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The Menzingers had the Pittsburgh crowd singing at Roxian Theatre
There ain’t nothing wrong with rocking on a Saturday night. The Menzingers came through Pittsburgh, playing the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks, and brought a great energy for an hour and 15 minute set for a fun show. The healthy-sized crowd was with the Philadelphia punk band from the time...
Vandergrift’s Casino Theatre hosts annual holiday extravaganza
Get in the holiday spirit at “Hometown Christmas 2019: Counting Down to Christmas.” This 24th annual event will feature songs that exude happy feelings this time of the year. There are three performances at the Casino Theatre in Vandergrift. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Dec....
Brad Paisley happy to be the butt of jokes in variety special
Brad Paisley is perfectly comfortable being the butt of jokes. In his new variety special, “Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special,” airing Dec. 3 on ABC, the country star allows himself to be the punchline in a number of skits with celeb pals including Peyton Manning, Carrie Underwood, the Jonas Brothers...
Snoop Dogg’s songs turned into lullaby album
Some of the biggest Snoop Dogg tracks have been turned into baby jams. “Lullaby Renditions of Snoop Dogg” was released Nov. 29 on vinyl for Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2019 event by Rockabye Baby!, a label that takes “music parents love and transforms it into soothing instrumental lullabies.” The...
Western Pa. resorts, museum, host light up, shopping events
Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley are lighting up and offering gift ideas this holiday season. Holidays in the Highlands Seven Springs Mountain Resort will present its fourth annual celebration Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 29 through Dec. 7. Motorists...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 29-Dec. 1
Thanksgiving dinner is over, Black Friday is here and the race to celebrate the upcoming holiday season is on. The days grow dark more quickly, but lights, music and festivals will lend some brightness and cheer, throughout Westmoreland County. Hit the switch, Ligonier The annual Light-Up Ligonier event invites everyone...
Brothers Osborne triumph over sound issues during Bears-Lions Thanksgiving gameVideo
If you try, try and try again, you might be able to play your song, if you’re Brothers Osborne. The duo played the halftime show of the Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions Thanksgiving game, but not without issues. The real-life brothers had the power cut out on them within seconds...
Entertainment planner: Nov. 28-Dec. 11
Friday Nov. 29 Family Day, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh North Side. 412-231-3169 or mattress.org Felipe Esparza, Pittsburgh Improv, Homestead. Through Dec. 1. 412-462-5233 or improv.com/pittsburgh Jim Donovan and Sun King Warriors, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh South Side. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/clubcafe Ken Ludwig’s “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” national tour, The Palace Theatre,...
The Menzingers stop at Roxian Theatre in support of ‘Hello Exile’Video
The Menzingers are well known within punk rock circles, having landed multiple albums, including their 2017 release, “After The Party,” on best album lists from such outlets as “Noisey,” “Clash” and “Kerrang!” But in the mainstream rock world, the Menzingers, despite being among the very best punk-centric bands of the...
Saint Vincent community welcomes holidays with 3 performances
A trio of musical performances will herald the Christmas season at Saint Vincent College. All three will begin at 7 p.m. in Saint Vincent Basilica on the Unity campus. The schedule includes: • Sixth Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols, performed by the Saint Vincent Camerata, Dec. 5. The Camerata...
Pittsburgh stations to play Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young marathon, ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ on Thanksgiving
Turn on the Thanksgiving tunes Thursday for a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young marathon on WYEP and the annual WDVE airing of Arlo Guthrie’s 18-minute-plus song “Alice’s Restaurant.” As much a tradition as turkey on Thanksgiving, WDVE will air “Alice’s Restaurant” at noon Thursday when cooks throughout the region pause...
Coasters, Drifters, Platters headline Holiday Hop at the Palace
Three classic rock and doo-wop groups will help kick off the Christmas season at a “Holiday Hop” concert presented by Latshaw Productions on Dec. 5 at The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, The Drifters and The Platters – all Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees – will perform...
