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Review: Witchy, wordy ‘Shirley’ thrillingly follows famed horror writerVideo
The first exchange in the brilliant, brutal “Shirley” is telling about what’s to come. A young woman, Rose (Odessa Young), finishes reading a short story (“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson) and recounts the tale to her husband, Fred (Logan Lerman). “That’s creepy,” he observes. “It’s terrific,” she sighs. And so...
Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema offering movie concession packs
Watch your favorite film at home, but stop at the theater first. Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville has created movie concession packs that people can pick up and take to their house and watch a flick. On Friday between 2 and 8 p.m., stop by for one of several options,...
Books on race and criminal justice top bestseller lists
As nationwide protests against racism and police violence continue, readers are seeking out books old and new on race and criminal justice. Robin Diangelo’s “White Fragility,” Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow” and Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy” were among the works high on the bestseller lists Tuesday of Amazon.com and...
Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett tour postponed
Fans will have to wait until next summer to see the Stadium Tour with Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. In a post on Monday afternoon signed by the bands, the tour has been officially postponed until the summer 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Westmoreland Museum has new virtual programming for June
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has announced its #MuseumFromHome offerings for June. The programs include a new virtual exhibition and other opportunities inspired by the “Complementary Exhibition to African American Art in the 20th Century” in the Greensburg museum’s Post 1950s Gallery. Programming available via the museum’s website includes:...
A superhero kid with autism shines in new PBS Kids’ seriesVideo
There’s a new crop of superheroes coming to our TV this summer but they may need a little seasoning. After all, they’re only in elementary school. The PBS Kids’ animated series “Hero Elementary” is set inside a grade school where a diverse group of four superhero students are learning to...
Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies
NEW YORK — Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 84. His death was announced on Twitter and the artist’s web page. No cause was given. Along with late wife Jeanne-Claude, the artists’ careers were defined by their ambitious...
Korn, Faith No More cancel tour, including Pittsburgh stop
The tour featuring double headliners Korn and Faith No More has been cancelled. The tour, which also featured Helmet and ‘68, was supposed to visit S&T Bank Music Park in Burgettstown on Sept. 5. “It is with heavy hearts that we came to this decision out of an abundance of...
Pittsburgh CLO plans online theater education classes
Pittsburgh CLO Institute of Performing Arts will offer a new series of online educational programs from June 29-Aug. 21. Offerings will include week-long workshops, weekend seminars, master classes, private lessons and professional development symposiums. “As leaders in performing arts education, we aim to create a developmental platform for all ages,...
Dan Cortese, Sewickley native and ‘Seinfeld’s Mimbo,’ pens new book
Dan Cortese likes to tell people that his success wasn’t overnight, it was more like 72 hours. That’s how long it took the Sewickley native to go from fetching for TV hosts to becoming one. “MTV Sports” gave Cortese a platform to engage in extreme sports — think running with...
‘Never Have I Ever’ brings rare voice, and a newcomer, to TV
When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers. It helps explain her latest project, the hit Netflix comedy “Never Have I Ever,” which follows Devi Vishwakumar, a first-generation Indian American...
Review: Despite an army of comic talent, Netflix’s ‘Space Force’ shoots blanksVideo
Co-created by Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, “Space Force,” which launched Friday on Netflix, reunites the star of “The Office” with the man who developed it from the U.K. original. Daniels went on to co-create the great “Parks and Recreation” and create the really quite good “Upload,” now streaming on...
Paint a rainbow to benefit Irwin Rotary food program
Artists of all ages and experience levels are invited to create rainbow paintings to be displayed at Feathers Artist Market and Gifts in Irwin. Pieces submitted for “Project Rainbow” then will be auctioned to benefit Irwin Rotary’s Care & Share Pantry, which provides food to community members in need. Paintings...
Greensburg Art Center plans return to on-site classes
Some classes will resume at the Greensburg Art Center beginning in June. Class sizes will be limited and the center will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health safety guidelines. There will be no children’s activities this summer. Starting dates for upcoming offerings include: •...
Review: ‘The Vast of Night’ is a cunning lo-fi sci-fi noirVideo
“The Vast of Night,” a micro-budget noir set in 1950s New Mexico, crackles with B-movie electricity. The film is one of those little miracles: a directorial debut, made for nothing, that establishes a young filmmaker of self-evident command. With atmosphere and cunning, director Andrew Patterson steers “The Vast of Night”...
New ‘Hunger Games’ book sells more than 500,000 copies
A decade after the “Hunger Games” series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more. Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” sold more 500,000 copies last week, even as many of the country’s bookstores were closed or offering limited service because of the coronavirus pandemic. The total...
Pittsburgh Women’s Music Festival aims to flip typical concert narrativeVideo
An online music event to support and showcase Pittsburgh-area women musicians and other traditionally underrepresented musicians and artists will livestream from Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale on Saturday. Organizers say the festival is designed to be “inclusive, open to non-binary and trans individuals, and will be centering around women, regardless...
Sylvester Stallone trying to unload California vacation home for $3.35MVideo
We’ve all been there. You live in Los Angeles, and that ostentatious vacation home of yours southeast of the city is just a little too much. So you decide, “What the heck? I’ll let it go for $3.35 million. So what if that’s more than a million less than I...
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabeVideo
Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so. The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. The good news for its timing: millions...
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
NEW YORK — Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, has died at 84. Bill Goldstein, a writer who was working on a biography of Kramer, confirmed the news to...
National Aviary virtual summer camps go behind the scenes
In response to the covid-19 pandemic, the National Aviary is moving its upcoming summer camps online. Campers will view exclusive live and pre-recorded content, participate in hands-on crafts and activities, and meet some of the National Aviary’s birds. The format will allow the aviary team to immerse campers in new,...
In ‘Wild World,’ singer Kip Moore turns a mirror on himselfVideo
When country singer Kip Moore wasn’t performing, he was traveling the world to places like Iceland and Costa Rica looking for the next great wave to surf, or a cliff to climb or a remote trail to hike. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the Georgia-born globetrotter found himself pretty...
Ligonier museum plans 2 children’s summer art workshops
The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art-Ligonier Valley is planning two on-site children’s art camps in July. Sessions include: • Camp 1 for ages 5-9, 9 a.m.-noon July 6-10 Sessions will tap into children’s natural curiosity to explore art materials in new ways. Participants will create mixed-media art while having fun...
Three Rivers Arts Festival is now open — in the virtual world
As the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival goes virtual this year, the focus is on a new group of creative people — those who are creating digital content that will bring a different kind of festival experience to the public. “Usually, the digital team is marginally involved in the...
JK Rowling publishes first chapters of new story online
LONDON — JK Rowling is publishing a new story called “The Ickabog,” which will be free to read online to help entertain children and families stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Harry Potter” author said Tuesday she wrote the fairy tale for her children as a bedtime story...
