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My Chemical Romance, Rage Against The Machine announce reunion shows
Something must be in the air, because on back to back days, two huge bands have announced reunion shows. My Chemical Romance announced Thursday, more than seven years since their last show, the band would play a show Dec. 20 in Los Angeles. Like Phantoms Forever... Tickets on Sale Friday...
Rocky Bleier doc included at Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Film Pittsburgh’s Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival at SouthSide Works Cinema opens Friday with the documentary about former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier’s return to Vietnam. “The Return” chronicles the journey of Bleier, who was wounded in Vietnam and told he would never play football again. Bleier proved everyone wrong. The running...
Young WSO musicians offer free fall concert
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s youth orchestra program will present a fall concert at the Seton Hill Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg. Orchestra director Morrie Brand will direct the 3 p.m. Nov. 17 concert, which is free and open to the public. The WYSO Philharmonia, comprised of mostly middle...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 1-3Video
Oct. 31 may have come and gone, but seasonal celebrations continue. And if you enjoy music, your weekend options include both big brass and big hair. One brewery will celebrate the Day of the Dead, while a winery plans to drown your sorrows with laughs — and maybe a little...
Glorious holiday light displays usher in the seasonVideo
Long before visions of sugarplums dance in kids’ heads and it’s time to haul out the holly, thousands of strings of twinkling lights will be putting the “happy” in “Happy Holidays.” One of our most popular winter traditions — the annual festivals of lights — will soon brighten our region,...
Penn-Trafford Drama Guild courts cynical politics with ‘The Mouse That Roared’Video
A tiny, fictitious European-ish nation starts a phony war with the United States — in the hopes that they can immediately surrender and the Americans will pay to rebuild their country and economy. That might sound a bit political for a high school play, but it’s nothing new for the...
Murrysville Cantata Choir to present 2nd annual ‘Patriotic Thanksgiving’ concert
The Murrysville Cantata Choir will present “A Patriotic Thanksgiving” concert Nov. 10 in First Presbyterian Church, Murrysville, and will also perform the concert a week later in Heinz Chapel in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. “We were very pleased by the warm reception that last year’s concert received and we look forward...
Need a Halloween soundtrack? These songs check all spooky boxesVideo
Halloween night in Western Pa. may be a wash out - rain and strong gusts are in the forecast - so if you’re staying in or hosting trick-or-treaters at your place, here are some spooky songs to party along too. Things start heavy on the song list but verve towards...
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre pirouettes into Seton Hill venue
Westmoreland County and other area residents can experience the beauty of a Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performance closer to home, as the dancers go on tour with “Classical Romance.” The 7 p.m. Nov. 8 performance at the the Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg, features two eras...
‘Kidding’ star Jim Carrey embraces 2 creative outletsVideo
Jim Carrey describes himself as in a good place creatively. Part of that comes from starring in Showtime’s “Kidding,” a series that has earned him high praise, including a Golden Globe nomination. Part of it comes from expressing his point of view through his political cartoons. His exact words: He...
Latrobe Art Center plans ‘Polka Dots & Plaid’ auction fundraiser
Attendees have the opportunity to don artful outfits for Latrobe Art Center’s annual signature fundraiser, “An Evening in The Neighborhood XII: Silent & Live Auction.” “Polka Dots & Plaid” is the theme for the semi-formal event, scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at Latrobe Country Club. “This fundraiser helps us...
Review: ‘Harriet’ brings long-overdue, compelling story to screenVideo
Legendary American heroine that she is, there are certain things for which Harriet Tubman is overdue. One is her spot on U.S. currency: Google “Tubman” and “$20” and “Trump.” Another is a major feature film based on her life: Google “Tubman” and “Hollywood” and “why so long?” Well, that $20...
Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ ridiculous, outlandish, yet satisfyingVideo
“Terminator: Dark Fate” rates as a fairly entertaining sequel to James Cameron’s low-budget, high-yield “The Terminator” (1984) and the hugely expensive and enjoyable “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” (1991). It has zero narrative connection to any of the interim lame-o “Terminator” movies that came for our money after those two, the...