Review: Ominous ‘Dark Waters’ is like ‘Chernobyl’ for AmericaVideo
Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters,” about the prolonged (and ongoing) legal fight to uncover the environmental damage of cancer-inducing “forever chemicals” and hold their corporate makers accountable, is a sober and ominous docudrama. On its surface, it’s an unspectacular one. Its lead character, a corporate defense attorney played by Mark Ruffalo,...
Singer Goo Hara’s death shines light on dark side of K-popVideo
The death of South Korean singer and actress Goo Hara, whose body was found at her home in Seoul this week, has again shone a spotlight on pressures that stars, especially females, face in the cutthroat K-pop industry and in deeply conservative South Korean society. Goo’s death at age 28...
Rock all-stars bring Beatles ‘White Album’ tribute to Greensburg
Fifty years ago today, Jason Scheff was 7 years old. At that age, the former Chicago vocalist/bassist says, he wasn’t really aware of The Beatles. “Back then, I was listening to Dionne Warwick, because that’s what my mom was playing,” he says. But 50 years on, he’s not only a...
Pittsburgh Symphony celebrates annual Thanksgiving concert series
When Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2007, the Austrian conductor experienced Thanksgiving for the first time. He enjoyed the turkey and pumpkin pie all right, but what really touched him was the warmth of the family gathering he was invited to join and the idea...
Mark Milovats brings annual holiday show to the ByhamVideo
During the Christmas season, two annual events are inevitable in the Pittsburgh region: Santa Claus will visit good girls and boys – and Mark Milovats will perform his holiday spectacular. Milovats, a Trafford native and graduate of Penn-Trafford High School and the University of Pittsburgh, has done his holiday show...
Review: In ‘Queen & Slim,’ bad Tinder date makes for great movieVideo
Rarely has a Tinder date ended so poorly than the one shown in “Queen & Slim.” Even more rarely has a bad Tinder date produced such a great film. The remarkable “Queen & Slim” is a romance and a road movie, a film about outlaws on the run, two journeys...
Review: ‘Knives Out’ an old-fashioned whodunit made devilishly newVideo
Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, pulling at loose threads until it has intricately, devilishly woven together something new and exceedingly delightful. For all the detective tales that dot television screens, the Agatha Christie-styled whodunit has gone...
Jason Aldean says owning his records was a priority to himVideo
Country star Jason Aldean learned the hard lessons about the music business when he first signed a record deal with Capitol Records that ended up never producing any music. Years later, he signed to Broken Bow, a Nashville-based indie label that has gone on to release all nine of Aldean’s...
‘This Is Us’ actor Blake Stadnik in Pittsburgh holiday paradeVideo
When he was a boy, Blake Stadnik marched with the Pittsburgh CLO Mini Stars in the WPXI Holiday Parade. On Nov. 30, the actor and “This Is Us” cast member and Ellwood City native will again participate in the parade, this time as a featured performer. “I was 10, 11...
AARP releases the names of its Movies for Grownups nominees
NEW YORK — A new batch of film nominations are out from an influential media organization — but superhero flicks and “Frozen 2” need not apply. AARP has released nominations for its annual Movies for Grownups awards, which is designed to reward films that resonate with older viewers and fight...
Review: ‘School Girls’ tackles universal themes of racism, body image
I was born and brought up in Pakistan, a country that I suppose is known to the world as very traditional and, in some ways, rigid. But as I spent a week in Pittsburgh as a visiting reporter, I saw how things are no different here: Thousands of miles away...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Doobie Brothers add KeyBank Pavilion date to 50th anniversary tourVideo
Citing fan response, The Doobie Brothers have added nearly two dozen dates to the band’s 50th anniversary tour, including a stop in Burgettstown’s KeyBank Pavilion. In response to overwhelming fan excitement, The Doobie Brothers have announced 23 additional dates for THE DOOBIE BROTHERS 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR with Michael McDonald. Tickets...
