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Soul music, feeding the soul at Ligonier Country Market
Chicago native Adam Fitz will perform at the Ligonier Country Market, playing both rootsy original songs and spinning cover tunes during the 8 a.m.-noon July 27 event. His raspy voice and storytelling have earned comparisons to John Fogerty and Rod Stewart. Now living in Pittsburgh, his life experience as a...
There’s no place like home for the ‘The Brady Bunch’
There’s no place like home for “The Brady Bunch,” even if was just a facade. An HGTV renovation of the Los Angeles house that was used for exterior shots of the TV sitcom reunited six cast members and rekindled the show’s spirit. “We enjoy being together, doing other projects, but...
Headed to Steelers camp? Here are other things to do in the areaVideo
We all know Steeler Nation is a loyal bunch. And as its members descend on the Saint Vincent College campus for Steeler training camp through Aug. 16, all eyes will be on Chuck Noll Field. But in between watching the action, visiting the vendors and trying to snag a photo...
Christian W. Clay Winery, Ridge Runner Distillery team for WineStock 2019
Christian W. Klay Winery and Ridge Runner Distillery, both based in Chalk Hill, are partnering to host WineStock 2019. The neighboring Fayette County locations are describing the 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 17 event as a “modern day Woodstock,” in celebration of the iconic outdoor music festival’s 50th anniversary. Throughout the...
Faye Dunaway fired from Broadway-bound play ‘Tea at Five’ after crew conflict
Faye Dunaway has been fired from a Broadway-bound play after an alleged altercation with crew members. The Oscar-winning actress was dropped after the Boston run of “Tea at Five,” a one-woman show in which she portrayed Katharine Hepburn. The project was set to mark Dunaway’s return to Broadway for the...
Country band Confederate Railroad nixed from another fair
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The Southern country-rock group Confederate Railroad lost a second summer fair gig after objections over the use of the Confederate flag in its logo. The band’s Aug. 1 date at the Ulster County Fair in New York’s Hudson Valley has been canceled, a spokesman for Ulster...
Drake signs creative partnership with SiriusXM and Pandora
Drake has two new partners: SiriusXM and Pandora. The two companies which merged earlier this year announced Thursday that they have signed a new creative partnership with the superstar rapper. The new deal includes “a dedicated station, curated music, and collaborations with creative talent.” The roll-out will start later this...
Book by soccer star Megan Rapinoe to be published next year
NEW YORK — Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal. Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe’s book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a “perfect vehicle” for an “honest, thoughtful, unapologetic” take on everything from soccer to...
B.J. Thomas bringing half-century of hits to The PalaceVideo
Singer B.J. Thomas has seen (and sang) everything from “Raindrops” to “Mighty Clouds of Joy” in a career spanning more than a half-century and producing hits in the pop, country and Christian music genres. Though his first million-seller was a 1966 cover of Hank Williams’ “I’m So Lonesome I Could...
Dierks Bentley’s ‘Burning Man’ tour makes stop at KeyBank PavilionVideo
For Dierks Bentley, every album he makes is like a new quest and a discovery. Where some artists go into projects with an idea of the sound or style they want to pursue or even the lyrical direction they’ll explore, Bentley is Mr. Clean Slate. “I go into every album...
Entertainment planner: July 25-Aug. 7
Thursday July 25 Hamilton Ave., TGIS free concert, The Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org Stand Up for CF, comedy benefit for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/clubcafe Friday July 26 Breaking Benjamin, KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown. livenation.com Picklesburgh, Roberto Clemente Bridge and Fort Duquesne Boulevard, Pittsburgh. Through...
Former ‘Dance Moms’ star JoJo Siwa brings positivity to PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh’s Abby Lee Miller recently returned to Lifetime with “Dance Moms,” her hit reality series that chronicles the drama of running a dance school and the dreams of young girls hoping to become stars. For many members of her original cast of dance students, their exposure on Miller’s successful TV...
