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Review: Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ may be Uma Thurman’s ‘Stranger Things’Video
In “Chambers,” a fine new supernatural horror mystery dropping onto Netflix at midnight Friday, Sivan Alyra Rose plays Sasha, a Native American high school student in a working-class Arizona town who suffers a massive heart attack while trying to lose her virginity to her boyfriend TJ (Griffin Powell-Arcand). A transplant...
Contemporary Christian classics coming to Hempfield churchVideo
A beloved oldies song comes on the radio and instantly you’re transported back to the time and place where you first heard it. That’s the vibe created by the Greatest Hits Live Tour, coming April 26 to Word of Life Church in Hempfield. The twist is that these golden oldies...
The 5th Dimension still shining bright with Palace Theatre show
The 5th Dimension was as popular a symbol of the late 1960s and early ‘70s as peace signs and “Make Love, Not War” posters. If the vocal group’s name doesn’t ring a bell, the parade of timeless hit records surely will. Who doesn’t remember singing and dancing to the group’s...
‘Carmina Burana’ is grand finale for WSO’s 50th season
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra is going all out for the grand finale of its 50th anniversary season. It’s such a big show, expressing “the sheer joy of living,” that the stage of The Palace Theatre in Greensburg will need to be expanded to hold performers. Daniel Meyer will conduct solo...
Pittsburgh Opera gives classic ‘Don Pasquale’ a fresh take
Classic Italian romantic comedy will be enlivened with more recent comic techniques and a fresh updating of its story in the final production of Pittsburgh Opera’s 2018-19 season Pittsburgh Opera will present four performances of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” April 27 to May 5 at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center. Donizetti wrote...
Entertainment planner: April 25-May 8
Thursday April 25 “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. Through May 11. 724-745-6300 or littlelake.org Yarn/Derek Woods Band, Club Cafe, Pittsburgh. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/clubcafe Friday April 26 Joe Garuccio, Lounge at LeMont, Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100 or lemontpittsburgh.com Spring Gallery Crawl, Pittsburgh Cultural District. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org Saturday April 27...
Greensburg Civic Theatre makes change to ‘Songs for a New World’
With a rallying call that “the show must go on” — even if it’s not the same show — Greensburg Civic Theatre announced a change to its May production and will close its 67 th season with a musical that has a fitting message to “never lose hope.” GCT said...
Sounds of summer: WYEP Music Festival lineup announced
Is it summer yet? The WYEP Summer Music Festival from 3 to 10 p.m. on June 29 in Schenley Plaza in Oakland features six performances. On the docket are DeVotchKa, Cautious Clay, Clara Kent, Nevada Color, Elias Khouri and Pierce Dipner. WYEP's Summer Music Festival lineup is here! Featuring @devotchkamusic...
Real-life Riverrun castle from ‘Game of Thrones’ up for sale for $650,000
Owning a castle seems like a thing of fantasy. For a “Game of Thrones” fan, owning Riverrun — former seat of House Tully but now occupied by House Frey — might seem like a dream come true. If you’re a fan, you get it — otherwise just know it’s one...
The Cranberries, still in mourning, return for the last timeVideo
NEW YORK — Whether there would be a final Cranberries’ album hinged on what was on a hard drive on the other side of the world. Last spring the surviving members of the Irish band began combing through unfinished vocals that singer Dolores O’Riordan sent to Ireland before her death...
Britney Spears squashes rumors that she’s being held against her will
The pervasive Britney Spears rumor — that she’s being held against her will at a mental health institution - and the related campaign to “save” her prompted the pop singer to reassure her fans that “all is well.” As #freebritney mania spread from social media to the streets in West...
Bushy Run hosts ‘Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost’ author
Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Inc., will host Jason Cherry, author of the newly published “Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost: Captain Trent’s Fort.” Cherry will briefly discuss his book during a 10 a.m. program May 4 at the historical site in Penn Township. The book details the history of former soldier turned...
