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‘Wall of Caring’ art installation comes to Forbes Hospital
Visitors to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville between now and April 3 may pass by what appears to be a wall of medical scrubs that are awaiting their turn in the laundry. It bears a message of “We See You” in its center, and it is an art installation created with...
Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight
DALLAS — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move the clock...
To revive stale U.S. sales, candy companies pitch gum as a stress reliever and concentration aid
Candy companies want to know: What will make Americans start chewing gum again? Gum’s bubble burst during the covid-19 pandemic, when masks and social distancing made bad breath less of a worry and fewer people spent on impulse buys. The number of packages of gum sold dropped by nearly a...
For social platforms, the outage was short. But people’s stories vanished, and that’s no small thing
NEW YORK — Once upon a time, there was a brief outage on some social media platforms. It got fixed. The end. On the face of it, kind of a boring story. But the widespread attention given to the blanking of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday...
TV Talk: Local artist competes on Netflix’s ‘Blown Away;’ sweeps ratingsVideo
The fourth season of “Blown Away,” like the third season in 2022, features a Pittsburgher who works at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Sharpsburg’s Leana Quade, who works at PGC as an instructor and in production, is one of 10 competitors in a season that filmed last May and June in...
Trib honors employees who embody company values
Trib Total Media has recognized six employees with its inaugural Core Values Awards. The awards honor employees who exemplify the Trib’s six core values of accountability, collaboration, evolution, integrity, ownership and respect. “These employees are our all-stars,” Trib Total Media President and CEO Jennifer Bertetto said. “Their values make sure...
Firsthand experience takes the boredom out of Western Pa. civics classes
It isn’t ego that makes Hal Biehl think his civics class at Riverview High School is so valuable for students. “I tell the kids on the first day of class, ‘This is the most important class you’ll have in high school no matter what field you go into because government...
Academy Awards winners, nominees from Pittsburgh area over the years
It’s time again for Hollywood’s biggest night. The 96th annual Academy Awards will air at 7 p.m. Sunday. The Oscars are the most sought-after awards in film, and with an almost century-long history, many actors, musicians, directors, producers and behind-the-scenes crew have had the honor of being nominated. Some of...
Magnolia Network’s ‘Barnwood Builders’ to appear at Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
Mark Bowe’s ancestor Edward Keenan built Union, W. Va.’s, oldest church west of the Allegheny Mountains in the 1700s. It is currently the Rehoboth Church and Museum. “My seven-time grandfather was a cabin builder,” said Bowe, co-owner of Barnwood Living, a company that salvages antique log cabins, barns and timber...
TV Talk: ‘Dance Moms’ reunite; Riverhounds return, Cavs games added to KDKA+
Lifetime scheduled its two-hour “Dance Moms: The Reunion” special for 8 p.m. May 1. Early seasons of the reality show filmed at Abby Lee Miller’s now-shuttered dance studio in Penn Hills. Miller is not expected to be part of the reunion that will feature JoJo Siwa, Chloe Lukasiak, Brooke Hyland,...
Ben Folds to play Three Rivers Arts Fest in Pittsburgh
Ben Folds dropped the tour dates Wednesday for his “Paper Airplane Request Tour,” and a stop in Pittsburgh at the Three Rivers Arts Festival is among them. Folds will play on June 9 during the fest. The festival has not announced this show yet, so this is a little bit...
Trib Lunch Box: Bear attack, kitchen+bar opens, Pitt’s Bioforge, convention center not closing
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, March 6, 2024: • Butler County bear attack sends woman to the hospital The woman heard a commotion in her backyard Tuesday night involving her dog and, when she tried to get her dog away from the smaller bears, the mother bear...
Andy Falkous interview: Mclusky guitarist/singer on Pittsburgh, touring, reunion and new albumVideo
Andy Falkous, the singer/guitarist for Welsh post-hardcore group Mclusky, will be paying his first visit to Pittsburgh later this month — “unless I got really drunk in 2003 and we played a show somewhere that I just don’t recall.” Aside from the Pittsburgh Steelers, he admitted to not knowing much...
