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Greensburg Garden and Civic Center to celebrate 50th anniversary
A 50th anniversary open house is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. Hosted by the Westmoreland Cultural Trust, which manages and operates the facility, the event will offer visitors a chance to explore the center at 951 Old Salem Road, including its penthouse...
Yinzer Bars giving region a sweet taste of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh residents are known for both a keen sense of humor and a strong sense of pride. A new chocolate bar indulges both of those qualities, and its sales will help benefit a nonprofit established to help curb the drug epidemic in young adults. A collection of milk chocolate candy...
Put down that takeout menu: Stir-fry basics for home cooks
For every home cook happily tossing together a stir fry at home, there are a dozen would-be stir fryers wanting to make chicken-broccoli-sugar-snap-pea stir fry and then sheepishly reaching for the takeout menu. Stir-fry technique has many people intimidated. But if you can slice and stir, you can stir fry....
What’s Brewing? Now’s the time for harvest ales
Fall is here along with harvest ales for the season. Many seasoned craft beer consumers move away from drinking pale summer-like colored beers in exchange for beers that are darker and a little more robust in taste. Harvest ales are just that. On a cool night by the fire, they...
Macy’s ‘Buy a Coat and We’ll Donate One’ program begins
For the seventh year, Macy’s is hosting the “Buy a Coat and We’ll Donate One” campaign in partnership with nonprofit Clothes4Souls. For every men’s, women’s, junior’s or children’s coat purchased in store or online Wednesday to Oct. 14, Macy’s will donate a brand new coat, up to 35,000 with an...
Jacobs Creek Watershed Association director moving on
Five years ago, as she began her new position as Jacobs Creek Watershed Association executive director, Annie Quinn brought with her a “dream journal.” “It was full of events like floats, bike rides, the (annual fundraising) Headwaters party,” she says. “I have checked off every single one of those dream...
Walk 93 raises funds for national memorial design completion
Walkers will again lace up their sneakers and make a recreational and educational visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial for the fifth annual Walk 93. The Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial will host the event, starting at 10 a.m. Oct. 12. “It’s an all-ages event. Participants are welcome...
Glenlivet introduces whisky capsules, a pod cocktailVideo
Are cocktail pods the wave of the future? Maybe, according to The Glenlivet. The company’s whisky capsules — think Tide Pods but digestible and safe — are a new way to enjoy the historic drink. Unveiled last week for London’s Cocktail Week, the single-malt Scotch whisky maker debuted its latest...
Chili Oktoberfest in Murrysville adds cornbread category
Murrysville Recreation Director Carly Greene is proof that you don’t have to spend months perfecting a chili recipe in order to make a tasty pot of the good stuff for her department’s annual Chili Oktoberfest. “One year we didn’t have enough entries,” she said. “The night before, I went to...
Superior Motors plans nightshade food, Day Wines pairing
Superior Motors will host a “Night + Day” dinner featuring a six-course meal of nightshade vegetables paired with wines by Brianne Day of Day Wines in Willamette Valley, Oregon. The special menu will be offered Oct. 13 at the restaurant at 1211 Braddock Ave., Braddock. According to a release, Day...
A talk with John Van Hamersveld, artist behind ‘Era of Cool’ exhibit at The WestmorelandVideo
“Era of Cool: The Art of John Van Hamersveld” is in its final weeks at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. Van Hamersveld’s graphic design pieces provide a visual tour of rock ’n’ roll history. A former art director of Capitol Records, Van Hamersveld designed iconic album covers...
Best Buddies take educational tour of Rivendale FarmsVideo
In advance of its annual Best Buddies TasteBuds event, which pairs Pittsburgh area chefs with a Buddy sous chef, 14 Buddies spent Oct. 5 at Rivendale Farms for an educational tour of the Bulger, Washington County, farm. Rivendale Farms’ executive chef, Daniele Brenci, will be among the chefs helping their...
Out & About: Car cruisers make big gift to children’s bureau fund
The E.C. Cruisers vintage car club was on a mission when members rolled up to the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center on Oct. 5. Members were there to deliver a check for $8,387 to Westmoreland Children First during the organization’s annual Wine and Chocolate Gala, from proceeds of its Sept....
