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Theatre Factory’s Christmas play offers in-person, livestream options

Viewers will have two options for enjoying The Theatre Factory’s production of “Christmas Gifts.” The old-fashioned radio-style play will be livestreamed for three evenings, with the opening night stream also available to an in-person audience at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont. Streaming time is 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, when...
The Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll odyssey, is soldVideo

NEW YORK — Bob Dylan has sold publishing rights to his catalog of more than 600 songs, one of the greatest treasures in popular music, to the Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. The catalog includes such modern standards as “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Tangled Up in Blue,”...
The best streaming holiday music stations this season

You can’t have the holidays without the music. And these days, streaming seems to be the way to get in the festive spirit. But with so many services out there, how’s an eager ear to choose? And which one has the best holiday channels and playlists? Let’s take a look....
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text

Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday will stage an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. Audience members may be drawn to the production by the...
David L. Lander, Squiggy of ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 73

LOS ANGELES — Actor David L. Lander — the unforgettable Squiggy on ABC’s “Laverne & Shirley” — has died, his family confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. Lander passed away Friday evening at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after having battled multiple sclerosis for 37 years. His wife, Kathy Fields...
Pittsburgh fiber artist, friends from Vermont, California make rugs, wall hangings to benefit food banks

Fiber artists make rugs from wool. They intertwine the fabric to create decorative wall hangings or functional floor coverings for the home. Three women from across the country are fashioning them — not only for a house’s décor — but to help put food on someone’s table. RFL or “Rugs...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh MuseumLab wins international design awardVideo

MuseumLab, the newest expansion of Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, was named Civic and Cultural Interior of the Year in the international Dezeen Awards 2020. Presented by the architecture and design website Dezeen, the award was revealed during an online presentation in November. The Dezeen Awards, now in its third year,...
Just released 1970 Bob Dylan album features his sessions with George HarrisonVideo

It was supposed to be the start of the recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s “New Morning” album featuring George Harrison, fresh from the Beatles breakup. On May 1, 1970, Dylan was joined by drummer Russ Kunkel, bassist Charlie Daniels (yes, the later-famous Southern rock fiddler) and guitarist Harrison. The session...
TV Talk: ‘Your Honor’ debuts with excruciating drama

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. There’s a reason Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” became a worldwide buzz magnet: Not only is “Gambit” well-made, well-acted and impeccably produced, it also tells a story that moves consistently in a positive direction. That trajectory...
In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 filmsVideo

NEW YORK — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation “In the Heights” — will stream on...
Study: Which Disney princess has the most expensive jewelry?

When you wish upon a star, hopefully you’ll get jewels as lavish as these. In a new study called “Kingdom of Jewels,” U.K.-based financial advisory company Money.co.uk worked in collaboration with David Allen of Purely Diamonds to conclude how much the jewelry of each Disney princess would cost in real-life...
City Theatre’s ‘Claws Out’ is bawdy, campy, shameless holiday fun

The holidays aren’t always merry and bright — sometimes the claws come out, as they will in City Theatre Company’s “Claws Out: A Holiday Drag Musical,” set to hit the digital stage on Friday. The action is described thus: “After attempting to give the north a new look, Mrs. Rachel...
Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows

NEW YORK — There’s theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights. More than a hundred blocks north of Manhattan’s shuttered theater district but on that same famed thoroughfare, an actor recently read his lines from a huge stage. But there was no applause. Instead, all that was...
Pittsburgh museums receive state grants for support during pandemic

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Science Center and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh were among several local museums to receive grants to support them during the covid-19 pandemic. The three museums, along with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, each received a $40,000 grant from the Pennsylvania...
MTV Entertainment commits $250 million to diversify reality

MTV Entertainment Group says it’s making a $250 million commitment to spur reality production over the next three years by companies owned and operated by women and people of color. ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment, which includes MTV and VH1, will provide funding, staff and other support to foster new ideas that...
‘Christmas Brasstacular’ opens River City Brass online concert seasonVideo

The emotional impact of not being able to play together during the pandemic didn’t hit members of River City Brass until they finally gathered to rehearse and record their upcoming online concert season. “We hadn’t played since March. For us to come together was very overwhelming,” said artistic director and...

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