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Save a snowball for the Carnegie Science Center
With the Greater Pittsburgh area dealing with a winter storm expected to bring several inches of snow, it seems like a perfect time to start saving snowballs. The Carnegie Science Center is encouraging potential visitors to make a snowball this winter, save it in their freezer, and bring it to...
Silver Eye Center for Photography creates list of artists worth watching
A Carnegie Mellon University student’s combined interests in photography and data science led to creation of the Silver List, comprising 47 artists from Pittsburgh and points beyond whose work deserves attention. Presented by Silver Eye Center for Photography in partnership with Carnegie Mellon and the Black List, the list features...
TV Talk: PBS traces history of ‘The Black Church’ with John Legend, Yolanda Adams, Henry Louis Gates Jr.Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. PBS’s “The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song” (9-11 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, WQED-TV), hosted by writer Henry Louis Gates Jr. (“Finding Our Roots”), explores the role of the church in...
Author Haruki Murakami hosts live jam for relaxation amid pandemic
TOKYO — Japanese author Haruki Murakami has a remedy for those who need relaxation from stress and worries in time of a pandemic — Brazilian Bossa nova music. “As we are going through a time of anxiety, I hope to help you relax even just a little bit,” Murakami, 72,...
‘The Bachelor’ host stepping away after racial controversy
Chris Harrison, host of “The Bachelor,” says he is stepping down from his TV role and is “ashamed” for his handling of a swirling racial controversy at the ABC dating show. In a new statement posted Saturday, Harrison apologized again for defending the actions by a contestant that are considered...
‘Silence of the Lambs’ turns 30 — celebrate by spending the night in ‘Buffalo Bill’s house’Video
Buffalo Bill never told Clarice he had a nice big pool out back. To be fair, the fictional serial killer and main villain in the 1991 thriller-horror film “The Silence of the Lambs” was busy doing other, more terrible things. But for fans of the frightening classic, released 30 years...
Grant money available for teaching artists in Western Pa.
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has created the Teaching Artists Opportunity Grant — to benefit arts educators in Western Pennsylvania. It will provide up to $2,000 per artist for continued learning and professional development. According to a survey by the council, more than 40% of artists earn income from teaching...
Dwayne Johnson’s ‘surreal’ look back in TV’s ‘Young Rock’
LOS ANGELES — When Dwayne Johnson sold the idea for a TV comedy about his colorful and challenging early life to NBC a year ago, he was delighted to tell his parents that a version of their family was bound for the small screen. Days later, his father was felled...
Contemporary Craft exhibition explores plight of global women refugees
Contemporary Craft is planning an exhibition focusing on women and girls affected by the global refugee crisis. “Searching for Home,” a solo exhibition by Seattle-based, Pakistan-born artist Humaira Abid, will open April 9 and run through Aug. 21 in the gallery at 5645 Butler St. in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. “This...
‘Lady Gaga of Vietnam’ finds a home in PittsburghVideo
She is known as the “Lady Gaga of Vietnam.” Her name is Mai Khoi (pronounced “my coy”) and she is a successful Vietnamese pop star turned activist who was forced to leave her home country after being harassed and silenced by the Vietnamese government. The 38-year-old Khoi has found refuge...
Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79Video
NEW YORK — Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, has died. He was 79. Corea died Tuesday of a rare form of cancer, his team posted on his website....
U.K. judge rules that newspaper invaded Meghan’s privacy
A British judge ruled Thursday that a newspaper invaded Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father. Judge Mark Warby said Associated Newspapers misused the duchess’s private information in five February 2019 articles in the Mail on Sunday and on the MailOnline website, which published portions...
Taylor Swift has finished redoing sophomore album ‘Fearless’Video
NEW YORK — Last year, Taylor Swift gave us a lot of new music. This year it will be old — the pop star has announced she’s dropping the first of her re-recorded albums. Swift said online Thursday that “Fearless: Taylor’s Version” is finished and “will be with you soon,”...
Quantum Theatre’s ‘Far Away’ presents cautionary tale of a dark future
Quantum Theatre’s upcoming production is “a surreal portrait of a descent into a hyper-partisan future we hope will never come to pass, but which has disturbing echoes of the present day,” the theater company says. That production is “Far Away,” a 2000 work by British playwright Caryl Churchill, which Quantum...
Gina Carano fired from ‘Mandalorian’ after social media post
LOS ANGELES — Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of “The Mandalorian” cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the U.S. political climate. A spokesperson with the production company said in...
Morgan Wallen tells fans not to defend his racist language
Country star Morgan Wallen asked fans not to downplay the racist language he was caught saying on camera and said that he accepted the punishments he faced. TMZ posted a video last week of Wallen saying a racial slur and Wallen apologized at the time. Wallen posted a five-minute Instagram...
TV Talk: ‘Young Rock’ pumps up NBC; ‘It’s a Sin’ will leave viewers sobbingVideo
Over the next seven days, NBC premieres two comedies, Starz debuts a road show and HBO Max introduces an excellent British drama. ‘Young Rock,’ ‘Kenan’ Of NBC’s two new single-camera, laugh-track-free comedies, “Young Rock” (8 p.m. Tuesday, WPXI-TV) proves funnier and altogether better than “Kenan” (8:30 p.m. Tuesday). There’s a...
Lincoln Highway museum to have free admission Friday, seeks donations for new roof
The Lincoln Highway Experience is celebrating Lincoln’s birthday with free admission on Friday. At the same time, the nonprofit that runs the transportation-oriented Route 30 museum is seeking contributions toward a roof replacement for the oldest section, a stone house dating from 1815. It’s time to update the Unity museum’s...
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78
LOS ANGELES — Porn purveyor Larry Flynt, who built Hustler magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, died Wednesday. He was 78. Flynt had been in frail health and died of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, said his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr. From his...
Britney Spears reminds us of the ‘person living behind the lens’ amid film dramaVideo
After FX’s buzzy Britney Spears documentary exposed the toxic ways in which the media circus descended on her as a rising pop star, Spears delivered a poignant message on Instagram about fame. On Tuesday afternoon, the singer posted three-year-old footage of herself performing her hit single “Toxic” and offered an...
You Are Here’s ‘Portraits of Jeannette’ pays tribute to familiar city faces
Photographer John Howard is a familiar face around Jeannette, as he documents people, places and events for the local historical society and various publications. Now, Howard will pay tribute to some other familiar Jeannette residents in an exhibit opening Feb. 20 at You Are Here. “Portraits of Jeannette” will run...
Springsteen charged with drunken driving; Jeep ad on pause
HIGHLANDS, N.J. — Bruce Springsteen is facing a drunken driving charge in New Jersey, prompting Jeep to put on pause the Super Bowl television commercial that features him. Springsteen was arrested Nov. 14 in a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area on the New Jersey coast, a spokesperson for...
Westmoreland Symphony’s Young Artist Competition winners to hit virtual stage
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra and its Academy of Music will present its 2021 Young Artists Competition winners’ recital as a virtual event this year. The program will premiere at 3 p.m. Feb. 21 on the symphony’s YouTube channel. The young artist competition is open to students who reside or take...
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announces 2021 class nomineesVideo
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for its 2021 induction Wednesday morning. Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, Mary J. Blige and Iron Maiden were among the nominees. The full nominee list is: • Mary J. Blige • Kate Bush • Devo • Foo...
Student artwork at Ligonier museum created in unusual circumstances
The artwork in the annual “Artists of the 21st Century” student exhibition is always impressive, said Kristin Miller, site coordinator of the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art-Ligonier Valley, where the show opens on Friday. The circumstances under which it was created this year make it even more so. “I give...