TV Q&A: Is a ‘Krapopolis’ writer from Pittsburgh?
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: On Oct. 8, I turned on the new Fox animated series, “Krapopolis.” On three different occasions a character used the term “jagoff,” so I surmise...
Comedian Lewis Black will say goodbye with final tour stop in Pittsburgh
Popular and prolific angry comedian Lewis Black will say farewell at his Sunday show at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead. His “Goodbye Yeller Brick Road” tour may be his last hurrah in Pittsburgh, but it won’t be the last we see of him. “There are other things I want...
Booth where Tony Soprano may – or may not – have been whacked sells for a cool $82K to mystery buyer
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — The ice cream parlor booth where Tony Soprano may or may not have been whacked has sold for more than $82,000. As Tony would say, Madone! An anonymous buyer bid $82,600 Monday night in an online auction for the piece of memorabilia that occupies an outsize role...
Split invention, festival garner Latrobe inaugural spot in Dole Banana Hall of Fame
The City of Latrobe is no second banana — particularly when it comes to the yellow fruit that is the main ingredient in the town’s original frozen treat. The city on Monday was named one of three inaugural inductees in the Dole Banana Hall of Fame. Dole officials said they...
Former Steeler Brett Keisel goes from 2-time Super Bowl champion to dedicated hockey dadVideo
For 13 seasons, Brett Keisel helped anchor the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Now the towering 6-foot-5, two-time Super Bowl champion can be found in the stands at hockey rinks throughout Western Pennsylvania, cheering on his three children. “I fell in love with hockey coming to Pittsburgh,” Keisel said. “I never once...
Solar eclipse 2024: When is the solar eclipse going to happen?
The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse on April 8. The peak spectacle will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness, twice as long as the total solar eclipse that...
Solar eclipse 2024: How to make a pinhole viewer
Here are instructions to create a pinhole viewer that will project an image of the April 8, 2024, eclipse. Materials • Cardboard box • Scissors • Aluminum foil • Pencil • Thumbtack • Tape • White sheet of paper Instructions • Trace a short end of the box on the...
Springdale woman named Miss Smiling Irish Eyes for Pittsburgh
A Springdale High School graduate is Pittsburgh’s Miss Smiling Irish Eyes for 2024. Madalyn Byrnes, 21, of Springdale will be featured in the March 16 St. Patrick’s Day parade, which starts at 10 a.m. “I was overjoyed,” Byrnes said. “This has been something I have been working toward for a...
Trib Lunch Box: Hot temps, body found, cursive writing, local pharmacies
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Monday, March 4, 2024: • Will Pittsburgh break its record high temperature today? Some weather forecasts call for temperatures that could tie the record high of 74 degrees in Pittsburgh. The record for March 4 was set back in 1992 at 74 degrees....
TV Talk: Filmed-in-Pittsburgh ‘American Rust’ gets binge releaseVideo
Fans of filmed-in-Pittsburgh “American Rust,” better stock up on snacks and set aside many hours the last week of the month because Amazon’s Prime Video will binge-release all 10 episodes of the show’s second season, “American Rust: Broken Justice,” on March 28. For curious viewers who never watched the nine-episode...
What to look for in solar eclipse glasses
You don’t become the world’s leading manufacturer of paper glasses by being unprepared. That’s why employees at American Paper Optics, tucked into a corporate office park in the southwest corner of Tennessee, have been busy for the past two years preparing for the April 8 solar eclipse. “We’ve been doing...
TV Talk: Nat Geo’s ‘Queens’ fit for viewers of all stripesVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. PASADENA, Calif. — There have been many impressive natural history series in the past two decades — “Planet Earth,” “The Blue Planet,” “Life” — but National Geographic Channel’s “Queens” (8 p.m. March 4, National Geographic...