Entertainment planner: Oct. 31-Nov. 13
Friday Nov. 1 Iranian music concert, Cuatro Puntos Ensemble and others, Alumni Concert Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-1047 or cmu.edu Joshua Radin and The Weepies, Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks. 412-331-1050 or roxianlive.com Smicksburg’s Old Fashioned Country Christmas Open House, participating merchants, Smicksburg, Indiana County. Also Nov. 2-3, 8-10. smicksburg.net...
Bound to be a good time when Bret Michaels takes the Palace stage
After years in the studio and on the road as Poison’s lead singer, and later venturing into reality television and country music, Bret Michaels remains a rocker. The Butler native returns to his Western Pa. roots on Nov. 1 with an 8 p.m. concert at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg....
Don’t worry — kinder, gentler Chelsea Handler is still cynicalVideo
Comedian Chelsea Handler once said of “Chelsea Lately!”, her late-night E! talk show, “The worse the guests are, the more pathetic they are, the funnier the show is.” Not surprising, maybe, from someone who also was a cast member on Oxygen’s hidden camera reality show, “Girls Behaving Badly.” The television...
Wilco brings ‘Ode to Joy’ to Heinz HallVideo
Wilco is back. This may not be breaking news in the world of auto-tuned wonders littering the pop charts. It is, however, a pretty big deal for fans of a band that started out a quarter of a century ago in the alt-country corner of the room, before evolving into...
Prime Stage Theatre opens season with ‘The Scarlet Letter’
“The Scarlet Letter” opens the Prime Stage Theatre’s 23rd consecutive season. The new, commissioned stage adaptation features Nathaniel Hawthorne, the book’s author, as an onstage character. Performances will be held at the New Hazlett Theater Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh. Liam Macik, a Mt. Lebanon High School graduate,...
Here’s your sign: Don’t be stupid, see Bill Engvall in GreensburgVideo
For about 40 years, comedian Bill Engvall has been looking at life from a guy’s perspective. Whether the topic is married life, parenting, camping or kidney stones, his routines have that no-nonsense, male-infused point of view you expect from your dad or your brother. So on his current tour, Engvall...
Take a journey with ODC/Dance’s ‘Path of Miracles’
Experiencing a work of the performing arts — a play, a ballet or a symphony — is often described as a journey. That’s because, as it unfolds over time, the route to a destination may be at least as important as the destination. Take a piece of a piece of...
‘Mrs. Maisel’s’ Rachel Brosnahan in Pittsburgh for new film
A few weeks after plans were announced for Emmy-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan to film in Pittsburgh, shooting on “I’m Your Woman” is under way. The star of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and formerly of “House of Cards,” Brosnahan is playing a woman who must flee with her child due to...
Re-enactor, shoemaker plans Fort Ligonier presentation
Shoemaker and historian Brett Walker will return to Fort Ligonier, where he sometimes appears as a re-enactor and where he is working on a project to examine and catalog a large cache of mid-18th-century archaeological shoes. This time, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 8, Walker will present “St. Crispin’s Lance...
Scary pairings: Check out these Halloween book/film adaptationsVideo
From spine-tingling pages to images that seem to jump off the screen (and make us jump), the Halloween season offers plenty of frightful moments for both book lovers and movie buffs alike. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh public and readers services librarian Shayna Ross has curated a list of some of...
Kanye West takes James Corden to 30,000 feet for ‘Carpool Karaoke’Video
Never one to do something traditional, Kanye West’s edition of “Carpool Karaoke” with James Corden is … uh … sky high. The rapper/acceptance-speech interruptor was the latest guest in the hit series with the “Late Late Show” host. But it’s not in a car, it’s 30,000 feet in the air,...
Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw dazzles with sheer variety of jobsVideo
Sometimes it seems like Gugu Mbatha-Raw is playing some crazy version of showbiz Bingo. This is a woman who has assembled an astonishing variety of roles in her 36 years. Big-budget Hollywood blockbuster? Sure, “A Wrinkle in Time.” What about an 18th-century English drama? Of course, “Belle.” Any romantic comedies?...