Out & About: Pitt-Greensburg community shows its artistic talent
The homecoming Blue & Gold Celebration 2019 at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg includes the third annual Art Show @Pitt-Greensburg, sponsored by the alumni association. Running through Founders Day on Oct. 10, the show in Millstein Library features 126 works by 49 amateur and professional artists, including students, faculty,...
Cool stationery elevates the handwritten note
We’re all emailing, texting and DM’ing as fast as our thumbs can type these days, but there’s also some Old School pushback. For many style-savvy communicators, handwritten notes are the thing. Whether it’s a follow-up thank you or a stand-alone communique conveying anything from warmth to wisdom, the humble notecard...
Out & About: The Westmoreland’s Big Art Party rocks a ’60s vibeVideo
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has been grooving to a ’60s vibe since the pop art exhibition, “Era of Cool: The Art of John Van Hamersveld,” opened July 20. All that grooviness exploded Oct. 5 in a riot of psychedelic sights and sounds during the annual Big Art Party....
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks paints Twin Lakes Park pinkVideo
Riffing on an old Rod Stewart song, Westmoreland Walks chose “Every Ribbon Tells a Story” for the theme of its 18th annual Pink Ribbon Walk, held Oct. 5 in Twin Lakes Park. The ribbon symbolized Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and the walk raises funds for the grassroots organization...
Beyond pumpkin spice: Give a sniff to these scents that also evoke fallVideo
Despite how ubiquitous pumpkin spice has become, not everyone is a fan of its aroma or flavor — or the things that have come to be associated with it. Some people would rather lose their sense of smell than walk through another mall reeking of pumpkin spice. Others would happily...
Living with Children: There is no good reason for a teen to have a smartphone
Question: We held off giving our oldest daughter a smartphone until she was 15, the age at which we allowed her older brother to have one. We read your column weekly in our hometown newspaper and know you disapprove but we had no issues with our son and thought, wrongly,...
Travel tip: Try a wellness travel trip to avoid vacation burnout
Ever felt like you needed a vacation to recover from your vacation? Maybe you should try wellness travel next time. Travel planners say it’s one of the fastest growing areas of tourism. Wellness travel boosts mental and physical well-being through destinations and activities that promote “re-energizing, rejuvenating and finding balance,”...
3 ways to deal with deer in the garden
Four-legged, fur-covered garden pests are many. From voles and groundhogs to chipmunks and squirrels, sometimes it seems like backyard critters enjoy our gardens more than we do! But, no four-legged garden interloper is as problematic for Western Pennsylvania gardeners as deer. As the white-tailed deer population expands and suburbia continues...
Burgatory’s Burger Bash offers meaty charitable fundraiser
Burgatory is sponsoring the seventh annual “The Pittsburgher Burger Bash,” with numerous regional contenders competing for the title of “Best Burger in the ‘Burgh.” The bash is set 1 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at the 299 West Bridge St., Homestead location. A panel of notable food enthusiasts, including The...
Circus Peanuts dethroned by candy corn as worst Halloween candyVideo
Which candy is the most disappointing to find in your trick-or-treat bag? The folks at CandyStore.com have done the research and this year there’s a new name at the top (or bottom?) of the list. Those yellow, orange and white fangs of sugar known as candy corns have claimed the...
The Clarks inspire Washington brewer’s ‘Wheat Penny’ beerVideo
When they released “Penny on the Floor” in 1991, The Clarks probably never imagined that — 28 years later — the song would inspire a new beer. The band has teamed up with The Washington Brewing Co. for Wheat Penny, a German-style hefeweizen beer that will be introduced during an...
Out & About: Women artists shine in Seton Hill University exhibit
Art exhibition jurors often say how difficult it is to choose pieces for a show, not to mention the added difficulty of choosing those deserving of awards. Imagine the difficulty, then, of having multiple jurors come to a meeting of the minds. That was the scenario for Seton Hill University’s...