St. Vincent Summer Theatre closes season with ‘Always … Patsy Cline’
The musical “Always … Patsy Cline” is filled with songs — 27 to be exact — made popular by in the late ’50s and ‘60s country music star. But the show being staged by Saint Vincent Summer Theatre is more than a rundown of her hit records that include “Crazy,”...
Drums Corps International competition coming to Elizabeth Forward’s Warrior StadiumVideo
The rhythm will be hitting hard and heavy Sunday, Aug. 4 at Elizabeth Forward’s Warrior Stadium, when Drum Corps International’s 2019 summer tour comes to the Pittsburgh region. Part of a competition that includes more than 45 drum corps performing more than 100 shows in 37 states, DCI Pittsburgh will...
HBO’s ‘Dark Materials,’ ‘Gemstones’ both grapple with faithVideo
HBO’s forthcoming fantasy series “His Dark Materials” and its new televangelist comedy “The Righteous Gemstones” bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple with the same central problem: How to take on religion without degrading and demeaning viewers’ beliefs. “His Dark Materials” is based on the novel series...
Rapper Meek Mill’s conviction thrown out, granted new trial
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned rapper Meek Mill’s conviction in a drug and gun case that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for criminal justice reform. The unanimous three-judge opinion granted the rapper a new trial because of new...
Actor Rutger Hauer, of ‘Blade Runner’ fame, has died at 75Video
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in “Blade Runner” opposite Harrison Ford, has died. He was 75. Hauer’s agent, Steve Kenis, says the actor died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands. Hauer’s roles included a terrorist...
Actress Bella Thorne shares personal struggles in 1st poetry book
Bella Thorne says people are confused by her and she doesn’t understand why, but maybe her new book will clear things up. “People constantly come to me, directors, producers, people that are like in the industry, and they’re always like, ‘I just really misjudged you. You’re just so different, Bella....
Jeff Jimerson takes Hempfield Park amphitheater stage
Jeff Jimerson and Airborne headline the latest “Concerts in the Park” series in Hempfield Park. Jimerson will perform at noon July 28 in the park’s new Hempfield Smail Auto Group Amphitheater, according to the township’s website. Jimerson is well known in the region for performing the national anthem at Pittsburgh...
Country star Thomas Rhett has 3rd daughter on the way
Country singer Thomas Rhett will have a trio of daughters as he announced on social media that his wife is pregnant with another girl. Rhett on Tuesday posted a photo of his other two daughters, Willa Gray and Ada James, posing with their hands on his wife Lauren Akins’ belly....
‘Queer Eye’s’ Tan France looks deeper in new book ‘Naturally Tan’Video
You might know him from the French tuck or his distinctive hair. But “Queer Eye’s” fashion guru Tan France wants fans to get to know him beyond the surface. His new book, “Naturally Tan,” provides a deeper look at the English designer’s life. “I wanted the opportunity to really say...
Meek Mill launches new record label with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
Meek Mill is in a Jay-Z state of mind: The Philadelphia rapper-turned-entrepreneur is launching a new record label in a joint venture with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The two hip-hop players celebrated the launch of Dream Chasers Records on Tuesday at the Roc Nation headquarters in New York City, signing contracts...
Export artist tapped to create painting for borough’s summer celebrationVideo
John Santoro of Export was a little taken aback when a member of the local historical society approached him to commission a painting representing the borough’s past, present and future for the third annual Export Ethnic Food & Music Festival. “This is completely the opposite of what I do,” said...
Led Zeppelin’s ’73 Pittsburgh concert brought music and a melee
One of the more memorable rock concerts in Pittsburgh history happened on July 24, 1973, when Led Zeppelin drew 40,000 fans to Three Rivers Stadium. At the time, it was largest crowd ever to attend a musical event in the Steel City, and, for a while, things got out of...
Queen and Adam Lambert roll into Pittsburgh for sold-out showVideo
It’s a steamy summer for pop/rock star Adam Lambert. With his new single “Comin in Hot” and his current Rhapsody Tour with British rock band Queen selling out venues everywhere it plays – including a July 31 date at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh – Lambert is on fire. In...
