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Take the TribLive weekly news quiz: June 14
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Grammy-winning Lucinda Williams talks about stroke recovery, looking back and more ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo
Some days are more frustrating than others for Lucinda Williams as she continues her recovery from a 2020 stroke. Earlier this week, the three-time Grammy winner was sitting on her tour bus admiring the beautiful weather through the window, but she longed for more. “I just want to be able...
Gisele Fetterman: Protecting Dreamers is a moral imperative
As someone who grew up undocumented in the U.S., I understand all too well the pain of growing up in the shadows and the stress caused by the uncertainty of the situation. I have spoken out many times over the years about the urgent need to protect the “Dreamers,” people...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 14-16
Happy Father’s Day! Take Dad, your friends or yourself to these events and celebrations this weekend — everyone deserves some fun! Row House Cinema 10th Anniversary Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville is celebrating 10 years in the community with special screenings and a block party this Saturday. From 3 to...
TV Talk: ‘House of the Dragon’ successfully toggles between heartbreak and dark humor in 2nd seasonVideo
The first season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” was a mixed bag: So many — too many, really — characters with similar-sounding names and blond wigs, a time jump that resulted in the recasting of roles just as viewers started to get to know...
Murrysville Eat’n Park remodel includes pick-up window
Murrysville’s Eat’n Park location is set to undergo a full remodel over the next several months. Courtney Caprara, marketing manager, said the renovations include the return of the salad bar, a pick-up window for takeout orders and additional seating. The remodel of Eat’n Park, which is located off Route 22...
Freeport woman celebrates $1 million lottery win while mourning husband’s deathVideo
Two weeks after Karen Coffman became a millionaire, her husband died. “When I told him about the prize, he thought I was lying to him,” Coffman said of Robert, her husband of 31 years. Robert Coffman died April 10 from complications of a brain tumor. His death made her million-dollar...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend
On this Father’s Day weekend, here are a variety of events to excite any dad, from beer lovers to history buffs. Frontier Court Days For a peek into history, check out Historic Hanna’s Town this weekend for Frontier Court Days. On Saturday and Sunday, go back to a time when...
Damar Hamlin’s basketball game at North Allegheny benefits his charity
Football player Damar Hamlin hosted a celebrity basketball game June 8 at North Allegheny Senior High School, drawing in big names and hundreds of fans, with sales supporting the Chasing M’s Foundation, his charity. The Buffalo Bills safety, who originally is from McKees Rocks, led the night’s Blue Team to...
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro popularity soar as weight loss wonders
Editor’s note: This story first posted on June 11, 2023. For Diane Lang, the big push to focus on her health and weight came from her grandchildren. “I was exhausted,” she said. “When they would visit, I would just try to keep up with them. I want to run with...
Burtner descendant Nicole Glasgow takes reins of Harrison homestead
Butler native Nicole Glasgow was regaled as a child by tales of life at the Burtner House in Harrison — a three-story stone farmhouse that is among the oldest homes in Allegheny County and which was built by her ancestors. But it wasn’t until Glasgow completed college that she fell...
T-Pain brings the party to Pittsburgh with and without the autotune
Millennials deserve some nostalgia, too. And T-Pain is the perfect artist to deliver it. He made a name for himself in the aughts in hip-hop and R&B, starting with his breakout 2005 hit “I’m Sprung.” And that was just the beginning. T-Pain’s stylistically autotuned vocals were a fixture on radio...
TV Talk: Pittsburgher competes on PBS’s ‘Great American Recipe’
Western Pennsylvania native Doug Heilman wasn’t familiar with PBS’s “Great American Recipe” (9 p.m. Monday, WQED-TV), now in its third season, so when a casting producer reached out over his social media encouraging the home cook Heilman to apply, Heilman ignored that direct message for two weeks. “It seemed spammy....
TV Talk: ‘Watson’ filming locally, ‘The Deliverance’ dated
CBS’s upcoming Pittsburgh-set medical/investigative procedural “Watson,” slated to air Sunday nights in spring 2025, will film predominantly in Vancouver, British Columbia. But star Morris Chestnut and some other cast members are in Pittsburgh this week to film exterior scenes over several days that will be inserted into episodes of the...
From the Newsroom Podcast: Going down? The state of Pittsburgh inclines
In this episode we’re talking about a Steel City identity staple, the Pittsburgh inclines. The Monongahela Incline and its slightly younger sibling, the Duquesne Incline, were built in the 1870s to easily and quickly transport Pittsburghers to their destinations throughout the city. Related: • Pittsburgh is the king of inclines,...
Pitcairn man performs restoration, replacement work on Civil War headstones
As Thomas Daugherty’s headstone is lifted out of the earth at the Cross Roads Cemetery in Monroeville, its size comes as a bit of a surprise. While the visible portion is perhaps 2 feet high, the stone itself is at least another 3 feet in length underground. Daugherty was a...
Peppi’s Old Tyme Sandwich Shop closes Point Breeze location
Peppi’s Old Tyme Sandwich Shop has officially closed one of its three locations in Pittsburgh. The Point Breeze location on Penn Avenue, near Braddock Avenue, shut its doors indefinitely last week, according to owner Lou Bosser. The Strip District and North Side shops remain open. Bosser said an offer for...
‘The biggest thing’: The Vindys singer Jackie Popovec on opening for Pat Benatar
The room right next to Jackie Popovec’s kitchen is supposed to be the dining room. But with guitars on the wall, other instruments and amps scattered about and freshly arrived merch nearby, the singer of The Vindys just laughs off the room’s transition. “Loading our stuff in and out of...
Student art heats up at Hazelwood’s Industrial Arts Workshop youth welding program
In the cavernous, noisy workspace of the Industrial Arts Workshop, tucked away on Herbert Way in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, sparks are flying. Almost every afternoon the room fills with high-school-age students, who pull on protective gear and hurry back to their personal projects. Metal sculptures — a phoenix, flowers, a...
Faking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females to get clicks
WASHINGTON — When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China’s efforts to influence Taiwan’s recent election using fake social media accounts, something unusual stood out about the most successful profiles. They were female, or at least that’s what they appeared to be. Fake profiles that claimed to be women got...
TV Q&A: Did Alby Oxenreiter retire from WPXI?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: What’s the story with Alby Oxenreiter? He hasn’t been seen for about a year on WPXI-TV. I’m wondering if he decided to retire early because...
Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘West Side Story’ delivers delightful version of a classic
Tuesday night saw the opening of Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera’s production of a titan in the canon of American musicals: “West Side Story.” And this production will delight any fan of the show. Opening on Broadway in 1957, “West Side Story” is the work of legends, with a book by...
Dog fight! Joey Chestnut out of July 4 hot dog eating contest because of deal with rival brand
NEW YORK — Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the reigning champion of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, will not participate in this year’s event after signing a deal with a rival brand, organizers said Tuesday. Chestnut, 40, has long been the face — not to mention the...
Pittsburgh theater companies keep busy through summer
Some of Pittsburgh’s cultural institutions may be taking a break for the summer, but theater is still all around in the city. Many local companies know that “the show must go on” — and have planned a variety of exciting productions for the next couple of months. Here are a...
Murrysville artist’s augmented-reality app earns top prize at L.A. film festivalVideo
Murrysville artist Christopher Ruane enjoyed the chance to show his augmented-reality app and videos to family and friends. But it’s one thing to show it off at a community festival. It’s quite another to see it take the grand prize at a Los Angeles film festival where the judges are...
