Cat cafe ushers in new year with head scratches, belly rubs
If you find the idea of welcoming in the new year by cuddling cats appealing, Greensburg’s Cattfeinated Cat Cafe has a party for you. With a speakeasy theme, the new cafe, which opened in November at 159 E. Otterman St., will celebrate New Year’s Eve from 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31...
DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. Imus died Friday morning at Baylor Scott and...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Dec. 27-29
It’s the final weekend of 2019, and there’s plenty to do — from getting close up with a dinosaur to reconnecting with a childhood favorite. ‘Adventure’ time “Dinosaur Adventure,” a traveling exhibit, will make a stop at the Monroeville Convention Center from Friday through Sunday. It features 80 realistic dinosaurs...
5 things to do in and around Westmoreland County: Dec. 27-29Video
This whole week may have seemed like a weekend to some of us. Those lucky enough to wrap up school and work commitments early are probably ready for a little rest and relaxation after all of that partying and celebrating, right? Nah, its Friday. Maybe you’ve got house guests to...
Comedic duo return to ‘yinzer’ roots with Palace show
A lifelong friendship has morphed into a stage show for 1989 Greater Latrobe Senior High School graduates Eric Slivoskey and Erik Piisila. The two, both 49, now live in North Dakota and Maryland, respectively. They will appear at The Palace Theatre on Jan. 4 with “Plain Fun #2 With Eric...
Ring in 2020 at Highmark First Night PittsburghVideo
Cheryl Capezzuti creates fun. The Brighton Heights resident makes larger-than-life puppets. Those puppets will dance their way from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, along Penn Avenue and through the Cultural District during the the Highmark First Night Pittsburgh parade at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 Culminating with the city’s “Countdown...
Entertainment planner: Dec. 26-Jan. 8
Friday Dec. 27 Aubrey Burchell, Bella Terra Vineyards, Hunker. 724-635-3658 or bellaterravineyards.com “The Beatles vs. The Grateful Dead,” with Eleanor Walrus and Fungus, Thunderbird Cafe and Music Hall, Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177 or thunderbirdmusichall.com The Music of R.E.M., with The Reckoning, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh South Side. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/clubcafe Steve Byrne, Pittsburgh...
Dinosaur Adventure makes stop in Monroeville Convention CenterVideo
A new traveling dinosaur exhibit will hit Monroeville Convention Center just in time to provide some post-Christmas indoor fun and educational activities for kids of all ages during the holiday break. Dinosaur Adventure, produced by Pinnacle Productions Group based in Shoreview, Minn., features 80 realistic dinosaurs — some towering as high...
Pop culture in 2010s marked gains in diversity, inclusion
NEW YORK — When the family-friendly Hallmark Channel recently pulled, under pressure from a conservative group, a set of ads featuring a kiss between two happy brides at the altar, backlash was swift — to say the least. Within hours, stars like Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner were tweeting in...
Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history
A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York’s famed Radio City Rockettes. “I don’t want to be known as the dancer who has one hand, and not because that’s a bad thing,” Sydney Mesher, who joined the Rockettes this...
Let’s cancel ‘cancel culture’ in 2020, and the humblebrag, too
Either loudly sing your own praises or don’t in the new year, but let’s leave the humble brag behind, along with a few other oversaturated, cloying or just plain silly cultural quirks that deserve a big goodbye. Among them are pop-up shops, cancel culture and the ever-present “OK Boomer” retort...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Dec. 20-22Video
And just like that, the last weekend before Christmas is upon us. There may or may not be a flurry of snowflakes, but a flurry of fun awaits. Music, train displays and movies will help calm any seasonal stress, and keep the kiddos from bouncing off the walls — maybe....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Dec. 20-22
The first day of winter is Saturday. Welcome the season this weekend with a few more holiday events. Angelic Johnny Angel & The Halos take the stage on Saturday at the Rivers Casino Event Center on the North Shore. The Pittsburgh-based group performs music of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s....
PPG Paints Arena ranks 11th in U.S. ticket sales for 2019
Bringing big name performers to its stage has helped PPG Paints Arena rank 11th in the United States and 21st in the world in ticket sales for concerts and other live touring events in 2019, according to figures released by Pollstar. “That’s probably the highest that we’ve been,” says Gary...
Entertainment planner: Dec. 19-Jan. 1
Thursday Dec. 19 Penn Trafford Community Flute Choir, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Oakland. 412-622-6914 or phipps.conservatory.org Friday Dec. 20 The Affordable Floors, Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks. 412-331-1050 or roxianlive.com Dancing Queen, disco tribute band, Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Warrendale. 724-799-8333 or jergels.com Saturday Dec. 21 Brothers Kelly, The Wicked Googly,...
Harlem Globetrotters soar into Pittsburgh for annual showVideo
The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are “Pushing the Limits” in so many amazing ways. They’re embarking on a world tour that will bring their high-energy basketball show to more than 250 North American cities — including Pittsburgh on Dec. 26 — and 30 countries into 2020. They also added six new...
The Illusionists will immerse Heinz Hall in magic
The holiday season will be even more magical than usual when the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust makes a group of seven master entertainers appear on the Heinz Hall stage with their bag of sophisticated tricks and illusions. “The Illusionists — Magic of the Holidays” is a touring production of a successful...
Cabaret Theatre plans 2 free readings of Christmas elf story
The Cabaret Theatre is planning free readings of “Biggie, the Elf Who Didn’t Fit In” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20-21 in the Olde Main Theater, 350 Main St., Latrobe. “The story of ‘Biggie’ centers around an elf who isn’t an elf at all. He is rather an aging, simple-minded man...
Jeff Dunham’s new puppet doesn’t ignore ‘the elephant in the room’
Imagine trying to talk, only to be constantly interrupted by a motley crew of characters with names like Peanut, José Jalapeño and Bubba J. It could be a real pain. But for ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, the pain is self-inflicted, as he plays straight man to that trio and other puppets,...
KISS ‘End of the Road’ tour adds David Lee Roth as openerVideo
Billed as the “final tour ever,” KISS will bring its End of the Road world tour to KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown next summer. Opening up for the band known for decades of hits including “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Detroit Rock City” and “Beth” will be David Lee Roth, long-time...
The Westmoreland Museum announces 4 major 2020 exhibitions
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg has announced four temporary exhibitions to be featured in the museum’s Cantilever Gallery during 2020. “The varied roster of upcoming exhibitions is an exciting one, addressing both historical and contemporary art, while offering a broad range of artists, styles, mediums, subjects and...
Impractical Jokers returning to Pittsburgh in August
The four guys known mostly for goofing on total strangers — the Impractical Jokers — are headed back to Pittsburgh for an August show at PPG Paints Arena. The New York comedy quartet officially called The Tenderloins will come to town Aug. 15 as part of their 27-city “The Scoopski...
Kennywood’s ‘Holiday Lights’ recognized in USA Today poll
Kennywood’s Holiday Lights are shining a little brighter today. The West Mifflin amusement park was chosen again as one of the country’s “Best Theme Park Holiday Events.” It finished 10th out of 20 nominees selected for the 10Best.com online vote conducted over the past month in a nationwide poll conducted...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Dec. 13-15
We’re halfway through December. Go out and do something fun this weekend in Pittsburgh in between that holiday shopping frenzy. We’ve got a few choices. Holiday tunes Daniel Meyer will conduct the Mendelssohn Choir and Pittsburgh Symphony Pops in nine performances over two weekends. “Highmark Holiday Pops” starts Friday and...
