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Popular ‘Women’s Work’ show returns to Jeannette art gallery
Last year’s “Women’s Work” exhibition at You Are Here gallery proved so popular organizers decided to do it again. “We did the show without any preconceived ideas, and we didn’t expect such a positive response,” said gallery co-founder Jen Costello. “It really exceeded our expectations.” This year’s show, with works...
Pittsburgh native Angela Autumn heads to Nashville, will release new album in JuneVideo
“I woke up today, I was different. Something changed,” Angela Autumn sings on “Old Time Lovers,” the opening song of her forthcoming album, “Frontiers Woman.” Things, indeed, have changed for the 25-year-old Western Pennsylvania native, who grew up Angela Mignanelli in Zelienople before finding her songwriting voice and relocating to...
Gabby Barrett wins ACM award for new female artist of the year
Gabby Barrett has won her first Academy of Country Music award. The Munhall native was surprised with some “mighty fine news” from country star and this year’s ACM Awards host Keith Urban. In a video posted Thursday by the ACM Awards Twitter account, Urban reveals that Barrett was named the...
Pittsburgh ballet company focuses on diversity, inclusion
A new ballet company with an emphasis on inclusion will soon dance its way into permanent headquarters in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats. Founded in mid-2020 as Confluence Ballet Theatre by Moselle Haney, Confluence Ballet Company “was established around the vision to create dance free from the constraints of racial inequity...
TV Talk: ‘Deadliest Catch’ returns; ‘The Nevers’ debuts on HBOVideo
Westmoreland City native Wild Bill Wichrowski is back on Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” for a covid-impacted season of crab fishing. Due to the pandemic, the state of Alaska didn’t do its annual crab survey, leaving crab fisherman to guess the best spots to fish when the season began last fall....
Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna diagnosed with dementia
Celebrity zookeeper and animal TV show host Jack Hanna has been diagnosed with dementia and will retire from public life, his family said. In a news release Wednesday, his family added that it’s believed he now has Alzheimer’s disease that has quickly progressed in the last few months. The 74-year-old...
The Westmoreland keeps all staff during the pandemic, earns renewed accreditation
Being able to retain all staff during the pandemic played a role in the Westmoreland Museum of American Art again achieving accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. Alliance accreditation brings national recognition to a museum for its commitment to excellence, accountability,...
The Weeknd is top nominee for May’s iHeartRadio Music Awards
The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch are among the top nominees for next month’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. The Weeknd’s eight nominations include male artist of the year, competing with Ricch, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber and Post Malone, and song of the year for “Blinding Lights.” Ricch and Megan...
Things to do in Western Pa.: April 7, 2021
Get ready for the return of Sweet Baby James to the Steel City, with renowned music man James Taylor rescheduling his postponed PPG Paints Arena date for Aug. 3. Local favorites The Clarks have a June 5 concert at the Starlight Drive-In in Butler. In the meantime, there’s plenty of...
Eric Church set for Pittsburgh show on ‘The Gather Again Tour’
Eric Church is giving fans a reason to gather starting this fall. The country star on Tuesday announced “The Gather Again Tour,” a 55-show tour kicking off in September. The trek of arena shows runs from Sept. 17 in Lexington, Ky., to May 20, 2022, in New York’s Madison Square...
TV Q&A: Will WPXI add a noon co-anchor?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: Four months after Peggy Finnegan’s retirement and with the pandemic still ongoing, will WPXI-TV fill the co-anchor position on the noon news with Gordon Loesch?...
‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Harry Potter’ actor Paul Ritter dies at 54Video
LONDON — Versatile British actor Paul Ritter, whose roles ranged from a hapless suburban patriarch in sitcom “Friday Night Dinner” to a Soviet engineer who helps cause a nuclear disaster in “Chernobyl,” has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor. A...
Wilkinsburg author Deesha Philyaw wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Wilkinsburg author Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” continues to rack up awards. On Tuesday, her book was announced as the winner of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, which honors the best published works of fiction by American permanent residents in a calendar...
Make $2,021 for watching 21 of Oscar’s best picture winners
So, you probably won’t be earning an Oscar anytime soon. But you could earn $2,021. Not a bad consolation prize. And all you have to do to make the cash is watch a few Oscar winners — say, 21 of them. CableTV.com is prepared to show a movie fan the...
‘Jeopardy!’ contestant trolls Aaron Rodgers on Mister Rogers clueVideo
A contestant on Monday night’s edition of “Jeopardy!” took advantage of a clue on Mister Rogers to troll a different Rodgers — the game show’s guest host. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers kicked off his stint as the show’s host on Monday. Things were going well for him, until...
Review: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ delivers exactly what it promises — big monsters, big boomsVideo
When you’re making a movie about 400-foot tall monsters having a street brawl in the middle of a major city, taking yourself too seriously can be a big problem. That has been an issue with some of the recent “Godzilla” and “King Kong” movies that have tied the universe of...
Lamp Theatre flea market fundraiser set for this weekend in Irwin
While The Lamp Theatre in Irwin remains closed for concerts and shows because of coronavirus restrictions, supporters are continuing their fundraising efforts for the venue. Volunteers are being asked to donate household goods for a flea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on the patio adjacent...
Pittsburgh punk rockers Anti-Flag launch Patreon accountVideo
With most live music venues shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, bands have had to get creative to survive. Shows at drive-in movie theaters, concerts on livestreams and expanded merchandise lines have helped some musicians. Pittsburgh-based Anti-Flag launched its “No Borders. No Nation” Patreon account with different membership tiers...
Apollo native Dan Swank gets gig with favorite band All Time Low
How many music lovers dream of getting onstage with a favorite band? How many actually get a chance to do it? Apollo native Dan Swank is one of the lucky ones. In 2020, he became a member of his all-time favorite band, All Time Low. Working with the band as...
‘Trial of the Chicago 7’ takes top honors at SAG Awards
The starry cast of Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7” took the top prize Sunday at a virtual Screen Actors Guild Awards where actors of color, for the first time, swept the individual film awards. The 27th SAG Awards, presented by the Hollywood actors’ guild...
Coming in July: Vandergrift’s Artfest; artisans, volunteers wanted
Vandergrift’s annual Artfest is back, and organizers are seeking artisans and volunteers. In-person activities resume this year for the popular summer daylong festival scheduled for Sunday, July 25. Last year’s event was held virtually because of the pandemic. This year’s theme is “Art, Heart and Soul.” Art, Heart, and Soul:...
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring ‘Hemingway’ to life
BOSTON — A new documentary on Ernest Hemingway — powered by vast but little-known archives kept at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston — is shedding new light on the acclaimed novelist. “Hemingway,” by longtime collaborators Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, premiering on PBS on three...
‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ stomps to pandemic-best $48.5M opening
NEW YORK — With the help of a few old friends, the box office rekindled some of its old might over the weekend. “Godzilla vs. Kong” scored easily the best opening of the pandemic with an estimated $48.5 million since opening Wednesday, even as it was simultaneously streaming at home....
Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack, lawyer says
DMX’s longtime New York-based lawyer, Murray Richman, said the rapper was on life support Saturday evening at White Plains Hospital. “He had a heart attack. He’s quite ill,” Richman said. Richman said he could not confirm reports that DMX, 50, overdosed on drugs and was not sure what caused the...
Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000
DALLAS — An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the video game sold Friday. The auction house said the video game was bought as a...