More vintage Kennywood footage in new Rick Sebak documentary
“Don’t stand up!” The phrase has warned countless amusement park riders, and now it’s the title of a new Kennywood documentary premiering at 8 p.m. May 2 on WQED-TV. The sixth program in documentarian Rick Sebak’s local WQED “Nebby” series, “Don’t Stand Up” was funded primarily by a 2017 Kickstarter...
Sting on Las Vegas residency, new album and Juice WRLD
NEW YORK — Sin City? More like Sting City. Grammy-winning superstar Sting is heading to Las Vegas to launch a residency next year. Sixteen performances of “Sting: My Songs” will take place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, beginning May 22, 2020. Shows are also planned for June, August and...
Big band dance set at West Overton’s Big Barn
West Overton Museums will host a World War II Victory Ball dinner dance to honor local veterans and raise funds for new education programs. The event will be held in the East Huntingdon Township facility’s Big Barn from 5:30-8 p.m. May 25. Tickets for the Memorial Day weekend event are...
Leonardo da Vinci cast to be unveiled at Carnegie Science CenterVideo
A cast of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Horse and Rider,” his only known sculpture, and believed to contain the artist’s thumbprint, will be unveiled and placed on display at the Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh. Appraiser Brett K. Maly, who has appeared on the History and Travel channels, will...
Marvel Cinematic Universe by the numbersVideo
Hollywood had never seen anything like it: an interconnected movie franchise that absolutely dominates the box-office landscape. Yet when you drill down and study the numbers, you can further appreciate just what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has accomplished across the past 11 years - having launched with 2008’s “Iron Man”...
‘Jeopardy!’ champ James Holzhauer passes $1 million mark
NEW YORK — There’s no truth to the rumor that James Holzhauer is a cyborg created to be the perfect “Jeopardy!” contestant. But given how he’s made a level of excellence rarely seen on the television quiz show appear almost mundane, it sometimes seems that way. Holzhauer eclipsed the $1...
Greensburg ArtsWalk coming back ‘bigger, better’
The Greensburg ArtsWalk is coming back strong for a second year. On April 27, painters, sculptors, musicians, dancers and artists working in various other mediums will disperse through downtown for a day of performances, exhibitions and other art activities. As with any other respectable festival, there also will be food....
Take a journey with Pittsburgh Symphony Pops’ ‘Wonderful Music of Oz’
Music played a vital role in the iconic film “The Wizard of Oz,” as well as subsequent shows “The Wiz,” “Wicked” and “Chasing Rainbows,” which were inspired by the film but take a different approach to the story. Lawrence Loh will conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Pops in three performances of...
Clarion Quartet explores music suppressed by the Nazis
The Clarion Quartet is a group with a mission and performs at the highest level, but gives few performances because its members have another job — members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Two upcoming concerts are therefore special events. The musicians formed the quartet to play a single concert exploring...
John Noble to take final bow with ‘Night of the Stars’
Greensburg attorney and champion of high school musicals John Noble is a pretty humble guy when it comes to taking credit for the success of his “Westmoreland Night of the Stars.” The event held at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg has grown to a two-night celebration of local students representing...
Jennifer Garner graces cover of People’s annual ‘Beautiful Issue’Video
NEW YORK — Jennifer Garner graces the front of this year’s “Beautiful Issue” of People magazine with a cover story that cheers the way she balances Hollywood, business and motherhood. The magazine revealed the cover Tuesday of the annual issue that hits newsstands Friday. On the cover, the Texas-born, West...
Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ a fitting send-off for Marvel’s superheroesVideo
If there’s a single phrase that sums up the guiding principle of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — the interdependent series of superhero movies that, with the arrival of this week’s “Avengers: Endgame,” now numbers 22 films — it’s this: Hold that thought. (Truth be told, with “Endgame’s” running time of...
Keynote Café owner celebrates its ‘community of creative people’ as closing nearsVideo
Jill Sorrels just wanted to hear live music again when she made the decision to open Keynote Cafe on Jeannette’s Clay Avenue in 2007. “I missed the music,” Sorrels said of get-togethers at her home where friends would regularly play and sing. “I had enough money for about six months,...
